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[UNLOCKED] 333: Punks to Monks--Poser Weirdo Cultists

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TENE revisits the Orthodox Christian "punk zine" Death to the World, by reviewing the 2025 book Punk to Monks: The Story of Death to the World 'Zine. Boris compares the official narrative to the far more grim reality of abuse, cover-ups, fake churches and a surprising connection to a 1960s New Age cult. Subscribe to https://patreon.org/tenepod https://bsky.app/profile/tenepod.bsky.social https://x.com/tenepod

Dec 3, 20251h 33m

Ep 350350: Conservative Revolution in Germany pt 1b - Young Conservatives (Teaser)

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You know them, you hate them! It's Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, Edgar Julius Jung and the conservative faction of German Fascism 1918-1933! Subscribe to https://patreon.org/tenepod https://bsky.app/profile/tenepod.bsky.social https://x.com/tenepod

Nov 28, 20255 min

Ep 349349: Spectacle of Terrorism - Gianfranco Sanguinetti & The Years of Lead

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TENE is joined by a very special guest, Alex from Antipolitka Journal, who guides us through the story of Gianfranco Sanguinetti—the rich, handsome communist revolutionary who predicted Gladio. Mentioned reading: Guy Debord - Anselm Jappe Debord, Time and Spectacle - Tom Bunyard Spectacular Logic in Hegel and Debord: Why Everything is What it Seems - Eric-John Russell Related TENE Episodes: 240: Kali Yuga Reading Room - Freda's "Disintegration of the System" 239: Buddy Cops and Gladio - Piazza Fontana in a Film -------- Antipolitika: Anarchist Journal from the Balkans https://antipolitika.noblogs.org/ Available here: https://pmpress.org/ -------- Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Nov 26, 20251h 35m

Ep 348348: Conservative Revolution in Germany pt. 1a - "Cosmic Pessimism" - The 19th Century Roots of CR (Teaser)

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Rey attempts to tell the story of the Young Conservative current of CR in Germany 1918-1932 (as per Armin Mohler), but fails and gets sucked in by the vortex of the 19th century (our old foe), and manages to talk only about their predecessors. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Nov 21, 20253 min

Ep 347347: Conservative Revolution in Germany pt. 0 - Armin Mohler and His Book (Teaser)

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In the first episode of the series on the book "Conservative Revolution in Germany 1918-1932," Rey talks about the writer and the book itself, including everyone involved in the 2018 U.S. edition of the book: Karlheinz Weissman, Paul E. Gottfried, F. Roger Devlin, Nina Kouprianova and Richard Spencer. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Nov 14, 20254 min

Ep 345345: TENE Film Club - Eddington (Teaser)

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We didn't get to talk about Ari Aster's Eddington in our last TENE film club, so it gets its own episode.. Music Credits: Bulat Okudzhava - Molitva Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Nov 6, 20252 min

Ep 346346: Meir Kahane pt. 3: Ballad of the JDL

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In part three of our series on Meir Kahane, Boris explores the explosive beginnings of the JDL and meets some familiar faces along the way... Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Nov 6, 20251h 32m

Ep 344344: Rabbi Meir Kahane pt. 2: Mr. King Goes to Washington (Teaser)

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In episode 2 of the TENE series on Rabbi Meir Kahane, Boris discusses Kahane's pre-Jewish Defense League career as an anticommunist lobbyist, intelligence asset and John Birch Society member under the alias of Michael King. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Oct 27, 20255 min

Ep 343343: Meir Kahane, an American Jewish Far-Rightist pt. 1

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Boris begins a new series looking at Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League, as a figure of the American far right. In part 1, we examine Kahane's early life and discuss the influence of his idol Vladimir Ze'ev Jabotinsky and Revisionist Zionism. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Oct 23, 20251h 5m

Ep 342342: TENE Film Club: One Battle After Another

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TENE discuss the new 2025 Paul Thomas Anderson film "One Battle After Another." Music credits: "Algiers November 1, 1954" – Ennio Morricone And Gillo Pontecorvo – Battle Of Algiers - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1967) "Zyklus" – Karlheinz Stockhausen – Cycle For One Percussionist (In Two Different Versions) / Klavierstück No. X (1970) "Mao-Mao" – Claude Channes – La Chinoise (1967) Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Oct 16, 20253 min

Ep 341341: Traditionalism Pt.3: Julius Evola - The Fascist Warlock

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Rey concludes the three part series on Traditionalism by talking about the "super-fascist" fake baron Julius Evola. Before WW2, Evola was trying to ideologically influence both Italian fascism and German National-Socialism, and after the war he became the ideologue of Neo-Fascist terrorist groups. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Oct 8, 20251h 12m

