Transcending Hate w/Arno Michaelis (former white supremacist)

<p>Arno Michaelis is a former Neo-Nazi turned activist, writer, and tremendous ally to the Jewish people. He was a founding member of a racist skinhead crew, lead singer of a hate metal band, reverend in a violently antisemitic church — and then he walked away, worn down by exhaustion and undone by the kindness of the people he was taught to hate. </p><p><br></p><p>Today he&#39;s a Buddhist, an author, and a peer specialist at Parents for Peace who talks pissed-off young men out of the abyss for a living.In this episode, Arno explains why every extremist ideology, left or right, eventually converges on hating Jews. And why that&#39;s not a Jewish problem to solve.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Arno on Instagram @ArnoMichaelis and check out www.parents4peace.org </p><p>Support our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow</p><p><br></p><p>What We Discuss:</p><p>00:00 Intro &amp; Episode Agenda</p><p>02:45 Storytelling and the work of Parents for Peace</p><p>07:30 The archetype of &quot;Joe Pissed Off White Kid&quot;</p><p>11:00 Arno&#39;s childhood, addiction, and the roller coaster of hate</p><p>18:00 The night his newborn daughter changed everything</p><p>22:00 Regret vs. remorse — the mechanism of real change</p><p>25:00 How white nationalism recruits today</p><p>31:00 Why every extremist ideology converges on Jew hatred</p><p>36:00 Whose problem antisemitism actually is</p><p>39:00 Arno&#39;s question to Margarita </p><p>41:00 Closing Remarks</p>