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We’re gearing up and doubling down in 2023. Today, Max makes a couple of big announcements (big to us, at least) before musing on the state of the media. The balance of the show is dedicated to highlighting other great work that we admire and follow. We are all the sum of our experiences. These experiences help cultivate our individual biases. As consumers of UNFTR—and in light of one of our announcements—we thought it appropriate to reveal the media sources we trust. We’re anxious to hear your thoughts as well, so let us know who you rely on for political news and information. 

Chapters

Sketch: 00:00:05

Intro: 00:03:35

Post Show Musings: 00:36:18

Resources

Pew Research Center: News Platform Fact Sheet

Pew Research Center: Measuring News Consumption in a Digital Era

Chartable: Apple Podcasts — United States of America — News

Slate: The New Nightmare Scenario for the Media

Naomi Klein

Cornel West

Yanis Varoufakis

Jeff Sharlet

The Jacobin

Mother Jones

The New York Times

The Marshall Project

Al Jazeera

Murtaza Hussain

Peter Maass

Laura Flynn

Jeremy Scahill

Ryan Grim

Abby Martin

Spencer Ackerman

Laura Flanders

David Sirota

Thom Hartmann

Amy Goodman

Christiane Amanpour

Throughline

Sam Seder

David Pakman

Jennifer Briney

Congressional Dish

Brad Onishi

Dan Miller

Straight White American Jesus

Danny Bessner

Derek Davison

American Prestige

Richard Wolff

Economic Update

Nick Hanauer

Pitchfork Economics

David McWilliams

Chapo Trap House

Bitchuation Room

Francesca Fiorentini

Best of the Left

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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 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."

We’re gearing up and doubling down in 2023. Today, Max makes a couple of big announcements (big to us, at least) before musing on the state of the media. The balance of the show is dedicated to highlighting other great work that we admire and follow. We are all the sum of our experiences. These experiences help cultivate our individual biases. As consumers of UNFTR—and in light of one of our announcements—we thought it appropriate to reveal the media sources we trust. We’re anxious to hear your thoughts as well, so let us know who you rely on for political news and information. 
Chapters
Sketch: 00:00:05
Intro: 00:03:35
Post Show Musings: 00:36:18
Resources
Pew Research Center: <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/news-platform-fact-sheet/">News Platform Fact Sheet</a>
Pew Research Center: <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/12/08/measuring-news-consumption-in-a-digital-era/">Measuring News Consumption in a Digital Era</a>
Chartable: <a href="https://chartable.com/charts/itunes/us-news-podcasts">Apple Podcasts — United States of America — News</a>
Slate: <a href="https://slate.com/business/2021/05/att-warnermedia-discovery-hbo-media-concentration-facebook-google.html">The New Nightmare Scenario for the Media</a>
<a href="https://naomiklein.org/">Naomi Klein</a>
<a href="http://www.cornelwest.com/">Cornel West</a>
<a href="https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/">Yanis Varoufakis</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/JeffSharlet">Jeff Sharlet</a>
<a href="https://jacobin.com/">The Jacobin</a>
<a href="https://www.motherjones.com/">Mother Jones</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/">The New York Times</a>
<a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/">The Marshall Project</a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/">Al Jazeera</a>
<a href="https://mazmhussain.substack.com/">Murtaza Hussain</a>
<a href="https://petermaass.com/">Peter Maass</a>
<a href="https://theintercept.com/staff/lauraflynn/">Laura Flynn</a>
<a href="https://theintercept.com/staff/jeremy-scahill/">Jeremy Scahill</a>
<a href="https://theintercept.com/staff/ryangrim/">Ryan Grim</a>
<a href="https://linktr.ee/fababs">Abby Martin</a>
<a href="https://foreverwars.ghost.io/">Spencer Ackerman</a>
<a href="https://lauraflanders.org/">Laura Flanders</a>
<a href="https://davidsirota.com/">David Sirota</a>
<a href="https://www.thomhartmann.com/">Thom Hartmann</a>
<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/">Amy Goodman</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/shows/amanpour">Christiane Amanpour</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline">Throughline</a>
<a href="https://majorityreportradio.com/">Sam Seder</a>
<a href="https://davidpakman.com/">David Pakman</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jenbrine">Jennifer Briney</a>
<a href="https://congressionaldish.com/">Congressional Dish</a>
<a href="https://www.bradonishi.com/">Brad Onishi</a>
<a href="https://straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/about/">Dan Miller</a>
<a href="https://straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/">Straight White American Jesus</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/dbessner">Danny Bessner</a>
<a href="https://fx.substack.com/">Derek Davison</a>
<a href="https://www.americanprestigepod.com/">American Prestige</a>
<a href="https://www.rdwolff.com/">Richard Wolff</a>
<a href="https://economicupdate.libsyn.com/">Economic Update</a>
<a href="https://nickhanauer.com/">Nick Hanauer</a>
<a href="https://pitchforkeconomics.com/">Pitchfork Economics</a>
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/davidmcwilliams">David McWilliams</a>
<a href="https://www.chapotraphouse.com/">Chapo Trap House</a>
<a href="https://linktr.ee/bitchuationroom">Bitchuation Room</a>
<a href="https://www.francescafiorentini.com/">Francesca Fiorentini</a>
<a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/">Best of the Left</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>.
Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565">facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565</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, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at<a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations"> bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations</a>.
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 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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