Archive - Joshua Citarella's Newsletter

Fitness Program & Syllabus: 2025

This project began as an elaborate shitpost where posting gym selfies would pipeline people into reading socialist books.

Jun 25 •

Joshua Citarella

Fitness Program & Syllabus: Summer 2024

Advice: If you’ve managed to find your way here, you are likely some variety of hoe-scaring political extremist.

Jul 9, 2024 •

Joshua Citarella

The people you might currently think of as your political opponents are actually the ones you are trying to recruit.

May 1 •

Joshua Citarella

CEO Murder & the Dark Enlightenment

On December 4th, a masked man assassinated United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City.

Dec 8, 2024 •

Joshua Citarella

My Book Recommendations 🌲🎁

Doomscroll is now available in audio form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and everywhere else.

Dec 12, 2024 •

Joshua Citarella

My Film Recommendations 📺

I’ve compiled a list of movies and documentaries from my live streams and syllabi as well as many other new picks

Apr 22 •

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Are We Seeing a Political Realignment?

Familiar divisions between left and right fail to map onto today’s political landscape.

Jan 12 •

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Josh's Theory of Radicalization

Online radicalization is the result of three key factors

Apr 9 •

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Fitness Program & Syllabus: Summer 2023

This is an intermediate guide to weight lifting. If you have not done strength training before, you are likely not ready for this program.

Jul 6, 2023 •

Joshua Citarella

Tech-Right Meltdown

and the most important story you didn't hear about this year

Dec 29, 2024 •

Joshua Citarella

“The Biggest Red Pill is Just Reality Itself”

If you’ve been following this newsletter since the beginning, you will know that I spent several years interviewing Gen Z meme posters from across the…

Dec 19, 2024 •

Joshua Citarella

Progressive Techno-Optimism?

Among the emerging political factions of the 2020s, few have been more influential than the rise of the tech-right. Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are…

Mar 26 •

Joshua Citarella

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