The Jason Levin Show
The Jason Levin Show
Jason Levin
#82: David Keyes — Meme Warfare: The New Battlefield
57 minutes Posted Mar 5, 2025 at 3:00 pm.
David Keyes is the former spokesman to Israel's Prime Minister and pranker of dictators
What is ‘narrative warfare’ and how do you fight back
From pranking dictators to advising the Israeli PM
David’s wildest dictator pranks
Prepping Netanyahu to dodge media attacks
How startup founders can hit back at legacy media
Making the Israeli PM go viral on day one
Why are terrorists so damn good at PR?
The viral TOTAL VICTORY campaign and what made it explode
What David learned from working with Netanyahu firsthand
Our funeral for legacy media
Legacy media's death: self-inflicted?
What’s next for PR agencies now that legacy media is kaput?
“We need to seize the memes of production” me to @PalmerLuckey
The secret sauce to making your content go viral everytime
Measuring who’s winning the narrative war
Cracking world leaders with humors and jokes
How to stand out in an ocean of AI-generated slop
David’s mentors and the lessons they taught him
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David Keyes is the former spokesman to Israel's Prime Minister and pranker of dictators(00:38) What is ‘narrative warfare’ and how do you fight back(02:21) From pranking dictators to advising the Israeli PM(05:07) David’s wildest dictator pranks(09:20) Prepping Netanyahu to dodge media attacks(13:17) How startup founders can hit back at legacy media(17:26) Making the Israeli PM go viral on day one(21:14) Why are terrorists so damn good at PR?(23:21) The viral TOTAL VICTORY campaign and what made it explode(28:26) What David learned from working with Netanyahu firsthand(34:28) Our funeral for legacy media(36:08) Legacy media's death: self-inflicted?(37:28) What’s next for PR agencies now that legacy media is kaput?(40:04) “We need to seize the memes of production” me to @PalmerLuckey(41:25) The secret sauce to making your content go viral everytime(43:58) Measuring who’s winning the narrative war(46:04) Cracking world leaders with humors and jokes(49:46) How to stand out in an ocean of AI-generated slop(51:53) David’s mentors and the lessons they taught him(55:34) I was dead WRONG about memes making millionsJason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software Memelord TechnologiesRead Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.Follow Jason on ⁠XFollow David on XSubscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠.Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.