Riedman Report: Risk, AI, Education, & Security
Riedman Report: Risk, AI, Education, & Security
David Riedman, PhD
Ep 74. Mom saves radicalized son from ending his life
58 minutes Posted May 28, 2026 at 4:09 pm.
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Guest: Dana Grueser, mother. As someone who nearly lost my son to online radicalization by 764 & NVE, I spotlight dangers caused by addictive, unrestrained tech & help others prioritize real world experiences.

Guest: Allizandra Herberhold, LMSW, works with radicalized, at-risk, and violent teens and young adults to prevent mass shootings and counter violent extremism.

* Ep 69. Going viral in extremist communities. Our last podcast about TCC and online radicalization is being reposted and critiqued by members of the True Crime Community.

* Ep 60. Inside the True Crime Community (TCC) that grooms teens into school shooters. The last 7 school shooters were all connected with the same online group that shares violent gore content, fan art idolizing prior school shooters, and encourages members to commit real-world violence

* Ep 57. TCC, gore videos, groypers, and online radicalization

* 112 TCC-radicalized students identified by police in Jakarta, Indonesia

* Kids are watching a 2002 indie film about school shooters

David Riedman, PhD is the creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, Chief Data Officer at a global risk management firm, and a tenure-track professor. Listen to my podcast—Riedman Report: Risk, AI, Education & Security—or my recent interviews on Freakonomics Radio and the New England Journal of Medicine.

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