Trillbilly Worker's Party
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Episode 338: The Solutions Tent
April 11, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBWe talk a little bit about our eclipse experiences, then dive into two articles about the so-called "illiberal left"—the first by that sicko Jonathan Chait, the second a reported story in the NYTimes You can check out Aaron's latest short story here: https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2024/04/08/dreaming-of-europa/ And support us on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 337: Expanding The Metaphor
April 05, 2024 19:15 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBCovering all the news and developments of a rather momentous week in early 2024. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 336: Bloodied And Sometimes Nude
March 29, 2024 21:52 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBThis week we wrote some essays Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 335: Elbit Horrors
March 21, 2024 19:41 - 1 hour - 62 MBThe first half of today's episode is a discussion on why "rural America" is the political and cultural order of the day. Topics include Yellowstone, Beyonce's new album "Cowboy Carter," and a new book entitled "White Rural Rage." The second half of the episode is a look at some of today's Most Ethical Companies, as reported on in a fascinating article for The Nation by writer Jess McAllen, linked here: https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/the-dubious-ethics-of-the-worlds-most-ethical-c...
Episode 334: Midstopia
March 14, 2024 21:35 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBThis week we cover a few stories that share some crucial common themes: Austin's SXSW Festival, Boeing's recent "troubles," and the U.S. government's attempts to clamp down on TikTok Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
**UNLOCKED** Against the Godless Tyrants (w/ special guest Andrew Drummond)
March 12, 2024 12:54 - 1 hour - 48.6 MB**Unlocking this Patreon episode in light of the official book release** For this episode we're joined by Andrew Drummond to learn about the early German revolutionary Thomas Muntzer: the world he inhabited, his political and theological visions, and his impact on history. We also talk a little bit about Friedrich Engels's book on the German Peasants War, which you should check out if you're looking for a good supplement to Drummond's book (both linked below). Order Andrew Drummond's book,...
Episode 333: Geezer Gestapo
March 07, 2024 23:16 - 1 hour - 80 MBCovering all the news and discourse this week of March 7, 2024. We're planning to cover the State of Union on this weekend's Patreon (if there's anything good in it), so please subscribe: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty Thanks!
Bonus Episode: The Octopus Murders (w/ Special Guests: Christian Hansen & Zach Treitz)
March 01, 2024 14:26 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBTom sits down with Christian Hansen & Zach Treitz to discuss their new Netflix Docuseries "American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders"
Episode 332: Pop Up Planet
February 29, 2024 22:49 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBThis week (following some light banter) we discuss Aaron Bushnell, and all of the discourse surrounding his act of self-immolation. Plenty of mental health issues packed into this one, so please be patient and remember that none of the opinions you hear expressed here are endorsed by the Trillbillies podcast. Thank you Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 331: Walking With Humility
February 23, 2024 00:24 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBThis week we take a look at a very unique historical event: the infamous Bal des Ardents of 1393 Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 330: Wood-Sprite's Tenure
February 15, 2024 21:21 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBWe open this week with a tale as old as time: about a man and his unusual proclivities getting him into trouble. Then we switch gears a bit to talk about this week's USA-sponsored atrocities in Palestine Support us on PATREON: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 329: Naptime Of The Peoples
February 08, 2024 20:27 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBThis week we talk about recently-departed singer Toby Keith's strange relationship with US four-star-general James Jones. We also talk about the current state of democracy, as well as the current state of mental health—like the health of our literal physical brains. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 328: Perverted Backstabbers
February 01, 2024 21:53 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBThis week we do some Devil's Milkshake revisionism, talk about the mental deterioration of Pelosi and Biden, and discuss the significance of the ICJ case/UNRWA moral panic Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 327: Hague Invasion Pact (w/ special guest Lily Lynch)
January 26, 2024 00:20 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBThis week we're joined by writer Lily Lynch (@lilyslynch) to talk about the end of humanitarianism, how and why the liberal international order was established in the 90s, and how the realists were right about Ukraine. You can find her writing here: https://www.newstatesman.com/author/lilylynch and here: https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/search?query%5Bauthor%5D=Lily+Lynch You can support us on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 326: The Failson Crusade (w/ special guest Kate Wagner)
January 19, 2024 18:20 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBIf you don't want to hear us rant and rave about the Hofenstaufen dynasty, Frederick II, and how Prince Andrew of Hungary was the Hunter Biden of the middle ages, then fast forward to about minute 17. This week our old pal Kate Wagner (@mcmansionhell) joins us to discuss the pope, AI-generated content, conspiracy theory-fueled wildfires, the ecstasy we apparently felt at electing Joe Biden, and the latest designs at Neom. You can support Kate at the Duchy of Patreon: www.patreon.com/mcman...
Episode 325: The Genocide Paradox
January 11, 2024 21:35 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBThis week we discuss South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice charging Israel with genocide, as well as the latest climate news Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 324: This Ain't The Primordial Ooze Anymore
January 04, 2024 20:33 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBTopics this week include everything from Israel's bombing of a neighborhood in Beirut; the US bombing of Iraq; bombings in Iran; the resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay; and much more Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 323: Yes But With Conditions
December 28, 2023 23:57 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBAn episode on plane rides and the TV show Yellowstone. Also features two diseased articles: one from Max Boot, and another from Ross Douthat. Enjoy! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 322: Squash Appalachia (w/ special guest Austyn Gaffney)
December 21, 2023 13:38 - 43 minutes - 34.6 MBThis week we're joined by freelance writer Austyn Gaffney (@austyngaffney on Twitter) to talk about an issue that is near and dear to all of our hearts: the rise and fall of ag-tech start-up App Harvest Check out Austyn's article for Grist here: https://grist.org/agriculture/appharvest-indoor-farming-morehead-kentucky/ Support us on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 321: Double Reverse Cartographic Own
December 14, 2023 21:09 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBThis week we discuss maps and their various uses; all the latest lies from Israel and the Biden administration; and why green feudalism isn't a thing. Finally we end on some synth your piece just like in the old days. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 320: Further Away From The Light
December 07, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBRecorded 12/6/23 — We talk about the COP28 climate summit, Biden's recent statements at a fundraising event in Massachusetts, Thomas Müntzer's theory of dreams and visions, the imploding brains at the State Department, and more Support our program on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 319: Krill Kings
December 01, 2023 00:23 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBThe latest news about shrimp, climate summits, Henry Kissinger, Democratic politics, and Israel/Palestine Sign up for our Patreon for more great content: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 318: Cop City On A Hill
November 23, 2023 00:54 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBRecorded 11/22/23. Clips used in this week's ep (content warning): Annihilation Choir, State Department employee Stuart Seldowitz, and NSC spokesman John Kirby. Listen to Part 2 of this episode at Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 317: Ye Workers Of Iniquity
November 16, 2023 20:34 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBRecorded 11/16/23 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 316: A House Is Not Always A Home (feat. Louisville Tenants Union)
November 09, 2023 21:59 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBThis week we're joined by three members of Louisville Tenants Union—Jessica Bellamy, Josh Poe, and returning guest Haley O'Shaughnessy—to discuss tenant organizing in Louisville; the similarities between what's going on in parts of America and Palestine; the political economy of real estate capital; and how the rent is too damn high, among many other things. Please throw some money their way to help out the fight: https://www.gofundme.com/f/tenant-takeover-2023?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-shee...
Episode 315: Atavist's Anonymous
November 03, 2023 20:27 - 1 hour - 79.7 MBRecorded 11/3/23. More discussion of Israel/Palestine, this time with a specific article from NBC about "growing concern" within the White House regarding Israel's atrocities against Palestinians Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
**UNLOCKED** Apocalypticians At The Gate
November 01, 2023 16:44 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBPeople have asked us to unlock our most recent premium episode, so here it is. Recorded on 10/30/23, with a few new things (music + sound bytes) added in. Music produced both in-house and by Lee Baines III You can find more episodes like this over at our Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty Also check out these recent podcast appearances: Rock Hard Caucus Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/rockhardcaucus/124-flock-of-dudes-with-tarence-ray-10292023 The Worst of All Possible Worlds ...
Bonus: 2023 Trillbillies Halloween Special-Spectral Valley
October 31, 2023 16:21 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBAnnual Halloween Special featuring Frank Hurricane, John Haywood, Caleb Hanson, Tommy Anderson, and Ken Layne. Music by Lee Bains III, production, editing and additional sound design by Matthew Carter, and artwork by Hayden Miles.
Episode 314: The Devil Is Active
October 27, 2023 16:44 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBRecorded 10/26/23 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 313: Karmically Overextended
October 20, 2023 19:53 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBWe talk about President Biden's address to the nation re: Israel/Palestine, as well as Israel's attempts to obfuscate what happened at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 312: We Demand The End Of The World
October 12, 2023 04:05 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBMore updates on the progress to breed a perfectly red calf and usher in the End Times, but mostly another discussion of Israel/Palestine and current debates on/in/about the left's response to it You can find our previous episode about this over at Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 311: Bottom of the Barrel
October 06, 2023 13:04 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBFirst we confer with our friends over at Compact Mag about how leftists should be more interested in ancient Rome. Then we talk about how the rest of the world is laffin at us. Finally we take a look at a rural community in Michigan who is apparently fighting the red tide. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 311: Scaring The Bros
October 06, 2023 13:04 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBFirst we confer with our friends over at Compact Mag about how leftists should be more interested in ancient Rome. Then we talk about how the rest of the world is laffin at us. Finally we take a look at a rural community in Michigan who is apparently fighting the red tide. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
**UNLOCKED** Nothing is Inevitable (w/ special guest Christina Heatherton)
October 03, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBUnlocked from the Patreon vault: Christina Heatherton, professor of American Studies and Human Rights at Trinity College in Connecticut, talks with us about global radicalism in the era of the Mexican Revolution Buy Christina's book here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520287877/arise
Episode 310: People Of Substance (w/ special guest Molly McGhee)
September 27, 2023 20:50 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBIn the first half of the show we have an interview with author Molly McGhee about her upcoming book, Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind, as well as a discussion on a variety of themes: debt, dreams, work, and religion. Then in the second half of the show Tom joins us for a look into how the other half lives, by way of the society pages in the New York Times. Order Molly's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734829/jonathan-abernathy-you-are-kind-by-molly-mcghee/ And support us...
