Episode 265 - Finding Our Anti-Hate Toolkit (S07E07) w/ Dr. Sheri Schmidt

About this episode

The episode discusses practical strategies for teaching in the context of online radicalization with Dr. Sheri Schmidt.

Welcome back to a new episode of Rebel Teacher Alliance! This week we get practical about teaching in the age of online radicalization. With guest educator Dr. Sheri Schmidt, we unpack how memes become on-ramps, the “entertain, envelop, escalate” pipeline, why curiosity beats zero-tolerance, and how to build school and home guardrails that actually work. We talk gaming platforms, algorithm rabbit holes, student vulnerability, and student-led countermeasures. We also hit the manosphere surge, board meeting pressure campaigns, and what media literacy looks like when you teach it early and often. In “Whatcha been playin’…?” we spotlight Votes for Women and how it doubles as a civics lesson. Join @hofmannedu.bsky.social, @jedijamie.bsky.social and @meehanedu.bsky.social by subscribing to our podcast and rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts. Join our Discord on rebelteacheralliance.com or here. Find us on Instagram @rebelteacheralliance, on BluSky @rtalliance.bsky.social, and on TikTok @rebelteacheralliance. Things mentioned on the show: - Resources for Social Justice Work mentioned by Sheri on the show - Western States Center - Votes for Women Boardgame

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Sheri Schmidt

Topics covered

• online radicalization
• media literacy
• student vulnerability
• gaming platforms
• countermeasures

Keywords

• memes
• pipeline
• curiosity
• guardrails
• manosphere
• civics lesson

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Votes for Women

Books & works: Finding Our Anti-Hate Toolkit, Whatcha been playin

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