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Unf*cking The Republic® 

A smart, funny and searing political podcast sprinkled with a healthy dose of profanity. Each episode is a deep and delicious audio dive into a particular subject that helps explain how we arrived in Bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended.

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Unf*cking The Republic® Episodes

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Phone A Friend: Keith D.

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The Controlled Demolition of the U.S. Economy.

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Show Notes [October 18, 2025]

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office, April 13, 2016. Unnamed staffers surround them.

Barack Obama.

Javier Milei and Donald Trump meeting. Milei is doing a double thumbs up while Trump holds his fist up.

Bailing on Farmers to Bail Out Argentina.

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Show Notes [October 4, 2025]

A rendering of a clock on fire. Flames engulf the rim and are beginning to spread inward towards the numbers.

Running Out of Time.

A 3D rendering of a crumbling city; buildings are collapsing and the statue of liberty has fallen on its side, decaying.

The End of the American Experiment.

An aerial shot of Charlie Kirks shooting scene alongside a CCTV photo of Tyler Robinson, Kirks shooter.

The Murder of Charlie Kirk.

A grungy metal arrow pointing left

Left Turns.

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Show Notes [September 6, 2025]

Donald Trump smiling evily wearing a red hat with USA in white letters

The Fed, Tariffs & Big Beautiful “Sequel.”

A woman juggling; the balls have logos for gig work apps on them. Lyft, DoorDash, Etsy, Uber and Fiverr.

The Toxic Nature of Hustle Culture.

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Show Notes [August 2025]

Trump smiling maniacally with USD1 coins over his eyes. The Treasury Department building is visible in the background

Trump is Looting the Treasury.

Donald Trump speaks to Fed Chair Jerome Powell during a tour of the Federal Reserve

Trump and the Fed.

The Brazilian flag next to the American flag.

Trump vs. Lula.

A ball of $100 bills with a lit fuse on the end.

Income Inequality in the U.S.

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Show Notes.

A fractured American Flag.

Our Eroding Empire: Max Unfiltered.

A protest sign that says GOP Cuts Kill with skulls

Immigration Smokescreen.

A toy house surrounded by $100 bills.

The SALT Deduction.

Composite image of 99 from Get Smart and Man-E-Faces from He Man

BONUS: 2025 Manny + 99 Takeover.

Zohran speaking into a microphone at a rally.

Zohran Mamdani Has Already Won.

A little girl holding a $100 bill with Trump's face on it.

Trump Accounts.

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Show Notes.

California National Guard standing in front of a group of protesters.

Protests in LA.

A woman holding a drill to her temple looking exasperated.

The Job Report Is a Lie.

Two hands pulling a dollar bill in their respective directions.

Pulling Apart the GOP Budget.

A miniature figurine looking at a sack with a dollar bill on it.

Credit Risk.

Pete Buttigieg in front of the American flag

President Pete Buttigieg.

The U.S. Capitol Building overlayed with glitchy stock market-like symbols.

Stock Buybacks Surge.

Oil drillers in motion

OPEC, Oh Sh*t!

A person approaching the end of a tunnel, unsure of what lies on the other side.

The End of Capitalism.

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Show Notes: Mixed Bag.

Bitcoins spilling out of an oil barrel

Bitcoin & Crude Oil.

An iceberg visible above and below the water.

Iceberg. Dead Ahead.

UNFTR's 5 Non-Negotiables alongside the Statue of Liberty.

#5NN: This is How We Win.

The U.S Dollar being printed

The U.S. Dollar and 10 Year Treasury.

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Phone A Friend: Zohran Mamdani.

A $100 cut with a jagged edge in a downturn.

Trump is Singlehandedly Manifesting Stagflation.

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Show Notes: Climate Action.

Map of Earth cracking like dried soil

Climate Action.

Trumps head on a cartoon-y explosion background.

Trump Unhinged and Third Parties.

An AI-generated image of a Lady Justice statue crumbling with money flying around her.

Election Integrity: Getting Money Out of Politics.

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Show Notes: Misc.

Elon Musk holding a marionette puppet with Trump's head.

It Ends With Him.

An AI generated image of a person made out of pills.

Medicare For All.

A sign from a 2018 protest that says 'Immigrants are welcome here. ICE go Melt yourself.'

