Daryl Davis Attends Klan Rallies (Rebroadcast)
The Political Orphanage
Andrew Heaton
4.9 • 1000 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Daryl Davis is an African American musician responsible for de-radicalizing over 200 Klansmen and Neo-Nazis in his attempts to understand racism. He joins Heaton to talk about his experience, contact science, and the best ways to overcome bigotry.
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Original air date: July 8, 2020
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Lord Uncle Heaton here. I think moving forward, once a month or so, we're going to start |
| 0:05.6 | doing rebroadcasts of favorite episodes from the back catalog of the political orphanage, |
| 0:13.6 | in part because I have discovered that when new people find the show, they don't, as I had hoped, take a week of vacation, drop everything, |
| 0:24.6 | turn off their phone and just listen to the entirety of the show going back to its origins |
| 0:29.4 | in 2018. |
| 0:33.7 | So I'm going to pick some of the top episodes and once a month or so rebroadcast them. |
| 0:40.3 | Today's episode is a great interview, one of my all-time favorite, maybe my favorite |
| 0:46.3 | interview that I've ever done with Daryl Davis, who has an incredible story. |
| 0:51.1 | Also, probably the least amount of talking I've ever done on the show. I don't know what |
| 0:54.7 | that says that my top interview really didn't involve me very much, but there you go. Daryl Davis |
| 1:00.1 | is an amazing guy, and I think his story is ever more pertinent for the time period that we find |
| 1:06.6 | ourselves living in and the hubbub that we find ourselves working through. I think you'll enjoy it |
| 1:11.9 | and we'll have a normal episode later on in the week as per usual. Thanks and enjoy. |
| 1:24.7 | Hello and welcome to the Political Orphanage. |
| 1:28.3 | Are you more interested in coming up with solutions to problems than discovering new reasons to hate your political opponents? |
| 1:34.8 | Are you one of those weirdos who still has friends you disagree with? |
| 1:38.4 | If so, welcome home. |
| 1:40.4 | I'm your host, Andrew Heaton. |
| 1:42.3 | I am joined today by Mr. Daryl Davis, who I am so excited to speak with. |
| 1:47.2 | Daryl Davis is a very multi-talented individual. |
| 1:52.1 | He's a musician, a pianist, a singer. |
| 1:54.6 | I think blues, is that right, Daryl? |
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