Podcast appearances and mentions of Julia Ebner

This is the second part of a two-part interview with Julia Ebner -- the princess of extremist infiltration, the queen of counter radicalization, and author of Going Mainstream: Why Extreme Ideas are Spreading, and What We Can Do About It.    Please listen to Part 1 before coming to this episode.  In this conversation, Julia and Jason focus on how extreme ideas enter the mainstream and the implications of the concept of the ‘Overton Window' [more on that in the links below] for how the boundaries of acceptable political discourse change as ever more extreme ideas are articulated. Jason pushes Julia to draw on her undercover work among the incel community to explain their worldview and the centrality of the concept of being red-pilled.     And as they Order the Disorder, they discuss the importance of defending expertise in public discourse and Julia proposes an institution that could prevent people from falling into conspiracy theories.    Producer: George McDonagh  Executive Producer: Neil Fearn    Subscribe to our Substack (for free, or get the PAID version to get a discount on our March 21st event with Bill Browder and Stephanie Baker at the Frontline Club): https://natoandtheged.substack.com/    Show Notes Links:  For an explanation of the Overton window visit https://theweek.com/102517/the-overton-window-explained   For more on Julia visit https://www.julia-ebner.com/speaker   For a great video about her life and experiences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y4Kv6P6VII   Get Julia's book ‘Going Mainstream: Why extreme ideas are spreading, and what we can do about it' - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Mainstream-extreme-ideas-spreading/dp/1804183784   Read Jason's article, ‘A lizard person's guide to US election conspiracy theories' in the New European: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/a-lizard-persons-guide-to-us-election-conspiracy-theories/   Listen: Episode 77 - The System is Rigged: Conspiracy theories and the revenge of the losers https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/cc41cbf3e1c05fb8a696e0faad151283 This is the second part of a two-part interview with Julia Ebner -- the princess of extremist infiltration, the queen of counter radicalization, and author of Going Mainstream: Why Extreme Ideas are Spreading, and What We Can Do About It.    Please listen to Part 1 before coming to this episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Extremist ideologies and the conspiracy vehicles that carry them are now heard throughout mainstream social and political discourse. Whether it's Trump parroting falsehoods about migrants eating dogs and cats or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. parroting debunked claims about how vaccines cause autism, extreme viewpoints cloaked in conspiracy theories are now frequently articulated by those in offices of power.     How has this happened? When did the extremes become mainstream? And what draws people to these radical ways of thinking in the first place? Then as we delve deeper why do extremists so frequently rely on conspiracy theories to articulate their political programs? Why don't they come out and just voice the radical or exclusionary political program directly? Why do they conceal it via complex conspiracy theories about Lizards, Pedophilia rings, and a Jewish plot to dilute the purity of the white race?    This is the first episode of a two-part interview with Julia Ebner -- the princess of extremist infiltration, the queen of counter radicalization, and author of Going Mainstream: Why Extreme Ideas are Spreading, and What We Can Do About It.    The duo delve into the intricate relationship between conspiracy theories and extremist ideologies. Analysing how conspiracy theories serve as a unifying force among various radical groups, by providing a framework for scapegoating and explaining grievances. Plus: the psychological appeal of conspiracy myths, their role in modern political movements, and the historical context that shapes these narratives    Producer: George McDonagh  Executive Producer: Neil Fearn    Subscribe to our Substack (for free, or get the PAID version to get a discount on our March 21st event with Bill Browder and Stephanie Baker at the Frontline Club): https://natoandtheged.substack.com/    Show Notes Links:  For more on Julia visit https://www.julia-ebner.com/speaker   Get Julia's book ‘Going Mainstream: Why extreme ideas are spreading, and what we can do about it' - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Mainstream-extreme-ideas-spreading/dp/1804183784   Read Jason's article, ‘A lizard person's guide to US election conspiracy theories' in the New European: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/a-lizard-persons-guide-to-us-election-conspiracy-theories/   Listen: Episode 77 - The System is Rigged: Conspiracy theories and the revenge of the losers https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/cc41cbf3e1c05fb8a696e0faad151283   For a great video about her life and experiences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y4Kv6P6VII     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of our Democracy After 2024 series, Julia Ebner discusses major developments regarding the mainstreaming of extremist ideas; explains how social media platforms have contributed to radicalization processes and considers whether we might be experiencing a new turning point right now; and sketches effective counterstrategies – and reflects on what might be missingfrom our current toolbox.Julia Ebner is an award-winning author of three books who isknown for her expertise in online radicalization, conspiracy myths and threats to democracy. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in London and a Postdoctoral Researcher and Group Leader at theViolent Extremism Lab, both at the University of Oxford. Julia Ebner was also the recipient, among other recent awards, of the Open Society Prize of the CEU.Her most recent book isGoing Mainstream. How Extremists Are Taking Over(2023).

In this episode of the International Risk Podcast, host Dominic Bowen speaks with Julia Ebner, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and leader of the Violent Extremism Lab at the University of Oxford. As one of the foremost experts in extremism and radicalisation, Julia shares insights from her decade-long research, including her remarkable undercover investigations into various extremist groups.The conversation explores the alarming trend of extremist ideologies moving from the fringes into mainstream politics and culture, as detailed in Julia's 2023 book "Going Mainstream: How Extremists Are Taking Over." She discusses how the global polycrisis - from COVID-19 to economic uncertainties and ongoing conflicts - has created fertile ground for extremist recruitment and radicalisation.Julia provides fascinating insights into the psychology of extremism, particularly the concept of "identity fusion" and the symbiotic relationship between different extremist groups. She shares her unique perspective on researching male-dominated extremist spaces as a woman and discusses the challenges of countering online radicalisation in an era of increasing social media influence.Drawing from recent events, including the Austrian regional elections and the Capitol riots, the discussion examines how extremist ideas are increasingly penetrating mainstream political discourse and the implications this has for democratic societies. The episode concludes with a thoughtful analysis of emerging extremist risks and potential strategies for addressing them at policy, technological, and societal levels.Interested in exploring the topics discussed in this episode? Dive deeper into the topics explored with Julia Ebner's books referenced in the episode:Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists (2020) An immersive investigation into extremist groups, based on Ebner's experiences infiltrating various radical organizations online and offline.The Rage: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism (2017) A groundbreaking analysis examining the symbiotic relationship between Islamist and far-right extremism, showing how these movements feed off each other's narratives.Going Mainstream: How extremists are taking over (2023) From radicalisation on gaming platforms to algorithmic extremism, this book reveals how fringe movements are strategically infiltrating public discourse and reshaping modern politics.The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members, and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with experts in a variety of fields to explore international relations. Our host is Dominic Bowen, Head of Strategic Advisory at one of Europe's leading risk consulting firms. Dominic is a regular public and corporate event speaker, and visiting lecturer at several universities. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests around the world to discuss international risk.The International Risk Podcast - Reducing risk by increasing knowledge.Follow us on LinkedIn for all our great updates.Tell us what you liked!

As an investigative journalist, Julia Ebner had the freedom to do something she freely admits that as an academic (the hat she currently wears as postdoctoral researcher at the Calleva Centre for Evolution and Human Sciences at the University of Oxford) she have been proscribed from doing - posing as a recruit to study violent extremist groups. That, as you might expect, gave her special insight into how these groups attract new blood, and on the basis of that work, as well as more traditional research for groups such as the Quilliam Foundation and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, she has been hosted by the United Nations, national legislators, intelligence agencies and Big Tech. In this Social Science Bites podcast, Ebner details some of the mechanics of her undercover research for host David Edmonds before discussing the prevalence and characteristics of violent extremist groups. Given the variety of ways governments tally these groups and the groups' own amorphousness in an online age, determining whether such groups are on the rise - which seems to be a perennial fear - proves devilishly difficult to determine. "I would say," Ebner concedes, "it often comes and goes in waves, but now we are seeing a very strong wave of very young people, including minors, radicalizing towards violence." That radicalization proves remarkably similar regardless of ideology, Ebner notes. Plus, it's not straightforward determining who might be open to recruitment. "Based on my research, I would say that everyone is potentially susceptible to radicalization, especially in vulnerable moments in our lives, and everyone has them." Ebner serves up that potential universality in a different context to close the podcast. It's what keeps her up at night: "I think the mainstreaming of some of the extreme concepts and ideas and language that I used to observe only in the darkest corners of the internet, but that is now being heard in parliaments, that is now being seen in large social media channels of influencers or voiced by politicians." Given her journalistic chops, it is no surprise that Ebner has written extensively on extremism in a series of well received books. The Rage: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism, received the Bruno Kreisky Award for the Political Book of the Year 2018; Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists was a Telegraph Book of the Year 2020 and Germany publishing's Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres 2020 ("Science Book of the Year") Prise as well as the Dr Caspar Einem Prize from the Association of Social Democratic Academics; and Going Mainstream: How Extremists Are Taking Over, was published in 2023.

