185 episodes

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.

I Don't Speak German IDSG

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    • 3.4 • 18 Ratings

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.

    BONUS PREVIEW: Bonus Ep34 Dave (1993)

    BONUS PREVIEW: 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 who ends up actually pretending to be the President, kindasorta accidentally pulling off a (well-meaning) one-man coup d'état, enmeshed in the plots of the evil White House Chief of Staff (Frank Langella), and falling in love with the First Lady (Sigourney Weaver). 
    Full episode exclusive for Patreon subscribers.
    Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent.  Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month.
    Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
    Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
    IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
    Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
    Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
    Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
    Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
    IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

    • 11 min
    BONUS PREVIEW: Bonus Ep33 Air Force One (1997)

    BONUS PREVIEW: Bonus Ep33 Air Force One (1997)

    We begin our celebration of America's months-long presidential election with the first in a projected bonus series on movies about the US President.
    In this edition, we look at 1997's Air Force One.
    Exclusive for Patreon subscribers.
    Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent.  Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month.
    Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
    Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
    IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
    Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
    Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
    Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
    Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
    IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1
     

    • 9 min
    125: Cantwell on Grindr

    125: Cantwell on Grindr

    An entire episode of Cantwell news.  And it ain't nice.
    Content Warnings.
    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-episodes.
    Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
    Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
    IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
    Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
    Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
    Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
    Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
    IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1
    Episode Notes:
    Previous episodes about (or heavily featuring) Cantwell:
    https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/i-dont-speak-german-episode-5-christopher-cantwell-part-1
    https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/i-dont-speak-german-episode-6-christopher-cantwell-part-2
    https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/episode-33-nazi-infighting-news-roundup
    https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/episode-43-cantwell-news-special-with-emily-gorecenski
    https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/68-the-trial-of-christopher-cantwell-with-hilary-sargent
    https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/96-catching-up-with-cantwell-and-the-failures-of-the-prison-industrial-complex
    https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/99-sines-vs-kessler-verdict
    Images from new episode:

    • 1 hr 16 min
    PUBLIC BONUS: Talking About Gaza, with Eiynah Mohammed-Smith

    PUBLIC BONUS: Talking About Gaza, with Eiynah Mohammed-Smith

    Daniel is joined by friend-of-the-pod and regular guest/collaborator Eiynah Mohammed-Smith (Polite Conversations, Woking Up,  @nicemangos (2) Eiynah (@nicemangos.bsky.social) — Bluesky ) to talk about Israel's genocide in Gaza, and in particular about some questions that have come up around IDSG's public response to it.  Jack was sadly unable to attend the recording but was fully there in spirit.  
    Our X Space on IDF / Israeli 'dystopian propaganda' with Eiynah: https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/hangin-out-with-eiynah-6-dystopian-propaganda
    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-episodes.
    Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
    Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
    IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
    Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
    Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
    Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
    Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
    IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1
     

    • 1 hr 12 min
    PUBLIC BONUS: Cis Solidarity with Trans Struggle, Jack in Conversation with Rowan Fortune & Twilight O'Hara

    PUBLIC BONUS: Cis Solidarity with Trans Struggle, Jack in Conversation with Rowan Fortune & Twilight O'Hara

    Another free public bonus in which Jack steps sideways a little from the usual IDSG focus. 
    In this episode, Jack hosts a conversation with comrades Twilight O'Hara & Rowan Fortune of Anti-capitalist Resistance about their blistering and important essay A Trans* Guide to Cis Solidarity: Beyond Oppression.
    This conversation was recorded in January before the show's return from hiatus.  
    https://anticapitalistresistance.org/a-trans-guide-to-cis-solidarity-beyond-oppression/
    Rowan on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rowantree.bsky.social
    Twilight on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:az4mtz2vt545x2mlifptup2r
    Rowan on Mastodon https://mstdn.social/@rowanfortune
    *
    Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
    Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
    IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
    Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
    Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
    Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
    Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
    IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

    • 2 hrs 6 min
    BONUS PREVIEW: Oppenheimer (2023)

    BONUS PREVIEW: Oppenheimer (2023)

    Daniel and Jack discuss Christopher Nolan's 2023 film Oppenheimer.  Exclusive for Patreon subscribers.
    Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent.  Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month.
    Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
    Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
    IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
    Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
    Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
    Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
    Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
    IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

    • 7 min

Customer Reviews

3.4 out of 5
18 Ratings

18 Ratings

Jjoolleevvyy ,

Thanks

As an orthodox Jew I must thank you for keeping watch.

n i c n a m e i s t a k e n ,

Amüsant

Milde witzig, aber vermutlich unbeabsichtigt. Richtige Lappen einfach

Friendlysincere ,

A hateful title combating hate?

How could give such a title for a podcast that is supposedly deconstructing ideologically driven hate?

I believe, the name encourages oversimplification (here, German-speaking = fascism, Nazism, etc.), which is at the very core of what makes far right ideologies so palatable to begin with (“we are pure/superior and the others are not” —> “they do not have any legitimacy/worth/human dignity and thus have to be treated accordingly”)

I would appreciate if you would consider changing the name of your podcast while continuing to shed light on the complexities of far right extremism. Thank you.

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