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Hannah Gais and Steven Monacelli join for a wide-ranging discussion about the state of Twitter (now called “X”) three years after Elon Musk first moved to purchase it. Since then, Musk has transformed the platform into a self-serving MAGA machine that is crowning a new generation of right-wing media royalty. Monacelli walks us through his reporting on one of the platform's newer standouts — “Captive Dreamer” — as an example of who's benefiting from the new status quo.Links for Steven Monacelli:* Daily Dot: “A Hitler-quoting ‘Aryan' has the attention of JD Vance and Elon Musk—who is @captivedreamer7?”* Bluesky: @stevanzetti.bsky.social * Contact/Work: linktr.ee/StevanzettiLinks for Hannah Gais: * Bluesky: @hannahgais.bsky.social * Newsletter: postsfromunderground.ghost.io/Transition Music: “California Magic” by GooseSubscribe for emails about new podcasts and occasional newsletters. It's free: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com
On this episode of Virtual Sentiments, host Kristen Collins chats with Hannah Gais on the far-right rallies and social media presence on platforms like Telegram and X. Hannah explores the events of the Unite the Right rally, the storming of the capital on January 6th, the far-right in the wake of the first and second Trump presidencies, and the dangers of expanding domestic terrorism laws. **This episode was recorded in December 2024.Hannah Gais is a journalist and researcher focused on the radical right at the Southern Poverty Law Center.Read more work from Kristen Collins.Show Notes:Hannah's work with Cassie Miller, "Capitol Insurrection Shows How Trends On The Far-Right's Fringe Have Become Mainstream"Hannah's 2021 New Republic article, "A New 'War on Terrorism' Is the Wrong Way to Fight Domestic Extremists"Brennan Center report co-authored by Mike German, "Fighting Far-Right Violence and Hate Crimes"Hannah's work drawing connections between more extreme figures and more mainstream figures like Tucker Carlson, "In Rural Pennsylvania, Extremists Declare ‘Victory is Ours'" and "For CPAC Attendees, ‘America Is Under Attack'"Hannah's article, "welcome to america"On Terrorgram indictments, "That's three strikes, run for your life"If you like the show, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and tell others about the show! We're available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you get your podcasts.Follow the Hayek Program on Twitter: @HayekProgramLearn more about Academic & Student ProgramsFollow the Mercatus Center on Twitter: @mercatus
Jack Posobiec is one of the MAGA movement's biggest social media stars, recently seen accompanying Pentagon officials on an overseas trip and posing for photos with Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Oval Office. This podcast explores Posobiec's early political career and its overlaps with white supremacist movements, “Pizzagate” conspiracy theories, and hostile state influence operations — among many other things. Mike and Jared were joined by Hannah Gais, who researches and writes about the far-right.Links:* Read Hannah in The Baffler: Unhuman Resources: The many grievances of Jack Posobiec* Subscribe to Hannah's newsletter* And follow Hannah on BlueSky and Twitter. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com
The one where we talk with the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hannah Gais about the latest Groyper on a mainstream GOP campaign, as well as her experiences writing about other extremist groups. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references we used to create this episode:MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE EMPLOYED WHITE NATIONALIST COLLABORATORhttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/08/02/marjorie-taylor-greene-employed-white-nationalist-collaboratorHOW A WHITES-ONLY GROUP PLANS TO TURN RURAL TENNESSEE INTO ITS HOMELANDhttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/06/15/how-whites-only-group-plans-turn-rural-tennessee-its-homelandLEAKED CHATS, DOCUMENTS SHOW ATOMWAFFEN FOUNDER'S PATH TO TERROR PLOThttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/02/23/leaked-chats-documents-show-atomwaffen-founders-path-terror-plotPROLIFIC ALT-RIGHT PROPAGANDIST'S IDENTITY CONFIRMEDhttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/05/01/prolific-alt-right-propagandists-identity-confirmedThis is our current events recap program, where we offer our takes on what's going on at the bleeding edge of the information war. Feel free to let us know what you think, suggest topics, etc. at didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com, or in our group chat using the Substack app.Thanks for listening,Jay and Griff 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
