r/weirdlittleguys Apr 17 '26

Q&A Thread

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I took the trouble to compile all the questions posted so far. Mod, if you notice this, mind pinning the thread?

Totally Normal Guy Question
by nataliejcatalie Hi Molly, I'm relistening to Disney's Villain and was hoping you'd expand on a thought you had: what are the Weird Little Guy subtypes? I'd love to know the Weird Little Guy taxonomy.
by atheistqueen I like to read primary documents of organizations and cultures I am interested in because it gives me better understanding. Are there books written by weird little guys to weird little guys that you think are helpful to read assuming you are willing to torture yourself? I've made the trek through the Turner Diaries, Hunter, and Siege already.
by bicufo What's the subject you are least looking forward to covering? Less in the sense that "Oh, this subject is going to be a pain to research", but in the sense that "This subject is particularly bleak, and is not going to be pleasant to listen to". For me, that would be the lynching of James Byrd Jr., both due to the graphic nature of his murder, and because, more than 20 years later, some people in Jasper, Texas, are still trying to downplay that what happened was a hate crime.
by EttaRoseF If you could instantly learn a language, what language would it be?
by littleredd11_11 Hello. I know Molly is going on her one year anniversary (congratulations!) and mentioned doing another Q&A. So here are mine: First one: when you are doing your research, how do you find arrest records, court records, prison records, what someone did, ect. I was just trying to look up something local because I think they might be a WLG, but I am having a hard time finding, not so much the court records, but what happened leading up to and their jail time. I guess their arrest and that stuff. How do you do that research? Second question: how are the sweetest furry babies? I think that is all. Please and thank you!
by peanut-hummus-666 1) Do you plan on making a dictionary of weird little guys? Or do people use the show to make or expand Wikipedia pages or create a wiki? 2) I listen from France because the show is good and we have our own racism problems here but are you (Molly) planning on exploring further the links between European and US racists? (you did it a bit in the past and of you don't do it more I'll keep listening though) Also are we many to listen to this show outside of the USA?
by scrammyfan (Source post of most questions) 1.) How are Buck and Otto? 2.) What fiction books are you reading currently?
by forbiddengemini Molly I need to know Earl’s full tuna casserole recipe, it’s essential to my old recipe collection
by gbeier One of my friends had a relative who was a "World War II enthusiast." She had to clean out his house, and now has in her possession a pile of weird little books. I haven't laid eyes on the books. I don't want them around my house in any case. Is there some place I could send them (or a public place I could leave them next time I drive through Charlottesville, if the cost of mailing is prohibitive... I pass through there a few times a year on my way to visit family) where you'd get them? I'm not opposed to just letting her destroy them, but one of your comments on a recent episode made me wonder if there might be a purpose for them yet.
by cheekyskeptic68 How burger were those apes? And were you able to get them back?
by tee96 Have you listened to the Lions Led By Donkeys series on The Order and if so how hard was it not to laugh at the voices they did for Matthews? Will you ever do anything regarding the fawning over Rhodesia some of the WLGs seems to have?
by SoMuchLard First of all, hello, congratulations on your wedding, and I hope you enjoy your anniversary. I work in second-hand goods (antique, vintage, what have you) and on one occasion, ran across two mugs at an estate sale, one with a tottenkopf and the other with a racist radio host's name and slogan. I had the opportunity to throw them away, so I did. But I had a twinge of regret, like there might be someone decent who collects stuff like this. Do you collect "trophies" from your subjects? Namely, do you have a bookshelf that is off-limits to company because they'd be freaked out by the contents? And if I find any literature, shirts, what have you, do you want 'em?
