Did Nothing Wrong podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faceshttps://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-firehttps://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 lawhttps://www.axios.com/2024/01/01/israel-supreme-court-judicial-overhaul-netanyahu-gazaReports: Judges in Netanyahu trial tell prosecution bribery charge has little chancehttps://www.timesofisrael.com/reports-judges-in-netanyahu-trial-tell-prosecution-bribery-charge-has-little-chance/Golan Heights: Israel unveils 'Trump Heights' settlementhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48656431Schumer’s speech meets Biden-Bibi callhttps://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2024/03/18/schumers-speech-meets-biden-bibi-call-00147619From ‘I Love You’ to ‘Asshole’: How Joe Gave Up on Bibihttps://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/22/biden-netanyahu-friendship-pressure-campaign-00148328Comments? 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

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.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Right-wing conspiracy theory politics grip Sequim, a small Washington coastal townhttps://www.kuow.org/stories/right-wing-conspiracy-theories-grip-politics-in-sequimThe Town That QAnon Nearly Swallowedhttps://www.thenation.com/article/politics/sequim-qanon/The True Story of the Antifa Invasion of Forks, Washingtonhttps://www.wired.com/story/antifa-social-media-rumor-forks-washington/Newhouse’s primary success rare among GOP impeachment votershttps://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-presidential-washington-9c4ce99101655b16c8ef5a8b9c7c76e0The Institute of Unrealityhttps://www.instituteofunreality.comComments? 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

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".Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Andrew Vitek: Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science and Director, Counterterrorism Optionhttps://polisci.la.psu.edu/people/auv434/Sweet Baby Inc.https://sweetbabyinc.com/Sweet Baby Inc. Doesn’t Do What Some Gamers Think It Doeshttps://kotaku.com/sweet-baby-inc-consulting-games-alan-wake-2-dei-1851312428A 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 yearshttps://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 Inchttps://www.eurogamer.net/spider-man-alan-wake-ridiculous-fishing-devs-speak-up-in-support-of-consultancy-studio-sweet-baby-incWhat we still haven’t learned from Gamergatehttps://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-lawsIt’s 10 years since Gamergate – the industry must now stand up to far-right trollshttps://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/mar/08/gamergate-trolls-woke-game-consultantsDNW Episode 127 - God, Guns, and Sedition w/Jacob WareComments? 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