American Terror
The United States is fighting a forever war at home, against far-right extremism. Join host Ben Makuch as he exposes domestic terror groups and breaks down what you need to know - and how they might be stopped.
Episodes
January 5, 2023 • 29 mins
For over 30 years, Danny Elliot suffered from severe chronic pain, the aftermath of nearly getting electrocuted to death in a home accident. The only thing that eased his pain was the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, which was prescribed to him by a doctor.
But in recent years, it had become almost impossible for Danny to obtain fentanyl—even with a prescription. With illicit fentanyl made by Mexican cartels causing thousands o...
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November 1, 2022 • 46 mins
After years of reporting, Ben interviews the leader of The Base, Rinaldo Nazzaro, to press him on his lies.
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November 1, 2022 • 38 mins
One side effect of the war in Ukraine is that the battlefield has become a space for neo-Nazis from around world to network and gain military experience. Ben travels to Lviv to investigate.
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October 25, 2022 • 45 mins
White veterans have always been targeted for recruitment by far-right extremist groups. What is the federal government willing to do to stop it today?
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October 25, 2022 • 40 mins
How exactly do these groups operate and what does it look like to stop an attack? Ben tracks down an activist who members of The Base had planned to murder.
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October 25, 2022 • 33 mins
Ben investigates a precursor to The Base – a neo-Nazi terror group called Atomwaffen Division – and speaks to experts who say these groups look a lot like another terrorist group: ISIS.
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October 18, 2022 • 35 mins
Ben digs into the ideology that connects far-right extremists around the world and dissects the books that have guided their actions for decades.
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October 18, 2022 • 49 mins
In the '80s, one man helps lead a far-right extremist group that looks a lot like The Base, planning murders and even the overthrow of the U.S. government. Until he switches sides, and the U.S. government takes on a risky prosecution.
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October 18, 2022 • 42 mins
An informant invites Ben Makuch into a secret phone call where members of a neo-Nazi terror group called The Base gather to plan a civil war.
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October 11, 2022 • 2 mins
Reporter Ben Makuch goes deep into neo-Nazi terror groups and domestic extremism.
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June 29, 2020 • 42 mins
As front-line workers pick up the bodies of overdose victims in San Francisco, harm reductionists and doctors look for ways to save lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 29, 2020 • 33 mins
Activists from the Black Panthers and Young Lords create a revolutionary model for addiction treatment after taking over a hospital during an opioid epidemic in the South Bronx in 1970. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 29, 2020 • 30 mins
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe fights back against America’s largest opioid distributor, joining an epic legal battle against a company accused of reaping billions of dollars in profits while spreading addiction on the reservation and across the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 29, 2020 • 41 mins
A chronic pain patient who relies on fentanyl finds himself on the verge of suicide after the DEA arrests his doctor during a nationwide crackdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 29, 2020 • 39 mins
Sinaloa cartel members show the inner-workings of their fentanyl trafficking network, which involves smuggling illicit precursor chemicals into Mexico by boat, then mixing fentanyl with heroin at a clandestine drug lab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 29, 2020 • 45 mins
A Chinese businessman who advertises fentanyl for sale online agrees to a meeting in Shanghai, but our reporting reveals that on the internet things aren’t always as they seem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 29, 2020 • 27 mins
After a North Dakota teen dies from a fentanyl overdose, federal agents track down the man who supplied the lethal dose and crack his international network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 29, 2020 • 25 mins
A small-town fisherman becomes a dark web fentanyl dealer after an accident leads him down the path to addiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 29, 2020 • 10 mins
How one overdose death led to the takedown of a major online fentanyl dealer and became a window into the global drug trade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 23, 2020 • 30 secs
In 2019 fentanyl killed more people in a single year than any other drug in modern history. How did we get here? VICE News reporter Keegan Hamilton (Chapo: Kingpin on Trial) tracks the third wave of the opioid crisis.
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