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Jun 3, 2024 • 44min

Episode 140 - "It doesn't have to be true, it just has to go viral" w/Karl Folk

Karl Folk joins the Pod to discuss the Dilley Scheme Team, the rise in authoritarian signaling, and the need for Democrats to learn from their messaging mistakes. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:The pro-Trump ‘meme team’ behind video referencing ‘Reich’https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7228wlpe0koBrenden Dilley: ‘It Doesn’t Have to Be True; It Just Has to Go Viral’https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/brenden-dilley-it-doesnt-have-to-be-true-it-just-has-to-go-viral/#google_vignetteInside the Troll Army Waging Trump’s Online Campaignhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us/politics/trump-meme-trolls-2024.htmlChristian Nationalism in the Case of the Dilley Meme Teamhttps://www.middlebury.edu/institute/ctec-publications-0/christian-nationalism-case-dilley-meme-team‘Timcast IRL’ Livestream Abruptly Ends After Laura Loomer Calls For Executing Democratshttps://angrywhitemen.org/2024/05/31/timcast-irl-livestream-abruptly-ends-after-laura-loomer-calls-for-executing-democrats/'Hang Everyone': The Far Right's Violent Rhetoric in Response to the Conviction of Donald TrumpSteve Bannon Vows Purge if Donald Trump Wins Electionhttps://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-purge-doj-trump-elected-1905739Steve Bannon Issues Warning to Donald Trump's Enemies—'We Want You to Fear'https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-warning-donald-trump-enemies-fear-1903830Trump's Deportation ArmyComments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe
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May 27, 2024 • 44min

Episode 139 - Part 2 -Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Cultural Fascism w/Spencer Sunshine

Part two of a two part interview with author and activist Spencer Sunshine where we discuss his new book about James Mason, "Siege", and the people who revived his career in the 1980s and 1990s.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:About Spencerhttps://spencersunshine.com/about/Finally in Print! "Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism"https://spencersunshine.com/2024/05/09/finally-in-print-neo-nazi-terrorism-and-countercultural-fascism/Spencer's Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/spencersunshineBoyd Rice: Neo-Nazi CollaboratorNew York Gallery Pulls Boyd Rice Show Following Neo-Nazi Claimshttps://www.frieze.com/article/new-york-gallery-pulls-boyd-rice-show-following-neo-nazi-claimsJust Say Non: Nazism, Narcissism and Boyd Rice - Strelnikovhttps://libcom.org/article/just-say-non-nazism-narcissism-and-boyd-rice-strelnikovAdam Parfrey, Publisher of the Provocative, Dies at 61https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/obituaries/adam-parfrey-publisher-of-the-provocative-dies-at-61.htmlAdam Parfrey A Neo-Nazi's Best Friendhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9780429200090-18/adam-parfrey-spencer-sunshineMichael Moynihan's Seige Mentality – Strelnikovhttps://libcom.org/article/michael-moynihans-seige-mentality-strelnikovNikolas Schreck's "Charles Manson Superstar" featuring James Masonhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097047/Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe
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May 20, 2024 • 58min

Episode 139 - Part 1 -Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Cultural Fascism w/Spencer Sunshine

