Harper started the podcast after listening to
Fash The Nation, and after the
Unite the Right rally white nationalist movement occurred. who has a "penchant for trafficking in obscene rape and death threats". Casarez, and former
Wisconsin congressional candidate
Paul Nehlen (whom Harper called "a vicious, horrible human being"), indicated they had not connected Jarrett Smith to the other people casing the house, and that they considered the case closed. In October 2020, two members of The Base were arrested by the FBI for their harassment at the home a year earlier, and were charged with gang membership, unlawful posting of a message, and using computers to commit a crime. ==Reception==