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Episode 138 - Finding a New Identity w/Samantha from Life After Hate May 13, 2024

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The former Women's Director of Identity Evropa discusses her time in the movement, how she got out, and how she's helping others do the same.

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IDENTITY EVROPA/AMERICAN IDENTITY MOVEMENT

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/identity-evropaamerican-identity-movement

WHITE NATIONALIST GROUP IDENTITY EVROPA REBRANDS FOLLOWING PRIVATE CHAT LEAKS, LAUNCHES 'AMERICAN IDENTITY MOVEMENT'

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/03/12/white-nationalist-group-identity-evropa-rebrands-following-private-chat-leaks-launches

Samantha’s Journey Into the Alt-Right, and Back

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/samanthas-journey-into-the-alt-right-and-back

A Former Far-Right Extremist Testified About How “Unite The Right” Rally Organizers Planned For A Racial Holy War

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/unite-the-right-witness-violent-plans-testimony

Former Identity Evropa Organizer Tells Secrets In Trial Deposition

https://unicornriot.ninja/2021/former-identity-evropa-organizer-tells-secrets-in-trial-deposition/

White Nationalist Group Forms 'National Justice' Political Party

https://www.newsweek.com/white-nationalist-group-forms-national-justice-political-party-1526903

PRO-KREMLIN PROPAGANDIST TIES TO WHITE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT DEEPER THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/09/19/pro-kremlin-propagandist-ties-white-nationalist-movement-deeper-previously-known

Collapse of White Nationalist Party Offers Lessons for Anti-Fascist Strategy

https://truthout.org/articles/collapse-of-white-nationalist-party-offers-lessons-for-anti-fascist-strategy/

Life After Hate Launches New Initiative to Provide Hope to Those Seeking to Leave Lives of Violent Far-Right Extremism

https://www.lifeafterhate.org/blog/2023/5/1/the-daily-former/

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Episode 137 - Take the Glitterpill w/Samantha Kutner May 06, 2024

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Samantha Kutner joins the podcast to talk about Radical Joy, The Glitterpill Community, self care, and maintaining a sense of balance in unbalanced times.

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Proud Boys Whisperer, Samantha's Website

https://proudboyswhisperer.com

The Glitterpill Community

https://www.patreon.com/TheGlitterpillCommunity

Why neo-Nazi groups are popping up at pro-Palestinian rallies

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/nazis-palestinian-rallies-antisemitism-rcna124300

Capitol rioter who wanted to be ‘lone-wolf killer’ charged with violating anti-stalking order

https://mcac.maryland.gov/2024/03/capitol-rioter-who-wanted-to-be-lone-wolf-killer-charged-with-violating-anti-stalking-order/

Sami Al-Arian Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Provide Services To Palestinian Islamic Jihad

https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2006/April/06_crm_221.html

Episode 122 - No, Patriot Front are not Feds, you stupid, stupid people w/David Neiwert

The Artist's Way

https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/book/9780143129257

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Episode 136 - Jake Shields's Permanent Record Apr 29, 2024

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Former MMA fighter turned professional Twitter troll Jake Shields has gone down a very dark path in his quest to stay relevant.

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In cutting Jake Shields, UFC takes a page out of NFL's playbook

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/in-cutting-jake-shields--ufc-takes-a-page-out-of-nfl-s-playbook-203152661-mma.html

Berkeley protests of Yiannopoulos caused $100,000 in damage

https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/us/milo-yiannopoulos-berkeley/index.html

Jake Shields Reportedly Saves Man From Masked Attackers During UC-Berkeley Riot

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jake-shields-reportedly-saves-man-masked-attackers-during-015236555--mma.html

Right-Wing Outlets Keep Relying On A Racist Troll Posing As A Researcher

https://angrywhitemen.org/2019/06/16/right-wing-outlets-keep-relying-on-a-racist-troll-posing-as-a-researcher/

Eoin Lenihan Cracks Jokes About AIDS With A White Supremacist In A Recently Unearthed Video

https://angrywhitemen.org/2019/06/20/eoin-lenihan-cracks-jokes-about-aids-with-a-white-supremacist-in-a-recently-unearthed-video/

Paul Nehlen Posts List of Critics, Says ’74 Are Jews’

https://www.wpr.org/justice/paul-nehlen-posts-list-critics-says-74-are-jews

AUDIENCE CAPTURE - How "Influencers" Become Brainwashed by Their Audiences

Audience Capture

https://marketingmemetics.com/essays/audience-capture#

Jake Shields Says He Issues $200K Fight Offer To 10 Trans Men But ‘Still No Acceptors’

https://middleeasy.com/mma-news/jake-shields-issues-200k-fight-offer-to-10-transmen/

Far-right figures are spreading antisemitism and conspiracy theories in response to news of a tunnel under a New York synagogue

https://www.mediamatters.org/antisemitism/far-right-figures-are-spreading-antisemitism-and-conspiracy-theories-response-news

MAGA Influencers Tearing Each Other Apart Over Israel-Hamas War

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/israel-hamas-violence-maga-influencer-meltdown-1234857139/

Jake Shields Boasts Of Dinner With White Supremacist Nick Fuentes

https://angrywhitemen.org/2024/04/20/jake-shields-boasts-of-dinner-with-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes/

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Episode 135 - "From 4Chan to the White House" w/Mike Wendling Apr 22, 2024

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BBC Journalist and author Mike Wendling joins the podcast to talk about the rise and fall of the "Alt-Right", Art Bell, and how not to amplify bad information.

