Trillbilly Worker's Party

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

It's another week of begrudgingly covering the news. Is Trump attempting a coup? What can Biden's transition team tell us about the future? How will honest Americans like the MAGA Florist and Stormin' Norman fare under a repressive Biden regime? Tune in to find out... Tarence has a new article about Congressman Hal Rogers up at Dissent Magazine: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hal-rogerss-kentucky-kingdom Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Trillbillies coverage of Election Day 2020 Also please welcome our newest Trillbilly member, Aaron Thorpe, who we couldn't bus up to Kentucky for this episode but who was on our most recent Patreon episode and will be on our upcoming episodes: @posadist_trapgd on Twitter if you'd like to say hello And please check out Tarence's article at Verso: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4905-a-view-from-trump-country And finally you can support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Halloween Special Featuring Stories From Special Guests: Gangsta Boo, The First Lady of Three 6 Mafia. Her Catalog is streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, and all the usual places and you can catch her now on Run The Jewels' HolyCalamavote Special now streaming on HBOMax. Scarah, The Damsel of the Doomed! Host of Horror Web, and the Tub of Terror which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjeYPlaunEEtKmoqUkUcWMQ Ken Layne, Host of the inimitable Desert Oracle Radio available wherever fine podcasts are consumed and the author of the forthcoming Desert Oracle, Vol. 1: "Strange True Tales From The American Southwest" available for pre-order here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374722388 Daniel Pujol, Nashville based punk rock writer-musician. He's got a patreon with music and poetry you should check out here: https://www.patreon.com/pujoldotrocks

On this installation of Year Zero we sit down with author and scholar Jordan T. Camp to talk about the work of geographer Clyde Woods and his book "Development Arrested." We cover the political economy of white supremacy, how to study a region, how the planter bloc never really went away after the Civil War, and how the blues came to be born. If you like content like this and would like to support us, go to www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We talk about voting and how it's pointless, then we have some Speak Your Pieces, and finally we talk about the brand new movie featuring JD Vance and Amy Adams (not Hillbilly Elegy) Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

(The audio gets better a couple minutes into the episode) This week we cover: the earliest known Devil's Milkshake (at least in Trillbilly canon anyways); the Hillbilly Elegy trailer; and the McGrath vs. McConnell Senate debate Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

For this very special bonus episode we're joined by the hosts of the Black in Appalachia podcast, Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin and Angela Dennis, as well as the director of the Black in Appalachia project, William Isom, to discuss the history of the black experience in Appalachia. Check out the Black in Appalachia podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts. You can also visit their website at https://www.blackinappalachia.org/

More Trump COVID news, more McConnell/McGrath speculation, and a story about a Trump administration ruling that forces artists to draw wildlife next to spent shotgun shells Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Unlocked premium episode concerning our initial reactions to the news that President Donald J. Trump has contracted the Covid-19 virus Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Coverage of the first 2020 presidential debate + Speak Your Piece for the week of September 30, 2020 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week it's a full-on examination of the E-CRISIS, followed by coverage of the Breonna Taylor case and yet another look at American cops. Then we top everything off with some Speak Your Piece. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty And check out Tenure on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/artist/7D1Mm6G2llKnzscBQuGmrT?si=BHfy6nD_SgqGdlpWGitbgg

This week it's Deeply Diseased: Liberal Edition, as we examine three stories of rich liberal people acting like absolutely clueless psychopaths. But first we cover Amy McGrath and her questionable activities around 9/11 and Flight 93, as well as her recent "nose dive" in the polls. And we also speculate on rumors that Trump may be buying property in eastern Kentucky... Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Welcome to the second installation of the Trillbilly Workers Party's Year Zero series, where we try to unravel some of the biggest political-economic questions of our day, and learn some things along the way. For this one we're joined by Timothy Mitchell, author of the Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil (2011, Verso Books)who talks to us about how oil became central to the restructuring of the global economy after WW2, and then became central to the unraveling of that economy during the late 1960s and early 70s. We also look at what the future of energy politics might look like in the years to come. If you'd like to support us on Patreon, please do so at www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Live from the front porch, this week we touch on everything from outlaw country singers to social justice jewelers to Biden's diminishing youth vote Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/trillbillyworkersparty

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/

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

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

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, 2020) resulted in several shootings and more in jail. Donate to The Bail Project or Louisville Community Bail Fund to support their release. The Bail Project: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-bail-project Louisville Community Bail Fund: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/

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

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.