Trillbilly Worker's Party

We do a lot of speculating on this one: the FBI's raid on NYPD's union boss, the bat on the 2020 U.S. quarter, Facebook whistleblower and subsequent outage, and art friends. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We talk about Dolly, meet some Pinker's Thinkers, and check in with Bret and Gail. Find us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we talk Teslas, Wuhab Lab conspiracies, Haiti, and the lasting perseverance of 90s (at least when it comes to politics). Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We start out with our own spin on the controversial show "The Activist," then take a look at some of the new company town proposals on offer from our tech overlords. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Tanya, Aaron, and Tom provide updates on Cop City in ATL, Bishop Sycamore, and talk about "the next 9/11" and what the foreign policy ghouls suggest we do about it.

For the latest installment of our Year Zero series, we finally tackle the big one: 9/11. Specifically, the 9/11 that is presented to us by author Thomas Pynchon in his 2013 book, Bleeding Edge. To help us do it, we've enlisted the help of Jimmy Falun Gong (@JimmyFalunGong on Twitter) of the podcast Programmed to Chill (@p2chillPodcast), and Dimitri (@drposhlost) of the Subliminal Jihad podcast (@subliminaljihad). Because it's Pynchon, we cover a wide range of topics: Silicon Alley and the 2000 dotcom crash; the PROMIS software; Stuart Brand and the Whole Earth Network; Josh Harris and We Live In Public; the Montauk Project; MKUltra; TWA Flight 800; the Digital Entertainment Network; and much much more. Please check out Jimmy's podcast, Programmed to Chill, wherever you get your podcasts, and on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill And check out Dimitri's podcast, Subliminal Jihad, wherever you get your podcasts, and on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/subliminaljihad/

Tanya takes on Big Water and gets kicked out of Jenkins Days; the gang talks cliff dwellings and mounds; Letcher County speaks its piece Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This we take a look at Planet Earth: is it really the "hidden gem" of the universe? According to one Kentucky CEO, it certainly is. After that we take a brief look at the army of contractors making money off of the pandemic. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we start off with an op-ed from our Senator-In-Exile Amy McGrath concerning Afghanistan. Then we check back in with AppHarvest, for whom news has only gotten worse since we checked in on them on Sunday's Patreon. And finally we finish with an exploration into the QAnon mindset with a reading from Politico. Check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we cover Cuomo, climate change, cops, and vaccine mandates Subscribe to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Tanya goes to the courthouse and has a visitor. Meanwhile the governor of New York Andrew Cwimo digs in deeper. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we make a rare dive into right-wing agit-prop, with a Federalist article about Simone Biles. We also talk about the importance of learning about rocks at a young age, and end with some Speak Your Piece. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we follow up on the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (see Patreon episode #122), then discuss the so-called Billionaire Space Race. Finally we talk about some very strange ideas about rural poverty. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we discuss Tarence's dialectical history of the opioid epidemic in The Baffler. Long story short: the police bear just as much responsibility as Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. Read the full piece here: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/united-in-rage-ray Support us on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we tell the tale of Whitesburg's very own Solomon Four, and then round everything out with another Conversation with Bret and Gail Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

A mystery Ambulance shows up in Whitesburg! A mystery opponent for Rand Paul's Senate Seat shows up on the TL! India Walton has a hit piece written about her by the local ABC affiliate in Buffalo! And the Pound, Virginia cops lost two dogs! All this and the every popular much, much more on this week's edition of TRILLBILLIES!!!

Montanya tells us about her travels out west, and then we explore the dual social phenomena of ghosting and writing stories about ghosting Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This one we talk about the DSA cop at the Capitol riot, the Biden-Putin cybersex summit, American holidays, the world of polling, nonprofits, and NGO's, and finally Speak Your Piece Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we take a look at child labor in America, the epidemic of boss-bullying, and the mysterious Havana Syndrome afflicting many U.S. officials Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We talk about the 1999 Michael Mann film, The Insider, and then talk about how to "cultivate" your "friendscape" in the post-pandemic age Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

In this one we cover a very peculiar case of eastern Kentucky justice. Support the striking Juiceland workers in Texas: https://www.gofundme.com/f/juiceland-workers-rights?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Lee Bains III and Jacob Morrison + David Story of The Valley Labor Report join us to talk about why conservatives love miners until they strike, Alabama labor history, and to preview this weekend's "Alabama Strike Fest" that they've co-organized in support of striking miners at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. Links: Strike Fund: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/UMWAStrikePantry Jacob's story in Jacobin: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/05/conservatives-coal-miners-strike-alabama-unfair-labor-practices-workers

Woke stocks, Liz Cheney, the geriatric coup, Kentucky continues to mooch off of New Jersey, and finally Palestine Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Author and Northwestern University history professor Daniel Immerwahr stops by to tell us about why our tech overlords in Silicon Valley are suddenly interested in all things paleo, and about why studying deep time is important. Here is a link to the article in the New Republic that we discuss: https://newrepublic.com/article/161593/prehistoric-myth-work-james-suzman Also buy Daniel's very good book, How To Hide An Empire: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374172145 Outro music by Michael Howard: https://soundcloud.com/baronvonsuckit Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

