Super Structure is a podcast about the many shapes of power. The power of propaganda, the power of political repression, and the power of revolutionary struggles the world over.
We help you â and comedian Jon Gabrus â understand current events, history and politics.
So join us as we live, laugh, and radicalize together.
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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 Statesâ relationship with immigration and deportation all the way back to the 19th century.
In the 50âs, 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.
Research and writing by SÊamus 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.
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.
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.
Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, The Order: Inside Americaâs Racist Underground
Russian Populism & the Narodniks (E12) Sample
Episode 12
Monday, June 15, 2026 ⢠Duration 07:25
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.
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.
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
Ted Shackley Jr: The CIAâs Forrest Gump (E3)
Episode 3
Friday, May 15, 2026 ⢠Duration 56:13
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.
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 Donât Know Whatâs Going On by Exuma.
Once again under mounting siege, Cubaâs revolution is no stranger to violent meddling by the United States and wealthy Cubans in exile. We explore a âwet workâ team of assassins, spies and brutes assembled in 1960 and known as Operation 40. As usual, your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.
Research and writing by Marty Pynchon Meier. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Canción del Elegido by Silvio Rodriguez.
Daniel Hopsicker - Barry and the Boys: The CIA, the Mob, and Americaâs Secret History
Fabian Escalante - JFK: The Cuba Files and The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba (1959 - 1962)
Reinaldo Taladrid and Lazaro Baredo - The Bush Family and the Kennedy Assassination
Don Bohning - The Castro Obsession: US Covert Operations against Cuba, 1959 - 1965
Roben Farzad - Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami
Sean Oliver and Ricardo A. Morales Jr. - Monkey Morales: The True Story of a Mythic Cuban Exile, Assassin, CIA Operative, FBI Informant, Smuggler, and Dad
Larry Hancock - Someone Would Have Talked: Documented! the Assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Conspiracy to Mislead History
The Black Liberation Army & Republic of New Afrika (E10) Sample
Episode 10
Monday, June 8, 2026 ⢠Duration 10:03
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.
Research and writing by Edwin OâConnell. 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.
Fugitive Days: Memoirs of an Anti-War Activist by William Ayers
Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence by Bryan Burrough
âFrom COINTELPRO to Snowden, the FBI Burglars Speak Out After 43 Years of Silenceâ in Democracy Now! by Amy Goodman
False Nationalism False Internationalism by E. Tani and KaĂŠ Sera
âWeather Underground: Driving down a dead end streetâ by George Tyler
Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism by the Weather Underground
Flying Too Close To The Sun by Cathy Wilkerson
âChicago: Law and Disorderâ by the Chicago History Museum
âBlack History, And The Weather Underground Organization in America, a storyâ by the African American Registry
The Weather Underground (E9)
Episode 9
Monday, June 8, 2026 ⢠Duration 50:42
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.
Research and writing by Edwin OâConnell. 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.
Fugitive Days: Memoirs of an Anti-War Activist by William Ayers
Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence by Bryan Burrough
âMeet The Weather Undergroundâs Bomb Guruâ in Vanity Fair by Bryan Burrough
Bad Moon Rising How the Weather Underground Beat the FBI and Lost the Revolution by Arthur M. Eckstein
Love and Struggle: My Life in SDS, the Weather Underground, and Beyond by David Gilbert
âFrom COINTELPRO to Snowden, the FBI Burglars Speak Out After 43 Years of Silenceâ in Democracy Now! by Amy Goodman
SDS/WUO: Students For A Democratic Society And The Weather Underground Organization by David Gilbert
âChicago's Forgotten 'Days of Rage'â in WTTW by Daniel Hautzinger
Origins of NATO (E8)
Episode 8
Monday, June 1, 2026 ⢠Duration 07:38
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 NATOâs founding after World War 2.
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.
[1984] The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class - Kees Van der Pijl
[2005] NATOâs 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
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David Wise, NYT: âDark Side Upâ (William Colby & Phoenix Casualties)
George Venturini - The First 9/11: Kissinger, OperaciĂłn Condor, Pinochet
CIA Reading Room - ââ63 FBI Memo Ties Bush to Intelligence Agencyâ
Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales - âOperation Condor: A criminal conspiracy to forcibly disappear peopleâ
The Road to Radicalization: Tracking the Development of the Weather Undergroundâs Ideology (an honors thesis) by Rachel McKee
âThe Crazy True Story Of The Weather Undergroundâ in Grunge by K. Wells
ââFree the Land!â: Fifty Years of the Republic of New Afrikaâ in Black Perspectives by Daniel Berger
Negroes with Guns by Robert F. Williams
âASSATA SHAKUR The Interviewâ in The Talking Drum
âMiss Chesimard Flees Jersey Prison, Helped By 3 Armed âVisitorsââ in The New York Times
âWe Made a Village for the Kids: Reflections on the Prairie Fire Organizing Committeeâ by Mickey Ellinger in Viewpoint Magazine
âHarvard Bomb Blast Damages Center for International Affairsâ in the New York Times by Robert Reinhold
Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen â A Gripping Memoir of Political Awakening and Seven Years as a FBI Most Wanted Fugitive by Mark Rudd
False Nationalism False Internationalism by E. Tani and KaĂŠ Sera
âWeather Underground: Driving down a dead end streetâ by George Tyler
Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism by the Weather Underground
You Donât Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Wind Blows by the Weather Underground
Flying Too Close To The Sun by Cathy Wilkerson
âChicago: Law and Disorderâ by the Chicago History Museum
âBlack History, And The Weather Underground Organization in America, a storyâ by the African American Registry
The Road to Radicalization: Tracking the Development of the Weather Undergroundâs Ideology (an honors thesis) by Rachel McKee
âThe Crazy True Story Of The Weather Undergroundâ in Grunge by K. Wells
