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Trillbilly Worker's Party

399 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings

Born to Party, Forced to Work

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Episode 162: Playing To Win

September 03, 2020 17:54 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

This week it's anarchist jurisdiction zones, Biden's anti-protestor ads, and the disturbing cottage industry that's sprung up around Breonna Taylor's murder Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty And/or buy a T-Shirt: www.trillbillyworkersparty.bigcartel.com

Episode 161: God Needed A Driver

August 27, 2020 22:42 - 1 hour - 60.4 MB

Note: we recorded this outside, so apologies for the ambient bug noises. We cover all the craziest news of the week--hurricanes, wildfires, shootings, political conventions, striking professional athletes--and then try to fit it all within some unhinged religious worldview. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 160: Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Chronic Lyme

August 20, 2020 14:46 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

Our friend Katy (@itsbedtime_) joins us to talk about the postal service, the DNC, and what might happen in the coming months. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 159: Pseudo-Apostles and Sweet Boys

August 13, 2020 13:46 - 1 hour - 64.7 MB

T&T dig into the late middle ages, Biden's VP pick, and the soon-to-be congressional battles between THE SQUAD and QANON Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 158: The Scab Couple

August 06, 2020 19:33 - 1 hour - 64.7 MB

This week we cover Trump's Axios interview, a grifting social justice Instagram account, and a couple that just loves to scab on their fellow workers. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 157: The London Review Of Holes

July 30, 2020 21:15 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

This week we talk about Senate candidate Amy McGrath's visit to Whitesburg, and then discuss the ultimate Kentucky Devil's Milkshake. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 156: SS Promise Zones (w/ Special Guest: Bayley Amburgey)

July 24, 2020 00:28 - 1 hour - 43 MB

We talk with organizer and teacher Bayley Amburgey about our home county's fiscal woes, as well as the situation in Louisville.

Episode 155: Neowise County Comet

July 17, 2020 03:54 - 53 minutes - 42.9 MB

A blood omen in the night sky during a time of pandemic. Except make it boring Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 154: No Fake Accounts

July 09, 2020 14:02 - 1 hour - 115 MB

Live from Tarence's front porch (all safely socially-distanced of course). In this one: the infamous Harper's Letter; Tanya has the only correct take on Wendell Berry; the country and county slide further into hell; and new developments in the Breonna Taylor case. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

UNLOCKED: Premium Episode 106: "Dollyology For The Masses" (w/ Special Guest: Dr. Jessie Wilkerson)

July 05, 2020 00:50 - 1 hour - 53.6 MB

Dr. Jessie Wilkerson (@Dr_JessieW), author of To Live Here, You Have to Fight, joins us to talk about Dolly Parton and the recent push to replace Confederate monuments with...Dolly monuments. You can read Jessie's essay about Dolly here: https://longreads.com/2018/10/16/living-with-dolly-parton/ And you can order Jessie's amazing book here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/88kwn4rh9780252042188.html

UNLOCKED: Premium Episode 106: "Dolleyology For The Masses" (w/ Special Guest: Dr. Jessie Wilkerson)

July 05, 2020 00:50 - 1 hour - 53.6 MB

Dr. Jessie Wilkerson (@Dr_JessieW), author of To Live Here, You Have to Fight, joins us to talk about Dolly Parton and the recent push to replace Confederate monuments with...Dolly monuments. You can read Jessie's essay about Dolly here: https://longreads.com/2018/10/16/living-with-dolly-parton/ And you can order Jessie's amazing book here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/88kwn4rh9780252042188.html

Episode 153: The Kentucky Axis of Evil

July 02, 2020 15:16 - 1 hour - 111 MB

Hop on board the poonanni train as we learn about the Kentucky Axis of Evil and Amy McGrath's whereabouts on 9/11 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 152: Tanya Turner, White Resident

June 25, 2020 19:54 - 1 hour - 52.3 MB

This week we do some debriefing about our local self-organized Juneteenth art parade, review some Speak Your Pieces, and then maybe even submit a few ourselves. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 151: Anything But The A-Word

June 19, 2020 02:47 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB

After our local BLM rally last week, the highest-elected official in the county took to Facebook with a few choice words about leftists, racism, and Adolf Hitler. We talk about all the fall out from that, and then hear from our old pals Gail and Bret of the New York Times. Throw a few dollars to our friend Charles Booker, who needs our help getting through the Democratic Primaries to take on Mitch McConnell in November: https://bookerforkentucky.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworke...