In this episode we explore the imminent armed conflict between introverts and extroverts. Support future scientific research like this at our Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we talk about a new form of psychiatric therapy: coal gasification and sequestration. We also talk about Chuck Schumer's newfound progressivism, and the conviction of Derek Chauvin. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This one's mostly about the Just Transition. Is it Just enough for you yet??? Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Tanya watches the Q documentary, then the gang takes a trip back to Austin, Texas for some unfinished business Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Have scientists finally discovered the Sasquatch in eastern Kentucky? Tune in to find out, and to hear us talk about Biden's new infrastructure plan as well as gentrification in Austin, Texas Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week it's talk about the vaccine and how it can make you lose your mind; Kamala and Bill Clinton's symposium on girl power; and finally an invigorating conversation between Gail and Bret about PTSD (Post-Trump Stress Disorder) Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We're unlocking this Premium episode for you, in which we discuss the now-famous Skillet-Cardi B-Hitler controversy. Enjoy! If you'd like to hear more content like this, go support us on Patreon at: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we're getting the goods, then hearing the latest from JD Vance and Peter Thiel, then hearing some more about how cops are the biggest babies in the world, and finally taking a trip to the pristine city of Boulder, Colorado Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Bryan tags in for my absentee cohosts and Matt & Felix stop by to talk TV and tease their new Stitcher Premium show: "Time For My Stories" Time For My Stories: https://www.stitcher.com/show/time-for-my-stories

This week we talk about the floods here in eastern Kentucky, and then switch to deeply diseased segment on a capitalist commune in LA If you want to support east Kentucky flood relief, you can donate to tinyurl.com/ekycommunityfund If you want to support us on Patreon, go to www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We take a look at yet another interesting 12-step program, then talk about the new Springsteen/Obama podcast, COVID deaths, Democrat ineptitude, and finally Speak Your Piece, featuring what is perhaps one of the greatest pieces of all time Support us on patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We wonder aloud whether God hates us, and then talk about the weather, the grid, and Joe Biden's Town Hall. Finally we end with a rousing conversation from everybody's favorite New York Times column, The Conversation, featuring Gail Collins and Bret Stephens. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Apologies for the terrible audio quality on this. If you were a fan of our early work then you'll be able to appreciate it. We cover Britney, Joe Biden's Civilian Climate Corps, JD Vance investing in Parler, and this week's Speak Your Piece Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We talk about reincarnation and the recent Dolly remake of "9 to 5," and then top it all off with a diseased article about the Democrats' new strategy going into the 2022 midterms Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We enlist Alexandra Scaggs to help us make sense of this Gamestop/Wall Street saga. Alexandra is a writer for Barron's, and can be found on twitter at @alexandrascaggs. Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We talk about how we think fascism will look when it comes to this country, and the Biden inauguration.

For Dolly's birthday we're unlocking this very special episode on the structural and engineering integrity of Dollywood and of amusement parks/roller coasters in general, featuring Justin Roczniak of the Well There's Your Problem (@wtyppod) engineering podcast. Check them out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPxHg4192hLDpTI2w7F9rPg and support them here: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod And of course you can hear more premium episodes like this by supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Local dipshits T&T struggle to make sense of the world with the help of the local newspaper Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Tanya's back, and the government's on fire Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

A recap of the year 2020, in historical narrative form. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

The Wet Bandits T&T examine the multiple meanings of Christmas (capitalism, horniness, waste, celebrating the cinematic arts) and then discuss "The Mountain Santa" Marlow Tackett Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Ken Layne of Desert Oracle Radio stops by to talk to us about a really weird year in human history; about the monoliths and the importance of symbols; and about how Kurt Russell was the pilot who initially reported the Phoenix Lights. Buy Ken's book: https://www.amazon.com/Desert-Oracle-Strange-American-Southwest/dp/0374139687/ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we hear from centrist Zack de la Rocha; we take a trip to Dillon, Texas; and we finish out with an article about a nonprofit activist in New York selling it all for some Omaha steaks Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Well lap it up folks, because this is the only Hillbilly Elegy content you're getting from us this year. We cover the film very briefly, talk some more about Dolly and Obama, then wrap things up with stirring round of Speak Your Piece. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Author and urban theorist Mike Davis joins us to talk about the political economy of rural America, and about what insights we can take from the 2020 election. GoFundMe for our cohost Aaron Thorpe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aaron-thorpe-car-accident?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1 Check out our episode with Chapo about Hillbilly Elegy: https://www.patreon.com/posts/475-hills-have-44321527 And last but not least, support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Please support political prisoners in Georgia: https://atlsolidarity.org/ This week it's apparently international men's day on the pod. This means Tom gets his own theme park, just like Dolly Parton. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty