On 8 July, Phil continued to host the show, with Lauren Southern, a documentarist turned anti-trad life writer, as the guest.
Lisa the booker, & Ian, were the co-hosts.
Though the better title for this episode would have been Lauren vs. Lisa, as the two end up engaging in a debate. But even beyond this initial exchange, the two women dominated most of the show.
Lauren does drink a couple beers, which make her tongue looser. Add to that the clucking of hens that was her exchanges with Lisa, it could be a rough go for some.
Clip Collection:
-Unfortunately, because Tim was too busy at the World Series of Poker, we were denied getting to see Lauren & he argue, instead:
-Phil tried to lead with the news article, but Lisa jumps in to ask Lauren to talk about her gripes. The two commiserate over how political content follows "the same dialogue tree", & you know what someone is going to say, already. But the straw-haired strumpet thinks this is to avoid excommunication from "the small pool of commentators that exists, right now"; whereas the booker thinks it is people digging in their heels, unwilling to cede ground to the opposition. But getting to the heart of the matter, Lauren says Tim accused her of lying about alleged abuse by the Tate brothers. The beanie boy asserted it was a way to make money, via writing a book about it. To counter this, the straw-haired strumpet argues that she has been testifying in
the Romanian case against the Tate brothers, & has begun to cooperate in
the British one. Using Milo Yiannopoulos' PR firm,
Tarantula, the Tates have been seeking to intimidate witnesses, & damage their reputation. So, rather than allow the terms to be dictated, Lauren chose to write the book, to get ahead of the sliming:
Phil steps in to ask Lauren to provide more context, as the audience is not as aware of what the case is about. She lays out her story, wherein Stephen "Tommy Robinson" Yaxley-Lennon introduced the straw-haired strumpet to the Tates, for what was billed as a business meeting. Afterwards, she goes to a club with the Tates, becomes "black-out drunk", & was assaulted by Andrew. Allegedly, she went to hospital, after the incident, which has records verifying the injuries suffered, including strangulation. Rather than avoid speaking about this, out of fear of the internet backlash, Lauren decided to back away from online work, & participate in the legal case against the Tates. The straw-haired strumpet believes Tim did no research before sounding off, torpedoing a ten year friendship, "which was fucked". Lisa steps in to defend Stephen, but Lauren is not having that, saying the Brit was lying about her returning to Romania to see Andrew Tate, & downplaying the claims of assault:
The booker tries to chart a middle path, claiming Stephen was duped, but Lauren continues to press back upon this. They argue over why
Stephen plead guilty in a libel case, but Phil eventually reins this back to the original topic, which was Tim's alleged lies about the straw-haired strumpet:
Lauren voices a criticism I have had with
IRL, which is the show is just reading the headline, skimming the article, & not actually going into any depth, all "to come up with a hot take" amongst panelist ill-informed about the issue. Phil asks the straw-haired strumpet if this is a product of the way people consume news, these days. Again, Lauren expresses another critique I have with Tim, which is his transformation from reporting, on the ground, to just regurgitating news articles he skims. But she extends this to the broader media landscape of people repeating what they read, which was composed by people whom were not even present for the event being documented. Ian, after announcing he needs a bathroom break, offers the point that people should not leap to claiming something is a lie, but simply say, they are not sure if it is true. This implicitly dings Tim's labelling Lauren a fibber:
-In discussing foreign funding in the alternative media environment,
Tenet is brought up, which Lisa was booking for, as her prior role. The booker explains how Tim was unaware of the guests, until the day of, & she was never made to platform people by the Russian investors licensing
The Culture War. Lauren agrees that was the case, but notes that external forces choose to elevate messages which can undermine the establishment, even if those issues are genuine. Phil brings up Hasan Piker being funded by communist nations, or Israel paying commentators to make posts, etc, but says accusations of foreign funding is too liberally applied, even if some are. The straw-haired strumpet bemoans the fact average people are unaware of this potential, & take what is posted at face value. As an example, the guest details how "a Belgian politician" was pushing her to make a documentary on
the Donbass, during a trip to Russia, prior to war beginning. Lauren declined, at the time, but claims this man was exposed as a Chinese spy, afterwards, & she could have been used as part of a propaganda effort to justify Russia's intervention:
-The show was very free-flowing, rather than staying hide-bound to the usual routine of skimming articles. Lauren came wanting to speak directly to Tim, about his remarks, rather than just posting a response video. According to Lisa, the beanie boy is amenable to having her back to do that, after he messaged her, during the show:
-The super-chats oscillated from jokes about Lauren's tipsiness, to dinging her having sex with Steven "Destiny" Bonnell. The guest says she already discussed it, & describes her pursuit of Steven as merely going for "the BPD blue-haired, like, art hoe from college" just like the conservative men always talk about doing. This elicits a hearty laugh from Phil, whom has no love for the drug-addled degenerate. Yellow Flash Productions, another commentary channel, praises the guest for
calling out Jeremy "The Quartering" Hambly, in another super-chat:
