Anti-Trump podcast MeidasTouch is rivaling Joe Rogan. Does it have staying power?

Bobby Allyn

August 14, 2025 / 9:56 am

Ben Meiselas is pacing in front of his home in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles, talking on the phone with one hand, a Starbucks coffee cup in the other.

He wraps his call. He has 588 unread text messages. But he's thinking about something else: his frenetic YouTube schedule.

"We will have already had a video up at 4 a.m., 5:30 a.m., 7, and 8:30 is coming," Meiselas said.

As he enters his house, three Maltese terriers scuttle around. Meiselas walks to his office behind glass doors. An elevated laptop sits on a desk, a camera is affixed to a tripod and bright lights stand on either side. This is where he does his daily dissections of President

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