I Don't Speak German
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About
Daniel Harper is a researcher who goes where few others can bear to go: he listens to what the reactionaries - from the IDW to the modern day Nazis - say to each other in *their* safe spaces! In this timely and shocking - but entertaining - anti-fascist podcast, Daniel tells his friend, online writer Jack Graham, all about it.
Episodes
- 144: The Far-Right and the SPLC Indictment
Daniel presents Jack with a bevvy of clips of far-right figures reacting to the Trump admin's indictment of the Southern Policy Law Centre. Features Matt Walsh, Jack Posobiec, John Doyle, and James Edwards of the Political Cesspool. Lies a…
- 143: Michael Shermer interviews Douglas Murray and more
In this long episode, we look at several interviews conducted by notorious 'skeptic' author Michael Shermer on his podcast and "shitty YouTube channel", as it was memorably described by Rebecca Watson... After an introductory discussion of…
- 142: State Terrorism and Fascism, with Amanda Rogers AKA MsEntropy
Daniel and Jack are delighted to welcome back - after far too long an absence - the brilliant Amanda Rogers (AKA MsEntropy). We pick Amanda's brains in a conversation about the complexities of the concept of terrorism, its relationship to…
- 141: Megyn's a Sad Bunny
Kick off! Daniel & Jack discuss Elijah Schaefer's recent troubles, TDS showing up in the Epstein Files, and - mainly - Megyn Kelly's appearance on Piers Morgan's show to deliver an unhinged racist rant about Bad Bunny doing the Superbowl H…
- UNLOCKED: Nuremberg (2026)
Unlocked bonus episode, previously for Patreon members only. Daniel and Jack talk about Nuremberg (2025) starring Russell Crowe as Hermann Goering. Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent. Patrons get exclusi…
- 140: Doug Wilson talks to Ross Douthat (Bad Faith Discussion, Part 2)
Sinister Christian Nationalist pastor Doug Wilson gets interviewed by chunky conservative media lolcow Ross Douthat. Amazingly, the person who comes out of this horrifying development looking worst is... Sam Harris? CONTENT WARNINGS. BECAU…
- 139: Bad Faith Discussion; Doug Wilson talks to Sam Harris
Daniel and Jack pick through Sam Harris' disgracefully friendly interview with right-wing fundamentalist and Hegseth-inspirer, Christian Nationalist pastor Doug Wilson. Content Warnings Episode Notes: Harris's release of his interview with…
- PREVIEW: Bonus 45 Nuremberg (2025)
Daniel and Jack talk about Nuremberg (2025) starring Russell Crowe as Hermann Goering. A clip. Full episode exclusive for Patreon subscribers. Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent. Patrons get exclusive ac…
- 138: The Epstein Excuses of Megyn Kelly and Steve Bannon
We look at Megyn Kelly's sickening and ludicrous (and instantly infamous) apologia for Jeffrey Epstein in the wake of the dump of Epstein emails, and follow the thread from her, via Richard Hanania's deranged tweets about how it's normal f…
- 137: Full Haus
We finally deliver on a promise going back to the start of the show, an episode on the 'nazi dads' podcast Full Haus. Content extremely warnings. Contains extensive clips featuring racism and sexism, and slurs (bleeped by us). Episode Note…
- News Roundup: Graham Platner, etc
We look at some recent news stories, including: Progressive Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, his scandals, and the reactions; Kenneth Leland Morgan walking into a pub in Athens Georgia in a full SS uniform, assaulting a woman, b…
- PREVIEW: Bonus 44 Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
A clip of our new bonus episode on Kurt Vonnegut's great anti-fascist absurdist tragicomic novel Mother Night and the 90s film version. Full episode exclusive for Patreon subscribers. Please consider donating to help us make the show and s…
- News Roundup: ICE, Antifa Roundtable, No Kings 2, etc
We're back with a news roundup. One or two things have happened since we last talked. Episode Notes: Katie Daviscourt on Poso's podcast, playing the video she recorded alongside their dramatization of it. https://x.com/RealAmVoice/status/1…
- 136: The Final Cantwell, with Molly Conger
Daniel welcomes very special guest Molly Conger of Weird Little Guys (and much renown besides) for the mother of all Cantwell news installments. Much Content Warning. Molly's bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/socialistdogmom.bsky.social We…
- News Brief: Alleged Kirk Shooter
What do we know about Tyler Robinson? What don't we know? What are people saying? Why are they saying what they're saying? And again, who was Charlie Kirk really? Content Warnings Episode Links: https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/artic…
- 135: The Death and Life of Charlie Kirk
Daniel and Jack discuss who Charlie Kirk really was, and what he really said. Features Megyn Kelly's reaction to the breaking news, and clips from Kirk's shows, including his very last podcast. Content Warnings Episode Notes: New York Time…
