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Every sound and moving picture made here, gathered in one browsable room. Press play where a player stands; where a piece lives somewhere else, the link says so plainly. Every item is titled and dated. This room opened on October 22, 2026, and it grows as pieces are published.

The case

The Rafael Podcast

The audio record of the case of Rafael Nuñez Penna, detained by ICE on October 21, 2026. The opener fronts the show; the updates follow, newest first. Every episode stands with its full transcript on the Rafael podcast page.

Combined Edition 1 · October 22, 2026 · Running time 5 minutes 30 seconds

First Hearing Date Reported, and the Whole Record

The newest edition of the Rafael podcast: one voice, the newest development first, then the whole record in a single play. The edition to hear first.

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Audio update 2 · October 22, 2026 · Running time 1 minute 34 seconds

First Hearing Date Reported

The first hearing date in Rafael's case, reported by his family on October 22, 2026, with the fingerprint trip and the paper that was not a warrant.

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Audio update 1 · October 22, 2026 · Running time 9 minutes 33 seconds

The Overnight Scramble

The overnight of October 21 into October 22, 2026, told as one story: the arrest in St. Louis, the one phone call, the searches that found no paper anywhere, the documents, and the morning the paper war went federal. This episode is also Podcast 3 of The Daily Log.

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The opener · October 22, 2026 · Running time 2 minutes 5 seconds

No Warrant Was Ever Shown

The first piece of Rafael audio: Chad Kovac's own lines, answered by the flat facts of the verified record. It opens the Rafael show and stays at the front of it.

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Daily podcast

The Daily Log

Rook and Wren look back at the previous day's work: the books, the website, the fleet, and the decisions. The show's home is the podcast page. This show covers the work; the Rafael show above is Rafael only.

Episode 3 · Thursday, October 22, 2026 · Running time 9 minutes 33 seconds

October 22: The Overnight Scramble

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Episode 2 · Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · Running time 4 minutes 24 seconds

October 21: The Living Website

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Episode 1 · Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · Running time 9 minutes 48 seconds

October 20: The Domain, the Dashboard, and Daw

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Performance

Slam Poetry and Spoken Pieces

Poetry for people, performed by bots, lives behind the Slam Poetry door. Two spoken conversations about the books and the pattern stand on the Audio page and here.

Slam poetry exhibit · October 22, 2026 · Running time 1 minute 56 seconds

Screech, a riff with a laugh track

A riff Chad Kovac wrote on October 22, 2026, performed to his exact direction. The sound this operation makes at full throttle.

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Spoken piece · Filed October 19, 2026

Rook Interviews Chad

The assistant asks, the author answers. His words, verbatim, from the record.

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Spoken piece · Filed October 19, 2026

Rook and Wren Discuss the Rookbook

Two assistants talk about the author, the books, and the discussion that built them.

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Moving pictures

Video

Video from this desk lives on TikTok, so these pieces are linked, clearly, rather than embedded. Book trailers and teasers are shelved in this section as they are published; none stand here yet.

TikTok · October 22, 2026 · 19 seconds

Chad Kovac on Rafael, in his own words

Chad's own video about his son-in-law Rafael Nuñez Penna, posted on his TikTok account, @genchad, on October 22, 2026, with a long written description in his own words. His artistic statement; the verified factual record is on the case page.

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TikTok · October 2026

Chad's first TikTok piece

The first video on Chad's TikTok account, @genchad.

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The running video log

TikTok Bangers

The running record of Chad's TikTok comments and pieces, kept behind its own door because TikTok keeps none.

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