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**The Red Nation Podcast**

The Red Nation Podcast features discussions on Indigenous history, politics, and culture from a left perspective. Hosted by Nick Estes and Jen Marley with help from our friend and comrade Sina. The Red Nation Podcast is also the home of Red Power Hour, hosted by Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz.

Our show is entirely supported by our patrons on Patreon, support the show and get access to bonus content and other patron exclusive benefits here: Patreon.com/redmediapr

Website: therednation.org

Follow the hosts on Twitter @nickwestes and @JenMarley1680 and the Red Nation @The_Red_Nation.

Theme song: “Dead Horse” by Weedrat https://weedrat.bandcamp.com/

Latest Episodes:

RPH vs. Avatar: Fire and Ash (2026) Mar 09, 2026

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RPH is back! Co-hosts Elena Ortiz and Melanie Yazzie tackle the latest installment of the Avatar franchise.

Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast Youtube channel

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GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/

Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Drug Cartels do not exist w/Oswaldo Zavala and Alex Aviña Mar 02, 2026

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TRN Podcast host Nick Estes live in conversation with longtime friend of the show Alex Aviña (@alexander_Avina) and Oswaldo Zavala (@oswaldo__zavala), the author of Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in US and Mexican Culture Follow Nick on Substack https://nickestes.substack.com Watch the livestream edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel

Empower our work:

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/

Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

The Imperial Slingshot w/ Charisse Burden-Stelly Feb 23, 2026

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TRN Podcast host Nick Estes live in conversation with Charisse Burden-Stelley.

Watch the livestream edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel

Empower our work:

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/

Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Solidarity, Not Spam: Defend Chamoru Self-Determination, Oppose Bill 242-38! Feb 17, 2026

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URGENT: Sign now to oppose Bill 242-38; the hearing is happening as this episode drops. Petition: https://forms.gle/zEoq7Rf6Jmg32jTS7

Note: The recording took place 24 hours before the public hearing at the Guam Congress Building on Bill 242-38. Red Power Hour co-host Melanie Yazzie and TRN comrade Tåhdong talk with Melvin Won Pat-Borja (Executive Director, Guam Commission on Decolonization) and Michael Lujan Bevacqua (Co-Chair, Independent Guåhan) about why Bill 242-38 would erase a Native-Inhabitant–led vote and violate CHamoru self-determination. We cover Guåhan and Micronesia's decolonization history, the ways U.S. citizenship is switched on/off by a militarized agenda, how an Independent Micronesia could shift Guam from being America's "tip of the spear" to a bridge of peace between East and West, and why Indigenous solidarity is more powerful than spam. Submit written or oral testimony before the public hearing. Toolkit with scripts, emails, addresses: https://tinyurl.com/y2kxa38n

Sign & share now: https://forms.gle/zEoq7Rf6Jmg32jTS7 → Then submit testimony and call Guam's senators using the COD Toolkit https://tinyurl.com/y2kxa38n

Empower our work:

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The Water Remembers w/ Amy Bowers Cordalis Feb 16, 2026

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RPH is BACK! Amy Bowers-Cordalis joins RPH Co-host Elena Ortiz to talk about her new book, the liberation of the Klamath River and her family's contributions to that struggle. This is a story of hope and triumph. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Empower our work:

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Minneapolis Update: Not Minnesota Nice Feb 09, 2026

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Operation Metro Surge is just two months old. In this episode, TRN Podcast host Nick Estes examines the recent history and the historic community resistance against the deadly and traumatic federal invasion.

Fort Snelling: The Advance Guard of Federal Invasion Since 1805: https://racketmn.com/fort-snelling-the-advance-guard-of-federal-invasion-since-1805

Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Empower our work:

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content

Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

"All we need is each other": From the frontlines in Minneapolis Feb 02, 2026

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RPH co-host Melanie Yazzie continues our series of frontline reports from Minneapolis. In this episode, Melanie speaks to Rachel Thunder from the Indigenous Protector Movement and NDN's Lorenzo Serna.

Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Empower our work:

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Power Hour - Hope in the Streets: Report from Minneapolis Jan 26, 2026

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Red Power Hour is back! The RPH crew discusses the fascist attack on Minneapolis by ICE and the mass mobilization against it. Joining co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz is TRN comrade Demetrius Johnson.

Empower our work:

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Minneapolis vs. ICE w/ Indigenous Protector Movement Jan 19, 2026

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TRN Podcast host Nick Estes speaks with the Indigenous Protector Movement on what's happening in Minneapolis. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPscledAlaA

Empower our work:

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Maduro kidnapped: Is the Venezuela invasion an Indian war? - Left Reckoning 252 Jan 12, 2026

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**TRN Podcast host Nick Estes did an episode with the folks over at Left Reckoning on the kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro**

"Nick Estes, historian, author, and co-host of The Red Nation Podcast answers the question: Is the Venezuela invasion an Indian War? Read Nick's piece here"

Watch the livestream edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel

Empower our work:

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

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