About this episode

The episode explores the life and influence of C. Leon de Aryan, a notable figure in the Mazdaznan cult and his connections to racism and white supremacy in America.

TENE examine the Mazdaznan cult's most (in)famous disciple in America, C. Leon de Aryan and his bizarre racist newspaper, The Broom. We follow De Aryan's career from publlisher of "San Diego's Progressive Weekly", to being a defendant in the Sedition Trial of 1944 and his later connections to the post-war white supremacist movement and Christian Identity. --- Subscribe to https://patreon.org/tenepod https://bsky.app/profile/tenepod.bsky.social https://x.com/tenepod

People in this episode

Host: The Empire Never Ended

Topics covered

• Mazdaznan cult
• C. Leon de Aryan
• white supremacist movement
• Christian Identity
• racism
• American history

Keywords

• Mazdaznan
• C. Leon de Aryan
• racism
• white supremacy
• Christian Identity
• Sedition Trial
• The Broom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Broom, San Diego's Progressive Weekly

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