Episode 18: Richard Spencer

Richard Spencer is the president of the National Policy Institute, a white nationalist think-tank that recently sponsored a conference in D.C. Although he doesn’t like the term white nationalist, you may find the view he puts forth in this interview to be reprehensible – Jamie Weinstein certainly does. But they had a candid conversation regarding Trump, the policies and beliefs that the alt-right holds, and more. Spencer talks about getting kicked off of Twitter, what he thinks about the Nazi salutes at his conference, and why he opposes violence.

Show Notes

• How Richard Spencer grew up
• What his parents think about what he does
• What he thinks the alt-right should be about
• How he evolved into a white-nationalist
• What he thinks of Peter Thiel
• What his goals are for the next 10 years
• The alt-right’s connection to Trump
• Why the alt-right doesn’t have much in common with conservatism
• About the recent alt-right convention in D.C.
• What he considers to be white
• Why he opposes violence
• His response to the Nazi salutes at his conference
• Why Richard thinks Steve Bannon is not part of the alt-right
• What the alt-right thinks about Israel
• Why he says white people are the major obstacle to the change he wants to implement
• Why he was banned from twitter
• Why he keeps talking to journalists

Links

• National Policy Institute