Unf*cking The Republic

Max and 99 are back, again! They hit headlines on Cuba, prediction markets, AI getting booed at graduations, and James Murdoch. Then they tackle listener corrections, emails on data centers and why Americans cling to empire. Plus, they rank their Top 5 things we all pretend are normal but are absolutely ridiculous. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:23 Max Is Tweaked: 00:07:54 Headlines: 00:27:57 Emails: 00:54:24 Top 5: 01:26:34 Beyond the Bullshit: 01:45:56 Memberships: 01:51:21 Outro: 01:51:55 Resources Common Dreams: 11,000 Children Among Tens of Thousands ‘Waiting for Surgery’ in Cuba Due to US Blockade npr: Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction market Bloomberg: Communist Cuba Is Leaning on Capitalists After Oil Runs Out New York Times: James Murdoch, Intent on ‘Thoughtful Journalism,’ Buys Half of Vox Media HuffPo: Speakers At College Commencement Ceremonies Are Being Met With Boos For Bringing Up AI UNFTR Resources Video: Castro Indictment Proves US Plans to Invade Cuba Video: These Trump Scandals Are Unprecedented Video: Trump’s Crypto Bill Just Cleared Committee—Here’s What It Actually Does -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The charges against Raúl Castro are the pretext for another invasion into a neighboring country in Latin America. Our sick paternalistic attitude toward the LAC region is a cancer on the world, and it’s clearly not in our own power to put an end to it. In this episode, Max discusses the charges, speaks to the Castro regime, the history between our nations after the ‘59 revolution and the hypocrisy of the American media. He appends the piece with a three step plan that would outflank the United States and level the playing field. Resources Democracy Now!: Mariela Castro, Daughter of Cuban President, Helps Lead Struggle for LGBTQ Rights in Cuba Common Dreams: 11,000 Children Among Tens of Thousands ‘Waiting for Surgery’ in Cuba Due to US Blockade Mother Jones: Trump Has Been Investing in Companies and Then Pumping Them in His Speeches The Guardian: Trump has created a slush fund of taxpayer money to give to his friends Yahoo! Finance: Eric Trump says family assets invested in ‘broad market indexes’ — Trump’s own disclosure lists 3,642 individual trades Wikipedia: Helms–Burton Act BBC: The deadly plane attack at the centre of Castro’s indictment Bloomberg: Communist Cuba Is Leaning on Capitalists After Oil Runs Out U.S. Department of Justice: U.S. Unseals Superseding Indictment Charging Raul Castro and Five Castro Regime Co-Defendants for 1996 Shoot-Down of Brothers to the Rescue Aircraft Reuters: US plans to indict Cuba’s Raul Castro, US DOJ official says Council on Foreign Relations: Trump’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ Campaign on Cuba, Explained UNFTR Resources Essay: The Real Story Behind the Castro Indictment. Video: Castro Indictment Proves US Plans to Invade Cuba Episode: Cuba (Not So) Libre. Episode: The Crypto Heist Happening Right Under Our Noses. Episode: Little Marco’s Coup D’Etat. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Trump family crypto grift moved into high gear by clearing an important legislative hurdle this week. The CLARITY Act officially moved out of committee and now goes to the Agriculture Committee before being paired with the House version and going for a final vote. Despite valiant attempts by Elizabeth Warren to put some guardrails and ethics provisions in place, the GOP shot them all down. Hundreds of millions in lobbying from the crypto industry has been sunk into a bill that has the potential to damage the banking system and enrich the President’s family. This is an update to an ongoing story about the ultimate financial heist happening in real time and right under our noses. Resources CoinDesk: Clarity Act Markup Session Bloomberg: Quiet Token Sales Boosted Trump Crypto Wealth by $660 Million CNBC: Crypto industry scores win as Clarity Act regulation bill clears Senate hurdle Public Citizen: Big Crypto, Big Spending: Crypto Corporations Spend an Unprecedented $119 Million Influencing Elections American Bankers Association: ABA Community Bankers Council Letter Urging Senators to Close the Stablecoin Loophole Circle Stablecoin Reserve Tether Stablecoin Reserve Senate Banking Committee Markup News: Chairman Scott, Senate Banking Committee Advance Clarity Act in Historic Bipartisan Vote UNFTR Resources Episode: Trump Is Looting the Treasury. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we dug into the Treasury’s TIC data—the report nobody reads but everybody should—which shows central banks quietly stepping back from U.S. debt while private money fills the gap. That’s a problem when you’re carrying $39 trillion and yields are climbing. Then we looked at what that actually means at the kitchen table: record household debt, credit card rates near 24%, and an inflation measure that doesn’t even count the cost of carrying all that debt. Chapters Intro: 00:00:38 Quick Takes: 00:01:34 Max Notes: 00:06:34 Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:19:12 Chart of the Week: 00:21:25 Headlines: 00:23:00 Pod Love: 00:25:02 Book Love: 00:25:58 Outro: 00:26:15 Resources CNBC Television: Squawk Pod: Scott Bessent from Beijing CNBC Television: President Trump: Had extremely positive and productive meetings today Yahoo! News: CNBC’s Jim Cramer Left Literally Speechless by Trump’s Personal Stock Trades Bloomberg Television: US Faces Challenging Summer Gas Season, BofA’s Blanch Says U.S. Department of the Treasury: Treasury International Capital Data for March Signified B Sides: Kevin Hart is a Symptom... Polygraph: Falling wages, spiraling credit card debt New York Times: Over 100,000 Family Separations in Deportation Push, Report Estimates Truthdig: Cuba Announces That Its Fuel Reserves Have Been Depleted Mother Jones: Memphis Is “Under Full-Blown Occupation” by ICE. Here’s Why You May Not Know That. Pod Love Best of the Left: Capitalist Class Warfare: AI, Billionaire Capture, and the How to Fight Back Book Love Unf*cker Book Recommendations UNFTR Resources Video: On The Record 5/19/26 (Treasury Numbers Don’t Lie | Jim Cramer Melts Down | BofA Shocker) Video: They Hide These Economic Words From You—Here’s Why -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inflation figures came out this week and they were absolutely brutal. April CPI was startling enough, but the Producer Price Index (PPI), which is an indicator of inflation in the pipeline was shocking. Oil reserves are running down to dangerously low levels and it’s clear now that there’s no immediate resolution to the oil crisis, so we’re about to realize our worst economic fears. We take a look back at our predictions from nine months ago to see how accurate they are and to build on them for what comes next. Against the backdrop of this horrible inflation data, we have a new sheriff in town at the Federal Reserve. The man whose job it is to theoretically tame inflation has no tools in the box to deal with this level of crisis. The real question is whether he ever intended to. Resources Bloomberg Podcasts: Senate Confirms Warsh to Lead Fed as Trump Tests Its Autonomy CNBC Television: Wholesale inflation jumps 6% in April on annual basis, biggest increase since 2022 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Producer Price Index News Release summary - 2026 M04 Results U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index Summary - 2026 M04 Results WSJ: Kevin Warsh’s Full Fed Chair Confirmation Hearing Manhattan Institute: Reform the Federal Reserve’s Governance to Deliver Better Monetary Outcomes Hudson Bay Capital: A User’s Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System EPI: Profits and price inflation are indeed linked Groundwork Collaborative: Inflation Revelation: How Outsized Corporate Profits Drive Rising Costs IEA: Oil Stocks of IEA Countries – Data Tools CNBC: Analysis: Warsh emerges from a difficult hearing with his Fed ‘regime-change’ plan intact’ UNFTR Resources Essay: Inflation, The Fed and What Comes Next. Video: Stephen Miran Is Going To Be Fed Chair. Video: The Warsh Man for the Job. Max for MTN. Episode: 10 Economic Terms To Know in This Economy. Episode: The End of the American Experiment. Episode. Stupid Is As Stupid Does. Episode: Labor Unions: From Pullman to Kellogg’s. Episode: Stephen Miran Is Going To Be Fed Chair. Episode: Project 2025. