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Friday, May 16, 2025 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐯𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ? In this clip from Derate The Hate, political theorist Lauren Hall breaks down what it means to be a radica...

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Why Certainty is Killing Curiosity — And Our Conversations | Zachary Elwood on DTH

๐Ÿ” Certainty feels safe. But it might be sabotaging your ability to understand others. In this thought-provoking clip from Derate The Hate podcast, Zachary Elwood and Wilk Wilkinson unpack how reactiv...

Friday, April 25, 2025 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 – 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨 | 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐓𝐇 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐𝟔𝟎

In this powerful moment from Derate The Hate Episode 260, Jonah Primo shares a transformative insight on how chasing moreโ€”more success, more recognition, more stuffโ€”can lead us away from the joy thatโ€™...

Friday, April 18, 2025 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 — 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐨 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐈𝐭

Anxiety can quietly sabotage even the most well-intentioned conversations โ€” especially in tense or polarized situations. In this clip, Dr. Bruce Chalmer joins Derate the Hate host Wilk Wilkinson to un...

Monday, April 7, 2025 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 | 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐳 & 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧

How do we push back against the rising tide of dehumanization in todayโ€™s polarized society? In this 2-minute clip from episode 257 of the Derate The Hate podcast, host Wilk Wilkinson and author Willi...

Saturday, March 29, 2025 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 "𝐓𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲" – 𝐀 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞

What does "Tar Baby" really mean? In this clip from Derate The Hate Podcast Episode #253, filmmaker Eli Steele breaks down the misunderstood origins of the Tar Baby story and the deeper lesson it hold...

Friday, March 28, 2025 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ | ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฒ When one person chooses to walk away from hate, the impact can be gre...

Friday, March 28, 2025 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐵𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 | 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦

When one person chooses to walk away from hate, the impact can be greater than they ever imagined. Former NSM leader Jeff Schoep, legendary bridge-builder Daryl Davis, and Derate The Hate host Wilk Wi...

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽’𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 |𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗲

Brandon Bishop opens up about his long struggle with anger and the powerful realization that helped him break free. In this clip from the Derate The Hate podcast, Brandon shares how he learned to deta...

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐄𝐱-𝐍𝐞𝐨-𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰/ 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧

How does someone leave a life of hate behind? Former Neo-Nazi leader Jeff Schoep, once at the helm of the National Socialist Movement (NSM), now works as a deradicalization advocate, helping others es...

Monday, March 24, 2025 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐨-𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞

๐‘๐š๐œ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐œ๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐๐ž๐จ-๐๐š๐ณ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‰๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ž๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž (๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†...

Sunday, March 23, 2025 𝐈𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 "𝐀 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥" 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞?

๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ "๐€ ๐‹๐จ๐š๐ ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ" ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž? ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†'๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๏ฟฝ...