Episode 150: Cop Dialectics

June 11, 2020 21:54 - 1 hour - 52.6 MB

Time to do some theorizing about your favorite subject: cops Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty Support Charles Booker here: https://bookerforkentucky.com/

Episode 149: One Million Realities

June 04, 2020 21:05 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB

Week 2 of the nation in revolt -- brought to you from a log cabin in the woods of Eastern Kentucky. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

UNLOCKED: Posse Commie Tightass

June 01, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB

We decided to unlock our Patreon episode for the weekend, about the nation in revolt. Enjoy! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

BONUS: End Bail Now! (w/ special guest Shameka L. Parrish-Wright)

May 29, 2020 20:45 - 1 hour - 52.6 MB

Tanya talks with Shameka Parrish-Wright (@Seasoned4u) for this bonus episode about incarceration in Kentucky, Bail Reform, COVID-19 in our prisons, and weekly actions in Louisville, KY to empty the jail & demand justice for Breonna Taylor, who was murdered by police in her bed in March. Since recording, more murders by police have erupted revolts across the country and the 911 audio from the night of Breonna's death was released by her family. Riots in Louisville Thursday night (May 28, 202...

Episode 148: End Times of Something

May 28, 2020 18:32 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

Another seminal week in the late-era American republic, with all of the grotesqueries and monstrosities you would expect to find in such a situation. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

MEMORIAL DAY BONUS: "TRILLBILLY SPORTS RADIO, VOL. 2 (w/ Special Guest: Matt Jones)

May 25, 2020 21:13 - 48 minutes - 32.8 MB

Matt Jones of Kentucky Sport Radio stops by to talk Kentucky politics, his new book, and sports/life in general in the era of coronavirus.

Episode 147: Trump's Treason Movement

May 21, 2020 10:21 - 1 hour - 40.8 MB

Another week with Speak Your Piece, Harry Truman, the Iron Stache, and the Holy Bible. Support our show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 147: Trump Treason Movement

May 21, 2020 10:21 - 1 hour - 40.8 MB

Another week with Speak Your Piece, Harry Truman, the Iron Stache, and the Holy Bible. Support our show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 146: The Buzz Dosage

May 14, 2020 17:37 - 1 hour - 53.8 MB

This week it's Dylan 2 Dylan, peehole parasites, and more scolding from the old New Left. Surely there's a throughline somewhere in there. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

SUNDAY SERVICE 4: Loopholes of the Bible

May 10, 2020 16:56 - 46 minutes - 26.7 MB

In this series finale, Trillbilly Baptist Church is being closed due to quarantine violations, but Bishop Sexton and Music Minister Ray are able to get one last sermon out before the liberals in the Governor's Mansion manage to close the doors. Also features a washed up Christian rocker and a worship leader synth-crooner. Thank you for enjoying our Sunday Services, we hope to be back some day. Forward your tithings to: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 145: Island Time With Tom Sexton (w/ special guest Josh Olson)

May 07, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MB

Screenwriter Josh Olson (@joshuarolson, @TheMoviesMadeMe) stopped by the trillbilly quarantine zone to talk Hollywood, celebrity culture, and the notorious RBG. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

YEAR ZERO 1: The Thousand Year Stare (w/ special guest Sean KB)

May 05, 2020 14:16 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

Introducing Year Zero, a new miniseries on political economy hosted by Tarence. In this first episode we speak with Sean KB (@as_a_worker on twitter)from the Antifada podcast (@the_antifada) about what he terms The Thousand Year Stare: the specific feeling one unlocks by reading Giovanni Arrighi's "The Long Twentieth Century." We'll be using the book to discuss the chaotic times in which we live, but don't worry: you don't have to have read it to follow along in the conversation. You just hav...

