Hannah Spierer
Hannah Spierer, also known as Sarah Smith, (born circa 1985) is a host and co-founder of the far right alternative media platform Counterspin Media. She is the partner of fellow Counterspin host and co-founder Kelvyn Alp. During the 2000s, Spierer studied political science at the University of Auckland, holding positions in the Auckland University Students Association's and the Green Party's campus branch. By the early 2020s, Spierer's politics had shifted to the right and she became involved with QAnon, the sovereign citizen movement, the anti-lockdown group "Mothers Who Stand for Freedom" and Counterspin Media.