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Journalist and author of ‘To Catch a Fascist’ Christopher Mathias joins me to discuss the state of the American far right.

We talk about what laid the groundwork for these political conditions, we compare Trump 1.0 & 2.0… and we also discuss the role that mainstream media & the Democrats have played in the rising tide of American fascism. All that and more on this episode of The Global Far Right.

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Find Christopher’s book ‘To Catch a Fascist’ here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767

Politico story on pro-Trump troll ‘Microchip’s’ anti-antifa petition https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/24/antifa-white-house-petition-trump-troll-241990

Christopher Mathias’ 2018 story covering the extreme nature of Steve King’s views https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-supremacists-running-for-office-2018_n_5a7da926e4b0c6726e1285c1

FIRE receives Koch funding https://bsky.app/profile/nicemangos.bsky.social/post/3mrnj2ityas2n

The man who headed Trump’s invasions of US cities (Bovino) joined the US and European far right in Portugal to preach “remigration”—a plan to expel all minorities and immigrants.

https://www.wired.com/story/greg-bovino-was-the-star-at-a-european-remigration-conference/

After teasing a presidential bid, Greg Bovino joined a white nationalist’s podcast

https://www.ms.now/news/greg-bovino-white-nationalist-podcast-kevin-deanna

From my miniseries on Sam Harris Woking Up:

Ep 1 focuses on his views on race and racism in policing https://open.spotify.com/episode/0v1VYmWKx6dgT5GEdL2OpK?si=JyGf6zQESsaWrtcLXPXllQ&utm_source=copy-link

Ep 4 of Woking Up discusses Sam Harris’ post Jan 6 bothsidesing, and racism denial https://open.spotify.com/episode/420oTb5Eh7GVjRjGnJY5fA?si=VskaAYgfQp2FQpmorOBPrA&utm_source=copy-link

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On this episode I’m joined by Jon Phillips, Historian of Science, who has done work for the SPLC covering scientific racism. (Find him on Bsky @jowiph.bsky.social)

This conversation delves into the topic of race ‘science’ — primarily via skull measuring enthusiast, Charles Murray. We discuss the significance and impact of his larger project, his rhetorical tactics, the tainted sources in The Bell Curve …as well as Murray’s association with The Pioneer Fund and more.

We dive into the overlaps between the world of scientific racism and New Atheism. Sam Harris’ attempts to rehabilitate and mainstream Murray’s pseudoscience is also a recurring topic throughout the episode. And we discuss the far-right non-profit foundation The Pioneer Fund in more detail, we examine its links to research on eugenics, race ‘science’ and extremist views.

Links:

Find the Extended version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/fashademics-4-167414020?pr=true&forSale=true

The Tainted Sources of ‘The Bell Curve’ (1994) https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1994/12/01/the-tainted-sources-of-the-bell-curve/

Archived 1994 article that is mentioned in this episode https://web.archive.org/web/20110129125309/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/09/magazine/daring-research-or-social-science-pornography-charles-murray.html

Hope Not Hate investigation into the race ‘science’ movement https://investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science-inc/?utm_source=main_website&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=hub_page

A new book on race and evolution by noted science writer Nicholas Wade legitimizes racist and anti-Semitic theories. (2014) https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/troublesome-sources/

Journals that published Richard Lynn’s racist ‘research’ articles should retract them (2024) https://www.statnews.com/2024/06/20/richard-lynn-racist-research-articles-journals-retractions/

Adrianne Black https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrianne_Black (previously known as Derek Black)

Polite Conversations Race ‘science’ panel episodes mentioned in this chat:

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Pt 1 https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/ep-82-race-pt-1-110461457/edit

Pt 2 https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/race-science-pt-110534234/edit

Pt 3 https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/race-science-pt-110539173/edit

Public versions (Full Episodes)

Pt 1 https://spotify.link/otjmpUOgOXb

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[Aired originally for premium patrons in Dec 2025]

Hope you enjoy this episode. I put a lot of work into listening to all these comedians and gathering clips. It’s a subject that feels very personal, because I grew up in Saudi Arabia and have been very disturbed by the successful whitewashing that MBS has been doing recently.

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Comedian Andy Kindler (from Bob’s Burgers) joins me for an in depth look at some of the excuses that were made by the comedians who went to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

Was this festival an indication of progress in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or was it put on to create the illusion of progress?

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Featured Clips from: Chris Tucker, NBC News, Bill Maher, Louis CK, Tim Dillon, Aziz Ansari, Whitney Cummings, Bill Burr & Joe Rogan

Links:

A Saudi journalist tweeted against the government – and was executed for ‘high treason’: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/18/saudi-arabia-turki-al-jasser-executed

Producer/Animator receives prison sentence for Netflix Comedy series https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/world/middleeast/netflix-masameer-saudi-arabia-prison.html

Archived version of NYT article: https://archive.ph/QqSR8

Saudi cartoonist sentenced to 23 years https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-cartoonist-sentenced-crackdown-0fbb4a3d9532a363ea6f014bdab53876

Human Rights Watch: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/23/saudi-arabia-riyadh-comedy-festival-whitewashes-abuses

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/human-rights-watch-refuses-aziz-ansari-riyadh-donation-1236544862/

Tim Dillon Fired from Riyadh Comedy Festival https://www.billboard.com/pro/tim-dillon-fired-riyadh-comedy-festival-saudi-slavery/

Dave Chapelle says its easier to talk in Saudi Arabia than the US https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/dave-chappelle-saudi-arabia-free-speech-1235439890/

82% of Jewish Israelis Back Forcibly Expelling Gazans https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-28/ty-article-magazine/.premium/yes-to-transfer-82-of-jewish-israelis-back-expelling-gazans/00000197-12a4-df22-a9d7-9ef6af930000

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[aired originally August 13, 2025 on Patreon, released on the main feed Nov 2025]

Finnish expert on far-right extremism Sami Eerola [https://bsky.app/profile/eerolasami.bsky.social] joins me for a conversation about the far-right in Finland. We discuss the sharp swing from Sanna Marin’s progressive govt to the most rightwing government Finland has had since the 1930’s, neo-nazi groups & festivals like ‘white boy summer’, the various racism related scandals coming from far right govt officials and more.

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Links:

Find all the unlocked publicly available episodes in the Global Far Right miniseries here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/40h4VTDTEEpqWHOuH4uDLI?si=O1uDXmc_QXuidykoNFcJAA&utm_source=copy-link&pi=KpkE0nxFQvWZt

I revisited Sam’s views on nuking places preemptively in detail here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/136580589?pr=true&forSale=true

Find Sami’s Finnish language newsletter here   https://laitaoikeistonviikko.substack.com/

The Finnish government attempts to overcome the overt racism of its minister https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/08/20/the-finnish-government-attempts-to-overcome-the-overt-racism-of-its-ministers_6099989_4.html

Far-right Finnish leader Riikka Purra sorry in racist posts uproar https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66166795

Finland economy minister resigns over Nazi comments https://www.dw.com/en/finland-economy-minister-resigns-over-nazi-comments/a-66084409

Many Finns Party ministers have pointed to replacement theory https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/23836-many-finns-party-ministers-have-pointed-to-replacement-theory.html

Chet Hanks says Social Justice Warriors can kick rocks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgN1Lc5USOI

Tom Hanks’ son shares anti-vaccine videos, claims there’s more evidence for UFOs than for COVID shot safety https://www.news10.com/news/tom-hanks-son-shares-anti-vaccine-videos-claims-theres-more-evidence-for-ufos-than-for-covid-shot-safety/

White Boy Summer: Investigating the Finnish Far Right https://youtu.be/3CXRZKihkUw?si=3ehv9c99jiEr-EEM

The Palestine Laboratory pt 1 https://youtu.be/1GvkFwpzDhI?si=ljpWs3vOjiUJQcYy

Pt 2 https://youtu.be/5pPQydBGwQY?si=Mc-9moAZWMOylkU2

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What meaning do flags and flags and symbols of nationalism hold?

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This is a clip from pt 3 of my conversation with Canadian Journalist of Israeli background, Corey Atad. Find the extended version of the convo here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/ep-113-double-162731875?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link]

Find the Public version of the convo here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pKkyUzjW9JzUgLuEBJt12?si=V2T9K2ryQV6dinDWhLcYFg&utm_source=copy-link

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Polite Conversations is part of a progressive independent Canadian podcast community Check out Harbinger Media at  Harbingermedianetwork.com

Journalist and author of ‘To Catch a Fascist’ Christopher Mathias joins me to discuss the state of the American far right.

We talk about what laid the groundwork for these political conditions, we compare Trump 1.0 & 2.0… and we also discuss the role that mainstream media & the Democrats have played in the rising tide of American fascism. All that and more on this episode of The Global Far Right.

If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos & unlock bonus content and extended episodes.

Links:

Find the extended version of this episode here:

https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/global-far-right-164817590#no_universal_links

Find the rest of the Global Far Right miniseries here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/40h4VTDTEEpqWHOuH4uDLI?si=13i_lmBhQzWQNbYkm3YzUw&utm_source=copy-link&pi=g41RqjyCRaSV-

Find Christopher’s book ‘To Catch a Fascist’ here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767

Politico story on pro-Trump troll ‘Microchip’s’ anti-antifa petition https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/24/antifa-white-house-petition-trump-troll-241990

Christopher Mathias’ 2018 story covering the extreme nature of Steve King’s views https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-supremacists-running-for-office-2018_n_5a7da926e4b0c6726e1285c1

FIRE receives Koch funding https://bsky.app/profile/nicemangos.bsky.social/post/3mrnj2ityas2n

The man who headed Trump’s invasions of US cities (Bovino) joined the US and European far right in Portugal to preach “remigration”—a plan to expel all minorities and immigrants.

https://www.wired.com/story/greg-bovino-was-the-star-at-a-european-remigration-conference/

After teasing a presidential bid, Greg Bovino joined a white nationalist’s podcast

https://www.ms.now/news/greg-bovino-white-nationalist-podcast-kevin-deanna

From my miniseries on Sam Harris [Woking Up]:

Ep 1 focuses on his views on race and racism in policing https://open.spotify.com/episode/0v1VYmWKx6dgT5GEdL2OpK?si=JyGf6zQESsaWrtcLXPXllQ&utm_source=copy-link

Ep 4 of Woking Up discusses Sam Harris’ post Jan 6 bothsidesing, and racism denial https://open.spotify.com/episode/420oTb5Eh7GVjRjGnJY5fA?si=VskaAYgfQp2FQpmorOBPrA&utm_source=copy-link

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Concerned about rising antisemitism? The largest portion of blame should be placed on institutions that deliberately conflate Zionism and Jewish people… institutions that deem any criticism of Israeli war crimes, Israeli war criminals, and a state actively engaged in gen0cide…as antisemitic.

It is these very institutions, all across the western world… that are reinforcing this antisemitic conflation.

This is a clip from pt 3 of my conversation with Canadian Journalist of Israeli background, Corey Atad. Find the extended version of the convo here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/ep-113-double-162731875?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link]

Find the Public version of the convo here:

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Popular leftist Canadian Twitch streamer & YouTuber Lance, from The Serfs joins me to discuss American Leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.

We discuss the controversies surrounding Hasan, the threat he poses to the establishment, the anti-Israel sentiment Piker expresses being deliberately conflated with antisemitism, accusations of ‘champagne socialism’ & more!

I ask Lance a very important question, Do you Condemn Hamas Hasan?

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Find Lance here: youtube.com/theserftimes, YouTube.com/theserfstv, Twitter: @TheSerfsTV, Bsky: @theserfstv.bsky.social

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Fox News ran 5 different segments on Hasan Piker the same day Trump threatened to wipe out Iranian civilization. https://x.com/hasanabiprod/status/2041644687253971369?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

Randy Fine smears Hasan as a ‘Jihadist’ https://x.com/canteverdie/status/2059292873896399165?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

Far-right Jewish ‘civil rights group’ announce their goal is to keep Canada a Christian nation https://bsky.app/profile/nicemangos.bsky.social/post/3mom6riokas2m

Graeme Wood writes that it’s possible to Ki!! Children legally https://bsky.app/profile/nicemangos.bsky.social/post/3mkbkyaxzss2e

My Patreon post on Contrapoints https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/contrapoints-133858410?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Overzealots Contrapoints video essay https://youtu.be/ygczkA7esns?si=qpdVH5WK_4k9qhEl

Hasan Piker Threatens the Establishment. That’s why They want to Destroy him - The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/hasan-piker-attacks-antisemitism/?utm_campaign=SproutSocial&utm_content=The+Nation+Magazine,thenation&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky,twitter

Aaron Rugenberg Editor at The New Republic examines accusations of ‘antisemitism’ against Hasan https://x.com/aaronregunberg/status/2041922283225108898?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

A clip from this Fox News compilation was used in the music of this episode https://x.com/hasanabiprod/status/2049536011839922513?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

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[This is pt 3 of 3 - Find the extended version here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/ep-113-double-162731875?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link]

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Here’s the final part of my discussion with Canadian film critic and journalist Corey Atad.

We talk about double standards in the way extremism is covered when it comes to different groups, what the Israeli flag has come to symbolize, certain parts of the antisemitism discourse that remain underdiscussed, the demonizing of and consistent Zionist pressure campaigns that Zohran Mamdani is faced with & more.

Links:

New polling, rise in antisemitism coming from the right https://bsky.app/profile/rafaelshimunov.bsky.social/post/3mpo7hsokhs26

Conflation of Jewish identity with Israel driving antisemitism, Jewish Council says in submission to royal commission https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/19/antisemitism-royal-commission-conflation-of-jewish-identity-with-israel-jewish-council-submission-ntwnfb

Mamdani refusing to give the latest AIPAC related smear campaign an inch: https://bsky.app/profile/kryton3298.bsky.social/post/3mpnz7rbii22w

On Mamdani denouncing Palestinian author Susan Abulhawa https://youtu.be/PM2QZZnwhg8?si=lRQRi2O7hik0lSpq

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This is Pt 2 of a 3-part conversation. If you enjoy the show pls consider subscribing via patreon.com/nicemangos and/or leaving a podcast review.

Find the extended episode here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/ep-112-heavy-of-161385169

In pt 2 of my conversation with Canadian journalist Corey Atad, we discuss the politicization and weaponization of antisemitism in more detail. We talk through a personal disagreement we had online regarding Corey’s characterization of journalist Mehdi Hasan, and the weight of such charges, especially against minorities & people of Muslim background—in a political climate like today’s.

Episodes mentioned in this conversation with Chris from Decoding the Gurus:

Pt 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0GTX0TlZSwCuvp2pxmNIKR?si=3kNfGR0lR_60nnY-iJ7kvQ

Pt 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1X52YzLJV39nfEm10qOmtj?sijPCPtHlST2TOzZnIvZGQ

Mehdi Hasan’s relevant tweets:

https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/2067781241391214976?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/2028175890597753277?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/2035213228809056625?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

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