Ep 340340 Traditionalism Pt.2: Frithjof Schuon - The Cultist

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We continue with the brief biographical overview of the Traditionalist leaders. Frithjof Schuon was the founder of the Maryamiyya Sufi order, the most successful Traditionalist initiatic organization, which developed into a cult. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Sep 30, 20255 min

Ep 339339: Traditionalism pt. 1: René Guénon - The Occultist

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We start our 3 part series on the so-called Traditionalist movement by reading Mark Sedgwick's 2004 book Against the Modern World, and examining the life and activities of the very weird Frenchman called Rene Guenon, who is considered to be the founder of this very modern anti-modern tendency. Previous episode mentioned: Episode 217: Kali Yuga Reading Room - René Guénon's Crisis of the Modern World https://www.patreon.com/posts/217-kali-yuga-of-86555130 Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Sep 24, 20251h 19m

Ep 338338: NEWS: Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Global Right-Wing Grifters

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The crew examines current events and how the worst people are reacting to Charlie Kirk's assassination. Music: DJ Sliink - Football Anthem (Jersey Club) Extended NFL Hornz Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Sep 18, 20256 min

Ep 337337: Order of Nine Angles - From Combat 18 to 764

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TENE returns to the Order of Nine Angles (O9A) for a much requested concise history of the Nazi Satanist group from its origins in the 1970s, to its various permutations such as the Tempel ov Blood in the US and the internet abuse network of 764. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Sep 9, 20251h 38m

Ep 336336: Death to good music: DTTW musical roundup

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Boris, Sal, and Rey kick back and relax and listen to the Death to the world recommended Playlist. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Sep 5, 20255 min

Ep 335335: Eurasianism Pt.3 - Revolution and State

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We conclude our series on the original Eurasianist movement by more closely examining how it viewed the October Revolution and the question of the future eurasianist state. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Aug 29, 20255 min

Ep 334334: Eurasianism Pt.2 - Ideology

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We continue our examination of the original Eurasianist movement of 1920s and 30s by further elaborating on their ideology, which divided the White Russian emigre communities. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Aug 26, 20251h 26m

Ep 333333: Punks to Monks--Poser Weirdo Cultists (Teaser)

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TENE revisits the Orthodox Christian "punk zine" Death to the World, by reviewing the 2025 book Punk to Monks: The Story of Death to the World 'Zine. Boris compares the official narrative to the far more grim reality of abuse, cover-ups, fake churches and a surprising connection to a 1960s New Age cult. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Aug 21, 20255 min

Ep 332332: Eurasianism Pt. 1 - Outline of the Movement

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Rey provides the basic outline of the Eurasianist movement founded in 1922 by Pyotr Savitsky, Georges Florovsky, Nikolai Trubetzkoy and Pyotr Suvchinsky. The movement had a specific view of the October revolution which differentiated them from other White Russian emigres, which got them entangled with Soviet intelligence and ultimately led to their downfall. Music: Sergei Prokofiev -Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major, Op. 38 (a work dedicated to one of Eurasianism's founders, Pyotr Suvchinsky, written in 1923) Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Aug 12, 20251h 26m

Ep 331331: Arc Wrap-up: The Many Faces of Americanism (Teaser)

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After 50+ episodes, TENE brings arc 5 to a close by discussing the multifaceted nature of "Americanism" and the American right wing. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Aug 7, 20256 min

Ep 330330: Tzintzar Occupied Government (Teaser)

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Boris goes on a sidequest to explore the bizarre racial theories of French spy and mercenary Col. Yugo Dominic, exposing the surprising revelation that the Aromanian nation has been running things all this time. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Jul 31, 20253 min

Ep 329329: William F. Buckley and the White Power Movement

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Rey talks about the second part of David Austin Walsh's book Taking America Back, covering the 1953 - 1991 period, during which Buckley supposedly "purged" the conservative movement from extremists, and his collaborators Revilo Oliver and George Lincoln Rockwell founded the white power movement. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Jul 24, 20251h 33m

Ep 328328: NEWS: The Base, Dark Foreigner and Dugin on Protests in Serbia

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TENE discuses the latest news about Dark Foreigner going to prison, the Base reappearing and getting ready to send people to prison + Aleksandr Dugin's view of the ongoing anti-government protests in Serbia, and TENE introducing a new character: Zak Novak. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Jul 16, 20256 min

[UNLOCKED] 327: NEWS: Ustaša Pop Spectacle, O9A, and Fascist Jason Bourne

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TENE discusses the massive Neo-Fascist concert in Zagreb, updates on the O9A in Montenegro, and Rob Rundo self-identifying as fictional CIA agent Jason Bourne. Subscribe to: patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

Jul 15, 20251h 37m

327: NEWS: Ustaša Pop Spectacle, O9A, and Fascist Jason Bourne (Teaser)

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TENE discusses the massive Neo-Fascist concert in Zagreb, updates on the O9A in Montenegro, and Rob Rundo self-identifying as fictional CIA agent Jason Bourne. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + x.com/tenepod

Jul 11, 20254 min

Ep 326326: White Legions in the Congo pt.2: From Mladić to Mobutu

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In a desperate attempt at a last stand to halt the Rwandan backed army of Laurent Desire Kabila, Mobutu hires mercenaries composed of members of the infamous 10th Sabotage Detachment of the Bosnian Serb army, responsible for some of the worst atrocities in the Bosnian war, under the command of French intelligence asset "Yugo Dominic". Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + x.com/tenepod

Jul 3, 20251h 17m

Ep 325325: Film Club--Wild Geese (1978) (Teaser)

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TENE and friend watch the star studded 1978 action film The Wild Geese. Richard Burton and Roger Moore (James Bond) play a romanticized versions of Mad Mike and his racist mercenaries, except now they're good guys who just want to teach us how the West should forgive Africans for being corrupt. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + x.com/tenepod

Jun 28, 20254 min

Ep 324324: Mobutu: The All-Powerful Cold Warrior (teaser)

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Boris gives us a brief overview of Mobutu's reign in Congo/Zaire from 1960s-1990s and examines his role as the ultimate Cold Warrior. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + x.com/tenepod

Jun 24, 20254 min

Ep 323323: All Things Siege - Interview with Spencer Sunshine

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We finally sit down with Spencer Sunshine to talk about his book "Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason's Siege" (2024). Support Spencer at: https://www.patreon.com/spencersunshine Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + x.com/tenepod

Jun 19, 20251h 34m

Ep 322322: Merwin K. Hart and the Fascist/Conservative Continuum in the US (teaser)

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Rey walks us through the first part of David Austin Walsh's book Taking America Back, which is centered around Hart's career in the 1933-1953 period. Merwin was a "liminal figure of the US right-wing", able to meet the president in the White House, but also to work together with known fascist "crackpots" (Coughlin, G. L. K. Smith, Wesley Swift...). Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + x.com/tenepod

Jun 19, 20253 min

Ep 321321: White Legions in the Congo pt. 1: Mad Mike and Kongo Müller

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In part one of a series on mercenaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Boris explores the strange history of the (ex)Nazis and racist psychopaths who helped install the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko following the assassination of Patrice Lumumba. Reading: Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja - The Congo from Leopold to Kabila: A People's History Ending music: Vicky Longomba-Vive Patrice Lumumba Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + x.com/tenepod

Jun 7, 20251h 30m

Ep 320320: [Michael J.] "Moynihan is an Idiot" (teaser)

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Michael Moynihan is an editor (Siege), writer (Lords of Chaos), musician (Blood Axis), fascist (Universal Order, Tyr), but above all, "Moynihan is an Idiot" (according to Charles Manson). Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + x.com/tenepod

May 30, 20252 min

Ep 319319: Adam Parfrey: a Crypto-fascist Propagandist

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Adam Parfrey, founder of Feral House publishing, was an incredibly influential man of letters, publisher, and journalist. He also had an extremely racist, social-darwinist secret agenda. He was a real jerk. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

May 22, 20251h 9m

Ep 318318: Boyd Rice: racist, sociopath and also a musician (teaser)

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Boyd Rice was a pioneer, not only of industrial music, but also of artsy Nazi douchebaggery. He was also the genius who first had the bright idea that Siege should be a book.

May 13, 20252 min

Ep 317317: American Front 0 - Ćevapi 1

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From San Francisco to Novi Sad, the original Nazi-punks who were supposed to f#ck off. The history of the American Front, "the first US national skinhead organization" from Bob Heick to James Porrazzo. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + x.com/tenepod

May 4, 20251h 55m

316: Irelands Fashy Snakes - A St. Paddy's Day Special w/ Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc

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Pádraig returns to TENE with an update on the far-right in Ireland, and some previously undiscovered gems from Ireland's understudied domestic history of fascism. Pre-order her new book, Burn Them Out! A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland available April 10th! Links: Preorder Burn Them Out! from Bloomsbury Press! Closing song: Building Up and Tearing England Down - The Mary Wallopers. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Mar 17, 20252h 1m

