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EPISODE · Dec 2, 2025 · 52 MIN

How to fight back against online extremism

from The Contrarian Pod · host The Contrarian, Seth Limmer, Jared Bernstein, and Neale Mahoney

Although it seems impossible to combat the overwhelming flood of harmful material young adults and children exposed to online, not all hope is lost! Seth Limmer, the Director of Public Affairs at the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL), and Jen talked about how hateful ideology is spreading online, but also, how we can build infrastructure to fight back and support each other against extremism.And, Jared Bernstein [23:33] is here with his weekly Let’s do Lunch series! This week, he talks with Neil Mahoney, who runs the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, to answer questions on affordability, health care, and more. Let’s Do Lunch is live every other Tuesday at Noon Eastern on The Contrarian substack.The Contrarian is owned by nobody. Your paid subscription helps us bring you the brightest voices in politics & culture and fight every day against the Trump chaos machine. Join us on Substack. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.contrariannews.org/subscribe

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