Aired Jan 21, 2026

Resistance is often imagined as dramatic, heroic, and rare. But history tells a more complicated—and more unsettling—story.

In this episode of Outrage Overload, we’re joined by historian and educator Dr. Luke Berryman, author of Resisting Nazism: True stories of resistance to the world’s most dangerous ideology from 1920 to the present. Together, we explore what resistance really looks like when authoritarian movements rise—and why waiting for heroes can be one of the greatest risks of all.

Rather than focusing only on famous figures or extraordinary acts, this conversation examines the quieter, more common forms of resistance: nonconformity, refusal, and everyday decisions not to go along.

For many people documented in Dr. Berryman’s work, resistance meant doing the right thing without recognition—and sometimes without hope of success.

Seen this way, resistance becomes less about changing history overnight and more about refusing to participate in harm. When practiced collectively, these small acts can shape the moral direction of a society.

Links

Resisting Nazism (lukeberryman.org)

Resisting Nazism (Outrage Overload Bookshop)

The Ninth Candle (theninthcandle.com)