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Alt-Right From 4chan to the White House by Mike Wendling

https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786802378/alt-right/

Day of Reckoning - How the Far Right Declared War on Democracy by Mike Wendling

https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349718/day-of-reckoning/

BBC Trending

https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cme72mv58q4t

Protester Punches White Nationalist Richard Spencer During Interview

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/protester-punches-white-nationalist-richard-spencer-during-interview-859651651503

Art Bell, Radio Host Who Tuned In to the Dark Side, Dies at 72

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/obituaries/art-bell-radio-host-who-tuned-in-to-the-dark-side-dies-at-72.html

"43*" by Jeff Greenfield.

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/16034689

(An alternate history where Al Gore wins the 2000 presidential election and actually becomes president.)

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Episode 134 - Walking Away From Hate w/Lauren Manning Apr 15, 2024

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Lauren Manning is a former white nationalist skinhead who now works with a group called Life After Hate to help and support people who are ready to leave extremism behind.

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WALKING AWAY FROM HATE Our Journey Through Extremism

https://www.tidewaterpress.ca/walking-away-from-hate/

AFTER MY DAD DIED, I FOUND A NEW FAMILY IN A WHITE-POWER GANG. I SPENT YEARS DRESSING LIKE A SKINHEAD, FIGHTING STRANGERS AND COMMITTING PETTY CRIMES BEFORE I REALIZED THE ABSURDITY OF MY BELIEFS. INSIDE THE TWISTED WORLD OF TORONTO’S WHITE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT

https://torontolife.com/memoir/i-spent-five-years-in-a-white-power-gang-inside-the-twisted-world-of-torontos-white-supremacist-movement/

Life After Hate

https://www.lifeafterhate.org

The death of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville changed my life

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-death-of-heather-heyer-in-charlottesville-changed-my-life/

'I was a drunk thug': Hate crimes are growing. These former white supremacists want to end the violence.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/06/these-former-white-supremacist-group-members-work-to-counter-extremism/70187877007/

Life After Hate Details Best Practice for Using Former Violent Extremists as Peer Mentors; Demands Greater Professionalism, Oversight in Disengagement Work

https://nonprofitwire.com/press-release/life-after-hate-details-best-practice-for-using-former-violent-extremists-as-peer-mentors-demands-greater-professionalism-oversight-in-disengagement-work-301786767/

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Episode 133 - Leaving the Alt-Right w/Evan McLaren Apr 08, 2024

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Evan McLaren was the executive director of the NPI, Richard Spencer's white nationalist "think tank", until he resigned in 2018. We talk about what he saw there, and his journey out of hate.

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How the Alt-Right Grew From an Obscure Racist Cabal

https://www.wired.com/2016/10/alt-right-grew-obscure-racist-cabal/

The executive director of the National Policy Institute has resigned after less than a year heading the group backed by alt-right front man Richard Spencer.

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/04/25/executive-director-national-policy-institute-resigns-less-year-after-taking-over

ONCE A POLITICAL FORCE, RICHARD SPENCER AND NATIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE GO QUIET

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/once-political-force-richard-spencer-and-national-policy-institute-go-quiet

A Major ‘Alt-Right’ Figure Just Disavowed White Nationalism

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/evan-mclaren-disavows-alt-right-white-nationalism_n_626acfbee4b0cca675537067

A statement from Evan McLaren

INSIDE THE FAR-RIGHT PODCAST ECOSYSTEM, PART 1: BUILDING A NETWORK OF HATE

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/09/29/inside-far-right-podcast-ecosystem-part-1-building-network-hate

I Don't Speak German Podcast Episode 124 "The Collapse Of The National Justice Party"

JAN. 6 PARTICIPANT WHO ‘FLED TO RUSSIA’ HASN’T COME HOME

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/09/11/jan-6-participant-who-fled-russia-hasnt-come-home

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Episode 132 - Texas is the Reason w/Robert Downen Apr 01, 2024

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Robert Downen from the Texas Tribune joins me once again to discuss the massive rightward political shift in Texas, white nationalists, the secessionist movement, and the billionaires who pay for it.

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Amid white supremacist scandal, far-right billionaire powerbrokers see historic election gains in Texas

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/08/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-defend-texas-liberty-election/

Texas GOP executive committee rejects proposed ban on associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/02/texas-gop-antisemitism-resolution/

Influential Texas activist Jonathan Stickland hosted white supremacist Nick Fuentes at office near Fort Worth

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/08/nick-fuentes-kyle-rittenhouse-jonathan-stickland/

Live from the Republic of Texas

Nick Fuentes is just the latest white supremacist embraced by Defend Texas Liberty

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/23/defend-texas-liberty-nick-fuentes-jonathan-stickland/

Texas state Rep. Jonathan Stickland resigns from hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus

https://www.texastribune.org/2019/05/06/jonathan-stickland-resigns-texas-house-freedom-caucus/

Texas secessionists feel more emboldened than ever

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/15/texas-secession-texit/

Texas, California Separatists Attend Kremlin-Funded Conference

https://abcnews.go.com/International/texas-california-separatists-attend-pro-kremlin-conference/story?id=42395066

Texas secession was a key theme in Russian disinformation campaign during 2016 elections, report says

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/12/17/texas-secession-russia-disinformation-2016-social-media-new-knowledge/

Alexander Ionov case: US charges Russian with interfering in US politics

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62359884

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Episode 131 - Bibi Must Go w/Jay McKenzie Mar 25, 2024

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In this episode, Jay McKenzie rejoins the pod to talk about the man who is probably the biggest stumbling block to a resolution to the horrible situation in Gaza.

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For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/

Russia, China veto U.S. Security Council resolution on Gaza cease-fire

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/22/israel-gaza-security-council-resolution/

The corruption and autocracy nexus: The case of “King Bibi”

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-corruption-and-autocracy-nexus-the-case-of-king-bibi/

Israeli Supreme Court strikes down Bibi's controversial judicial overhaul law

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/01/israel-supreme-court-judicial-overhaul-netanyahu-gaza

Reports: Judges in Netanyahu trial tell prosecution bribery charge has little chance

https://www.timesofisrael.com/reports-judges-in-netanyahu-trial-tell-prosecution-bribery-charge-has-little-chance/

Golan Heights: Israel unveils 'Trump Heights' settlement

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48656431

Schumer’s speech meets Biden-Bibi call

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2024/03/18/schumers-speech-meets-biden-bibi-call-00147619

From ‘I Love You’ to ‘Asshole’: How Joe Gave Up on Bibi

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/22/biden-netanyahu-friendship-pressure-campaign-00148328

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Episode 130 - Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign w/Karl Folk Mar 18, 2024

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Karl Folk from the Institute of Unreality joins the pod to discuss what a sociologist sees when looking at political signs in the Midwestern USA.

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Right-wing conspiracy theory politics grip Sequim, a small Washington coastal town

https://www.kuow.org/stories/right-wing-conspiracy-theories-grip-politics-in-sequim

The Town That QAnon Nearly Swallowed

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/sequim-qanon/

The True Story of the Antifa Invasion of Forks, Washington

https://www.wired.com/story/antifa-social-media-rumor-forks-washington/

Newhouse’s primary success rare among GOP impeachment voters

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-presidential-washington-9c4ce99101655b16c8ef5a8b9c7c76e0

The Institute of Unreality

https://www.instituteofunreality.com

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Episode 129 - Gamergate 2? w/Mike Senters and Andy Vitek Mar 11, 2024

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On this episode, I'm joined by Mike Senters and Andy Vitek to talk about this latest controversy about "Wokeness" in the gaming world that some are calling "Gamergate 2".

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Andrew Vitek: Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science and Director, Counterterrorism Option

https://polisci.la.psu.edu/people/auv434/

Sweet Baby Inc.

https://sweetbabyinc.com/

Sweet Baby Inc. Doesn’t Do What Some Gamers Think It Does

https://kotaku.com/sweet-baby-inc-consulting-games-alan-wake-2-dei-1851312428

A company called Sweet Baby Inc. has become the target of 'anti-woke' gamers because it offers consultancy work, an industry-standard service that's been normal for years

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/a-company-called-sweet-baby-inc-has-become-the-target-of-anti-woke-gamers-because-it-offers-consultancy-work-an-industry-standard-service-thats-been-normal-for-years/

Spider-Man, Alan Wake, Ridiculous Fishing devs speak up in support of consultancy studio Sweet Baby Inc

https://www.eurogamer.net/spider-man-alan-wake-ridiculous-fishing-devs-speak-up-in-support-of-consultancy-studio-sweet-baby-inc

What we still haven’t learned from Gamergate

https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-laws

It’s 10 years since Gamergate – the industry must now stand up to far-right trolls

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/mar/08/gamergate-trolls-woke-game-consultants

DNW Episode 127 - God, Guns, and Sedition w/Jacob Ware

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