Intro

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Closing Thoughts

Post-Show Musings

Outro

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed the global political calculus almost overnight. While catastrophic and horrific in nature, this shift has provided unforeseen opportunities that were unthinkable just a few months ago. The question is how best to mobilize in this darkness to affect positive change moving forward. We examine the work of Thomas Piketty and Erica Chenoweth to help wrap our minds around what’s possible, no matter how audacious.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:07

Chapter One: 00:03:13

Chapter Two: 00:13:32

Chapter Three: 00:20:21

Closing Thoughts: 00:28:13

Post-Show Musings: 00:31:30

Outro: 00:46:17

Resources

IRS: The Estate Tax: Ninety Years and Counting

IPCC: Climate Change 2022

Al Jazeera: Could energy independence from Russia spur a shift to renewables?

New York Times: Can Germany Break Up With Russian Gas?

Jacobin: Nationalize All the Oil Companies

Adam Tooze: China under pressure

Book Love

Thomas Piketty: Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021

UNFTR Episode Resources

White on White Crime in Eastern Europe.

Peak Oil.

A (Mostly) Vegan World.

Playing Chicken with China.

Building the Climate Industrial Complex.

Modern Monetary Theory.

The Beatification of Ronald Reagan.

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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.’

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed the global political calculus almost overnight. While catastrophic and horrific in nature, this shift has provided unforeseen opportunities that were unthinkable just a few months ago. The question is how best to mobilize in this darkness to affect positive change moving forward. We examine the work of Thomas Piketty and Erica Chenoweth to help wrap our minds around what’s possible, no matter how audacious.
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:07
Chapter One: 00:03:13
Chapter Two: 00:13:32
Chapter Three: 00:20:21
Closing Thoughts: 00:28:13
Post-Show Musings: 00:31:30
Outro: 00:46:17
Resources
IRS: <a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/ninetyestate.pdf">The Estate Tax: Ninety Years and Counting</a>
IPCC: <a href="https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6wg2/pdf/IPCC_AR6_WGII_FinalDraft_FullReport.pdf">Climate Change 2022</a>
Al Jazeera: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/14/could-energy-independence-from-russia-spur-a-shift-to-renewables">Could energy independence from Russia spur a shift to renewables?</a>
New York Times: <a href="http://nytimes.com/2022/03/15/opinion/germany-russia-ukraine-gas.html">Can Germany Break Up With Russian Gas?</a>
Jacobin: <a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2022/03/nationalize-oil-companies-gas-prices-climate-change-investment-domestic-production">Nationalize All the Oil Companies</a>
Adam Tooze: <a href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-99-china-under-pressure?s=r">China under pressure</a>
Book Love
Thomas Piketty: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780300259667">Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021</a>
UNFTR Episode Resources
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr52">White on White Crime in Eastern Europe</a>.
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr49">Peak Oil</a>.
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr46">A (Mostly) Vegan World</a>.
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr44">Playing Chicken with China</a>.
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr33">Building the Climate Industrial Complex</a>.
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr26">Modern Monetary Theory</a>.
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr11">The Beatification of Ronald Reagan</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 99's Russian half and distributed by 99's German's half.
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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