Trillbilly Worker's Party
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Episode 313: Karmically Overextended
EWe 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
EMore 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: Scaring The Bros
EFirst 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)
EUnlocked 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)
EIn 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 on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 309: Appalachian Creation Museum
EThis 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
EProbably 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
EThis 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)
EThis 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 Taylor (@GlennTaylorBook on Twitter), who teaches in WVU's creative writing department. Check out Dennis Hogan's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/capture-the-flagship-hogan To contact the board of governors [email protected] To contact the provost [email protected] To contact the vice president of strategic initiatives [email protected] Petition for vote of no-confidence in Gee: https://www.change.org/p/support-wvu-assembly-resolution-of-no-confidence-in-gordon-gee Petition to save creative writing program: https://www.change.org/p/save-wvu-s-mfa-program-preserve-the-future-of-creative-writing-education?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=90780690-c462-012f-672a-4040acce234c

Episode 305: Extreme Makeover: Democracy Edition
EThis 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
EThis week...we're going back for more Ethicist Support our show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 303: The Right Amount
EThis 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)
EActivist, 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
ETopics 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 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 300: Kentucky Pocketwolves (feat. Will Oldham)
EFor 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
EThis 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
EThis 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
EThis 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)
EThis 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
EThis 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

Episode 294: Return of KiddoCop
EDoes ACAB also apply to cop impersonators? Find out on this week's episode of The Trillbillies Podcast Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 293: The Shackleton Condition
EMight have gotten a little carried away on this one. Sorry in advance Also, Tom lost his job, so we need your support on Patreon now more than ever: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 292: Advice Column Filibuster
EThis week we got bogged down in trying to answer some of the biggest ethical questions of our day Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 291: Rodeo Is Life
EThe rest is just waiting. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 290: The Penultimate Court
EThis week on the Trillbillies we're disrupting the criminal justice system Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 289: Work Smarter, Not Harder
EBob Dylan goes to Deadwood, Thomas Friedman opens up some boxes, Cop City comes to West Virginia, Letcher County speaks its piece Support striking WGA workers: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-snacklist-support-striking-workers And support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 288: Crazy White Boy University (w/ special guest John Lingan)
EThis week we're discussing John Brown, as seen through the eyes of the late novelist, Russell Banks, in his novel Cloudsplitter. DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that Russell Banks's novel is a work of fiction, and is not meant to be read as a literal interpretation of history--and thus neither is our episode. To help us work through it, we've enlisted the help of writer John Lingan, whose great book on Creedence Clearwater Revival is out now: https://www.amazon.com/Song-Everyone-Creedence-Clearwater-Revival/dp/0306846713 And please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 287: Big Time Criminality
EThis week it's a grab bag of allergy-fueled bits and news, followed by an op-ed from a friend at the NYTimes about the formula for making crime go up Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 286: Feuerbach, Texas (w/ special guest Mina Shedd)
EThis week we talk a wide range of topics, mostly centered on what's going on in states like Tennessee: mass shootings, anti-trans bills, centralization of power in state governments, etc. To do it, we've enlisted our Tennessean friend Mina Shedd from Middle Tennessee DSA. To wrap it all up, we cover an op-ed from the New York Times about "Wagon Wheel Gun Reform" You can find and support Mina's many projects on Twitter at: @ScrewballDetctr And you can support us on Patreon at: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 285: Con Air Landlordism (w/ special guests Katy Slininger & Ben Mabie)
EThis week we're talking about landlord self defense classes, tenant unions, and tenant organizing, with special guests Katy Slininger (Cargill Tenants Union) and Ben Mabie (Crown Heights Tenant Union, Tenant Union Flatbush). Make sure to stick around for the end, where we look at how landlords are arming themselves for the rev. Emergency Tenant Organizing Committee: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-the-emergency-tenant-organizing-committee/ Connecticut Tenants Union: https://www.cttenantsunion.org/ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 284: White Man Down
EThis week we discuss one white liberal's quest to end race-based affirmative action Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 283: Baghdad Bob The Builder
EThis week we discuss (yet again) Silicon Valley Bank, Bret Stephens's reflections on the Iraq War, and a man named Johnny Shield's views on conservatism in higher education. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 282: Keep Your Dreams Alive
EA mysterious man crawled out of the ceiling of Tom's high school English class and taught everyone a very important lesson. Also features coverage of the Murdaugh murder trial, and a reading of David Frum's Iraq War revisionism. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 281: What If I Stumble
EThis week we tackle some hard questions: is the perfect relationship possible? Who is the Universal Christ? Should colleges be more like prison? After that we finish it all up with some Synth Your Piece. Tarence's article in the Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/covidreliefkentucky/ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 280: Valedictorian Of The Soft Curriculum
EThis week we talk about the ecological phenomenon known as "whiskey fungus," followed by a hard pivot into the world of higher ed Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 279: Vance Macabre
EThis week we talk Ukraine, the ruling class's fixation on Boxes, and the mass hysteria of Devil's Milkshakes issuing from East Palestine, Ohio Check out Aaron's story here: https://spacelight.substack.com/p/this-machine Tarence's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-devils-milkshake-ray And our Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 278: The Freight Awakening
EEverything from religion to industrial disasters to Mehdi Hasan's debating methods Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 277: NEOM Moon (w/ special guest Kate Wagner)
EOur good friend Kate Wagner (@mcmansionhell) is back to tell us about the NEOM city-state in the Saudi Arabian desert, as well as all the soulless architects and designers working on it. You can read Kate's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/line-in-the-sand-wagner And support us on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 276: Infirmary Blues (w/ special guest Gabriel Winant)
EThis week we're joined by University of Chicago professor of history, Gabriel Winant, to discuss the social and political origins of the modern healthcare industry in places like Pittsburgh and Appalachia. To learn more, you can purchase Gabe's book, The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Healthcare in Rust Belt America: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674238091 And you can always support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 275: Crystal Privilege
ECome for the Nat Turner discourse, stay for the Progress In Science and Technology discourse Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 274: One Out Of Three
EWe start off with a little bit of giant discourse (different from last week's giant discourse); cover some news miscellanea; and then hear another entry from the all-time great New York Times column, The Conversation Help us get our wonderful film optioned by supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 273: The Iseman Cometh
EOn this first (free) episode of the year we take a journey through cop lore; talk movies; and meet a real life Mr. Freeze, who's here to kick some ice Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 272: The Mt. Rushmore of Liars (w/ Special Guest: Bryan Quinby)
EFriend of the show Bryan Quinby of Street Fight Radio fills in for Tarence as we talk Jerry Falwell Jr., George Santos, Andrew Tate vs. Greta Thunberg, and why a man ended up on death row because of a Jeff Ross roast. Subscribe to our Patreon: Patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty Subscribe to Bryan's Patreon: Patreon.com/streetfightradio Check out Aaron's other pod: Everybody Loves Communism wherever you get your podcasts.

