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Unf*cking The Republic UNFTR Media
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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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Manufacturing Dissent: How We Let an Aussie Destroy the U.S.
Today we take on News Corp., the most egregious example of “manufactured consent.” The fact that we let this monster from down under invade our thought space and contaminate the discourse in this nation is a crime. Rupert Murdoch’s companies have made us dumber, angrier and more susceptible to conspiracies. Of this there can be no doubt. To reveal how he accomplished this, we’ll travel through a brief history of American media, discuss the legislation at the center of the disaster that is our media, and place our polarized news landscape in its proper context. The pivot centerpoint of our feature is 1996. Max also introduces two new themes into the show and addresses listener feedback to the F**k Milton Friedman episode during show notes. #FMF #FRM
Show Notes:
Pod Love
Ralph Nader Radio Hour- Be a Smart News Consumer: https://spoti.fi/3gBzF8Q
Book Love
Michael Wolff- The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch: https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780767929523
Ken Auletta- Backstory: Inside the Business of News: https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780143034636
Matt Taibbi- Hate, Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another: https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781682194072
Noam Chomsky + Edward S. Herman- Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media: https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780375714498
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Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by the ghosts of Bloomsbury and distributed by honey bees.
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F**k Milton Friedman: The Chicago School of Economics.
Here we are Unf*ckers. It’s our great hope that we contextualize the Chicago School of Economics and its high priest Milton Friedman by alternately expanding our view of the world and narrowing in on crucial moments that changed the course of history.
As mentioned in the teaser last week, we’ll give credit where credit is due. At no point will we call into question the intellect or even integrity of Milton Friedman or the institution he is synonymous with. To the contrary, we firmly believe that Milton Friedman was indeed a man of great integrity. His downfall, as we’ll argue, was his undying commitment to orthodoxy. His belief that economics is an exact science and that markets are inherently just and therefore capable of taming the worst instincts of human nature.
F**k. Milton. Friedman.
Show Notes:
Pod Love
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff: economicupdate.libsyn.com
Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer: pitchforkeconomics.com
The David McWilliams Podcast: davidmcwilliams.ie/podcast
Pod Love
Joseph Stiglitz- People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent: bookshop.org/a/23377/9780393358339
Binyamin Appelbaum- The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society: bookshop.org/a/23377/9780316512329
Johan Van Overtveldt- The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business: bookshop.org/a/23377/9781932841190
Zachary D. Carter- The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes: bookshop.org/a/23377/9780525509035
Thomas Piketty- Capital and Ideology: bookshop.org/a/23377/9780674980822
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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.
Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Immodest Max and distributed by people who care about the world.
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Chicago School Teaser Trailer
In this teaser episode we do a quick recap on why the f**k we're so mad at Milton Friedman and briefly summarize prior episodes that are useful primers on our upcoming blowout episode on The Chicago School of Economics.
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If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftrpod.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.
Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by adding this direct RSS link into your podcast app. Full instructions here.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media, Original music by Tom McGovern. The show is written, hosted and distributed by Max.
Podcast art description: Image of the US Congress ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic."
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The Problem with Conscious Capitalism: ESG, SRI and FMF.
Today we examine Conscious Capitalism™ as an organization (the trademarked entity) and Conscious Capitalism the movement characterized by the investment concepts of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Socially Responsible Investing (SRI). This is the final building block as we continue on our collision course with Milton Friedman and the Chicago School of Economics. The promise of Conscious Capitalism as a concept, ESG and SRI is that capitalism on its own can and will voluntarily cure the societal ills it causes through the auspices of further deregulation and free markets. Spoiler: It’s a load of horseshit. Enjoy!
Show Notes:
Resources
Economic Policy Institute- Wage Stagnation in Nine Charts: epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation
Good Jobs First- Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary: violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/dte-energy
Yahoo! Finance- Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund Admiral: finance.yahoo.com/quote/VFTAX/holdings?p=VFTAX
Infoplease- The Toxic 100: Top Corporate Air Polluters: infoplease.com/math-science/earth-environment/the-toxic-100-top-corporate-air-polluters
Conscious Capitalism- Board of Directors: consciouscapitalism.org/boardofdirectors
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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.
Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com).The show is written and hosted by Sonny Crockett and distributed by Tom from Whole Foods.
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Cuba (Not So) Libre: "Vas Bien, Fidel."
Since 1959, the island nation of Cuba has been giving the middle finger to the United States. Cuba has been in the control of a Castro through thirteen separate presidential administrations and they’ve made it in the most unlikely of ways under the most improbable circumstances. This is episode of UNFTR begins with a slightly different perspective on the 1959 Revolution that has evaded most retellings in U.S. history books and follows the twisted journey of Fidel Castro and his brother Raul through the heights of the Cold War, the despair of their “Special Period” and quasi-resurgence as the beating heart of the socialist movement in Latin America.
Show Notes:
Pod Love
Blowback Season 2- The Cuban Revolution: https://blowback.show/
Book Love
Samuel Farber- Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment: https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781608461394
Jorge G. Castañeda- Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara: https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780679759409
Richard A. Dello Buono + José Bell Lara- Imperialism, Neoliberalism, and Social Struggles in Latin America: https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781608460403
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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.
Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by adding this direct RSS link into your podcast app. Full instructions here.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media, Original music by Tom McGovern. The show is written and hosted by Camilo’s Hat and Beard and distributed by The Buena Vista Social Club
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May 2021 Quickie: Republican Rehab.
The media has been hard at work lately trying to rehabilitate the image of three significant members of the Republican Party. So we’re not going to let them. In today’s Quickie we examine the legacy of George W. Bush, John Boehner and Rick Santorum and remind everyone of just how terrible they are as people and were as politicians.
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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.
Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by adding this direct RSS link into your podcast app. Full instructions here.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media, Original music by Tom McGovern. The show is written and hosted by John Wick’s lesser known brother and distributed by Elon Musk’s lies.
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Customer Reviews
Greatest Podcast!
I came to this podcast from commercials run on the Young Turks and it has ruined other podcasts for me! It is masterfully produced, the background music, historical clips, and humor really bring the topics to life! I’ve listened through their entire library multiple times!!
Funny and insightful take on politics and economics
This is one of the best podcasts I’ve listened to that takes on complicated economic ideas and makes them understandable and entertaining. It’s thoroughly researched and engaging. A must listen.
Amazing Podcast
This podcast dives into issues with enough humor while leaving you with the knowledge to understand the issues FTR!