The Empire Never Ended

Boris guides TENE into the McCarthy era of anti-communist hysteria in the US, and its disastrous effects on the Yugoslav diaspora as it paves the way for nationalists and fascists to rise to prominence. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE explores the life and career of Slovenian-American snitch, Matt Cvetic, by watching his absurdly fantastical biopic from 1951 titled, "I Was a Communist for the FBI". The boyzies dissect this genre-defining example of HUAC-era propaganda and compare it to Cvetic's actual (terrible) experiences. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Rey introduces saint and stench wizard, Nikolaj Velimirović, one of Serbian Orthodoxy's most important bishops and the gray eminence of Serbian Fascism. Once a government emissary beloved by Serbian liberals, he took a turn towards the fashy in the 1920s, catching the eye of Adolf Hitler, whom Velimirović compares to none other than Saint Sava himself. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE unpacks the 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee report on the massive American Slav Congress of the 1940s which organized millions of Slavs in the US under a banner of socialist anti-fascist resistance. Despite being almost entirely unknown today, the ASC was a profoundly influential institution that the post-FDR US Government saw as one of its greatest threats. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris and Rey examine the activities of South Slavs in America during WW2, stretching from rifts in the Serbian community in response to Ustaša genocide to the success of the popular front in the form of the United Committee of South Slavic Americans and (failed) attempts to join the partisans in the old country. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE examines the under-recognized 1940s horror film, Cat People, the story of a young Serbian immigrant working as a fashion designer in New York who is struggling with a dark secret. Her home village in Serbia suffers an evil curse whereby the women become terrifying werepanthers when their passions are aroused! A classic film with a very shaky handle on Serbian history and culture. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris rediscovers two forgotten stories from the history of Southern Slav working people in the United States: the Serbian Orthodox Church's struggle against its socialist congregation and the Soviet Union's frustrated attempt to bring America's Balkan proletariat into the party line. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Kemal joins TENE to discuss American folk hero, Joe Magarac, a Hunky literally made of steel. They contrast his heroic image against that of the industrial laborer as laid out both in tragic journals and whacky Tamburitzan sketch comedy c. 1930. Kemal also breaks down the controversy surrounding Liberty City folk-hero, Nico Bellic, of Grand Theft Auto fame. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Welcome to Arc 4! TENE lays out the general idea for the coming months, and introduces some key figures, mutual aid societies, and publications from the Yugoslav diaspora's anarchist/socialist scene in the early 20th century. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Live from Azle, Texas, Dale Sinister and Dale Diablo host the popular Dale Sinister's Satanic Hoedown. Featuring special guests, arts and crafts, and diabolic jokes for the whole Black Lodge to enjoy! Music by AlexGrohl from Pixabay Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

In what definitely counts as a legitimate episode, TENE spends way too much time with the recent reunion of neo-nazi James Mason and TV exorcist Bob Larson as they pretend to disagree with each other. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

The TENE film club meets again to take on the dreaded Black Legion! The boys watch two films, Legion of Terror (1936) and Black Legion (1937) starring Humphrey Bogart, as well as two radio plays, an episode of True Detective Mysteries (1937) and another entitled "The White Legion" (1938) on the original superhero serial, The Shadow. They compare these representations to the actual white supremacist terrorists and examine how each piece of media reflects the political culture of interwar America in its own way. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE looks at the successors to the Tempel ov Blood, the Satanic Front, and attempts to situate them in the mess of nazi vampires, nazi sith lords, nazi ninjas, nazi satanists, and FBI informants that makeup whatever the O9A is devolving into in the US. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE meets again with Mark Bray to discuss his latest book, The Anarchist Inquisition: Assassins, Activists, and Martyrs in Spain and France (2022), covering the events and figures surrounding the Trials of Montjuich in turn-of-the-century Spain, the resulting developments in policing and statecraft, and the anarchist movement of the period. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Jon, of the long-running Active Distribution, reminisces about his experiences as a young anti-fascist punk in the UK of the '70s and '80s. TENE asks him about the nazi punk 'scene' in Leicester and London at the time, the depth of police infiltration in the UK left, the presence of Combat 18, and the resistance against all of that 'back in the day'. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE suffers through their first viewing of a fash fic film together and it's pretty much exactly what they expected: embarrassing and hilarious. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE takes a look at Slovenian director Žiga Virc's conspiracy mockumentary, Houston, We Have a Problem (2016), and situates it in the context of Yugoslav history and myth. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Concluding their mini-series on the 'Bosnian Pyramids', Boris examines the political context of Semir Osmanagić's project and the gang speculates a bit about our pharaonic future. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE brings their geologist buddy, Agent Donny, onto the show to examine some of the most commonly heard 'evidence' of the Bosnian Pyramids at Visoko. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris gifts Fritz the Archaeology Field Notes of the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids, and Fritz gets his revenge by making Boris and Rey deal with what's inside it. Dr. Sam's project promises magic eggs, dick rocks, and more Bovis than ever seen before. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Kemal returns to TENE to join Boris on a road trip to the so-called 'Bosnian Pyramids' at Visoko. Armed with a handful of field recordings, they introduce Fritz and Rey to life at the 'Pyramid of the Sun'. Music: "Starry Dream" and "A World in Trouble" by David Fesliyan - fesliyanstudios.com Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE introduces Sith Lords to their gallery of tragicomic fascists and exposes their connection to what's left of the Tempel ov Blood after the famous revelation that ToB founder, Josh Sutter, is an FBI snitch. Fritz narrates the career history of the "Dark Lords" and their marketing strategies: at various times Sith Lords, Fascist Ninjas, Dark Templars, and most importantly, The Temple of Satan which houses Sutter's new hustle, the Satanic Front.