Michael E. Hayden of the Southern Poverty Law Center joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to break down the trial and conviction of Douglass Mackey, the far right social media influencer who went by the name Ricky Vaughn, who was convicted for his "scheme to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote." Hannah Gais joins the show later on as well! (Episode from the 4/19/23 livestream show). Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder
After the gathering at Standing Rock, legislators across the United States passed laws in the name of “protecting critical infrastructure,” especially pipelines. At the same time, attacks on the electrical grid have increased almost 300%. But that threat isn't coming from environmental activists. It's coming from neo-Nazis. This is the second episode in our series examining the landscape of environmental protest in the United States, from Standing Rock to Cop City and beyond. Listen to the first episode here.As the space for protest in the United States shrinks, this year marked a major escalation: the first police killing of an environmental protestor in the United States, plus the arrests of dozens of people at protests under the charge of domestic terrorism. Featuring Naomi Dix, Lauren Mathers, Jon Wellinghoff, Will Potter, Hannah Gais, Alex Amend, Aurielle Marie, and Madeline Thigpen.Special thanks to Micah Herskind, Mike German, Yessenia Funes, Clark White. SUPPORTOur free newsletter is just as fun to read as this podcast is to listen to. Sign-up here.Outside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of the show. Talk to us! Follow Outside/In on Instagram or discuss the show in our private listener group on Facebook.Submit a question to the Outside/Inbox. We answer queries about the natural world, climate change, sustainability, and human evolution. You can send a voice memo to outsidein@nhpr.org or leave a message on our hotline, 1-844-GO-OTTER (844-466-8837). LINKSFurther reading on the ideology of far-right accelerationism by Alex Amend Hannah Gais' reporting on Atomwaffen and the planned Baltimore grid attack Check out this excellent explainer on Cop City in Scalawag Magazine, written by Micah Herskind.Read “The Forest for the Trees” in The Bitter Southerner, a profile of life in the “forest defender” camp in the Weelaunee Forest. It includes a conversation with the late Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, better known at Tortuguita.More than 60 human rights and environmental organizations signed this letter condemning the domestic terrorism charges in Atlanta, Georgia.Unicorn Riot's livestream of the police action at the concert.Two activists face felony charges for distributing flyers which identified a police officer linked to Tortuguita's killing.Plus, leaders of a bail fund were arrested on charges of charity fraud for their support of the people recently charged with domestic terrorism – as the Atlanta Press Collective reports, the history of bail funds in the United States goes back to the Civil Rights movement. CREDITSHost: Nate HegyiReported and produced by Justine Paradis Mixed by Justine Paradis and Taylor QuimbyEdited by Taylor Quimby with help from Jack Rodolico, Rebecca Lavoie, Felix Poon, Jessica Hunt, Jeongyoon Han, and Nate HegyiExecutive producer: Rebecca LavoieMusic came from Blue Dot Sessions, Autohacker, Blacksona, The Big Let Down, and Hatamitsunami. Audio of the events after the concert in the South River Forest was recorded in a livestream by Unicorn Riot and shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.
This week we're joined by returning guest Hannah Gais to talk about Brandon Russell, Atomwaffen, and rubbing shoulders with the stars at a Young Republican bash.
On this week's episode of the Fever Dreams podcast, Hannah Gais and Michael Edison Hayden from the Southern Poverty Law Center recalled a cast of characters to host Will Sommer and guest co-host, The Daily Beast's Sam Brodey. Then, in the podcast's “Fresh Hell” segment, the hosts dip into American conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro's growing online movie streaming empire and his burgeoning efforts to create a right-wing Hollywood in Nashville by acquiring the exclusive film and television rights to the books Atlas Shrugged and Pendragon Cycle, along with a forthcoming children's cartoon about a family of homeschooled chinchillas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump can hold a grudge, Daily Beast reporter Corbin Bolies tells Andy Levy on this episode of The New Abnormal podcast, and he's not wrong. “Donald Trump knows how to hold a grudge and he will, and we've seen that continue throughout the last year and a half, because Donald Trump has consistently attacked Mitch McConnell,” Bolies says, discussing the most recent verbal harassment levied at the former Majority Leader's wife, Elaine Chao, in the form of blatantly racist name-calling on his Truth Social platform. Also on this episode: Hannah Gais, a senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center, joins this episode to co-host with Andy, touching upon the intense violent threats against Dems and Marjorie Taylor Green's try-hard effort to get Republicans