Michael Brooks

**Michael Jamal Brooks** was an American political commentator and comedian. He was both the host of The Michael Brooks Show and a co-host of The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder.

The show has a Patreon and makes at least $6,064 per month from 758 patrons as of October 21, 2022.

Michael was featured on BreadTube.tv. He also attended Butterpalooza charity stream hosted by The Serfs between October 18 and October 20 of 2019.

## Early career

In 2011, Michael began a career in comedy and meditation. He co-authored the book *The Buddha's Playbook* with Josh Summers. He'd also contribute to numerous political shows such as The David Pakman Show.

## The Majority Report & the Michael Brooks Show

A year later in 2012, Michael would meet Sam Seder (the host of The Majority Report). Seder was impressed by Michael's intelligence and offered to hire him. Michael was reluctant at first, claiming to be 'not great with details'. Seder nonetheless wanted him to join TMR, leading Michael to accept the offer.

Michael would create his own political talk show called The Michael Brooks Show, which first aired in 2017. Throughout its existence, Michael was able to interview famous political theorists including anarchist Noam Chomsky and Marxist Slavoj Žižek.

In January 2020, he interviewed former Brazilian president Lula, who previously had been arrested and barred from running in the 2018 Brazilian elections (which far-right leader Bolsonaro won).

## Death

On July 20, 2020, Michael suddenly died of a saddle pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lungs) at the age of 36. Many political figures gave tribute to him, including The Majority Report, The Young Turks, David Pakman, Lula, Richard Wolff and many others.

## Political views

Michael advocated for socialism, Marxism and anti-imperialism. He criticized Israel for its maltreatment of Palestinians and showed support for the Kurds in Rojava.

During the 2020 elections, Michael praised Bernie Sanders.

## Trivia

* In addition to TMR and TMBS, he also hosted or had previously hosted *INTERSECTION*, *Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Michael Brooks* and *2 Dope Boys and a Podcast*.
* He also published works to numerous media outlets such as *The Washington Post*, *Al Jazeera*, *HuffPost*, etc.
* Michael is Jewish.

## References

1. ↑ The Michael Brooks Show's YouTube Stats. SocialBlade. Archived from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
2. ↑ [https://www.patreon.com/TMBS The Michael Brooks Legacy Project
is creating work that continues the legacy and vision of Michael Brooks]. Patreon.Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
3. ↑ ~~Channels~~. BreadTube.tv. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
4. ↑ The Michael Brooks Show. BreadTube.tv. Archived from the original on September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
5. ↑ A Serfs Spooktacular [@theserfstv] (October 19, 2019). First night of Butterpalooza was a ton of fun. We raised over 3400 for two awesome charities (that's nearly 50 million Canadian)! And got visited by industry legend @davidscottjaffe! Even more adventures to be had today so come join at http://twitch.tv/theserfstv (Tweet). Twitter. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
6. ↑ A Serfs Spooktacular [@theserfstv] (October 20, 2019). We're almost at our fundraising goals of $10k that gets clean drinking water into Aboriginal communities @waterfirstngo and help @TransLifeline keep saving lives! Final day of butterpalooza is upon us! http://twitch.tv/theserfstv #SundayThoughts #SundayMotivation #SundayFunday. (Tweet). Twitter. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2022.

## External Links

* YouTube channel
* Patreon
* Twitter account (official)
* Twitter account (personal)