The Empire Never Ended

TENE discusses the impact of the Unabomber's recent death on fascist scenes around the world and how this impact was presaged already in his infamous manifesto, 'Industrial Society and its Future'. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

As they bid a fond farewell to Arc 4, Boris, Fritz, and Rey meet to discuss the 82 episodes that made up tene's nearly year-long exploration into the political evolution of Balkan emigree groups in the US, Yugoslav deep state shenanigans, and the culture of the 'Cold War'. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE concludes their look into the late Croatian American leader of the Mexican Mafia, Joe "Peg Leg" Morgan, with a critical viewing of Edward James Olmos' film, American Me (1992), and its violent backstory. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris tells the surprising story of Croatian émigré Joe "Peg Leg" Morgan, one-time leader of the Mexican Mafia in Los Angeles, and explores the rumor of his connection to escaped post-war Ustasha war criminal, Andrija Artuković. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE watches the 1949 anti-communist propaganda film, The Woman on Pier 13, originally entitled I Married a Communist!, produced by fashy loon Howard Hughes right after taking over RKO studios. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE pod peeks behind the news of the recent incursions into Russia by Russian fighters for Ukraine as well as the recent wave of mass protest in Serbia following two traumatic mass shootings. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Boris, Fritz, and Rey conclude the first half of their underworld-spanning adventure, meeting some familiar faces along the way in their hunt for Cousin Franjo. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

TENE relays the story of a little know but powerful organized crime network known as Grupa Amerika. Especially interesting is Grupa Amerika's connection with both the CIA and the Serbian deep state, as well as its origins in SOPO and the Westies. Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

One hundred episodes since Boris, Fritz, and Rey discovered that they were in a tabletop rpg, they are drawn back into the Morlak's partisan struggle and forced to leave their pyramid studio.   Music from pixabay (mostly Lexin_Music) and from FesliyanStudios. SFX from freesound.org   Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.

Rey describes the history of the Hell's Kitchen-based gang the Westies, and their unlikely boss during the 80s, Boško Radonjić, aka "Yugo". Yugo was simultaneously one of the leaders of the Serbian terrorist group SOPO and the closest friend of the crazy hijacker Nikola Kavaja, and had some even more surprising connections... Subscribe to patreon.org/tenepod and twitter.com/tenepod.