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On the Media

Leaving the Extreme Right, and a Marriage, Behind

On the Media

WNYC Studios

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4.69.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Tasha Adams on life after Stewart Rhodes.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, Michael Lones are here with the On the Media Podcast Extra.

0:03.8

The last part of this week's show features an interview with Tasha Adams,

0:08.2

the ex-wife of Stuart Rhodes, founder of the Oathkeepers.

0:12.0

That interview was a collaboration with Death, Sex, and Money,

0:15.9

an excellent podcast from WNYC hosted by Anna Sale.

0:20.7

Anna traveled with Metamontana to interview Tasha Adams,

0:24.1

and the Death, Sex, and Money episode, the version they released,

0:27.4

went way, way deeper into Tasha's story.

0:30.7

So we've decided to bring you that extended cut.

0:34.2

Anna, take it away.

0:35.4

Hey, it's Anna.

0:36.8

We co-reported this week's episode with my colleague at On the Media,

0:41.0

Micah Lowinger. Hey, Micah.

0:43.0

Hey, Anna.

0:44.0

Micah is a star reporter here at WNYC.

0:47.4

And through the last few years, I have followed his accolades in the company chat

0:51.8

about as many scoops, many of which have focused on the digital platforms

0:55.7

that right wing extremist groups have used to communicate,

0:58.7

including in the run-up and during January 6th.

1:02.1

He figured out ways to listen in and report on conversations

1:05.6

that not many other journalists were paying attention to.

1:09.1

And then at the WNYC holiday party, last December,

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