Best Deepstate Podcasts (2025)

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Ukrainian war-tracking project DeepState accuses crypto prediction platform Polymarket of using its battlefield data for real-time gambling

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The Ukrainian open-source intelligence initiative DeepState, which created and maintains an interactive map of Russia’s invasion, has slammed the team behind a separate mapping tool, Polyglobe, accusing them of improperly using DeepState data to fuel bets on the war. The online prediction platform Polymarket allows users to gamble on a wide array o…

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‘Europe’s demands are not acceptable to Russia’ Putin says, ahead of meeting with Trump’s envoys in Moscow

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Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Steve Witkoffin April 2025 An American delegation has arrived in Russia for talks with Vladimir Putin on a potential peace deal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. Shortly after 2:00 p.m. Moscow time, the plane carrying Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, landed in Moscow, according to I…

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Damage to the Baikonur launchpad has left Russia unable to send people into space. Why doesn’t Roscosmos have a backup plan?

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The launch of Soyuz MS-28 on November 27, 2025 On November 27, the Soyuz MS-28 carrying a crew of cosmonauts lifted off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which Russia operates in Kazakhstan, on its way to the International Space Station. After the launch, scorched metal structures were discovered in the flame pit beneath the pad. It soon bec…

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As Russia conceals HIV data, report finds rising infection rates among pregnant women

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December 1 is World AIDS Day. Last week, the project To Be Precise published two reports about how HIV is transmitted in contemporary Russia and what living with the illness looks like. Meduza summarizes the group’s findings. The exact number of people living with HIV in Russia is unknown. Data on HIV-related deaths is no longer published. Two gove…

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Expanding the war at sea, Ukraine attacks two Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tankers off the Turkish coast

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The aftermath of an attack on a oil tanker off the Turkish coast on November 28, 2025 Moscow has accused Ukraine of “violating Turkish sovereignty” after recent attacks on tankers carrying Russian oil. Naval drones reportedly struck the two ships almost simultaneously on November 28. At the time of the attacks, the Kairos was 28 nautical miles from…

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Would a ‘drone wall’ solve the E.U.’s Russian incursion problem? German military expert Frank Sauer is skeptical.

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Exercises in detecting, tracking, and neutralizing drones in southeastern Poland. November 18, 2025. Europe is stepping up its preparations for a possible war with Russia. Debates over how to strengthen the continent’s defenses intensified starting in mid-September, when roughly 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace. Then, in the two months tha…

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Ukrainian political scientist Volodymyr Fesenko explains what Yermak’s resignation means for Zelensky and the peace process

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On November 28, Ukrainian authorities searched the home of Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office and the country’s chief negotiator in the peace process, as part of a corruption investigation into alleged embezzlement at Energoatom. That evening, Yermak submitted his resignation. Meduza spoke with Ukrainian political analyst V…

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Will Taxpayers Receive Dividends from Government Housing Giants? 1:50

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Based on the research of Joe Lange. https://x.com/JoeLang51440671 In a bold move that could reshape the American economic landscape, billionaire investor Bill Ackman is pushing a radical plan to privatize mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But this isn’t just a financial maneuver—it’s a proposal that could put quarterly dividend checks dir…

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350: Conservative Revolution in Germany pt 1b - Young Conservatives (Teaser) 5:17

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You know them, you hate them! It's Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, Edgar Julius Jung and the conservative faction of German Fascism 1918-1933! Subscribe to https://patreon.org/tenepod https://bsky.app/profile/tenepod.bsky.social https://x.com/tenepod

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Andriy Yermak resigns as head of Ukrainian president’s office

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Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office and the country’s lead negotiator in peace talks, has resigned, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday. “Russia very much wants Ukraine to make mistakes. We will not make any,” Zelensky said in his daily address. “Our work goes on. Our struggle goes on. We have no right to ease up, no…

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Somali Terrorists in Minnesota Use Fraudulent Autism Scheme to Funnel Millions 1:59

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Somali Terrorists in Minnesota Use Fraudulent Autism Scheme to Funnel MillionsIn this episode of “The News Behind the News,” Sean Morgan delves into a wide-ranging investigation that started with a $14 million autism therapy scam and has uncovered a billion-dollar fraud network. Discover how a 13,000% increase in program spending went unnoticed, ho…

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Ukrainian anti-corruption agents search home of Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak

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Update: Andriy Yermak has resigned from his post as the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday. Officers from Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) searched the home of Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office a…

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Former Kremlin deputy chief of staff reportedly wrote Putin letter condemning war in Ukraine before his resignation in September