Extraordinary Cruelty, Ordinary Policy.

The boot of a dictator stomping the people protesting beneath him

Day One.

An (intentionally) AI-generated image of a creepy robot standing in a warehouse. Its eyes are glowing yellow and it has a downturned, frowning mouth.

Building a Civilian Labor Corps: Bracing for the AI Job Apocalypse.

An aerial view of a homeless encampment.

Housing First.

An AI-generated image of a vintage computer with a glowing red screen sitting in rubble.

The Online Left is Falling Apart.

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Show Notes Pt. 2: Neoliberalism Borrowed From Lenin.

An AI-generated image of money falling from an explosion in the sky.

The U.S. Economy.

Russell Vought smiling in front of an apocalyptic city background.

“Russputin” and the Tsar.

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Show Notes: Neoliberalism Borrowed From Lenin.

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Neoliberalism Borrowed From Lenin, Why Can’t We?

Headstone with America engraved on it.

2024 Election: Eulogy and Clarity.

An AI generated image of a neon pink and blue question mark.

Max & 99 Unfiltered.

A man standing in a warehouse filled with oil drums

The Energy Independence Myth.

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Un-Cooperative.

A man with his hands on his head in frustration. An abstract black cloud rises from his brain, symbolizing chaos

Election Denials.

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Show Notes: Meaningless Rage and Outrage on the Debate Stage.

Stamp commemorating Gaddafi as River Builder. His photo accompanies text that reads ‘Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The Great Man - River Builder.’

The Great Man-Made River Project.

AI generated image of a debate stage with two podiums.

Meaningless Rage and Outrage on the Debate Stage.

A photo from a defense innovation board meeting with an arrow pointing to Eric Schmidt.

Eric Schmidt the Bed in Stanford Interview.

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Show Notes: Et tu, Krugman?

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Et tu, Krugman?

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Show Notes: Harris v. Trump.

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Harris v. Trump.

Composite image of Peter Thiel holding an inflatable globe and crushing it.

Unf*cking Flashback: What’s the deal with Peter Thiel?

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Phone A Friend: Shane Burley and Ben Lorber.

A photo of Kamala Harris wearing an emoji crown. To her left is Donald Trump and to her right is Joe Biden

A Progressive Take on the Harris Coronation.

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Phone A Friend: Lee Camp.

An illustration of the 1876 Democratic National Convention

A Contested Convention.

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DNR The DNC.

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Show Notes [The USPS + Europe Slides to the Right + PBMs.]

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Phone A Friend: Yanis Varoufakis.

Vintage 8 cent post office stamps; One is an illustration of a man buying stamps, the other is a mailman collecting the mail. Stamps are accompanied by text that says 'Nearly 27 billion U.S. stamps are sold yearly to carry your letters to every corner of the world' with the U.S. Mail seal and text that says, 'People Serving You.'

The United States Postal Service.

Figurines of people standing on a partial map of Europe

Europe Slides to the Right.

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Show Notes: Pause. Reset. Where do we go from here?

A $100 covered in pills.

Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

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Pause. Reset. Where do we go from here?

A photo of Scott Galloway giving a talk; blurred headlines appear behind him with quotes from his anti-protest interview.

On Protest and Anti-Semitism.

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Show Notes: Over The Borderline: Part Three.

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Phone A Friend: Jeff Main.

Barbed wire surrounding an encampment at the border

Over The Borderline: Part Three.

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Show Notes: Phone A Friend: Tad DeLay.

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Phone A Friend: Tad DeLay.

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Show Notes: RFK Jr.’s Trojan Horse Campaign.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking at a podium.

RFK Jr.’s Trojan Horse Campaign.

Someone holding small versions of Donald Trump and AOC in their hand

The Evolution of AOC and Behind the Trump Bump.

A group of migrants lined up at the border

Over the Borderline: Part Two.

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Show Notes: SPACtacular Bullsh*t.

Donald Trump in front of a stock ticker,

SPACtacular Bullsh*t.

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Show Notes: “Project 2025.”

An analog clock with ticking hands and rubble all around. A person stands beneath, watching.

“Project 2025.”

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Show Notes: Over the Borderline: Part One.

A migrant tent camp in the city.

Over the Borderline: Part One.

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Show Notes: Phone A Friend.

