The Crumbling

The co-hosts are joined by journalist and podcaster Heath Druzin
 (Howl, Extremely American, Boise State Public Radio) American
 discuss the direct line from Ron Paul's 2008 and 2012 presidential
 campaigns to the rising popularity of the militia movements. V finally
 lets one of her special interests out of the bag (this exact topic), and
 Heath illuminates the story with deeper knowledge of these
 movements. Groups like the Oath Keepers and Three Percenters are
 discussed. We finally and frustratingly get to January 6th.

Check out Heath's links 
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510381/extremely-american

 https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/people/
 heath-druzin
 

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Creators and Guests

DD
Host
Davin DuBois
Davin (he/him) is an international man of leisure, and prefers to remain a mystery to the audience. He likes anime and football, and hates racists.
SF
Host
Sophia Florence
Sophia (she/her) is a comedian from Connecticut, who also works as a chemical engineer in the (small) pharmaceutical industry during the day. She also provides policy advice and copywriting for political campaigns, writes horror and comedy screenplays, and is in grad school for mathematics.
V
Host
V
V (she/her) is a sociologist who studies The Torment Nexus - basically, factors that lead to conflict online and offline. There’s not really a word for the general field she’s in yet, but it spans a lot of different subjects such as: epistemology, eschatology, technology, conflict/war/terror studies, religious studies, privacy/cybersecurity and internet studies.
CC
Composer
Cristopher Cornell
D
Writer
Damian
Damian (he/him) has roots in activism and organizing in California and at his workplace. For work he has been everything from a lab monkey to a professional hiker to a local journalist. His hobbies include tabletop RPGs and pretending to be a frog on the internet. If his voice is familiar congrats on being part of either a niche RP podcast fandom or a lefty furry political podcast fandom.
HD
Guest
Heath Druzin

What is The Crumbling?

Four co-hosts combine their powers to discuss the people,
events, and movements that caused our collective reality to
crumble.
Sophia Florence - Writer/comedian (horror movies and
stand-up), policy advisor and copywriter, chemical
engineer, and mathematician
V - Sociologist and world's best hype woman
Damian - Activist, scientist, and journalist
Davin DuBois - Man of mystery and leisure
The podcast addresses disinformation and misinformation,
as well as giving accurate histories, with context important
to modern politics. The show focuses on topics like
conspiracy theories, disinformation, political movements,
harassment campaigns, and dehumanization itself. New
episodes every 2 weeks