Ep.108 How to Combat Extreme Ideas with Julia Ebner - Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part interview with Julia Ebner author of Going Mainstream: Why Extreme Ideas are Spreading, and What We Can Do About It.
In this conversation, Julia Ebner and Jason Pack focus on how extreme ideas enter the mainstream and the implications of the concept of the ‘Overton Window’ for how the boundaries of acceptable political discourse change as ever more extreme ideas are articulated.
Producer: George McDonagh
Executive Producer: Neil FearnÂ
Show note links
Read an explanation of the Overton window
For more on Julia visit https://www.julia-ebner.com/speaker Â
Watch a video of Julia Ebner's life and experiences
Get Julia’s book ‘Going Mainstream: Why extreme ideas are spreading, and what we can do about it’Â
Read Jason’s article, ‘A lizard person’s guide to US election conspiracy theories’ in the New European Â
Listen to Episode 77: The System is Rigged: Conspiracy theories and the revenge of the losers.
PODCAST HOST
Jason Pack
RUSI Associate Fellow; Host of the Disorder Podcast