Julia Ebner puts her finger on some of the most important questions that writers face, not just in our turbulent times, but across all ages: - Who controls language? - Are you using language or being used by it? - Are some people's truths more truthful than others? - How does language change to meet the context of the day? Arming us with critical skills, it's worth reading if you're into the culture war, gender studies, toxic masculinity, incels, the patriarchy, fourth wave feminism, conspiracy theories, the far right, terrorism, deradicalisation and that sort of stuff.

Democracy in Question? is brought to you by:• Central European University: CEU• The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: AHCD• The Podcast Company: scopeaudio Follow us on social media!• Central European University: @CEU• Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: @AHDCentre Subscribe to the show. If you enjoyed what you listened to, you can support us by leaving a review and sharing our podcast in your networks!  GlossaryQAnon(17:19 or p.5 in the transcript)QAnon is a decentralized, far-right political movement rooted in a baseless conspiracy theory that the world is controlled by the “Deep State,” a cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles, and that former President Donald Trump is the only person who can defeat it. QAnon emerged on 4chan in 2017, when an anonymous poster known as “Q,” believed by Qanon followers to be a team of U.S. government and military insiders, began posting cryptic messages online about Trump's alleged efforts to takedown the Deep State online. QAnon followers believe that the Deep State will be brought to justice during a violent day of reckoning known as “the Storm,” when the Deep State and its collaborators will be arrested and sent to Guantanamo Bay to face military tribunals and execution for their various crimes. Since the 2020 presidential election, QAnon has continued to migrate into the mainstream, becoming a powerful force within U.S. politics. Across the United States, QAnon adherents—animated by false claims that the 2020 election was “rigged” or “stolen”—are running for political office, signing up to become poll workers, filing frivolous election-related lawsuits and harassing election officials. While not all QAnon adherents are extremists, QAnon-linked beliefs have inspired violent acts and have eroded trust in democratic institutions and the electoral process. Many QAnon influencers also spout antisemitic beliefs and the core tenets of “Pizzagate” and “Save the Children,” both of which are QAnon-adjacent beliefs, play into antisemitic conspiracy theories like Blood Libel.  source 

Democracy in Question? is brought to you by:• Central European University: CEU• The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: AHCD• The Podcast Company: scopeaudio Follow us on social media!• Central European University: @CEU• Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: @AHDCentre Subscribe to the show. If you enjoyed what you listened to, you can support us by leaving a review and sharing our podcast in your networks!  GlossaryIdentitarians (06:49 or p.2 in the transcript)The term of “Identitarians” originated in France with the founding of the Bloc Identitaire movement and its youth counterpart, Generation Identitaire. Identitarians espouse racism and intolerance under the guise of preserving the ethnic and cultural origins of their respective counties. American Identitarians such as Richard Spencer claim to want to preserve European-American (i.e., white) culture in the US. As Michael McGregor, a writer and editor for Radix wrote in an article in the publication, Identitarians want “the preservation of our identity–the cultural and genetic heritage that makes us who we are.”Identitarians reject multiculturalism or pluralism in any form. Namely, Identitarianism is a post-war European far-right political ideology asserting the right of peoples of European descent to culture and territory which are claimed to belong exclusively to people defined as European. Building on ontological ideas of modern German philosophy, its ideology was formulated from the 1960s onward by essayists such as Alain de Benoist, Dominique Venner, Guillaume Faye and Renaud Camus, considered the movement's intellectual leaders.While on occasion condemning racism and promoting ethnopluralist society, it argues that particular modes of being are customary to particular groups of people, mainly based on ideas of thinkers of the German Conservative Revolution, in some instances influenced by Nazi theories, through the guidance of European New Right leaders. Some Identitarians explicitly espouse ideas of xenophobia and racialism, but most limit their public statements to more docile language. Some among them promote the creation of white ethno-states, to the exclusion of migrants and non-white residents. The Identitarian Movement has been classified by the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution in 2019 as right-wing extremist. The movement is most notable in Europe, and although rooted in Western Europe, it has spread more rapidly to the eastern part of the continent through conscious efforts of the likes of Faye. It also has adherents among North American, Australian, and New Zealander white nationalists. The United States–based Southern Poverty Law Center considers many of these organizations to be hate groups. source 

Laura Bates threads the needle in her undercover investigation into incel culture, misogyny and the manosphere. Unfiltered and rough on the eyes, Bates is brave enough to tackle a thorny issue head-on and come out still standing, her strong arguments standing up across 300 pages. Weaving together online and RW examples, we're privy to forums, threads, vlogs, interviews, protests and in-person meet-ups as Bates walks the beat of investigative journalist/activist. Is male-on-female violence a form of terrorism? You'll have to read it to find out. Keep one eye out for Bates' adept use a whole bag of persuasive techniques, from stats and figures to anecdotes and eyewitness accounts. Especially powerful are her metaphors - watch out for the Guinea worm burrowing into your leg! Other reading: - Going Mainstream by Julia Ebner - 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson - Lean Out by Dawn Foster

On June 9th, Europe's European Union members voted for their next parliament. The election tends to be a practical and mostly predictable affair, where parties across the continent build centrist coalitions, but major victories for the far-right in countries like France, Germany, and Italy are shaking things up. In 2023, journalist Julia Ebner joined Ray Suarez to share how she went undercover in the world of online extremists. Ebner revealed how conspiracy theories like QAnon have taken hold in Germany. In this week's program, Ebner shares how political extremism has moved mainstream, and how the far-right is upending the elections in Europe. Guest: Julia Ebner, author of Going Mainstream: How extremists are taking over Host: Ray Suarez If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

Machen Gefängnisse unsere Gesellschaft sicherer? Der Rechtsanwalt und ehemalige Gefängnisdirektor Thomas Galli zeichnet ein differenziertes Bild des Strafvollzugs. Unbestreitbar gibt es ein Bedürfnis der Gesellschaft nach Strafe: Wer gegen Gesetze verstößt, soll nicht ungeschoren davonkommen. Den Täter zur Verantwortung zu ziehen, ihn zur Reue anzuhalten, abzuschrecken, den Opfern Genugtuung zu verschaffen und die Gesellschaft vor Gefahren zu schützen – das sind die Hoffnungen, die sich an Gefängnisstrafen knüpfen. Aber aus seiner jahrzehntelangen Erfahrung weiß Thomas Galli: Selten wird auch nur eines dieser Ziele erreicht. Darüber hinaus unterhalten sich Stefan Wally und Carmen Bayer über das neue Buch der Extremismusforscherin Julia Ebner: Massenradikalisierung: Wie die Mitte Extremisten zum Opfer fällt. Warum unsere Demokratie bedroht ist wie noch nie. Zum Video mit Julia Ebner: https://jungk-bibliothek.org/2023/05/02/julia-ebner-massenradikalisierung-und-wie-man-widerstand-dagegen-leisten-kann-jbz-tv/ Weitere Informationen: https://jungk-bibliothek.org/ Zum Buchmagazin der JBZ: https://www.prozukunft.org/ (c) privat

Mladost je življenjsko obdobje, za katerega so značilne velike spremembe. Odraščanje prinaša nove družbene vloge in burno fizično in psihično dogajanje. Kakšno je danes poslavljanje od otroštva in kako poteka stopanje v odraslost? Koliko je negotovosti? Kaj radosti mlade in kaj jih skrbi? Kakšen je pogled na svet prek zaslonov in aplikacij? Kakšna so tvegana vedenja? Kaj pa duševno zdravje? So mladi v redu ali bi nas moralo skrbeti? Digitalne tehnologije so postale del naših vsakdanjih življenj in očitno bo tako ostalo oziroma bo tehnologije še več, kljub temu, da imamo z njo številne težave. Edward Snowden je razkril, da spletni giganti v sodelovanju z obveščevalnimi in varnostnimi agencijami omogočajo množičen nadzor ljudi, Christopher Wylie, da na Facebooku poteka ciljana politična propaganda, Frances Haugen, da Meta ve za škodljive učinke svojih algoritmov prikazovanja vsebine na Instagramu na duševno zdravje mladih uporabnic in uporabnikov, pa jih ne popravi. Julia Ebner, raziskovalka ekstremizma, pa ugotavlja, da se je ta iz temnih kotičkov interneta preselil na največje platforme in jih zavzel, tudi s pomočjo lažnih profilov in umetne inteligence. Polarizacija in radikalizacija sta postali del našega vsakdana. Kako gre v tem svetu mladim? Mladi so digitalni domorodci, v svet pametnih telefonov, družbenih medijev in računalniških iger so se rodili. V času pandemije je del njihovega vsakdana postalo izobraževanje in druženje prek domačih računalnikov, ki so se iz skupnih prostorov spet preselili v otroške sobe. Od pandemije naprej otroška psihiatrtija poka po šivih od najhujših primerov depresije, anksioznosti, samopoškodovalnih vedenj, motenj hranjenja in samomorilnosti. Iz osnovnih šol poročajo o hudih pritiskih, ki jih mladi doživljajo pri pehanju za najboljšimi ocenami, in o strahu pred najhujšimi oblikami medvrstniškega nasilja, ki so se zgodile tudi v državah v naši bližini in se ne dogajajo več le čez lužo. Potem pa je tu še nič kaj vzpodbudna realnost, od podnebne krize do vojnih žarišč v neposredni bližini, inflacije, nepremičninske krize, do porasta nasilja na podlagi spola, krhanja demokracije in odvzemanja človekovih pravic. Kako to doživljajo mladi? Kaj kažejo raziskave? Kako zelo nas mora skrbeti in kaj lahko sploh naredimo? Kako je torej v naši domovini biti mlad?O tem v tokratni oddaji Intelekta z gostjami. To so zaslužna profesorica doktorica Mirjana Ule, znanstvena svetnica s Fakultete za družbene vede Univerze v Ljubljani, doktorica Helena Jeriček Klanšček z Nacionalnega inštituta za javno zdravje, vodja mednarodne raziskave za Slovenijo HBSC – Z zdravjem povezana vedenja v šolskem obdobju, in raziskovalka medijev in tehnologij mladih doktorica Barbara Brečko, znanstvena sodelovka na Fakulteti za družbene vede Univerze v Ljubljani. Oddajo je pripravila Urška Henigman.foto: pixabay

Das Misstrauen gegen Politik, Medien und Wissenschaft wächst. Zugleich werden extremistische Positionen immer salonfähiger, von Rechtspopulismus bis zu Verschwörungstheorien. Was steckt dahinter? Yves Bossart spricht mit der Extremismus-Expertin Julia Ebner und dem Schriftsteller Karl-Heinz Ott. Julia Ebner berät zahlreiche Regierungen und Geheimdienste, die EU ebenso wie die UNO im Umgang mit Radikalisierung, Terrorismus und extremistischer Gewalt. Sie hat sich für ihre Recherchen monatelang inkognito unter Neonazis, Dschihadisten und Coronaleugner gemischt. Ebner meint, Radikalisierung sei längst kein Randphänomen mehr, sondern habe die Mitte der Gesellschaft erreicht, auch durch Soziale Medien wie TikTok oder Telegram. Karl-Heinz Ott befasst sich als Philosoph und Schriftsteller mit reaktionären Ideen und ihren Vordenkern, etwa mit dem einflussreichen Staatsrechtler Carl Schmitt, der als Kronjurist des Dritten Reiches gilt. Yves Bossart spricht mit den beiden Experten über den Aufstieg des Rechtspopulismus, über die zunehmende Radikalisierung der Gesellschaft und über mögliche Auswege.

Das Misstrauen gegen Politik, Medien und Wissenschaft wächst. Zugleich werden extremistische Positionen immer salonfähiger, von Rechtspopulismus bis zu Verschwörungstheorien. Was steckt dahinter? Yves Bossart spricht mit der Extremismus-Expertin Julia Ebner und dem Schriftsteller Karl-Heinz Ott. Julia Ebner berät zahlreiche Regierungen und Geheimdienste, die EU ebenso wie die UNO im Umgang mit Radikalisierung, Terrorismus und extremistischer Gewalt. Sie hat sich für ihre Recherchen monatelang inkognito unter Neonazis, Dschihadisten und Coronaleugner gemischt. Ebner meint, Radikalisierung sei längst kein Randphänomen mehr, sondern habe die Mitte der Gesellschaft erreicht, auch durch Soziale Medien wie TikTok oder Telegram. Karl-Heinz Ott befasst sich als Philosoph und Schriftsteller mit reaktionären Ideen und ihren Vordenkern, etwa mit dem einflussreichen Staatsrechtler Carl Schmitt, der als Kronjurist des Dritten Reiches gilt. Yves Bossart spricht mit den beiden Experten über den Aufstieg des Rechtspopulismus, über die zunehmende Radikalisierung der Gesellschaft und über mögliche Auswege.

Media and extremism have a complex relationship, from the evolution of fringe beliefs into mainstream discourse to the strategies extremists employ to influence public opinion. In the modern context, these issues have manifested themselves throughout the globe and across the political spectrum. Sophia Herbert, PPE finalist at New College, speaks to Dr. Julia Ebner, postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Calleva Centre of Evolution and Human Sciences at Magdalen College, and Research Affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion. Dr. Ebner sheds light on the mechanisms extremist groups use to exploit media narratives and the challenges in discerning between mainstream and extremist content. Moreover, the episode discusses the role of media in counter-terrorism efforts and the future challenges posed by advancing media technologies. Host: Sophia Herbert Looking to make the most of Oxford's world-leading professors, we decided to set up a platform to interview these academics on the niche, weird and wonderful from their subjects. We aim to create thought-provoking and easily digestible podcast episodes, made for anyone with an interest in the world around them, and to facilitate university access and outreach for students aspiring to Oxford or Cambridge.  To learn more about OxPods, visit our website ⁠www.oxpods.co.uk⁠⁠, ⁠or follow us on socials ⁠@ox.pods. ⁠ ⁠ If you would like an audio transcription of this episode, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. OxPods is made possible through the support of our generous benefactors. Special thanks to: St Peter's College JCR, Jesus College JCR & Lady Margaret Hall JCR for supporting us in 2024. OxPods © 2023 by OxPods is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 

Thema: Proteste in Deutschland gegen rechtsextreme Netzwerke

On this week's episode, we have an extended interview with author and researcher, Julia Ebner. Julia is a Senior Resident Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and has written a series of books exploring the social dynamics of extremist networks, including The Rage: the Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism, Going Dark: the Secret Social Lives of Extremists, and most recently Going Mainstream: How Extremists Are Taking Over.Julia also recently completed her DPhil at Oxford's Centre for Studies of Social Cohesion and has been developing novel linguistic analyses to help identify the psychological indicators of violence in extremist material and manifestos. She has also endured publishing some papers with our resident cognitive anthropologist.In the podcast, we cover a range of topics from the factors impacting radicalisation, Julia's time working for Maajid Nawaz's organisation, the psychology of conspiracy theories, and her experiences as an undercover investigator.Also on this week's episode, we dive into a recent episode of the DarkHorse to explore the Alex Jones' level conspiracies that Bret and Heather have recently been promoting about the horrific events in Israel. You might imagine it would be difficult to make such a tragic event about COVID dissidents and vaccines but if so you are underestimating the InfoHorse hosts.For a palette cleanser enjoy an extended review-of-reviews and some marathon shoutouts.LinksThe Guardian: The Big Idea- is it too late to stop extremism taking over politics?Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists | Julia Ebner | Talks at GoogleJulia's Recent Book- Going Mainstream: How Extremists Are Taking OverRegressive Left Media: Tommy Robinson and Maajid Nawaz: Sleeping with the EnemyBad Stats thread with DarkHorse clips from episode 195Andy Last's Beyond Synth PodcastDTG Shedding Light on the DarkHorse: A Mini ReviewEbner, J., Kavanagh, C., & Whitehouse, H. (2023). Measuring socio-psychological drivers of extreme violence in online terrorist manifestos: an alternative linguistic risk assessment model. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 1-19.Ebner, J., Kavanagh, C., & Whitehouse, H. (2022). Is there a language of terrorists? a comparative manifesto analysis. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 1-27.

Wo hört Humor auf und wo fängt Zynismus an? Und was hat die drohende Umkehr aller demokratischen Errungenschaften seit der Aufklärung mit ANGST zu tun?

UK counter-extremism expert Julia Ebner thinks we are at the beginning of a digital dark age. QAnon proponents run for U.S. Congress, neo-fascists win elections in Europe, and celebrity influencers like (Kan)Ye West spread dangerous myths to millions. All these are signs to Ebner that Enlightenment values are being eroded, and the myths and magical thinking of conspiracy theorists and other extremists are becoming part of mainstream culture. Ebner, who is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in London, has been studying the growth of extremist ideas in our societies for the last decade. Her new book Going Mainstream is a follow on from her 2020 bestseller Going Dark, which was about radicalisation processes in the extreme fringes of society.

Accelerated by a pandemic, global conflict and rapid technological change, extremist ideas are becoming more widespread: QAnon proponents run for U.S. Congress, neo-fascists win elections in Europe and hyper-partisan commentators spread dangerous myths to millions online. Julia Ebner is a researcher specialising in far-right extremism, reciprocal radicalisation, conspiracy myths and terrorism prevention. Her new book is Going Mainstream: How Extremists Are Taking Over. She joins our host Carl Miller, Research Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think tank Demos, to talk about it.  We'd love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates should be.  Send us an email or voice note with your thoughts to podcasts@intelligencesquared.com or Tweet us @intelligence2.  And if you'd like to support our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations, as well as ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more, become a supporter of Intelligence Squared. Just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Groups like the Reichsbürger and Sovereign Citizens are not new, but the ways in which they radicalize each other on the Internet are. Ray Suarez and journalist Julia Ebner explore how once-fringe movements like QAnon are popping up in European political circles.   Guest:   Julia Ebner, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and author of “Going Dark: The Secret Lives of Extremists”   Host:   Ray Suarez   If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

Das Vertrauen in Politik und Medien sinkt: Seit einigen Jahren finden Extremisten zunehmend Gehör in der Mitte der Gesellschaft. Julia Ebner analysiert die Gründe für diese Entwicklung und erwartet keine schnelle Besserung.

