Michael Malice | |
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| Born | Michael Krechmer (1976-07-12)July 12, 1976 (age 48) Lviv,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union |
| Pen name | Michael Malice |
| Occupation | Author, columnist, media personality |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Bucknell University |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
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| michaelmalice.com | |
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| YouTube information | |
| Channels | |
| Years active | 2013–present |
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| Subscribers | 230 thousand |
| Views | 20.5 million |
| Network | Podcast One |
| Contents are in | English |
Last updated: January 24, 2025 | |
Michael Krechmer[1][2] (born July 12, 1976), better known asMichael Malice, is a Ukrainian-Americananarchist, author, andpodcaster. He is the host of"YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice, a video podcast which airs onPodcast One.[3][4] He has also been aghostwriter and aFox News commentator.[5][6]
Malice was born inLviv, a city in the formerUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.[7][8]Malice has a sister and two nephews.[9] He is ofJewish heritage[1][10] and grew up speaking Russian.[11]
When he was two years old, he moved with his parents to theBensonhurst neighborhood ofBrooklyn, New York City.[1][7][12] His father originally worked as acourier and attendedBaruch College to study computer science. He later worked forMerrill Lynch.[7] Malice attendedBucknell University.[12][13] Malice also worked forGoldman Sachs before quitting.[14]
Malice is the co-creator and founding editor of the humor blogOverheard in New York that posts submissions of conversations allegedly heard by eavesdroppers in New York City.[13][15][16] Launched in 2003, the site was inspired by a conversation overheard by co-creator S. Morgan Friedman.[16][17] A book based on some of the site's submissions was published in 2006.[13][16][17] In 2017, Malice joinedCompound Media as the host of the weekly talk show"YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice, whose title Malice has described astrolling.[4]The Guardian described him as "a fixture of the alternative media sphere" in a 2018 article about a right-wing gala in New York City called "A Night for Freedom" where he was a speaker.[18]
Malice has co-authored andghostwritten books for celebrities.[5] He co-wrote MMA fighterMatt Hughes's 2008 autobiographyMade in America: The Most Dominant Champion in UFC History.[1] He co-wroteConcierge Confidential: The Gloves Come Off – and the Secrets Come Out! Tales from the Man Who Serves Millionaires, Moguls, and Madmen (2011) with Michael Fazio, aconcierge to New York City's rich and famous,[1] Malice also co-wrote comedianD. L. Hughley's 2012 bookI Want You to Shut the F#ck Up: How the Audacity of Dopes Is Ruining America and his 2016 bookBlack Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years.[1] His own 2014 bookDear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography ofKim Jong Il was crowdfunded throughKickstarter and published through Amazon'sCreateSpace program.[19] It is written from the hypothetical first-person view of Kim and is a semi-farcical commentary on how he is portrayed to the North Korean people.[1][20][21] Much of it was based on English language propaganda that Malice collected while on a week-long trip toPyongyang,North Korea in 2012.[1][20][21] He had previously recounted the trip in a 2013 article forReason.[22] In a generally positive review forNK News, Rob York describedDear Reader as "informative, and surprisingly earnest."[23] Malice's 2019 bookThe New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics says that the AmericanNew Right movement should not be equated to Nazis and that some members are acting out in response to progressivism.Kirkus Reviews doubted some of his reasoning, noting that many of his interviewees "are disturbingly assured that Hitler, if not Jefferson Davis, had it right".[10] In 2021, Malice publishedThe Anarchist Handbook, a collection of essays and writing from various anarchists throughout history, includingEmma Goldman,Mikhail Bakunin,Max Stirner,Murray Rothbard, as well as an essay on anarchism by Malice himself. In 2023, Malice publishedThe White Pill, a history of the rise and fall of theSoviet Union.
Since 2014, Malice has been a regular guest on theFox News andFox Business Network showsThe Independents,[24]Kennedy,[3]Red Eye,[3]The Greg Gutfeld Show,[25]The Story with Martha MacCallum,[26] andTucker Carlson Tonight.[27] He is also a regular guest onTheTom Woods Show podcast[28] and has appeared onThe Joe Rogan Experience[3] andThe Rubin Report.[29] Malice is also a regular columnist atObserver.[30]
Malice sued former Fox News hostAndrea Tantaros in October 2016, saying that he was owed $150,000 for ghostwriting her bookTied Up in Knots: How Getting What We Wanted Made Women Miserable.[31] Tantaros disputed that Malice wrote her book, instead describing him as an editor.[32] In an argument to keep the lawsuit under seal, lawyers for Tantaros said that revealing Malice's claim to have ghost-written the book "would severely undermine her credibility in the eyes of her colleagues, fans, publisher, and the wider news-media world."[33] Tantaros countersued Malice for defamation, saying that he had submitted fabricated evidence and colluded with Fox News to harm her reputation.[34] Malice's lawsuit was dismissed; he appealed the dismissal and lost the appeal as well.[35]
Malice's early life was the subject ofHarvey Pekar's 2006 biographicalgraphic novelEgo & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story, illustrated byGary Dumm.[36][13][15] As the title suggests, the biography deals with the development of Malice's egoic personality, a characteristic that Malice does not dispute.[37][38]
Malice describes himself as an anarchist oranarchist without adjectives.[1][29]Reason described his politics as a combination of anarchism,objectivism, andlibertarianism in 2006.[39] In 2014, he wrote anopinion piece forThe Guardian explaining why hedoes not vote.[40] Malice has advocated for the peaceful dissolution of the United States.[41]
Malice is known fortrolling others on social media, according toThe American Conservative.[5] He has said his pseudonymous surname was inspired primarily by British punk singerLora Logic,[42] and by nicknames such asSid Vicious andPoly Styrene that were common within thepunk movement andAndy Warhol's circle, which he has cited as influences.[1]
Malice, formerly ofNew York City,[1][7][12] resides inAustin, Texas.[43]
As sole author:
As editor:
As co-author:
[...] the present author often writes 'YOUR WELCOME'; the mildly intelligent only catch the "your" while the actually intelligent will additionally notice the needless quotes and capitalization, and deduce intentionality.
I'm an anarchist without adjectives.
Malice is desperate for notoriety," Tantaros says in the complaint... "He is a 'wannabe' television personality whose career as a comedian, writer and commentator never gained steam.
Mr. Malice doesn't suffer fools gladly, and neither did Mr. Pekar, whom Mr. Malice befriended through a mutual acquaintance. "He finally met a Jew who was more obnoxious than him," Mr. Malice quipped, explaining that Ego & Hubris, which he never expected to come about, is true to life. But it's only an accurate portrayal, he added, insofar as it represents one part of his identity—albeit a big one.
Does Michael Malice admit to being an unreconstructed 33-year-old Ayn Rand Asshole? He does not—he proclaims it. "My reviews were incredible," he says of 2006's Ego Hubris, the story of his life that Harvey Pekar of American Splendor fame told in graphic-novel form. "The Village Voice called me 'the face of jackassery.' Your magazine called me a 'slacker genius.' Did you know that? The Onion called me 'a hateful blowhard who touts his genius-level intellect and dismisses most of the world as inferior, deluded, or hypocritical.' They also called me a 'human cockroach,' because I'm indestructible. Which I am."
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