Freedom Over Fascism

Discussing fact-based media and strategies to provide fact-based, quality news and information.

ABOUT

Freedom Over Fascism

Freedom Over Fascism is a podcast and column written, produced, and hosted by historian, activist, and communications expert Stephanie Gerber Wilson, PhD. Stephanie talks to authors, experts, activists, historians, and journalists who discuss fact-based media and strategies to break through the miasma of right-wing lies and provide fact-based, quality news and information.

Featured Guests

Where To Start

Tara McGowan, Courier Newsroom Publisher on Winning the Information War

Stephanie talks with Tara McGowan, publisher of Courier Media on creating a values-based media ecosystem that works and works together.You can find a robust list of media and creators at the Freedom Over Fascism site

Amanda Litman, Co-founder Run for Something, on recruiting and training the next generation of state and local Dem candidates

Stephanie talks with Amanda LItman, co-founder of Run for Something, about the support Run for Something provides to people who want to run for office for the first time. Since the founding on Jan 20, 2017, more than 150,000 people have raised their hand to run. More than 1000 RFS candidates have won their elections.

Dr. Matthew Taylor, Senior Scholar ICJS on wacky but powerful extreme Christian Nationalists

This week Stephanie talks to Dr. Matthew Taylor, who studies the extreme, violent, prophesy-spouting Christian Nationalists who are way too close to Donald Trump and Mike Johnson.He is the creator of the acclaimed audio-documentary series  “Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation,” which details how networks of extremist Christian leaders helped instigate the January 6th Insurrection. His next book, The Violent Take It By Force: The Christian movement that is threatening our democracy (Broadleaf Books), will be published in Fall 2024. Even if you thought you knew about Christian Nationalism, this is one of the most interesting conversations I’ve had. Ever.

Meet The Hosts

Stephanie Gerber Wilson

Host, Founder and CEO

Stephanie Gerber Wilson (PhD, Brandeis University) is a historian, columnist, podcast host, and entrepreneur. She's the Founder and CEO of SGW Communications, which produces the Freedom Over Fascism podcast and column. She's also Co-Founder and Managing Director of B. Cognition Labs, in which she provides empathy-based leadership training and coaching to Higher Ed leaders. She's worked in strategic communications for more than 30 years, and has served as a storyteller and web designer for small businesses, a campaign communications consultant for state and local races, and strategic communications coach for entrepreneurs. In Freedom Over Fascism, she explores how to create a fact-based, values-based information system that breaks through the right wing bubble of lies. She also explores what it means to talk about politics without talking about politics. She's hosted Freedom Over Fascism since January 2023.

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