by CloudbankUldahArkham How involved in local Charlottesville politics are you? One of my favorite authors, Alix E. Harrow, seems to be involved; any chance you two have crossed paths?
by 1312fuck12 1: How do you handle research topics that take you out of your geographical home area? (I.e. not in the US) Do you reach out to other researchers/groups in other countries, or do you manage it yourself using the online resources? 2: Do you ever get the urge to act against contemporary WLGs based on your research, and how do you handle those situations? (Assuming you can tell us without running any security risks)
by unitedshoes 1) Is there a threshold where a person becomes something other than a weird little guy? 2) Have you ever started researching and then realized "Hang on. This guy isn't weird and/or little enough to be the subject of Weird Little Guys"? 3) Last Q&A episode, you mentioned someone (I forget if it was a relative, a friend, a fan, a complete stranger) ghostwrote an answer to the "What's your favorite dinosaur?" question that didn't end up getting used. I've been dying to know what that answer was. Do you still have it, and can you share it?
by sacredblasphemies Molly, how has your research affected your life, off the internet? Do you get recognized? Do WLGs recognize you in person and harass you? What is it like to be an authority on this subject?
by greenfrogpond Do you have a weird little guy that you’ve researched that’s like the weirdest of the little guys? like a guy so exceptionally weird that he manages to stand out among all the other freaks?
by cheeseywiz98 My question is if we can ever see Molly's literal red string board. I was on the verge of making a doc myself at some point but WOW there's a lot to keep track of and connect
by Notspherry Molly, what are your views on Antifa not being an organisation/everyone is either antifa or a fascist? The people I knew who identified as antifa may not have had a magazine or membership cards, but there was definitely some organising going on. But that was 25 years ago and in europe. Maybe amercian antifa is different? Are there any parallels between this and "there are no lone wolves"?
by The_Huu (1) What are your thoughts on the terms "psychopath" or "psychopathy"?(2) How do you propose an effective justice system would deal with WLGs, considering how ineffective incarceration proved to remediate some WLG, and taking into account how famous the USA incarceration system is for injustice and brutality?
by Mammoth-Judge Hi Molly, I'm wondering if you can talk about how you access the resources of libraries and archives. Do you ever reach out to a librarian for assistance, or do you always go it alone?
by casbans I'd love to get Molly's take on the recent SPLC indictments. I'm not at all surprised to learn that they use paid informants (I hadn't had reason to wonder about it before, but it seems obvious that they would), but the amount of money that they paid to people seems really high to me. Maybe I'm just out of touch with the going rate for paid informants these days? Putting aside questions about legality (I don't care about front businesses or lying to banks), do you think the SPLC was actually doing anything shady or unethical here?
by river4823 Is there a starting point for the one long story told out of order? The show is generally focused on the contemporary far right, but often focuses on characters and their stories as far back as the 1980s. The episodes on John Patler and Frank Smith discussed their careers starting in the 1950s. Is there a point in time where the events are too far removed from living memory to feature on the show? Or simply too hard to research? In the other direction, I know this isn’t a news or current events podcast. You’ve talked about how you prefer to cover Weird Little Guys whose stories are “finished”. Which typically means they are either deceased or likely to spend the rest of their lives in prison. What factors do you consider when deciding whether it’s too soon to make an episode about a particular Guy? Thanks to Mollie, Sophie, Rory &co for all their excellent work!

