I Don't Speak German

In this Halloween special, host Jack is joined by Eiynah Mohammed-Smith and Dr Caitilin Green to discuss right-wing and IDW-type panics over woke Halloween costumes. They explore concerns about cultural appropriation, controversial Halloween costumes at Yale University, and a professor's blackface costume. The speakers also debate the interpretation of a controversial Halloween ad and share their own Halloween costume choices and traditions.

Elon Musk's alleged anti-Semitic behavior, Twitter strategy, and controversial actions discussed. Exploration of the adoption of clowns as a racist symbol by white nationalists. Concerns raised about the use of social media as an ideological weapon.

Dr Caitlin Moriah, expert on gender criticals, joins the podcast to discuss Russell Brand, reactions to his allegations, hypocrisy in right-wing defenders, demand for legal proof, feminists in the TERF community, obfuscation through confession, whistleblowing on big pharma, Douglas Murray's take on Brand, guilt by association, normalizing rape in society, right-wing hypocrisy, flawed reasoning, criticism of Bowbert, parental positioning, and doublethink.

In our new Bonus Episode, we talked about In Cold Blood - book, film, films about the book, and the crime itself. * Become a backer of Daniel or Jack to get exclusive access to a new bonus episode. Becoming a patron also brings access to all other bonus episodes.  At least one new Patreon exclusive bonus episode every month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent.  Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

Teddy Wilson, an expert on the US far-right and Moms for Liberty, discusses M4L's aims, methods, and connections. Topics include M4L's links to the Republican Party, their censorship movement in schools, and their ties to the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. Wilson also talks about the interactive visualisation tool he created for tracking M4L and their activities. Fascinating insights into the sinister political pressure group.

While Daniel and Jack continue working towards resumption of IDSG, Jack is once again invited by best-friend-of-the-pod Eiynah (@nicemangos of the Polite Conversations podcast) to co-host a Twitter space [obligatory Elon Musk joke here] about the new Barbie movie and the tsunami of reactionary tears it has invoked.  Conversation (with contributions from various guests) ranges over the movie itself and Barbie herself, Musk and X, Dutch politics, the culture wars, Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, Piers Morgan, and that weird guy on YouTube who dresses like a medieval knight.  Obviously, this being an X space (sigh), sound quality is variable.  

Our hiatus continues, owing to some real pain-in-the-ass stuff in what is jokingly called 'real life'.  Hopefully we are nearing the time when we can resume making new shows.  In the meantime, here's another old bonus episode to tide you over until our triumphant return.  In this one - originally recorded and released exclusively to Patreon subscribers in October 2021 - we discuss the 2008 movie Iron Man.   * Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent.  Patrons [are supposed to] get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

We're still working on getting back up and running so in the meantime, here's an old bonus episode.  This is our March 2022 discussion of Art Spiegelman's Maus, to go with our public episode from February 2022 about the McMinn County School Board in Tennessee removing the classic graphic novel about the Holocaust from the curriculum.  Sadly, this is relevant again because yet another school board - this time in Nixa, Missouri - has targeted the book.  It's not alone either.  Nor is Maus the only classic Holocaust text being targeted.  Ann Frank's diary is in the crosshairs of Mom's For Liberty.   Maus Our episode about Maus and the McMinn County School Board Auschwitz in Contemporary Popular Literature by Dr Wanda Witek-Malicka Of Mice and Memory by Joshua Brown Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent.  Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1 Links: https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/103-maus-vs-mcminn-county-school-board https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/tennessee-school-book-ban-robbing-students-history-rcna87531 https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/185844 https://www.jta.org/2023/06/14/united-states/a-missouri-school-district-could-ban-maus-citing-concerns-about-whether-it-is-explicit-sexual-material https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-746349 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/14/art-spiegelman-maus-book-bans/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/27/maus-removal-old-debate/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/04/07/anne-frank-book-pulled-from-florida-library/11622644002/ https://www.businessinsider.com/moms-for-liberty-get-florida-school-to-ban-anne-franks-diary-adaption-2023-4?r=US&IR=T  

By way of a little compensation for you while you wait (patiently, bless you) for us to get our shit back together (which we are in the process of doing) here is a little bonus, a slightly edited recording of a Twitter space that we did with our friend Eiynah Mohammed-Smith (@NiceMangos) on 12th May last.  We chat about the coronation of Prince Charles (that's his name goddammit!), the revolting sexist discourse around E. Jean Carroll's suit against Trump, and the equally revolting discourse from deniers and obfuscators around the deadly shooting in Allen, Texas, with special reference to the bullshit about his ethnicity.  Other subjects come up, naturally.  Some interesting people took part and made great contributions.  Hope you enjoy it.  See you soon.

Daniel and Jack reconvene for a chat about the coronation of Charles Windsor and the defenestration of Tucker Carlson.  They also talk a little bit about their recent hiatus, and their imminent return to regular production of episodes. Enjoy! Become a backer of Daniel or Jack to get exclusive access to a new bonus episode. Becoming a patron also brings access to all other bonus episodes.  At least one new Patreon exclusive bonus episode every month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent.  Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1