# A Government of All the Podcasters ![rw-book-cover](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/_next/static/images/apple-touch-icon-152x152-aafde20dd981a38fcd549b29b2b3b785.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Helen Lewis]] - Full Title: A Government of All the Podcasters - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: Donald Trump’s White House works closely with conservative podcasters to spread its message and gain influence. Vice President J. D. Vance hosting The Charlie Kirk Show shows how important these podcasters are to MAGA politics. This new media power helps shape opinions and control the narrative more than traditional news outlets. - URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/maga-podcasters-charlie-kirk/684255/?utm_source=feed - Source File: web-only ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > The managing partner of a Texas Roadhouse was [fired](https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/florida-restaurant-operator-is-fired-after-his-wife-s-posts-mocking-charlie-kirk-upset-servers/ar-AA1MG4kr?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds) after his *wife* referred to Kirk as a “Nazi.” One MAGA influencer claimed that this would make the restaurant’s staff feel “intimidated,” in an unintentional echo of the language used by *New York Times* staffers in 2020, when they [argued](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/06/9853761/tom-cotton-op-ed-new-york-times-black-lives-danger) that an op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton endangered their lives. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k5pm47xj351tgaxx8qjzkjh3))