Ted Shackley Jr: The CIA’s Forrest Gump (E3)

The Hondurasgate Octopus (E7)

Drug trafficking, the military, foreign interests… Honduras has long been a focus of the anti-communist project in South and Central America. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore the path to Hondurasgate, the latest scandal exposing this particular octopus of corruption. Go to patreon.com/superstructure [http://patreon.com/superstructure] to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month. Research and writing by Caio Almendra. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França [https://thiagofranca.bandcamp.com/]. Cover art by Ruben Gerard [https://www.instagram.com/rubengerard/]. Super Structure selection of the week is Corrido a Honduras by Unknown. Follow Super Structure on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superstructurepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/superstructurepodcast/] Superstructurepodcast.com [http://Superstructurepodcast.com] Bibliography * ASTURIAS, Miguel Ángel. El Papa Verde. Buenos Aires: Losada, 1954. * BARAHONA, Marvin. El golpe 28-J: Conspiración transnacional, un crimen en la impunidad. Tegucigalpa: Editorial Guaymuras, 2010. * BLUM, William. Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II. London: Zed Books, 2003. * CANAL RED. Audios filtrados del caso Hondurasgate. Madrid: Canal Red, 2026. Available at: https://canalred.tv [https://canalred.tv]. Accessed on: May 15, 2026. * CARDOZA Y ARAGÓN, Luis. La batalla de Guatemala. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1956. * CENTRO NACIONAL ANTICORRUPCIÓN (CNA). Los pecados capitales de las ZEDE. Tegucigalpa: CNA, 2022. * FRANK, Dana. The Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2018. * GÁLVEZ BRESSER, Jorge; AGUILAR, Carla. “Las Zonas de Empleo y Desarrollo Económico (ZEDE) y el perfeccionamiento de los mecanismos de despojo en Honduras”. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, San José, v. 1, n. 171, p. 45–63, 2021. * MOLINA, Irene; ZÚÑIGA, César. “¿Excepción o continuismo? Nuevos enclaves: poder e infraestructura en Honduras”. Revista Iztapalapa, Mexico City, n. 91, p. 115–142, 2021. * SCOTT, Peter Dale; MARSHALL, Jonathan. Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. * TORRES-RIVAS, Edelberto. Centroamérica: la democracia posible. San José: EDUCA, 1987. * TORRES-RIVAS, Edelberto. La guerra de baja intensidad en Centroamérica. San José: EDUCA, 1988. * WEBB, Gary. Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998. * ZAVALA, Oswaldo. Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in U.S. and Mexican Culture. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2022. * BBC MUNDO. “La influencia sombría de United Fruit Company en América Latina”. BBC Mundo, 2024. Available at: https://www.bbc.com/mundo [https://www.bbc.com/mundo]. Accessed on: May 15, 2026.

The Late Great Planet Earth (E6) Sample

The least known book that changed the world. The Late Great Planet Earth is the topic of our first Super Structure book club episode. Published in 1970, TLGPE became a huge best seller that influenced people from Ronald Reagan to Ruby Ridge’s Vicki Weaver. It’s also the blueprint for a now-resurgent form of Christian Zionism. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus are joined by Hayden Tank, host of the Bible Lore podcast, to explore this piece of apocalyptic prophesy. Go to patreon.com/superstructure [http://patreon.com/superstructure] to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month. Research and writing by Spencer Barrows and Grace Cathedral Park. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França [https://thiagofranca.bandcamp.com/]. Cover art by Ruben Gerard [https://www.instagram.com/rubengerard/]. Super Structure selection of the week is Dambala by Nina Simone. Superstructurepodcast.com [http://Superstructurepodcast.com] The Bible Lore podcast: https://www.patreon.com/BibleLorePodcast [https://www.patreon.com/cw/BibleLorePodcast] Bibliography Hal Lindsay, The Late Great Planet Earth

Ruby Ridge (E5)

A family beset by religious mania, white supremacist obsessions, and deep paranoia about the government. Federal agencies causing multiple deaths through a bungled attempt at apprehending Randy and Vicki Weaver. Ruby Ridge is a central flashpoint of the paranoid nineties. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus walk you through it. Go to patreon.com/superstructure [http://patreon.com/superstructure] to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month. Research and writing by Spencer Barrows and Grace Cathedral Park. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França [https://thiagofranca.bandcamp.com/]. Cover art by Ruben Gerard [https://www.instagram.com/rubengerard/]. Super Structure selection of the week is I Shall Not Be Moved by Shirley Ann Lee. Superstructurepodcast.com [http://Superstructurepodcast.com] Bibliography Radley Balko, Rise of the Warrior Cop John Ganz, When the Clock Broke Jess Walter, Ruby Ridge Chris Jennings, End of Days https://nebraskastudies.org/en/1975-1999/foreclosures-lead-to-violence/posse-comitatus/ [https://nebraskastudies.org/en/1975-1999/foreclosures-lead-to-violence/posse-comitatus/] https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/aryan-nations/ [https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/aryan-nations/]

Plato’s Run (Movie Night) 1997 (E4) Sample

Retired Navy Seal Gary Busey heads to Cuba to get trapped in a web of violence and intrigue by a landmine baron and a KGB-trained Cuban spy in this straight-to-video movie from 1997. Half-hearted propaganda ensues. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus lead you through this delightful romp in Super Structure’s first movie night. Go to patreon.com/superstructure [http://patreon.com/superstructure] to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França [https://thiagofranca.bandcamp.com/]. Cover art by Ruben Gerard [https://www.instagram.com/rubengerard/]. Super Structure selection of the week is Tougnafo by Mama Keita. Superstructurepodcast.com [http://Superstructurepodcast.com] Filmography * Plato’s Run (1997)

Ted Shackley Jr: The CIA’s Forrest Gump (E3)

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. Go to patreon.com/superstructure [http://patreon.com/superstructure] to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month. Research and writing by Marty Pynchon Meyer and Ryan McGahan. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França [https://thiagofranca.bandcamp.com/]. Cover art by Ruben Gerard [https://www.instagram.com/rubengerard/]. Super Structure selection of the week is You Don’t Know What’s Going On by Exuma. Superstructurepodcast.com [http://Superstructurepodcast.com] Bibliography * Blond Ghost by David Corn