The Statue of Liberty from a low vantage point.

Over the Borderline.

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Phone A Friend.

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Phone A Friend.

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Show Notes: The Banality of Violence.

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The Banality of Violence.

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Phone A Friend.

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Show Notes: Don’t sweat the election. We already lost.

A person sitting in front of an American flag at a polling check in table shrugging, confused.

Don’t sweat the election. We already lost.

Composite image of Narendra Modi, President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.

Revenge of the “Strongman.”

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Show Notes: Mental Health Care in America.

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Mental Health Care in America.

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Show Notes: 2024: Welcome to Another Year in Bizarro America.

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Phone A Friend.

Max shakes off the cobwebs to take stock of where the country is as we head into 2024. In this “Max Unfiltered” take to start the year he examines the tension between the past and present. Has the arc of history bent toward progress? Sure. But it's maddening to know that there is still so much unnecessary suffering in the world when the U.S. has the capacity to solve so much of it both at home and abroad.

2024: Welcome to Another Year in Bizarro America.

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Show Notes: The Carter Years One–Three.]

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The Carter Years.

Rendering of the earth and the ozone layer.

The Montreal Protocol.

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Show Notes: The 3 Men Who Will Defeat Biden.

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The 3 Men Who Will Defeat Biden.

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Show Notes: Palestine: Part Three + Epilogue.

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Palestine: Epilogue.

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Phone A Friend.

Israeli West Bank barrier near Mount Zion in 2009

Palestine: Part Three.

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Show Notes: Palestine: Part Two.

Palestine Mandate Stamp, SG no. 92, 4 Mils, thin paper variety, issued 1927, depicting the Dome of the Rock.

Palestine: Part Two.

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Show Notes: Palestine: Part One.

Jewish National Fund stamp from 1915 with a drawing of the old blessing in Gan Shmuel

Palestine: Part One.

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Show Notes: Palestine: An Introduction.

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Phone A Friend.

A person waving the Palestinian flag.

Palestine: An Introduction.

Unf*cking The Republic Logo and Pitchfork Economics Podcast logo on a rainbow background

Phone A Friend.

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Show Notes: The House that Newt Built.

Newt Gingrich building a toy house with blocks.

The House that Newt Built.

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Show Notes: Understanding Socialism: Part Six.

Leon Trotsky delivering a speech to the 51st Rifle Division atop the train in Crimea, 1921

Understanding Socialism: Part Six.

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Show Notes: Strike!

A crowed of WGA Strikers gathered in summer of 2023.

Strike!

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Show Notes: Understanding Socialism: Part Five.

Election poster for Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Party of America candidate for President 1904.

Understanding Socialism: Part Five.

Collage of AOC-focused article headlines that criticize her.

Hands Off AOC.

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Show Notes: What is Bidenomics?

Joe Biden smiling and making it rain with a stack of cash.

What is Bidenomics?

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Phone a Friend.

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Show Notes: Understanding Socialism: Part Four.

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Phone a Friend.

Photos of Mikhail Bakunin and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon in a photo album.

Understanding Socialism: Part Four.

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Show Notes: Understanding Socialism: Part Three.

Portraits of Karl Marx and John Stuart Mill in a gallery.

Understanding Socialism: Part Three.

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Show Notes Part Two: Unf*cking Flashback: The Assange Problem.

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Show Notes Part One: Unf*cking Flashback: The Assange Problem.

Glitchy photo of a banner with a photo of Julian Assange with American Flag tape over his mouth. Banner text says, ‘Free Assange. No U.S. Extradition.’ Below the banner a woman is adding another pro-Assange poster.

Unf*cking Flashback: The Assange Problem.

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Show Notes: Understanding Socialism: Part Two.

Text that says Socialism over a globe.

Understanding Socialism: Part Two.

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Show Notes: The Doctor is in.

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Show Notes: SCOTUS Native Adoption Case.

Cornel West's campaign photo with text that says 'Cornel West For President'.

The Doctor is in.

Text that says Haaland V. Brackeen.

SCOTUS Native Adoption Case.

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Show Notes: Understanding Socialism: Part One.

A Banner that says' Kill Capitalism Before It Kills You.'

Understanding Socialism: Part One.

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Show Notes: Unf*cking Flashback: ISMs.