YEAR ZERO: The Thousand Year Stare (w/ special guest Sean KB)

May 05, 2020 14:16 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

Introducing Year Zero, a new miniseries on political economy hosted by Tarence. In this first episode we speak with Sean KB (@as_a_worker on twitter)from the Antifada podcast (@the_antifada) about what he terms The Thousand Year Stare: the specific feeling one unlocks by reading Giovanni Arrighi's "The Long Twentieth Century." We'll be using the book to discuss the chaotic times in which we live, but don't worry: you don't have to have read it to follow along in the conversation. You just hav...

Episode 144: Ocean Front Property on the Kentucky River

April 30, 2020 23:52 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

A low energy (Low T) episode rife with technical difficulties and incorrect speculations about the nature of the universe and what not. Go listen to the good episodes over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

SUNDAY SERVICE 3: Great Political Leaders of the Bible

April 26, 2020 17:08 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MB

Bishop Sexton preaches about the need for Strong Italian Leadership; Music Minister Ray brings the heart of worship back to the heartland; and the Apostle Paul gets his ass thrown in jail once again. Send your tithes and offerings to: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 143: Survival Mode To Beast Mode

April 23, 2020 13:25 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB

This week it's Epstein, welfare queens, and coffee beans. Support your local small business on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

SUNDAY SERVICE 2: Gays and Lesbians of the Bible

April 19, 2020 16:40 - 53 minutes - 37 MB

We tackle all those thorny (and horny) passages from the Bible, like Leviticus 18 and David and Jonathan's love affair in the books of Samuel. Forward your tithings to: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 142: Uniquely Qualified For These Times

April 16, 2020 15:38 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB

This week we cover Bezos making billions off the pandemic, MAGA protests to re-open the economy, Pelosi's ice cream stash, and the Bernie/Obama endorsements of Biden. Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

SUNDAY SERVICE 1: Fakes And Liars Of The Bible

April 12, 2020 16:53 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

On this Easter Sunday we're taking you to First Trillbilly Baptist Church as part of our new quarantine series, Sunday Service. This week you'll learn all about the importance of getting those fake friends out of your life, and how you can encourage them to visit their nearest seppuku fields. Send your tithes to Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

SUNDAY SERVICE: Fakes And Liars Of The Bible

April 12, 2020 16:53 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

On this Easter Sunday we're taking you to First Trillbilly Baptist Church as part of our new quarantine series, Sunday Service. This week you'll learn all about the importance of getting those fake friends out of your life, and how you can encourage them to visit their nearest seppuku fields. Send your tithes to Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 141: In the Land of Uz

April 09, 2020 14:57 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

RIP Bernie 2020, Death to America Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 140: O.P.P. (Other People's Paychecks)

April 03, 2020 00:17 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

This week it's landlords, Joe Biden, the free hand of the market, and trying to avoid nihilism by converting to religion. This week's free episode brought to you by: other people's paychecks. That's right, sign up on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 139: Trial Balloon for a Climate Disaster

March 25, 2020 21:02 - 1 hour - 50.4 MB

The gang talks about the blood sacrifice offered to the market earlier this week as well as the stimulus package, and then enters the science lab to examine the weirdest political experiment of the modern era: the campaign of Joseph R. Biden. We've come a long way from President My Guy, folks. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty And listen to Tarence's band Tenure on Spotify, Apple Music, and/or Bandcamp!

