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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:

No War on Iran! w/ Nina Farnia and Ali Alizadeh Jun 23, 2025

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**Note: This episode was recorded before the American aggression on Iranian nuclear facilities**

TRN Podcast host Nick Estes is joined by guests Nina Farnia (@ninafarnia) and Ali Alizadeh (@ali7adeh) to discuss the Zionist aggression on Iran and the looming specter of the US joining the war.

Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel

Check out Nina's recent article, "The Iranian-American Intelligentsia in U.S. Foreign Affairs: Ahistoricism, Anti-Structuralism, and the Production of Idealism"

Follow Ali on his English-language 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/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Join us for our book launch and tour as we release Red Media's second publication! Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, and Contested Territories: The Four Corners in the Turbulent 1970s by John Redhouse Find events and link to livestream here: https://redmedia.press/events/

RPH vs. Sinners (2025) Jun 16, 2025

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Red Power Hour is back! RPH co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena discuss Ryan Coogler's new horror film, Sinners (2025)

Watch the video edition on The Red Nation 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

Join us for our book launch and tour as we release Red Media's second publication! Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, and Contested Territories: The Four Corners in the Turbulent 1970s by John Redhouse Find events and link to livestream here:https://redmedia.press/events/

Red Power Hour - The banality of colonial evil Jun 09, 2025

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Red Power Hour is back! Co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena survey the burning tirefire of US imperial decline and ask the perennial question, what is even left to say?

Video edition coming soon!

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Patreon www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Anti-Imperialism and Indigenous methodologies w/ Sardana Nikolaeva and Masha Kardashevskaya Jun 02, 2025

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TRN Podcast host Nick Estes is joined by Sardana Nikolaeva and Masha Kardashevskaya, two researchers from the Sakha Republic and hosts of Red Media's newest media project, TYMSYY. Make sure to check out Sardana's earlier episodes of the show!

Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel

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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Best of 2022 Mixtape (pt.1) May 26, 2025

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Celebrate five years of The Red Nation Podcast with us! This mixtape is a part of our "best of" series. This tracklist features some of the best of the show from the year 2022. Part two will be available on our Patreon as patron-exclusive content! Much gratitude to our patrons who have kept the show alive these past five years! Please support the show and gain access to bonus content on the Red Media Patreon!

Every episode can be found on our channels and will be listed on therednation.org

Tracklist:

TRN-KREZ

Solidarity is Medicine w/ Samia Assed No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies w/ Julian Aguon No War, No NATO in Ukraine w/ Onyesonwu Chatoyer and Austin Gonzalez The life and death of Larry Casuse w/ David Correia and Ursula Casuse Carrillo

Mess with the seal, get the flipper w/ Malia Lum-Kawaihoa Marquez Remembering the Reign of Terror at Oglala The spirit of resistance w/ Petuuche Gilbert Empower our work:

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RPH vs. Thunderheart (1992) May 19, 2025

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RPH is back! Cohosts Elena Ortiz and Melanie Yazzie do a very deep dive reading of Thunderheart (1992).

Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel

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Reading J. Sakai's "Settlers" w/ Jared Ware (Pt.1) May 12, 2025

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**Producer's note: This episode went for an astonishing 2.5 hours -- our longest episode ever! We have released the first hour of the conversation on the free feed, and if you want to listen to the entire episode, become a patron for as little as $2 a month**

Nick Estes was joined by Jared Ware (@jaybeware), host of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism, for a livestream conversation and analysis of J. Sakai's Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat From Mayflower to Modern (1983).

Watch the episode on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel.

The Red Nation Podcast is a collaboration between The Red Nation and Red Media.

Empower our work:

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Fascism, imperialism, and the law w/ Nina Farnia May 05, 2025

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TRN Podcast host Nick Estes is joined by legal scholar Nina Farnia (@NinaFarnia) to discuss America's supposed slide into oligarchic fascism, what remains of the Western "rules-based order," and how the war in Ukraine and the Gaza holocaust have enriched the US ruling class.

Check out her article, "Imperialism in the Making of U.S. Law"

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 www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Best of 2021 Mixtape (pt.1) Apr 28, 2025

Show notes

Celebrate five years of The Red Nation Podcast with us! This mixtape is a part of our "best of" series and features some of the best of the show from 2021.

Part two will be available on our Patreon as patron-exclusive content! Much gratitude to our patrons who have kept the show alive these past five years! Empower the show and gain access to bonus content on the Red Media Patreon!

Every episode can be found on our channels and will be listed on therednation.org

Tracklist:

TRN-KREZ

Settlers Gone Wild: Capitol Hill Edition

US Frontiers as Forever Wars w/ Alex Aviña

The Myth of "Sex Work" w/ Esperanza Fonseca and Khara Jabola-Carolus

To Palestine, with love

In Memory of Haunani-Kay Trask

Public land is stolen land w/ Dina Gilio-Whitaker

Bolivia is Medicine for the World w/ Vivi Camacho

Empower our work:

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

Red Power Hour - Who's got the power? We've got the power! Apr 21, 2025

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Red Power is back! Co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz dissect the fascist assault on institutions of higher learning.

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 www.patreon.com/redmediapr

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