The Neo-Nazi Extremists Trying Bring Down the Power Grid

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Today on Change Agents, Andy sits down with Catherine Morehouse, an energy reporter at Politico, to explore the growing threats facing the U.S. power grid. Catherine shares insights from her investigations into recent attacks on power infrastructure by extremist groups, including Neo-Nazi plots to sabotage substations in an effort to cause outages and incite racial tensions and violence. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original SPONSORS: Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ Allegiance Gold Go to https://ProtectWithAndy.com to get exclusive lowest pricing on the market for select gold bars or call (844) 790-9191 to talk to an account representative. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 off your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. BORN PRIMITIVE Shop the Capsule Collection at bornprimitive.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	45,000 people, that's still a lot of people to go without power.
0:03.8	And there are still significant harms that can happen even from outages that are more limited
0:08.8	and that are successful and that they don't, you know, expand drastically.
0:14.3	So there has been, I think, a shift in the conversation and a lot of questions around
0:19.5	should we be strengthening protections for these lower level,
0:24.6	lower impact is what they say, parts of the system.
0:31.6	How can I help? How can I be useful in ending needless suffering?
0:35.6	Do not be afraid of work that has no end.
0:41.3	We have to organize a social movement.
0:46.3	We have an opportunity to lead by example versus just talking,
0:50.3	hot air.
0:51.3	I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow, eventually you could change.
0:57.0	You know, the people are the ones that can make the change.
1:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to change agents, an Ironclad original, presented by Firecracker Farm.
1:21.0	It's quite a niche topic. How did you find your way?
1:22.8	I mean, I guess we can work backwards.
1:24.2	I know we're going to talk about some attacks and then there are ties to some extremist
1:28.3	grew, specifically some neo-Nazi activities.
1:31.7	But, I mean, the greater, you've obviously been reporting about the power grid for quite some time.
1:36.4	How did you find your way into that particular topic?
1:38.9	Yeah.
1:39.2	So I have been a power grid reporter for six years.
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