Intro

Housekeeping

Headlines

Emails

Top 5

Beyond the Bullshit

Memberships

Outro

Max and 99 are back from vacation and kicking off their Spring Fund, Friend and Hell Raiser. They hit headlines on Olympic testing, Israel's Lebanon plans, and ChatGPT in cars, then tackle listener emails on U.S. solvency narratives and economic warning signs. They rank their Top 5 local issues, and they close with some lighthearted beyond the bullshit.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:08

Housekeeping: 00:04:06

Headlines: 00:13:03

Emails: 00:28:23

Top 5: 00:49:28

Beyond the Bullshit: 01:14:07

Memberships: 01:21:00

Outro: 01:21:38

Resources

Become a Member.

UNFTR’s 5 Non-Negotiables.

Mother Jones: The Ugly History Behind the Olympics’ New Gender Test

CFR: Israel Announces Plan to Occupy Southern Lebanon

9To5Mac: ChatGPT app launches for CarPlay on iOS 26.4

Bloomberg: Virgin Galactic Is Booking Space Trips at $750,000 Apiece

Yahoo Finance: The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it

David Korowicz: Trade Off: Financial system supply-chain cross contagion: a study in global systemic collapse

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Max and 99 are back from vacation and kicking off their Spring Fund, Friend and Hell Raiser. They hit headlines on Olympic testing, Israel's Lebanon plans, and ChatGPT in cars, then tackle listener emails on U.S. solvency narratives and economic warning signs. They rank their Top 5 local issues, and they close with some lighthearted beyond the bullshit.
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:08
Housekeeping: 00:04:06
Headlines: 00:13:03
Emails: 00:28:23
Top 5: 00:49:28
Beyond the Bullshit: 01:14:07
Memberships: 01:21:00
Outro: 01:21:38
Resources
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/memberships">Become a Member</a>.
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/5nn">UNFTR&rsquo;s 5 Non-Negotiables</a>.
Mother Jones: <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/olympics-gender-testing-anti-trans-genetic-chromosomes-caster-semenya-nazis/">The Ugly History Behind the Olympics&rsquo; New Gender Test</a>
CFR: <a href="https://www.cfr.org/articles/israel-announces-plan-to-occupy-southern-lebanon">Israel Announces Plan to Occupy Southern Lebanon</a>
9To5Mac: <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/31/chatgpt-app-launches-for-carplay-on-ios-26-4/">ChatGPT app launches for CarPlay on iOS 26.4</a>
Bloomberg: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-30/virgin-galactic-resumes-space-tourism-sales-at-750-000-a-ticket">Virgin Galactic Is Booking Space Trips at $750,000 Apiece</a>
Yahoo Finance: <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/treasury-just-declared-u-insolvent-151425143.html">The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it</a>
David Korowicz: <a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2012-06-18/trade-financial-system-supply-chain-cross-contagion-study-global-systemic-collaps/">Trade Off: Financial system supply-chain cross contagion: a study in global systemic collapse</a>
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Visit our bookshop.org page at <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod">bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod</a> to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at <a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations">bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations</a>.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at <a href="https://www.unftr.com/accessibility">unftr.com/accessibility</a>.

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Unf*cking The Republic&reg; (UNFTR) is dedicated to progressive politics, leftist economic theories, and social justice in the United States. Join us for deep dives into socialism, labor rights, climate justice, and the fight against inequality. Whether you're curious about Marxist ideas, modern social movements, or progressive policies, UNFTR delivers thoroughly sourced critiques, analyses, and interviews with the historical context mainstream media won't provide. Subscribe for informative and unabashedly progressive coverage of the leftist political and economic landscape.