S3 Ep59: From Skinhead to “Super Activist” (with Frank Meeink)

Never Thought I'd Say This

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Comedy, Parenting, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Jodie and Celia are joined by Frank Meeink, a former white supremacist skinhead who is now a civil rights activist. Frank tells his story, giving insight into how an abused, neglected kid will look for acceptance anywhere – even within a hate group. And then, through becoming close with a Jewish man who was kind to him, he began to let go of his misguided beliefs. Jodie, Celia, and Frank discuss the importance of sobriety, self-confidence, and being of service.

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0:00.0	Connie, these fair-bodied smart goggles are amazing.
0:04.0	They send you straight to sleep.
0:05.5	Go on, you've got to try them.
0:07.0	Really?
0:08.0	Sounds like a load of old nunts.
0:10.0	SINNUNY Sweet dreams. from toys to relax and gadgets this Christmas there's more to Argos Welcome to this week's episode of Never Thought I'd Say This. I'm your host
0:38.3	Jody Sweeten along with the fabulous Celia Behar. That would be you. That is me. Yeah. That was a that look at I did an
0:47.6	intro that wasn't too terribly awkward. I mean well you make it awkward as soon as you're like it wasn't awkward I know because I feel awkward and so I have to say
0:56.8	I like name my awkwardness I know it's all right it's all right I understand I have to say though I'm really excited for this week's show.
1:06.4	Now that I'm not always excited to talk to you, Celia.
1:08.8	Yeah, sure, right. We were really amazing guests this week that I am super excited to have here to talk to us and I think it's just a really prescient discussion to have right now with sort of the state of the world but we have Frank Mink on is that how I say your last name or do I keep saying it wrong?
1:30.0	It's just like the animal, Mink. So it's just like I, yeah, so it's just like I it's just like I yeah, so it's just like yeah, just like the animal
1:35.9	More like the coat whatever why you want to play. Yes, we've got we have Frank Mink on this week's episode and for those of you that don't know Frank is the one that
1:46.8	wrote autobiography of a recovering skinhead. He has been interviewed on tons and tons of shows. He was involved in the
1:56.6	Skinhead movement when he was really young and has now since turned that into an
2:01.6	opportunity to create healing and to help people sort of get out of that mindset.
2:07.8	So Frank, thank you so much for coming on the show today.
2:10.2	Really, really appreciate it.
2:12.0	Yeah. Thank you guys, you know, the craziest thing I get to add to my
2:16.1	resume is I went to prison for being a neo-Nazi and have now been arrested twice for Black Life Matters.
2:22.3	How great is that?
2:26.4	That, I mean, that's fucking full circle.
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