Right Rising

Understanding Radical Right Extremism

About the show

Right-wing authoritarian and extremist movements are on the march worldwide. This podcast will host some of the globe's leading experts on the radical right to help us understand the development of these extremists. Each episode, hosts and guests bring their specialist insights to break down the critical people, places, organizations, actions, and ideas of the radical right. Produced by the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right

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Episodes

  • The Local Far Right

    February 2nd, 2022  |  Season 2  |  32 mins 52 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guests Alexander Reid Ross and Anna Duensing join Right Rising to discuss the local manifestations of the far-right. While events like January 6 occurred on the national level, Alexander and Anna reveal the vast landscape of far-right activism that influences local politics, including school boards, policing, and state legislatures. Alexander and Anna break down the history of this far-right activism in places like Portland, New York City, and Charlotte and help us answer why studying local activism is so important.

  • New Book Spotlight - Routledge Handbook of Critical Studies in Whiteness

    January 19th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  48 mins 33 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guests Shona Hunter, Christi van der Westhuizen, and Ashley Mattheis join Right Rising to discuss their new edited volume Routledge Handbook of Critical Studies in Whiteness, which seeks to understand whiteness as a manifestation of power. Shona, Christi, and Ashley break down what "critical whiteness studies" are and why this is useful in understanding the contemporary activism of the radical right. How - we ask - is whiteness produced in various historical and sociopolitical circumstances?

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    A Field Guide to White Supremacy

    January 6th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  23 mins 36 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Kathleen Belew joins Right Rising on the anniversary of January 6 to discuss her new co-edited book, A Field Guide to White Supremacy - the definitive guide for understanding and opposing white supremacy in America. Kathleen breaks down how white supremacy and patriarchal violence have operated - and continue to operate - in the United States. What is unique about this new wave of white supremacist violence in America, where does it come from, and how can we stop it?

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    Understanding the Alt-Right

    December 22nd, 2021  |  Season 2  |  25 mins 37 secs
    alt-right, conspiracy theories, great replacement, ideology

    Beatriz Buarque joins Right Rising to discuss her latest research findings on the Alt-Right. Along with Host Dr. James F. Downes, Beatriz breaks down how to define the Alt-Right as an ideology and the Alt-Right's use of conspiracy theories.

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    Gender in Policymaking - Combating the Far Right

    December 8th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  29 mins 38 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guests Jessica White and Claudia Wallner join Right Rising to discuss the unique role gender plays in policymaking and why gender is so essential when policymakers combat the far-right. Claudia and Jessica break down how "gender" in policymaking includes more than just women's participation and gender equality to consider multiple models of masculinity and femininity. What, we ask, is the unique role gender plays in right-wing extremism, and how do policymakers develop security solutions to address it?

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    White Evangelicals and the Radical Right

    November 24th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  25 mins 36 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Sophie Bjork-James join Right Rising to discuss the unique relationship between white evangelicals and radical right politics. Sophie breaks down the history of the U.S. religious right and how white evangelicals organized against racial integration in the 1970s as a precursor to their current activism. What, we ask, is the unique role Christianity plays in right-wing extremism?

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    Alt-Tech and the Far Right

    November 10th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  23 mins 26 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guests Greta Jasser and Ed Pertwee join Right Rising to discuss alt-tech - the digital infrastructure of the far-right. Greta and Ed break down the particular way far-right actors avoid deplatforming on alt-tech platforms and circulate racist, sexist, and xenophobic content. What, we ask, can be done about these alt-tech platforms?

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    The Evolving Political Agenda of the Radical Right

    October 27th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  34 mins 2 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Alessio Scopelliti joins Right Rising to discuss the programmatic flexibility of the radical right. Alessio breaks down the particular way radical right political party agendas evolve through the case studies of the National Front in France and the Northern League in Italy. What, we ask, forces far-right parties to change their political platforms?

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    The Ethics of Studying the Far Right

    October 13th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  35 mins 22 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guests Ashton Kingdon and Ashley Mattheis join Right Rising to discuss the ethical implications of studying the far right. Ashton and Ashley break down the particular burdens scholars face researching extremism online, including researcher safety and mental wellbeing. How, we ask, do we rethink the responsibilities institutions hold for protecting their reachers?

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    The White Power Music Scene - Funding the Extreme Right

    September 29th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  18 mins 22 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Maximilian Kreter joins Right Rising to discuss how the white power music scene funds and sustains the extreme right. Maximilian breaks down the various financial strategies within the white power music scene. He explains how concerts become crucial meet-ups that feed radical right organizing.

  • Youth Gangs and the White Power Movement

    September 15th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  31 mins 34 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Shannon Reid joins Right Rising to discuss youth gang activism within the white power movement in the U.S. Shannon breaks down how ingrained white supremacy within the criminal justice system makes studying and tracking these youth groups more complex and what drives white youth into these gangs.

  • Welcome Back to Right Rising: Season 2

    September 1st, 2021  |  Season 2  |  30 mins 10 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Matthew Feldman joins Right Rising to kick off Season Two of the podcast and catch us up on what CARR's been up to this summer. Matthew breaks down how CARR's sought to bring specialist insights to policymakers, practitioners, and interested observers, specifically through the organization's broad church approach to combatting the radical right.

  • The Radical Right in Scandinavia: Before, During & After the Pandemic

    June 24th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  43 mins 6 secs
    covid-19, immigration, norway, populism, radical right, scandinavia, sweden

    Guests Mette Wiggen and Maureen Eger join Host James F. Downes in providing an introduction to the Radical Right in Scandinavia, with a special focus on the rise of the radical right in Sweden and Norway.

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    The Year in Review

    May 25th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  57 mins 34 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guests Eviane Leidig, Ashley Mattheis, and William Allchorn rejoin Right Rising for a roundtable discussion of the radical right's activities throughout the past year of the podcast. Eviane, Ashley, and William analyze some of the key trends in the far right's development over the past year and speculate on the future development of these movements as the COVID-19 pandemic slows in the U.S. and Europe.

  • New Book Spotlight - Homegrown Hate

    May 11th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  27 mins 22 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Dr. Sara Kamali joins Right Rising to discuss her new book Homegrown Hate: Why White Nationalists and Militant Islamists Are Waging War against the United States. Sara takes us through the basics of understanding white nationalism - breaking down who partakes, its targets, and what we can do to counter this threat.

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    Germany's PEGIDA and Historical Memory on the Far Right

    April 27th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  23 mins 12 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Sabine Volk joins Right Rising to discuss PEGIDA - a German far-right organization with a distinctly pan-European agenda. Sabine breaks down how PEGIDA manages to continue organizing mass rallies amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically through the organization's use of historical memory and mobilization rituals.