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No Compromise

No Compromise

NPR 11 Episodes Jul 22, 2026

No Compromise is an audio documentary series from NPR and WAMU's Guns & America. It explores how a social media empire built around an uncompromising vision of gun rights has generated millions of likes, follows, and dollars. Reporters Lisa Hagen of WABE and Chris Haxel of KCUR investigate three brothers at the center of this movement. The series examines how they turn hot-button issues into donations and controversy. It won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting.

Episodes

Listen to 'We Keep Us Safe' on NPR's Embedded podcast
Listen to 'We Keep Us Safe' on NPR's Embedded podcast Jul 22, 2026 167 In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation in the wake of George Floyd's killing. Antonio arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved.In this eight-part series, hosts Sydney Brownstone of The Se
A Good Guy from NPR's Embedded
A Good Guy from NPR's Embedded Oct 31, 2024 2344 New from NPR's Embedded: Marine Sgt. Joshua Abate was in the middle of a routine polygraph test to receive top-secret clearance when he made an extraordinary admission: He had followed the crowd that broke into the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. This admission leads to a different kind of January 6 story. Abate says he's not an insurrectionist. So why did it take him so long to talk openly about
Taking Cover
Taking Cover Apr 7, 2023 3060 NPR's Pentagon Correspondent, Tom Bowman, receives a shocking tip from a trusted source: A deadly explosion during the Iraq War was an accident—friendly fire, covered up by the Marine Corps—and the son of a powerful politician may have been involved. Listen to the full story in NPR's Embedded podcast.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship
A One-Man Propaganda Band
A One-Man Propaganda Band Oct 20, 2020 2992 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.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
The Original No Compromisers
The Original No Compromisers Oct 13, 2020 2419 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 the early 1990s.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
The Making Of 'No Compromise'
The Making Of 'No Compromise' Oct 6, 2020 2126 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 you.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
Building The Kingdom Of God
Building The Kingdom Of God Sep 29, 2020 2646 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 public education, outlaw homosexuality and replace all laws with rules from the Old Testament. Lisa and Chris dig into the roots of the Dorr family to learn more.See pcm.adswizz.com for info
Does No-Compromising Really Work?
Does No-Compromising Really Work? Sep 22, 2020 2521 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 him so much? And is the Dorr brothers' no-compromise approach to advocacy actually working? See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship an
The Facebook Flock
The Facebook Flock Sep 15, 2020 2097 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 laws, and making their fans feel seen and heard in a way the NRA simply can't.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage you
A World Where The NRA Is Soft On Guns
A World Where The NRA Is Soft On Guns Sep 8, 2020 1972 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 measures. Two reporters begin their journey to understand the Dorr Brothers and their followers.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorsh
Introducing: No Compromise
Introducing: No Compromise Aug 28, 2020 181 A new investigative series that takes you deep into the most uncompromising corner of the gun debate.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

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