Ben Bradford
jbenbradford.bsky.social
Ben Bradford
@jbenbradford.bsky.social
Audio journalist covering the rise of our modern parties and division. Creator/host of Landslide (NPR Network) and Of The People (Audible).
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October 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Jump in here on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0mqmkvr...

Or Apple Podcasts:
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May 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Congrats on writing a BOOK!
March 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Thanks again!
March 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Also: Andie Tucher, Hany Farid, and Matt Pressman — they all generously shared their time and expertise to make this miniserious possible. I hope you'll hear what they have to say!
March 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I don’t have the reach I did at the other place, so I hope you’ll help me share this, if you feel it’s important.

I also owe a huge thanks to @dannagal.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social @ajbauer.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social @mikemadrid.bsky.social @ninajankowicz.com @cwarzel.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I will tell you one thing that surprised me: I found there are few institutions reaching out the audience within the bubble using the tools and tactics that we know are effective. We explore what those are. What that might look like.
Engines of Outrage Pt. 3
Podcast Episode · Landslide · S1 E14 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The result is a four-part podcast miniseries, Landslide: Engines of Outrage. It looks at how we got here, the characteristics of the right-wing bubble, and what — if anything — can bring us back to a shared, fact-based reality.
Engines of Outrage Pt. 1
Podcast Episode · Landslide · S1 E12 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
How did we get here, and what can be done? For months, I’ve interviewed psychologists, historians, misinformation researchers — many the subject of backlash and conspiracy theories for their work.
March 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In this alt reality, government agencies are “fraudulent,” federal workers are “partisan hacks,” vaccines “don’t work,” climate change is “fake,” and the merits of any political action depend on who performs it.
March 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In this ecosystem, there is no weighing or presenting of different sides of an argument. There’s no weighing of info about what’s lost from cuts to USAID, or CDC, or NOAA. Conspiracy theories and misinfo travel as fact.
March 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A massive, alternate media ecosystem is propping up all of these actions. It delivers a distorted version of reality, justifying and championing everything we’re seeing.

It is hard to overstate its effect.
March 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Much appreciated!!
February 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Landslide has a new miniseries focused on this, how the right-wing bubble developed, and — crucially — what can be done to restore fact-based information.

Part 1 is here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Engines of Outrage Pt. 1
Podcast Episode · Landslide · S1 E12 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
February 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM