S1E6 Liz Wolfe on Clubhouse, mask mandates and the woke scolds of Brooklyn + The Narratives Project

Why are health agencies still pushing dire COVID messaging instead of offering practical guidance? What are both Republicans and Democrats overlooking on the immigration reform debate? And what do legacy journalists have against platforms like Substack and Clubhouse?

Liz Wolfe, Staff Editor at Reason, joins host Stephen Kent this week on “Right Now with Stephen Kent” to discuss legacy media’s annoyance over their inability to control conversations on apps like Clubhouse, how both parties reframe the immigration debate to suit their own political goals, and the frustration that several months into the pandemic, we still haven’t determined which COVID-19 policies are working or not.

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00:00​ Episode Start
00:43. What’s in store for Episode 6
02:08 Liz Wolfe is in pain – physically and politically
04:15 Moving to NYC amid pandemic
06:39 Texas drops mask mandate – millions do not die
09:20 Why are we still figuring this out?
11:10 CDC director’s sense of “impending doom”
12:53 Talking Clubhouse – with drinking games!
14:35 Stephen & Liz – unfettererd
19:45 Why some journalists feel threatened by Clubhouse
23:00 A culture of civility
24:50 Contrarian migration to Substack
30:44 Narratives Project: The border crisis
39:02 Good News: The lab-grown meats arms race

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When Texas ended its mask mandate, event cancellations started – the losses are adding up (Texas Tribune)
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/25/conventions-texas-mask-mandate/

Red State COVID vs. Blue State COVID (Reason)
https://reason.com/2020/11/17/red-state-covid-vs-blue-state-covid/

Journalists Worried About People Having Conversations on Clubhouse (Reason)
https://reason.com/2021/02/12/journalists-worried-about-people-having-conversations-on-clubhouse/

I Beg to Differ - The rise of online contrarians on Substack exposes a dysfunctional media ecosystem (Persuasion)
https://tinyurl.com/h52tz8k4

In Defense of Substack (Matt Taibbi)
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-substack

Clubhouse Moderation Issues and Incidents (Taylor Lorenz)
https://taylorlorenz.medium.com/clubhouse-moderation-issues-and-incidents-726a88a1b4bd

Raising the steaks: First 3D-printed rib-eye is unveiled (Houston Chronicle)
https://www.chron.com/business/article/Raising-the-steaks-First-3D-printed-rib-eye-is-15936002.php

Hong Kong cooks up lab-grown fish ad demand for clean meat rises (South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/article/3120185/hong-kong-cooks-lab-grown-fish-demand-clean-meat-rises

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