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What Next: The New King of Conservative Media

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41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Conservative talk radio host Dan Bongino sits atop a media ecosystem that is fueling the fervor behind Trump and his big lie. Guest: Evan Osnos is staff writer at The New Yorker and a fellow at the Brookings Institute. He’s also the author of Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.0

So Evan, when was the first time you heard the name Dan Bungino?

0:41.8

That's interesting.

0:42.8

I guess it was probably about two years ago.

0:46.9

Evan Osnos is a staff writer at The New Yorker.

0:50.4

I first saw his name appear on the list of the most trafficked items on Facebook.

1:00.1

Somebody at The New York Times had started putting together a list every day of the things

1:04.4

that were most popular, and some of the names were familiar, you might see somebody like

1:10.2

Sean Hannity or Ben Shapiro, and then there was this guy named Dan Bungino, and very often

1:17.7

he would have many of the most of the ten most popular items.

1:23.0

And were you just like, who is this guy?

1:24.8

Yeah, yeah, I really was.

1:26.2

I was, for me at least it was a totally brand new name.

1:30.8

In case you aren't quite sure who Dan Bungino is, here's what you need to know.

1:35.8

Over the last few years, Bungino's made himself into a central node in the right wing information

1:42.1

ecosystem.

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