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Ask a Professor: What Is Stochastic Terrorism? With Kurt Braddock

Kurt Braddock helps us answer the question "what is stochastic terrorism?"

The Twitter thread that inspired this conversation can be found here. 

Make sure to check out Kurt's book Weaponized Words: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization (Amazon | Bookshop).

You can listen to Kurt's previous appearance on the show here. 

The interview today was conducted by Sina Kashefipour and the show is produced by Chelsea Daymon and Sina Kashefipour.

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Breaching the Mainstream

Devin Burghart discusses his latest Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights paper "Breaching the Mainstream: A National Survey of Far-Right Membership in State Legislatures."

Additional reading for this podcast: "Tea Party Nationalism: A Critical Examination of the Tea Party Movement and the Size, Scope, and Focus of Its National Factions" and "Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream." 

The interview today was conducted by Sina Kashefipour and the show is produced by Chelsea Daymon and Sina Kashefipour.

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Online Narrative Design and Extremism

Emmi discusses narrative design and extremism. 

The interview today was conducted by Sina Kashefipour and the show is produced by Chelsea Daymon and Sina Kashefipour.

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The Right and Extremism

Jared Holt discusses the political right and it's relationship to extremist ideologies. 

You can check out Jared's profile and investigative work here and his writing and podcast here. 

The interview today was conducted by Sina Kashefipour and the show is produced by Chelsea Daymon and Sina Kashefipour.

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Financing Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century

Jessica Davis discusses how terrorists finance themselves and their respective organizations.

You can check out Jessica's works here: newsletter, "Financing the Toronto 18," and Illicit Money: Financing Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century (Amazon | Lynne Rienner Publishers).

The interview today was conducted by Chelsea Daymon, and the show is produced by Chelsea Daymon and Sina Kashefipour.

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The Modern Intelligence World

Zach Dorfman discusses the modern intelligence world.

The interview today was conducted by Sina Kashefipour and the show is produced by Chelsea Daymon and Sina Kashefipour.

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The Threat of Terrorist and Violent Extremist Operated Websites

Deeba Shadnia and Arthur Bradley discuss their paper "The Threat of Terrorist and Violent Extremist Operated Websites."

Please make sure to check out Tech Against Terrorism's podcast and newsletter. 

The interview today was conducted by Chelsea Daymon, and the show is produced by Chelsea Daymon and Sina Kashefipour.

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A Year in the MAGA Milieu

Amanda Moore discusses her year in the MAGA Milieu. 

The interview today was conducted by Sina Kashefipour and the show is produced by Chelsea Daymon and Sina Kashefipour.

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The Trucker Convoy

Sara Aniano discusses The Trucker Convoy. 

The interview today was conducted by Sina Kashefipour and the show is produced by Chelsea Daymon and Sina Kashefipour.

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America’s Secret Jihad: The Hidden History of Religious Terrorism in the United States

Stuart Wexler discusses his book "America's Secret Jihad: The Hidden History of Religious Terrorism in the United States." (Amazon | BookShop)

Parts of the conversation today drew from Stuart's book "Killing King: Racial Terrorists, James Earl Ray, and the Plot to Assassinate Martin Luther King Jr" (Amazon | BookShop) and article "The Roots of American Anti-Semitism."

You can read Stuart's op-ed work here.

The interview today was conducted by Sina Kashefipour and the show is produced by Chelsea Daymon and Sina Kashefipour.

If you have enjoyed listening to The Loopcast please consider making a donation to the show through our Patreon. We greatly appreciate it.