For episode 165, Elia and Aydın are joined by investigative journalist and anarchist James Stout of the It Could Happen Here podcast to talk about the 1936 anti-fascist Olympics in Barcelona and the fascists who destroyed it. There's a reason you've only heard of the more notorious Berlin one, and we're gonna get into it here.

You can buy James' book: The Popular Front and the Barcelona 1936 Popular Olympics

His NatGeo piece: The brutal story of the 1936 Popular Olympics: a boycott of fascism and Hitler

The 'Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff' Episode on the Spanish Civil War: The Popular Olympics Antifascist Athletes Help Stop a Coup

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Credits:

• Host(s): ⁠⁠Elia Ayoub and Aydın Yıldız

• Guest(s): James Stout

• Music: ⁠⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠

• Sound editor: Elliott Miskovicz

• Episode designer: ⁠⁠Elia J. Ayoub⁠⁠

• Team profile pics: ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠

• Original TFTT design: ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠

• TFTT Transcripts: ⁠⁠Antidotezine⁠

For episode 164, Dana El-Kurd is joined by Michael Paarlbeg, associate professor of political science at Virginia Commonwealth University, to discuss the intersection between crime and authoritarian politics in Latin America. They particularly focus on the the state of emergency happening today in El Salvador, covering the rise of Nayib Bukele and the political implications of the “gang state” emerging in the country.

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Show notes:

• Transnational Gangs and Criminal Remittances (academic article, Comparative Migration Studies)

• The Emerging Gang State in El Salvador (Global Americans)

• Gang Membership in Central America: More Complex Than Meets the Eye (Migration Policy Institute)

• How a Fake Gang Crisis in the US Fueled a Real One in Central America (Duke conference)

• Gangs, Guns and Judas Priest (The Guardian)

Credits:

• Host(s): ⁠⁠Dana El-Kurd

• Guest(s): Michael Paarlberg

• Music: ⁠⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠

• Sound editor: Liam Evans

• Episode designer: ⁠⁠Elia J. Ayoub⁠⁠

• Team profile pics: ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠

• Original TFTT design: ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠

• TFTT Transcripts: ⁠⁠Antidotezine⁠

For episode 163, Elia Ayoub is joined by University of Bath researcher and repeated guest Dr. Aurelien Mondon to talk about the populist hype in the context of the gains by the Far Right in a number of Western countries. We spoke about the EU elections as well as the upcoming UK, France and US elections, asking the question: is the media covering the Far Right responsibly? (spoiler alert: no)

Dr. Mondon is a senior lecturer in Politics, Languages & International Studies at the Centre for Qualitative Research and co-convenor of the Reactionary Politics Research Network.

Correction: I said Bill McKibben when I meant to say Bill Fletcher Jr! Fletcher was a recent guest of TFTT. I was reading a McKibben article earlier that day and my brain must have confused Bills.

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Credits:

• Host(s): ⁠⁠Elia J. Ayoub⁠

• Guest(s): Aurelien Mondon

• Music: ⁠⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠

• Sound editor: Liam Evans

• Episode designer: ⁠⁠Elia J. Ayoub⁠⁠

• Team profile pics: ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠

• Original TFTT design: ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠

• TFTT Transcripts: ⁠⁠Antidotezine⁠