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On Offense with Kris Goldsmith is a podcast about fighting for democracy and organizing against fascism. Hosted by a U.S. Army combat veteran, antifascist investigator, and founder of Task Force Butler and Veterans Fighting Fascism , this show brings a strategic, hard-hitting perspective to the most urgent threats facing America today. We call it On Offense because defending democracy isn’t enough—we need to take the fight to the fascists. Each episode breaks down how everyday Americans can push back against authoritarianism—drawing on lessons from the battlefield, the streets, and the halls of power. No fluff. No navel-gazing. Just real talk from people who’ve been in the fight and aren’t backing down. Learn more and take action at weareonoffense.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchOn Offense with Kris Goldsmith is a podcast about fighting for democracy and organizing against fascism. Hosted by a U.S. Army combat veteran, antifascist investigator, and founder of Task Force Butler and Veterans Fighting Fascism, this show brings a strategic, hard-hitting perspective to the most urgent threats facing America today.
On Offense with Kris Goldsmith is hosted by Kris Goldsmith. The show has published 26 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Where Are the Veterans? Ken Harbaugh on What Comes After Election Day" (29 July 2026, 64 minutes), "What If We’ve Been Wrong About Young White Men? | Colin Davis" (1 July 2026, 58 minutes), and "Why American Resistance Keeps Failing | Tad Stoermer" (17 June 2026, 76 minutes).
On Offense with Kris Goldsmith publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 73 minutes across 26 episodes.
Booking probability for On Offense with Kris Goldsmith is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. On Offense with Kris Goldsmith requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. On Offense with Kris Goldsmith's contact route on record: verified email.
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Kris Goldsmith hosts On Offense with Kris Goldsmith, a news podcast with 26 episodes published.
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Episode #25
For years, people have asked me the same question: Where are the veterans? In this episode, Ken Harbaugh and I answer. Ken is a former Navy pilot, veteran advocate, filmmaker, and president of VALOR Media Network. We...
Episode #23
For years, we've been told that young white men are drifting to the political right. But what if we're asking the wrong questions? When I met fitness coach and content creator Colin Davis, I was reminded of my best...
Episode #22
Americans are angry. Millions of people recognize the danger posed by authoritarianism. So why does opposition so often feel fragmented, exhausted, and ineffective? My guest this week is historian, Army veteran, and...
Episode #21
What happened to QAnon? Most Americans stopped talking about it after January 6. The headlines faded. The QAnon Shaman disappeared from the news. The movement seemed to dissolve. But according to former Congressman and...
Episode #20
Gal Beckerman, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of How to Be a Dissident, joins Kris Goldsmith to discuss conformity, authoritarianism, propaganda, and the pressures that cause ordinary people to stay silent...
Episode #19
Omer Aziz, author of Shadows of the Republic: The Rebirth of Fascism in America and How to Defeat It for Good, joins Kris Goldsmith to discuss why fascism in America cannot be understood purely as an electoral or...
Episode #18
Former January 6 investigative counsel Tim Heaphy joins Kris Goldsmith for a difficult conversation about whether American democracy still works — and whether it can survive what’s happening now. Heaphy, a former U.S...
Episode #17
Most people think accountability is someone else’s job. But what happens when the institutions that are supposed to hold power accountable stop doing it? In this episode of On Offense, Kris Goldsmith sits down with the...
Episode #16
BREAKING: The Department of Justice has charged the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) over its use of paid informants inside extremist groups. This episode was recorded before that news broke—but it explores the exact...
Episode #15
In this special episode of On Offense, Kris Goldsmith takes you inside the anti-ICE concert and fundraiser that brought Minneapolis together after the killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti. Featuring live...
Who gets to decide who is a terrorist? In this episode of On Offense, Kris Goldsmith sits down with Ian Austin, a former Army Ranger who deployed six times and is now facing federal charges tied to an anti-ICE action in...
In this deeply emotional episode of On Offense, Kris Goldsmith brings listeners to Minneapolis for two conversations recorded in the wake of the killing of Alex Pretti and the federal immigration crackdown that has...
The Courts vs. DHS: ICE, Executive Power & the Rule of Law Federal judges across the country are being forced to confront a question that sits at the core of constitutional democracy: when DHS and ICE push the...
Hate doesn’t stay on the margins. It shows up in city council meetings, school board races, local sheriff elections, and “community” groups that want to look normal while they build power. In this episode, I’m joined by...
Since Trump’s reelection, people have been desperate for an answer to the question: what do I do now? In this episode of On Offense, I’m joined by Christopher Armitage, the writer behind Existentialist Republic, to lay...
Episode #9
In this episode of On Offense, Kristofer Goldsmith talks with investigative journalist Christopher Mathias, author of the new book To Catch a Fascist. Mathias spent more than a decade at HuffPost documenting the...
Tim Whitaker is the founder of The New Evangelicals — a platform created to help evangelicals hold onto their faith without being pulled into a theocratic political movement. In this episode of On Offense, Kris...
How far would you go to fight authoritarianism? In this episode of On Offense, Kris Goldsmith speaks with Rachel Cohen—a Harvard Law grad who quit her Big Law job at Skadden and put her body on the line to confront ICE...
America’s status as a global superpower isn’t guaranteed—and it may already be gone. In this episode of On Offense, national security expert Dr. Nola Haynes joins Kris Goldsmith to talk about the collapse of U.S...
In the 1930s, U.S. Marine General Smedley Butler stopped a fascist coup backed by Wall Street. Today, under Trump’s second term, the same forces are rising again—from threats of war in Venezuela to coordinated attacks...
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Senior Technical Advisor to the January 6th Committee, Riggleman Information and Intelligence Group
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