A judge in Texas has ruled that women who experience pregnancy complications are temporarily exempt from the state's abortion bans. The ruling comes after a group of thirteen women and two doctors sued the state of Texas in March of this year, calling for a clarification of the law. However, the injunction is only temporary until the lawsuit is decided - and the state of Texas has appealed the ruling. Dr Emma Long, Associate Professor in American History and Politics at the University of East Anglia, joins Clare McDonnell to explain the significance of the ruling. Author and researcher Dr Julia Ebner has spent the last two years immersed in one of the darkest corners of the internet, the world of incels. She has been pretending to be an unhappily single, unemployed, male in his late 20s who is tired of feminism. This is part of her decade-long work going undercover investigating different extremist movements and how they pose a risk to democracy. Her new book, Going Mainstream, looks at the rapid spread of extremism into our mainstream social and political discourse. Chloe Matharu is an award-winning, singer songwriter and harpist. She has cultural roots in Scotland, Wales and the Punjab, and draws inspiration from her time in the Merchant Navy and the natural world as experienced at sea. Her debut album, Small Voyages, was selected for Celtic Music Radio's Album of the Year. At Celtic Connections she was awarded the revered Danny in February this year. She joins the programme live in the studio to talk about her music and to perform The Silkie of Sule Skerry. More than 60 women have made allegations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment against the US comedian and actor Bill Cosby. But only one woman, Andrea Constand, was able to gain a criminal conviction. In 2018, he was sent to prison for three to 10 years on three counts of aggravated indecent assault. At the time it was celebrated as a major win for the #MeToo movement. Less than three years later, he was freed when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction on a legal technicality. In a new two-part documentary exclusively for ITVX from 10 August, The Case Against Cosby, Andrea tells her story. Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Kirsty Starkey

This week, we're exploring the role of the internet in the mainstreaming of radical ideas, which are increasingly infiltrating politics and popular culture. We also get a deeper insight into online extremist communities to understand what's driving these ideas and how radicalisation is occurring.Join Anne Craanen as she speaks to Dr Julia Ebner, a Senior Resident Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), specialising in far-right extremism, reciprocal radicalisation, conspiracy myths and terrorism prevention. Julia is an award-winning and best-selling author of several books including:The Rage: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right ExtremismGoing Dark: The Secret Social Lives of ExtremistsGoing Mainstream: How Extremists are Taking OverYou can read a transcript of this episode here.  If you want to find out more about Tech Against Terrorism and our work, visit techagainstterrorism.org or follow us on Twitter @techvsterrorism, where you can find resources on this topic. 

Since 2016 we’ve seen mainstream politics take a turn for the weird, epitomised by the surprise success of populist projects like Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. Since then, fringe views have continued to muscle into the middle ground, with conspiracy theories and far-right talking points trickling into political discourse. Julia Ebner has been […]

Für Extremismusforscherin Julia Ebner ist klar, die demokratische Mitte fällt dem Extremismus zum Opfer. Sie spricht von einer „Massenradikalisierung“. Was bedeutet das und wer ist besonders anfällig dafür? >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/mission-energiewende-massenradikalisierung

Für Extremismusforscherin Julia Ebner ist klar, die demokratische Mitte fällt dem Extremismus zum Opfer. Sie spricht von einer „Massenradikalisierung“. Was bedeutet das und wer ist besonders anfällig dafür? >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/mission-energiewende-massenradikalisierung

Für Extremismusforscherin Julia Ebner ist klar, die demokratische Mitte fällt dem Extremismus zum Opfer. Sie spricht von einer „Massenradikalisierung“. Was bedeutet das und wer ist besonders anfällig dafür? >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/mission-energiewende-massenradikalisierung

Die demokratische Mitte wird zunehmend von extremistischen Positionen und Verschwörungserzählungen okkupiert, sagt die Extremismusforscherin Julia Ebner. "Diese Massenradikalisierung gefährdet die Demokratie." Was kann man dagegen tun? Moderation: Ralph Erdenberger Von WDR 5.

Julia Ebner – Going mainstream: How extremists are taking over...with TRE's Giles Brown

Right-wing extremism is the greatest danger to democracy in Germany, according to the country's domestic intelligence agency. The Alternative for Germany Party, Germany's main far-right party, now attracts a third of voters in the east of the country and the nation is home to over 38,000 registered right-wing extremists. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Siobhan Robbins, Sky's Europe Correspondent who has spoken to members as well as victims of the far-right in Germany. We also hear from Julia Ebner, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and author of Going Mainstream, on how far-right ideas seep into mainstream politics. Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott Assisitant podcast producer: Amy Lakin Interviews producer: Alex Edden Promotions producer: David Chipakupaku Editor: Adam Jay

Woop! Woop! Heute wird es relativ kurz für Einmischen Podcast Verhältnisse. Dafür könnt ihr euch umso besser auf die beiden Gäste konzentrieren. Ich habe nach längerer Zeit mal wieder Erik von Malottki (SPD MdB) besucht und mit Julia Ebner geht es um ihr Buch zur "Massenradikalisierung" (Suhrkamp).

Warning: mentions of sexual violence As political polarisation stretches us to breaking point, co-hosts Mathilda and Helena head to the shadowy fringes of society to find out what pushes people to the far-right, and how we can pull them back.For its season launch, Media Storm puts these questions to reformed Neo-Nazis, far-right grooming victims and undercover counter-extremists. We investigate the recruitment tactics of violent terrorists attempting to spread hatred, and uncover proof that mainstream media and politicians may be playing into their hands.The episode features a deep-dive into a terrorist attack that no one remembers… the bombing of a Dover migrant centre late last year, that came with comments by the UK Home Secretary about an “invasion on our southern border”. Dr Rajan Basra unveils the untold story of the radicalisation of Andy Leak: what should've been a lesson for us all, but was lost to a 24-hour news cycle.For part two, we're joined in the studio by former neo-Nazi, turned founder of Exit Hate UK, Nigel Bromage, to pick apart what the mainstream media could do better to tackle extremism.Exit Hate UK offers non-judgemental support for individuals & families impacted by far-right extremism. For support please contact info@exithate.orgSpeakers: Julia Ebner @julie_renbeDr Rajan Basra @rajanbasraNigel Bromage @EXITUK1Sources:Media guidelines for reporting on extremism: https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-10/ran_reporting_about_violent_extremism_pcve_challenges_journalists_17082021_en.pdfUS press review: https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650220971142Dover fake news story: https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/20/debunk-did-migrants-throw-rocks-to-block-a-road-near-english-channel-crossingHome Office data on ethnicity and grooming gangs, 2020: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/944206/Group-based_CSE_Paper.pdf Get in touchFollow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/mediastormpodor Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mediastormpodor Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@mediastormpodlike us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MediaStormPodsend us an email mediastormpodcast@gmail.comcheck out our website https://mediastormpodcast.comMusic by Samfire @soundofsamfire. Media Storm is brought to you by the house of The Guilty Feminist and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/media-storm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Noch vor wenigen Jahren zielten Extremist:innen auf den Rand, auf Einzelgänger:innen und weit Abgetriebene. Doch spätestens seit den sogenannten „Corona-Demonstrationen“, dem Sturm aufs Kapitol, den prorussischen Positionen im Ukrainekrieg ist klar: Radikalisierung ist längst zum Massenphänomen geworden. Als Extremismusforscherin will Julia Ebner verstehen, warum so viele anfällig sind für radikale Ideen, welche Strukturen und Mechanismen dahinterstehen und was jetzt endlich unternommen werden muss im Kampf um Gerechtigkeit und Demokratie: Wie kann erfolgreich Widerstand geleistet werden? Julia Ebner, geboren 1991 in Wien, forscht am Institute for Strategic Dialogue in London sowie am Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion an der Universität von Oxford zu Extremismus. Diese Buchpräsentation ist eine der Veranstaltungen in Salzburg zur Erinnerung an die Bücherverbrennung in Salzburg 1938. Robert-Jungk-Bibliothek für Zukunftsfragen in Kooperation mit der Initiative Freies Wort. Mehr Informationen: https://jungk-bibliothek.org/ Zum Buchmagazin der JBZ: https://www.prozukunft.org/