to think the threats are for them. Plus! Daily Beast far-right reporter and Fever Dreams podcast co-host Kelly Weill breaks down a huge schism happening within the libertarian party, including how the old Libertarians totally over these new Libertarians' toxicity. Like, beyond Trumpy toxic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's a special Wednesday show that's not THE Wednesday Show. We've had some scheduling craziness this past week and a half, but we're finding out way through. Can things get crazier? Yes. Yes, they are about to. What's on your mind and what's happening in your neck of the woods? LINKS: "The Future of Public Education in Pennsylvania Rests on the Governor's Race," Mindy Isser, Bucks County Beacon "White Nationalist Book Publisher Revealed," Hannah Gais, Megan Squire, Jason Wilson and Michael Edison Hayden, Southern Poverty Law Center. You can support this show by becoming a patron for as little as $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/rcpress. Don't Let Paul Martino & Friends Buy Our Schools and push extremist politics in our community. Raging Chicken has teamed up with LevelField to launch a truly community rooted PAC to invest in organizing, support local and state-wide progressive candidates, and unmask the toxic organizations injecting our communities with right-wing extremism. We're putting small-dollar donations to work to beat back the power of Big Money. You can get more information and drop your donation at https://ragingchicken.levelfield.net/. Join our Discord to continue the conversation all week long: https://discord.gg/BnjRNz3u
Since so many people are just now discovering Michael's work we are re-airing every TMBS (The Michael Brooks Show) episode that he created before his passing on July 20 2020. This is the TMBS premiere episode from August 8th 2017 featuring Hannah Gais. The TMBS re-aired episodes will come out every Tuesday starting on June 14th 2021 here on your podcast app and The Michael Brooks Show Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and to support us visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS
The United States is considering ways to fight the kinds of extremist movements that enabled the attack on the U.S. Capitol and some have suggested creating new domestic terrorism laws that would offer federal agencies with more avenues to address that threat. Joining SH!TPOST to talk about flaws with this kind of counter-terrorism approach to fighting white supremacy is SPLC senior research Hannah Gais.Follow Hannah Gais: https://twitter.com/hannahgaisRead “A New ‘War on Terrorism’ Is the Wrong Way to Fight Domestic Extremists”Hannah’s favorite thing online right now: This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at shtpost.substack.com/subscribe
This week we spoke to Hannah Gais, a journalist and senior researcher at the Southern Poverty Law Center, about how white nationalism is laundered into mainstream conservative discourse. And Russia!
We take a break from the pandemic sweeping the world to speak with SPLC's Hannah Gais about Kevin DeAnna, a highly influential white nationalist who operated behind pen names until the release of her series on Hatewatch. Follow Hannah Gais: https://twitter.com/hannahgaisSHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/james-and-gregory-3-17-20-ft-hannah-gais/ Get on the email list at shtpost.substack.com
Hannah joins the Discourse to discuss the 10th Anniversary of the Tea Party and the Alt Right Media Infiltration Music: "Chasing Rabbits" by Eazy Mac ft. Merkules
UNPAYWALLED:Sam interviews journalist Hannah Gais about (1) the far right's ongoing efforts to infiltrate conservative media and (2) the self-victimizing grift of Quillette anti-anti-fascist Andy Ngo.Discussed:Hannah Gais, Leaked Emails Show How White Nationalists Have Infiltrated Conservative Media, SplinterHannah Gais, The Making of Andy Ngo, Jewish Currents
-Hannah Gais explains her recent investigation exposing far-right attempts to penetrate Washington, featuring an ex-Daily Caller guy Subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel
Hannah Gais talks about her article for The Baffler about healing psychics on Soviet TV on the precipice of the fall of the USSR, and the conspiratorial thinking still present in Russian and U.S. cultures. Follow Hannah on Twitter @hannahgais and read her in New Republic and The Baffler patreon.com/bbmpod Twitter: @harvest_goth Email: BlackBannerMagic@riseup.net Join the #weirdleft community on Discord https://discord.gg/Pz6akeN 2/3rds of every dollar raised through this Patreon will go to the Omaha Freedom Fund! community bail fund. As a member of the Revolutionary Left Radio federation of podcasts, Black Banner Magic records in the RevLeft studio, and the last 1/3rd goes into recording and engineering costs. More info about OFF! can be found on omahafreedomfund.wordpress.com or on twitter @omahabail
