149: Nathan Allebach - Twitter, Urbanism and Discourse

Narratives w/Will Jarvis

narratives - nathan final Summary

• Nathan’s background. 0:05

  • Introduction to the podcast and the guest.

  • Nathan's bio and his interest in urbanism.

  • Stumbling into the discourse of urbanism.

  • How he first got interested in the topic.

• Nathan’s marketing background. 4:02

  • Nathan talks about marketing and movement.

  • Nathan shares his take on marketing.

• How to best navigate social media discourse? 6:15

  • Observing various forms of discourse on social media.

  • Cars vs other forms of transportation.

  • The 15 minutes cities conspiracy theory going viral.

  • How to win people over.

• Nathan’s first instinct when he first heard about this. 11:42

  • The psychology of conspiracy theories and how they form.

  • Nathan shares his thoughts on current EMP messaging and how to improve it.

  • The challenge of explaining urbanism to the left.

  • Dark money and deregulatory talk.

• Is there a conspiracy on twitter? 17:36

  • Skepticism toward power, paranoia and lack of ability to work around it.

  • Twitter is toxic.

• Lessons learned from twitter. 20:31

  • Lessons learned from tiktok and how he manages his communications.

  • Tiktock is a health sign.

  • The benefits of being a youtuber on Twitter and tiktok.

  • Making a statement for yourself.

• Contrarian rebelling on social media. 25:20

  • Being an anti-group from a young age.

  • The internet is full of people like you.

  • The intellectual dark web and social media.

  • How social media is like the urbanist movement.

  • Emv vs urbanest in their bio.

  • Freddy de boer, critical of vmb.

• The aesthetics and vibes of a movement. 31:55

  • Reservations about joining a group, aesthetics, vibes and who's in the room.

  • Deep blue texas.

  • Defining the differences between left and right.

  • How humans work, and why it matters.

• How do we interpret our political leanings? 36:19

  • No party is free of guilt.

  • Tribalism is any kind of group thing.

  • AOC is a lightning rod of discourse.

  • AOC and the left-right divide.

• Practical examples of the problem with framing and framing. 42:05

  • The difference between a conservative and a conservative.

  • Practical examples in activism.

  • Single-family zoning and how it is framed.

  • How conservatives react to single- family zoning.

• How to get people to care. 47:03

  • Why most people don't care about politics.

  • How to choose the right messaging.

  • Reframing politics around culture and policy engagement.

  • Taking a step back regularly to recalibrate.

• Advice to the young people. 52:28

  • Ten good-faith, thoughtful arguments vs one or two bad-faith responses.

  • Online friends vs real-life friends.

  • Advice for a budding movement trying to change the world.

  • Follow their passions.

• Where are your strengths? 56:59

  • Everyone is passionate about something, even if it's something stupid.

  • Not everybody can be joe rogan.

  • The anti-podcaster meme, and why it's a bad thing.

  • Bismarck analysis newsletter.

    narratives - nathan final Summary

    • Nathan’s background. 0:05

      • Introduction to the podcast and the guest.

      • Nathan's bio and his interest in urbanism.

      • Stumbling into the discourse of urbanism.

      • How he first got interested in the topic.

    • Nathan’s marketing background. 4:02

      • Nathan talks about marketing and movement.

      • Nathan shares his take on marketing.

    • How to best navigate social media discourse? 6:15

      • Observing various forms of discourse on social media.

      • Cars vs other forms of transportation.

      • The 15 minutes cities conspiracy theory going viral.

      • How to win people over.

    • Nathan’s first instinct when he first heard about this. 11:42

      • The psychology of conspiracy theories and how they form.

      • Nathan shares his thoughts on current EMP messaging and how to improve it.

      • The challenge of explaining urbanism to the left.

      • Dark money and deregulatory talk.

    • Is there a conspiracy on twitter? 17:36

      • Skepticism toward power, paranoia and lack of ability to work around it.

      • Twitter is toxic.

    • Lessons learned from twitter. 20:31

      • Lessons learned from tiktok and how he manages his communications.

      • Tiktock is a health sign.

      • The benefits of being a youtuber on Twitter and tiktok.

      • Making a statement for yourself.

    • Contrarian rebelling on social media. 25:20

      • Being an anti-group from a young age.

      • The internet is full of people like you.

      • The intellectual dark web and social media.

      • How social media is like the urbanist movement.

      • Emv vs urbanest in their bio.

      • Freddy de boer, critical of vmb.

    • The aesthetics and vibes of a movement. 31:55

      • Reservations about joining a group, aesthetics, vibes and who's in the room.

      • Deep blue texas.

      • Defining the differences between left and right.

      • How humans work, and why it matters.

    • How do we interpret our political leanings? 36:19

      • No party is free of guilt.

      • Tribalism is any kind of group thing.

      • AOC is a lightning rod of discourse.

      • AOC and the left-right divide.

    • Practical examples of the problem with framing and framing. 42:05

      • The difference between a conservative and a conservative.

      • Practical examples in activism.

      • Single-family zoning and how it is framed.

      • How conservatives react to single- family zoning.

    • How to get people to care. 47:03

      • Why most people don't care about politics.

      • How to choose the right messaging.

      • Reframing politics around culture and policy engagement.

      • Taking a step back regularly to recalibrate.

    • Advice to the young people. 52:28

      • Ten good-faith, thoughtful arguments vs one or two bad-faith responses.

      • Online friends vs real-life friends.

      • Advice for a budding movement trying to change the world.

      • Follow their passions.

    • Where are your strengths? 56:59

      • Everyone is passionate about something, even if it's something stupid.

      • Not everybody can be joe rogan.

      • The anti-podcaster meme, and why it's a bad thing.

