Alexander Reid Ross
Co-Host of Right Rising
Alexander Reid Ross received his PhD in Geography from Portland State University where he lectures on human-natural systems and climate change.
Alexander Reid Ross has hosted 19 Episodes.
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Episode 73: The AfD's Usage of Emotion, featuring Sophie Schmalenberger
August 7th, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 25 mins
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Dr. Schmalenberger discusses the AfD's semiotics, historical narratives, and the subjectivation process that produces their following
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Episode 72: Cracks Forming in the Italian Far Right, ft. Valerio Alfonso Bruno
June 8th, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 4 mins
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Dr. Bruno discusses the economic, climatological, and political dilemmas facing Meloni's coalition amid the fracturing of Lega.
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Episode 71: How AI-Driven Male Fantasies Contributed to Anti-Migrant Riots and the "Far-Right Multitude," ft/ Beatriz Lopes Buarque
May 13th, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 4 mins
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Dr. Beatriz Buarque discusses her work elucidating the way that AI helps engender male fantasies used in anti-migrant riots, and what the left-wing social theories of the '80s and '90s got wrong about the future of capitalism.
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Episode 70: The Vortex of All Principles: Gender and the Far Right, ft. Eviane Leidig
April 17th, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 21 mins
extremism, masculinity, right-wing, social media
Eviane Leidig joins the pod to talk about her recent work and update us on the Women of the Far Right
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Episode 69: Whiteness and Patriarchy on Alt-Tech Platforms, ft/ Jasmeet Bahia
April 1st, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 3 mins
alt-tech, patriarchy, populism, right-wing
We chat about Dr. Bahia's dissertation work on Parler, and how to conceptualize the ways people react to and build communities around changes in social norms.
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Episode 68: Male supremacy, Far-Right Virility and AI, ft/ Greta Jasser
March 24th, 2026 | Season 2 | 44 mins 23 secs
ai, extremism, masculinity, right-wing
Sitting down with Dr. Greta Jasser to discuss the far right in Germany, alt-tech platforms, and the mainstreaming of the "Looksmaxxing" community in recent weeks
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Episode 67: Transnational Opposition to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, ft. Lynda Gilby
February 25th, 2026 | Season 2 | 47 mins 51 secs
extremism, gender, populism, right-wing
This interview discusses the "anti-gender" opposition to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, featuring a leading expert on transnational conservative movements
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Episode 66: Understanding the Brothers of Italy, ft. Valerio Alfonso Bruno
February 13th, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 11 mins
extremism, history, political parties, right-wing
This podcast offers keen analysis of the party structure, strategy, and individuation of the Fratelli d'Italia, featuring expert Dr. Bruno.
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Episode 65: White Nationalism and Greco-Roman Antiquity in Contemporary Historiography, ft/ Curtis Dozier
January 27th, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 8 mins
extremism, history, right-wing, white nationalism
Prof Cutis Dozier discusses his latest book, The White Pedestal on the way that white nationalists use Greco-Roman history for their own purposes, and how this effort is symptomatic of larger problems with the way that the Classics are read and understood in our society.
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Episode 64: "Rules for Reactionaries": Prof Lee Bebout on the Rhetoric of the Right
January 8th, 2026 | Season 2 | 40 mins 6 secs
extremism, racism, rhetoric, right-wing
Lee Bebout speaks with RR about his book Rules for Reactionaries: How to Maintain Inequality and Stop Social Justice about countering rhetorical strategies, behavioral patterns, and logical problems put forward by right wingers.
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Episode 63: From Skinheads to Foreign Fighters: Lessons on the Czech Far Right with Miroslav Mareš
December 19th, 2025 | 43 mins 44 secs
accelerationism, czech, populism, right-wing
FRAN in collaboration with 2Act4 brings you the insights of Professor Mareš on the far right in the Czech Republic, the rise of accelerationism and foreign fighters, and the impacts of digitization.
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Episode 62: Trump's Brazil Tariffs in Historical Context w/ Prof. Vinicius Bivar
September 18th, 2025 | Season 2 | 1 hr 7 mins
economics, extremism, populism, right-wing
This episode covers the economic history of Brazil's relationship with the United States, as well as developmentalist economics in light of Trump's recent, punitive tariffs against Brazil.
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Episode 61: The "Pro-Family" Movement: The Roots of the New Christian Right, ft. Chelsea Ebin
June 19th, 2025 | Season 2 | 1 hr 12 mins
christianity, extremism, history, right-wing
This discussion covers the rise of the "pro-family movement" through the linking of "single issues" into an illiberal political movement with a long-range determination to restore a mythical past of patriarchal peace and order.
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Episode 60: Trump's Carnival: Far-Right Social Media and Symbolic Disorder, ft. Bharath Ganesh
June 11th, 2025 | Season 2 | 1 hr 20 mins
extremism, fascism, philosophy, social media
This episode delves into a deeply philosophical analysis of far-right social media and the insurrectionary destabilization of symbolic hierarchies
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Episode 59: The Far Right, Technology, and State Intervention, pt. 2, ft/ William Allchorn
May 12th, 2025 | Season 2 | 57 mins 53 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
In this wide-ranging discussion, Prof Allchorn elaborates on his work on the far-right's engagement in hybrid warfare, counter-messaging efforts, and the "crisis of social democracy."
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Episode 58: The Far Right, Technology, and State Intervention, pt. 1, ft/ William Allchorn
May 9th, 2025 | Season 2 | 1 hr 1 min
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
In this wide-ranging discussion, Prof Allchorn elaborates on his work on the far-right's engagement in hybrid warfare, counter-messaging efforts, and the "crisis of social democracy."