TENE completes their two-part retelling and analysis of Hold Back This Day, the 'white nationalist 1984', by Ward Kendall. Music Credit: David Fesliyan: Heaven, Please Don't Cry, World in Trouble, Fear, Solar Savior, and This Pain Will Pass, Tender in love Stene Oxen - Champagne at Sunset Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris completes his introductory overview of nationalist and nazi rap in the Balkans and Eastern Europe and compares it to the state of nazi rap in general. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Fritz adds Nazi sci-fi to TENE's god-awful fash fic library. Lauded as the white nationalist's 1984, Hold Back This Day is a perfect representative of the laughably bad genre of fascist dystopian fiction. Music Credit: David Fesliyan: Heaven, Please Don't Cry, World in Trouble, Fear, Simplicity, Solar Savior, and This Pain Will Pass Steve Oxen: In The Moment Closing song: Đogani - "Idemo na Mars" Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris introduces TENE to the unfortunate genre of Nationalist and Nazi hip-hop in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, as well as an American Nazi's attempt to emulate it. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE Crüe analyzes an extremely interesting Bulgarian documentary/travelogue from 2003 called Whose is this Song? (Chia e tazi pesen? / Чия е тази песен?) which follows the director, Adela Peeva, as she follows the multiple claims on and origin stories for a single song from her childhood. Beginning in Turkey, Peeva travels to Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, and Bulgaria; at each stop locals claim this song as their own, often denying that other nations are even capable of its composition. Tracklist from opening sequence: Iraqi Song - Yosif Omer Oj ti Paco Drenovcanke - Goga Zafiroski Ben Melamet Hırkasını - Safiye Ayla Fel Shara - Klezroym Rasputin - Boney M Idem Preko Zemlje Srbije - Vesna Zmijanac Shukno Patar Nupur Paye · Indrani Sen Ruse kose curo imaš - Usnija Redžepova Also in this episode: Shoshana - Olivera Vuco Nas dva brata oba ratujemo - Partisan Song Closing song: Katibim - Karl Denver Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Fritz uncovers a forgotten corner of neo-Nazi dystopian thought: the mysterious Wayne Macleod, his White Mars Zion, and the struggle against 'Big Gravity'. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

In part two, Sam and Alex consider endemic tensions in ecofascism, and the ecology of Siegepillers. Sam and Alex break down three interlocking scenarios for coming climate crises and consider the problem of increasing complexity of both far-right ecologism and the struggle against it. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris, Fritz and Rey finish up their first 'question and answer' session with answers about music, Yugoslav history, fascist futures, and what happens when an American libertarian visits Greece. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Part one of TENE's two-part interview with 12 Rules for What. Sam and Alex clarify some of the terms and underlying analyses of ecofascism, discuss the rise of far-right ecologism, and visit some familiar names to TENE listeners through the lens of climatological breakdown. Stay tuned for part two next week! Check out 12 Rules for What at twitter.com/12rulesforwhat and support their work at patreon.com/12rulesforwhat. The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right (2022) is available from Polity Press Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE pod does their first ever 'Q and A' episode! Boris, Fritz, and Rey answer questions about their origin story, discuss the collapse of Yugoslavia, offer terrible job advice, transpose Tolkien mythology onto ex-Yu history, commiserate over the worst of the groups and people in their episodes, and more. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE meets Amanda Rogers -- AKA The Provost, AKA Ms. Entropy -- to chat with her about the structural relationship between white nationalism and ISIS, the history and under-appreciated influence of Tom Metzger and White Aryan Resistance, the often-overlooked role of women in neo-Nazi organizations, and the issue of fascist infiltration and instrumentalization of the US military. Join Amanda's patreon at patreon.com/MsEntropy and her Twitter at twitter.com/MsEntropy Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris gives TENE a rough introduction to Nazi Telegram's take on the war in Ukraine, as well as the fates of a few big names in the fascist world. Fascism's internal conflict over Ukraine has a much larger variety of voices than just Azov Battalion and Wagner Group -- and they're all pretty awful. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Rey concludes his tour of duty with the American Nazi Party by telling the story of its final Fuhrer, Matthias Koehl, and his take on Esoteric Hitlerism as head of New Order. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod. Music Credits: "Inspirational Advertising", "Eye Laugh", and "Tears of Joy" by David Fesliyan - fesliyanstudios.com Magic love harp from DDmyzik at freesound.org

