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I Don't Speak German

Daniel Harper is a researcher who goes where few others can bear to go: he listens to what the reactionaries - from the IDW to the modern day Nazis - say to each other in *their* safe spaces! In this timely and shocking - but entertaining - anti-fascist podcast, Daniel tells his friend, online writer Jack Graham, all about it.

Episodes

63: American History X

Another of our occasional movie episodes, this time looking at famous (and bad) 90s movie American History X starring Edward Norton as a neo-Nazi skinhead. Content warnings apply. Also, we introduce our new theme music, courtesy of Lune the Band.

Sep 04, 20201 hr 41 min

62: Eric Weinstein Part 2, Cancel Culture

The final (for now) part of of coverage of the IDW's Weinstein brothers. Back to Eric, with special reference to his boss Peter Thiel and the Gawker affair, Eric's response to Becca Lewis' Alternative Influence Report, and to Eric's thoughts on BLM and the current protests. Warnings Apply. Notes/Links: Owen Thomas, Gawker, "Peter Thiel is Totally Gay, People." https://gawker.com/335894/peter-thiel-is-totally-gay-people Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, "The Most Expensive Comment in Internet History...

Aug 30, 20201 hr 41 min

61: Eric Weinstein Part 1, The Secret Seminar

We return, apologetic for the delay, with the next part of our investigation into the Weinstein brothers (no, the other ones). This time, it's Eric - mathematician, hedgefund manager, cultural commentator, founder of the Intellectual Dark Web (or at least of the name), and persecuted/suppressed victim of conspiracies (to hear him tell it anyway). We don't always cover Nazis. Sometimes we have to cover people like Eric who, while not Nazis, are part of the current reactionary ecosystem. And what ...

Aug 21, 20201 hr 30 min

60: Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

This week, Daniel and Jack discuss Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying, two alumni of the Intellectual Dark Web, their 'origin story' as 'public intellectuals' in the Evergreen College kerfuffle of 2017, and their current views on Black Lives Matter and Trans Rights as expressed in their Dark Horse podcast. Jack gets angry and giggly. Next week, we will move on to Bret's brother Eric Weinstein. Content Warning. Bari Weiss, "Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web." https://www.nytimes.com/...

Jul 31, 20201 hr 47 min

59: The Heimbach Maneuvre (and News Roundup)

In this bumper episode, Daniel tells Jack all about the recent response to us by Matt Heimbach and Jesse Morton on their Walk on the Right Side podcast. Also, we do a news roundup, taking in Camilla Long, Lauren Southern, Andrew Neil, Ben Shapiro, Tim Pool and Hank Hill; Tucker Carlson and his writer Blake Neff, recently revealed as a racist forum poster; the arrest of Steven Baca; and the latest scary developments in Portland as ICE/DHS start black-bagging protestors, featuring the rise to inst...

Jul 22, 20202 hr 3 min

58: Transphobia and 'The Right Stuff'

Daniel and Jack skip back a bit to re-examine the raging transphobia on display from the 'Right Stuff' crew, as evidenced with clips in IDSG 52. Also, some 'LUL News' and general 'TRS News'. Content Warning . Notes/Links: IDSG Episode 52 and 53 Jack's article Schoep's tweets:...

Jul 06, 20201 hr 3 min

57: The Boogaloo Discourse

Bowing to necessity, this week Daniel and Jack talk about the Boogaloo, the shortcomings of the current discussion around it, and the reality. CONTENT WARNING Notes/Links: Bundyville Podcast https://www.opb.org/news/article/bundyville-occupation-podcast/ Robert Evans; Jason Wilson: The Boogaloo Movement Is Not What You Think https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/27/the-boogaloo-movement-is-not-what-you-think/ Robert Evans guests on Qanon Anonymous, on the Boogaloo Boys https://www.iheart.com/p...

Jun 25, 20201 hr 37 min

56: Digital vs. Analog Analysis of Nazi Podcasts (with Megan Squire)

This week, Daniel and Jack are honoured to be joined by Prof. Megan Squire, Antifascist data-miner. Geeking-out ensues. You're gonna love it. CONTENT WARNING Megan's Twitter: @MeganSquire0 https://facstaff.elon.edu/msquire/ https://www.radicalrightanalysis.com/fellows/megan-squire/ https://www.wired.com/story/free-speech-issue-antifa-data-mining/...

Jun 17, 20201 hr 9 min

55: Matt Heimbach, Anti-Racist???

In this episode Daniel and Jack take another look at Matt Heimbach, formerly of the Traditionalist Workers Party and National Socialist Movement, and his supposed turn to anti-racism. Content Warning Contains Clips Notes and Links: Matt Heimbach SPLC. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/matthew-heimbach SPLC article 'Two Prominent Neo-Nazis Recant, but Their Actions Sow Doubts' https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/05/14/two-prominent-neo-nazis-recant-their-acti...

Jun 09, 20201 hr 36 min

54: The Murder of George Floyd and the Right-Wing Instigators (in Blue)

In this edition of IDSG, recorded less than 48 hours ago at the time of publication but already looking like an artefact of a dimly-recalled epoch, we talk about the savage 'ropeless lynching' of George Floyd by police, the subsequent explosion of protest and repression that has rocked the US, and a little bit about Trump's escalatingly bloodthirsty fascistic rantings. Daniel addresses the question of whether the violence has been stoked by fascist agents provocateurs. Basically the answer is: y...

Jun 02, 20201 hr 30 min

53: Afterword to Episode 52

This time, we chat about our previous episode, ' 52: Genocide and The Right Stuff '. Hopefully more interesting that it sounds. Content Warning. IDSG episodes 9 , 16 and 17...

May 28, 20201 hr 36 min

52: Genocide and The Right Stuff

Special episode this week, as Daniel explodes the bullshit of the 'Right Stuff' / 'Daily Shoah' chuds. Contains clips from Nazi podcasts. Let us know how you like this new format. Content Warning Show Notes: Brenton Lengel Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrentonLengel Nationalism Vs Antifascism Debate: https://t.co/Bo3sZfoEKl?amp=1 Lewontin's Fallacy at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genetic_Diversity:_Lewontin%27s_Fallacy Matthew Q. Gebert identified by the SPLC. https://www.splcen...

May 20, 20201 hr 28 min

51: Conspiracy

This time, Daniel and Jack consider the 2001 film Conspiracy , a dramatisation of the infamous Wannsee Conference, a wartime meeting of Third Reich officials on the subject of the 'final solution to the Jewish question'. Content Warnings. Notes/Links: Wannsee Conference Wikipedia Entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference Speaking the unspeakable: the portrayal of the Wannsee Conference in the film Conspiracy by Alex J. Kay: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17504902.2019...

May 12, 20201 hr 16 min

50: Michelle Malkin

Jack returns to the podcast to chat with Daniel about Michelle Malkin, reactionary star since the War on Terror era, who recently started snuggling up to Nick Fuentes and the Groypers. Plus a bit of chat about the old coronavirus and the recent protests, including the armed 'storming' of the capital statehouse in Michigan. Content warnings, as always. Notes/Links: Michigan Protests, "Operation Gridlock." MLive, "Protesters angry with Gov. Whitmer’s stay-at-home order gridlock Michigan capitol." ...

May 05, 20201 hr 32 min

49: Jason Köhne (with Crash Barry)

Crash Barry returns to chat with Daniel about white nationalist pipsqueak Jason Köhne AKA No White Guilt. Content Warnings, as ever. Notes/Links: Crash's Twitter: @Crash_Barry Crash's Devils and Dirtbags podcast: https://devilsanddirtbags.podbean.com Jason Kohne/No White Guilt archive at Angry White Men: https://angrywhitemen.org/?s=Jason+kohne * No White Guilt: https://nowhiteguilt.org NWG YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCkY8CvV8WQFe87CZGmvuYHA NWG Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/cha...

Apr 30, 20201 hr 29 min

48: Islamophobia and the Intellectual Dark Web (with Eiynah Mohammed-Smith)

Daniel is joined by special guest Eiynah Mohammed-Smith of the Polite Conversations podcast for a fun, casual (and, of course, incredibly polite) chat about Islamophobia, Sam Harris, New Atheism, the IDW, fascism, and assorted phenomena. Content Warning Links / Notes: Eiynah's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NiceMangos Polite Conversations podcast: https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations Polite Conversations Patreon: https://t.co/PaeNNFMEfP?amp=1...

Apr 14, 20201 hr 4 min

47: Silicon Valley Nazis (with Corey Pein)

This time, Daniel is joined by special guest Corey Pein, author of Live Work Work Work Die , to talk about Silicon Valley Nazis. Content Warning as ever. Notes / Links: Live Work Work Work Die at Powell's: https://www.powells.com/book/live-work-work-work-die-9781627794855 Corey Pein Twitter: https://twitter.com/coreypein Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press: https://www.netflix.com/title/80168227 News From Nowhere Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere The Portal with James O'Keefe: ...

Apr 03, 20201 hr 1 min

46: Tom Kawcynzski (with Crash Barry)

Daniel is joined by Crash Barry , Editor-at-Large of The Mainer , to talk about Tom Kawczynski (and a little bit about Jared Howe). Content Warnings. Show Notes and Links to follow. Stay safe everyone.

Mar 18, 20201 hr 40 min

Episode 45: Nazis for Bloomberg

A lovely news-roundup episode for you, including some stuff at the end that justifies the title. Content Warnings. Links/Notes: Rachel Sheffield and Robert Rector, "The War on Poverty After 50 Years." The source of Episode 44's "22 trillion dollars" claim. https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/report/the-war-poverty-after-50-years Christopher Cantwell Trial Docket: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16743597/united-states-v-cantwell/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&o...

Mar 03, 20201 hr 15 min

Episode 44: Michael J. Thompson AKA 'Paul Kersey'

A classic, back-to-basics, oldskool episode in which Daniel tells Jack all about a very nasty (and racist trivia-obsessed) specimen, Michael J. Thompson, who chooses to (sometimes) go by the online alias 'Paul Kersey', which is the name of Charles Bronson's character in Death Wish ... y'know, the movie in which a middle-class architect becomes a serial killer, and murders loads of poor petty-criminals, and he's the hero . Content Warnings within Content Warnings for this one. Links/Notes: "Hidin...

Feb 14, 20201 hr 29 min

Episode 43: Cantwell News Special (with Emily Gorcenski)

This week we at Chez IDSG are honoured to be joined by special guest Emily Gorcenski, who joins Daniel to talk about the one-man motherlode of nasty and stupid that is Christopher 'Crying Nazi' Cantwell. Buckle up, my darlings. (Sorry about the late arrival of this episode, but editing it involved some special challenges. It was worth it though.) Content Warning. Links / Notes: Cantwell's SPLC page. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/christopher-cantwell Our very ...

Feb 07, 20201 hr 30 min

Episode 41: The Base and the Boogaloo

Recorded on the eve of the Richmond rally, this episode sees Daniel joined once again by David Neiwert ( @DavidNeiwert ; author of Alt America ) to talk about a group currently in the news, The Base, and expand a bit on the so-called 'Boogaloo' we've talked about in previous episodes. Content Warnings. Notes / Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/19/1912573/-Beyond-Monday-s-gun-laden-march-in-Richmond-militias-plans-for-a-civil-war-look-to-go-national?_=2020-01-19T13:54:23.630-08:00 ht...

Jan 21, 20201 hr 19 min

Episode 40: Fight Club

We start 2020 with what was meant to be our 2019 Christmas Special, a very roundabout chat about the disturbingly-relevant-to-today 1999 film Fight Club . Not a typical episode, if you're new around here... but we do this sort of thing from time to time. Content Warnings. Notes/Links: Dan Olsen's video on Fight Club and Toxic Masculinity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td88z08a_4c

Jan 07, 20201 hr 29 min

Episode 39: Matt Shea and White Supremacy in the Pacific North West (with Jason Wilson)

To round off our first year, Daniel is joined by special guest Jason Wilson to talk about the fascinating figure Representative Matt Shea. Hopefully this edition will please those listeners who've been asking for longer episodes! Content Warning. Notes and links (thanks to Jason for this compilation): Kenneth S Stern (1997) A force upon the plain : the American militia movement and the politics of hate. https://www.worldcat.org/title/force-upon-the-plain-the-american-militia-movement-and-the-pol...

Dec 30, 20192 hr 47 min

Episode 38: Charles Murray and The Bell Curve

Merry Christmas! This Christmas Day, Daniel and Jack chat about Charles Murray, co-author of the infamous pseudo-scientific racist hoax The Bell Curve . Content Warning. TRANSCRIPT: https://idtg.net/38 Full Transript List: https://idtg.net/ Notes/Links: Shaun, "The Bell Curve." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBc7qBS1Ujo ForeverJameses, "Reading the Right - Volume One: The Bell Curve": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgZFGgJlAsk The Bell Curve PDF: https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.co...

Dec 25, 20191 hr 18 min

Episode 37: Robert Whitaker and 'White Genocide'

In this episode, Daniel tells Jack about a lesser known but crucial figure in the rise of the 'White Genocide' conspiracy theory on today's far-right, Robert Whitaker. Content Warnings for episode and links below. Robert Whitaker's Mantra: http://www.robertwwhitaker.com/mantra/ "ASIA FOR THE ASIANS, AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS, WHITE COUNTRIES FOR EVERYBODY! Everybody says there is this RACE problem. Everybody says this RACE problem will be solved when the third world pours into EVERY white country ...

Dec 11, 20191 hr 24 min

Episode 36: The Groyper War

Another news roundup episode, in which Daniel tells Jack all about Nick Fuentes' 'Groyper War'. Plus we cover the recently released recording of Richard Spencer ranting that he should rule the world. Content warning. Links to follow.

Nov 22, 20191 hr 12 min

Episode 35: Kevin Macdonald, 'The Culture of Critique'

This episode, Daniel (finally) tells Jack all about antisemitic academic Kevin Macdonald and his antisemitic book of antisemitism masquerading as science, 'The Culture of Critique', the influence of which ranges throughout today's far-right. Content Warning. TRANSCRIPT: https://idtg.net/35 FULL TRANSCRIPT LIST: https://idtg.net/ * Show Notes: (NB: Our mention of Elizabeth King's Twitter-ban is out of date. She's back, apparently. Hooray!) Kevin Maconald at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Nov 12, 20191 hr 20 min

Episode 34: The Grift Question

This week, we look at a bit more Nazi infighting, and talk a little bit about some reactions we've had... Content Warning. TRANSCRIPT: https://idtg.net/34 FULL TRANSCRIPT LIST: https://idtg.net/ * Show Notes: "This Podcaster Dug Into the World of Neo-Nazis. Now They've Put a Target on His Back." https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-dont-speak-german-podcaster-daniel-herman-exposed-neo-nazis-now-he-has-a-target-on-his-back "In early September, Harper and his co-host released a pair of episodes that fo...

Oct 23, 20191 hr 6 min
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