The Daily Former

Send us Fan Mail Roundtable discussion about letting new people in while being your authentic self.  Questions? Concerns? Complaints? Reach out! www.thedailyformer.com or thedailyformer@lifeafterhate.org www.thedailyformer.com Like what you're hearing? Donate here   

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is about capital punishment and who deserves it. What does it do for us, if anything? SOURCE: https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-supermarket-shooting-death-penalty-b6ab8eda541c2c0a0b512a89b0471b91 www.thedailyformer.com Like what you're hearing? Donate here   

Send us Fan Mail The Formers discuss feeling safe versus being safe, and how to shake that paranoia that someone is always looking for, or watching, you.  Relating to us more than you'd like to admit? www.thedailyformer.com www.thedailyformer.com Like what you're hearing? Donate here   

Send us Fan Mail The Formers discuss what they consider reliable sources, how they learned change their minds, how the movement manipulates a parent's love for their child into white nationalism, and more! Questions, comments, topic ideas? Send them to: thedailyformer@lifeafterhate.org www.thedailyformer.com www.thedailyformer.com Like what you're hearing? Donate here   

Send us Fan Mail Happy Holidays! Sam and Ang revisit the best clips of Season One and talk about where they stand on those things now.  We are taking a little Winter Break but will be back in January! www.thedailyformer.com www.thedailyformer.com Like what you're hearing? Donate here   

Send us Fan Mail Sweet, double prizes! The first half of this episode is the Formers giving insight into what they've found works and doesn't, and surprises they've had along the way. In the second half, Sam talks to Julian, a man who supported his girlfriend as she left the the movement and what he witnessed and learned. SOURCES: Brad's piece for Moonshot: https://moonshotteam...

Send us Fan Mail Sam talks to Jeanette, a good friend of the pod and mother who supported her daughter leaving the far-right. They discuss trust, conditional love, and how not fighting about ideology can actually help someone leave.  Jeanette's book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/walking-away-from-hate-jeanette-manning/1139014233 www.thedailyformer.com Like what you're hearing? Donate...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 1 is full of thoughts on how we talk to our families about our involvement, how to navigate our new identities with people, and the beginning of this whole season of How To’s. NOTES: Lauren’s book:  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/walking-away-from-hate-jeanette-manning/1139014233 Frankie’s book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/autobiography-of-a-recovering-skinhead-fran...

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is about Tucker Carlson being a guest on Theo Von's podcast. Also discussed: Fox News, how did it get this way? www.thedailyformer.com Like what you're hearing? Donate here   

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is about Libs of TikTok inspiring violence in order to... save the children? Also discussed: the moral and social obligations of social media platforms, if any. SOURCE:  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/11/02/libs-of-tiktok-tweets-death-bomb-threats/71409213007/ www.thedailyformer.com Like what you're hearing? Donate here   

Send us Fan Mail The Daily Former presents The Daily Dose!  Join us for quick, to the point conversations about what's going on today and how it relates to the far-right. This conversation is about the Israel/Palestine conflict and how the far-right tries to co-opt popular causes as tools for recruitment SOURCE: https://itsgoingdown.org/neo-nazi-groups-are-attempting-to-worm-their-way-into-ra...

Send us Fan Mail We made it! Thank you to everyone who listened, reached out, asked questions, and  gave their opinion. In this conversation, the Formers talk about how easy and yet, complex, figuring out who you are can be. We rehash our roles in the movement, how we threw caution to the wind and experimented with different versions of ourselves, and came out the other side much surer of who we a...

Send us Fan Mail The Formers discuss their time in the movement and how the package may have changed but, what's inside is the the same. Isolation, self-sabotage, loneliness, anger, and that nagging feeling of never being "enough" is something we all went through, regardless of the iteration of the movement.  Nervous about how much you relate? Drop us a line... www.thedailyformer.co...

Send us Fan Mail Reggae! Mexican food! Art! The Formers take some time to talk about how life has gotten better since leaving and everything they wish they knew while they were in.  This is a Roundtable episode where we invite Angela into the mix as another Former you’ll be hearing from.  Disillusioned by the consequences of your own actions? Drop us a line. www.thedailyformer.com www.thedailyform...

Send us Fan Mail There is a period of time after people leave the movement where they feel like the Belle of the Ball. Either from speaking publicly, being involved in a lawsuit, or by getting doxxed, it feels like everyone wants to talk to you. How do you know who to trust? Who has you in mind, and not just your trauma porn? Enter a Former's Favorite- Pete Simi! Pete has been researching the...

Send us Fan Mail Andrew Marantz has been covering the far-right for about a decade. When Sam was getting ready to leave the movement, someone gave her Andrew's email address, recommended she contact him, and disappeared. Andrew was working on a book about the far-right, Sam needed someone to hear her story.  In this conversation, Sam, Chuck, and Andrew talk about the state of, well, everythin...

Send us Fan Mail Tony McAleer is one of the most helpful, honest, and respected formers to be public.  After joining the movement in the 80s, Tony spent time in several different organizations until he realized that all of his hate was stemming from one thing- himself. He left and raised his two children and then started the difficult work of figuring out who he is on his own terms, and who he wan...

Send us Fan Mail Sam, Chuck, Lauren, and Brad are all Formers who want to tell you everything they wish they knew when they were leaving the movement.  It can be really scary and uncomfortable to realize you're the bad guy- but you're not alone.  In this first episode, the four touch on their first public appearances, why they did it, what sucks about being public, what rules about being...