Part one of a two part interview with author and activist Spencer Sunshine where we discuss his new book about James Mason, "Siege", and the people who revived his career in the 1980s and 1990s.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:About Spencerhttps://spencersunshine.com/about/Finally in Print! "Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism"https://spencersunshine.com/2024/05/09/finally-in-print-neo-nazi-terrorism-and-countercultural-fascism/Spencer's Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/spencersunshineThe shadow of an assassinated American Nazi commander hangs over Charlottesvillehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/08/21/the-shadow-of-an-assassinated-american-nazi-commander-hangs-over-charlottesville/When Malcolm X Met the Nazishttps://www.vice.com/en/article/dpwamv/when-malcolm-x-met-the-nazis-0000620-v22n4James Mason's SPLC Extremist Filehttps://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/james-masonHOW A MAINSTREAM RACIST GROUP REVIVED THE TERRORISTIC TOME 'SIEGE'https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/03/28/how-mainstream-racist-group-revived-terroristic-tome-siegeATOMWAFFEN AND THE SIEGE PARALLAX: HOW ONE NEO-NAZI’S LIFE’S WORK IS FUELING A YOUNGER GENERATIONhttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/02/22/atomwaffen-and-siege-parallax-how-one-neo-nazi’s-life’s-work-fueling-younger-generationSiege Culture After Siege: Anatomy of a Neo-Nazi Terrorist Doctrinehttps://www.icct.nl/sites/default/files/2022-12/siege-culture-neo-nazi-terrorist-doctrine.pdfInfluential neo-Nazi eats at soup kitchens, lives in government housinghttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/influential-neo-nazi-eats-soup-kitchens-lives-government-housing-n1091681James Mason Archive - University of Kansashttps://archives.lib.ku.edu/repositories/3/resources/5069Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe
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May 13, 2024 • 54min

Episode 138 - Finding a New Identity w/Samantha from Life After Hate

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.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:IDENTITY EVROPA/AMERICAN IDENTITY MOVEMENThttps://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/identity-evropaamerican-identity-movementWHITE 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-launchesSamantha’s Journey Into the Alt-Right, and Backhttps://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/samanthas-journey-into-the-alt-right-and-backA Former Far-Right Extremist Testified About How “Unite The Right” Rally Organizers Planned For A Racial Holy Warhttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/unite-the-right-witness-violent-plans-testimonyFormer Identity Evropa Organizer Tells Secrets In Trial Depositionhttps://unicornriot.ninja/2021/former-identity-evropa-organizer-tells-secrets-in-trial-deposition/White Nationalist Group Forms 'National Justice' Political Partyhttps://www.newsweek.com/white-nationalist-group-forms-national-justice-political-party-1526903PRO-KREMLIN PROPAGANDIST TIES TO WHITE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT DEEPER THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWNhttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/09/19/pro-kremlin-propagandist-ties-white-nationalist-movement-deeper-previously-knownCollapse of White Nationalist Party Offers Lessons for Anti-Fascist Strategyhttps://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 Extremismhttps://www.lifeafterhate.org/blog/2023/5/1/the-daily-former/Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe
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May 6, 2024 • 41min

Episode 137 - Take the Glitterpill w/Samantha Kutner

Samantha Kutner joins the podcast to talk about Radical Joy, The Glitterpill Community, self care, and maintaining a sense of balance in unbalanced times. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Proud Boys Whisperer, Samantha's Websitehttps://proudboyswhisperer.comThe Glitterpill Communityhttps://www.patreon.com/TheGlitterpillCommunityWhy neo-Nazi groups are popping up at pro-Palestinian rallieshttps://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/nazis-palestinian-rallies-antisemitism-rcna124300Capitol rioter who wanted to be ‘lone-wolf killer’ charged with violating anti-stalking orderhttps://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 Jihadhttps://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2006/April/06_crm_221.htmlEpisode 122 - No, Patriot Front are not Feds, you stupid, stupid people w/David NeiwertThe Artist's Wayhttps://www.mcnallyjackson.com/book/9780143129257Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe
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Apr 29, 2024 • 35min

