Transcending Hate w/Arno Michaelis (former white supremacist)

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. Today he'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's not a Jewish problem to solve.Follow Arno on Instagram @ArnoMichaelis and check out www.parents4peace.org Support our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknowWhat We Discuss:00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda02:45 Storytelling and the work of Parents for Peace07:30 The archetype of "Joe Pissed Off White Kid"11:00 Arno's childhood, addiction, and the roller coaster of hate18:00 The night his newborn daughter changed everything22:00 Regret vs. remorse — the mechanism of real change25:00 How white nationalism recruits today31:00 Why every extremist ideology converges on Jew hatred36:00 Whose problem antisemitism actually is39:00 Arno's question to Margarita 41:00 Closing Remarks