The Long Arc is finally over! Boris, Fritz, and Rey gather to make sense of the last 50-something episodes of American fascist history. Awards will be given. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Rey concludes TENE's deep dive on the famous poet and fascist Ezra Pound along with his acolyte and klansman John Kasper. John, under Ezra's tutelage, undertakes a terrorist campaign against desegregation in the American South while Ezra's racism becomes increasingly unhinged. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE concludes their epic exodus from their Death Valley studio ending with a confusing and violent final encounter... Music Credits: David Fesliyan at fesliyanstudios.com Sound Effects: freesound.org Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Hundred Episodes! TENE meets in their Death Valley studio to recount their experience up to this point, but things get a little weird when Farb shows up in the bunker. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod

Fritz invites Boris and Rey down the twisted path of 'America First'. TENE examines two early organized incarnations of this sentiment and gives a broad view of this Americanist incubator that twice encouraged Nazi supporters, capitalists, and politicians to join together under a common banner of isolationism, free markets, and anti-Semitism. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE gets their grubby mitts on a rambling racist pamphlet written by Klansman John Kasper and his mentor, fascist propagandist and celebrated poet, Ezra Pound. Something between a cryptic ransom note and an exhausting policy document, "Virginians on Guard!" is a uniquely batshit screed about the dangers of miscegenation and its trojan horse, school integration. And rock-n'-roll... and boxing... you get the idea. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Rey returns to Ezra's fashy career as a struggling propagandist for Mussolini's regime in Rome. TENE examines Pound's preferred fascism, the so-called "left wing", his support for the bloodthirsty Republic of Salo, and how Ezra got away with it. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE peeks in on Ezra Pound's radio propaganda during WWII and marvels at the frothy mix of anti-semitic conspiracies and impenetrable incoherence. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

The Empire Never Ended discusses the moment that poet Ezra Pound abandoned the idea of the artist as an aloof, socially disinterested individual, adopts one of an artist (himself) as a 'great man' who solves THE problem of society. Pound's solution? The "social credit" movement of Major Douglas, the "Free Money" ideas Silvio Gesell, and a lot of love for a certain Il Duce. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Things are not looking bright for the Order of Nine Angles. The Order loses their former 'Outer Representative' to love while Fed snitches and Sith Lords take the reigns. Nikola, the Orthodox Priest / Astral Bone Gnawer gets trolled on a live stream, and some of the most tedious fash fic yet from the mysterious Russian 'Temple of the Black Sun'. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE offers their initial thoughts on the invasion of Ukraine, the effects it's had on Russian and Ukrainian fascist groups, a Balkan perspective on hot takes from 'smarties', and some ways to offer solidarity to those trying to keep each other alive. Jail support for arrested anti-war protesters: https://wiki.avtonom.org/en/index.php/Donate Anarchists organizing transportation, necessary goods, and medical supplies: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Q2K9RMBVVJMN4 Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris completes TENE's soul-crushing look at the so-called "Creativity Movement" and its post-Klassen period of career whiner, Matt Hale. Bad literature, worse RPGs, and deadly violence characterize Hale's World Church of the Creator, which feels less like a church and more like a toilet wine hangover. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris, Fritz, and Rey watch the long-running public access cable show, Race & Reason, and despair. TENE looks at the show's history and the fellas introduce its infamous host, White Aryan Resistance's Tom Metzger, as well as get into the nitty-gritty of a handful of his strangest interviews with a Fascist Wobbly, a Nazi Trot, and an NAACP Bircher. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE takes a look at Ben Klassen, a boring businessman who became the founder of the Church of the Creator and its poorly-named 'Creativity Movement'. Boris explains the racist core of this parody of a church and pushes through some of the worst writing in the history of The Empire Never Ended. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris finds some Bob Matthews Fash Fic on the Stormfront message board, which somehow still exists. After realizing it's all written in the second-person, Fritz decides it was meant to be an RPG. Fritz has Rey and Boris guide Bob and his Zombie companion in their holy war against... FEMA, maybe? Stand up like paladins! Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.