Confronting Extremism: Stories of Vulnerability and Resilience

Christian Picciolini (@cpicciolini) is an Emmy Award-winning television producer, reformed extremist, founder of the Free Radicals Project, and author of Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism and White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement -- and How I Got Out. This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch part one here!

• Why extremist ideology is on the rise all over the world -- and what we can do to stem its spread.
• What to do when we see other people in our sphere potentially falling victim to extremist recruiting tactics.
• How personal journeys of identity, community, and purpose are hijacked by extremist recruiters to fill their ranks.
• How the Internet has made it easier than ever for recruiters to draw young people away from families and communities that have zero ties to extremism.
• What extremist groups are doing to rebrand and sanitize their image in ways that appeal to the disenfranchised among the mainstream.
• And much more...

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