      • Bismarck analysis newsletter.

narratives - nathan final

Summary

• Nathan’s background. 0:05

  • Introduction to the podcast and the guest.

  • Nathan's bio and his interest in urbanism.

  • Stumbling into the discourse of urbanism.

  • How he first got interested in the topic.

• Nathan’s marketing background. 4:02

  • Nathan talks about marketing and movement.

  • Nathan shares his take on marketing.

• How to best navigate social media discourse? 6:15

  • Observing various forms of discourse on social media.

  • Cars vs other forms of transportation.

  • The 15 minutes cities conspiracy theory going viral.

  • How to win people over.

• Nathan’s first instinct when he first heard about this. 11:42

  • The psychology of conspiracy theories and how they form.

  • Nathan shares his thoughts on current EMP messaging and how to improve it.

  • The challenge of explaining urbanism to the left.

  • Dark money and deregulatory talk.

• Is there a conspiracy on twitter? 17:36

  • Skepticism toward power, paranoia and lack of ability to work around it.

  • Twitter is toxic.

• Lessons learned from twitter. 20:31

  • Lessons learned from tiktok and how he manages his communications.

  • Tiktock is a health sign.

  • The benefits of being a youtuber on Twitter and tiktok.

  • Making a statement for yourself.

• Contrarian rebelling on social media. 25:20

  • Being an anti-group from a young age.

  • The internet is full of people like you.

  • The intellectual dark web and social media.

  • How social media is like the urbanist movement.

  • Emv vs urbanest in their bio.

  • Freddy de boer, critical of vmb.

• The aesthetics and vibes of a movement. 31:55

  • Reservations about joining a group, aesthetics, vibes and who's in the room.

  • Deep blue texas.

  • Defining the differences between left and right.

  • How humans work, and why it matters.

• How do we interpret our political leanings? 36:19

  • No party is free of guilt.

  • Tribalism is any kind of group thing.

  • AOC is a lightning rod of discourse.

  • AOC and the left-right divide.

• Practical examples of the problem with framing and framing. 42:05

  • The difference between a conservative and a conservative.

  • Practical examples in activism.

  • Single-family zoning and how it is framed.

  • How conservatives react to single- family zoning.

• How to get people to care. 47:03

  • Why most people don't care about politics.

  • How to choose the right messaging.

  • Reframing politics around culture and policy engagement.

  • Taking a step back regularly to recalibrate.

• Advice to the young people. 52:28

  • Ten good-faith, thoughtful arguments vs one or two bad-faith responses.

  • Online friends vs real-life friends.

  • Advice for a budding movement trying to change the world.

  • Follow their passions.

• Where are your strengths? 56:59

  • Everyone is passionate about something, even if it's something stupid.

  • Not everybody can be joe rogan.

  • The anti-podcaster meme, and why it's a bad thing.

  • Bismarck analysis newsletter.

    narratives - nathan final Summary

    • Nathan’s background. 0:05

      • Introduction to the podcast and the guest.

      • Nathan's bio and his interest in urbanism.

      • Stumbling into the discourse of urbanism.

      • How he first got interested in the topic.

    • Nathan’s marketing background. 4:02

      • Nathan talks about marketing and movement.

      • Nathan shares his take on marketing.

    • How to best navigate social media discourse? 6:15

      • Observing various forms of discourse on social media.

      • Cars vs other forms of transportation.

      • The 15 minutes cities conspiracy theory going viral.

      • How to win people over.

    • Nathan’s first instinct when he first heard about this. 11:42

      • The psychology of conspiracy theories and how they form.

      • Nathan shares his thoughts on current EMP messaging and how to improve it.

      • The challenge of explaining urbanism to the left.

      • Dark money and deregulatory talk.

    • Is there a conspiracy on twitter? 17:36

      • Skepticism toward power, paranoia and lack of ability to work around it.

      • Twitter is toxic.

    • Lessons learned from twitter. 20:31

      • Lessons learned from tiktok and how he manages his communications.

      • Tiktock is a health sign.

      • The benefits of being a youtuber on Twitter and tiktok.

      • Making a statement for yourself.

    • Contrarian rebelling on social media. 25:20

      • Being an anti-group from a young age.

      • The internet is full of people like you.

      • The intellectual dark web and social media.

      • How social media is like the urbanist movement.

      • Emv vs urbanest in their bio.

      • Freddy de boer, critical of vmb.

    • The aesthetics and vibes of a movement. 31:55

      • Reservations about joining a group, aesthetics, vibes and who's in the room.

      • Deep blue texas.

      • Defining the differences between left and right.

      • How humans work, and why it matters.

    • How do we interpret our political leanings? 36:19

      • No party is free of guilt.

      • Tribalism is any kind of group thing.

      • AOC is a lightning rod of discourse.

      • AOC and the left-right divide.

    • Practical examples of the problem with framing and framing. 42:05

      • The difference between a conservative and a conservative.

      • Practical examples in activism.

      • Single-family zoning and how it is framed.

      • How conservatives react to single- family zoning.

    • How to get people to care. 47:03

      • Why most people don't care about politics.

      • How to choose the right messaging.

      • Reframing politics around culture and policy engagement.

      • Taking a step back regularly to recalibrate.

    • Advice to the young people. 52:28

      • Ten good-faith, thoughtful arguments vs one or two bad-faith responses.

      • Online friends vs real-life friends.

      • Advice for a budding movement trying to change the world.

      • Follow their passions.

    • Where are your strengths? 56:59

      • Everyone is passionate about something, even if it's something stupid.

      • Not everybody can be joe rogan.

      • The anti-podcaster meme, and why it's a bad thing.

      • Bismarck analysis newsletter.