I Don't Speak German
181 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 940 ratingsDaniel Harper is a researcher who goes where few others can bear to go: he listens to what the reactionaries - from the IDW to the modern day Nazis - say to each other in *their* safe spaces! In this timely and shocking - but entertaining - anti-fascist podcast, Daniel tells his friend, online writer Jack Graham, all about it.
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Episode 31: 'Dynamite Nashville', with Betsy Phillips
September 25, 2019 13:33 - 1 hour - 63 MBIn this fascinating new episode, Daniel is joined by Betsy Phillips to talk about her forthcoming book Dynamite Nashville: The KKK, the FBI, and the Bombers Beyond Their Control, the story of three unsolved bombings in Tennessee during the late 50s and early 60s. Content Warning TRANSCRIPT: https://idtg.net/31 FULL TRANSCRIPT LIST: https://idtg.net/ Show Notes: Betsy's Twitter Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The wicked irony behind a new Cobb County home for Democrats Killing K...
Episode 30: Unofficial Retroactive Pilot from December 2017
September 18, 2019 12:49 - 2 hours - 90.4 MBIn place of a new episode, we're celebrating reaching 30 by re-releasing a podcast we originally recorded and released back in December 2017 as part of a previous project called Wrong With Authority. In retrospect, this sounds like a pilot for what became IDSG. We hope you enjoy it. TRANSCRIPT: https://idtg.net/30 FULL TRANSCRIPT LIST: https://idtg.net/
Episode 29: Siege Pill 2, Fascistic Boogaloo
September 11, 2019 08:25 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBMore on the Siege Pill and the Siegepillers this week. Content Warning. TRANSCRIPT: https://idtg.net/29 Transcript of last week's episode FULL TRANSCRIPT LIST: https://idtg.net/ * Show Notes: SIEGE at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/JamesMasonSIEGE3rdEdition James Mason at the SPLC: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/james-mason siegeculture.com at the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20180306224025/https://...
Episode 28: The Siege Pill
September 04, 2019 08:12 - 1 hour - 29.5 MBThis week, Daniel explains the "Siege Pill". Content Warning TRANSCRIPT: https://idtg.net/28 FULL TRANSCRIPT LIST: https://idtg.net/ Links: SIEGE at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/JamesMasonSIEGE3rdEdition James Mason at the SPLC: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/james-mason siegeculture.com at the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20180306224025/https://www.siegeculture.com/ Atomwaffen Division at the SPLC: ...
Episode 27: A History of White Nationalism in the Pacific Northwest
August 14, 2019 10:15 - 58 minutes - 26.6 MBThis week, Daniel talks to journalists Shane Burley and Alexander Reid Ross about white nationalism in the Pacific Northwest. Content warnings.
Episode 26: 'Might is Right' and Mass Shootings
August 07, 2019 19:59 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBIn the wake of recent dreadful events, Daniel decided to talk to Jack about the ideology of mass shootings, especially with reference to the 'Might is Right' tract cited by one of the killers. Content warnings. *** Show Notes: "Might is Right" at RationalWiki: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Might_is_Right "Might Is Right" full text at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cu31924029107907/page/n3 "Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting," at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org...
Episode 25: Deconstructing the Striker/CV Debate
July 31, 2019 08:44 - 1 hour - 30.9 MBIn a fun episode, Daniel chats with CV Vitolo-Haddad about CV's recent debate with Eric Striker. Content warnings. The Striker/CV debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAm3qijUWUk&t=5073s Eric Striker dox from the SPLC: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/05/01/prolific-alt-right-propagandists-identity-confirmed Eric Striker (@AarickStriger) complains about snitches. Which are really just people Striker is frightened of. https://twitter.com/AarickStriger/status/11535030656491...
Episode 24: Conspiracy Theories and Online Radicalisation (with David Neiwert)
July 17, 2019 08:39 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBThis week, Daniel is joined by special guest David Neiwert, author of Alt-America and The Eliminationists, to discuss conspiracy theories and online radicalisation, Andy Ngo and concrete milkshakes, and David's recent temporary Twitter suspension. Content warnings, as always. Alt-America Alt-America at Amazon David Neiwert's Orcinus blog David Neiwert Twitter Suspension David Neiwert discusses his Twitter suspension Andy Ngo commits journalistic malpractice about hate crimes...