Writer Hannah Gais (@hannahgais) joins us to talk about her article in The Baffler about what the late Soviet Union's obsession with conspiracy theories can tell us about our current political and cultural moment. After that we discuss an article in the New York Times about an Appalachian coding nonprofit that turned out to be a fraud. Read Hannah's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/psychic-healing-at-the-end-of-history-gais Read the New York Times article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/us/mined-minds-west-virginia-coding.html And support our Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Freelance writer and Harvard Divinity School grad student Hannah Gais is back, so that makes two repeat guests on the podcast! She's going to try to explain to me how the Orthodox Church works, an effort that goes so well you can hear my dog literally howling by the end of it (I'm pretty sure she saw some kids outside). We talk about the schism between the Russian Orthodox Church and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I over Bartholomew's decision to allow Ukrainian church leaders to form their own autocephalous Orthodox Church separate from Moscow and try to Make Sense Of It All. Enjoy!Hannah has also written a piece about the schism, which we discuss during the interview that you can find here. You can find her on Twitter at @hannahgais. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at fx.substack.com/subscribe
As this season's readings have already made clear, male grievance and organized misogyny are a crucial feeder into the fevered swamps of the Alt-Right. So why would an otherwise sane, smart, independent woman want to make common cause with the Nazi contingent of the #gamergate and MGTOW crowd? In this episode, Joe & Josh discuss what motivates right-wing women, starting with the portrait of Lana Lokteff and her fascist sorority sisters in "Rise of the Valkyries" by Seyward Darby, from the September 2017 issue of Harper's. They also examine conservative sexism, the link between biology and gender roles, mis-pronounce "Hindutva," and ask once again how much attention to the Alt-Right is too much.“Rise of the Valkyries” by Seyward Darby, Harper’s, 2017https://harpers.org/archive/2017/09/the-rise-of-the-valkyries/Optional:“The Alt-Right Doesn’t Know What to Do With White Women” by Hannah Gais, The New Republic, 2017https://newrepublic.com/article/145325/alt-right-doesnt-know-white-women“This book in the marriage bible for alt-right women” by Laura Smith, Timeline, 2017https://timeline.com/fascinating-womanhood-andelin-feminism-509dfe538de7Let us know what you think: essayquestionspodcast@gmail.com
As this season's readings have already made clear, male grievance and organized misogyny are a crucial feeder into the fevered swamps of the Alt-Right. So why would an otherwise sane, smart, independent woman want to make common cause with the Nazi contingent of the #gamergate and MGTOW crowd? In this episode, Joe & Josh discuss what motivates right-wing women, starting with the portrait of Lana Lokteff and her fascist sorority sisters in "Rise of the Valkyries" by Seyward Darby, from the September 2017 issue of Harper's. They also examine conservative sexism, the link between biology and gender roles, mis-pronounce "Hindutva," and ask once again how much attention to the Alt-Right is too much.“Rise of the Valkyries” by Seyward Darby, Harper’s, 2017https://harpers.org/archive/2017/09/the-rise-of-the-valkyries/Optional:“The Alt-Right Doesn’t Know What to Do With White Women” by Hannah Gais, The New Republic, 2017https://newrepublic.com/article/145325/alt-right-doesnt-know-white-women“This book in the marriage bible for alt-right women” by Laura Smith, Timeline, 2017https://timeline.com/fascinating-womanhood-andelin-feminism-509dfe538de7Let us know what you think: essayquestionspodcast@gmail.com
We've got Hannah Gais on to talk about the phrase the "Russian soul." We cover the phrase's origin and subsequent adoption by the West, its contemporary uses amongst unhinged Twitter personalities, and how it is Russia has excellent sushi despite being a landlocked country. Read Hannah's article on the "Russian Soul" in The Baffler: https://thebaffler.com/this-american-carnage/whos-afraid-of-the-russian-soul-gais Follow her on twitter at @hannahgais and go to her website to check out her other writing, https://hannahgais.com/ Theme music: Shit Happens by Tierra Whack Subscribe to our Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia
We're lucky to be joined by freelance writer, full-time grad student, and Russian active measure Hannah Gais to talk about the 2016 election, Russiagate, Vladimir Putin, the state of US-Russia relations, and Russia's many crimes including killing God. I'm opening this episode to the general public for a change, so please share widely.Hannah's Baffler piece, "Who's Afraid of the Russian Soul?" is here.Enjoy! This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at fx.substack.com/subscribe
Episode 10: Corey Pein talks to Michael Brooks, "Louise Mensch," and Hannah Gais.