Sounds Like Hate is an audio documentary series about the dangers and peril of everyday people who engage in extremism, and ways to disengage them from a life of hatred.
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Baseless

This is the truth about The Base, an international terrorist group plotting for a race war.

Baseless: Part I

October 15, 2020

With 83 hours of exclusive secret audio recordings, “Baseless,” Part I, goes inside the “vetting room” of an extremist group. We expose their methods of recruiting deliberately from the U.S. military, the ways they encourage terroristic behavior and their expressions of paranoia. It’s also about one reporter who infiltrated their group – part of a network strategizing for the collapse of America.

Warning: This account contains graphic descriptions that may trigger some listeners. Discretion is advised.

Read the full transcript here.

Baseless: Part II

October 22, 2020

Part II exposes the efforts of The Base, a white power group, to develop paramilitary training drills. Using artificial intelligence we uncover patterns of deception found in the exclusive secret recordings from the “vetting room” of these homegrown neo-Nazis. We learn about how they are attempting to use paramilitary training to instigate the collapse of America – and about how they are just one part of an underground international network of deceit and terrorism.

Warning: This account contains graphic descriptions that may trigger some listeners. Discretion is advised.

Read the full transcript here.

Baseless: Part III

October 29, 2020

Part III continues to use secret recordings to dive even deeper behind the scenes of The Base, one of the most violent neo-Nazi groups in America. Why are crimes by these extremists not properly addressed by law enforcement? How close has The Base come to succeeding in their attempts at mass murder? We also get an inside look at efforts underway to prevent The Base’s apocalyptic fantasies from happening – and we see how The Base begins to unravel.

Warning: This account contains graphic descriptions that may trigger some listeners. Discretion is advised.

Read the full transcript here.

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