Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCharivari & the History of the KKK feat Devin O’Shea (E27)
Episode 27
We explore the Ku Klux Klan, from its theatrical origins in “charivari” during reconstruction to the Hollywood-inspired white hooded gang most people…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Life and Death of Thomas Sankara (E26) Sample
Episode 26
The Marxist, Pan-Africanist revolutionary from Burkina Faso is our subject. Thomas Sankara was president of the country from 1983 to 1987, but was ul…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Siege (1998) Movie Night (E25) feat Mathilde Huron
Episode 25
We explore a pre-Bush and pre-9/11 movie about New York being under attack by CIA-trained Palestinian terrorists. Our guest is Mathilde Huron. Your h…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Angola Prison Rodeo & the Louisiana State Penitentiary feat Beck Strah (E24) Sample
Episode 24
We explore the prison rodeo and general history of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola. Our guest is Beck Strah, cohost of the P…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Uranium Mining, the Navajo & the Nuclear Legacy of New Mexico feat Kurly Tlapoyawa (E23)
Episode 23
We explore the devastating and ongoing effects of uranium mining and testing in New Mexico, especially in connection to the Navajo people. Our guest …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Operation Gladio: NATO’s Stay-Behind Armies (E22) Sample
Episode 22
A vast secret network of armed anti-Communists established in the 40s. We explore the story of how counter-measures to an imagined post-WW2 Soviet in…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The 2000 Election Steal (E21)
Episode 21
Bush VS Gore at the turn of the millennium. It involved a J6-like riot, featured many of the most powerful people alive today, and happened right in …
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Race, Samba & Funk in Brazil: Part 2 feat Caio Almendra (E20) Sample
Episode 20
This episode is the story of how two Black musical styles in Brazil faced the exact same dilemma: dire repression and market integration, which would…
2 months ago
Race, Samba & Funk in Brazil: Part 1 feat Caio Almendra (E19)
This is the story of how a country, which acts in many ways as a bizarre mirror to the United States, engineered its own toxic brand of white suprema…
2 months ago
Van Damme Does Tel Aviv feat Hesse Deni & Will Menaker (E18) Sample
Episode 18
Jean-Claude Van Damme travels to Israel to don a hasidic disguise and beat up cops in Tel Aviv. This movie night sees us exploring The Order (2001) w…
2 months, 1 week ago