**UNLOCKED** The Beggar, The Blazer, The Blueline
ENo episode this week, so here's an unlocked episode from our Patreon, about a tale as old as time Find more content like this at our Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 271: Ouija Board Terms of Service (w/ Special Guest: Jack Wagner)
EAaron and Tom check in on the results of the Warnock/Walker runoff and an attempted coup of Germany by a descendent of the Kaiser; Tarence and Tom interview Jack Wagner of "Yeah, But Still" about his new show "Otherworld"

Episode 270: Present Company Included
E**audio gets better after a couple minutes** This week we talk about the most recent AppHarvest news, and then move on to an extremely cool article about Disney magic Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 269: Thusin' With the Bois
EMore talk about the rise of fascist terrorism, followed by an article in the MIT Technology Review about the ultra rich and their fascination with longevity Judith Butler article referenced in the episode: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2021/oct/23/judith-butler-gender-ideology-backlash Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 268: The Forms
EThis week we look at The Forms. If you know you know. If you're wanting to comment on the proposed Letcher County Prison Facility: Submit comments to Kimberly S. Hudson, Site Selection Specialist, Construction & Environmental Review Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street, NW, Room 901-5 West, Washington, DC 20534, Email: [email protected]. Please note that before including your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information with your comment, the entire comment, including personal identifying information, may become publicly available. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 267: Election Dowsing
EMidterms 2022 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 266: Calipari In The Coal Mine (w/ special guest Haley O'Shaughnessy)
EFriend of the show Haley O'Shaughnessy (@HaleyOSomething) stops by to chat "yall culture," sports cheating, and the interesting case of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari's heritage Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty