Right Rising

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

37 episodes of Right Rising since the first episode, which aired on September 1st, 2020.

  • 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.

  • The Anti-Gender Movement

    April 13th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  29 mins 28 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Haley McEwen joins Right Rising to walk us through the anti-gender movement, a transnational coalition of conservative activists and civil society organizations working to counter political and social gains made by local and international feminists and LGBTQI+ movements. Haley breaks down how the anti-gender movement operates in Southern and Eastern Africa and how local African organizers connect to U.S. and European right-wing organizations.

  • Understanding the Radical Right in Hungary

    April 6th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  44 mins 38 secs
    fidesz, hungary, jobbik, populism, radical right, right-wing

    Guest Dr. Katherine Kondor joins Right Rising to give us a deep dive into the growth of the Radical Right in Hungary. Katherine also discusses the recent ideological transformation of the governing party Fidesz and highlights the uniqueness of the political landscape in Hungary.

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    Memes and Chan Culture

    March 30th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  24 mins 25 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guests Blyth Crawford and Florence Keen join Right Rising to give us a deep dive into Chan culture and the particular media - and memes - created by Chan users. Blyth and Florence discuss how the Chan sphere's memes have malleable meanings, quickly dispersing the violent and misogynist messaging into mainstream platforms.

  • The Australian Radical Right

    March 16th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  29 mins 11 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Mario Peucker joins Right Rising to walk us through the history of the radical right in Australia. Mario discusses some of the critical issue areas of the radical right in Australia - Islamophobia, opposition to marriage equality, COVID-19 restrictions - and how they organized after the Christchurch attacks.

  • What is 'white multiculturalism' in Canada?

    March 10th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  10 mins 26 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Bàrbara Molas joins Right Rising to dive into her research on Canada's modern nation-building to discuss what she has termed 'white multiculturalism'. Bàrbara's episode kicks off a new segment of Right Rising - Fact Files, short deep dives into a historical topic, hosted by Louie Dean Valencia.

  • Understanding the Geography of the Radical Right

    March 2nd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  25 mins 58 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Alexander Reid Ross joins Right Rising to breakdown the geography of the radical right. Alexander answers, where are the hot spots of the radical right, and what can these far-right organizations' location tell us about their historical and contemporary development?

  • Ideology and Far Right Ecologism

    February 16th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  30 mins 48 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Balsa Lubarda joins Right Rising to walk us through the basics of what scholars mean by "ideology" and how it relates to far-right ecologism. Unpacking the differences between "ecofascism" and what Balsa calls "far-right ecologism," Balsa dives into the movement's different ideological strands - and its links to the radical right.

  • The Prevent Duty and the United Kingdom's Counter-Terrorism Strategy

    February 2nd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  32 mins 54 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Natalie James joins Right Rising to breakdown the Prevent Duty, a controversial counter-terrorism program created by the United Kingdom. Unpacking the historical context that led to the Prevent Duty's passage, Natalie dives into how "everyone becomes an agent of the state" under the policy - and the implications for the United Kingdom's counter-terrorism strategy.

  • The Far Right on the March - Understanding Demonstrations

    January 19th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  28 mins 13 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Michael Zeller joins Right Rising to unpack why it's so important not just to study the online presence of far right groups, but also their demonstrations and mobilizations. Breaking down the importance of demonstrations to far right groups, Michael helps us understand the various ways this mass mobilization ends.

  • The Far Right's Alternative History

    January 5th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  21 mins 54 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Louie Dean Valencia-García joins Right Rising to discuss how far right movements create counter-narratives to accepted understandings of history. Walking us through a broad history of the radical right, Louie delves into how these alternative histories circulate - and how historians' try to combat their spread.

  • Live-streaming and White Nationalism - A New Moneymaking Enterprise

    December 22nd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  22 mins
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Megan Squire joins Right Rising to walk us through how white nationalists are using popular live-streaming to make money. Explaining how white nationalists engage in what Megan calls "monetized propaganda," she helps us understand just how much money is moving through these platforms and how combatting these fundraising efforts is an eternal game of whack-a-mole.

  • Football and Right-Wing Populism

    December 8th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  23 mins 12 secs
    extremism, history, populism, right-wing

    Guest Michael Cole joins Right Rising to break down how right-wing populist leaders are using some of the world's most popular footballers for political gain. Walking us through why sport has traditionally been so important to the right-wing, he explains how major organizations like FIFA have - or have not - responded to this developing relationship.