Tessa Szyszkowitz im Gespräch mit Julia Ebner WIE EXTREMISTEN DIE MITTE EROBERTEN Seit der Corona-Pandemie und dem Sturm auf das US-Kapitol ist Radikalisierung zum Massenphänomen geworden. Die Extremismusforscherin Julia Ebner untersucht in ihrem neuen Buch “Massenradikalisierung”, warum so viele Menschen anfällig auf Ideen sind, die früher als Randerscheinungen galten. Die Eskalation betrifft seit einigen Jahren Freundeskreise, Familien und das Arbeitsumfeld. Massenbewegungen, rekrutiert aus der Mitte der Gesellschaft, entstehen – Querdenker, QAnon, Impfgegner –, radikal und brandgefährlich. Julia Ebner will nicht nur verstehen, welche Strukturen und Mechanismen dahinterstehen. Sie fragt auch nach:  Was soll unternommen werden im Kampf um Gerechtigkeit und Demokratie? Julia Ebner forscht am Institute for Strategic Dialogue in London sowie am Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion an der Universität von Oxford zu Extremismus. Als Expertin arbeitet sie mit Regierungsorganisationen und Polizeiorganen zusammen, berät UN, NATO und die Weltbank in Fragen des Extremismus. Der Öffentlichkeit ist sie durch Auftritte bei Markus Lanz, den Tagesthemen und dem heute-journal bekannt. Ihr Buch Radikalisierungsmaschinen wurde 2020 als »Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres« ausgezeichnet, war SPIEGEL-Bestseller und stand auf der Sachbuch-Bestenliste. Sie wurde mit dem Dr. Caspar Einem Preis 2022, Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres 2020 und dem Bruno-Kreisky-Preis für das politische Buch 2018 ausgezeichnet. Tessa Szyszkowitz ist Journalistin und Autorin, seit 2010 mit Sitz in London. Davor war sie Korrespondentin in Moskau, Brüssel und Jerusalem. Sie schreibt regelmäßig für Falter, profil & Cicero, ist Kuratorin der Reihe Philoxenia im Kreiskyforum und Distinguished Fellow im Royal United Services Institute in London. In Zusammenarbeit mit der Initiative.LiteraturSchiff

Im Deep Dive der Woche sprechen Daniel & Markus diese Woche mit der Terrorismus & Extremismus Forscherin und Autorin Julia Ebner. Gemeinsam diskutieren sie die Rolle von Technologie in der aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Polarisierung, Ursachen für Extremismus und Parallelen zwischen Startup Foundern & Verschwörungstheoretikern. Diskutier mit uns & der Community auf Discord: https://discord.gg/9AyzUEWpgBAbonniere unsere wöchentlichen Espresso: https://futureweekly.substack.com/Folge uns auf Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futureweekly/Twitter: https://twitter.com/future_weeklyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/49159750/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/futureweekly --- Du hast Feedback, Ideen, Moonshots oder Predictions zu den heutigen Themen?  Schick uns ein Soundbite an podcast@austrianstartups.com und werde ein Teil der nächsten Episode. --- Redaktion & Produktion: Maximilian Blazek, Tjaša Ornik--- Musik (Intro/Outro): www.sebastianegger.com

Wie Verschwörungstheorien in unsere Mitte vordringen konntenIn dieser Folge von Dichtung & Wahrheit steht die Wahrheit im Vordergrund: Laura de Weck spricht mit der Extremismusforscherin und Autorin Julia Ebner über Verschwörungsmythen, Polarisierung und die Verbreitung von politisch motivierten Lügen. Ebner erzählt, wie sie sich zur Recherche undercover unter Querdenker, Incels und Fundamentalisten mischt und erklärt, wie die Verschwörungstheorien, die vor Jahren nur am Rande der Gesellschaft eine Rolle spielten, in unsere Mitte vordringen konnten.Neben ihrer Tätigkeit als Autorin berät Julia Ebner die Vereinten Nationen, die NATO und diverse europäische und US-amerikanische Geheimdienste. In ihrem 2019 erschienenen Bestseller Radikalisierungsmaschinen hat sie erklärt, wie radikale Gruppierungen neue Technologien nutzen, um Anhänger zu gewinnen. In ihrem neuen Buch Massenradikalisierung nimmt Julia Ebner nun die Mitte der Gesellschaft in den Blick.Wer errät, ob die persönliche Anekdote von Julia Ebner am Ende der Folge wahr oder erfunden ist, hat die Chance, eins von drei signierten Exemplaren ihres aktuellen Buchs Massenradikalisierung zu gewinnen. Das Gewinnspiel ist beendet, die Auflösung gibt es seit dem 20.4.2023 auf www.suhrkamp.de/podcast.Alle Bücher der Folge im Überblick»Massenradikalisierung« von Julia Ebner»Radikalisierungsmaschinen« von Julia EbnerAlle Folgen von »Dichtung & Wahrheit« und die Teilnahmebedingungen des Gewinnspiels Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When President Trump incited his followers to storm the US Capitol, he punctured a 220-year-old tradition in the United States of America. Two years later, we're still reckoning with the consequences.    Rising political violence is no surprise to Ruth Ben-Ghiat, scholar of fascism and advisor to the House Select Committee on January 6th. Ben-Ghiat and Ray Suarez discuss the stakes of the committee, and how to prevent another riot in the United States. Then, Ray is joined by Julia Ebner, a journalist who went undercover in the world of political extremists. Ebner reveals how conspiracy theories like QAnon have taken hold in Germany.   Guests:     Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present   Julia Ebner, author of Going Dark: The Secret Lives of Extremists   Host:    Ray Suarez   If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

A researcher who has entered many violent radical communities. She went undercover to their meetings, learned their ideology, made friendships and contacts. She got very close to understand what makes people to join groups that are full of hate, violence, extremism and conspiracy. She writes, lectures, speaks about various aspects of radicalisation of men and women in Europe. At the same time, her expertise is shaped by empathy, will to understand and courage to see humans beyond the labels of radicals. A fascinating interview.Julia Ebner is Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Strategic Dialogue, specialising in far-right extremism, reciprocal radicalisation, viral disinformation, conspiracy myths and terrorism prevention. Julia advises parliamentary working groups, security agencies and tech firms, and delivers lectures in schools and universities. She acted as a consultant on counter-terrorism for the United Nations. She is the author of The Rage: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism, which won the Bruno Kreisky Award for the Political Book of the Year 2018. Her second book Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists was an international bestseller and has been translated into seven languages. Now it is available also in Slovak under the title: Do tmy. Tajný život extrémistov.Learn more about her work here: https://www.isdglobal.org/isd_team/julia-ebner/. In the podcast we refer also to her TED talk Why We No Longer Get Along from April 2022. This podcast series is supported by The Rights Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Union funded project European Observatory of Online HateDirector: Ľubica StanekProduction: Marek Vaňous

To understand extremists, sometimes you have to go undercover. Julia Ebner did exactly that. Embedding herself within neo-Nazi and jihadist groups, Ebner discovered shocking revelations about what causes people to become radicalised, as well as finding that the two seemingly incompatible movements actually feed off each other. Full transcripts for each episode can be found at: https://deepportal.hq.nato.int/eacademy/deep-dive-podcasts/ Follow DEEP Dive to stay up to date with each new upload.

Overnight in Germany three thousand police have made two dozen arrests after uncovering a far right plot to overthrow the German state. The group were preparing for Day X- and an attempt to storm the Bundestag, the German parliament, taking MPs hostage. It's the stuff of horror, nightmare and fantasy - conspiracy rooted in Germany's pre-war history and America's modern QAnon movement. Today we speak to a senior MP from Germany's governing SPD party, Nils Schmid, and from the author of Going Dark, Julia Ebner - who's gone undercover with conspiracy networks and made extremism her life's study.Social Media: Georgia FoxwellVideo: Will Gibson-SmithProduction: Gabriel Radus Deputy Editor: Tom HughesExecutive Producer: Dino SofosFor exclusive daily videos from The News Agents visit Global Player: https://www.globalplayer.com/videos/brands/news-agents/the-news-agents/You can watch our interviews in full at https://www.globalplayer.com/videos/brands/news-agents/the-news-agents/The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.

Die Gefahr der Demokratiefeinde ist in der Corona-Pandemie gewachsen und ein internationaler Trend, sagt Extremismusforscherin Julia Ebner. Um das Phänomen zu beschreiben, werden auch neue Begriffe gebraucht, wie beispielsweise "Delegitimierung". Julia Ebner im Gespräch mit Liane von Billerbeck www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Studio 9Direkter Link zur Audiodatei

Extremism: Laurie Taylor talks to Julia Ebner, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, about her experience of going undercover amongst political extremists, including neo Nazis, Islamic jihadists and anti feminists. Also, Daniel Koehler, founding Director of the German Institute on Radicalization and De-Radicalization Studies (GIRDS) discusses the side-switchers and defectors who migrate across extremist groups and ideologies. Ray Hill is a positive example of a former British fascist, turned informant on the far right. Unlike Sascha Lemanski, a German far right activist who crossed over into Islamic jihadism. Can an understanding of the phenomenon of side-switching help us understand the way in which people become radicalised and help combat terrorist violence? Producer: Jayne Egerton

Extremism: Laurie Taylor talks to Julia Ebner, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, about her experience of going undercover amongst political extremists, including neo Nazis, Islamic jihadists and anti feminists. Also, Daniel Koehler, founding Director of the German Institute on Radicalization and De-Radicalization Studies (GIRDS) discusses the side-switchers and defectors who migrate across extremist groups and ideologies. Ray Hill is a positive example of a former British fascist, turned informant on the far right. Unlike Sascha Lemanski, a German far right activist who crossed over into Islamic jihadism. Can an understanding of the phenomenon of side-switching help us understand the way in which people become radicalised and help combat terrorist violence? Producer: Jayne Egerton

