Conservative commentator Dave Rubin enters the Surrounded circle to confront 20 far-left Democrats in an intense political showdown. In this episode, Rubin navigates a deeply hostile environment, defending four divisive claims: that "wokeism" has caused more damage to America than Donald Trump, that voting for Democrats in 2026 guarantees broken cities, scho ... Show More
May 17
Naima vs Charlie Kirk, 1 Year Later | Surrounded Follow-Up
John Regalado sits down with recurring Surrounded guest, Naima, to look back at some of her most memorable moments from the Surrounded circle. In this special episode, Naima and John discuss whether Charlie Kirk's assassination changed how she views debate, what it was like to be ... Show More
1h 21m
Aug 2025
Replay | The Early Internet & 9/11 Conspiracies | Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy
Jordan Klepper has heard a lot of 9/11 conspiracy theories, including this shiny emerald: Osama bin Laden was a CIA operative named Tim Ossman. Together with Dr. Joan Donovan, research director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Jordan unpacks h ... Show More
1h 18m
Nov 2024
The Age of Climate Conspiracy Theories w/ Mick West
You know, it's amazing how despite this current age of information, we sometimes get lost in what’s actually true and struggle to wade through the constant barrage of misinformation. It sometimes feels like everyone's got a theory for something, whether it’s the results of the 20 ... Show More
1h 1m
Mar 2024
When Conspiracies Aren't Just Theories with Journalist Tom Risen
Journalist and author Tom Risen is here to tell me about some of the real conspiracies that the CIA and the FBI were involved in from the 50s to the 70s and how, in 1975, one senator finally took these agencies to task, revealing shocking truths that would be used for decades to ... Show More
1h 16m
<p><strong>Mick West</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/mickwest" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@mickwest</a>) is a co-founder and former technical director of Neversoft Entertainment, coder, pilot, Metabunk and Contrail Science founder, and author of <em><a href ... Show More
