Intro

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Post-Show Musings

Resources + Book Love

Pod Love

Outro

A psychopath in Russia just committed a war crime by invading Ukraine. Now he’s a mass murderer as well. Today’s episode examines whether the United States has standing in this fight, the role of NATO since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the bullshit narrative surrounding rising oil and gas prices that literally no one is getting right. We also destroy some current popular right wing talking points about Biden, fossil fuel and energy independence. And Max shares one of his favorite stories about onions and explains how it might be the key to saving us all. (Just go with it.)

Chapters

Intro 00:00:51

Chapter One 00:05:42

Chapter Two: 00:15:38

Chapter Three: 00:22:26

Chapter Four: 00:28:53

Chapter Five: 00:38:50

Post-Show Musings: 00:44:16

Resources + Book Love: 00:45:06

Pod Love: 00:47:25

Outro: 00:48:15

Resources

The Intercept

Ken Klippenstein 

Jeremy Scahill

Murtaza Hussain

Naomi Klein

Chris Hedges

Adam Tooze

Matt Taibbi

Al Jazeera

The New Yorker: Getting Real: George F. Kennen’s Cold War

Brookings: The U.S. Decision to Enlarge NATO: How, When, Why, and What Next?

Al Jazeera: Nord Stream 2: Why Russia’s pipeline to Europe divides the West

Al Jazeera: Russia makes US an offer on last major arms control treaty

Chartbook #93: Russia's $720m per day gas windfall - the lopsided economic war

Macrotrends: Crude Oil Prices - 70 Year Historical Chart

The Intercept: Toxic Nostalgia, From Putin to Trump to the Trucker Convoys

Watson Institute: Human Cost Of Post-9/11 Wars

Vietnam Embassy: Cruel fact: How many Vietnamese people died in the Vietnam war?

Council on Foreign Relations: Global Conflict Tracker

Book Love

George F. Kennan: American Diplomacy

Emily Lambert: The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets

Pod Love

Best of the Left: #1474 Invasion of Ukraine: Some Context

UNFTR Episode Resources

Peak Oil.

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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.’

A psychopath in Russia just committed a war crime by invading Ukraine. Now he’s a mass murderer as well. Today’s episode examines whether the United States has standing in this fight, the role of NATO since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the bullshit narrative surrounding rising oil and gas prices that literally no one is getting right. We also destroy some current popular right wing talking points about Biden, fossil fuel and energy independence. And Max shares one of his favorite stories about onions and explains how it might be the key to saving us all. (Just go with it.)
Chapters
Intro 00:00:51
Chapter One 00:05:42
Chapter Two: 00:15:38
Chapter Three: 00:22:26
Chapter Four: 00:28:53
Chapter Five: 00:38:50
Post-Show Musings: 00:44:16
Resources + Book Love: 00:45:06
Pod Love: 00:47:25
Outro: 00:48:15
Resources
<a href="https://theintercept.com/">The Intercept</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein">Ken Klippenstein </a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/jeremyscahill">Jeremy Scahill</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/MazMHussain">Murtaza Hussain</a>
<a href="https://naomiklein.org/">Naomi Klein</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisLynnHedges">Chris Hedges</a>
<a href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/">Adam Tooze</a>
<a href="https://taibbi.substack.com/">Matt Taibbi</a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/">Al Jazeera</a>
The New Yorker: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/getting-real">Getting Real: George F. Kennen’s Cold War</a>
Brookings: <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-u-s-decision-to-enlarge-nato-how-when-why-and-what-next/">The U.S. Decision to Enlarge NATO: How, When, Why, and What Next?</a>
Al Jazeera: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/25/ukraine-russia-what-is-nord-steam-2-and-why-is-it-contentious">Nord Stream 2: Why Russia’s pipeline to Europe divides the West</a>
Al Jazeera: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/20/russia-makes-us-an-offer-on-their-last-major-arms-control-treaty">Russia makes US an offer on last major arms control treaty</a>
Chartbook <a href="https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-93-russias-720m-per-day?s=r">#93: Russia's $720m per day gas windfall - the lopsided economic war</a>
Macrotrends: <a href="https://www.macrotrends.net/1369/crude-oil-price-history-chart">Crude Oil Prices - 70 Year Historical Chart</a>
The Intercept: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/03/01/war-climate-crisis-putin-trump-oil-gas/">Toxic Nostalgia, From Putin to Trump to the Trucker Convoys</a>
Watson Institute: <a href="https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2021/WarDeathToll">Human Cost Of Post-9/11 Wars</a>
Vietnam Embassy: <a href="https://vietnamembassy-pyongyang.org/how-many-vietnamese-died-in-the-vietnam-war/">Cruel fact: How many Vietnamese people died in the Vietnam war?</a>
Council on Foreign Relations: <a href="https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/?category=us">Global Conflict Tracker</a>
Book Love
George F. Kennan: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780226431482">American Diplomacy</a>
Emily Lambert: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780465028412">The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets</a>
Pod Love
Best of the Left: <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1474">#1474 Invasion of Ukraine: Some Context</a>
UNFTR Episode Resources
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr49?hsLang=en">Peak Oil</a>.
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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.’

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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