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Economics is too often weaponized by jargon. High concept terms of art to explain basic behaviors or circumstances that should otherwise be accessible. Socioeconomics takes the math off the page and puts it into a human context. It helps us break from specific doctrines and be slightly less dogmatic. So today I thought we would take a break from the doctrine and dogma to bring certain concepts down to a base level. Some are straightforward, others are actually pretty complex. Some are needlessly complicated, which might be deliberate. All of them impact our lives and how we think about the economy. So here we go, ten needlessly complicated economic terms you should know to understand the modern economy. Chapters Intro: 00:00:00 Financial Repression: 00:02:03 Demand Destruction: 00:04:19 Fiscal Dominance: 00:06:50 Yield Curve Control: 00:09:19 Repo Market + Reverse Repo: 00:11:50 Eurodollars + Petrodollars: 00:15:36 Debt Monetization: 00:20:31 Shadow Banking: 00:24:18 The Basis Trade: 00:29:06 Purchasing Power—Real vs. Nominal: 00:33:25 UNFTR Resources Video: They Hide These Economic Words From You—Here’s Why -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 are back for another episode of Omnibus. They hit headlines on vitamin K refusal, abortion pill access hanging by a thread, Germany asking Israel for jet fuel, and a robotic companion with AI surveillance built in, then tackle listener emails on deflation, data center slowdowns, and book recommendations. They rank their Top 5 brands to support and close with some light bullshit. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:08 Headlines: 00:05:49 Emails: 00:30:48 Top 5: 01:09:33 Beyond the Bullshit: 01:22:49 Memberships: 01:25:52 Outro: 01:26:35 Resources ProPublica: Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth Mother Jones: Supreme Court Reinstates Access to Abortion Pills—For Now SCOTUSblog OilPrice.com: Germany Seeks Israeli Jet Fuel As Hormuz Disruptions Cripple Airlines The Verge: The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion Book Love Samuel Farber: Before Stalinism: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy Paul Kriwaczek: Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation Naomi Klein: No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need Rachel Cockerell: Melting Point: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land Cory Doctorow: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It Peter Joseph: The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression Clara E. Mattei: Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States Daniella Mestyanek + Amy Reed: Young: The Culting of America: What Makes a Cult and Why We Love Them Yuyi Morales: Dreamers Michael Hudson: J Is for Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception David Graeber: Debt: The First 5,000 Years Stephanie Kelton: The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy David Graeber: Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Astra Taylor + Naomi Klein: End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World Top 5 Mother Jones ProPublica PBS The Marshall Project Dr Bronner’s Bookshop.org Wear The Peace Greyston Bakery UNFTR Resources Video: Milei Promised Miracles, Delivered Chaos—Trump Is Next Video: Canada’s Working Class Under Attack: Carney’s Economic Update Decoded Video: They Hide These Economic Words From You—Here’s Why -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Javier Milei is brash and audacious, and he loves Donald Trump. But in many ways Donald Trump is the one who is following Milei. Argentina has an 18 month head start on Russell Vought’s wet dream of implementing a harsh libertarian doctrine. For a while it looked like everything Milei did was succeeding. He tamed inflation, created an export surplus and got back on track with debt service. Economic shock doctrines that rely on austerity for the masses and corporate giveaways always wind up the same, however. It was only a matter of time. The wheels are coming off