E37: E37: Twitch is the future of political debate. Facebook's Metaverse is a distraction says Dylan Burns

Right Now with Stephen Kent

Why do political debates perform so well on Twitch? Will life be any better for us in the Metaverse?
On a new "Right Now with Stephen Kent," Stephen sits down with Dylan Burns, a popular Twitch streamer and political consultant, and Shoshana Weissmann of the R Street Institute, to discuss why left-leaning individuals do better on Twitch than those on the right, how culture wars distract us from the real issues going on, and what to expect from Facebook's new Metaverse.
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---- Content of This Episode ----
00:00 The Hippy Dippy Championship on Twitch
03:12 How it started / how it’s going for Dylan Burns on Twitch
06:34 Why debates do well on Twitch (hint: it’s interactive)
10:10 The left does better than the right on Twitch - here’s why
13:04 Getting political after seeing his mom criminalized for drug abuse
15:23 IRL politics preceded online presence
19:35 Culture wars are a distraction
23:25 The focus on CRT at school board meetings
27:45 What are they actually teaching in schools about race?
36:41 First-hand experience with war-on-drugs failure
39:27 Will things be any better in the Metaverse?
--- Plugs for our Guests ----
Follow Dylan Burns:
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dylanburnstv
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DylanBurnsTV
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DylanBurns1776
Follow Shoshana Weissmann:
https://twitter.com/senatorshoshana