Empathy and Counter-Extremism Speaker; Author of "Breaking Hate" and "White American Youth"

Traverse City, MI, USA

Christian Picciolini Biography

Christian Picciolini is an award-winning television producer, public speaker, author, anti-racism advocate, and a former extremist. After leaving the American hate movement he helped create during the 1980s and '90s, he began the painstaking process of making amends and rebuilding his life. Picciolini went on to earn a degree in international relations from DePaul University and launched Goldmill Group, a counter-extremism consulting and digital media firm. In 2016, he won an Emmy Award for producing an anti-hate advertising campaign aimed at helping people disengage from extremism. For nearly two decades, Picciolini has helped hundreds of individuals leave hate behind through his disengagement work and the organizations he founded. He has spoken all over the world, including the TEDx stage, where he shares his unique and extensive knowledge about how to effectively prevent and counter extremism.

Picciolini chronicles his involvement in and exit from the early American white supremacist skinhead movement in his memoir, "White American Youth," and is the featured subject in season three of WBEZ’s Motive podcast, which received the 2021 National Edward R. Murrow Award for best podcast in large market radio. He showcased his disengagement work in a second book, "Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism," as well as in the MSNBC documentary series of the same name. He is the host of the F Your Racist History podcast, a scripted history show that tells America's hidden, overlooked, and unknown racist origin stories.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 11/02/2025.

Christian Picciolini Speaking Topics

  • Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism

    In this powerful and deeply personal talk, Emmy Award–winning peace advocate and former extremist Christian Picciolini explores the roots of modern hate movements and the pathways out of them. Drawing from his remarkable journey of transformation and decades of work helping others disengage from violent ideologies, Christian reveals how fear, trauma, and a search for identity drive radicalization—and how empathy, connection, and understanding can dismantle it. Breaking Hate challenges audiences to confront extremism not with anger, but with compassion, and offers actionable insights for healing division in our communities and ourselves.

  • Radical Goodness: Finding Peace in a Polarized World

    In a time of deep division and cultural unrest, Emmy Award–winning author and peace advocate Christian Picciolini shares a transformative message about the power of empathy, connection, and “radical goodness.” Drawing from his personal journey out of hate and his decades of work building bridges across difference, Christian reveals how small acts of courage and compassion can disrupt cycles of fear and hostility. Radical Goodness challenges audiences to move beyond outrage toward understanding—and offers practical tools to heal polarization, restore trust, and rediscover our shared humanity.

Christian Picciolini Videos

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Christian Picciolini Promotional Reel

Christian Picciolini is an award-winning television producer, a prolific public speaker, an author, and a reformed extremist. His work and life...

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Christian Picciolini | TEDxMileHigh

At 14-years-old, Christian Picciolini went from naive teenager to white supremacist, and soon, the leader of America's first neo-Nazi skinhead ...

Christian Picciolini -Talks at Google

Christian Picciolini -Talks at Google

"Life After Hate"

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Christian Picciolini is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism and Radical Goodness: Finding Peace in a Polarized World. The estimated speaking fee range to book Christian Picciolini for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Christian Picciolini generally travels from Traverse City, MI, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are LeRon L. Barton, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Dr. Bernice King, Angela Davis and TM Garret. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Christian Picciolini for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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