Milei’s project this year as inflation is back, money is tight and people are pissed. America’s canary came out of the coal mine with black lung. Resources Buenos Aires Times: Economic activity posts biggest slump since 2023 Argus Media: Argentina inflation eases to 32.6pc in March | Latest Market News Argus Media: Argentina economy has sluggish start to 2026 Peterson Institute for International Economics: Argentina’s fragile monetary framework risks renewed volatility BBVA Research: Argentina Economic Outlook. March 2026 Americas Quarterly: Argentina’s Polarization Threatens Milei’s Pro-Market Agenda Americas Quarterly: REACTION: Milei’s Decisive Midterm Election Victory Paul Krugman: Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina? - Paul Krugman New York Times: Milei Vowed to Fix Argentina’s Economy. Then Came a New Crisis. Newsweek: Trump’s Argentina bailout sparks fury among farmers, Republicans Al Jazeera: Argentina Senate approves contentious Milei-backed labour reforms Buenos Aires Times: Pure polarisation in Congress – Milei delivers partisan speech full of insults Buenos Aires Times: Sharp drop in Argentina’s poverty rate delivers boost for Milei LatinNews: In brief: Argentina renews China currency swap line UNFTR Resources Video: Milei Promised Miracles, Delivered Chaos—Trump Is Next Essay: Don’t Cry for me Milei, Argentina. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we took a hard look at Canada’s Mark Carney. Competent, well-spoken, yet quietly running a neoliberal playbook. Then we checked Trump’s approval numbers, where even Republicans are starting to feel the gas prices, though 84% are still on board, which is somehow both unsurprising and completely bonkers. Chapters Intro: 00:00:00 Quick Takes: 00:01:17 Max Notes: 00:04:51 Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:18:20 Chart of the Week: 00:20:05 Headlines: 00:23:01 Pod Love: 00:24:49 Outro: 00:25:32 Resources Yahoo! Finance: GameStop’s Ryan Cohen sidesteps questions on how company will pay for eBay deal: ‘The details are on our website’ CNBC: Amazon opens up its logistics network to other businesses in new growth push The New York Times: Despite Trade Turmoil, Canada’s Economy Is Expected to Grow and Deficit to Fall Government of Canada: Economic and fiscal overview Global News: Canada in ‘early stages’ of talks on whether to privatize airports: minister Global News: Health Matters: Liberal government faces criticism over pharmacare program Spring: Carney government ditches social priorities in favour of conservative agenda Leeja Miller: The Death Of The Voting Rights Act EXPLAINED Civiqs: Donald Trump: Job Approval, Second Term New York Times: If Democrats Have Appropriate Fear of Trump, They Will Elect Platner Common Dreams: Trump Admin Shutters DHS Watchdog Amid Rampant and Growing Detainee Abuse Dissent: How Mamdani Can Build Mass Engagement Pod Love Economic Update: Marx’s Relevance for Today UNFTR Resources Video: (On The Record 5-5-26 Canada's Working Class Under Attack: Carney's Economic Update Decoded) -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 are back for another round of Omnibus. They hit headlines on Google selling AI to the Pentagon, Sergey Brin’s rightward shift, military impact on marine life in the Strait of Hormuz + more. Then they tackle listener emails on socialism, the Trump shooting, and oil price manipulation before the midterms. They rank their Top 5 brands to boycott and close with book recommendations and member shoutouts. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:18 Headlines: 00:06:16 Emails: 00:41:04 Top 5: 01:08:33 Beyond the Bullshit: 01:31:43 Memberships: 01:32:57 Outro: 01:34:02 Resources TechCrunch: Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal New York Times: Sergey Brin Moves to the Right, With a ‘MAGA Girlfriend’ by His Side Mother Jones: Why Trump’s Crypto Empire is in Chaos Wired: Marine Animals in the Strait of Hormuz Don’t Get a Ceasefire Readers Digest: 10 Things That Were Affordable 10 Years Ago—And Now Feel Like a Luxury Me Mother Earth: The Ethical and Sustainability Concerns of Temu and Shein Diet Prada on Instagram: Hegseth Wife Loves Shein Wikipeda: Chick-fil-A and LGBTQ people Business Insider: 16 of the biggest controversies in Hobby Lobby’s 50-year history — from denying contraceptives for employees to illegally smuggling ancient tablets BDS: Guide to BDS Boycott & Pressure Corporate Priority Targeting UNFTR Resources Episode: Amazon (Part One). Video: The Shock Heard ‘Round the World. Max for MTN. Book Love Becca Rea-Tucker: The Abortion Companion: An Affirming Handbook for Your Choice and Your Journey -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we zoomed out to take stock of the greatest financial heist in recorded history. Sixteen years of bailouts, money printing, and acronym soup that kept corporate America whole while the rest of us fell further behind. And then we took a quick detour into crypto, where Bitcoin is quietly creeping back up and the guy sitting on $62 billion worth of it really wants you to think that’s a sign you should buy in. Chapters Intro: 00:00:00 Quick Takes: 00:00:44 Max Notes: 00:06:01 Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:20:45 Chart of the Week: 00:23:05 Headlines: 00:26:07 Pod Love + Book Love: 00:28:46 Outro: 00:30:01 Resources ProPublica: Bailout Tracker: Tracking Every Dollar and Every Recipient U.S. Department of the Treasury: Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) MIT Sloan: Here’s how much the 2008 bailouts really cost Levy Economics Institute: A Detailed Look at the Fed’s Bailout by Funding Facility and Recipient Parker Poe: Summary of the $2 Trillion Federal CARES Act U.S. Department of the Treasury: Airline and National Security Relief Programs Brookings Institution: What did the Fed do in response to the COVID-19 crisis? U.S. Small Business Administration: Paycheck Protection Program U.S. Congressional Budget Office: Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Good Jobs First: Subsidy Tracker Top 100 Parent Companies The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder: Mamdani Is Rewriting The Democratic Playbook Bloomberg: Bitcoin’s Stealth Rally Has Traders Setting Sights on $80,000 Bloomberg: Climate Change Is Already Showing Up in the Cost of Living Mother Jones: Number Go Up. The Oligarchy in Overdrive WSWS: El Salvador’s Bukele regime stages mass show trial for nearly 500 alleged gang members Pod Love Straight White American Jesus: Project 2025 in Action Book Love Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff: Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed UNFTR Resources Essay: What Will the Next Bailout look like? Video: White House Assassination Plot, Bailout Coming, and Fed's Dangerous Gamble Video: MTN Macro Take: The Warsh Man for the Job -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 are back! They hit headlines on constitutional war powers, Tucker Carlson turning on Trump, digital life preservation, and Anthropic’s dangerous AI model, then tackle listener emails on identity politics, economic anxiety + more. They rank their Top 5 dead dinner party guests and close with some movie-themed Beyond the Bullshit. Intro: 00:00:09 Headlines: 00:12:51 Emails: 00:45:49 Top 5: 01:09:29 Beyond the Bullshit: 01:27:01 Memberships: 01:44:02 Outro: 01:44:40 Resources Leo Lionni: Frederick Counter Punch: The Constitutional Origins of the War in Iran Mother Jones: The Real Reason Tucker Carlson Is Turning on Trump The New Yorker: When your digital life vanishes The Verge: Anthropic’s most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands Steve Jobs Business Insider: Anthropic’s Mythos AI tool could spark ‘systemic financial market disruption,’ a trade group warns Current Affairs: Steven Pinker Doesn’t Know Anything About Marxism #FreeBenandJerrys Analyze Phish Variety: Ramy Youssef Trolls MAGA Backlash to His ‘Sesame Street’ Episode Where Elmo Spoke Arabic: ‘Elmo Saying Habibi Has Set Them Off’ History: Big Bird Nearly Rode on the Disastrous Challenger Mission Far Out: The photograph that inspired the twins in ‘The Shining’ UNFTR Resources Become a Member Donate to UNFTR Buy Unf*cking Coffee Shop the UNFTR Bookshop Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Sign Up for the Weekly Newsletter Learn About Our 5 