COUNTERPOD
By Ian Acheson & Edmund Fitton-Brown
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Unpicking extremism and counter extremism - one conversation at a time. This new Counter Extremism Project podcast series is presented by Ian Acheson - professor, author, former prison governor, criminal justice system leader, and counterterrorism expert - and Edmund Fitton-Brown - former UK ambassador to Yemen and coordinator of UN sanctions and threat assessment.
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S6 E3: U.S. peace negotiations; freedom of speech; Marco Rubio; and youth radicalization.
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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S6 E2: CEP initiatives on combating antisemitism; ISIS detainees in Syria; U.K. security issues; and the U.S. Board of Peace initiative.
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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S6 E1: Hamas financing; West Midlands Police; Iranian street protests; and lawfare in Northern Ireland.
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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S5 E7: IRA agent 'Stakeknife'; designating the Muslim Brotherhood; Maccabi Tel Aviv ban; and the Gaza peace plan.
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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S5 E6: UK policing; a Palestine state; Palestine Action; and Mexico's drug cartels.
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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S5 E5: Colombia; UK illegal immigration protests; terrorist insurgency in the Sahel; and Islamophobia.
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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S5 E4: 7/7 London bombing anniversary; proposals for Gaza; Palestine Action proscribed; the UN Charter at 80.
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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S5 E3: Iran-Israel-U.S.; Glastonbury; Syria; and Islamist antisemitism.
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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S5 E2: Ballymena unrest; Israel-Iran conflict; extremism in UK prisons; and Tunisia terror attacks anniversary.
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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S5 E1: Football crowd incidents; the Houthis and Red Sea shipping; security in UK prisons; and the India-Pakistan conflict.
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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S4 E6: US State Department and the Taliban; Stockholm truck attack anniversary; Iran nuclear deal; and release of 7/7 convicted terrorist.
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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S4 E5: Oklahoma City bombing anniversary; the murder of Ronan Kerr; antisemitism in Australia; and music and anti-extremism.
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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S4 E4: Oman’s role as a mediator; ideology drives extremism; protests in Gaza; and ‘Com Networks’ in the U.K.
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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S4 E3: UK Report on October 7; Mahmoud Khalil; St Patrick’s Day boycott; U.S. strikes on Houthis.
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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S4 E2: Extradition of Mohammad Sharifullah; UK’s definition of terrorism; developments Syria; and cars as a weapon of terror.
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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S4 E1: UK definition of Islamophobia; terrorism in Russia; engaging Northern Irish dissident terrorists; Trump era diplomacy.
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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S3 E6: U.K. Home Office Counter Terror ‘sprint’ report; Donald Trump on Gaza; Eric Glass; extremism in South Africa; kicked off by an irreverent explanation of the Tush Push.
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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S3 E5: The London Docklands IRA bombing anniversary; Oman terrorist attack; Mexican drug cartels; Gaza hostage swap; and the Orebro College attack in Sweden.
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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S3 E4: Auschwitz liberation 80th anniversary and CEP's ARCHER at House 88; Axel Rudakubana; and Saudi Arabia
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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S3 E3: Hamas-Israel ceasefire; TheTimes-UANI investigation into UK charity; Al-Shabaab Nairobi terrorist attack in 2019; high security prisons airspace.
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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S3 E2: UK grooming gangs; Charlie Hebdo; “low trust” societies; and fact checking on Meta.
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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S3 E1: New Orleans terror attack; the Republic of Ireland and Israel; Donald Trump and counter terrorism; and tips for 2025.
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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S2 E6: The Berlin Christmas market attack in 2016; UK Met Police in PKK counter terror arrests; South Korea, and state sponsor of terrorism, North Korea; and reasons to be optimistic this Christmas.
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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S2 E5: The Mumbai massacre in 2008; UK security policy; Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire; and AI and extremism.
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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S2 E4: Terrorism and tourism; state-sponsored terrorism; and trust in government and policing.
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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S2 E3: Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe; Qatar as a mediator; Jews in Amsterdam; Trump appointments.
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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S2 E2: Bataclan massacre; UNWRA; Iranian regime brutality; and President Trump returns.
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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S2 E1: Sir David Amess MP and the Tree of Life synagogue attack; and Hollywood and terrorism.
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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S1 E4: Forgiving IRA terrorists; insurgency in the Sahel; October 7 anniversary; and Neo-Nazis.
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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S1 E3: Terrorist disruptions to normal life; hostage-taking; and peace negotiations.
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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S1 E2: Definition of extremism; diverting humanitarian aid; and Israel-Lebanon.
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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S1 E1: 9/11, Hezbollah, and the role satire
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Sep 24, 2024 |