Jared Holt - "I'm just doing my part"

10/15/21 • 27 min

In episode one of season two, Oren Segal speaks with Jared Holt, Resident Fellow at Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), about recent media coverage of extremism and the September 18 non-event in Washington DC.

Oren and Jared also discuss the importance of personal security and pathways into this field of work. Jared says his upbringing in Arkansas and spending time on the internet as a kid gave him "a better sense of what the weird stuff really was."

More on Jared’s work here: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/jared-holt/

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More on Jared’s work here: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/jared-holt/

Stay engaged and follow along for more on Twitter at @OrenSegal @ADL and @PERIL_AU

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“Extremism Anonymous” – An Evening with the Experts

On the final episode of season one, we turn to previous guests for wisdom. An “Evening with the Experts” was chance to share personal strategies for managing extremist topics, which includes trash TV recommendations, the soothing sounds of basketball and rap star legacies.

As we work to understand and interrupt some of the worst ideas, we also learn the value of self-care and the responsibility for taking care of those coming up in the field. And when nothing else seems to work, we have each other, and of course, the occasional key lime pie.

More on our experts here: https://twitter.com/ADL/status/1409934693097693187

extremely is a podcast for anyone that wants to understand and interrupt modern hate and extremism. Stay engaged and follow along for more on Twitter at @OrenSegal @ADL and @PERIL_AU

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Erroll Southers - “You should be the change that you’re looking for”

In this episode of extremely, Oren Segal speaks with Erroll Southers, Professor at USC and Director of the Safe Communities Institute. Erroll explains his pathway from being stopped by law enforcement growing up in small town New Jersey to the Santa Monica Police Department, counterterrorism with the FBI, and then academia.

Erroll credits a “incredible mentor” for the tough love that helped him keep moving forward in his career. Erroll also explains how compartmentalizing has helped him cope with the heaviness of extremism work – and not talking with people about politics and religion.

More on Erroll’s work here: https://priceschool.usc.edu/people/erroll-g-southers/

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