Faraday Speaks

**Faraday Speaks**, named after the scientist Michael Faraday, otherwise known as Caleb Cain, is a former right-wing radical and a previous sympathizer of the alt-right and white nationalism. He uploaded "My Descent into the Alt-Right Pipeline" on March 21, 2019, garnering over half a million views, a week after the Christchurch massacre of March 15. The video subject addressed the YouTube recommendation algorithm and right-wing content on the platform.

Caleb was featured on BreadTube.tv. He also attended Butterpalooza hosted by The Serfs between October 18 and October 20, 2019.

In the book "BreadTube Serves Imperialism", Caleb Maupin accuses Jewish pop-psych author Steven Hassan of advising YouTubers because of an interview with Faraday Speaks. In response to the accusations, Cain suggested Maupin's book would be less conspiratorial if he had written about the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) industry. Cain denounced the CVE industry and distanced himself from previous works.

He has a Patreon and makes $4 per month from 3 patrons as of October 19, 2022. He had 21,000+ subscribers on YouTube before deleting and privating his social media presence.

## Early Life

He was born in Florida to a single mother and grew up in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia raised by his grandparents. During his teenage years, he listened to punk music such as Dead Kennedys and watched Michael Moore, then watched New Atheism videos from Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins on YouTube and browsed 4chan.

He graduated from high school in 2011 then went to community college aspiring for an Environmental Major before dropping out after three semesters in 2014.

After dropping out of community college, Caleb moved back in with his grandfather in West Virginia then began watching YouTube. He eventually found "God in the Neurons" segment from the 2010 documentary "Athene’s Theory of Everything" by Chiren Boumaaza. After watching a series of self-help videos, he came across Canadian libertarian Stefan Molyneux and the American podcast host Joe Rogan. Then he got a job as a cashier at the Dairy Queen.

After being recommended videos from Stefan Molyneux, he also began watching videos from Milo Yiannopoulos, Stephen Crowder, Gavin McInnes, and Lauren Southern. In 2016, he got a job at a furniture warehouse and began listening to YouTube during his shifts. Other far-right figures in his watch history include Social Justice Warrior, Richard Spencer and Jared Taylor. He began identifying himself as a civic nationalist and a traditional conservative then dated a evangelical Christian woman. He began arguing with his friends about race realism and mass immigration.

## Debate Sphere

At some point, Caleb started watching Destiny on Twitch during Internet Blood Sports. After Destiny debated Lauren Southern on the topic of immigration, Cain found other creators such as ContraPoints through Destiny.

He hosted the debate between Vaush and Mark Meechan (Count Dankula) and moderated the debate between Destiny, Luna Oi and NonCompete.

## Publicity

Caleb Cain appeared on *CNN*, *PBS*, the David Pakman Show, The Jimmy Dore Show and The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder. He was also interviewed by Jesse Lee Peterson. In addition, He received press coverage and blurbs from *Forbes*, *CNET*, *Wired*, *CNBC*, *Vox* and *Rolling Stone*.

For the one-year anniversary of the Christchurch massacre, Cain travelled to New Zealand to meet with the leaders of the Masjid An-Nur mosque accompanied by a documentary team. He was forced to return to United States early due to emergency evacuations with the announcement of COVID pandemic. He was scheduled to be interviewed by Byron Clark for the Canterbury Socialist Society.

## Views

Caleb Cain relapsed back to identifying as a conservative in a video entitled "Faraday Retvrns to Youtube" on October 17, 2021 after a hiatus.

## Controversies

* Allegedly sexually assaulted someone ten years younger. Shortly after, Caleb privated his YouTube channel and deleted his Twitter account like a coward.