Episode 309: Appalachian Creation Museum
September 22, 2023 15:27 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBThis week we're talking about once again about y'all etiquette, Boebert, class distinctions, the Appalachian creation myth, and the UAW strike Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 308: No Statesman Left Behind
September 14, 2023 22:42 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBProbably against our better judgement, we decided to do the Romney article. Please forgive the bad audio...I've been sick in quarantine and this was the best I could do :) Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 307: Dinner Roll Crimes
September 07, 2023 16:59 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBThis week we talk about roping and riding, hear a tale from a listener, head to Texas for some garden variety insanity, and get an update on the situation at WVU Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 306: Bowtie Economics (feat. WVU Panel)
August 30, 2023 15:08 - 1 hour - 69 MBThis week we're talking about the proposed cuts and layoffs at West Virginia University, and to do it we've enlisted a damn platoon. First we have Dennis Hogan, a postdoctoral fellow at Haverford College, who has an article in The Baffler this week about the WVU situation (link below). Then we have two grad students at WVU, Bethany Winters and Christian Rowe, who are involved in the union (@westvirginiaunited on Instagram, @wvunitedsu on Twitter). Finally we have writer and professor Glenn ...
Episode 305: Extreme Makeover: Democracy Edition
August 24, 2023 21:30 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBThis week the Washington Post gives us a lesson in democracy, and then we check the various reactions to the GOP debate from the good folks over at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 304: Signs of Cannibalism
August 17, 2023 11:39 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBThis week...we're going back for more Ethicist Support our show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 303: The Right Amount
August 10, 2023 21:18 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBThis week we discuss: original sin, whether or not we've ruined sex, and synth your piece Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 302: Fighting Times (feat. Jon Melrod)
August 04, 2023 00:07 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBActivist, lawyer, author, and former autoworker Jon Melrod joins us this week to discuss his new book Fighting Times, and the militant union movement in the 1970s Buy Jon's book here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1289 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty Outro music: https://hollybodyhollybody.bandcamp.com/track/positive-pressure Intro music: in-house
Episode 301: Tons of Lanes to Run In
July 27, 2023 17:45 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBTopics today: ecological tipping points, indigestion, the flawed teleological premises of sports, real-time reactions to Mitch McConnell short-circuiting during a press conference, one year anniversary of the flood, and synth your piece. Apologies in advance, it was too hot to think during this one. Sign on to urge Congress to stop GOP attempts to fast track a prison in Letcher County: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScF-ELN4R1Z5UmlLjPac9Nka-H3bod4WbuLPOvMgYDkjN2bIQ/viewform Suppor...
Episode 300: Kentucky Pocketwolves (feat. Will Oldham)
July 21, 2023 17:18 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBFor our 300th (free) episode, we're joined by Kentucky musician Will Oldham, aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy, aka Palace Music. We talk about various country music scandals, buried treasure, QVC for bones, the new era of digital music, and so much more. Pre-order the new Bonnie "Prince" Billy album at Drag City's website: https://www.dragcity.com/products/keeping-secrets-will-destroy-you And please support us at Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 299: Mothers of Convention
July 13, 2023 22:06 - 1 hour - 63 MBThis week we discuss all the latest developments in climate change, artificial intelligence, motherhood, and liberty Please support us (and our friend Piedmont) at Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 298: The Sauce and The Sauceless
July 05, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBThis week we talk about posers, soap operas, Frances Gary Powers, viral meningitis, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, how capitalism is ruining pot, and how we're disrupting the firefighting space Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 297: The Sextonized Life
June 29, 2023 21:32 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBThis week we discuss how to Sextonize your life; predictions for 2024; and, of course, more entries in our new favorite NY Times column, The Ethicist Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 296: Uncle Of A Soldier (w/ special guests Pendejo Time)
June 22, 2023 15:59 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBThis week we're joined by Jake and Thomas from the podcast Pendejo Time to talk about how (to pay $10,000) to be a real man, former West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins, sports programs in general, and the infidelities of a certain assistant bowling coach in Texas Support Jake and Thomas on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pendejotime And support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Episode 295: A Reprobate Mind
June 15, 2023 20:15 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBThis week we discuss the occluded existence of the most perfect boring boy in the world, the orca rebellion, and two crypto geniuses who are just live-laugh-loving their way through life Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty