Intro

Israel/Palestine

U.S. Relations with China

Russia/Ukraine

U.S. Foreign Policy

Lightning Round

Outro

Our inaugural edition of Phone a Friend, where we interview luminaries in different fields, features Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison from the American Prestige podcast. The pair answer some easy questions on lighthearted topics like Israel/Palestine, the war in Ukraine, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and whether the United States even has a foreign policy anymore.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:43

Israel/Palestine: 00:07:25

U.S. Relations with China: 00:16:51

Russia/Ukraine: 00:28:07

U.S. Foreign Policy: 00:39:16

Lightning Round: 00:44:37

Outro: 00:48:23

Resources

American Prestige Podcast

Daniel Bessner

Daniel Bessner: Democracy in Exile

Derek Davison

Foreign Exchanges Substack

A History of Modern Palestine w/ Rashid Khalidi

Quincy Institute: Ending Primacy to End U.S. Wars

Margaret MacMillan: The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914

Paul Thomas Chamberlin: The Cold War's Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace

Lindsey A. O'Rourke: Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War

The Atlantic: The One Key Word Biden Needs to Invoke on Ukraine

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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.’

Our inaugural edition of Phone a Friend, where we interview luminaries in different fields, features Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison from the American Prestige podcast. The pair answer some easy questions on lighthearted topics like Israel/Palestine, the war in Ukraine, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and whether the United States even has a foreign policy anymore.
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:43
Israel/Palestine: 00:07:25
U.S. Relations with China: 00:16:51
Russia/Ukraine: 00:28:07
U.S. Foreign Policy: 00:39:16
Lightning Round: 00:44:37
Outro: 00:48:23
Resources
<a href="https://www.americanprestigepod.com/">American Prestige Podcast</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/dbessner">Daniel Bessner</a>
Daniel Bessner: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780801453038">Democracy in Exile</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/dwdavison">Derek Davison</a>
<a href="https://fx.substack.com/">Foreign Exchanges Substack</a>
<a href="https://www.americanprestigepod.com/p/a-history-of-modern-palestine-w-rashid">A History of Modern Palestine w/ Rashid Khalidi</a>
Quincy Institute: <a href="https://quincyinst.org/report/ending-primacy-to-end-u-s-wars/">Ending Primacy to End U.S. Wars</a>
Margaret MacMillan: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780812980660">The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914</a>
Paul Thomas Chamberlin: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780062367211">The Cold War's Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace</a>
Lindsey A. O'Rourke: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781501761737">Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War</a>
The Atlantic: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/russia-ukraine-war-democracy-sovereignty-right/661231/">The One Key Word Biden Needs to Invoke on Ukraine</a>
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Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (<a href="https://www.mannyfacesmedia.com">mannyfacesmedia.com</a>). Original music is by Tom McGovern (<a href="http://www.tommcgovern.com/">tommcgovern.com</a>). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99.
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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