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 'naturally' un-Black them. This is the history of Samba and Funk. It's also the second half of our two-parter on the topic. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Caio Almendra.

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Episode researched and written by Caio Almendra. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selections of the week are Agoniza mas Não Morre (Ao Vivo) feat Nelson Sargento by Beth Carvalho and Endereço dos Bailes by MC Júnior E MC Leonardo.

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Bibliography

• Sinners. Directed by Ryan Coogler, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2025.
• Barouh, Pierre, director. Samba. Disques Saravah, 1967. YouTube, uploaded by Saravah, 2014, https://youtu.be/qtGh8QvOuLs.
• VIANNA, Hermano. O Mistério do Samba.
• MOURA, Roberto. Tia Ciata e a Pequena África no Rio de Janeiro.
• FACINA, Adriana. "Não Me Prenda Nem Me Deixe Vacilar: Funk Carioca e Ativismo Cultural." Revista de Antropologia Social, vol. 11, no. 2, 2010.
• MELO, Demian Bezerra de (Org.). A Miséria da Historiografia: Uma Crítica ao Revisionismo Contemporâneo.
• PEDRETTI, Lucas. Dançando na Mira da Ditadura: Bailes Soul e Violência Contra a População Negra nos Anos 1970.
• GOMES CAETANO, Mariana. My Pussy É O Poder: Representação feminina através do funk: identidade, feminismo e indústria cultura.2015
• COMISSÃO NACIONAL DA VERDADE. Relatório Final: Volume I. Governo Federal do Brasil, 2014.
• ANDRADE, Mário de. O Samba Rural Paulista.
• Special thanks to APAFUNK for reviewing this script and providing great insights, all while fighting the good fight.

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) with Hesse Deni & Will Menaker of Movie Mindset / Seeking Derangements / Chapo Trap House. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.

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Hesse: https://www.patreon.com/seekingderangements / https://www.patreon.com/cw/TroubleInRiverCity

Will: https://www.chapotraphouse.com/

Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Fire By The River by Harumi.

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Bibliography

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Order_(2001_film)

We explore the roots of the settler-colonial project known as Zionism – which led to the formation of the state of Israel on Palestinian land. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.

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Research and writing by Séamus Malekafzali. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Let My People Go by Darondo.

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Bibliography

• The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis
• On Zionist Literature by Ghassan Kanafani
• Expulsion of the Palestinians by Nur Masalha
• The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl
• The Old New Land by Theodor Herzl
• The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl, edited by Raphael Patai
• The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand
• Rome and Jerusalem by Moses Hess
• The Revival of a Classical Tongue by Jack Feldman
• Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine by Alan Dowty
• https://fathomjournal.org/british-christian-zionism-and-george-eliots-daniel-deronda/
• https://forward.com/opinion/769291/ararat-jewish-self-governance-new-york/
• https://electronicintifada.net/content/alharam-sidna-ali-memory-herzliya/5799
• https://www.palquest.org/en/place/16928/ayn-karim
• https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/history/articles/who-were-the-hasmoneans
• https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/9/3/72
• https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/351500/the-dreyfus-pivot-herzl-confronts-jew-hatred-on-the-march/
• https://www.timesofisrael.com/200-years-ago-john-adams-promoted-a-jewish-state-in-the-holy-land/

Israeli propaganda courses, 30 years in prison for moving anarchist zines, Monsanto not liable, Peter Thiel’s secret society leaked, a global heatwave and a surprising socialist sweep in New York. We cover some recent news items with our esteemed guest Liv Agar. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.

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Liv Agar: https://www.twitch.tv/livagar / https://x.com/liv_agar

Research and writing by Spencer Barrows and Grace Cathedral Park. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Chintamani by Céline Dessberg.

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Bibliography

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/23/nyc-house-congress-primary-election/d3b31ddc-6eb8-11f1-8730-e7fd0e2a6404_story.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/weather/europe-extreme-heat-wave-warning.html
• https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/
• https://theintercept.com/2026/06/26/daniel-sanchez-estrada-zines-prairieland-free-speech/
• https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/25/monsanto-supreme-court-pesticide-case
• https://www.972mag.com/leaked-idf-propaganda-israel-intelligence/

The book that defined a generation of right wing racist violence, traces of The Turner Diaries (first published in 1978) can still be found shot through today’s white supremacist circles. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore William Luther Pierce’s psychotic, genocidal work of speculative fiction.

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Research and writing by Spencer Barrows and Grace Cathedral Park. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Right On For The Darkness by Willie Wright.

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Bibliography

• The Turner Diaries, William Luther Pierce
• https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/william-pierce/

A historic act of domestic terrorism committed by a right-wing crank obsessed with the Turner Diaries, Ruby Ridge and Waco. The Oklahoma City Bombing and Timothy McVeigh deserve a re-exploration due to their relative memory-holing in the wake of 9/11. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus are your hosts.

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Research and writing by Grace Cathedral Park. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is There’s No Answer Without You by Love Apple.

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Bibliography

• American Terrorist - Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing by Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck

An American Neo-Nazi organization active in the 80s, The Order (AKA The Silent Brotherhood) partook in murder, armed robbery, and even declared war on the federal government. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore.

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Research and writing by Spencer Barrows. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Smiling Faces by East of Underground.

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Bibliography

• Martin A. Lee, The Beast Reawakens
• Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, The Order: Inside America’s Racist Underground

Revolutionary movements in Russia existed before the Bolsheviks. We explore the various groups attempting to topple the Tsar and lift the peasantry out of dire conditions. Notably and beginning in the 1860s: the Narodniks. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.

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Research and writing by Cooter Jones. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Program by Silver Apples.

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Bibliography

• Roots of Revolution: A History of the Populist and Socialist Movements in 19" Century Russia by Franco Venturi
• Peasant Economy, Culture, and Politics of European Russia, -- Esther Kingston-Mann (editor), Timothy Mixter (editor)
• Alexander Herzen and the Birth of Russian Socialism, --by Martin E Malia
• The Oxford History of Russia, Volume 2
• Russian Populism: A History by Christopher Ely
• The Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party Before the First World War by Manfred Hildemeier
• The Socialist Alternative to Bolshevik Russia - The Socialist Revolutionary Party 1921-1939 by Elizabeth White
• New Mecca, New Babylon: Paris and the Russian Exiles, 1920-1945 by Robert H Johnston