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Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 

Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 

As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 

Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

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Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 

Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 

As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 

Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

    Over the Borderline: Part Three. The Economics of Migration.

    Over the Borderline: Part Three. The Economics of Migration.

    Our third and final installment of Over The Borderline stays below the U.S. southern border to look at the economic factors that contribute to mass migration from Central and South American countries specifically. We look at the root economic causes of migration, the U.S. failure to meaningfully partner with LAC nations to promote mutually beneficial economic conditions and the expansion of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Latin America and the geopolitical impact that’s having on our relationships.

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:01:01

    Chapter One: 00:02:45

    Chapter Two: 00:10:19

    Chapter Three: 00:22:16

    Chapter Four: 00:31:02

    Post Show Musings: 00:38:18

    Outro: 00:53:01

    Book Love

    Alan McPherson: A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Carol Wise: Dragonomics: How Latin America is Maximizing (or Missing Out on) China’s International Development Strategy

    Tad DeLay: Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change

    Imperialism, Neoliberalism, And Social Struggles in Latin America

    Resources

    El Pais: Mexican Tycoon Carlos Slim Takes Stock of the last six years…

    Congressional Research Service: Central American Migration

    U.S. State Department: Dollar Diplomacy

    World Population Review: Country Rank by GDP

    World Bank: Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Review (LACER); April, 2024 

    Council on Foreign Relations: China’s Massive Belt and Road Initiative

    UNFTR Episode Resources

     The Washington Consensus

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    Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com) and Hold Fast (holdfastband.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99.

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    • 55 分鐘
    Show Notes [Phone A Friend: Tad DeLay.]

    Show Notes [Phone A Friend: Tad DeLay.]

    In today's Show Notes, Max and 99 review Unf*cker feedback from the Over The Borderline series and the recent Phone A Friend with Tad DeLay. Enjoy!

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:00:20

    Emails: 00:08:55

    Instagram Shout Outs: 00:43:09

    Member Shout Outs: 00:46:28

    Outro: 00:47:04

    Resources

    Phone A Friend: Tad DeLay.

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    Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com) and Hold Fast (holdfastband.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99.

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    • 48 分鐘
    Phone A Friend: Tad DeLay, author of Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change.

    Phone A Friend: Tad DeLay, author of Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change.

    Welcome to Phone A Friend. Today we’re speaking with Tad DeLay, the author of the newly released book Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change. Tad Delay is a philosopher, religion scholar and interdisciplinary critical theorist. His books include Against: What Does the White Evangelical Want?, The Cynic and the Fool, and God is Unconscious. He is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in Baltimore. I positively devoured this book and am anxious to dig into his previous titles as well. There are so many intersections that speak to the work that we do on UNFTR that I know it will resonate with you. Philosophy. Theology. Science. And even the dismal science. Future of Denial takes a multidisciplinary approach woven together with factual anecdotes and projections of science fiction. It is at once deeply intellectual and approachable; a delicate feat. Marx and Engels in dialogue with Freud and Greta Thunberg concluding with the words of Rosa Luxemburg…obviously I was in pure heaven digesting this work.

    Access the transcript.

    Resources

    Tad DeLay: Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change

    Verso: Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change

    TadDelay.com

    Tad on Facebook

    Tad on Twitter

    First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming, by Eunice Foote (1856)

    John Tyndall: Heat considered as a Mode of Motion

    Karl Marx: Capital Vol. 1, 2, & 3

    John Bellamy Foster: Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature

    Erik M. Conway + Naomi Oreskes: Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change

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    Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com) and Hold Fast (holdfastband.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99.

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    • 1 小時 15 分鐘
    Show Notes [RFK Jr.’s Trojan Horse Campaign.]

    Show Notes [RFK Jr.’s Trojan Horse Campaign.]

    In today's Show Notes, Max & 99 dive into some headlines, as well as the divisive feedback from the recent UNFTR episode/video on RFK Jr. Enjoy!

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:00:20

    Headlines: 00:23:16

    Emails + YouTube Comments: 00:43:22

    Outro: 01:06:08

    UNFTR Episode Resources

    Video: RFK's Trojan Horse Campaign: What Michigan Ballot Access Means

    Episode: RFK's Trojan Horse Campaign: What Michigan Ballot Access Means

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    • 1 小時 7 分鐘
    RFK Jr.’s Trojan Horse Campaign: On the Ballot in Michigan.

    RFK Jr.’s Trojan Horse Campaign: On the Ballot in Michigan.

    For months we’ve said that RFK Jr. is the biggest threat to Biden’s re-election. Now that he’s gained ballot access in Michigan, it’s time to go beyond the vaccine headlines to examine Kennedy the nascent politician and what his candidacy means to this election cycle. Just as the pollsters missed several important cues during the 2016 election, we might be underestimating the impact Kennedy has beyond his loyal environmental and anti-vaccine followers the media focuses on.

    Resources

    FiveThirtyEight: 2016 Election Forecast

    Associate Press: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secures ballot access in battleground state of Michigan

    New York Times: The Ex-Bernie Sanders Pollster Raising Alarms About R.F.K. Jr.’s Appeal Among Latinos and Young Voters

    Quinnipiac Poll: Is Democracy In The U.S. Working? It's A Toss-Up, But Voters Don't See It Ending In Their Lifetimes

    The Conversation: Anti-vaccination beliefs don’t follow the usual political polarization

    Wired: RFK Jr.’s Very Online, Conspiracy-Filled Campaign

    New York Times: R.F.K. Jr.’s Environmental Colleagues Urge Him to Drop Presidential Bid

    CNN: Kennedy family brushes off RFK Jr.’s campaign as they endorse Biden

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    • 13 分鐘
    The Evolution of AOC and Behind the Trump Bump.

    The Evolution of AOC and Behind the Trump Bump.

    Distracted Max reached new heights this week so instead of releasing the third installment of the Over the Borderline series, he mashed up two shorter Topical Creams from YouTube into an episode. Both cover familiar ground to keep a focus on what matters politically. The “silly season” is when narratives harden so sometimes it’s important to reassert certain claims. The first segment is about AOC’s recent decision to fund the Democratic Party in the upcoming election for the first time in her brief career. The second is a reminder that the things that people recall fondly from the Trump era were predominantly socialist-style and Keynesian interventions that provided momentary relief and financial security for all those who made it through COVID. 

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:00:18

    The Evolution of AOC: 00:02:16

    Behind the Trump Bump: 00:10:36

    Post Show Musings: 00:18:33

    Outro: 01:16:25

    Resources

    OpenSecrets: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 

    The Moscow Times: Why Is Stalin’s Popularity On the Rise?

    The Guardian: Trump suggests 'nuking hurricanes' to stop them hitting America – report

    Newsweek: Trump Suggests Not Raking Leaves Is Bigger Cause of California Wildfires Than Climate Change

    Brookings: What did the Fed do in response to the COVID-19 crisis?

    UNFTR Episode Resources

    Hands Off AOC.

    AOC & the Lying Men Hydra.

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    • 1 小時 16 分鐘

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