Presenting: Prism Audio (and Misinfo Meetups!)
Rediscover our series of vintage live chats with misinformation experts
Hello anti-misinformation crew!
With all the activity on Substack this month—thanks Elon Musk!—a good number of new folks have signed up for Prism content. [New folks: welcome! Tell your friends!] As things continue to change, I am going to invest a bit of time in thinking about how to strengthen the anti-misinformation community using this platform instead of relying so much on Twitter.
One way we’re doing that is by branching into audio using Substack’s podcast feature. We’re calling this new offering Prism Audio, and it officially launches TODAY.
To commemorate this launch, we’re happy to make all of our recorded Misinfo Meetups available in one place for the first time. Prism has hosted these discussions over on Twitter Spaces with amazing guest speakers and on interesting topics. See below the break.
Not to get too hype-y all at once, but we are also going to release the first all-new Prism Audio material on MONDAY. Get excited for… The Prism Metanews Guide to January 6th, a voice essay in four parts.
If you’re coming here for the first time, do sign up:
Oh, and happy holiday season!
— Kevin
Misinfo Meetups on Prism Audio, for your listening enjoyment:
Misinfo Meetup #6: "Issues in Reporting on Misinformation" [01 FEB 22] with VICE News reporter David Gilbert, author Mike Rothschild, and journalists Steven Monacelli and Eric Levai.
Misinfo Meetup #7: "Shibboleths of Online Communities" [15 FEB 22], in which we talk about the language of communities such as QAnon and crypto (originally titled "Normies and Anons: The Linguistic Divide") with Dan Olson (@FoldableHuman), Professor Laura Dilley (@laura_greenaura), Sara Aniano (@coolfacejane), and QAnon experts @dappergander, @QOrigins, and @PokerPolitics.
Misinfo Meetup #8: "Toward an Anti-Misinformation Community Infrastructure" [3 MAR 22], an impromptu talk about what kinds of jobs the anti-misinformation community needs to do now and in the future--and the corresponding "infrastructure" that will enable us to do them.
Misinfo Meetup #11: "Conspiracyland Grifters" [22 JUN 22], featuring bonus content about the January 6th Committee hearings before getting to a treatment of the ecosystem of fraudsters and charlatans who make a living off of people who believe in conspiracy theories. Featuring good folks Paola (@PootDibou), Cosmos (@CPT_Cosmosis), VICE reporter David Gilbert (@daitaigilbert), Teddy Wilson (@reportbywilson) of Radical Reports, Rosalie (@NovelSci) of Hoaxlines, @Garrett_Archer a.k.a. The Data Guru with ABC 15 in Phoenix, and fan favorites @get_innocuous, @PokerPolitics, and @QOrigins.
Misinfo Meetup #12: "Misinformationism and the Midterms" [12 NOV 22], a chat with Media Matters reporter Alex Kaplan, who has been tracking politicians that endorse QAnon, and @QOrigins, who as you might guess takes a strong interest, to take stock of how misinformationism fared in the 2022 midterms.