The Alt-Right Was Once Just on the Fringes. Here’s How it Went Mainstream.

In Episode 76 of his podcast "In the Room with Peter Bergen," New America Vice President and ASU Professor of Practice Peter Bergen examines the growth of the alt-right movement with the author of a new book on the subject.

After instigating violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, the alt-right movement seemed to crumble — but journalist Elle Reeve, who’s been talking with them for years, says that doesn’t mean their ideas have gone away. She says that their extremist ideology is actually on the rise — and has spread from the darkest corners of the internet to the heart of American politics.

Listen to the episode on Audible