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The Nigerian Scam — 79 episodes

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70. Owning a Piece of 'The Nigerian People's' Refinery.

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69. School Na Scam? Education, Entertainment and Class in Nigeria

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68. Growth Without Development: The Real Achievements of Nigerian Neo-liberalism

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67. Mark of the Hawk: Hollywood, Propaganda, and the Battle for African Independence

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66. Feeding Bottle Billionaire Club (FBBC): Origins of Nigerian Oligarchs Episode One

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65. Assuming NDC is "Re-registered”

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64. Insecurity, Protests and The Nigerian Left

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63. OAU and Nigeria's Millennial Left

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62. State of the Nation: Nigeria in 2026

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61. Confessions of an Ex-APC Marxist

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60. Oblee Economy: Class, Gender Wars, and the Case against Detty December ft. P0liticalbaby (@Mao_0k)

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59. Trump's Real Interests in Nigeria

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58. Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and the 2027 Elections

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57. Christian Genocide in Nigeria

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56. Lagos Stinks!!!

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55. Economic Crisis, Status Consciousness, and the Nigerian Middle Class

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54.⁠ ⁠Dawn of the ADC

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Scam Hall of Fame Ep 4: Structural Adjustment Programs

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53. Bala Blu or Lee Kwan Yew?

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52. Let The Chips Fall Where They May

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51. Let’s Talk About Sex-ism

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50. Why Are We Calling Her “Natasha”?

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49. 16 Billion Problems and A Book ain't One

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48. The Internet is the Opium

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47. The Dialectics of Detty December

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46. Tax Reform, #FreeDeleFarotimi, 2024 round up

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45.⁠ ⁠Presidential Amnesia in the Information Age

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44. Why Trump (would have) won in Nigeria -- aka Tropical Trumpism

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43. Exclusive Interview with Momodou Taal

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42. Don't Blame the IMF

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41. Reflections on the Edo State Elections, Mass Protests and Aliko's Antics

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40. Northern Radicalism Reborn?

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39. Our Exclusive Interview with ‘wanted Briton’ Drew Povey

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38. Feminism and Class in Colonial Nigeria - A Review of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (2024)

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37. #EndBadGovernance: Some Preliminary Notes

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36. Sahel-exit, NLC betrayal, and #RutoMustGo

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35. From Military misadventures to Tinubu tragedy: Neoliberal reforms and the Nigerian Left ft. Baba Aye

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What's Left of the Nigerian Left Ep 2: Movement for African Emancipation

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34. On Comedy and the African Revolution ft. Dexmond the Comedian

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What's Left of the Nigerian Left Ep 1: The Socialist Library and Archive (SOLAR) Calabar ft. Chido Onumah

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33. #EndHunger Protests : From Economic Crisis to Political Crisis?

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32. A Nigerian Communist in Vietnam

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31. Eco was, Ecowars, Ecoworse

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30. Was national liberation the scam?

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Scam Hall of Fame Ep 3: Agricultural marketing boards in colonial and 'independent' Nigeria

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29. Why we struck

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28. Precolonial Capitalism to the First Republic ft. @iyi_bobby

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27. Mohbad protests, celebrities and social (non-)movements

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26. 'Is Nigeria's fuel subsidy still worth fighting for?' ft. Camilla Houeland

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25. Subsidy removal and popular resistance pt. 1

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24. Niger coup, Ecowas idiocy, and Left military vanguardism

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23. Afro-Marxism in Nollywood? - A review of Saworoide (1999)

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22. Did the Left learn anything from the Obidient Wave? Part 1

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21. "Buhari walked so that Tinubu could run": From right wing-statism to the Lagos Model

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Scam Hall of Fame Ep 2: The Time Nigeria Imported White Zimbabwean Farmers

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20. Marxism vs Obi-ism pt.2: A Socialist Labour Party candidate in the National Assembly? ft. Ayo Ademiluyi

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19. Election Post-mortem: class, ideology, and consciousness

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18. Was it rigged?

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17. 2023 -- Naira Scarcity, Elections, and Elite Roforofo

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16. Taking a shower with Babangida - A review of "Badamasi (Portrait of a General)"

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Scam Hall of Fame Ep 1: The Cement Armada Scandal 1974 - ?

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15. Of Bandits, Warlords, and Terrorists: A Recap

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14. From Ballot to Revolution: AAC and the 2023 elections ft. Kunle Wizeman Ajayi

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13. On ASUU strikes and boiling Indomie ft. Maberu Fagunwa

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12. Unlocked: Audience Appreciation Episode

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12. Teaser - Audience directed struggle session

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11. Marxism vs Obi-ism: Leftist entryists and the struggle for the Nigerian Labour Party ft. Ayo Ademiluyi

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10. 100 million boys v.s people's industrialization

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09. A leftist case for secession? ft. Comrade Offiong Aqua

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08. Africrapitalism ft. Immaculata Abba

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07. Happy New Election Year 🎉

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06. Rethinking #EndSARS: A Revolution Postponed?

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04. (un)happy independence

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05. Anti-Communist Coups and Military Wives: A Review of '76

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03. Twitter Ban or Scam

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02. Don't #DefendLagos

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01. Proletarian 'Herdsmen'

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0.5. Hijacked by 'hoodlums' feat. Dami Adebayo

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00. Claim no easy victories; On EndSARS

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