Rainbow writing on a napkin that says Who Are you?

Unf*cking Flashback: Capitasociafascilibdemarxism.

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Show Notes: Ep 96.

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Williamson and Kennedy.

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Show Notes: Ep 95.

A megaphone with a mouth coming out of it, yelling.

Fox Untucked, Noam Undone, Taibbi Unhinged.

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Show Notes: Ep 94.

A wealthy rat king sitting on a throne, surrounded by poor, ‘lesser’ rats.

Dismantling the Oligarchy.

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Show Notes: Ep 93.

A jar of money being buried in the ground.

Updated Tax Evasion Figures.

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Show Notes: Ep 92.

A (fake) Supreme Court judge in her robes, making an angry face giving.a thumbs down. Behind her is an illustration of many diverse faces.

The End of Affirmative Action.

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Show Notes: Topical Cream 11.

Kathy Hochul laughing and giving a gift. The background is a mudboil in the Tully Valley.

Hochul’s “Gift.”

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Show Notes: Ep 91.

A colorful explosive burst in the sky.

Has “Creative Destruction” Reached Silicon Valley?

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Show Notes: Ep 90.

Glitchy word art that says 'Woke' over an American flag.

Weaponizing “Woke.”

A piggy bank weaaring a mask; bank contagion concept.

Contagion!

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Show Notes: Ep 89.

Jerome Powell standing at a podium during a press conference

The Fed and Inflation.

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Show Notes: Ep 88.

An older Jimmy Carter, smiling. Behind him to his right is a young Jimmy Carter, waving.

James Earl Carter (Epilogue).

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Show Notes: Ep 87.

A father and daughter sitting on the grass at night. The dad is pointing at the spy balloon in the sky.

Spy Balloons.

Begin, Carter, and Sadat at a ceremony in September, 1978. Carter is in focus and has his hand over his heart with his eyes closed.

James Earl Carter (Part Three).

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Show Notes: Ep 86.

Photographic portrait of Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter holding hands in the White House

James Earl Carter (Part Two).

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Show Notes: Ep 85.

A man is trying to hold up a pile of money, while another man is trying to kick it down; debt ceiling concept.

The (Fake) Debt Ceiling Crisis.

Jimmy Carter and Mayor Richard J. Daley at the Illinois State Democratic Convention in Chicago, Illinois

James Earl Carter (Part One).

Young white male tech worker wiping tears from his face with bundles of cash

Big Tech Layoffs

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Show Notes: Ep 84 +Topical 7.

Pete Buttigieg sitting in a cartoon airplane, frowning

Airline Crisis.

Two televisions facing each other; the right TV has conservative media figures on the screen, the left TV has liberal media figures on the screen.

Who To Trust in Media.

Young student in an art classroom giving the middle finger.

Public Education.

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Show Notes: Ep 82 + Quickie 14.

John Kane of Let's Talk Native and Resistance Radio.

Phone a Friend.

Jay Jacobs standing mid-speech; the background is an American flag and an elephant and a donkey.

How New York F*cked the Country.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel walking arm in arm.

The Black & Jewish Divide in America.

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Show Notes: Ep 81.

Rendering of a school bus, graduation cap, backpack and miscellaneous school supplies.

Public Education (Part Three).

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Show Notes: Ep 80.

Rendering of a pencil flying out of a book with clouds and decorative swirls surrounding it.

Public Education (Part Two).

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Show Notes: Ep 79.

Rendering of the Earth wearing a graduation cap. A pencil bends around the earth like a ring.

Public Education (Part One).

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Show Notes: BONUS: Midterm Recap.

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Show Notes: Ep 78.

A woman covers her mouth with her hand in shock and holds a button that says 'Vote.' The background is rainbow and trippy.

BONUS: Midterm Recap.

Collage of newspaper headlines talking about a rise in crime in America. The headlines are laid on top of an Amreican flag.

“Tough on Crime” Republicans.

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Show Notes: Strange Bedfellows 1.

Black and white portraits of Chester A. Arthur and Julia Sand. Sand's letters to Arthur are featured, lightly blurred in the background.

Chester A. Arthur and Julia Sand.

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Show Notes: Ep 77.

Composite image of Peter Thiel holding an inflatable globe and crushing it.

What’s the deal with Peter Thiel?

