Lucas Gage: The Internet's Most Notorious Antisemite Walks into... Lakewood
6/13/20261 hr 49 min
The topics discussed in this episode include antisemitism, extremism, hate movements, and personal transformation. Viewer discretion is advised.
How does someone go from becoming one of the internet's most notorious antisemites to sitting down in Lakewood for a respectful conversation with Orthodox Jews?
In this fascinating and often uncomfortable conversation, Lucas Gage joins Yaakov Langer and Jake Turx to share the story behind his dramatic transformation. After spending more than a decade immersed in online extremism, conspiracy theories, and antisemitic rhetoric, Lucas explains what caused him to question everything he believed and begin a journey few people thought was possible.
From radicalization and internet culture to accountability, personal growth, faith, and teshuva, Lucas opens up about the decisions, experiences, and conversations that changed the course of his life. He discusses the dangers of echo chambers, the power of honest dialogue, and why changing your mind can be one of the hardest things a person ever does.
What causes someone to embrace hatred in the first place? Can people truly change? How do you rebuild trust after years of promoting harmful ideas? And what happens when the people who once supported you become your biggest critics?
Whether you agree with Lucas or not, this conversation explores redemption, self-reflection, personal responsibility, and the courage it takes to confront uncomfortable truths. It is an honest discussion about antisemitism, extremism, identity, forgiveness, dialogue, and the possibility of change.
Lucas Gage's Links
Substack: https://lucasgage.pub
Jake Turx's Link
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First 90 secondsLucas Gage· Guest0:00
One day I was streaming, and I was talking to people on Rumble like, "What am I doing?" Like, "Why am I even doing it? What, what's the point of this anymore?" Every day I'm s- I'm going, uh, on the, on Twitter, Jew, Jew, Jew, the Jews, communist, Jews, banking, Jew. Every... Good morning everyone except Israel. I was like, "What am I doing?" Like, it's like a disease. I'm serious. It was like this compulsion and it's... And look, it comes from a justified place in some... Eh. But then it's like, what have I become, honestly? And it's like I, I was sick of myself. A- and then looking back at the videos that got me knocked off of Twitter, I was off like my mi- I was out of my mind.
Yaakov Langer· Host0:34
How did one of the most infamous anti-Semites of the past five years end up sitting down on Inspiration for the Nation? Was he paid by Israel 7,000? Was he shot by the space laser? Or was he promised a Streimel? You'll find out the actual reason why Lucas Gage sat down with Jake Turks and me in the heart of Lakewood. This episode is in loving memory of Shem David Ben Yakov Shlama, Miryam Sarabas Yakov Moshe. And thank you to this week's sponsors, Kol Chabad, Wheels2Lease, BitBean, and Hiring For Less. This episode's long, but we very clearly go through Lucas' journey and sit around to watch the entire thing. Real quick, before we jump in, we noticed that 70% of our listeners are not yet subscribed. It's literally free, and I promise you this, you will get the best content first, and it would mean the world to us, so please subscribe. Thank you so much. Now, onto the show. Here we go. Okay, so Lucas, thank you so much for doing this. I feel a little weird because