The Empire Never Ended

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 .

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