Episode 23: Andrew Anglin and The Daily Stormer
July 10, 2019 11:38 - 1 hour - 38.7 MBThis episode, Daniel tells Jack about Andrew Anglin and The Daily Stormer. Big content warnings for this one. Cantwell News: "As co-defendants fight discovery, Cantwell threatens lawyer," The Daily Progress. https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/as-co-defendants-fight-discovery-cantwell-threatens-lawyer/article_619851ce-8ad9-599b-88fa-6f289e90d400.html "On June 18 Cantwell posted an article about Roberta Kaplan, the lead lawyer on the case, to the messaging site Telegram, which is ...
Episode 22: Sam Harris (is not a nazi)
June 26, 2019 09:18 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBAnother departure for the show as Daniel and Jack chat about Sam Harris, inexplicably popular professional atheist, Intellectual Dark Webber, thought-experimenter, devil's advocate, mysteriously perennial victim of malicious context-removal, and definitely not a member of the far-right. Seriously... Sam Harris is not a nazi. The fact that we're talking about him on a podcast in which we normally talk about nazis (and fascists and white supremacists, etc) doesn't mean we're saying he is on...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 21: Sex and Gender and Nazis (with CV Vitolo-Haddad)
June 13, 2019 13:17 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBAnother great guest this week. Daniel is joined by CV Vitolo-Haddad to talk about sex, gender, misogyny, and transmisogyny on the far right. (Note: This is late; sorry about that. Also, we encountered technical difficulties with this one. It's been cleaned up as much as possible and is perfectly listenable if you're prepared to briefly tolerate some occasional background noise.) All sorts of content warnings. * Show Notes: CV can be found on Twitter at @notcolloquial CV's Medi...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 20: Gavin, Goad, and Edgelord Comedy (with Samantha Kutner)
June 05, 2019 08:43 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBSamantha Kutner returns to talk about Gavin McInnes again, including his book and some of his influences. Warnings apply. NOTE 23/8/20: Since original publication this episode has been edited to remove references to an organisation with which Samantha Kutner is no longer affiliated. Links have also been removed from below. Gavin McInnes "The Death of Cool." Jim Goad's Group Hug "The Surprisingly Mainstream History Of The Internet's Favorite Anti-Semitic Image" https://twitter....
I Don't Speak German, Episode 19: Jared Taylor and American Renaissance
May 21, 2019 12:30 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBIn this episode, Daniel tells Jack about the so-called 'godfather of the alt-right' and Richard Spencer's claimed "mentor", Jared Taylor of American Renaissance, one of the most important and idiosyncratic influences on today's resurgent US white supremacism. Warnings apply. * Show Notes Episode 18 additions: Popular Front: "The American Militia Movement" "Standoff: Between Two Shotguns" by Ruth Graham at Slate Knowledge Fight Podcast Jared Taylor and American Renaissan...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 18: Christian Identity, White Separatism, and the Militia Movement
May 08, 2019 11:08 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBThis week, Daniel tells Jack about... well, the clue's in the title. Content Warnings apply for episode and show notes. * Show Notes: The Terrorist Next Door "Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump" Aryan Cowboys American Experience: Oklahoma City Bundyville, from Oregon Public Radio and Longreads, by Leah Sottile. Bring the War Home Blood and Politics From John Earnest's (Poway synagogue shooters) manifesto: "Plenty of people wrongfully identi...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 17: Holocaust Denial Today
May 01, 2019 09:25 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBIn the second part of our discussion of Holocaust Denial, we take a look at the phenomenon as it exists today. Warnings strongly apply. * Show Notes: Rabbi Recalls COming Face to Face with Shooter at California Synagogue Robert Evans, "Ignore the Poway Synagogue Shooter's Manifesto: Pay Attention to 8chan's /pol/ Board" Suspect of Possible Arson Attack at Escondido Mosque Leaves Note Referencing New Zealand Terrorist Attacks * Holocoaster at Urban Dictionary (2009) Holocoas...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 16: Mr Death
April 23, 2019 15:11 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBSomething a bit different this week, as Daniel and Jack chat about Errol Morris' documentary film Mr Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A Leuchter Jnr, as part one of a two part discussion of Holocaust denial. Warnings most definitely apply. * Show Notes: A Militia Group Detained Hundreds of Migrants At Gunpoint At The Border United Constitutional Patriots on Facebook https://twitter.com/LCRWnews/status/1119902405821288448 https://twitter.com/leftkist/status/111866248464097689...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 15: Stefan Molyneux
April 15, 2019 17:05 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBThis week, after many requests, Daniel and Jack take a look at cult-leader, ancap, blowhard, bullshit-artist, white-nationalist, misogynist, narcissist, and phoney-philosopher Stefan Molyneux. As always, warning apply. * Show Notes: Cantwell News! Chris Cantwell takes a break ...but not for long enough * Martin Sellner background (ironically, most of these links are in German): https://www.kleinezeitung.at/politik/innenpolitik/5607530/Identitaere_Martin-Sellner-klebte-Hake...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 14: The Red Pill and YouTube
April 09, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBThis week, Jack returns and Daniel tells him all about the infamous Red Pill and YouTube as a pipeline into right-wing extremism. A wide-ranging chat that gets into issues like platforming, debating the right, etc. Warnings apply, as ever. * Show Notes: Austrian authorities raid far-right group over alleged links to Christchurch shooter Kushner, Inc White Nationalists Adopt Clowns as Their Next Racist Symbol The Matrix, Red Pill or Blue Pill 2 Dads TV: Take Back Our Future...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 13: Gavin McInnes and The Proud Boys
April 03, 2019 09:47 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBSpecial episode this week. Daniel has a special guest, Samantha Kutner, self-described 'Proud Boy whisperer' to talk about Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys. (Jack gets out of the way to let the grown-ups talk.) Warnings apply, as always. * Show Notes: Things Gavin McInnes has Written for Taki Mag https://www.takimag.com/article/the_west_is_history_gavin_mcinnes/ https://www.takimag.com/article/pretending_to_care_about_nazis_gavin_mcinnes/ https://www.takimag.com/article/a_d...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 12: 'Fash the Nation' and Donald Trump
March 26, 2019 13:58 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBSlightly lighter fare this week (everything being relative) as Daniel tells Jack about how the far-right have seen Donald Trump, from the rise of the romance through to the fall, via the fluctuating feelings of the hosts of the 'Fash the Nation' podcast. As always, warnings apply. Us on iTunes * Show Notes: Cantwell banned from Gab Fash the Nation Fash the Nation interviews Tila Tequila Fash the Nation David Duke Fash the Nation Paul Nehlen Jazzhands McFeels on the Ra...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 11: The Christchurch Massacre and Leaderless Resistance
March 20, 2019 14:21 - 1 hour - 58 MBIn this episode we touch on the promised topic of the mainstreamers vs the vanguardists in the far-right movement, but only in the course of covering topical events. These include the firing of the 'Nazi EMT' Alex McNabb, and the recently released tapes of disgusting comments by Fox News's pet white nationalist con-man Tucker Carlson. But, most particularly, of course, we talk about the recent ghastly massacre at Christchurch, New Zealand. Daniel provides really vital insights in this ...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 10: James Allsup and Nick Fuentes
March 13, 2019 01:23 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBThis time, in a change to our advertised programme, we look at James Allsup and Nick Fuentes. Warnings Apply TRANSCRIPT: https://idtg.net/10 FULL TRANSCRIPT LIST: https://idtg.net/ * Show Notes: Kevin Logan's video about James Allsup James Allsup on Youtube Nick Fuentes on Youtube SPLC profile James Allsup Nationalist Review (defunct) Nationalist Review (even more defunct) America First Media (defunct but somehow not) Nick Fuentes Nick Fuentes/James Allsup split...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 9: Mike Enoch and 'The Daily Shoah'
