Podbit · The Hidden Third
Meeink had no idea who Allison Mack was when her white pit bull walked up to him at a dog park and he complimented its 'beautiful pink skin.' They talked, he invited her to his restaurant (not actually his restaurant), she showed up Thursday with her mom, and eventually he Googled her.
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The final biographical chapter is almost disarmingly sweet. Frank is walking his half-poodle rescue in a dog park when a pit bull trots up and he compliments it on its 'beautiful pink skin' before noticing the attractive woman holding the leash. They bond over Philly connections, he invites her to 'his' restaurant (not actually his), and she shows up the following Thursday with her mother. He Googles her that Sunday and finally places the face from the NXIVM documentary he'd seen. He draws a direct line between her radicalization by Keith Raniere and his own neo-Nazi indoctrination — full brainwashing, not simple moral failure. He also confirms she is honest about her role rather than purely casting herself as a victim, which he respects from a de-radicalization perspective. Mariana asks if Allison would come on the podcast; Frank says she prefers not to relitigate it.
A rabbi in Des Moines kept insisting Meeink research his unusual surname. His own uncle had told him at age 14 that they had Jewish ancestry — to no effect. A DNA test finally confirmed Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, arriving almost exactly 20 years after he left the neo-Nazi movement.
Meeink argues that people leaving the MAGA movement deserve the same grace that helped him leave neo-Nazism. Those who feel hostile to MAGA may also be the key to drawing people out of it. His framework: the same people you're angry at may be the path back.
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