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Show Notes: Ep 76.

Activists at a net neutrality protest holding signs that say Save The Internet and Never Gonna Give Up Net Neutrality.

The FCC (Part Two).

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Quickie 13.

A Blue face and a Red face turned towards each other with their mouths open. Each person is holding the side of a lightbulb in their mouth. Bipartisan concept.

One nation divided?

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Ep 75.

FCC commissioners inspect the latest in television, December 1, 1939.

The FCC (Part One).

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Ep 74.

Larry Fink as a puppetmaster; The puppets are Apple, Fox, Bayer AG, Nestle, BP and Walmart.

BlackRock: The Devil's Banker.

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Ep 73.

A healthcare professional wearing scrubs and rubber gloves is counting a stack of $100 bills. The rubber gloves have blood on them.

Hospitals and Healthcare.

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Ep 72.

Kellogg's Strikers holding signs. Main sign in focus is Tony the Tiger saying 'I'm Greedy.'

Unf*cking Flashback: Labor Unions.

Protest sign that says Life is a pre-existing condition. Keep America covered.

This Healthcare is Killing Us.

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Topical Cream 6.

Unf*cking The Republic Logo and the Left Behind book cover on a rainbow background.

Phone a Friend.

Screencap from Joe Biden's press conference announcing student loan forgiveness. Biden is scratching his head

Biden's Big Student Debt Announcement.

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Ep 71.

A greedy doctor counting a bunch of $100 bills while an older woman looks on in horror behind him.

U.S. Healthcare.

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Ep 69.

A woman wearing a beanie with a read handprint over her mouth. Accompanying text says MMIWG2S: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two-Spirt People. The News Beat Podcast logo is in the bottom left corner.

UNFTR X News Beat.

Bill Clinton in the White House Music Room holding his saxophone.

The Clinton Years.

Unfucking The Republic Logo and Best of the Left Logo on a rainbow background.

UNFTR x Best of the Left.

Tom McGovern Sitting at a piano and microphone with a glitchy static background

BONUS: A Chat with Tom McGovern.

A glitchy rainbow colored fractal crystal.

Max, Unfiltered.

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Ep 68.

Bill Clinton in an Armchair.

The Clinton Years (Part Three).

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Ep 67.

Bill Clinton campaigning on S. Adams St. in Tallahassee during the 1992 presidential election.

The Clinton Years (Part Two).

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Ep 66.

Argentina's president Mauricio Macri at the Clinton Global Initiative foundation with Bill Clinton and others

The Clinton Years (Part One).

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Ep 65.

A brainwashed army of people with televisions for heads. The TVs all have different PragerU videos playing on them.

Fuck U, PragerU.

The US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ Letters have a glitchy rainbow effect on them.

Show Notes: Ep 64.

A rich man and woman holding cash and smoking cigars are laughing while a man fills up his gas tank in horror

$5 Gasoline.

Two hands cupped together holding a pile of crude oil

Unf*cking Flashback: Peak Oil.

Unf*cking The Republic Logo and American Prestige Logo on a rainbow background

Phone a Friend.

Paper Mache head of Jeffrey Bezos surrounded by protest signs that say 'Stop Trashing The Planet' 'Stop Injuring Workers' 'Stop Spying on Workers' and 'Stop Stealing Garment Workers Wages.'

Amazon (Part 2).

Jeff Bezos from the 90s surrounded by books; on his left shoulder is Jeff Bezos from 2009 holding a Kindle 2 and on his right shoulder is Jeff Bezos from 2021 with his space crew

Amazon (Part 1).

Milton Friedman speaking at a podium; the background is a glitchy rainbow.

BONUS: Happy F*ck Milton Friedman Day.

Image of the Capitol Building with a glitchy, rainbow effect overlayed.

Congressional Summer School.

Lightning hitting a yellow road sign that says 'economic uncertainty ahead.'

Obsession Over Recession Depression.

The American Flag made out of bullets

The School Shooting Script.

A young graduate wearing a cap and gown, shrugging and looking up at his graduation tassle which is a tag with a dollar sign on it

Student Debt.

Ciricahua Apaches at the Carlisle Indian School. Children and adults sit on the porch of the school.

Boarding Schools from Hell.

Close up on US Constitution showing the words We The People; the Constitution is engulfed in flames.

