Intro

Headlines

Emails

Beyond the Bullshit

Memberships

Outro

Max and 99 are back again! They dive into headlines on school choice draining public education, a for-profit hospital disaster, young adults moving back home in record numbers, and nonprofits positioning themselves for the IPO windfall. Then they tackle listener emails on teaching the New Deal, the royal “we” of collective blame, and how not to hate Republicans. Enjoy!

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:31

Headlines: 00:05:14

Emails: 00:46:02

Beyond the Bullshit: 01:13:07

Memberships: 01:15:02

Outro: 01:15:14

Resources

Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians: Balloon Man

The Progressive: ‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families

Mother Jones: A For-Profit Hospital Slashed Costs. Then a Patient Froze to Death on Its Roof.

New Yorker: The Kids Are Kind of All Right

Wired: Silicon Valley’s Next IPO Billionaires Are Coming. Nonprofits Are Ready for Them


UNFTR Resources

Series: Education.

Video: Climate Change, AI and The DNC | Man-Made Disasters.

Read: How Private Equity Is Hollowing Out America’s Hospitals

Series: The Clinton Years.

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Max and 99 are back again! They dive into headlines on school choice draining public education, a for-profit hospital disaster, young adults moving back home in record numbers, and nonprofits positioning themselves for the IPO windfall. Then they tackle listener emails on teaching the New Deal, the royal &ldquo;we&rdquo; of collective blame, and how not to hate Republicans. Enjoy!
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:31
Headlines: 00:05:14
Emails: 00:46:02
Beyond the Bullshit: 01:13:07
Memberships: 01:15:02
Outro: 01:15:14
Resources
Robyn Hitchcock &amp; The Egyptians: <a href="https://youtu.be/bXBui11UWbs">Balloon Man</a>
The Progressive: <a href="https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/school-choice-does-not-provide-better-education-for-all-families-burris-20260724/">&lsquo;School Choice&rsquo; Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families</a>
Mother Jones: <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/american-healthcare-systems-michael-sarian-for-profit-private-equity-adolphus-death/">A For-Profit Hospital Slashed Costs. Then a Patient Froze to Death on Its Roof.</a>
New Yorker: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/the-kids-are-kind-of-all-right">The Kids Are Kind of All Right</a>
Wired: <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/nonprofits-are-getting-ready-for-the-funding-anthropalypse/">Silicon Valley&rsquo;s Next IPO Billionaires Are Coming. Nonprofits Are Ready for Them </a>
UNFTR Resources
Series: <a href="https://www.unftr.com/unftr-series/public-education">Education</a>.
Video: <a href="https://youtu.be/VVYO4A25eqI">Climate Change, AI and The DNC | Man-Made Disasters</a>.
Read: <a href="https://www.unftr.com/blog/how-private-equity-is-hollowing-out-americas-hospitals">How Private Equity Is Hollowing Out America&rsquo;s Hospitals</a>
Series: <a href="https://www.unftr.com/unftr-series/the-clinton-years">The Clinton Years.</a>
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