Episode 138: Keeping The Faith (w/ special guest Asad Haider)

March 19, 2020 05:32 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB

We take a look at what is quite possibly the most insane couple of days in the last 3 or 4 decades and ask a couple of questions, like: what do I do next? Will I get to shoot a harpoon out of a moving vehicle? Was Christian rapper Toby Mac right about everything? Then we talk with Viewpoint Magazine's Asad Haider (@generalityiii) about the task before us and about how to construct a radically new vision of society. Read Asad's work here: https://www.viewpointmag.com/2019/12/16/on-depolitici...

*UNLOCKED*: Narcan and Bernie Posters

March 15, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 146 MB

We unlocked this one for all you stuck at home without a Patreon subscription during this global pandemic. If you'd like to support us, please do!!! www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 137: Keep On Pushing

March 12, 2020 15:46 - 1 hour - 146 MB

Real dengue bois T&T look at a timeline of the far future and then try to understand our current moment. Not edited for clarity or brevity because where's the fun in that. Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 136: No New Brains

March 04, 2020 19:50 - 1 hour - 36.1 MB

Super Tuesday results. If you came here to find a new brain, you came to the wrong place. Listen to more episodes on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 135: The Robert Mueller Underground

February 27, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 36.2 MB

This week we've got two articles for you, one from a liberal who really wants to bomb a post office, and another about how #work can be #innovated. Opening song by Slut Pill, buy their album here: https://spinstersounds.bandcamp.com/album/slut-pill Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 134: The Devil's Milkshake

February 20, 2020 17:22 - 1 hour - 40.4 MB

What do you call it when an elected official has to take a drink of poison to make democracy look good? Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

*UNLOCKED*"Screwy Stuey & The 6 Million $ Man Do Gatlinburg"(w/ Special Guest: Sturgill Simpson)

February 16, 2020 22:48 - 1 hour - 54.3 MB

We got up with Sturgill Simpson to talk Jam Bands, Work, Bernie Sanders, Gatlinburg, The Music Business, Leaf Hound Melting Motherfuckers' Faces Off, Canonball Run, Caleb Landry Jones, Jim Jarmusch, The Monkees, Kanye West playing Pigeon Forge and Running for President, his upcoming tour, and much much more.

Episode 133: The Promise Zone

February 13, 2020 18:12 - 1 hour - 41.3 MB

This week on the Trillbillies: Ewar and the DNC resort to mad scientist tactics, Amy McGrath bombs a few more houses, and the gang enters the Promise Zone, a weird and mysterious place where your labor will be even more exploited than it already is. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 132: World Record for Blood Loss

February 06, 2020 21:14 - 1 hour - 39.3 MB

What a week it's been folks. From the Iowa caucuses to impeachment to Trump's State of the Union, one thing is clear: the Democratic Party must die. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 131: Carbon Offset

January 30, 2020 17:35 - 1 hour - 38.8 MB

Tom's back in this episode about just transitions, Vexit, and the deeply diseased world of Lingua Franca. Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 130: Tomorrow's Peehole

January 24, 2020 00:42 - 1 hour - 47.9 MB

In this episode we discuss the Virginia gun rally, "yall" culture, and the ongoing destruction of one Jeff Hoops, former CEO of Blackjewel coal. Support the Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 129: Burners and Berners

January 16, 2020 16:09 - 1 hour - 46.7 MB

Today's episode is about the extremely online topic of Bernie vs. Warren. We apologize in advance, we recorded this before the anti-anti-backlash. We'll be back with regularly scheduled programming next week and won't be offended if you SKIP. Oh and we also talk about rioting miners in Pike County, Kentucky, and Moms4Housing in Oakland. Support! The! Patreon!: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 128: The Bleach Boys

January 09, 2020 22:45 - 1 hour - 40.1 MB

Another episode, another Beach Boys reference. On this year's opening episode we cover...JD Vance?? as well as America's military empire. Then we finish with an op-ed written by some capitalist pig trying to rehabilitate his image through philanthropy. Happy new year! Episode art by Matthew Carter Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty