115: Amanda Rogers Talks About Terrible Tommy
I Don't Speak German
IDSG
3.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2022
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
With apologies for our long absence (we've both had non-Covid health problems) and assurances of our continued commitment to the show, here is a new episode in which Daniel chats with brilliant special guest Amanda Rogers (@MsEntropy on Twitter) about terrible Tom Metzger, his importance to the far-right movement, his continued relevance, and the dangerous way his legacy is often misunderstood and underestimated.
Jack will be back soon with another chat with Rob from @TheRightPodcast about Stewart Rhodes and the Oath Keepers.
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Amanda Rogers on Twitter: @MsEntropy
Amanda's Patreon: Ms Entropy is creating commentary and analysis on media, culture, politics and Qat | Patreon
Our previous Tom Metzger episodes:
I Don't Speak German: 75: Tom Metzger, Part 1 (libsyn.com)
I Don't Speak German: 79: Tom Metzger Part 2 & The Origins of Online Hate (libsyn.com)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is I Don't Speak German. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Jack Graham, he, him. |
| 0:17.0 | And in this podcast I talk to my friend Daniel Harper, |
| 0:20.0 | also he, him, who spent years tracking the far right in their safe spaces. |
| 0:25.0 | In this show, we talk about them |
| 0:27.0 | and about the wider reactionary forces feeding them and feeding off them. |
| 0:31.0 | Be warned, this is difficult subject matter. |
| 0:34.0 | Content warnings always apply. |
| 0:36.0 | Hello and welcome to I Don't Speak German episode. |
| 0:56.0 | I don't know the number because you've recorded a few and haven't released them yet for various reasons. |
| 1:03.0 | Jack and I have both been having some health issues as of late, different health issues. |
| 1:08.0 | Neither of which are coded related interestingly enough. |
| 1:11.0 | But yeah, so in lieu of knowing what number we're going to be talking to, |
| 1:17.0 | I am presented to you an interview today with someone that I've been very frankly intimidated by for quite a while. |
| 1:26.0 | I'm super nice. |
| 1:27.0 | No, no, no, no, it is not. |
| 1:29.0 | It is not like I kind of get to the point of like sometimes in this world, |
| 1:33.0 | I think like I actually know quite a bit about this, what nationalism thing. |
| 1:36.0 | I'm, I'm down. |
| 1:37.0 | I'm, you know, I am, I am, you know, top tier, really a knowledgeable person. |
| 1:41.0 | And then I see your |
| 1:43.0 | people have tried to kill you before. |
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