_WHAT’S HAPPENING_

The right-wing podcast ecosystem is increasingly focusing on Israel and Jewish conspiracies, pushing narratives that diverge from mainstream conservative politics. Major online voices are platforming figures who argue that Jews control American politics, were responsible for historical assassinations, and played a central role in global conspiracies.

_THE FACTS_

  • Podcaster Joe Rogan hosted Ian Carrol for a three-hour episode. Carrol is known for obsessively focusing on Jews and Israel, claiming they control American politics and were behind Jeffrey Epstein’s crime and the murder of President John F. Kennedy.

  • Carrol has posted extreme rhetoric, including: “When I see an Israeli flag I immediately know that they support Jeffrey Epstein and want to rape my children.” He also blames Israel for the 9/11 attacks.

  • During the episode, Carrol also claimed that “demons” are responsible for recent UFO sightings.

  • Rogan is set to host Darryl Cooper next week. Cooper previously appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show, where he labeled Winston Churchill as the villain of WWII and downplayed the Holocaust.

  • Viral podcaster Theo Von hosted Candace Owens, who repeated similar conspiracy theories about Jews and Israel, including claims that Israel was behind JFK’s assassination.

  • As Upward News has covered, Owens has made openly antisemitic statements, referring to a Jewish cabal controlling American politics and promoting modern-day blood libel.

  • Dennis Prager, a conservative commentator who helped launch Owens’s career, rebuked her for her antisemitism.

  • Jeremy Boreing, CEO of the Daily Wire, condemned Ian Carrol’s episode on Rogan, calling it a “terrible day for American Jews.”

  • Boreing also called out the Blaze’s Jason Whitlock for defending Andrew Tate amid Florida’s criminal investigation into him for allegedly sex trafficking minors. Tate has been another anti-Israel, anti-Jew commentator in the same vein as Owens.

_INSIGHTS_

The right-wing podcast network has been instrumental in shaping online discourse and political movements, but it is now pushing deeper into territory that could fracture the movement at large — and feed left-wing narratives that seek to brand the entire right as extremists.

And while mainstream conservatives have historically been pro-Israel and wary of antisemitism, it’s clearly becoming more and more common to spread theories that were once relegated to fringe conspiracy circles.

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Bob Hrebec1 year ago

I'm surprised and disappointed that Carroll, Owens, and those of that ilk are getting the exposure they are. Not good. Not good at all.

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Carrie Thompson 1 year ago

You are so correct!!

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Monty Mickle1 year ago

Right on! I was a huge fan of Owens until she started spouting Jewish conspiracy theories

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Susan Kurzman1 year ago

We have free speech or we don't. It's best to know where your adversaries are and what they think than to drive them underground. People with a moral compass will always know when they hear something based in a foundation of hate and mythology. But you have to hear the fabrications first and defeat them with the logic of morality. (Also: One argument is that Jews control everything. So... how come they couldn't control the prevention of the Holocaust or even the rise in Anti-Semitism presently?)

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Monty Mickle1 year ago

Great point!

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Bruce Margolis1 year ago

I respect that people are entitled to their own opinions but that doesn't mean they are also entitled to their own facts. Denying the Holocaust is downright evil and the 'fact' that Jews control media or Hollywood are also downright lies.

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Susan Kurzman1 year ago

I agree saying Jews control Hollywood has been said with a negative slant. It's a red herring trope. It was mostly founded, as a cinema production haven, by some daring and creative Jews. (Louis Mayer, Carl Laemmle, Warner Brothers, for example.) And today, Jews still play a role in that industry. (Thanks, Stephen Spielberg.) To this fact, I say, "So what?" You don't like it? Start your own studios. We live in a mostly Milton Friedmanesque free-market economy. (Milton, yet another Jew.) So nothing's preventing a business entity from competing in the film industry. Also, I've wondered why there's been protests about Hollywood's Academy Awards not being inclusive enough. (And maybe they aren't, depending on your political view.) But it's not a government-tax supported industry. Form your own awards ceremony to honor your chosen talent. Why would you want to be honored by those that had to be forced to do so? And by the Jews that you say control things beyond your best efforts?

