Heath Druzin has been reporting for 20 years for both newspapers and public radio. Most recently, he was the host and creator of the Extremely American podcast, an inside look at how militias and other far-right groups are trying to remake American politics in their absolutist image. Druzin is a former Audion Fellow for Guns & America, a collaborative of 10 NPR affiliates examining the role of guns in American life. For Guns & America, he was based at Boise State Public Radio and spent two years reporting on guns with a focus on extremism and gun suicide.

Now he is a freelance reporter and podcaster covering extremism, politics and the environment for outlets such as NPR, BBC, The Daily Beast and Postindustrial Magazine. 

In his time covering extremism, Druzin has talked to some of the most prominent militia movement leaders in the country, attended weapons training, militia rallies and interviewed the local leaders and activists pushing back against far-right movements.

Previously he spent more than six years on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan covering the wars there for Stars and Stripes newspaper and before that worked for newspapers in California, Louisiana and Idaho. He was also a 2015-2016 Carter Center Mental Health Journalism Fellow.

Extremely American Season 1 can be found on the NPR website or wherever you get podcasts.