Extremism: Laurie Taylor talks to Julia Ebner, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, about her experience of going undercover amongst political extremists, including neo Nazis, Islamic jihadists and anti feminists. Also, Daniel Koehler, founding Director of the German Institute on Radicalization and De-Radicalization Studies (GIRDS) discusses the side-switchers and defectors who migrate across extremist groups and ideologies. Ray Hill is a positive example of a former British fascist, turned informant on the far right. Unlike Sascha Lemanski, a German far right activist who crossed over into Islamic jihadism. Can an understanding of the phenomenon of side-switching help us understand the way in which people become radicalised and help combat terrorist violence? Producer: Jayne Egerton

Dezember 2020 – bei Hausdurchsuchungen in Niederösterreich werden dutzende voll- und halbautomatische Waffen sichergestellt – und rund 100.000 Schuss Munition. Im Zentrum der Verdächtigen: Der mehrfach verurteilte Neonazi Peter Binder. Es ist einer der bisher größten Waffenfunde in Österreich, doch bei weitem kein Einzelfall. Allein seit Sommer 2019 wurden 20 solcher Lager ausgehoben. Die Politik ist alarmiert. Rüstet sich eine Miliz an Rechtsextremen auf? Wurde die Gefahr all die Jahre massiv unterschätzt? In dieser Folge von "Inside Austria" sprechen wir über die Bedrohung, die von schwer bewaffneten Neonazis ausgeht und wie sich die Netzwerke über Österreich und Deutschland hinaus erstrecken. Und wir wollen herausfinden, wieso es Behörden im Kampf gegen militante Rechtsextreme oft an Schlagkraft fehlt.

Writer and researcher Julia Ebner makes a living out of infiltrating extremist groups. In the divided political landscape of the 21st century, some of those groups are making a play for the mainstream. Enter Generation Identity - a European far-right organisation putting a millennial gloss on old and dangerous ideas. Vanessa Kirby follows Julia as she goes undercover with the Nazi Hipsters - Nipsters, for short. Could YOU blend in? From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Produced by Morgan Childs. Music by Nick Ryan.

For the second episode of the Women Shaping the World Podcast, we discuss the fluid boundaries between online radical misogyny and extremist movements. The intoxicating nature of hateful online communities makes people, especially young men, susceptible to radicalisation, when they find the social life online that they lack in real life. While they might not be swayed by anti-semitic and racists rhetoric when they initially enter chat rooms, their isolation makes them easy prey to the discourse.  Researcher Julia Ebner went undercover and infiltrated these communities for more than a year. Her book, Going Dark: The Secret Social Life of Extremists out in paperback now, tells the fascinating and alarming story of her journey to the darkest corners of the internet. She will tell us about the mechanisms of recruitment and her personal experience when confronted with ideas and images whose violence is hard to stand as a young woman. After the break, Blast Theory's Ju Row Farr will tell us about the company's Operation Black Antler, a participatory theatre play where the audience is invited to go undercover and infiltrate a far-right group. Can culture create bridges to reach out to young people before they are radicalised?  

Tajný život extrémistov Kniha Do tmy predstavuje vzrušujúcu cestu do najtemnejších zákutí extrémistickej mysle. Autorka si osvojila päť rôznych identít a pripojila sa k viac ako desiatke extrémistických skupín naprieč celým ideologickým spektrom.

In Wien hat ein islamistischer Attentäter vier Menschen ermordet. Was treibt Terroristen wie ihn an? Und warum sollten wir trotzdem Mitgefühl mit ihnen haben? Julia Ebner ist Extremismusexpertin am London am Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Sie recherchiert in islamistischen und rechtsextremen Netzwerken. Mit Chefredakteurin Barbara Haas spricht Ebner darüber, wie Fanatiker zu Attentätern werden und warum sie in ihrer Arbeit versucht, trotz all der Grausamkeiten Mitgefühl mit Terroristen zu haben.

In this episode of Policy, Guns & Money, Leanne Close, head of ASPI’s Counter-terrorism Program, speaks to Julia Ebner, Resident Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in London and author of ‘Going Dark – the Secret Social Lives of Extremists’. They discuss right-wing extremism and Julia details her experiences going undercover to engage with extremist groups and individuals and shares her ideas on how governments can respond. Danielle Cave, Deputy Director of ASPI’s International Cyber Policy Centre (ICPC), speaks to Analyst Alex Joske about his recent report ‘Hunting the Phoenix: The Chinese Communist Party’s global search for technology and talent’ on China’s global talent-recruitment programs. They talk about the scale of the programs and how governments can shape their policy responses. And ICPC Researcher Elise Thomas and Research Intern Albert Zhang provide a run-down on their latest report ‘Pro-Russian vaccine politics drives new disinformation narratives’, which looked at vaccine disinformation which emerged from Eastern Ukraine’s pro-Russian media ecosystem and managed to make its way across international social media networks. Mentioned in this episode: ‘Hunting the Phoenix’ report: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/hunting-phoenix ‘Pro-Russian vaccine politics drives new disinformation narratives’: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/covid-19-disinformation Guests: Leanne Close: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/leanne-close Julia Ebner: https://www.isdglobal.org/isd_team/julia-ebner/ Danielle Cave: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/danielle-cave Alex Joske: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/alex-joske Elise Thomas: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/elise-thomas Albert Zhang: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/albert-zhang Background music: "Atmospheria" by Francis Preve via the You Tube Audio Library.

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 12 features: PATRICK GALE (England) Patrick Gale is the author of the award-winning BBC drama 'Man in an Orange Shirt' as well as 16 novels, including bestsellers 'Notes From An Exhibition', ‘Perfectly Good Man' and the Costa shortlisted 'A Place Called Winter'. His latest novel is 'Take Nothing With You', an elegiac story of coming of age and the transformative power of music. JULIA EBNER (Austria) Julia Ebner is a research fellow at the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue and a consultant on counter-terrorism to the UN. For her latest book ‘Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists', Julia went undercover for two years, investigating the online lives of extremists; hanging out in the alt-right networks. MICHELE LEGGOTT (Aotearoa New Zealand) NZ’s inaugural Poet Laureate, Michele Leggott, has been the recipient of a Prime Minister’s Literary Award and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of NZ. She coordinates the NZ Electronic Poetry Centre (nzepc) and has recently published 'Mezzaluna: Selected Poems'. HOST: PAULA MORRIS (Aotearoa New Zealand) Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua) is an award-winning fiction writer and essayist. The 2019 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow, she teaches creative writing at The University of Auckland, sits on the Māori Literature Trust and is the founder of the Academy of NZ Literature. This series provides an opportunity to champion New Zealand and international books that were to feature at our cancelled May Festival, we encourage you to support writers and NZ publishers and booksellers by purchasing featured books. Order via our Festival bookseller. #awfwinterseries

Frustrated by the limits of an outsider’s perspective, counter-extremism expert Julia Ebner secretly infiltrated five fanatical groups. She joined the How To Academy Podcast to reveal her journey into the darkest recesses of extremist thinking. By day, Julia Ebner works at a counter-extremism think tank, monitoring radical groups from the outside, but two years ago, she began to feel that she was only seeing half the picture. She needed to get inside the groups to truly understand them. So she decided to go undercover in her spare hours – late nights, holidays, weekends – adopting five different identities, and joining a dozen extremist groups from across the ideological spectrum. Her journey would take her from a Generation Identity global strategy meeting in a pub in Mayfair, to a Neo-Nazi Music Festival on the border of Germany and Poland. She would get relationship advice from ‘Trad Wives’ and Jihadi Brides and hacking lessons from ISIS. She was in the channels when the alt-right began planning the lethal Charlottesville rally, and spent time in the networks that would radicalise the Christchurch terrorist. On this episode of the How To Academy Podcast, Julia reveals what she discovered on her terrifying and illuminating journey. She exposes how closely we are surrounded by their fanatical ideology every day, the changing nature and practice of these groups, and what is being done to counter them.

Today's guest is Julia Ebner, bestselling author and Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, where she leads projects on online extremism, disinformation and hate speech. She has acted as a consultant for the UN, NATO, and the World Bank. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian, Independent, Prospect and Newsweek, and she was a key contributor to a documentary for ITV on militant responses to Brexit, and a Radio 4 piece on women in the far right. Her first book, The Rage: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism, was a bestseller and shortlisted for multiple awards. In this episode, we discuss her new book Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists. We touch on how Julia went undercover into online hate-groups; how to deal with trolls and how to improve education for young people in regards on online extremism. If you enjoy this podcast please do leave a rating or review on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Julia Ebner says creating identities to go undercover and infiltrate extreme groups was like creating characters for a novel. But it didn't always go to plan. She discusses her new book Going Dark, The Secret Social Lives of Extremists.

Julia Ebner says creating identities to go undercover and infiltrate extreme groups was like creating characters for a novel. But it didn't always go to plan. She discusses her new book Going Dark, The Secret Social Lives of Extremists.