Convention of States.

An illustration of Jesus standing behind the White House Briefing Room podium.

Where is the Religious Left?

A pro-choice protest at the capitol; the main focus of the image is a sign that says keep abortion legal

The End of Roe v. Wade.

Glitchy red ink flowing into blue; concept of republican party flowing into democratic.

Dem Bums.

Composite image of Elon Musk's head on a baby's body. The baby is playing with an abacus

Elon Gated.

Six military silhouettes on sunset sky background

The Military Film Complex.

Biden laughing; the background is a field of oil pumpjacks

Drill Man, Drill.

Composite photo of political figures; from left to right- Mandela Barnes, John Fetterman and, Jessica Cisneros.

Midterms, Primaries and Get Out the Vote.

Selfie of Governor Kathy Hochul in front of the Buffalo Bills Stadium, wearing a Buffalo Bills mask. Text on the image says,

New York’s Casual White Supremacy.

Australian 60c postage stamp depicting a kangaroo laying on the beach

Unf*cking Down Under.

Screenshot of the Statue of Liberty from the Schoolhouse Rock Song 'The Great American Melting Pot.

Immigration Nation.

Neon purple and blue globe with rainbow glitchy squares sticking out of the sides

The World in Numbers.

A group of people protesting Russia's invasion of Ukraine

White on White Crime in Eastern Europe.

Image of a bookshelves lined with books in a bookstore

BONUS: A Book Love Mashup.

Composite image of 99 from Get Smart and Man-E-Faces from He Man

BONUS: A Manny + 99 Takeover.

Cash being grated with coins coming out of the grater; inflation concept.

Corporate America's Banner Year.

Illustration of The Lorax from Doctor Seuss in front of a photo of the Capitol Building

"UNLESS."

Two hands cupped together holding a pile of crude oil.

Peak Oil.

Composite of Tucker Carlson and Larry Kudlow with their heads on clown bodies

Quickie: Fox in the Outhouse.

Gary Johnson standing at a podium, resting his elbows on the surface with his hands on his head.

Libertarians Are Exhausting (Part 2).

Candidates standing at yellow podiums that have the Libertarian logo on them.

Libertarians Are Exhausting (Part 1).

Farm cows in a pen eating from a hay pile.

A (Mostly) Vegan World.

Image of Joe Manchin wearing a santa hat with green skin, making him look like the Grinch.

Holiday Quickie.

Kellogg's Strikers holding signs. Main sign in focus is Tony the Tiger saying 'I'm Greedy.'

Labor Unions.

Two fists- one with the American flag, the other with the Chinese flag. The fists are punching each other.

Playing Chicken with China.

Two photos of Noam Chomsky; one is him as a younger man, one of him older with grey hair.

Happy Noam Chomsky Day!

Man shrugging wearing a cheesy pirate costume

Pirates of the Caribbean.

Map of the united states made out of rock and crumbling.

The Itsfuckedforsure Bill.

Rendering of a man with his fist clenched holding a globe, symbolizing power.

The Global Order of Power.

Rendering of a man with his hands raised and 100 dollar bills flying down around him

The Global Order of Money.

Composite image of Jon Stewart, Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan. All are standing, holding microphones mid-speech.

“Independent” Men with Massive Platforms.

Rainbow writing on a napkin that says Who Are you?

Capitasociafascilibdemarxism.

Teddy Roosevelt riding his horse.

From Bull Moose to Jackass.

Composite of Milton Friedman, Rupert Murdoch and Ronald Reagan.

1 Year Anniversary.

Economist John Williamson giving a speech at a podium.

The Washington Consensus.

Two people holding a sign that says 'Get Used To It.' The sign background is the modern pride flag

UNFTR on LGBTQ.

Unf*ck Your Morning coffee bags lined up in a box.

BONUS!

Polar bear standing on a melting ice block

Building the Climate Industrial Complex.

White text on a black background that says 9/11: 1973, 2001, 2021.

9/11.

California Republic flag, ripped in the center. Inside the rip there is a composite collage of Governor Gavin Newsom

Californication.

Junius Brutus Stearn's painting called 'Washington as Statesman at the Constitutional Convention'

Procedural F*ckery.

Green pushpin pressed into a map, the pin is sticking into Afghanistan.

When We Leave.