Intro

Segment 1

Segment 2

Segment 3

Segment 4

Show Notes

Book Love

Emails + Shoutouts

Outro

It’s chilly here in New York so we’ve got the Caribbean on the brain. Actually, we’re just building on our money and power episodes and tying in lessons from our shows on Milton Friedman, Cuba and climate change. Because we can’t just sit on a beach sipping a frozen drink with an umbrella. But that’s why you love us. The United States didn’t invent colonialism in the Caribbean, we just perfected it. From wild tales of vigilante slave owning gold diggers and gunboat diplomacy to economic gangsterism and coerced trade agreements, the Caribbean has been the proving ground for neoliberalism. 

Chapters

00:00:11 Intro

00:03:49 Segment 1

00:13:06 Segment 2

00:19:18 Segment 3

00:23:18 Segment 4

00:37:03 Show Notes

00:39:57 Book Love

00:40:59 Emails + Shoutouts

00:57:45 Outro

GoFundMe

Keep Kanatsiohareke Warm this Winter

Resources

New Yorker: The Long Legacy of Occupation in Haiti

Origins: ​​A Pact with the Devil? The United States and the Fate of Modern Haiti

The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico

US News Beat: The Truth About Puerto Rico

Library of Congress: Teller and Platt Amendments - The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War (Hispanic Division)

Inter-American Development Bank: Climate Change in the Caribbean Small Island States

Book Love

Alan McPherson: A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean

Raphael Dalleo: American Imperialism’s Undead: The Occupation of Haiti and the Rise of Caribbean Anticolonialism

Samantha S. S. Chaitram: American Foreign Policy in the English-speaking Caribbean

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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.’

It’s chilly here in New York so we’ve got the Caribbean on the brain. Actually, we’re just building on our money and power episodes and tying in lessons from our shows on Milton Friedman, Cuba and climate change. Because we can’t just sit on a beach sipping a frozen drink with an umbrella. But that’s why you love us. The United States didn’t invent colonialism in the Caribbean, we just perfected it. From wild tales of vigilante slave owning gold diggers and gunboat diplomacy to economic gangsterism and coerced trade agreements, the Caribbean has been the proving ground for neoliberalism. 
Chapters
00:00:11 Intro
00:03:49 Segment 1
00:13:06 Segment 2
00:19:18 Segment 3
00:23:18 Segment 4
00:37:03 Show Notes
00:39:57 Book Love
00:40:59 Emails + Shoutouts
00:57:45 Outro
GoFundMe
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-kanatsiohareke-warm-this-winter">Keep Kanatsiohareke Warm this Winter</a>
Resources
New Yorker: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/haiti-us-occupation-hundred-year-anniversary">The Long Legacy of Occupation in Haiti</a>
Origins: <a href="https://origins.osu.edu/article/pact-devil-united-states-and-fate-modern-haiti/page/0/1">​​A Pact with the Devil? The United States and the Fate of Modern Haiti</a>
<a href="https://oversightboard.pr.gov/">The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico</a>
US News Beat: <a href="https://www.usnewsbeat.com/the-truth-about-puerto-rico">The Truth About Puerto Rico</a>
Library of Congress: <a href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/teller.html">Teller and Platt Amendments - The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War (Hispanic Division)</a>
Inter-American Development Bank: <a href="https://www.iadb.org/en/ove/climate-change-caribbean-small-island-states">Climate Change in the Caribbean Small Island States</a>
Book Love
Alan McPherson: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781118954003%5C">A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean</a>
Raphael Dalleo: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780813938943">American Imperialism’s Undead: The Occupation of Haiti and the Rise of Caribbean Anticolonialism</a>
Samantha S. S. Chaitram: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9783030459857">American Foreign Policy in the English-speaking Caribbean</a>
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Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at <a href="https://www.unftr.com/accessibility">unftr.com/accessibility</a>.
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 William Walker and distributed by outrage.
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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