Co-host
Dr. Craig Johnson
Dr. Craig Johnson holds a PhD in Global Fascism Studies, is a lecturer at UC-Berkeley, and is the author of 2025's most important book: "How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism".
Johnson also solo hosts his own podcast on the global far-right entitled "15 Minutes of Fascism" - which is where the Autocratic Despair podcast incubated as a weekly series starting in March 2026 before rolling out to the general public