In den sozialen Medien und inzwischen auch auf der Straße kursieren immer mehr Verschwörungstheorien aus extremistischen Netzwerken zur Corona-Krise. Verschwörungstheoretiker und Extremisten nutzen die Ungewissheit für ihre Zwecke aus, meint Julia Ebner, Extremismusforscherin. Sie schaffen es Informationslücken mit Falschmeldungen zu füllen, meint sie im Gespräch mit Anja Reschke im After Corona Club.

Laura Tingle assesses the Government's response so far to COVID 19. Natalie Klein considers maritime law and the crew still on the cruise ships. Julia Ebner goes undercover and reveals the secret lives of extremists.

In these uncertain times we bring you a podcast that confronts our fears and anxieties to bring a note of hope and even some ideas about what we can do to make the world a better place afterwards. Jenny Offill speaks to us from America about the current coronavirus pandemic, and how she managed to engage with climate change, the opioid crisis and American politics in her new novel, Weather. Rosmaund Lupton shares her techniques for creating suspense in the reader in her latest real-time thriller, Three Hours. And Julia Ebner shares details of her undercover work to document online extremism in Going Dark and what happens when you come face to face with such real world danger. Books mentioned: Weather, Three Hours, Going Dark, House of Leaves, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Kiran dials in with another book recommendation to get us through, Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists by Julia Ebner. There couldn't be a better time to stock up on books so get crackin'.

Australian and international music festivals including Dark Mofo and Coachella have been either cancelled or postponed due to coronavirus. Here's the latest from the outbreak. Plus, we speak to Julia Ebner, a counter-terrorism expert who spent two years infiltrating far-right networks.

Australian and international music festivals including Dark Mofo and Coachella have been either cancelled or postponed due to coronavirus. Here's the latest from the outbreak. Plus, we speak to Julia Ebner, a counter-terrorism expert who spent two years infiltrating far-right networks.

Today, if you log on to the internet, just how safe are you from radicalisation? Extremist groups are by no means a new phenomenon, but the internet has radically changed the way these groups operate, turbo-charging their ability to target and recruit susceptible people and advance dangerous agendas. And in a year when America heads to the polls, are any of our democratic elections immune to foreign interference? Already AI is learning how to write convincing newspaper articles and books, generate pictures of people that don’t exist and manipulate faces in real time.So as technology becomes more sophisticated, how do we safeguard ourselves and our democratic institutions from this existential threat? RSA chief executive Matthew Taylor is joined by Julia Ebner, author of Going Dark: The Secret Lives of Extremists, and Archon Fung, Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School. Produced by Craig Templeton SmithBrought to you by the RSA.

By day, Julia Ebner works at a counter-extremism think tank, monitoring radical groups from the outside, but two years ago, she began to feel that she was only seeing half the picture. She needed to get inside the groups to truly understand them. So she decided to go undercover in her spare time - late nights, holidays, weekends - adopting five different identities, and joining a dozen extremist groups from across the ideological spectrum including White Supremacists, ISIS, German Neo-Nazis, ‘Trad Wives’ and ‘Jihadi Brides’. The results of her research are presented in Going Dark (Bloomsbury), and give us a terrifying and essential insight into the mindset of extremism and the motives and strategies of its adherents.She was in conversation with Daniel Trilling, author of Bloody Nasty People and Lights in the Distance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do people come to be radicalised online? Counter-extremism expert Julia Ebner exposes the inner workings of some of the most dangerous groups on the internet. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 20th February 2020. Discover more about this event: https://www.thersa.org/events/2020/02/how-extremism-spreads

Technology has transformed the way extremist groups recruit and mobilise their members. Julia Ebner, author of “Going Dark”, spent two years undercover inside radical organisations of all political hues. This week, in the wake of a far-right terrorist attack in the German town of Hanau, Anne McElvoy asks her what drives perpetrators to commit mass violence. They talk about how Julia won the trust of neo-Nazis and militant Islamists, how gamification is used to radicalise—and why she believes counter-terrorism experts need to understand their subjects better__________________________Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions: www.economist.com/radiooffer__________________________ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Technology has transformed the way extremist groups recruit and mobilise their members. Julia Ebner, author of “Going Dark”, spent two years undercover inside radical organisations of all political hues. This week, in the wake of a far-right terrorist attack in the German town of Hanau, Anne McElvoy asks her what drives perpetrators to commit mass violence. They talk about how Julia won the trust of neo-Nazis and militant Islamists, how gamification is used to radicalise—and why she believes counter-terrorism experts need to understand their subjects better__________________________Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions: www.economist.com/radiooffer__________________________ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Julia Ebner monitors extremists during her day job as a counter-terrorism expert, where she advises governments and tech companies on how to respond to their activities. Two years ago she decided to go undercover to find out exactly what drives people into these groups. She ended up meeting white supremacists in a Mayfair pub; she befriended female misogynists in America, and she travelled to a Nazi rock festival on the border of Germany and Poland. Julia’s written about her disturbing encounters in a new book ‘Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists’ - and came into the Beyond Today studio to tell us all about it. Presenter: Tina Daheley Producers: Duncan Barber and Alicia Burrell Mixed by Emma Crowe Editor: Philly Beaumont

„Extremistische Bewegungen brauchen Frauen an der vordersten Publicity-Front“, sagt die Extremismusforscherin Julia Ebner. Warum aber engagieren sich Frauen in zutiefst frauenfeindlichen Organisationen? Für die Recherche zu ihrem Buch „Radikalisierungsmaschinen“ hat sich Ebner mit Extremist*innen getroffen – online und offline. Sie war undercover in anti-feministischen Chats unterwegs, hat an Versammlungen islamistischer Organisationen teilgenommen und Martin Sellner, den Chef der rechtsextremen Identitären, getroffen. Mit WIENERIN-Chefredakteurin Barbara Haas spricht sie über Antifeminismus als Scharnier zwischen Mainstream und Rechtsextremismus, die Funktion von Frauen in extremistischen Organisationen und wie diese versuchen Frauen zu rekrutieren.

Wie mobilisieren Extremisten ihre Anhänger? Welche Rolle spielen Frauen in radikalen Bewegungen? Wie nutzen extremistische Gruppierungen die sozialen Medien, um die Mitte der Gesellschaft zu manipulieren? In der zweiten Folge von »Suhrkamp DISKURS« spricht Julia Ebner mit Moderatorin Pegah Ferydoni über Manipulation und Radikalisierung. In ihrem Buch »Radikalisierungsmaschinen« (http://shrk.vg/Radikalisierungsmaschinen-V-DIS) berichtet die Extremismusforscherin von ihren Undercover-Recherchen in den Netzwerken von Hackern, Terroristen, Fundamentalisten und Verschwörern – und macht die Mechanismen der Radikalisierung fassbar. Julia Ebners Buch ist ein Erfahrungsbericht, eine Analyse, ein unmissverständlicher Weckruf. Ein Thema, ein Autor: Bei »Suhrkamp DISKURS« spricht jeweils eine Autorin oder ein Autor unseres Verlags mit wechselnden Moderatoren über ein ausgewähltes Thema und ihr bzw. sein aktuelles Buch. Hierbei geht es nicht nur darum, einen Einblick in das Buch zu bekommen, sondern das Gespräch gilt auch dem Nachspüren eines Themas, das Teil der aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Debatte ist. Alle »Suhrkamp DISKURS«-Folgen: http://shrk.vg/diskurs2.

"Mit Handylicht den ausgeschlagenen Zahn auf dem Asphalt suchen", rappt Felix Kummer auf seinem Song "9010". Als Jugendlicher musste der Musiker oft vor Neo-Nazis wegrennen - nicht immer ist ihm das gelungen. Aus seiner Heimat Chemnitz wollten er und seine Band Kraftklub aber nie weg. Manche Medien stellten sie allein deswegen schon auf einen Sockel. Eine Nüschel-große Skulptur hätten Kummer und Co. in jedem Fall für das #wirsindmehr-Konzert verdient. Aber ein Denkmal wollten sie dafür nie. „In der Schule wurde uns immer erzählt, dass eine antifaschistische Grundhaltung selbstverständlich sein sollte“, sagt Kummer in unserer neuen Folge. Er hat ein Solo-Album gemacht und seinen "Scherznamen" zum "Ernstnamen" getauscht. Aus Felix Brummer wurde Kummer und seine Texte wurden ebenso ernst und unironisch. "Kiox" – ein dringliches Album, ein eindrückliches Album, und nun, vermutlich deswegen, ein Nummer 1 Album. Gemeinsam mit Kummer haben wir über Radikalisierung und Rechtsextremismus gesprochen. Für die wissenschaftliche Einordnung diesmal mit dabei: Julia Ebner. Die österreichische Autorin ist Extremismusforscherin und Politikberaterin am Londoner Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Sie schleust sich in Extremisten-Netzwerke ein, von Alt-Right-Bewegungen, über den IS bis zu den Gruppen, die die rechte Blitz-Mobilisierung in Chemnitz geplant haben. Ein Gespräch über Empathie und Extremismus, über Chemnitz, Kummer und Radikalität. Mehr Machiavelli: www.instagram.com/machiavellipodcast

Das Internet ist aus unserem Leben nicht mehr wegzudenken, doch der Optimismus der frühen Jahre ist verschwunden. Anfangs galt es wegen seiner dezentralen Struktur als offene demokratische Kraft, als Medium, das durch die Bürger bestimmt wird und von unten nach oben funktionieren sollte. Doch längst ist klar, dass es auch zu unerfreulichen Zwecken genutzt wird, etwa zur Rekrutierung und Mobilisierung von Extremisten. Moderatorin Sabina Matthay spricht darüber mit Julia Ebner, Research Fellow am Institute for Strategic Dialogue in London. Sie forscht zur Rolle von neuen Technologien bei der politischen Radikalisierung.

