Intro

Chapter One: The very awful no good university

Chapter Two: Dennis the menace to society.

Coffee Break

Chapter Three: So much fucking money.

Chapter Four: Bring it home, Max.

Post Show Musings

Outro

For years, the propagandists with the greatest visibility in the United States were on television; the ones who contributed most to the “manufacture of consent.” Think Fox News. And we’ve covered many of the dark, hidden figures looming in the background churning out the ideas that make it into the mainstream and out of Tucker Carlson’s mouth. Uncle Milton, James Buchanan, Lewis Powell, The Koch Brothers, Robert Mercer, Peter Thiel and the myriad think tanks like Mercatus, Cato and Heritage. Today we cover another contributor to the perverted right wing ecosystem: Prager University and its folksy, baritone, asshole patriarch, Dennis Prager.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:51

Chapter One: The sort of Jews but not actual Jews behind the hateful, spiteful, very awful no good university that isn’t a real university: 00:05:20

Chapter Two: Dennis the menace to society: 00:15:14

Coffee Break: 00:25:14

Chapter Three: So much fucking money: 00:26:16 

Chapter Four: Bring it home, Max: 00:36:45

Post Show Musings: 00:41:50

Outro: 00:56:24

Resources

PodVoices.Help

Bloomberg: Billionaire Fracking Brothers Hammered by Permian Holdings

Mint: Texas fracking billionaires drew Covid-19 aid while investing in rivals

Financial Post: Wilks brothers-backed ProFrac valued at over $2 bln in Nasdaq debut

Sludge: Who Funds PragerU’s Anti-Muslim Content?

Buzzfeed: How PragerU Is Winning The Right-Wing Culture War Without Donald Trump

Bridge Initiative Team: Factsheet: PragerU

PragerU: Form 990 | Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax 2021

Francesca Tripodi: Searching for Alternative Facts: Analyzing Scriptural Inference in Conservative News Practices

Southern Poverty Law Center: Hungary Paid Dennis Prager $30,000 for an Hour of Appearances at Far-Right ‘Education’ Conference

The New York Times: Right-Wing Views for Generation Z, Five Minutes at a Time

The Guardian: Guess what the three Democrats blocking lower medication prices have in common?

Congress.gov: H.R.3 — 117th Congress (2021-2022)

Congress.gov: Representative Frank Pallone, Jr.

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Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’

For years, the propagandists with the greatest visibility in the United States were on television; the ones who contributed most to the “manufacture of consent.” Think Fox News. And we’ve covered many of the dark, hidden figures looming in the background churning out the ideas that make it into the mainstream and out of Tucker Carlson’s mouth. Uncle Milton, James Buchanan, Lewis Powell, The Koch Brothers, Robert Mercer, Peter Thiel and the myriad think tanks like Mercatus, Cato and Heritage. Today we cover another contributor to the perverted right wing ecosystem: Prager University and its folksy, baritone, asshole patriarch, Dennis Prager.
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:51
Chapter One: The sort of Jews but not actual Jews behind the hateful, spiteful, very awful no good university that isn’t a real university: 00:05:20
Chapter Two: Dennis the menace to society: 00:15:14
Coffee Break: 00:25:14
Chapter Three: So much fucking money: 00:26:16 
Chapter Four: Bring it home, Max: 00:36:45
Post Show Musings: 00:41:50
Outro: 00:56:24
Resources
<a href="https://www.podvoices.help/get-help">PodVoices.Help</a>
Bloomberg: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-21/billionaire-fracking-brothers-hammered-by-permian-investments">Billionaire Fracking Brothers Hammered by Permian Holdings</a>
Mint: <a href="https://www.livemint.com/news/world/texas-fracking-billionaires-drew-covid-19-aid-while-investing-in-rivals-11609179340048.html">Texas fracking billionaires drew Covid-19 aid while investing in rivals</a>
Financial Post: <a href="https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/wilks-brothers-backed-profrac-valued-at-over-2-bln-in-nasdaq-debut">Wilks brothers-backed ProFrac valued at over $2 bln in Nasdaq debut</a>
Sludge: <a href="https://readsludge.com/2018/12/27/who-funds-pragerus-anti-muslim-content/">Who Funds PragerU’s Anti-Muslim Content?</a>
Buzzfeed: <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/prager-university">How PragerU Is Winning The Right-Wing Culture War Without Donald Trump</a>
Bridge Initiative Team: <a href="https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-prageru/">Factsheet: PragerU</a>
PragerU: <a href="https://www.prageru.com/pdfs/prageru-2021-form-990.pdf">Form 990 | Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax 2021</a>
Francesca Tripodi: <a href="https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Data_Society_Searching-for-Alternative-Facts.pdf">Searching for Alternative Facts: Analyzing Scriptural Inference in Conservative News Practices</a>
Southern Poverty Law Center: <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/01/13/hungary-paid-dennis-prager-30000-hour-appearances-far-right-education-conference">Hungary Paid Dennis Prager $30,000 for an Hour of Appearances at Far-Right ‘Education’ Conference</a>
The New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/04/us/politics/dennis-prager-university.html">Right-Wing Views for Generation Z, Five Minutes at a Time</a>
The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/20/democrats-blocking-lower-medication-prices-bill">Guess what the three Democrats blocking lower medication prices have in common?</a>
Congress.gov: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3">H.R.3 — 117th Congress (2021-2022)</a>
Congress.gov: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/member/frank-pallone/P000034">Representative Frank Pallone, Jr.</a>
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Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 

Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 

As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 

Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 
Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 
As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 
Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

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