Political commentator Tim Pool has announced that he is restructuring his podcast and suggested that he will be taking a step back from the show.
The 38-year-old’s Timcast IRL has over two million subscribers and more than a billion video clicks, but he told listeners that sustained vitriol and threats aimed at him had taken its toll.
Pool said he will be making reductions to the show’s schedule so that he can get married to long-term partner Alison Neubauer, with whom he is having a child, and prioritize family.
On Wednesday, referring to him and Neubauer—who also works on the podcast—Pool told his Timcast IRL listeners: “When all the stress has come to a head, we finally make the decision: maybe we should just take care of ourselves and stop pushing as hard as we can to the point where our heads are going to explode and our eyes pop out of our heads.
“We’re at a point where I don’t want to put my family at risk, and there’s limited things I’m willing to say because of the psychopaths who threaten us every single day, and the very serious threats that we do receive almost every single day. But…we’ve talked about it, we worked through it as much as we can and I think, largely due to the response from our loyal fans, members, viewers and some friends and family, we will make it work to the best of our abilities.
“So, with that being said, it’s kind of the weirdest way to announce that I’m pursuing my family life to the best of my abilities,” said Pool, who filed a lawsuit against presidential candidate Kamala Harris last month for allegedly suggesting he was in favor of a Donald Trump dictatorship.
The podcaster reiterated that due to his loyal following’s ongoing support, he is not just going to “shut it down, disappear and then go and live my own life.”
“We will do what we can to make this show continue and functioning and working. It may mean that we won’t have guests on Friday, but Friday will be crew shows where members will join the show as our guests, maybe some people will join as guests who live near as locals, but there will be some reduction,” Pool said.
