Right Rising
Understanding Radical Right Extremism
Displaying Episode 11 - 20 of 39 in total of Right Rising with the tag “populism”.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.