## Works

* Hughes, Brian, Caleb Cain, Meili Criezis, Kesa White, Cynthia Miller-Idriss. "The QAnon Conspiracy: Destroying Families, Dividing Communities, Undermining Democracy". Network Contagion Research Institute. December 15, 2020. https://eagleton.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/NCRI-The-QAnon-Conspiracy-FINAL.pdf.
* Hughes, Brian and Caleb Cain, “At the ‘Stop the Steal’ Rally, DC: A Survey of Far-Right Rhetoric and Symbology,” Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right. January 13, 2021. https://www.radicalrightanalysis.com/2021/01/13/at-the-stop-the-steal-rally-dc-a-survey-of-far-right-rhetoric-and-symbology/.
* Hughes, Brian, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Kesa White, Meili Criezis, Caleb Cain, and Elena Savoia. “Development of a Codebook of Online Anti-Vaccination Rhetoric to Manage COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation.” MedRxiv, March 26, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147556.
* Cain, Caleb, Meili Criezis, Brian Hughes, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Lydia Bates, "Building Resilience & Confronting Risk in the COVID-19 Era: A Parents & Caregivers Guide to Online Radicalization". Southern Poverty Law Center. June 29, 2021.https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/splc\_peril\_parents\_and\_caregivers\_guide\_june\_2021\_final.pdf.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roose, Kevin (June 8, 2019). The Making of a YouTube Radical. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
2. ↑ Youth Radicalization, Disinformation and Grooming In Times of Crisis. Miller Center for Policing Excellence and Community Resilience. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
3. ↑ Cain, Caleb (March 21, 2019). My Descent into the Alt-Right Pipeline. YouTube. Faraday Speaks. Archived from the original on October 16, 2022.
4. ↑ ~~Faraday Speaks~~. BreadTube.tv. Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 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.
7. ↑ Maupin, Caleb (2021). "Chapter One: What & Who is BreadTube? The Nature of the Counter-Gang". BreadTube Serves Imperialism: Examining The New Brand of Internet Psuedo-Socialism. Monee, IL: Kindle Direct Publishing. ISBN 9798524111708. pp. 27—38.
8. ↑ Cain, Caleb and Stevan Hassan (February 3, 2020). Are you in a cult?! Steven Hassan & Faradayspeaks. YouTube. Faraday Speaks. Archived from the original on. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
9. ↑ Cain, Caleb and Esha Krishnaswamy. (November 14, 2021). Late Nights With Lenin featuring Caleb Cain & Chapter 2 of Nadezhda Remembers (video). YouTube. Historic\_ly. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
10. ↑ FaradaySpeaks. Patreon. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
11. ↑ Faraday Speaks's YouTube Stats. SocialBlade. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Roose, Kevin and Caleb Cain (April 17, 2020). One: Wonderland. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
13. ↑ How YouTubers are deradicalizing members of the alt-right. September 6, 2019. CBC Radio. Tapestry. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
14. ↑ Caleb Cain. LinkedIn. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
15. ↑ Roose, Kevin and Caleb Cain (April 23, 2020).</nowiki>Two: Looking Down. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
16. ↑ Roose, Kevin and Caleb Cain (April 30, 2020).Three: Mirror Image. The New York Times. Archived from the original on . Retrieved October 20, 2022.
17. ↑ (September 16, 2020) Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole ... And Out The Other Side. HOPE not hate. Archived from the original on. November 17, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Quirk, Trevor (January 15, 2020). Can This Notorious Troll Turn People Away From Extremism?. Wired. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022.
19. ↑ Sreenivasan, Hari, Caleb Cain and Kevin Roose (August 21, 2019). Caleb Cain Became Radicalized Watching YouTube. YouTube. Amanpour and Company. Archived from the original on October 23, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
20. ↑ Camerota, Alisyn and Caleb Cain (June 12, 2019). Former alt-right follower calls radicalization a health crisis. CNN. Archived from the original on October 8, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
21. ↑ Dore, Jimmy and Caleb Cain (June 17, 2019). Subject Of NYTimes Youtube Censorship Article Speaks. YouTube. The Jimmy Dore Show. Archiving pending. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
22. ↑ Pakman, David and Caleb Cain (June 27, 2019). The Making (And Unmaking) of a YouTube Radical. YouTube. David Pakman Show. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
23. ↑ Seder, Sam and Caleb Cain (August 30, 2019). The Making Of A YouTube Radical w/ Caleb Cain - MR Live - 8/30/19. YouTube. The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
24. ↑ Peterson, Jesse Lee and Caleb Cain (July 9, 2019). From Left to Right to Left; Formerly Alt-Right w/ Caleb Cain. YouTube. Jesse Lee Peterson. Archived from the original on October 23, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
25. ↑ Kilik, Zeynep. (August 29, 2022). To Combat Online Radicalization, We Must Recognize That Online Spaces Have Become Extensions Of Our Lives. Forbes. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022.
26. ↑ Gonzalez, Oscar (June 29, 2022).Meet the Twitch, YouTube Streamers Who Deradicalize While They Debate. CNET. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
27. ↑ Feuer, Will (December 28, 2019). YouTube actually steers people away from radical videos, researchers say. CNBC.Archived from the original on. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
28. ↑ Beggin, Riley (June 8, 2019). How YouTube sent one man down an alt-right rabbit hole. Vox. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
29. ↑ Dickson, EJ (August 28, 2019). Study Shows How the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’ Is a Gateway to the Far Right. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
30. ↑ Annual Report: July 2019-June 2020. American University. Center for University Excellence. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
31. ↑ Lourens, Mariné (March 10, 2020). Former white supremacist to meet with Christchurch mosque victims. Stuff. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
32. ↑  CANCELLED: CSS Interview With Caleb Cain: Countering the Far-Right. Federation of Socialist Societies. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
33. ↑ Faraday Retvrns to Youtube. YouTube. Faraday Speaks. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 19 2022.
34. ↑ lav :-) [@lavenderkenopsi] (October 17, 2022). This is who sexually assaulted my sister a couple nights ago. His name is Caleb Cain. 29 Years old and lives in Delware. my sister is 19 years old and he touched her without her consent (her private parts) and “assumed” it was okay. just showing this loser to the world (Tweet). Twitter. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.