Molly talks to Spencer Sunshine about his book, Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege. Sunshine's book explores the history of Siege, the book that is today's nazi terrorist's bible.

https://www.routledge.com/Neo-Nazi-Terrorism-and-Countercultural-Fascism-The-Origins-and-Afterlife-of-James-Masons-Siege/Sunshine/p/book/9780367190606

Molly talks to Spencer Sunshine about his book, Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason&rsquo;s Siege. Sunshine's book explores the history of Siege, the book that is today's nazi terrorist's bible.
<a href="https://www.routledge.com/Neo-Nazi-Terrorism-and-Countercultural-Fascism-The-Origins-and-Afterlife-of-James-Masons-Siege/Sunshine/p/book/9780367190606">https://www.routledge.com/Neo-Nazi-Terrorism-and-Countercultural-Fascism-The-Origins-and-Afterlife-of-James-Masons-Siege/Sunshine/p/book/9780367190606</a>

Weird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving swastika shaped cookies at a dinner party, the weird little guys trying to destroy America are a little less scary with their masks off. 

Weird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving swastika shaped cookies at a dinner party, the weird little guys trying to destroy America are a little less scary with their masks off.

Investigative journalist Molly Conger takes you beyond the headlines to examine some of the worst people on the planet, most of whom you’ve never heard of. These are the weird little guys trying to ruin life as we know it.

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(Maybe Don't) Read Siege - (It Could Happen Here Bonus)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/fb5b956f-858e-4d4d-8fc4-b27c01694d7e/transcript

In 2017, Tyler Dykes marched in Charlottesville. In 2021, he breached the capitol. In 2026, he hopes to win a congressional election.

Sources:

https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/givesendgo-crowdfunding-extremism/

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/racist-crowdfunding-campaigns-extremist

https://www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-and-suppression/far-right-figure-ann-vandersteel-hosts-online-forum-election-denier

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/06/jan-6-prisoners-supporters/

https://www.counterextremism.com/supremacy/base

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/12/31/fbi-reveals-items-seized-base-leaders-hate-camp-michigan/4071226001/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-leader-of-neo-nazi-terror-group-the-base-was-just-arrested-in-michigan/

https://icct.nl/publication/bordering-hate-strategic-implications-white-supremacist-extremist-travel-between-united

https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/fbi-neo-nazi-leader-sought-white-ethno-state-michigans-upper-peninsula/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/us/fbi-arrests-the-base-michigan.html

In 2017, Tyler Dykes marched in Charlottesville. In 2021, he breached the capitol. In 2026, he hopes to win a congressional election. Sources: <a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html">https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html</a>
<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/givesendgo-crowdfunding-extremism/">https://www.thenation.com/article/society/givesendgo-crowdfunding-extremism/</a>
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/racist-crowdfunding-campaigns-extremist">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/racist-crowdfunding-campaigns-extremist</a>
<a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-and-suppression/far-right-figure-ann-vandersteel-hosts-online-forum-election-denier">https://www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-and-suppression/far-right-figure-ann-vandersteel-hosts-online-forum-election-denier</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/06/jan-6-prisoners-supporters/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/06/jan-6-prisoners-supporters/</a>
<a href="https://www.counterextremism.com/supremacy/base">https://www.counterextremism.com/supremacy/base</a>
<a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/12/31/fbi-reveals-items-seized-base-leaders-hate-camp-michigan/4071226001/">https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/12/31/fbi-reveals-items-seized-base-leaders-hate-camp-michigan/4071226001/</a>
<a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-leader-of-neo-nazi-terror-group-the-base-was-just-arrested-in-michigan/">https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-leader-of-neo-nazi-terror-group-the-base-was-just-arrested-in-michigan/</a>
<a href="https://icct.nl/publication/bordering-hate-strategic-implications-white-supremacist-extremist-travel-between-united">https://icct.nl/publication/bordering-hate-strategic-implications-white-supremacist-extremist-travel-between-united</a>
<a href="https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/fbi-neo-nazi-leader-sought-white-ethno-state-michigans-upper-peninsula/">https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/fbi-neo-nazi-leader-sought-white-ethno-state-michigans-upper-peninsula/</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/us/fbi-arrests-the-base-michigan.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/us/fbi-arrests-the-base-michigan.html</a>

The Insurrectionist: Tyler Dykes, Part Two

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/7b65f42e-8b5d-45fb-a209-b3af017644ac/transcript

This episode originally ran on October 17, 2024. There is a brief new introduction, but it's back at the top of your feed for listeners who didn't catch it the first time around. Today's regular episode picks up where this one left off.

Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-supporters-who-stormed-us-capitol-begin-leave-prison-following-sweeping-2025-01-21/
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/09/965472049/the-capitol-siege-the-arrested-and-their-stories 

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-high-water-mark-of-the-jan.-6-prosecutions 

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Tyler Bradley Dykes entered a guilty plea last year on the charge of burning an object with the intent to intimidate for his participation in the 2017 nazi torch march in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was sentenced to just six months and was probably expecting to see his parents waiting for him outside the jail on his scheduled release date... but it was the FBI who picked him up.

Sources:

https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/

https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/

https://sunlight161.noblogs.org/technology-king-lowcountry-ceo-tyler-dykes-bluffton-sc-marine-nazi/

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/

https://the-devils-advocates.ghost.io/burning-hate-bond-review/

https://the-devils-advocates.ghost.io/unite-the-right-marcher-pleads-guilty-to-j6-charges/

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/white-nationalist-active-clubs-1234835015/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/charlottesville-tiki-torch-rioter-endorses-donald-trump-jan-6-sentenci-rcna162209

This episode originally ran on October 17, 2024. There is a brief new introduction, but it's back at the top of your feed for listeners who didn't catch it the first time around. Today's regular episode picks up where this one left off. Sources: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-supporters-who-stormed-us-capitol-begin-leave-prison-following-sweeping-2025-01-21/">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-supporters-who-stormed-us-capitol-begin-leave-prison-following-sweeping-2025-01-21/</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/02/09/965472049/the-capitol-siege-the-arrested-and-their-stories">https://www.npr.org/2021/02/09/965472049/the-capitol-siege-the-arrested-and-their-stories</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-high-water-mark-of-the-jan.-6-prosecutions">https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-high-water-mark-of-the-jan.-6-prosecutions</a>&nbsp; -------- Tyler Bradley Dykes entered a guilty plea last year on the charge of burning an object with the intent to intimidate for his participation in the 2017 nazi torch march in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was sentenced to just six months and was probably expecting to see his parents waiting for him outside the jail on his scheduled release date... but it was the FBI who picked him up. Sources: <a href="https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/">https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/</a>
<a href="https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/">https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/</a>
<a href="https://sunlight161.noblogs.org/technology-king-lowcountry-ceo-tyler-dykes-bluffton-sc-marine-nazi/">https://sunlight161.noblogs.org/technology-king-lowcountry-ceo-tyler-dykes-bluffton-sc-marine-nazi/</a>
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/</a>
<a href="https://the-devils-advocates.ghost.io/burning-hate-bond-review/">https://the-devils-advocates.ghost.io/burning-hate-bond-review/</a>
<a href="https://the-devils-advocates.ghost.io/unite-the-right-marcher-pleads-guilty-to-j6-charges/">https://the-devils-advocates.ghost.io/unite-the-right-marcher-pleads-guilty-to-j6-charges/</a>
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/white-nationalist-active-clubs-1234835015/">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/white-nationalist-active-clubs-1234835015/</a>
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/charlottesville-tiki-torch-rioter-endorses-donald-trump-jan-6-sentenci-rcna162209">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/charlottesville-tiki-torch-rioter-endorses-donald-trump-jan-6-sentenci-rcna162209</a>

CZM Rewind: Burning Hate: Tyler Dykes

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/34e45fa4-fce8-4ac9-8ebb-b3ae0179aa11/transcript

Molly answers your weird little questions and shares her personal conspiracy theory about who tried and failed to assassinate a nazi in 1967.

Sources:

Donald Horton and Richard Wohl, 'Mass Communication and Parasocial Interaction:
Observations on Intimacy at a Distance', Psychiatry 19: 215-29, 1956
https://www.participations.org/03-01-04-horton.pdf

Nadora, Mikhaela, "Parasocial Relationships with Podcast Hosts" (2019). University Honors Theses. Paper 771.
https://doi.org/10.15760/honors.789

Molly answers your weird little questions and shares her personal conspiracy theory about who tried and failed to assassinate a nazi in 1967.
Sources:
Donald Horton and Richard Wohl, 'Mass Communication and Parasocial Interaction: Observations on Intimacy at a Distance', Psychiatry 19: 215-29, 1956 <a href="https://www.participations.org/03-01-04-horton.pdf">https://www.participations.org/03-01-04-horton.pdf</a>
Nadora, Mikhaela, "Parasocial Relationships with Podcast Hosts" (2019). University Honors Theses. Paper 771. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15760/honors.789">https://doi.org/10.15760/honors.789</a>

Weird Little Guys 2025 Q&A

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/7cc1989f-268c-4ba8-bca1-b3a80168bd05/transcript

(Maybe Don't) Read Siege - (It Could Happen Here Bonus)

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