The Empire Never Ended

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  twit...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 supremaci...

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/ten...

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  twitte...

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 w...

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"...

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 .