{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68806250f6d4262b07a85923/69d371c8f57702d2d9c25efd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"JTG MINI: KONY 2012","description":"<p>On March 5th, 2012, a 27-minute YouTube video dropped and within six days, 100 million people had watched it. Every celebrity shared it. Oprah. Beyonce. Everyone. The premise was simple: make a Ugandan warlord named Joseph Kony so famous that the world would have to stop him. It became the fastest viral video in history. But in less than two weeks, the whole thing completely collapsed, ending with the man behind it, Invisible Children founder Jason Russell, having a very public naked breakdown on a street in San Diego.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This is Just The Gist (MINI) of KONY 2012: the viral video, Jason Russell and Invisible Children, the slacktivism scandal, the Lord's Resistance Army, and the spectacular public meltdown that ended it all.</p><p>.</p><p><br></p><p>We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's Breakin' Nooz, JTG After Show AND Bonus eps! You can access them by joining the Gistener Club via the<a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/justthegist\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Just The Gist Patreon</a> or Apple Premium Subscriptions.</p><p>Watch Just The Gist episodes on<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@JustTheGistPodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Youtube @JustTheGistPodcast</a></p><p>Follow Just The Gist on<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/justthegistpodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram</a> and<a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@justthegistpodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> TikTok</a> @JustTheGistPodcast</p><p>Follow Rosie in all the places at @RosieWaterland</p><p>Want to give us a SuGISTion? Tell Rosie to stop singing so much? Email us at hello@justthegist.com.au</p><p>Just The Gist is a Just The Network production. Executive Producer and Host: Rosie Waterland | Senior Producer and Editor: James Joseph | Producer: Kate Leaver | Additional production support: Hayley Staveley | Acast Legends: Guy Scott-Wilson and Simon McDermott | Production Assistant: Pocket</p><p>Don't forget to follow and give us 5 stars, which means something apparently!</p><p>Thank you, as always, for Gistening. Now go say something impressive at a dinner party.</p><p>.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kony 2012 Full Video (YouTube, Invisible Children, 2012)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/27/kony-2012-10-years-africa-problem\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kony 2012, Ten Years On (The Guardian, April 2022)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.narratively.com/p/why-i-couldnt-stop-thinking-about-kony\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why I Couldn't Stop Thinking About Kony (Narratively, 2022)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg5-_Rib9S4&amp;t=110s\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">'We're in Bad Times' Invisible Children super cool music video (YouTube, 2012)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://jacobin.com/2025/03/kony-2012-interventionism-usaid-uganda\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kony 2012 and Interventionism (Jacobin, March 2025)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.oprah.com/own-oprahs-next-chapter/what-jason-russell-remembers-about-his-public-breakdown-video\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Russell on His Public Breakdown (Oprah.com, 2012)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kony_2012\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kony 2012 (Wikipedia)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://invisiblechildren.com/kony-2012/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Invisible Children Website</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Just The Network"}