Original Recording Date: 2025APR28.

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

Views and opinions of the participants are their own.

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TOPICS:

• Guest: Luis Horacio Najera - is an acclaimed journalist and crime analyst from Mexico who has lived in exile in Canada since 2008. He was the PEN Canada-George Brown Writer in Residence in Toronto, and recipient of the 2010 CJFE International Press Freedom Award and one of the 2011 Human Rights Watch Hellman/Hammet Awards. In 2022 he was named one of the 10 Most Influential Hispanic-Canadians.
• Personal story.
  • Reporting from the most dangerous places on Earth.
• Losing friends and colleagues to violence.
• Truth in reporting.
• Life in exile.
  • Organized crime & government.

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. Luis' books:
   • The Wolfpack: The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld - https://a.co/d/aT0UA2m
   • The Uncaged Voice: Stories by Writers in Exile - https://a.co/d/6K5g4UF
2. Luis' podcast:
   • Dos Amigos: Ideas que florecen del desierto - https://open.spotify.com/show/4hFkRaBgbPKVluH3RmSu1G

Profiles and Social Media:

1. Find Luis on:
   • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/
   • LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/luishnajera
   • X: https://x.com/najera13

Original Recording Date: 2025APR14.

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

Views and opinions of the participants are their own.

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TOPICS:

• Guest: Arno Michaelis – filmmaker, speaker, and author of My Life After Hate and co-author of The Gift of Our Wounds. Arno WAS a founding member of what became the largest racist skinhead organization in the world and lead singer of the race-metal band Centurion. NOW, he works as an interventionist with groups such as Parents 4 Peace, helping to lead people away from all violent extremist ideologies, and to support their families.
• The story of extremism and “Romantic Violence”.
  • What does it mean?
• Recruitment into the fold.
• Racism & anti-racism – two sides of the same coin.
  • Tactics and techniques that lead to a familiar place.
• The battle against the narratives. Solutions.

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. Parents 4 Peace website: https://www.parents4peace.org/
2. Arno on Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-neo-nazism-actually-works-former-white-supremacist-2025-3

Profiles and Social Media:

1. Find Arno on:
   • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnomichaelis
2. Parents 4 Peace on:
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parents-for-peace/
   • X: https://x.com/parentsforpeace
   • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parents4peace/
   • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parents4peace/
   • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyAPDWKMhF_feY-vmXQhCFg

Original Recording Date: 2025APR03.

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

Views and opinions of the participants are their own, unless otherwise stated.

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TOPICS:

• Guest: John G. Peters, Jr., Ph.D. - serves as president and Chief Learning Officer of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, Inc. A former administrator of a medium-sized police department, police officer, and deputy sheriff, Dr. Peters is author of more than 300 publications, and is a judicially-qualified expert witness.
• How we talk about 'excited delirium'.
  • A history - Learn something new everyday.
  • Medical recognition.
• Public and political reactions.
• In-custody deaths.
• Articulation - Explain yourself.
• Solutions!

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, Inc. : https://www.ipicd.com/#/

Profiles and Social Media:

1. Find IPICD on:
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-for-the-prevention-of-in-custody-deaths-inc.
2. Find Dr. Peters on:
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-peters-ph-d-7a22a85