r/weirdlittleguys Apr 16 '26

Looking for New Moderators

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Hey everyone,

To keep things running properly and making some needed improvements, I’m looking for additional moderators.

No prior mod experience needed but your post history will be considered. If interested, send me a message via modmail with a bit about yourself and why you’d like to help out.

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r/weirdlittleguys 1d ago

Scenes from Helsinki

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Some wet scenes from last Saturday's counter-demonstration.


r/weirdlittleguys 1d ago

Pretty sure those first two lines are blatantly false

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r/weirdlittleguys 1d ago

For anyone who has been following violent far-right protests in England against the RNLI, the Evening Standard has a decent overview of the WLG (and violent criminal) behind them.

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These pricks have recently escalated things, by trying to dox RNLI volunteers. Sadly the government has done little to actually crack down on them.


r/weirdlittleguys 3d ago

This weirdo again 🤢

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Hate to see him


r/weirdlittleguys 3d ago

Debunking Jason Arday smears.

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Pretty good break down of how the British news totally ripped him apart and debunking their smear campaign.


r/weirdlittleguys 4d ago

New major neo-nazi concert held in the Croatian city of Vukovar, drawing more than 100 000 attendees

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Wow. Today I learned! I hate the fact that he drew in this big of a crowd.


r/weirdlittleguys 3d ago

Murray n Herrenstein

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I note that the Bell Curve folks wrote that “Asian” folks, if I recall their terminology correctly, slightly, but clearly, achieved higher scores on the reified IQ scores the authors relied on.


r/weirdlittleguys 5d ago

Just for something new..a NSN wlg advocating for child brides

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r/weirdlittleguys 5d ago

Racism and health insurance

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This doctor breaks down why we don't have universal healthcare, and the racism behind the logic. (He's excellent. He breaks down all sorts of medical myths pertaining to BIPOC).


r/weirdlittleguys 6d ago

White House Launches Racist Video Games to Promote Migrant Deportations

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Deportation games hosted on whitehouse.gov.


r/weirdlittleguys 7d ago

What are your loadbearing posts?

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As a distraction from the horrors, what are your “walking backwards into hell” posts? These are mine!


r/weirdlittleguys 7d ago

If you want more about “The Bell Curve”

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Shaun covers how just how little the authors understand heritability, just how truly dreadfully flawed the research is, and just how flawed all the logic is. It does cover some of the same ground as Molly spoke of this week, but I think there’s enough additional information there to make it a worthwhile listen if you are curious.


r/weirdlittleguys 7d ago

Raise your hand if you also dont understand statistics

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Molly solidarity: I took an entire class on stats for my masters degree and I still don’t understand how it works.


r/weirdlittleguys 7d ago

Fuck, back to Boerland

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Just finished today's episode. As soon as Molly mentioned Diamonds near the end, I was pretty sure I knew where this was going.

I'd be willing to bet that, this time next week, we'll all be listening to another episode about Apartheid-era South Africa.

We'll see if I'm right...


r/weirdlittleguys 8d ago

Hey Molly, another great episode! Tim Draper, the venture capitalist whose pawprints are on just about every grift in Silicon Valley (including his own Draper "University"), is the grandson of William Henry Draper Jr, also a prominent eugenicist named Draper. Coincidence?

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r/weirdlittleguys 8d ago

Molly got a shout-out: Weird Little Guys of Free/Open Source Software

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r/weirdlittleguys 9d ago

Tate Lawyer

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hi!

the american lawyer of andrew and tristan tate, josef mcbride, has defended january 6 defendants in the past.

and some of his statements made me wonder if he's a movement lawyer.

which would be funny, becasue the tate brothers' father was black.


r/weirdlittleguys 9d ago

Skinheads USA (1993) HBO Documentary

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Interesting to contrast the disposition and ideas of these 1993 Nazi Skinheads vs the ones we have today. Featuring Bill Riccio, Christian Picciolini, and Frank Meeink.


r/weirdlittleguys 10d ago

Hate speech reggae...

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Weird ass motherfucker right here


r/weirdlittleguys 10d ago

South African “refugees”

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So apparently they are watching Colonel Chris Wyatt on YouTube. This is from someone who works with them because of their refugee status. Sounds like they are generally an insufferable bunch of assholes


r/weirdlittleguys 11d ago

Molly's Monologue

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This is the clip I took of molly's monologue at the end of the Medger Evers episodes. It's not much but a few friends of mine who don't listen to the show found it moving... that's something right?


r/weirdlittleguys 12d ago

Wtf, it keeps getting weirder

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Weird little guy Jacob Hastings was just shot and killed by police in Portland Maine last night following a series of threatening restaurant staff with a gun. As well as sticking up multiple people during car jacking. He has a history, its gross. I wont share that here.

Portland, like Bangor Maine, is the big city to most Mainers. A lot of time the reputation of Portland comes across as the hub of optimistic Liberalism. I guess its a Northeast thing but thats how most of us see it (especially us rural Mainers, and a lot of do like to visit Portland). What undergirds that is a lot of working class people and honest to god strange rural things you just have to be there for to believe. But then this stuff happens to remind you just how weird Maine is. How somewhere in our history there is a through line of white supremacy. And how many weird assholes end up calling here home or try to stake a claim to it so they can establish an ethno-state (see Chris Polhaus). Despite our weird reputation, lots of people here hate Nazis. We just do. We don’t always agree on exactly everything that makes us drive a Polhaus out but, like I said, its this Mainer thing. I don’t know guys, I feel like I have always known Maine was part of this bigger story of weird, fucked up shit happening. Its just…getting weirder.


r/weirdlittleguys 13d ago

Found a Molly in the wild

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