Super Structure with Julian Feeld

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• The Black Liberation Army & Republic of New Afrika (E10) Sample 08.06.2026 10min

  Guerrilla warfare in the 20th century United States? Factions of the Black Power movement made this a reality. Following our episode on the Weather Underground, we tackle the Black Liberation Army and the Republic of New Afrika. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore recent history that now seems farfetched.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Edwin O’Connell. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is My People… Hold On by Eddie Kendricks.Follow Super Structure on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superstructurepodcast/Superstructurepodcast.comBibliographyFugitive Days: Memoirs of an Anti-War Activist by William AyersDays of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence by Bryan Burrough“From COINTELPRO to Snowden, the FBI Burglars Speak Out After 43 Years of Silence” in Democracy Now! by Amy GoodmanFalse Nationalism False Internationalism by E. Tani and Kaé Sera“Weather Underground: Driving down a dead end street” by George TylerPrairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism by the Weather UndergroundFlying Too Close To The Sun by Cathy Wilkerson“Chicago: Law and Disorder” by the Chicago History Museum “Black History, And The Weather Underground Organization in America, a story” by the African American Registry The Road to Radicalization: Tracking the Development of the Weather Underground’s Ideology (an honors thesis) by Rachel McKee“The Crazy True Story Of The Weather Underground” in Grunge by K. Wells ““Free the Land!”: Fifty Years of the Republic of New Afrika” in Black Perspectives by Daniel BergerNegroes with Guns by Robert F. Williams “ASSATA SHAKUR The Interview” in The Talking Drum“Miss Chesimard Flees Jersey Prison, Helped By 3 Armed ‘Visitors’” in The New York Times“We Made a Village for the Kids: Reflections on the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee” by Mickey Ellinger in Viewpoint Magazine
• The Weather Underground (E9) 08.06.2026 50min

  One of the most well-known but least understood movements in the history of the American revolutionary left, the Weather Underground Organization is on our docket in this first of a two-part episode on domestic revolutionary groups in the USA. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore it with you. Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Edwin O’Connell. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Left Me With a Memory by The Montgomery Express.Follow Super Structure on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superstructurepodcast/Superstructurepodcast.comBibliographyFugitive Days: Memoirs of an Anti-War Activist by William AyersDays of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence by Bryan Burrough“Meet The Weather Underground’s Bomb Guru” in Vanity Fair by Bryan Burrough Bad Moon Rising How the Weather Underground Beat the FBI and Lost the Revolution by Arthur M. EcksteinLove and Struggle: My Life in SDS, the Weather Underground, and Beyond by David Gilbert“From COINTELPRO to Snowden, the FBI Burglars Speak Out After 43 Years of Silence” in Democracy Now! by Amy GoodmanSDS/WUO: Students For A Democratic Society And The Weather Underground Organization by David Gilbert“Chicago's Forgotten 'Days of Rage'” in WTTW by Daniel Hautzinger“Harvard Bomb Blast Damages Center for International Affairs” in the New York Times by Robert ReinholdUnderground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen – A Gripping Memoir of Political Awakening and Seven Years as a FBI Most Wanted Fugitive by Mark RuddFalse Nationalism False Internationalism by E. Tani and Kaé Sera“Weather Underground: Driving down a dead end street” by George TylerPrairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism by the Weather UndergroundYou Don’t Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Wind Blows by the Weather UndergroundFlying Too Close To The Sun by Cathy Wilkerson“Chicago: Law and Disorder” by the Chicago History Museum “Black History, And The Weather Underground Organization in America, a story” by the African American Registry The Road to Radicalization: Tracking the Development of the Weather Underground’s Ideology (an honors thesis) by Rachel McKee“The Crazy True Story Of The Weather Underground” in Grunge by K. Wells
• Origins of NATO (E8) 01.06.2026 7min

