Skip to content
My journey from censored cartoonist to censored podcaster

My journey from censored cartoonist to censored podcaster

I started my career as a cartoonist back in 2005. I've won awards, published books, and been fired from most publications. Then I launched a podcast and interviewed some of the biggest names in the world.

It's easy to forget I'm actually a cartoonist.

Even I forget.

I started my professional career back in 2005, drawing for a handful of newspapers, winning awards, publishing books, and becoming known—by some—as the 'punk rocker of cartoons'. While many great cartoonists have a string of qualifications, I'm neither great nor do I have any qualifications. After all, I failed art school.

But here I am today, two decades later, still drawing cartoons and hosting a podcast where I talk with guests from around the world, trying to figure out how the world works and what’s really true.

Jerm Warfare podcast
Everything you need to know about the Jerm Warfare podcast.

It's been quite a rollercoaster—from working in the mainstream, getting censored and fired, publishing two books with Penguin, winning my country's top award, then leaving the mainstream for independent media, expanding into podcasting, and interviewing some of the biggest names in the world.

Circa 2021. Robert F Kennedy Jr's first appearance on my podcast.

And getting censored again.

And again.

And again.

I drew this in 2021, before they fired me for being too offensive.

A short summary, part one

For my paid subscribers, I take you through some of the above—though there’ll be more recordings like this, since I left out a lot in this first one. There is simply too much to remember.

Posted by

Jerm

Jerm

We’re constantly bombarded with fake news, propaganda, agendas, and outright lies. It’s an information war. What is true? I don’t know either—but I’m trying to find out.

Related

Apartheid could have been better than democracy

Apartheid could have been better than democracy

I've been thinking about hyper-individualism

I've been thinking about hyper-individualism

Here's what I use to search the internet

Here's what I use to search the internet

Support me

There are several ways to support my work and help me stay independent and resilient in the face of constant censorship. Help me fight the good fight!