Red Scare (Podcast)

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MEN DON'T PROTECT YOU ANYMORE - JENNY HOLZER partysuggestion: play arthur russell's disco songs instead wow this party is boring that guy said hi to me..i can't wait to make a text post about this later note to self: remember to watch that marcel l'herbier film on mubi later i wonder if my umm kulthum discography torrent has finished yet i wish i was home with my antique doll collection... just think about flannery o'connor until you can leave where's your weed dealer when you need him i am surrounded by sin the girl over there gave me a "i know about jun togawa too" look has the new inquiry accepted my pitch yet? >tfw björk will never be yr mother >tfw lizzy mercier descloux will never be yr aunt I bet he loves bukowski they're all doing jagerbombs but where's the wine? >thw no falconer bi i'm glad everyone here is a working class normie with next to no investment in culture they probably don't know what an avant-teen is

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Kit Fistme @jessnowactually. Jun 15 If the red scare freaks finally give up the ghost and just admit to being trad cath dark enlightenment psychos, Dasha will be the first right wing intellectual to have originally gotten her big break dressed in a sailor moon outfit since Ross Douthat on Buckley's yacht. dasha @nobody_stop_me · Jun 15 Shouldn't even be controversial at this point to say this straight up layperson ain't the Pope why this man complaining? And Im not gonna stop saying it so don't bother telling me I'm creepy or annoying twitter.com/americamag/sta... 3 22 7 61

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About

Red Scare is an American podcast hosted by actress Dasha Nekrasova and cultural critic Anna Khachiyan. Most episodes involve the two hosts discussing pop culture and current events in a politically incorrect tone. The podcast has been cited as a flagship project of the "new right" and the "dirtbag left."

History

Red Scare began on March 29th, 2018, with an episode titled "Infowhores." The podcast's Patreon began on the same date and currently has over 13,000 patrons, raking in over $56,000 a month.^[1]

The podcast gained notoriety following a 2020 profile in The Cut^[2] that described Red Scare as “a critique of feminism, and capitalism, from deep inside the culture they’ve spawned," a line which the podcast itself uses on the homepage of its website.^[3]

The show is frequently associated with New York City's reactionary downtown arts scene and grouped together with or compared with other irreverent and controversial leftist podcasts like Cum Town and Chapo Trap House. The show's listeners and overall vibe has a notorious reputation, as depicted in the meme seen below, posted to Reddit on November 1st, 2020, receiving over 120 likes in roughly one and a half years.^[7]

Most episodes feature the hosts riffing for about 50 to 90 minutes with little structure. The theme song of the podcast is "All The Things She Said" by Russian artists t. A.T.u.

The podcast explores politics, the arts, feminism, obscure theory, Christianity and the world of entertainment, frequently interviewing other cultural figures. Prominent guests in the past have included Steve Bannon and Alex Jones. A photo of the two podcasters with Alex Jones, posted to Nekrasova's Instagram on November 22nd, 2021, earned over 24,000 likes in seven months.^[9]

Online Presence

Red Scare currently releases four episodes a week, two for free and two for paid subscribers. The Red Scare subreddit, /r/redscarepod, has almost 60,000 members and is characterized by a vibrant community posting many memes.^[8]

Nekrasova and Khachiyan, the two hosts of the podcast, have individually cultivated a large social media following. Khachiyan has nearly 114,000 followers^[4] on Twitter while Nekrasova has over 99,000 on Twitter^[5] and over 120,000 on Instagram^[6] as of June 2022.