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Former Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin condemning Moscow’s war against Ukraine shortly before his resignation in September, Agentstvo Media reports. Kozak, who previously served as Russia’s deputy prime minister, became Putin’s deputy chief of staff in January 2020. According to a Meduza…

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Putin’s new national policy strategy targets ‘foreign meddling’ and aims to have 95 percent of citizens share a ‘Russian civic identity’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out Russia’s new “national policy strategy” through 2036. The document describes the current state of interethnic relations in Russia as “stable.” It says that for 92 percent of Russians, their main sense of identity is a “shared Russian civic identity” (rather than, for example, religiou…

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‘We will achieve this by military means.’ Putin calls Trump’s peace plan a ‘basis’ for future talks — and then demands Ukraine surrender territory.

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The Trump administration has laid out a possible “basis” for a peace deal with Ukraine, but signing an agreement with the current leadership in Kyiv is “legally impossible” in Russia’s view, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Speaking in Bishkek after a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit, Putin repeated many of the Kremli…

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Russia just declared the late Alexey Navalny’s nonprofit a ‘terrorist organization.’ This was their response.

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On Thursday, Russia’s Supreme Court declared the global branch of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) a “terrorist organization,” banning the activities of the New York-based nonprofit founded by the late opposition leader Alexey Navalny to support his activism in Russia. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, which petitioned for the designatio…

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‘Run and hide all you want’: The online group harassing and threatening LGBTQ Russians in the E.U.

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In 2025, the Telegram channels of multiple Russian LGBTQ+ organizations came under coordinated cyberattacks. Tens of thousands of bot accounts were deployed as artificial followers in an apparent effort to get these groups blocked. Sex educator and LGBTQ+ activist Sasha Kazantseva experienced the bot invasion on her own channel, Washed Hands. She a…

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‘Georgians will not accept autocracy’: Former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze reflects on Georgia’s year-long political crisis

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Protesters march through the streets of Tbilisi, blocking traffic to demand new elections and the release of political prisoners. November 17, 2025. Protesters in Georgia have been taking to the streets for 364 straight days. On October 26, thousands joined an anti-government march in central Tbilisi marking the anniversary of the country’s dispute…

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U.S. delegation to come to Moscow next week to discuss peace plan, Putin says

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A U.S. delegation is set to travel to Moscow next week for talks on President Donald Trump’s “peace plan,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. “We’re expecting them in the first half of the week,” Putin told reporters. Speaking about the plan, Putin noted that the negotiations have not produced an actual draft peace agreement. “There…

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What do the Witkoff–Ushakov and Ushakov–Dmitriev transcripts reveal about U.S.–Russian negotiations? Who leaked them — and why?

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Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, August 2025 On November 25, Bloomberg published an explosive report containing transcripts of two phone calls: one between top Kremlin advisers Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, and another between Ushakov and U.S. presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff. The leak revealed that Witkoff coached Ushakov on how to co…

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349: Spectacle of Terrorism - Gianfranco Sanguinetti & The Years of Lead 1:35:40

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TENE is joined by a very special guest, Alex from Antipolitka Journal, who guides us through the story of Gianfranco Sanguinetti—the rich, handsome communist revolutionary who predicted Gladio. Mentioned reading: Guy Debord - Anselm Jappe Debord, Time and Spectacle - Tom Bunyard Spectacular Logic in Hegel and Debord: Why Everything is What it Seems…

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Russian neurotechnology company says it can steer pigeon flocks with implanted brain chips

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The Russian neurotechnology company Neiry claims to have begun field testing a flock of pigeons with chips implanted in their brains, allowing researchers to steer the birds from the laboratory into the wild and back. According to reporting by Forbes Russia, Neiry says its operators can upload flight patterns to pigeons by stimulating specific area…

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Leaked calls between Steve Witkoff and Putin’s advisers raise new questions about Trump’s ‘peace plan.’ Here’s how the world is reacting.

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Vladimir Putin and Steve Witkoff meet in Moscow on August 6, 2025, as Yuri Ushakov stands in the background On November 25, Bloomberg published transcripts of two phone calls involving Yuri Ushakov, a top aide to the Russian president — one with Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and another with Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmi…

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Russian prosecutors seeking 25-year prison sentence for physicist who donated to Ukrainian charities

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A 34-year-old Russian physicist is facing 25 years in prison after authorities accused him of preparing a DDoS attack, planning a sabotage operation, and committing treason. The first two charges are based on circumstantial evidence, while the treason charge is in connection with donations he made to Ukrainian charity organizations. Here’s what we …

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Leaked recordings show Witkoff coached Kremlin advisers on how to approach Trump over Ukraine — Bloomberg

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U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff suggested to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov in October that Washington and Moscow work together on a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine, according to Bloomberg. On November 25, the outlet published a detailed report based on a transcript of a phone call between Witkoff and Ushakov held on October…

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Why hasn’t the biggest corruption scandal of Zelensky’s presidency forced him into political or diplomatic concessions?

