Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy on why he "stays up at night" worrying about politics
2026-07-21 · 8 min · 7 entities
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Dave Portnoy, the polarizing social media personality and founder of Barstool Sports, has published a memoir. In Cancel Me If You Can , he writes about building a media empire – but also about his role as a political lightning rod. Portnoy spoke with Morning Edition 's Steve Inskeep about his fallout with Call Her Daddy 's Alex Cooper, his popularity among young men, and why he "stay[s] up at night" worrying about antisemitism and democratic socialism.
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