No Compromise

No Compromise

No Compromise

CATEGORY: Society & Culture
Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting. Discover a social media empire with an unapologetic vision of gun rights—generating millions of likes, follows, and dollars. From WAMU's Guns & America, reporters Lisa Hagen of WABE and Chris Haxel of KCUR expose how three brothers from the most uncompromising corner of the gun debate are turning hot-button issues into donations and controversy.
  1. August 28, 2020
    3 min
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    Introducing: No Compromise
    A new investigative series that takes you deep into the most uncompromising corner of the gun debate.
  2. September 08, 2020
    33 min
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    A World Where The NRA Is Soft On Guns
    One of the same far-right groups behind this spring's anti-quarantine protests also plays a big role in a burgeoning "No Compromise" gun rights movement. Its members see the NRA as too amenable to gun control m…
  3. September 15, 2020
    35 min
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    The Facebook Flock
    In Episode 2, hear how the Dorr brothers have used Facebook Live to grow their fanbase and convert disaffected NRA members over to their side. It has to do with social media savvy, expensive suits, red flag law…
  4. September 22, 2020
    43 min
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    Does No-Compromising Really Work?
    In Episode 3: Aaron Dorr tells his flock of pro-gun followers on Facebook that he's tirelessly fighting for their Second Amendment rights. But if that's true, why do so many pro-gun Republican lawmakers hate hi…
  5. September 29, 2020
    45 min
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    Building The Kingdom Of God
    In Episode 4: The Dorr brothers have become known for their network of ultra pro-gun Facebook groups. But their family name has also been connected to an extreme religious movement that has sought to eliminate…
  6. October 06, 2020
    36 min
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    The Making Of 'No Compromise'
    A behind the scenes conversation with hosts Lisa Hagen and Chris Haxel. We hear how they got the idea for the show, their own relationship to guns and what's next on the podcast. Plus questions from fans like y…
  7. October 13, 2020
    41 min
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    The Original No Compromisers
    In Episode 5: We're reminded that this country's relationship with guns has always been about race. So we trace the history of the No Compromise movement back to a meeting of white nationalists in Colorado in t…
  8. October 20, 2020
    50 min
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    A One-Man Propaganda Band
    In Episode 6: A battle for the GOP in Idaho. Plus: "confrontational politics." What it is and how the Dorr brothers are popularizing it. And an unexpected update about the Dorr family.

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