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Earlier this month, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) uncovered an embezzlement scheme at Energoatom, the state-owned operator of the country’s nuclear power plants. It is the most serious corruption scandal of Volodymyr Zelensky’s six-year presidency, and the case was announced 10 days before the Trump administration surprised Kyiv …

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New investigation reveals the Russian Red Cross is expanding operations in occupied Ukraine as its international funding grows

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In 2024, Meduza published a joint investigation as part of the Kremlin Leaks project that revealed the activities of the Russian Red Cross (RRC) in Ukraine’s occupied territories. Among other findings, we learned that individuals claiming to be Red Cross employees had abused prisoners of war at a prison facility in the Donetsk region. In a follow-u…

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Russian foreign minister suggests Moscow could reject Trump’s updated peace plan

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested on Tuesday that Moscow could reject the latest U.S. proposal to end the war in Ukraine if it diverges from the terms Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed at their meeting in Alaska earlier this year. Speaking at a press conference, Lavrov said Russia had “welcome…

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‘There is no such thing as a just peace’: Meduza’s Russian-language readers react to Trump’s Ukraine–Russia peace plan

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The Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine. Kyiv. November 24, 2025. Last week, we asked our Russian-language readers what they think of the new peace plan proposed by the Trump administration to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. Hundreds of letters have come in since, ranging from relief at the prospect of ending the war to outrage over the…

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Russia is remaking occupied Ukraine’s monuments to legitimize the invasion and propagate a shared history

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The memorial on Ostraya Mohyla in Luhansk after its restoration in 2023 In occupied parts of Ukraine, Russia has been busy creating, rebuilding, and demolishing a large number of monuments. According to Ukrainian historian Yurii Latysh, this activity fits a clear ideological pattern. Meduza examines Latysh’s findings, which he presented in a recent…

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17-year-old college student gives birth in bathroom stall and leaves baby wrapped on floor. Hospitals in her region of Russia have stopped offering abortions.

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Students at a teachers’ college dormitory in Russia’s Zabaykalsky Krai found a newborn baby on the floor of a bathroom stall this weekend. The child’s mother, a 17-year-old pupil at the school, had given birth in the bathroom and left the baby wrapped in a jacket. The mother and child were later taken to the hospital, and the two are now together u…

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Journalist Farida Rustamova explains how Russia’s elites went from dreading war to fearing peace

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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state-of-the-nation address at the Gostiny Dvor conference center in central Moscow. February 29, 2024. In his 2024 state-of-the-nation address, Vladimir Putin declared that the word “elite” had lost much of its credibility. “Those who have done nothing for society and consider themselves a caste…

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U.S. push for a Russia–Ukraine deal shows progress as Thanksgiving deadline nears: the latest on Trump’s ‘peace plan’

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U.S. and Ukrainian delegations meet in Geneva. November 23, 2025. In the days since the Trump administration’s controversial “peace plan” for Russia and Ukraine surfaced last week, the proposal has undergone revisions, stirred debate over who wrote it, and prompted a counterproposal from several European allies. According to the Financial Times, ne…

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Russia’s new state dictionary calls authoritarianism the ‘most effective’ form of government and bans the word ‘ass’

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St. Petersburg State University rector Nikolay Kropachev presents the new Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation In April, Russia introduced a new Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation, compiled at St. Petersburg State University and immediately added to the official list of normative…

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348: Conservative Revolution in Germany pt. 1a - "Cosmic Pessimism" - The 19th Century Roots of CR (Teaser) 3:31

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Rey attempts to tell the story of the Young Conservative current of CR in Germany 1918-1932 (as per Armin Mohler), but fails and gets sucked in by the vortex of the 19th century (our old foe), and manages to talk only about their predecessors. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod…

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347: Conservative Revolution in Germany pt. 0 - Armin Mohler and His Book (Teaser) 4:04

