Fighting Matters
Hosted by Steve Kwan and Jesse Walker and Mike Mahaffey and Stephan Kesting and Jeff Shaw · Fighting Matters
4.7from 43 ratings
- 95
- Episodes
- 9
- Transcribed
- 43
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 219K
- YouTube views
About Fighting Matters
Fighting fascism and the far-right in combat sports like MMA and BJJ.
- Publisher
- Fighting Matters
- Category
- news · sports · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 Mar 2025
- Latest episode
- 27 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
9 of 95 episodes have a transcript.
27 Sept 2026
The Acceleration of Martial Arts Fascism
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Canada Fuels American Growth
28 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tariffs and Jiu-Jitsu Economics
Inside a recent episode
Canada Fuels American Growth
Published 4 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Whether it is or not, that's a problem for Americans to sort out. But if Americans legitimately want to put protective tariffs on their industries, we can work with that. Tariffs weren't there 40 years ago. We can go back to that if we want. I don't know if that's a good idea or not, but that's fine. That has never been the crux of the problem. the crux of the problem has been threats against sovereignty and that was really something that mark carney in his speech a week or two ago really outlined that this is fundamentally about sovereignty and and reliability of a trade partner more than anything but when i hear americans talk about this on the news they seem very caught up on the economics of this and how harmful these tariffs will be for the american economy which is true But that is not the crux of the problem here, because that assumes that this problem is fixable just by reversing the tariffs. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Fighting Matters
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Jose Fernandez
- Clayton Green
- Dr Clayton Green
- Dr David Riedman
- Shaun Benson
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 219,181
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 23 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.3 / 5
- 20 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100
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- Quality
- 49
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 51
Contact Fighting Matters
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Questions about Fighting Matters
Who hosts Fighting Matters?
Steve Kwan and Jesse Walker and Mike Mahaffey and Stephan Kesting and Jeff Shaw host the show. Published by Fighting Matters.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Fighting Matters take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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