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Straight White American Jesus

Preventing Extremism, Radicalization, and Gun Violence in America

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

How do we prevent young men from being radicalized into misogynistic, White supremacists, and xenophobic movements? How can this prevent gun violence? Brad speaks with Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a professor in the School of Public Affairs and the School of Education at American University, where she directs the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL). Her most recent book is "Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right." https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/counter-andrew-tates-growing-subculture-violent-toxic-masculinity-rcna69411 Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Merch: BUY OUR NEW Come and Take It and Election Affirmer ! https://straight-white-american-jesus.creator-spring.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163 To Donate: venmo - @straightwhitejc https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyOnishi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an irreverent podcast.

0:03.7

Visit irreverent.fm for more content from our amazing lineup of creators.

0:22.6

Welcome to Straight White American Jesus.

0:24.3

My name is Brad O'Neeshy, faculty at the University of San Francisco.

0:27.4

And I'm joined today by someone who I'm just flattered joined me because they've had a really really busy week and have been talking to a lot of important people.

0:35.4

So that is Dr. Cynthia Miller Idris. So Cynthia, thanks for being here.

0:39.1

Thanks for having me.

0:40.3

So you have been spent the week on MSNBC.

0:43.6

You've been writing yesterday.

0:45.6

You testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security, the subcommittee on oversight investigations and accountability.

0:52.9

That included a lot of different representatives, including one Marjorie Taylor Greene.

0:57.6

So now that you've got the nerves out, you've been on TV.

1:00.7

You've been in front of Congress.

1:01.7

Do you feel ready to do Straight White American Jesus?

1:03.9

This is like no problem.

1:05.1

Okay.

1:05.6

I am super excited to have this conversation and it closed out the week like this.

1:11.6

So yeah, from Congress to the storage closet where I record this podcast.

1:16.6

So let me tell folks about you.

1:18.1

You are an award-winning author and scholar of extremism and radicalization.

1:22.0

And that's what we're going to be talking about today.

1:23.6

The founding director of the polarization and extremism research and innovation lab at American University in Washington, DC,

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