Enemies of the People
A podcast about extremism in the 21st Century.Join Dr Maria Norris in conversation with authors, politicians, artists, and policy makers about nationalism, fascism, misogyny, and all other forms of extremism threatening our society. Follow us on Twitter @EnemiesPodFollow Maria on Twitter @MariaWNorris
Episodes
30 episodes
Episode 28: Anna Meier and Aaron Winter on the Shawcross Report
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Dr Anna Meier and Dr Aaron Winter about the leaked Shawcross report on the Prevent programme. Anna is an Assistant Professor researching institutional responses to white supremacist ...
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Episode 27 - Mobashra Tazamal on India, China, and Islamophobia as a Tool of Fascism
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Mobashra Tazamal. Mobashra is a writer at an academic researcher at the bridge initiative, which is a research project in Islamophobia housed at Georgetown University. She's speaking...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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40:59
Episode 26: Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan on Islamophobia, Capitalism, and Poetry
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Suhaiymah Manzoor Khan. Suhaiymah is a poet, a writer, and an educator and the author of Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia.
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40:33
Episode 25: Rizwaan Sabir on Trauma and The Violence of Counterterrorism
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Dr Rizwaan Sabir. Rizwaan is a lecturer of criminology at Liverpool John Moores University and the author of The Suspect: Counterterrorism, Islam, and the Security State. <...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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43:41
Episode 24 - Mic Wright on The War on Media Literacy
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with journalist and media critic Mic Wright.Follow Mic on TwitterSubscrib...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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41:01
Episode 23: Lisa Sugiura on Male Supremacism
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Dr Lisa Sugiura. Lisa is a Senior Lecturer on Criminology and Cybercrime at the University of Portsmouth, and author or Incel Rebellion: The Rise of the Manosphere and the Virt...
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45:13
Bonus Episode: Introducing Politically Enraged by David Lowther
Enemies of the People is on a short mid-season break this week, so on today's episode, we are introducing you to a new podcast: Politically Enraged, by David Lowther.On this episode of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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56:28
Episode 21: Colin Yeo on the UK Immigration System
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Colin Yeo. Colin is an immigration barrister, the founder of Free Movement, and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System.
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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42:27
Episode 20 - CN Lester on Trans Rights and The Production of Ignorance
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with CN Lester. CN is a musician, an academic, an activist, and the author of Trans Like Me. JOIN MARIA & CN LIVE ON TWITTER SPACES THIS THURSDAY 10th FEBRUARY 09:30pm U...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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48:46
Episode 19 - Anna Meier on White Supremacy and The Idea of Terror
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Dr Anna Meier. Anna is an Assistant Professor researching institutional responses to white supremacist violence. JOIN MARIA & ANNA LIVE ON TWITTER SPACES THIS THURS...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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50:36
Episode 18 - Steph Halmhofer on Ancient Aliens, Pseudoarchaeology - and the Far-Right
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with archaeologist Steph Halmhofer about how ancient alien theory and pseudoarchaeology are deeply connected to neo-nazism, cults, and conspiracy theories.JOIN MARIA & STEPH L...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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44:47
Episode 17 - Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Strongmen, Masculinity, and Power
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat about her book Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present and how illiberal leaders use machismo to stay in power.
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36:34
Episode 16 - Prof Sunny Singh on Stories, Empire and Disruption
Welcome to Season 2 of Enemies of the People!Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Professor Sunny Singh about racism in the publishing industry and academia, as well as the importance of stories in disrupting il...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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48:49
Bonus Episode: How Fascism Works Book Club
Enemies of the People Season 2 is coming in January 2022. In the meantime, here's a bonus episode: The recording of our first book club, discussing How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley.There's still time to join our next book club, meetin...
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Episode 15 - Annie Kelly in on QAnon, the Alt-Right, AntiVaxers - and Instagram
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with DR Annie Kelly about the anti-vax movement anti-feminism and conspiracy theories. Annie is a researcher, a journalist and a podcast working on anti-feminism the far right conspiracy ...
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43:28
Episode 14 - Abbie Richards on TikTok and Radicalisation
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Abbie Richards about the role TikTok plays in radicalisation and extremism. Abbie is a TikTok disinformation researcher. Her TikTok is
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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39:55
Episode 13 - Mike Rothschild on QAnon and The Transnational Storm
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Mike Rothschild. Mike is an expert on disinformation and author of The Storm is Upon Us. How Q Anon Became a Movement, a Cult and Conspiracy Theory of Everything.
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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49:50
Episode 12 - Christine Burns on The History of Trans Rights in Britain
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Christine Burns MBE. Christine is an author and political activist, who received her MBE in recognition of her work campaigning for trans rights.
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:05:34
Episode 11 - Peter Jukes on The Health of British Democracy
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Peter Jukes. Peter is the CEO of Byline and the Executive Editor of the Byline Times.Follow Peter Jukes on Twitter
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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42:13
Episode 10 - Heidi Siegmund Cuda on Journalism, Activism - and Hope
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Heidi Siegmund Cuda. Heidi is an Emmy winning investigative journalist and activist.Read Heidi's latest work here
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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45:30
Episode 9 - Maya Goodfellow on Race, Class, and the Hostile Environment
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Maya Goodfellow. Maya is the author of Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats and a Leverhulme Fellow at the University of Sheffield.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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42:48
Episode 8 - Ashton Kingdom on Memes, Video Games, and Radicalisation
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Ashton Kingdom. Ashton is a Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Radical Right, and a researcher at the University of Southampton, studying Far-Right Extremism,...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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38:02
Episode 7 - Sian Norris on White Supremacy, Reproductive Rights, and The War on Women
Today's episode features Dr Maria Norris in conversation with Sian Norris, Chief European & Social Affairs Correspondent at Byline Times, and author of Birth Violence.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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48:01
Episode 6 - Sara Kamali on the War on Terror, White Nationalism, and Militant Islamism
Join Dr Maria W. Norris in conversation with Dr Sara Kamali. Sara is a public scholar, a holistic justice activist, and a scholar of systemic inequities. Her book, Homegrown Hate: Why White Nationalists and Militant Islamists are Waging W...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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45:08