- Public Bonus: Selling Hitler (1986, 1991)
Daniel and Jack continue to be haunted by the fetid shade of David Irving as they discuss the 1991 UK television mini-series Selling Hitler (starring Jonathan Pryce, Alexei Sayle, and various once-and-future Doctor Whos)... and also the 19…
- 134: Denial, Genocide, and the Shadow of David Irving
In this episode we talk about two dramatic portrayals of a seminal 2000 libel trial, the court case brought by Holocaust denier David Irving against American scholar Deborah Lipstadt: a contemporary UK television drama-documentary 'Holocau…
- News Roundup: Jeffrey Epstein and the MAGA Civil War; Mehdi Hasan and Jubilee
It's all in the title, folks. Extra content warnings on this one. Episode Notes: Rebecca Watson on Mehdi Hasan and Jubilee https://youtu.be/4px0MUlTvBk?si=ykE-CTKTDKWTUWHQ The Bulwark interview with Medhi Hasan. https://www.youtube.com/wat…
- UNLOCKED! Bonus Ep38 Absolute Power (1997)
Originally published 11th April 2024. Our series on 'movies about presidents' continues with a fun discussion of this 1997 'thriller', written by legendary Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman based on the debut novel of David Baldacci,…
- 133: The Mamdani Reaction
After a brief review of Grok becoming 'MechaHitler', we chat about the hysterical meltdown that ensued upon Zohran Mamdani's victory in the Democratic primaries to become candidate for Mayor of New York. Jack brings his researches into the…
- News Roundup: Groks and Bills and Alligators
...oh my. Daniel and Jack talk about the latest lunacy with Musk and Grok, The Big Beautiful Bill, social murder, the expansion of ICE, recent SCOTUS rulings and the assaults on trans rights and birthright citizenship, Alligator Alcatraz,…
- 132: Why to Learn Spanish, with Craig Johnson
We're delighted to welcome back Craig Johnson - of Fifteen Minutes of Fascism - to chat about the politics and value of native English speakers learning other languages, especially Spanish. Episode Notes: Spanish language papers: Pagina12:…
- 131: Trump and South Africa, Duolingo and AI
A News Roundup episode, and an episode of two halves. We start with a discussion of the recent public Oval Office meeting between Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa, in which Trump harangued the South African president with accusations of 'white ge…
- 130: South African Farm Murders and 'White Genocide', with Bianca van Wyk
Daniel and Jack are joined by special guest, South African anti-disinformation advocate, Bianca van Wyk, to discuss the issue of 'South African farm murders', the reality vs the right-wing narrative, some of the bad actors pushing the fake…
- 129: Conclave (2024), the Papacy, and Right-Wing Catholicism
In this immediately out-of-date episode, Daniel and Jack discuss the 2024 movie Conclave in light of the (at the time of recording) underway 2025 Conclave in the Vatican to choose a new Pope. Both your hosts talk a little about their own r…
- News Brief: The JFK Files
Trump released all the remaining secret JFK files! Except not really. And they're full of revelations! Except not really. (They're mainly full of people's social security numbers which, it transpires, is pretty much all the remaining redac…
- PREVIEW: Bonus 39 In the Line of Fire (1993)
Our 'movies about presidents' series continues (probably for four more years) with a much better movie this time. 1993's Wolfgang Peterson joint In the Line of Fire , featuring Clint Eastwood again (are we... doing a Clint Eastwood season…
- PREVIEW: Bonus Ep38 Absolute Power (1997)
Our series on 'movies about presidents' continues with a fun discussion of this 1997 'thriller', written by legendary Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman based on the debut novel of David Baldacci, starring/produced/directed by noted ch…
- 128: How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism, with Craig A. Johnson
Jack and Daniel welcome to the show Craig A. Johnson - academic, researcher, antifascist, and host of the (excellent) podcast 15 Minutes of Fascism - to chat about his (excellent) new book How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism , a primer o…
- News Brief: The First Ten Million Years of the Second Trump Presidency
Daniel and Jack chat about the eventful millennia that have passed since they last convened... Features Cantwell News! Show Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay ad-free and independent. Patrons get exclusive ac…
- UNLOCKED! Bonus 13: A Few Good Men (1992)
With apologies for our latest recent hiatus, here's an old bonus episode - formerly just for patrons - in which Daniel and Jack chat about 1992's A Few Good Men , a military courtroom drama written by Aaron 'West Wing' / 'Social Network' S…
- PUBLIC BONUS: Estranged Parents, with George Daniel Lea