Episode 136 - Jake Shields's Permanent Record

Former MMA fighter turned professional Twitter troll Jake Shields has gone down a very dark path in his quest to stay relevant. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:In cutting Jake Shields, UFC takes a page out of NFL's playbookhttps://sports.yahoo.com/news/in-cutting-jake-shields--ufc-takes-a-page-out-of-nfl-s-playbook-203152661-mma.htmlBerkeley protests of Yiannopoulos caused $100,000 in damagehttps://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/us/milo-yiannopoulos-berkeley/index.htmlJake Shields Reportedly Saves Man From Masked Attackers During UC-Berkeley Riothttp://sports.yahoo.com/news/jake-shields-reportedly-saves-man-masked-attackers-during-015236555--mma.htmlRight-Wing Outlets Keep Relying On A Racist Troll Posing As A Researcherhttps://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 Videohttps://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-jewsAUDIENCE CAPTURE - How "Influencers" Become Brainwashed by Their AudiencesAudience Capturehttps://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 synagoguehttps://www.mediamatters.org/antisemitism/far-right-figures-are-spreading-antisemitism-and-conspiracy-theories-response-newsMAGA Influencers Tearing Each Other Apart Over Israel-Hamas Warhttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/israel-hamas-violence-maga-influencer-meltdown-1234857139/Jake Shields Boasts Of Dinner With White Supremacist Nick Fuenteshttps://angrywhitemen.org/2024/04/20/jake-shields-boasts-of-dinner-with-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes/Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe
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Apr 22, 2024 • 49min

Episode 135 - "From 4Chan to the White House" w/Mike Wendling

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.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Alt-Right From 4chan to the White House by Mike Wendlinghttps://www.plutobooks.com/9781786802378/alt-right/Day of Reckoning - How the Far Right Declared War on Democracy by Mike Wendlinghttps://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349718/day-of-reckoning/BBC Trendinghttps://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cme72mv58q4tProtester Punches White Nationalist Richard Spencer During Interviewhttps://www.nbcnews.com/video/protester-punches-white-nationalist-richard-spencer-during-interview-859651651503Art Bell, Radio Host Who Tuned In to the Dark Side, Dies at 72https://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.)Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe
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Apr 15, 2024 • 52min

Episode 134 - Walking Away From Hate w/Lauren Manning

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.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode: WALKING AWAY FROM HATE Our Journey Through Extremismhttps://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 MOVEMENThttps://torontolife.com/memoir/i-spent-five-years-in-a-white-power-gang-inside-the-twisted-world-of-torontos-white-supremacist-movement/Life After Hatehttps://www.lifeafterhate.orgThe death of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville changed my lifehttps://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 Workhttps://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/Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe
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Apr 8, 2024 • 1h 1min

Episode 133 - Leaving the Alt-Right w/Evan McLaren

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.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:How the Alt-Right Grew From an Obscure Racist Cabalhttps://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-overONCE A POLITICAL FORCE, RICHARD SPENCER AND NATIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE GO QUIEThttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/once-political-force-richard-spencer-and-national-policy-institute-go-quietA Major ‘Alt-Right’ Figure Just Disavowed White Nationalismhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/evan-mclaren-disavows-alt-right-white-nationalism_n_626acfbee4b0cca675537067A statement from Evan McLarenINSIDE THE FAR-RIGHT PODCAST ECOSYSTEM, PART 1: BUILDING A NETWORK OF HATEhttps://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 HOMEhttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/09/11/jan-6-participant-who-fled-russia-hasnt-come-homeComments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe
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Apr 1, 2024 • 49min

Episode 132 - Texas is the Reason w/Robert Downen

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.Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Amid white supremacist scandal, far-right billionaire powerbrokers see historic election gains in Texashttps://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 deniershttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/02/texas-gop-antisemitism-resolution/Influential Texas activist Jonathan Stickland hosted white supremacist Nick Fuentes at office near Fort Worthhttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/08/nick-fuentes-kyle-rittenhouse-jonathan-stickland/ Live from the Republic of TexasNick Fuentes is just the latest white supremacist embraced by Defend Texas Libertyhttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/23/defend-texas-liberty-nick-fuentes-jonathan-stickland/Texas state Rep. Jonathan Stickland resigns from hardline conservative House Freedom Caucushttps://www.texastribune.org/2019/05/06/jonathan-stickland-resigns-texas-house-freedom-caucus/Texas secessionists feel more emboldened than everhttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/15/texas-secession-texit/Texas, California Separatists Attend Kremlin-Funded Conferencehttps://abcnews.go.com/International/texas-california-separatists-attend-pro-kremlin-conference/story?id=42395066Texas secession was a key theme in Russian disinformation campaign during 2016 elections, report sayshttps://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 politicshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62359884Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

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