017: Who the Hell is Candace Owens? feat. Madeline Peltz

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Summary <p><strong>Candace Owens </strong>soared to right-wing media superstardom within weeks of posting her first YouTube videos in 2017. This episode reviews Owens’ life and career arc, exploring how someone who was victimized by racial hatred in high school became one of the MAGA movement’s most prominent — and most divisive — political commentators. This episode features exclusive comments from Candace Owens, provided through a spokesperson, and includes previously unreported details about her life story.</p><p><strong>Madeline Peltz</strong>,<strong> </strong>a longtime researcher of right-wing media, joined Mike and Jared on this episode. Peltz’s first book “<a href="https://x.com/peltzmadeline/status/1887506273341436016/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">PICK ME: The Right-Wing Siege of Gender and Gen-Z</a>,” will be published by Sourcebooks next year.</p><p><strong>Links for </strong><a href="https://linktr.ee/peltzmadeline" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Madeline Peltz</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p><p>* Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/peltzmadeline.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@peltzmadeline.bsky.social</a></p><p>* X/Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/peltzmadeline" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@peltzmadeline</a></p><p>Transition Music: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH5mqLjwg6U" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">“Pharmacist” by Alvvays</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>This episode took weeks to produce and involved many hours of reporting and fact-checking, which we do on our personal time. </em>Support the show and get access to weekly bonus episodes: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/PostingThroughIt">⁠https://www.patreon.com/PostingThroughIt⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p><em><strong>Programming Note</strong></em><em>: We’re taking next week off. We’ll be back on May 19.</em></p>

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