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Ron G1 year ago

I think it's important to keep things in perspective. Historically Jewish people, especially European Ashkenazy Jews, have scored high on the IQ chart and have therefore occupied more positions of power and influence than would have been predicted by their minuscule portion of the general population. That has undoubtedly (and easily) triggered some resentment, the worst example of it being the horrible holocaust of WW2. But you must also ask yourself why destructive and anti-human woke policies have spread so quickly in the last few decades, through institutions and businesses, if a substantial quantity of them were led by Jews. Was it simply a case of what Rob Henderson calls "luxury beliefs" or something more sinister? I don't have an answer, but I am starting to think that it's not just the Jews, but the whole post-war and post-religion "liberal" movement that has gone astray by accepting and then engaging in destructive ani-human policies (ex: environmentalism and globalism).

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J Y1 year ago

What about the destruction of “the family” and family values? Is anything precious to people anymore?

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Michael Raab1 year ago

There should only be one reason to have antisemites on a podcast - to discredit them and their hateful ideas

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Ardath Blauvelt1 year ago

In a world where conservatives have only recently been allowed to speak aloud, publicly, it would be a terrible shame to taint a hard fought battle with something as ugly, abominable and distasteful as antisemitism.

What is it about humans that must have a whipping boy? Jews are today's permitted target. Yesterday's was white Christians. Tomorrow's? Pick your hate. Don't go home without one. Don't forget your ticket to the club/ performance.

Welcome to human vicousness. No thank you.

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Stephen Winsor1 year ago

Just because someone calls themself a conservative, doesn't mean they are. The "Right" is made up of all sorts of people, not just conservatives. That is why the MAGA movement is so important, it incorporates a single ideology or political objective. All are welcome, but, that also means we have to be vigilant and call out those who are clearly " off cue".

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Jim Harmon1 year ago

It amuses me that liberals have long labeled conservatives "extremists." If rhetoric from lunatics like Carrol and Owens is not extremist, then nothing is. There is no doubt extremism with conservatives and liberals alike, but neither are mainstream. As a young Sailor, I was once told in Sunday School that I was a murderer simply because I was active-duty military. I always thought that was a little extreme (no, I didn't go back to that church). I do agree with James Ransom that podcasters, like social media, can interview who they want with little accountability. Stick with credentialed podcasters like Rogan and Shawn Ryan.

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James Ransom1 year ago

Let’s not go overboard here. While I don’t follow some of the folks accused of anti-semitism in this article, I doubt if they have much influence on American thought. But one truism is: as so-called “Right Wing” commentators proliferate, they are likely to toss out wilder and wilder claims so as to gain attention. Educated and experienced readers (myself included), will recognize such stuff and move on. So be vigilant but stay calm.

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Betty Smith1 year ago

Extremely disturbing! I love God and pray for Israel. God blesses those who bless Israel. We owe so much to many of our fellow US citizens who are Jewish. I will pray and trust God to protect them.

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Monty Mickle1 year ago

If the Jews are conspiring to take over the world, what's taking them so long? Jews and Israel have been a blessing to humanity starting with the Hebrew Bible and their contributions as a well educated and hard working people. Go Israel and Jews worldwide!

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Chris Wilke1 year ago

I really have a hard time seeing how people can't understand or distinguish between terrorists hate and freedom. I just don't understand? I know Joe Rogan will never hear this, but Joe wake up what's your problem wake up I know you know the difference between right and wrong. Where is this anti-jew stuff is coming from well we all know that but wake up stop it! And now he has controlling interest in the FBI not a good scenario. Again JOE clean it up.

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Laney B1 year ago

To the community: do ya'll know anyone who supports Israel and the Jews deeply and fully but who are secular conservatives? In my sphere, it is secular rightism that is susceptible to the deceived such as Tucker and Candace.