March 06, 2019 02:28 - 1 hour - 63 MBThis week we delve into the dark pit of deeply pathetic depravity that is Mike Enoch of The Right Stuff and his 'Daily Shoah' podcast. Big deals within the 'alt-right'. This episode comes with strong content warnings. We relay racial slurs and "unironic exterminationism". Daniel has been less sparing than usual and Jack has decided not to bleep anything. TRANSCRIPT: https://idtg.net/9 FULL TRANSCRIPT LIST: https://idtg.net/ * Show Notes: From last week - NSM taken over by Jame...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 8: The National Socialist Movement
February 26, 2019 11:43 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBIn this episode, Daniel tells Jack all about the present-day American Nazis, in the forms of the Traditionalist Workers Party (TWP), the National Socialist Movement (NSM), and related people and organisations, especially the Nationalist Front. We pay special attention to the best known representative of this nauseating subculture, Matthew Heimbach, and touch on the internal debacle which became known as 'The Night of the Wrong Wives'. Warnings apply - as always. Reminder: we're on iTun...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 7: The Southern Nationalists
February 20, 2019 00:04 - 1 hour - 38.4 MBThis week, Daniel introduces Jack to the febrile world of the Southern Nationalists. Warnings apply, as always * Show Notes: New Christopher Cantwell drama: https://christophercantwell.com/2019/02/11/sorry-for-spam-posts/ https://gab.com/Cantwell/posts/48424388 https://gab.com/Cantwell/posts/48500924 https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/1096910054840823809 * History resources: Hooded Americanism At The Hands of Persons Unknown Blood and Politics ...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 6: Christopher Cantwell, Part 2
February 13, 2019 10:40 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBPart 2 of Daniel and Jack's conversation about the 'Crying Nazi'.
I Don't Speak German, Episode 5: Christopher Cantwell, Part 1
February 05, 2019 15:32 - 1 hour - 38.6 MBIn this episode, Daniel and Jack make their first assault on the mountain of bullshit, bile, and batshittery that is Christopher 'the Crying Nazi' Cantwell.
I Don't Speak German, Episode 4: Unite the Right, the Aftermath
January 30, 2019 03:18 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBIn this episode, Daniel tells Jack about the aftermath of the disastrous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville 2017. They also get a tad more theoretical about some of the reasons for some of the behaviour of the 'alt-right', and chat about some related issues such as the recent controversy concerning the Covington MAGA kids.
I Don't Speak German, Episode 3: Unite the Right, Charlottesville 2017
January 23, 2019 11:46 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBIn this episode, which runs a bit longer than the first two, and which goes to some very dark places, Daniel tells Jack all about the infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, 2017. The episode features discussions of violence, and we try to signpost when we're getting into the painful details. But warnings definitely apply from the start. We're discussing virulent racism and bigotry. (Also, we're on iTunes and YouTube now.) Of necessity, we're only glancing at this incredib...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 2: David Duke
January 15, 2019 01:20 - 1 hour - 32 MBIn our second episode, Daniel tells Jack all about former KKK Grand Wizard, "king of the angry Facebook grampas", and man who wrote an autobiography that it then took him 42 hours to record himself reading, 'Dr' David Duke. * Show Notes Richard Spencer Errata: On Spencer's connections On the plausible domestic assault allegations against RS David Duke: http://www.renseradioarchives.com/dduke/ Southern Policy Law Centre: Extremist Files entry on DD Book: Blood and Pol...
I Don't Speak German, Episode 1: Richard Spencer (REUP)
January 08, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 36.5 MBMore than two years ago, concerned about the newly resurgent fascist fringe in America and elsewhere, Daniel Harper, a lefty podcaster and online writer, started investigating the so-called 'alt-right'. He's gone where few other researchers have gone, and actually subjected himself to hours and hours of the many podcasts and Youtube shows produced by the multifarious people and groups who make up this pernicious and dangerous subculture. He's listened, at length, to what they say to eac...