149: Nathan Allebach - Twitter, Urbanism and Discourse


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May 29 2023 60 mins   35



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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.