Julia Ebner ist Extremismusforscherin und berät unter anderem die UN und die Nato. Im Gespräch mit Julia Bähr zu ihrem Buch "Radikalisierungsmaschinen" erklärt sie, wie Rechtsextreme, Islamisten, Verschwörungstheoretiker und Antifeministinnen ticken - und warum sie sich alle ähneln.

Julia Ebner lebt gefährlich. Die Extremismusforscherin recherchiert verdeckt in Nazi- und Jihadisten-Communities. Sie recherchiert in verschlüsselten Netzwerken und tritt unter falschem Namen in Kontakt mit Menschen aus extremistischen Milieus. Was Julia Ebner dabei zutage fördert, gibt zu denken. In der harmlosen Anmutung von Videospielen und getarnt als Ironie, werden Hass und Hetze unter ein vornehmlich jugendliches Publikum gestreut. Wie die Extremismusforscherin bei ihrer Arbeit vorgeht und weshalb sie verdeckt recherchiert, erklärt Julia Ebner im Gespräch mit Hannes Hug.

Die international renommierte Extremismus-Forscherin Julia Ebner legte kürzlich mit „Radikalisierungsmaschinen" ihr zweites, vielbeachtetes Buch vor und spricht dazu bei einem Vortrag am Renner-Institut. Für die aktuelle Arbeit war sie zwei Jahre lang undercover in extremistischen Gruppen unterwegs, online und offline. Ebner bekam so verstörende Einblicke in die Weltbilder von Dschihadisten, Rechtsextremen, Frauenhassern und Verschwörungstheoretikern – Weltanschauungen, die teilweise durchaus Überschneidungen zeigen. Sie versucht transparent zu machen, wie geschickt extremistische Gruppen vor allem auch neue Technologien nutzen und sie zeichnet anhand von vielen persönlichen Beobachtungen und Gesprächen die Schritte der Radikalisierung nach: Von der Rekrutierung, Sozialisierung, dem Netzwerken bis hin zur Mobilisierung, ob bei Protesten oder Angriffen auf Gegner_innen. Wer präventiv gegen Extremisten arbeiten will, müsse sich gerade mit neuen Technologie-Trends und Gamification beschäftigen, sagt Ebner – Bereiche, in denen sowohl Neo-Nazis als auch Islamisten sehr versiert seien. Im Anschluss an die Lecture spricht Ebner mit Maria Maltschnig, der Direktorin des Renner-Instituts, über ihre Undercover-Einsätze, Auseinandersetzungen mit Rechtsextremen und über ihre Haltung zu Klarnamen im Netz.

Moderation: Sebastian Wellendorf; Themen u.a.: Rückschau nach Venedig und den goldenen Palmen; Die Strategien extremistischer Gruppen - neues Buch von Julia Ebner; Design des Bösen: Ausstellung über NS-Design; Abriss, Umbau, Neunutzung: Kirchenbauten; Bühne

Julia Ebner joins Franz-Stefan Gady to discuss the cycle of extremism in the wake of both the territorial defeat of ISIS and the recent Christchurch massacre.

Islamismus und Rechtsextremismus haben viele Parallelen: Sie erzählen ähnliche Geschichten, haben „die Medien“ als Feindbild, werben um Menschen in Grauzonen und streben die Abschaffung der derzeitigen staatlichen Strukturen an. Julia Ebner ist Terrorismus- und Extremismus-Forscherin. Sie stammt aus Wien und arbeitet in London. Zusammen mit Kathrin Fischer, Pressesprecherin der Europa-Universität Flensburg, beschreibt sie, wie eine globale Identitätskrise und ein rasanter Wandel auf allen Ebenen der Gesellschaft von Extremisten ausgenutzt werden. Sie zeigt, wie soziale Medien und Politiker wie Donald Trump den Filterblaseneffekt verstärken, der Radikalisierungen Vorschub leistet. Aber sie macht auch Hoffnung: Denn Radikalisierung ist wieder umkehrbar! Dies ist die siebte Episode aus der Reihe "Gespräche über den Zustand der Welt" der Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF).

This week's episode revolves around two political hot topics: how Europe should manage the growth of far-right politics across the continent, and whether to support redrawing the borders of Serbia and Kosovo along ethnic lines. Julia Ebner, author of The Rage, is a fascinating interview: she takes you inside far-right parties and networks, how they organize, why they appeal to certain people, and what we can expect from Steve Bannon's "ability to be a chaos agent” as he moves into the fringes of European politics ahead of the 2019 European election.

In Kooperation mit dem Violence Prevention Network (VPN) widmeten wir uns in einer Veranstaltung dem "Umgang mit Radikalisierung und Hass im Netz". Till Baaken vom VPN, Julia Ebner vom Institute for Strategic Dialogue und Alex Urban von #ichbinhier diskutierten die Übertragung von Deradikalisierungsmaßnahmen vom analogen in den digitalen Raum. Einen Bericht findet Ihr auf www.das-nettz.de.

What does radical Islam have in common with right wing extremism? Much, it turns out. From the perception of existential, apocalyptic threat to the sense of historic mission as saviors of their people, the two sides have more in common than either want to admit. Julia Ebner's book “The Rage: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far Right Extremism” shows why each side exists in a world of obsession with the other; and proposes how to mitigate the pull of extremism that preys on the young. This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

Sie verfolgen dasselbe Ziel, eine ethnisch-religiös homogene Gesellschaft und bedienen sich derselben Strategien, um vor allem Jugendliche zu radikalisieren: die Rede ist von Islamisten und Rechtsextremen. Gleichzeitig fachen sie damit den Wahn der jeweils anderen Gruppe immer wieder neu an – ein Teufelskreis. Die junge österreichische Wissenschaftlerin Julia Ebner, die in London lebt und arbeitet, erzählt im Gespräch mit Eva Weissenberger aber auch, wie es war, mit Ex-Al-Kaida-Männern auf der Firmen-Weihnachtsfeier zu sitzen oder auf Neonazi-Demos zu recherchieren. Ebners Buch „Wut – Was Islamisten und Rechtsextreme mit uns machen“ ist auf Deutsch im Verlag Theiss erschienen.

On Episode 15 we interview author Julia Ebner who has written a fantastic book called “The Rage” that looks at the relationship between Islamist extremists and the Western Far Right. If you like the work we are doing please support this podcast by becoming a Patreon subscriber today by going to www.patreon.com/drycleanercast You can join in the discussion by connecting with us on Twitter. Go to: www.twitter.com/drycleanercast For more information about the podcast and to listen to past episodes please visit our website: www.drycleanercast.co.uk Thanks for listening All the best Chris

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 26th October 2017 Rising star and extremism expert Julia Ebner argues that far right and Islamist extremist narratives – ‘The West is at war with Islam’ and ‘Muslims are at war with the West’ - complement each other perfectly, making the two extremes rhetorical allies and building a spiralling torrent of hatred – what she calls ‘The Rage’. By looking at extremist movements both online and offline, Ebner shows how far right and Islamist extremists have succeeded in penetrating each other’s echo chambers as a result of their mutually useful messages. She visits the RSA to introduce us to the world of reciprocal radicalisation and the hotbeds of extremism that have developed – with potentially disastrous consequences - in the UK, Europe and the US. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2017/10/the-extremism-paradox

It’s been 16 years since the 9/11 attacks. We thought a good way to commemorate the anniversary would be to take stock of the terrorist threats facing the United States today and to evaluate how the Trump administration is responding. Guest host Stephen Tankel tackles these issues with an all-star cast of experts, including Victor Asal, Tricia Bacon, Mia Bloom, Dan Byman, Julia Ebner, John Horgan, Gary LaFree, Phil Potter, Jake Shapiro, and Joe Young. This wide-ranging discussion touches on radicalization, allies in the fight against terrorism, intelligence gathering, the travel ban, Trump's inflammatory religious rhetoric, the relationship between far-right and Islamist violence, and more.

Barely a day goes by without Donald Trump making headlines and this week he has been engulfed in the controversy surrounding his response to the violence at a right-wing rally in Charlottesville, Virgina at the weekend which left one person dead. He was widely criticised for his initial response which failed to denounce the far right, instead blaming all sides. To make some sense of it all, Sky's Head of Data Harry Carr is joined by Republican commentator Stacy Hilliard-Cork and Julia Ebner, a research fellow at global counter-extremism organisation ISD.#Trump #Charlottesville #AltRight #skynews