Sofitel Los Angeles hotel in Beverly Hills put a member of the Podfest community's safety at risk, the festival moved venues and Anthony publicly recommended against staying at the hotel. Plagiarism allegations On July 9, 2015, Alan Bellows posted a letter accusing Anthony of plagiarizing Damn Interesting's content for use on The Dollop. In a response at Reddit, Anthony said that he had made a mistake and apologized for not attributing the stories properly, but claimed that this did not constitute plagiarism. Writing about the incident for Plagiarism Today, author Jonathan Bailey concluded that although there was no reason to suppose that Anthony had intended to plagiarize, "there is no debate that the podcast took text and facts written by others and used them, often verbatim, without attribution. That is the definition of plagiarism." On August 25, 2019, Josh Levin posted a thread to Twitter accusing Anthony of plagiarizing one of Levin's articles for a Dollop show at Chicago's Athenaeum Theatre in 2017. Levin's article was cited by The Dollop in the show notes but was not mentioned in the recording. Levin stated that there was no way to click on the sources in the episode description, but it was then shown that Levin did not have the setting correct on his phone and that the sources were easily accessible. In a reply to the thread, author Paul Brown stated that The Dollop had also plagiarized sections of his book The Rocketbelt Caper for a 2017 episode. Brown's book was cited in The Dollop show notes but not mentioned on the recording. The Dollop hosts have stated it is a fair use podcast. Anthony told the San Francisco Chronicle, "We want people to find the source material and know who's writing it. The whole reason I'm doing the podcast is to get these stories out there because they're important." Activism Anthony is strongly anti-capitalist and traces many of America's problems back to capitalism. He has said that he uses his platform to turn more people against capitalism, and claims to have gotten feedback confirming that it is working. In 2020, Anthony backed Nithya Raman for Los Angeles City Council. He encourages others to become involved in local politics, believing that it is a better way to effect change than focusing on national politics. He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. Another issue of deep importance to Anthony