Thread by @uberfeminist

Bret Weinstein makes at least $7000 a month from Patreon, more likely closer to $15000

Heather Heying makes at least $8500 a month from Patreon

Combined, at least $200k annual income to create a conspiracy theory podcast

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remember when a bunch of #GamerGate goons got mad about Anita getting a $150k one time payment for a YouTube series?

The very same incels are giving Bret Weinstein a quarter million a year to create worst YouTube channel ever

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keep in mind that any money Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying saw from YouTube monetization was a bonus on the $200k they were already getting from Patreon.

Guests likely unpaid & entire series edited (for free?) by their kid Zack.

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this is an example of the type of galaxy brain takes that Bret Weinstein puts out there that apparently result in his podcast being worth millions of dollars

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https://twitter.com/uberfeminist/status/1410714300994445321

Bret Weinstein *could* get a real job.

or he could just get sent an insane chain email from Steve Kirsch, & then say "wow Steve, my dude, that's a lot of stuff you have there" and pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars

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Bret Weinstein = 3,536 patrons

Heather Heying = 1,669 patrons

5,205 total * $5 typical tier = $312,300 annually from Patreon.

yet YouTube ads were apparently still 'half' their salary, so they need to sell shirts now

Assume Patreon takes huge cut / some patrons cheap. Bret Weinstein still has $200k/year.

& add 2 Princeton fellowships = each a half academic salary & has living allowances.

YouTube doubling this would put them in $600k range

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for a 2 person podcast making over half a million yearly, dollar for dollar Bret Weinstein's podcast is one of lowest effort podcasts of all time.

it would be the worst if Eric Weinstein's didn't exist. he has even deeper pockets.

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