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Long, long ago—like 2013—going viral frequently meant being named, shamed and canceled. Remember the woman castigated for an "edgy" tweet over AIDS as she boarded a flight to South Africa, only to be fired before her plane touched down in Cape Town?

These days, you're just as likely to receive accolades—and a nice, tidy payday—as you are to receive scorn.

Join Oren and Jessica as they delve into the online riches of go...

In April, ADL's Center on Extremism released its annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. Unsurprisingly yet depressingly, 2024 saw another a jump in reported incidents, taking the totals to the highest levels on record.

In this episode of extremely, Oren and Jessica take stock of the numbers and speak with ADL staff nationwide who are fielding these incident reports on a daily basis. We dig into the on-the-ground impact—and...

ADL's annual Never is Now Conference took place in early March in New York City, and extremely was there for a live taping.

In this episode, hosts Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves weighed in on the funding of extremism, the online cultures of violence, and where the lines between misogyny and extremism begin to blur. Plus, they opened up the floor to questions from the show's listeners.

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On this inaugural episode of extremely brief, the letter 'A' is for accountability.

First, we look at the pardon of approximately 1,500 January 6 insurrectionists, including roughly 200 who were directly convicted of instigating violence against law enforcement that day. Now out of prison, they are free to seek revenge, run for office or possibly just peruse their local library.

Meta announced it was removing its agreement ...

Video games are supposed to be fun and provide players with safe, supportive communities. Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, extremists are ruining gaming for everyone. On this month’s episode of extremely, Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves talk to Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat, Policy Advisor on technology and law at the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights. Rosenblat studies the societal impact of games and social media and has...

In this special election episode of extremely, Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves sit down with not one but two (!!) dis/misinformation experts. Dr. Claire Wardle is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University, specializing in user-generated content and misinformation, and Liz Landers is a national correspondent leading the disinformation desk at Scripps News, covering the impact of artificial intelli...

Amy Albertson isn't afraid to call out antisemitism and hate, no matter where it's coming from. Albertson, who sat down in October with Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves, is known for her outspoken advocacy. In this episode of extremely, Albertson talks about the challenges of Jewish life in 2024 and how she responds to bigotry targeting the Jewish and Asian communities.

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Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves embark on a deep dive into the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran with Matthew Levitt, an author and leading expert on not one but two terror organizations, and the Director of the Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence at The Washington Institute.

Then we're joined by ADL Senior Director of National Litigation James Pasch, who walks us through...

Welcome back, listeners - and now, newly minted viewers! - to a new season of extremely. Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves start Season 4 with an unforgettable interview with Chen Almog, who survived the October 7 attack on the Nova Music Festival in Israel. She describes that horrific day and how she's coping with the aftermath. Also: a discussion of Suno GAI's extremist problem and escalating protests in New York and beyond...

In this episode, Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves reflect on a truly bizarre celebration of Women’s History Month and hear from Morgan Moon, a COE researcher, whose work led to the arrest of a white supremacist. Last, we dive into COE’s annual assessment of white supremacist propaganda distributions. Spoiler alert: White supremacists are good at using photocopiers.

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We often say episodes of extremely are special, but this time we really mean it. Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves are joined, live on stage, by Nuseir Yassin and Alex Dwek of Nas Company and Nas Daily for a freewheeling, thoughtful conversation about Israeli-Palestinian identity, the importance of community-building and our universal need for human connection.

Recorded at the Never Is Now conference in New York, this episode...

In this episode of extremely, Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves have a little something for everyone. We’re talking Houthi terrorists, Men’s Rights Activists and how extremists use cryptocurrency exchanges – the last with COE’s Extremism Funding Investigator, Mark Dwyer.

In the second half of the episode, we’re joined by Shannon Hiller, who helms Princeton University’s Bridging Divides Initiative, for a frank conversation about the pote...

In the final episode of 2023, Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves look back at some of the developments in hate and extremism we wish would end along with the year (but almost certainly will not), including extremists harassing city council meetings, a months-long swatting spree targeting synagogues and other religious institutions and finally the massive post-October 7 spike in antisemitic incidents.

We also welcome a couple o...

In this episode of extremely, Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves consider the (partial) demise of extremist favorite Omegle, hype COE's popular and incredibly useful Hate Symbols Database and have an illuminating discussion with COE mis/disinformation analyst Sara Aniano, who walks us through the promise and very real dangers of Generative AI.

We also revisit and share an important update to our conversation with Abbey Onn...

In this special episode of extremely, Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves speak with two women who are advocating tirelessly on behalf of their family members who were taken hostage by Hamas terrorists. Abbey Onn and Alana Zeitchik are responding to an unspeakable situation with endless resolve and empathy, and they are determined to keep the hostages in the spotlight.

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Recorded two weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, this month’s episode of extremely finds the ADL Center on Extremism’s (COE) Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves talking about white supremacists celebrating Hamas terror and the dangers of mis- and disinformation at a time when truth feels hard to come by. They also talk to COE’s Antisemitic Incident Specialist Rachel Sass about the spike in antisemitic incidents since the war b...

In extremely’s triumphant return to the podcast (air)waves, the ADL Center on Extremism’s Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves talk swatting, white supremacist activity and optics. We’re also joined by Research Assistant Mason Peeples, who weighs in on his work in online threat detection. Then, Oren talks to Michael Rothschild about his new book, Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories. Fun fact: Michael’...

In this episode of extremely, Oren Segal speaks with Elizabeth Williamson, feature writer for The New York Times and author of “Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth.”

Elizabeth and Oren discuss how disinformation and falsehoods inevitably follow mass shootings, and how conspiracies and lies - aided by super-spreaders like Alex Jones - increasingly lead to harassment of and threats against victims’ families. Eliza...

In this episode of extremely, Oren Segal speaks with Sam Jackson, assistant professor in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the State University of New York at Albany, and author of, “Oath Keepers: Patriotism and the Edge of Violence in a Right-Wing Antigovernment Group.”

When Sam was an undergrad religious studies major at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, he “accidentally” took a cla...