Jack is joined by friend (and friend-of-the-show), the writer George Daniel Lea, to talk about the online phenomenon known as 'Estranged Parents' or the 'Estranged Parents Movement'. George did a deep dive and is here to tell us about what…
- 127: January 6th and the Second Trump Presidency
We begin our seventh year (!) with a conversation with special guest Teddy Wilson, the journalist behind Radical Reports, on the state of the January 6th convictions, prosecutions, and investigations in the looming shadow of a second Trump…
- PUBLIC BONUS: Vice (Adam McKay, 2018)
In a companion piece to the last public bonus, Daniel and Jack discuss Adam McKay's Vice from 2018, a dense metafictional dramedy biopic of Dick Cheney, unofficial president during the George W. Bush years and architect of the 'War on Terr…
- UNLOCKED! Bonus Ep37 'Dick' (1999)
Another in our series of election year chats about movies about presidents. Originally published 18th October, exclusive for Patreon subscribers of Daniel or Jack, now released for all. By patron request, we watched and discussed 1999's de…
- PUBLIC BONUS: W. (Oliver Stone, 2008)
Normal service to be resumed soon. In the meantime, Daniel and Jack continue their series on movies about the presidency by considering Oliver Stone's baffling 2008 movie W. , an aggressively irrelevant and annoyingly whimsical dramady bio…
- UNLOCKED! Bonus 36 Frost/Nixon (2008)
Daniel and Jack sit down across from each other in brown leather armchairs and ruthlessly interrogate each other about their many crimes. We also continue our election year series on movies about (or at least mentioning) US Presidents by t…
- 126: Trump Wins
Results. Reasons. Prospects. The future of the show. Please do not expect any sugar on the pill. Show Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay ad-free and independent. Patrons get exclusive access to at least one f…
- PUBLIC BONUS: Hillbilly Elegy
As the election looms, we take a look at Hillbilly Elegy (shitty book and shitty movie), the 'memoir' of America's fuhrer-in-waiting, weirdo venture capitalist, plutocrat fascist misogynist, Trump's pet and Thiel's puppet, J.D. Vance, in w…
- UNLOCKED! Bonus Ep35 'Independence Day' (1996)
Originally available to Patreon patrons 6th July. We recorded an episode about the 1996's biggest movie, Independence Day. For election year, we're looking at movies 'about' the American presidency, and how better to do that than to embrac…
- UNLOCKED! Bonus Ep34 'Dave' (1993)
We continue our election year series on movies about the US President, with a chat about Ivan Reitman's Capraesque 1993 political-romantic-comedy-drama-satire(???) Dave , starring Kevin Kline as a lovable goofball Presidential lookalike wh…
- UNLOCKED! Bonus Ep33 'Air Force One' (1997)
Back in the mists of yore, when America's eternal 2024 presidential election began, we started a series of bonus episodes on movies about the US President (with the word 'about' being employed very loosely). In this first episode of that s…
- PREVIEW: Bonus Ep37 'Dick' (1999)
Another in our series of election year chats about movies about presidents. By patron request, Daniel and Jack watch and discuss 1999's neo-screwball teensploitation 70s-nostalgiafest Dick , in which two teenage girls - Kirsten Dunst and M…
- PREVIEW: Bonus Ep36 Frost/Nixon (2008)
Daniel and Jack sit down across from each other in brown leather armchairs and ruthlessly interrogate each other about their many crimes. We also continue our election year series on movies about (or at least mentioning) US Presidents by t…
- News Brief: The Springfield Pogroms, Trump Assassination Attempt 2
We talk about the second apparent attempt on trump's life, and why the Right's discourse about it is hypocritical bullshit. Then our main topic: the racist pogroms incited in Springfield, OH, by Trump and Vance's racist blood libels (via B…
- News Brief: Tenet Media
Daniel and Jack chat about Tenet Media, Lauren Chen, Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Lauren Southern, the Russians, and that whole hilarious schemozzle. Also discussed: Tucker Carlson interviews Daryl Cooper; Daniel has read the diary of the so-call…
- News Brief: J.D. Vance, Eric Weinstein, Jack Murphy, Nick Fuentes and Groyper War 2
Jack and Daniel catch up with J.D. Vance's recent press, featuring guest appearances from a host of old IDSG characters, including Eric Weinstein, Jack Murphy, and Nick Fuentes. Show Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show…
- News Brief: Biden Quits, Harris Rises
It's Joever! But there's no way to pun 'Kamala Harris' with 'beginning'. There just isn't. So we're probably fucked, as usual. In another News Brief episode, hot on the heels of the last one for some unfathomable reason, Daniel and Jack -…
- News Brief: Trump Assassination Attempt & VP Announcement
Daniel and Jack chat about recent events... Show Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay ad-free and independent. Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month plus all backer-only back-e…