A Think First Podcast with Jim Detjen

Nick Fuentes didn’t appear in a vacuum — and this episode isn’t about defending or denouncing him. It’s about why certain voices cut through during moments of institutional fatigue — and why the same mechanics repeat across the political spectrum. Drawing on campus observations, recent media flashpoints, and Episode #52 (The Pendulum Swing of Gen Z), we look at how attention, irony, certainty, and drift shape what rises online. Not persuasion — selection. And if something in the conversat...