  What is the function and purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? This turns out to be a question even its founders struggled with. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore NATO’s founding after World War 2.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Ryan McGahan and Josh Messite. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Ramer Sans Rame by Akofa Akoussah.Follow Super Structure on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superstructurepodcast/Superstructurepodcast.comBibliography[1984] The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class - Kees Van der Pijl[2005] NATO’s Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe - Daniele Ganser[2019] Enduring Alliance: A History of NATO and the Postwar Global Order - Timothy A. Sayle
• The Hondurasgate Octopus (E7) 29.05.2026 52min

  Drug trafficking, the military, foreign interests… Honduras has long been a focus of the anti-communist project in South and Central America. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore the path to Hondurasgate, the latest scandal exposing this particular octopus of corruption.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Caio Almendra. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Corrido a Honduras by Unknown.Follow Super Structure on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superstructurepodcast/Superstructurepodcast.comBibliographyASTURIAS, Miguel Ángel. El Papa Verde. Buenos Aires: Losada, 1954.BARAHONA, Marvin. El golpe 28-J: Conspiración transnacional, un crimen en la impunidad. Tegucigalpa: Editorial Guaymuras, 2010.BLUM, William. Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II. London: Zed Books, 2003.CANAL RED. Audios filtrados del caso Hondurasgate. Madrid: Canal Red, 2026. Available at: https://canalred.tv. Accessed on: May 15, 2026.CARDOZA Y ARAGÓN, Luis. La batalla de Guatemala. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1956.CENTRO NACIONAL ANTICORRUPCIÓN (CNA). Los pecados capitales de las ZEDE. Tegucigalpa: CNA, 2022.FRANK, Dana. The Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2018.GÁLVEZ BRESSER, Jorge; AGUILAR, Carla. “Las Zonas de Empleo y Desarrollo Económico (ZEDE) y el perfeccionamiento de los mecanismos de despojo en Honduras”. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, San José, v. 1, n. 171, p. 45–63, 2021.MOLINA, Irene; ZÚÑIGA, César. “¿Excepción o continuismo? Nuevos enclaves: poder e infraestructura en Honduras”. Revista Iztapalapa, Mexico City, n. 91, p. 115–142, 2021.SCOTT, Peter Dale; MARSHALL, Jonathan. Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.TORRES-RIVAS, Edelberto. Centroamérica: la democracia posible. San José: EDUCA, 1987.TORRES-RIVAS, Edelberto. La guerra de baja intensidad en Centroamérica. San José: EDUCA, 1988.WEBB, Gary. Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998.ZAVALA, Oswaldo. Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in U.S. and Mexican Culture. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2022.BBC MUNDO. “La influencia sombría de United Fruit Company en América Latina”. BBC Mundo, 2024. Available at: https://www.bbc.com/mundo. Accessed on: May 15, 2026.
• The Late Great Planet Earth (E6) Sample 25.05.2026 5min

  The least known book that changed the world. The Late Great Planet Earth is the topic of our first Super Structure book club episode. Published in 1970, TLGPE became a huge best seller that influenced people from Ronald Reagan to Ruby Ridge’s Vicki Weaver. It’s also the blueprint for a now-resurgent form of Christian Zionism. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus are joined by Hayden Tank, host of the Bible Lore podcast, to explore this piece of apocalyptic prophesy.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.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 Dambala by Nina Simone.Superstructurepodcast.comThe Bible Lore podcast: https://www.patreon.com/BibleLorePodcastBibliographyHal Lindsay, The Late Great Planet Earth
• Ruby Ridge (E5) 22.05.2026 48min

  A family beset by religious mania, white supremacist obsessions, and deep paranoia about the government. Federal agencies causing multiple deaths through a bungled attempt at apprehending Randy and Vicki Weaver. Ruby Ridge is a central flashpoint of the paranoid nineties. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus walk you through it.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.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 I Shall Not Be Moved by Shirley Ann Lee.Superstructurepodcast.comBibliographyRadley Balko, Rise of the Warrior CopJohn Ganz, When the Clock BrokeJess Walter, Ruby RidgeChris Jennings, End of Dayshttps://nebraskastudies.org/en/1975-1999/foreclosures-lead-to-violence/posse-comitatus/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/aryan-nations/
• Plato’s Run (Movie Night) 1997 (E4) Sample 18.05.2026 6min

  Retired Navy Seal Gary Busey heads to Cuba to get trapped in a web of violence and intrigue by a landmine baron and a KGB-trained Cuban spy in this straight-to-video movie from 1997. Half-hearted propaganda ensues. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus lead you through this delightful romp in Super Structure’s first movie night.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Tougnafo by Mama Keita.Superstructurepodcast.comFilmographyPlato’s Run (1997)
• Ted Shackley Jr: The CIA’s Forrest Gump (E3) 15.05.2026 56min

  We explore CIA interventionism through Ted Shackley Jr, an agent involved in many of the more cruel and dramatic episodes over the course of three decades. From Operation Paperclip to the Cuban missile crisis to the toppling of Allende in Chile and even Iran-Contra, Shackley was there for it all.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Marty Pynchon Meyer and Ryan McGahan. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is You Don’t Know What’s Going On by Exuma.Superstructurepodcast.comBibliographyBlond Ghost by David Corn
• Origins of ICE (E2) Sample 08.05.2026 9min

  The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has become a huge problem under Trump, but what led us here? How did we end up with a network of concentration camps for migrants, extrajudicial disappearances, and outright murder? Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus trace the United States’ relationship with immigration and deportation all the way back to the 19th century.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Spencer Barrows and Grace Cathedral Park. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard.Superstructurepodcast.comBibliographyThe Deportation Machine by Adam GoodmanEveryone Who Is Here is Gone by Jonathan BlitzerThe Contrarian by Max ChafkinThe Migrant's Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration by Brianna NofilDetention, deportation, devolution and immigrant incapacitation in the US, post 9/11 by Mathew Coleman and Austin Kocher9/11 and the Transformation of U.S. Immigration Law and Policy by Deepa Iyer and Jayesh M. Rathodhttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/immigration-act-1882https://www.vox.com/videos/479915/ice-history-videohttps://immigrationvisaattorney.com/what-do-dhs-uscis-cbp-and-ice-do/https://immigrationhistory.org/item/page-act/https://immigrationhistory.org/item/geary-act/
• Mossadegh & the Anglo-American Coup (E1) 08.05.2026 1j 2min

  In the 50’s, Iranian prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh presaged a different future for the country. But he made a crucial mistake: he nationalized oil and attempted to lift his people out of poverty through social programs. This led to a CIA- and MI6-led coup and years of tumult for the country that has long been an American boogeyman. Julian Feeld and John Gabrus explore.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.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 Saraabe Toe by Kourosh Yaghmaei.Superstructurepodcast.comBibliographyAll the Shah’s Men by Stephen KinzerThe Coup by Ervand AbrahamianA History of Modern Iran by Ervand AbrahamianThe Iran National Front and the Struggle for Democracy by Masoud KazemzadehKhomeinism by Ervand AbrahamianIran’s Political Economy Since the Revolution by Suzanne MaloneyMossadegh in Military Court by Jalil BozorgmehrMusaddiq and the Struggle for Power in Iran by Homa Katouzianhttps://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/28/archives/mossadegh-prophet-or-buffoon-his-place-in-history-may-be-determined.htmlhttps://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/fedaian-e-esla/https://www.mohammadmossadegh.com/news/indian-express/mossadeq-wants-monarchy-to-stay/https://dayan.org/content/worker-street-mosaddegh-street-struggle-over-collective-memory-iranian-prime-ministerhttps://www.democracynow.org/2017/7/24/newly_declassified_documents_confirm_us_backedhttps://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afgani-jamal-al-din/
• Episode Zero 27.04.2026 21min

  Julian Feeld and John Gabrus discuss the upcoming podcast.For double the episodes you can subscribe to our patreon.Theme song by Thiago França. Cover Art by Ruben Gerard.SUPERSTRUCTUREPODCAST.COM