[UNLOCKED] 170: SSPV - Eyeballs-Out Traddies

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Originally released: Jan 13, 2023. TENE continues their look into fashy Catholic types by diving into sedevacantism (the belief that there is no pope) and the Society of Saint Pius V (SSPV). Plenty of imagined assassination attempts, real CIA coups, creepy Nazi doctors, and traffic accidents for the whole family! Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Mar 6, 20251h 26m

314: The Epic Fall of Tom Metzger's White Aryan Resistance

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Rey narrates the precipitous rise and fall of Tom Metzger and his infamous organization, White Aryan Resistance (WAR), from the John Birch Society to the dregs of SIEGE culture. Reading: Michael, George. This is War! Tom Metzger, White Aryan Resistance, and the Lone Wolf Legacy. In: Focus on Terrorism. Vol. 14. 2016. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Feb 26, 20251h 33m

313: Tenepodskaya Pravda - American Reactionaries? (teaser)

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TENE pod dips under the headlines with a network cross-section of OMB director, Russell Vought, and his familiar circle of freaks. Rey goes off on Curtis Yarvin's shockingly poor understanding of what 'reactionary' means, and the boyzies check in on how liberal media is coping with it all. Also, the US drops Kosovo Prime Minister, Albin Kurti. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Feb 22, 20252 min

312: Los Tecos w/ Keith Allen Dennis (teaser)

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TENE is lucky to be joined by Keith Allen Dennis, archival researcher of WACL, to uncover the lost history of Mexico's most dangerous fascist organization, Los Tecos, and their complicated relationship with the USA. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Feb 17, 20252 min

311: Human Diversity Foundation - The Eugenicists of Trumpism

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TENE unpacks the Human Diversity Foundation, LLC., the inheritor of the infamous Pioneer Fund, and the important figures both central and peripheral to their mission of normalizing eugenics in conservative politics in the U.S. and abroad. Reading: Race Science Inc.: Undercover in The Human Diversity Foundation, the million-dollar race science company. Harry Shukman & Patrik Hermansson. Hope Not Hate, Oct. 16, 2024. investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science-inc/ The article on Stephen Miller incorrectly referenced as an Atlantic piece in episode: splcenter.org/resources/hate-watch/stephen-millers-affinity-white-nationalism-revealed-leaked-emails/ Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Feb 7, 20251h 13m

310: Republican Heritage Groups Council - Nazis in the Grand Old Party (teaser)

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Boris examines the history of the GOP's 'ethnic outreach' organization, the National Republican Heritage Groups Council, and its connection to the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations and shady European fascists like Ivan Dochev of the Bulgarian National Front and Laszlo Pasztor of the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Feb 5, 20251 min

309: Tenepodskaya Pravda - Golden Age(s) and the American Crusade (teaser)

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TENE pod inaugurates their regular news commentary show with a look at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's very creepy spirit guides as well as the ongoing anti-Vučić student demonstrations in Serbia. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Feb 1, 20251 min

308: National Renaissance Party pt.2 - Mana Truhill AKA Emmanuel Trujillo

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From the National Renaissance Party to the Peyote Way Church of God, Rey presents the strange and star-studded story of a man called 'Mana'. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Jan 26, 20251h 46m

307: Fash Fic Book Club - 'Hunter', The Turner Diaries' Creepy Uncle (teaser)

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Fritz does permanent self-harm with a close reading of William Luther Pierce's 1989 follow-up to The Turner Diaries, the disgusting novel, Hunter. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Jan 17, 20252 min

306: Film Club - The Order (2024), "About a Bob"

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TENE pod gets to work in 2025 with a long look at director Justin Kurzel's 2024 film, The Order, a crime drama based on the early-80s most successful Nazi militia and its leader, Bob Matthews. Stand up like men! Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Jan 10, 20252h 1m

304: The Spider in NYC pt. 2 - H. Keith Thompson

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Rey continues to examine the New York-based nexus of the post-WW2 global Nazi network, this time focusing on the enigmatic Nazi H. Keith Thompson, a friend of Francis Parker Yockey and possible SS agent. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Dec 26, 20241h 36m

303: Dispatches from that Satanist Dotard (teaser)

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The boyzies catch ole' David Myatt out on social media again and check in on their beloved mascot. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social + twitter.com/tenepod

Dec 23, 20242 min

302: Coors - "Americanist Far Right Beer"

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Boris introduces the Coors family of brewing and aerospace fortune and how the Coors company wielded its wealth to carve a very fashy path into U.S. politics and beyond through groups like the Heritage Foundation and goons like Paul Weyrich and Roger Pearson. Closing song: Modern Day Witch hunt - Aus Rotten Subscribe to our Patreon for weekly premium episodes! Twitter + Instagram + YouTube + Bluesky

Dec 17, 20241h 26m