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The Michael Brooks Show (TMBS)  is a left-wing American politics and political satire podcast that first launched on 8th August 2017, hosted by Michael Brooks in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. The show is produced by Matt Lech and David Slavick.

Background and format
The Michael Brooks Show was first introduced on the YouTube channel of The Majority Report with Sam Seder on 11th July 2017. In the introduction video, the "Right-Wing Mandela radio show" was introduced, as a recurring character within The Michael Brooks Show, along with a "Nation of Islam Obama character", and others. Another regular feature includes the phrases such as 'Left is Best'.

To fund the project, TMBS Patreon was launched on 13th July 2017, with the first post being a sketch entitled "The Clintons: Murder, Running Drug Cartels, and Other Presidential Duties ".

Michael is assisted during the show by his show crew David Slavick, Matt Lech, Brian Spinks, Wos Lambre, Anoa Changa, Hannah Gais, Bhaskar Sunkara, Corey Pein and Aloyna Minkovski and Djene Bajalan.

Content
The program comprises of two main pieces of content each week: a live show on Youtube every Tuesday at 7pm EST, and a "weekly ideas primer" or "illicit history" segment released to Patreon patrons every Sunday.

The Tuesday live shows are in two sections, the first being a publicly broadcast show lasting around an hour usually featuring an in-depth interview with a guest known in a political or historical field of expertise. The second half (post-game) is then released to Patreon members only and contains further interviews and members' phone calls and instant messaging comments.

As part of the main show each week Michael declares someone to be deserving of being locked in "the Pyramid", with the first person inducted being Eric Weinstein of Thiel Capital, on 8th August 2017.

Patreon members also receive access to a private Discord server where regular Q&A sessions occur and those who are at "Comrade level" or above on Patreon can receive monthly Skype conversations with Brooks.

Recurring Characters and Impressions
Most shows feature a sketch or "appearance" from one or more of Michael's character impressions:


 * Right-Wing Mandela
 * Nation of Islam Obama with his featured catchphrase: "The arc of history bends towards Sharia"
 * Maoist Bernie
 * Mike Thernovich [sic]
 * Bernie or Bust Bill Clinton : "Bernie would have won"
 * Dr Ben Carson
 * Sebastian Gorka
 * Anthony Scaramucci
 * Jeb Bush

Reception
Prior to the first live show, 450 individuals had pledged recurring financial support for the program through crowd-funding platform Patreon. .

As of January 2018, The Michael Brooks Show has amassed over 1000 recurring Patrons, whose financial support is rewarded with member only content and other exclusive perks, as well as access to the TMBS Discord server.

Illicit History and Primers Released
Illicit history and primers are released every Sunday for patreons only.