# What's Going on in Right-Wing Media? w/ Howard Polskin/Gen Z is Tired of War w/ Ionnis Vlahos Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/parallax-views-w-j-g-michael-333302/what-s-going-on-in-right-wing-media-w-howard-polskin-gen-z-is-tired-of-war-w-ionnis-vlahos Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/parallax-views-w-j-g-michael-333302/what-s-going-on-in-right-wing-media-w-howard-polskin-gen-z-is-tired-of-war-w-ionnis-vlahos.md Podcast: [Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael](https://stenobird.com/podcast/parallax-views-w-j-g-michael-333302) Published: 2026-07-18T19:08:18+00:00 Episode link: https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/polskin-vlahos7-18-26/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tkwx2vnc7i8b3zzy/ParallaxViewsPolskinVlahos7-18-26.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/parallax-views-w-j-g-michael-333302/episodes/what-s-going-on-in-right-wing-media-w-howard-polskin-gen-z-is-tired-of-war-w-ionnis-vlahos Duration seconds: 3680 ## Resource đŸ‘‰ Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around:https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, it's a double-feature episode examining the changing landscape of American politics, media, and public opinion from two very different perspectives. First, journalist Howard Polskin, founder of The Righting, joins us to discuss the modern right-wing media ecosystem and the influence it exerts on American politics. Polskin explains why he launched The Righting after the 2016 election to track the headlines, narratives, and trends emerging from conservative media, and discusses which outlets wield the greatest influence in the Trump era. We examine the relationship between major platforms like Fox News, Breitbart, Newsmax, and The Epoch Times, the rise of outrage-driven content and right-wing podcasts, and why seemingly fringe ideas can migrate into the political mainstream. Polskin also reflects on his effort to understand—rather than simply caricature—the conservative media landscape, the internal divisions within the American right over issues like Iran, and why he believes liberals, journalists, policymakers, and anyone seeking to better understand contemporary conservatism should pay closer attention to the stories shaping conservative audiences. In the second half of the program, Ioannis (Ian) Vlahos, editorial assistant and writer at Antiwar.com and a history and journalism student at George Mason University, joins us to discuss his Antiwar.Com article "Gen Z Is Tired of War." Vlahos argues that Generation Z's worldview has been shaped less by the trauma of 9/11 itself tha… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/parallax-views-w-j-g-michael-333302/episodes/what-s-going-on-in-right-wing-media-w-howard-polskin-gen-z-is-tired-of-war-w-ionnis-vlahos/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/parallax-views-w-j-g-michael-333302/what-s-going-on-in-right-wing-media-w-howard-polskin-gen-z-is-tired-of-war-w-ionnis-vlahos.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.