KNPR's State of Nevada About SON Archives Participate Specials
Sign up for
SON First!
SPECIALS
Fronteras Vote
Latino Ed Gap
Fronteras
UPCOMING DISCUSSIONS
Election Commission Fines Ensign And Angle
Open All Night: Online Poker And Problem Gambling
RECENT DISCUSSIONS
What's On Your Mind?
Rep. Joe Heck On Search And Rescue
Billiards Boss: A Professional Pool Player Discusses The Game
That's The Ticket: Lawmakers Want To Strengthen Tax On Entertainment
Heller Lobbies To Strip IRS Of Obamacare Duties
The Future Of Firefly
11 Million Immigrants: What's In A Number?
Jury Awards Suen $70 Million In Sands Case
Growing Up Oz
Las Vegas Ozone Fail
Too Hot To Handle: Weapons Grade Nuclear Waste In A Nevada Landfill?
Rent To Own Your Own House
The Republicans Respond To The Democrats' Tax Plan
Red Rock Search And Rescue: Finding Keith Goldberg
Firefly Patrons Sue After Salmonella Outbreak
PEPCON Remembered
Nevada Democrats Push Payroll Tax To Fund Education
Film Tax Credits - Good For Nevada?
Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead

AIR DATE: May 26, 2010
LISTEN TO M3U | DOWNLOAD MP3

If you look at Frank Meeink's resume today - author, speaker, founder of an outreach program for kids - you wouldn't suspect that he used to be a Neo-Nazi Skinhead. But that was Frank's life when he was 13. Within a few years, he was beating homeless men, and hosting a Neo-Nazi TV show called "The Reich." But then he kidnapped a man and brutally beat him on tape - and that landed him in jail. And it was in prison that Frank started making friends of different colors. He became a father, and he said he realized he could never go back to his old life. Frank Meeink talks about how he went from being the youngest Neo-Nazi recruiter to speaking out against the very system he once idolized. Join us for a special look into the life of one "Recovering Skinhead."

Frank Meeink will be speaking Wednesday, May 26 at Barnes and Noble in Henderson at 7 p.m.

GUEST
Frank Meeink, author, Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: The Frank Meeink Story as Told to Jody M. Roy, Ph.D.

LINKS


Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead
FRANKIE!!!! What a great pleasure to hear ...
-JJ
What a fantastic conversation! I was so ...
-Misty
Join the Conversation   
Join the Discussion
COMMENTS:
FRANKIE!!!! What a great pleasure to hear this interview! I'm so happy that you sound so happy & are doing well. You're just so refreshing. I love how self aware you are and aren't afraid to laugh at yourself. So glad you're doing well!!
JJMay 27, 2010 19:21:09 PM


What a fantastic conversation! I was so thrilled to hear an additional conversation with Frank after hearing him on Fresh Air. He clearly works and lives the 12-step program, and it is so refreshing to hear someone speak so honestly and frankly about race relations in the US.

You keep speaking your truth, Frank!

MistyMay 27, 2010 00:00:00 AM


Join the Discussion
05/26/10 RUNDOWN
Extremism in Nevada
Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead
Ed Bridges, Republican candidate for Congressional District 3
No Chicken Suits Allowed...


© 2012 NEVADA PUBLIC RADIO   
Web hosting facilities provided by Switch.