The Empire Never Ended

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 c...

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 patreo...

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 patr...

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/ten...

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... y...

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.or...

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/...

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, a...

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/...

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 .

Boris finishes off TENE's study of The Order with Bob Matthews and company and their most infamous crimes. Their moment in the sun was a short one, however, as typical betrayal and incompetence led to Bob's fiery death and spelled the end to the Silent Brotherhood.  Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod .