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Brian Rose (podcaster)
American-born podcaster (born 1971) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brian Rose (born May 1971) is an American-British podcaster, political candidate, and former banker. He is the host of London Real, a podcast and former YouTube channel he founded in 2011. He was a candidate for the 2021 London mayoral and London Assembly elections for his own London Real Party.[1][2]
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Early life and career
Brian Rose was born in San Diego, United States, in May 1971.[3][4] His early career was as a banker in New York City and London.[2] Rose has described how he became addicted to alcohol and then other drugs, including a heroin overdose in 2001. He moved to London in 2002 and stopped using drugs, becoming a British citizen in 2007.[5]
Career
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In 2011, Rose founded the podcast and YouTube channel London Real.[6][7] As of 2020, he was its host and CEO, with the channel having two million subscribers.[2][8] Guests on the show have included Gary Vaynerchuk and Wim Hof.[9] His most popular video was with Mantak Chia where they discuss sexual exercises for men.[6]
Rose has also conducted interviews with conspiracy theorist David Icke,[10] in one of which Icke falsely claimed a link between the COVID-19 pandemic and 5G mobile phone networks. The video was later removed from YouTube, Facebook, and Spotify.[11][12] Rose has said about the interview: "I'm proud we broadcast it. We fought against censorship last year because I want people to have these discussions and I want to have them out in the open... By no means do I agree with everything he says."[5] While interviewing Icke, Rose said, "I personally don't believe the Coronavirus was created by a third party. I do think it occurred naturally. I do believe in the science and I do believe in vaccines".[13] Rose has, however, described the United Kingdom government's COVID-19 response as "disproportionate".[14]
Along with London Real, Rose set up an academy offering courses on public speaking, business, and motivation.[6] Vice reported that Rose's "Business Accelerator" programmes have been criticised by past customers.[9] In 2020, the only active company registered in Rose's name was Longstem Limited.[9]
YouTube closed the London Real channel in September 2023.[15]
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Politics
In the US, Rose originally voted Democratic and then became a Republican. He did not vote in the 2016 London mayoral or 2019 UK general elections.[5] Rose stood in the 2021 London mayoral and London Assembly elections for his own London Real Party.[1][2]
On 24 January 2021, Rose and six of his staff were fined by police for breaking lockdown rules while filming promotional material for his campaign.[16] He was criticised in the election for his hosting of David Icke on London Real.[17] He finished seventh with 31,111 votes in the mayoral election, while his party finished 11th on the London-wide list with 18,395 votes.[18]
Rose declared himself as a candidate in the 2024 London mayoral election.[19] He finished last with 7,501 votes, 0.3% of all votes cast.[20]
Personal life
Rose is married to Mariana, originally from Bulgaria. She has a daughter from a previous relationship, and they have two sons.[5]
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