Bonus Patreon Upcycle - KONY 2012

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<p><em>As RedHanded takes a festive pause, we've picked two of our favourite Patreon Bonus episodes from 2025. To get a full-length, bonus episode of RedHanded every month (plus weekly video episodes of Under the Duvet and much more besides) head to <a href="http://Patreon.com/redhanded">Patreon.com/redhanded</a> and sign up. Or, head to <a href="http://patreon.com/redhanded/gift">patreon.com/redhanded/gift</a> to buy a membership for someone else!</em></p><p>--</p><p>Remember that time a bunch of wristband-wielding Western teens went on a mission to save the world from a megalomaniac Ugandan warlord with an army of <em>literal</em> children in his ranks?</p><p>Well, back in 2012, American filmmaker Jason Russell was determined to make the whole world know Joseph Kony's name.</p><p>Featuring one of the first YouTube videos to ever go viral, cringey musical numbers, unhinged memes and a big old splash of charitable scammery, in this week's bonus episode we're unravelling the bizarre story of a social media campaign that virtue-signalled too close to the sun – and ended up crashing and burning.</p><p>--</p><p><a href="http://patreon.com/redhanded"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> - Ad-free &amp; Bonus Episodes</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dovjXDB69lhDjASbAgnwA"><strong>YouTube</strong></a> - Full-length Video Episodes</p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@redhandedthepod"><strong>TikTok</strong></a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/redhandedthepod/"><strong>Instagram</strong></a></p><p><em>Sources and more available on </em><a href="https://redhandedpodcast.com/">redhandedpodcast.com</a></p>