Antifascist Dad: Urgent Conversations with Young People in Chaotic Times — Matthew Remski in conversation with Nathan Evans Fox

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Charis welcomes Matthew Remski in conversation with Nathan Evans Fox for a celebration of Antifascist Dad: Urgent Conversations with Young People in Chaotic Times, a guide for how to talk with kids about fascism — and what you can do about it.

From hit shows like Adolescence to hand-wringing pieces in The Atlantic, we’re being told that today’s boys are not ok. The algorithm feeds manosphere content straight to their screens. Brofluencers sell alpha answers to complex problems. And far-right radicalization is at a fever pitch.

But if there’s a crisis among young people in 2026, it won’t be solved by talking about them. We should be talking to them: about their needs, their fears, the world they’re inheriting…and what they can do about it. We also need to get clear about why fascism appeals, and why it doesn’t get anyone closer to real friendship, belonging, empowerment, or self-worth. How, despite what the manosphere tells them, it’s the opposite of cool.

Conspirituality co-host Matthew Remski explores 12 urgent conversations for antifascist homes. He breaks down complex ideas in age-appropriate ways to help families understand:

– The cultural, political, and economic landscape we’re in—and why the alt-right mirror world is so seductive to this generation of young people
– Body-based tools and emotional regulation techniques to help kids ground their nervous systems
– Strategies for practical community defense, moral courage, and defining your own role in antifascism
– How to stand with marginalized classmates and scapegoated communities
– The intersections of capitalism, fascism, cult dynamics, and schoolyard politics
– Why fear-based, authoritarian, or condescending parenting styles backfire
– What antifascism has to do with equity, ethics, and belonging—and why it’s relevant to discussions of porn, consent, intimacy, embodiment, and gender

This book is written from Remski’s own perspective as a dad. It will resonate with parents and kids of all genders, but it hits especially hard for parents of boys—the kids most actively targeted by alt-right messaging, who must think hard about who they are within the system that makes them; about who they will stand with in dangerous times; and about what they need to learn to create safety, care, and community.

About the Author

Matthew Remski is an author and freelance journalist, with bylines in The Walrus, GEN by Medium, TIME, The Boston Globe, and The Globe and Mail. He’s a former yoga teacher whose research is informed by his past experiences as a member of two cults. He’s published eight books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including Threads of Yoga: A Remix of Patanjali’s Sutras with Commentary and Reverie (2012).

Remski has cohosted the Conspirituality podcast since 2020. With colleagues Derek Beres and Julian Walker, he has appeared as an expert on COVID-era spirituality and political extremism for dozens of news outlets. In 2023, they published Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat and Remski published Surviving Modern Yoga, a republishing of Practice and All Is Coming, in 2024. Antifascist Dad is his most recent book. Remski lives in Toronto with his partner and their two sons.

About the Conversation Partner

North Carolina–bred, Nashville-based indie country artist Nathan Evans Fox writes songs that trace the fault lines between family, faith, labor, and inheritance, showcased on his forthcoming LP, Heirloom, out on May 29 via Free Dirt Records. Raised on four generations of family land in Glen Alpine, North Carolina, he grew up in a community shaped by mill closures, factory layoffs, and the slow erosion of working-class stability. His songwriting blends tenderness with clever turns of phrase and working-class critique, creating space for listeners who don’t want to choose between their cultural roots and their hopes for a more just world.

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