TENE examine the Mazdaznan cult's most (in)famous disciple in America, C. Leon de Aryan and his bizarre racist newspaper, The Broom. We follow De Aryan's career from publlisher of "San Diego's Progressive Weekly", to his later ties with the post-war white supremacist movement and Christian Identity.
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Boris examines Mazdaznan, a faux Zoroastrian cult from the early 20th century. Although largely forgotten now, it was quite influential in the interwar period and also has surprising links to the white supremacist Christian identity movement. Part 1: Vegetarianism, race science, breathing exercises.
369: European New Right pt. 3 - The Most Boring Op
Rey forced himself to read another book on the ENR and was met with page upon page of ideologically inconsistent fascist babble written by a group that experts are calling "the most boring neopagans of all time."
As world toiletification intensifies, the TENE crew checks in on some of the dumbest people alive, some of whom are beating the crap out of each other in a forest. Also, Boris is further entangled in the ever-expanding web of HOOM connections.
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Rey finished reading Tomislav Sunić's definitive book (in English) about ENR. The second part was even harder to comprehend, not only because of its strange attacks on the concept of equality, but also because the book ends up undermining its own premises.
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TENE: "So this Neo-Ustasha podcast publishes Serbian texts, some of which I think are fake—"
me "ah, lemme guess, the 'Protocols of the Elders of Serbo-Bolshevism'?":
TENE "—and literally titled one 'The Protocols of Serbian something something'."
fascists are self-parodies lmfao
Rey starts looking at the European New Right of Alain de Benoist, by examining the first half of Tomislav Sunić's definitive and deranged book Against Democracy and Equality (1990).
In part 3 of our series on the Holy Order of MANS path from crunchy New Age to Orthodox Christianity, Boris looks at the process of conversion and the ghastly array of sex criminals and fascists that made it all possible.`
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364: HOOMies pt. 2 - Bearers of the Holy Light
In episode 2 of our series on the path of the Holy Order of MANS from New Age spirituality, to fanatical Orthodox Christianity, Boris tries to understand the core teachings and organizational structure of the Order.
This is a great episode. OK, it discusses totally insane shit, but it discusses it in a really interesting way.
Really fascinating discussion (worth getting a subscription for). One thing that stood out is how similar O9A's ethical philosophy is to mainstream right wing thought - cruelty isn't to achieve particular ends but to create a general vibe that is more natural and generative than regular ethics.
Andrew Palella studiously went through the corpus of the Order of Nine Angles writings known as the "Labyrinthos Mythologicus" and published a 100 page peer reviewed article on it. Andrew joins us to discuss his article, explain the O9A worldview and appeal for certain kinds of people today.
Boris begins a short series on how a relatively obscure New Age religion from the 1960s lay the foundations for the modern right wing "Orthobro" phenomenon in Orthodox Christianity. To do this, we take a journey back to 1960s San Francisco's world of mystics, American Sufis and Christian Yogis.
361: TENE Film Club: The Wild Geese II
Boris and Rey kick back and watch the 1985 action flick The Wild Geese II, a bizarre movie that makes Rudolf Hess into a lovable grandpa (played by Laurence Olivier).
If you ever wanted to learn about Azov Battalion's yoga instructor, this is the podcast for you.
TENE is very happy to be joined by Peter Korotaev of the substack Events in Ukraine to chat about the Order of Nine Angles in Russia and Ukraine, and the connected East Slavic Nazis who think they are going to Valhalla.
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359: Conservative Revolution in Germany pt.Ђ - Fascism for Everyone
Rey concludes the reading of Armin Mohler's book, by examining the last two factions of the CR--the Youth and Rural movements--and also by speculating on how the CR concept can possibly help our understanding of historical fascism.
TENE tackles the horror of 764 and its related groups. We are extremely lucky to be joined by journalist @awinston.bsky.social who, through years of following the story, is uniquely qualified to guide us through the dark.
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357: News - New Year, New Horrors
The TENE crew discuss recent world events: Russian nazi Denis Kapustin back from the dead, state violence in the USA, and nazi dating site goes kaput.
356: Conservative Revolution in Germany pt.3 - Turbo Völk
Continuing the discussion about Armin Mohler's book, Rey presents the main features of the faction known as the Völkisch movement, and resolves the mystery of its so-called disappearance.
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355: Meir Kahane pt. 5: The Death of Meir Kahane & Echoes of Kach
Boris wraps up the series on Meir Kahane by discussing the toxic legacy of the Kach party's ideology and comparing his writings to other far-right groups.
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354: NEWS: Kavaja's CIA ghost haunts Tito, the FBI makes up a urban guerrilla group, Wild Birth & Orthodox cultists
TENE closes out 2025 with some final news updates from our deranged world and gives a peek at some of the bizarre stories and characters that await you in 2026!
353: NEWS: Antifascist Protests in Croatia, John Paul Cupp, CNN on Patriot Front & More
The crew reviews some good news, a lot of bad news, and examines yet another case of mainstream media doing a PR spot for white nationalist hate groups.
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In this part Rey talks about a faction of German Fascism that Armin Mohler called "National Revolutionaries," which included the Group of Social Revolutionary Nationalists and "Nazi Left" groups like the Combat League of Revolutionary National Socialists.
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Field where I died is possibly my least favorite X-files episode. Home is a classic tho, c'mon
350: Conservative Revolution in Germany pt 1b - Young Conservatives
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!
I think we might revisit him soon too
349: Spectacle of Terrorism - Gianfranco Sanguinetti & The Years of Lead
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.
348: Conservative Revolution in Germany pt. 1a - "Cosmic Pessimism" - The 19th Century Roots of CR
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).
347: Conservative Revolution in Germany pt. 0 - Armin Mohler and His Book
In the first episode of the series on the book "Conservative Revolution in Germany 1918-1932," Rey talks about the author and everyone involved in the U.S. edition of the book: Karlheinz Weissman, Richard Spencer and others.