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In the first episode of the series on the book "Conservative Revolution in Germany 1918-1932," Rey talks about the writer and the book itself, including everyone involved in the 2018 U.S. edition of the book: Karlheinz Weissman, Paul E. Gottfried, F. Roger Devlin, Nina Kouprianova and Richard Spencer. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.…

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345: TENE Film Club - Eddington (Teaser) 2:20

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We didn't get to talk about Ari Aster's Eddington in our last TENE film club, so it gets its own episode.. Music Credits: Bulat Okudzhava - Molitva Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

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346: Meir Kahane pt. 3: Ballad of the JDL 1:32:36

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In part three of our series on Meir Kahane, Boris explores the explosive beginnings of the JDL and meets some familiar faces along the way... Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

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They're Coming For The Minds of Our Children 5:24

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Get full access to The Sean Morgan Report at seanmorganreport.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Morgan

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344: Rabbi Meir Kahane pt. 2: Mr. King Goes to Washington (Teaser) 5:07

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In episode 2 of the TENE series on Rabbi Meir Kahane, Boris discusses Kahane's pre-Jewish Defense League career as an anticommunist lobbyist, intelligence asset and John Birch Society member under the alias of Michael King. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

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343: Meir Kahane, an American Jewish Far-Rightist pt. 1 1:05:37

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Boris begins a new series looking at Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League, as a figure of the American far right. In part 1, we examine Kahane's early life and discuss the influence of his idol Vladimir Ze'ev Jabotinsky and Revisionist Zionism. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod…

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342: TENE Film Club: One Battle After Another 3:25

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TENE discuss the new 2025 Paul Thomas Anderson film "One Battle After Another." Music credits: "Algiers November 1, 1954" – Ennio Morricone And Gillo Pontecorvo – Battle Of Algiers - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1967) "Zyklus" – Karlheinz Stockhausen – Cycle For One Percussionist (In Two Different Versions) / Klavierstück No. X (1970) "Mao-M…

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341: Traditionalism Pt.3: Julius Evola - The Fascist Warlock 1:12:05

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Rey concludes the three part series on Traditionalism by talking about the "super-fascist" fake baron Julius Evola. Before WW2, Evola was trying to ideologically influence both Italian fascism and German National-Socialism, and after the war he became the ideologue of Neo-Fascist terrorist groups. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.soci…

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340 Traditionalism Pt.2: Frithjof Schuon - The Cultist 5:23

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We continue with the brief biographical overview of the Traditionalist leaders. Frithjof Schuon was the founder of the Maryamiyya Sufi order, the most successful Traditionalist initiatic organization, which developed into a cult. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

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339: Traditionalism pt. 1: René Guénon - The Occultist 1:19:35

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We start our 3 part series on the so-called Traditionalist movement by reading Mark Sedgwick's 2004 book Against the Modern World, and examining the life and activities of the very weird Frenchman called Rene Guenon, who is considered to be the founder of this very modern anti-modern tendency. Previous episode mentioned: Episode 217: Kali Yuga Read…

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Anomalies in the Charlie Kirk Assassination Exposed 6:19

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In this September 18, 2025 episode of News Behind the News, Sean Morgan delves into the unsettling irregularities surrounding the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. From unidentified aerial objects hovering during the event to rapid crime scene dismantling by event staff, the details point toward potential interference and mult…

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338: NEWS: Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Global Right-Wing Grifters 6:11

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The crew examines current events and how the worst people are reacting to Charlie Kirk's assassination. Music: DJ Sliink - Football Anthem (Jersey Club) Extended NFL Hornz Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod @tenepod.bsky.social x.com/tenepod

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Freedom of Speech vs. Freedom From Consequences 4:05

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Explore how the events of 2020—from George Floyd's death and widespread unrest to job losses over vaccine refusals and investigations into election questioners—set the stage for a profound shift in American society. In Donald Trump's second term, following the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025, conservative supporters respo…

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France and Nepal's Explosive Revolt Against Corruption 2:06

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In September 2025, citizens worldwide demand accountability as protests erupt in France and Nepal, exposing deep-rooted government failures. From highway blockades and fiery clashes in Paris to the burning of Kathmandu's parliament, these movements signal widespread exhaustion with austerity, scandals, and unchecked power. Sean Morgan uncovers the …

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Echoes of Overreach – From UK Streets to Western Shores 2:48

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Explore the escalating pattern of government control in the UK, where police target citizens for holding anti-war signs, reading Bible verses, or even waving national flags—while overlooking armed threats and cultural vandalism. This video ties in similar erosions across Europe, like the destruction of historic monuments in Portugal and threats to …