Intro

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5 Show Notes

Coffee Updates

Max's Musings

Emails + Shout Outs

Outro

FIFA Breakdown From Our Scottish Friend

We’re hitting the pause button in honor of our 50th full episode. Quite the milestone and we wanted to celebrate together. And in true UNFTR fashion, we celebrate by running through 2021 from a congressional perspective. What did we actually accomplish and why? How? We top it off with some ways for Unf*ckers to get involved and make change in their communities so that come end of ’22 we can (hopefully) tell a different story.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:38

Chapter 1: 00:01:47

Chapter 2: 00:08:46

Chapter 3: 00:15:54

Chapter 4: 00:23:10

Chapter 5: 00:28:16

Show Notes: 00:31:17

Coffee Updates: 00:33:49

Max's Musings: 00:38:23

Emails + Shout Outs: 00:41:33

Outro: 01:09:00

Bonus FIFA Breakdown: 01:12:19

Resources

The New York Times: Frustrated Democrats Call for ‘Reset’ Ahead of Midterm Elections

Congressional Progressive Caucus: Congressional Progressive Caucus Calls for Senate Passage of Build Back Better by State of the Union

The Washington Post: Evaluating the success of the Great Society

Miller Center: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Domestic Affairs

Public Leadership Institute: Model Bills

The Intercept: Anti-Trans Bills Are Moving Through State Legislatures With Remarkable Speed

Tom McGovern on Instagram

Pod Love

Best of the Left: Episode 1468, Winning battles against the forces of neoliberalism around the world

The David McWilliams Podcast: Breaking down the metaverse & why we we need to disconnect

Canadaland: Commons

UNFTR Episode Resources

A (Mostly) Vegan World.

Libertarians Are Exhausting.

Holiday Quickie.

The Itsfuckedforsure Bill.

U.S. Progressivism from 1912 to 2021.

Californication.

Manufacturing Dissent (Rupert Murdoch).

F*ck Milton Friedman.

The Beatification Of Ronald Reagan.

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Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by trouble in the Suez and distributed by suckin' on a chili dog.

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.’

We’re hitting the pause button in honor of our 50th full episode. Quite the milestone and we wanted to celebrate together. And in true UNFTR fashion, we celebrate by running through 2021 from a congressional perspective. What did we actually accomplish and why? How? We top it off with some ways for Unf*ckers to get involved and make change in their communities so that come end of ’22 we can (hopefully) tell a different story.
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:38
Chapter 1: 00:01:47
Chapter 2: 00:08:46
Chapter 3: 00:15:54
Chapter 4: 00:23:10
Chapter 5: 00:28:16
Show Notes: 00:31:17
Coffee Updates: 00:33:49
Max's Musings: 00:38:23
Emails + Shout Outs: 00:41:33
Outro: 01:09:00
Bonus FIFA Breakdown: 01:12:19
Resources
The New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/us/politics/democratic-midterms.html">Frustrated Democrats Call for ‘Reset’ Ahead of Midterm Elections</a>
Congressional Progressive Caucus: <a href="https://progressives.house.gov/press-releases?ID=7730EB03-CBAA-48F2-9A2C-B31538EF77AB">Congressional Progressive Caucus Calls for Senate Passage of Build Back Better by State of the Union</a>
The Washington Post: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/great-society-at-50/">Evaluating the success of the Great Society</a>
Miller Center: <a href="https://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/domestic-affairs">Franklin D. Roosevelt: Domestic Affairs</a>
Public Leadership Institute: <a href="https://publicleadershipinstitute.org/model-bills/">Model Bills</a>
The Intercept: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/02/03/anti-trans-bills-south-dakota-sports-youth-health-care/">Anti-Trans Bills Are Moving Through State Legislatures With Remarkable Speed</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/tommcgovern27/?hl=en">Tom McGovern on Instagram</a>
Pod Love
Best of the Left: <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1468">Episode 1468, Winning battles against the forces of neoliberalism around the world</a>
The David McWilliams Podcast: <a href="https://play.acast.com/s/the-david-mcwilliams-podcast/208-breaking-down-the-metaverse-why-we-we-need-to-disconnect">Breaking down the metaverse &amp; why we we need to disconnect</a>
Canadaland: <a href="https://www.canadaland.com/shows/commons/">Commons</a>
UNFTR Episode Resources
<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/UNFTR46">A (Mostly) Vegan World.</a>
<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/UNFTR47">Libertarians Are Exhausting.</a>
<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/Quickie8">Holiday Quickie.</a>
<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/UNFTR41">The Itsfuckedforsure Bill.</a>
<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/UNFTR37">U.S. Progressivism from 1912 to 2021.</a>
<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/UNFTR32">Californication.</a>
<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/UNFTR24">Manufacturing Dissent (Rupert Murdoch).</a>
<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/UNFTR23">F*ck Milton Friedman.</a>
<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/UNFTR11">The Beatification Of Ronald Reagan.</a>
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If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://unftr.com/rate">unftr.com/rate</a> and follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Unfucking-The-Republic-102319714930389">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/unftrpod">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/unftrpod/">Instagram</a> at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at <a href="https://www.unftr.com/">unftr.com</a>.
Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at <a href="https://shop.unftr.com/">shop.unftr.com</a>.
Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic on Substack at <a href="https://unftr.substack.com/">unftr.substack.com</a> to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week.
Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1PpzNXBub9FLngMradJByC?si=abaed3d396504fae">spoti.fi/3yzIlUP.</a>
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.
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 trouble in the Suez and distributed by suckin' on a chili dog.
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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