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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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UNFTR X News Beat: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two-Spirit People
Countless Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people go missing or are murdered across Canada and the United States in an ongoing genocide receiving inadequate attention from media, governments, and law enforcement. Who’s taking and killing them, and why isn’t more being done? News Beat podcast—Manny’s other love—speaks with Native women on both sides of the border who break down the causes and perpetrators of these atrocities and seek justice for the many mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, and nieces, missing or slain. South Carolina (by way of New York) hip-hop sorceress LiKWUiD performs original verse to illuminate their mission, and the crisis.
Access the accompanying episode here.
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Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP.
Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99.
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The Clinton Years (Parts One, Two, and Three)
This episode is a re-release of sorts. Due to the amount of positive feedback we received on our Clinton Years series, we decided to put the series together into one seamless episode to make it easier to share.
Access the essays for Parts One, Two, and Three.
Chapters
Special Intro: 00:00:06
Prologue: 00:02:53
Chapter One: 00:07:36
Chapter Two: 00:32:26
Chapter Three: 00:40:31
Chapter Four: 00:52:42
Chapter Five: 01:16:21
Chapter Six: 01:26:39
Chapter Seven: 01:34:38
Chapter Eight: 01:43:36
Chapter Nine: 01:55:13
Chapter Ten: 02:01:03
Access the resources for Parts One, Two, and Three.
Book Love
Lily Geismer: Left Behind: The Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality
Nathan J. Robinson: Superpredator: Bill Clinton’s Use and Abuse of Black America
Bernard Harcourt: The Illusion of Free Markets: Punishment and the Myth of Natural Order
Binyamin Appelbaum: The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
Matt Taibbi: Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History
Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States
Michelle Alexander: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com.
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Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic on Substack at unftr.substack.com to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week.
Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP.
Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99.
Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic."
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UNFTR x Best of the Left: America, A Beginner's Guide
If not for Best of the Left, we are not. The person who put UNFTR on the map has graciously allowed us to drop his very special 1,500th anniversary show on our feed. The episode is titled “America, A Beginner’s Guide” and it’s an earful. A masterpiece written, crafted and produced by our friend and mentor Jay Tomlinson, one of the pioneers of political podcasting.
Access the transcript here.
Resources
Episode page
The Jingles - Media Manipulation Tactic Explainer Songs
Sally McConnell-Ginet: Words Matter
Lulu Miller: Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
Best of the Left on social: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
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If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com.
Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com.
Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic on Substack at unftr.substack.com to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week.
Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP.
Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99.
Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic."
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BONUS: A Chat with Tom McGovern
The man behind the curtain. The fifth Beatle. The ace up our sleeve. Max interviews UNFTR’s ultimate secret weapon, Tom McGovern. Tom is the genius behind the show’s myriad theme songs, signature parodies like Oh, Canada and Independent Platform Man and the musical touches sprinkled throughout our episodes. We convinced Tom to come out of the recording booth long enough for us to praise him. Then he saw his shadow and went back into the booth. Max and Tom have a wide ranging discussion about musical influences, acting and where the f**k all the baby pigeons are.
Tom McGovern online
Tom on Instagram
Tom on TikTok
Tom on YouTube
Wolves of Glendale
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If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com.
Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com.
Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic on Substack at unftr.substack.com to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week.
Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP.
Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99.
Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic."
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Max, Unfiltered: Finishing the hat.
We bid Unf*ckers adieu for a couple of weeks with some quick ruminations about from whence we came and where we’re headed. In this brief reflection, Max and crew address the cacophony of issues swirling about in our heads as we head toward the midterms. There are countless battles to be fought and won in service of the planet. But for now, Max puts down the brushes and canvas and saves the hat for another day.
Resources
The Knowledge Project Ep. #83: Brian Koppelman: What Really Matters
Julia Cameron: The Artist's Way
UNFTR Episode Resources
When We Leave: Afghanistan Tomorrow and Forever.
Building the Climate Industrial Complex: Strange Bedfellows, Wildfires and Heat Waves.
Playing Chicken with China: How Propaganda Rationalizes Conflict.
Fox in the Outhouse: Invasion, Immigration & Inflation.
New York’s Casual White Supremacy: Losing the Plot on Hochul & Buffalo Bills.
Elon Gated: Billionaires and Their Toys.
The End of Roe v. Wade: Extinguishing the Penumbra.
Where is the Religious Left? Dissecting the American Theocracy.
The School Shooting Script: Our Immunocompromised Body Politic.
Obsession Over Recession Depression: Feeding the Economic HypeBeast.
Amazon (Part 1): The Unfulfillment Company.
The Clinton Years (Part One): Don't stop thinking about tomorrow.
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If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com.
Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com.
Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic on Substack at unftr.substack.com to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week.
Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP.
Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by vacation and distributed by ocean waves.
Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’
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Show Notes [Ep 68: The Clinton Years (Part Three)]
In today's Show Notes, Max and 99 discuss the finale of The Clinton Years and review Unf*cker feedback, share some book love and we hear from Manny Faces about his other project, News Beat.
Listen to The Clinton Years (Part One).
Listen to The Clinton Years (Part Two).
Listen to The Clinton Years (Part Three).
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:00
Emails: 00:04:13
Facebook Shout Outs: 01:02:48
Manny's Corner: 01:06:24
Twitter Shout Outs: 01:11:49
Substack Shout Outs: 01:16:36
Buy Me A Coffee Donations + Memberships: 01:17:17
Outro: 01:29:08
Resources
Unf*cker Facebook Group
Oliver Stone's Untold History Of The United States
Laurence Leamer: The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963
Howard Zinn: A People's History of the United States
Nancy MacLean: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Jane Mayer: Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Michelle Alexander: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Krin Gabbard: Jammin' at the Margins: Jazz and the American Cinema to Collections
Ruth Wilson Gilmore: Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California
Marie Gottschalk: Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics
News Beat Episodes:
Racism Kills: Segregation's Role in the Buffalo Massacre
Fusion Centers: Your Shadowy Neighborhood Spy Hubs
Grifter's Paradise: Capitalism's Destruction of Afghanistan
From Slave Patrols to Ahmaud Arbery
Racist AI: Facial Recognition & Wrongful Arrests
#SayHerName: Confronting 400 Years Of State Violence Against Black Women
Why We Riot: Institutionalized Inequality, Racism & Oppression
UNFTR Episode Resources
Amazon (Part 2)
Where is the Religious Left?
The Military Film Complex.
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If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com.
Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com.
Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic on Substack at unftr.substack.com to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week.
Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP.
Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99.
Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic."
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Customer Reviews
Comment on May 25 humorless comment to be read in one breath:
What, pray tell, are these better options that hopefully do not feature retired generals and other corporate shills and questionable experts that mainstream media interviews to promote and permeate and perpetuate mythologies learned from headline news that dumb down and sanitize current events and wastes audience time with speculation and biases? Please pay closer attention to this show and keep an open mind, and most of all relax.
I’m a fan…
I normally don’t leave a review but I was taking a break from News (TYT network)and wanted to find something else to listen to (something different) while I’m at work and I stumbled across this podcast and I definitely like the interaction between the two hosts in the impressions of people are so hilarious my new favorite podcast ever before ESPN/sports podcast
Seriously, the best podcast out there
Every week, Max, 99, and Manny put together a smart, beautifully produced, well-researched, and often humorous show on our republic. I listen, I learn, and I’m insanely grateful.
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