Non-Negotiables UNFTR Reddit -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week’s On the Record covers how Donald Trump is killing our collective brain cells. We’re giving flowers to Brittany Page of the Page Perspective, talking about an aspect of the looming private credit crisis that financial pundits aren’t talking about, Kash Patel, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Super Troopers 3, headlines from The American Prospect, The Lever and Current Affairs. Who’s excited? Chapters Intro: 00:00:00 Quick Hits: 00:00:34 Max Notes: 00:03:00 Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:11:09 Chart of the Week: 00:13:00 Headlines: 00:16:55 Pod Love + Book Love: 00:18:25 Outro: 00:19:18 Resources New York Times: What Trump Is Doing to the English Language Bolch Judicial Institute: The U.S. Presidency: Looking Forward NPR: Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reflects on FAFSA rollout, debt forgiveness USA Today: Education Secretary Linda McMahon confuses AI with A1, sauce brand capitalizes on blunder New York Times: Maduro Is Gone, and the Purge Has Begun KFF: Deaths and Health Care Issues in ICE Detention Centers Under the Second Trump Administration The Ink: After Epsteingate, the ball is in our court KFF: Key Facts about the Uninsured Population Obama Archive: Let’s Move USA Today: Kid Rock drinks milk in a hot tub with RFK Jr. in wild workout video Brittany Page: Jeff & Lauren Bezos Make ‘Gratitude Lists’ as AMAZON WORKERS DIE AT WORK Bloomberg: Direct Lending Fundraising Hits Three-Year Low in First Quarter American Prospect: The Deal That Could Destroy Hollywood The Lever: The Helium Crisis That Won’t Go Away Current Affairs: Steven Pinker Doesn’t Know Anything About Marxism Book Love Nancy MacLean: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America Anderson M Bean: Venezuela in Crisis: Socialist Perspectives Pod Love Outrage + Optimism: It’s In Our Blood: Communities vs Forever Chemicals UNFTR Resources Video: Trump Is Rotting Our Brains and Nobody’s Talking About the Real Credit Crisis Essay: How Trump Is Making Us Dumber. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This edition of On The Record highlights Amy Goodman of Democracy Now and Mike Figueredo of the Humanist Report. Max Notes digs into the economic weeds to make sense of how the war in Iran is going to shake out. Plus: Chart of the Week and headlines from the Jacobin, Truthdig and Progressive Magazine. Chapters Intro: 00:01:35 Max Notes: 00:09:34 Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:19:15 Chart of the Week: 00:21:08 Headlines: 00:22:22 Outro: 00:23:33 Resources Steal This Story, Please! Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: The Effects of Tariffs on the Components of Inflation Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: U.S. Import Price Dynamics Following the 2025 Tariffs Jacobin: Viktor Orbán’s Hungarian Model Has Collapsed Truthdig: The Democrats and Discontent The Progressive: Israel Targets Civilians as Lebanon Operations Expand Clips PBS Hour: Sen. Kaine questions OMB chief Vought in Trump budget hearing The Humanist Report: Trump’s Biggest Meatriders Finally Admit He’s as Bad as Everyone Said He Was UNFTR Resources Become a Member UNFTR’s 5 Non-Negotiables Essay: Trump Is Ruining the U.S. Economy. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 are back for another episode of Omnibus. They break down why the 25th Amendment won’t work, hit headlines on climate math, vigilantes, and Trump’s Diet Coke cancer theory. Then they tackle listener emails on Trump’s successors and moving beyond No Kings. They rank their Top 5 celebrity dinner party guests and close with documentary recommendations. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:13 Headlines: 00:08:10 Emails: 00:35:25 Top 5: 00:56:14 Beyond the Bullshit: 01:09:11 Memberships: 01:16:16 Outro: 01:16:51 Resources The American Prospect: Who Wrote the 25th Amendment? Grist: How the Trump administration’s climate math doesn’t add up The Baffler: Vigilante Injustice Wired: The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought Independent: White House insists Trump was joking about Diet Coke killing cancer cells Steal This Story, Please! Trust Me: The False Prophet UNFTR Resources Become a Member Subscribe to the UNFTR Weekly Newsletter Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Max for Meidas Touch UNFTR’s 5 Non-Negotiables Episode: No King. Video: Tariff and Oil Shock | Iran War | Amy Goodman -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s week two of the Spring Fund, Friend and Hell Raiser (become a yearly member by 4/30/26 and get an exclusive UNFTR hat)! Max and 99 dive into the Iran crisis, breaking down the impossible logistics of war and the absurdity of competing peace plans. They hit headlines on the MAHA pipeline, record military spending, and crypto-backed mortgages, tackle listener emails on rallies and wealth concentration, then rank their Top 5 podcasts that radicalized them. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:08 Headlines: 00:21:32 Emails: 00:47:24 Top 5: 01:13:17 Beyond the Bullshit: 01:24:12 Memberships: 01:35:38 Outro: 01:37:12 Resources Polygraph: Trump proposes largest military budget ever The Kinks: Apeman New York Times: You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories The New Yorker: Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? Wall Street Journal: The Decadelong Feud Shaping the Future of AI New York Times: My Quest to Solve Bitcoin’s Great Mystery CNBC: Fannie Mae accepts first crypto-backed mortgage product Mon Rovîa: Heavy Foot UNFTR Resources Episode: Housing in America. Become a Member. UNFTR’s 5 Non-Negotiables. Book Love Abdul El-Sayed + Micah Johnson: Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide Top 5 Conspirituality The Dream Last Podcast on the Left American Scandal Best of the Left Media Roots Chapo Trap House Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff Intercepted -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leaders far smarter and more capable than Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have started foreign wars that turned to quagmires. So in this regard they are not special. What’s different this time around is that incompetence prevails in every corner of this administration and the economic levers that are usually pulled to mitigate the domestic economic impact are no longer available to us. In every way, this administration is wholly unfit to lead the nation and certainly incapable of prosecuting a war. Resources The Chris Hedges Report: Will There be a Ground Invasion of Iran? (w/ Col. Larry Wilkerson) UNFTR Resources Become a Member. UNFTR’s 5 Non-Negotiables. Video: Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump Are Not Ready for War Essay: Trump and Hegseth. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The No Kings rallies fanned out across the United States in protest of Donald Trump’s increasingly dangerous, erratic and autocratic regime. Cuba remains in darkness, the war in Iran has already turned into a quagmire, the economy is cratering and Americans are feeling powerless in the face of Trump’s rule. In this episode Max ruminates on the liberation of “America” from a different era as told by the life and times of Simon Bolívar, one of the great military commanders and political leaders of the post-Enlightenment era. His was truly a revolution of “no kings.” In Bolívar’s approach we can learn about combating despotism. UNFTR Resources Become a Member. UNFTR’s 5 Non-Negotiables. Video: Trump will leave | It's Trumpism we're now fighting Essay: No King. Book Love Marie Arana: Bolívar: American Liberator -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 are back from vacation and kicking off their Spring Fund, Friend and Hell Raiser. They hit headlines on Olympic testing, Israel's Lebanon plans, and ChatGPT in cars, then tackle listener emails on U.S. solvency narratives and economic warning signs. They rank their Top 5 local issues, and they close with some lighthearted beyond the bullshit. Chapters Intro: 00:00:08 Housekeeping: 00:04:06 Headlines: 00:13:03 Emails: 00:28:23 Top 5: 00:49:28 Beyond the Bullshit: 01:14:07 Memberships: 01:21:00 Outro: 01:21:38 Resources Become a Member. UNFTR’s 5 Non-Negotiables. Mother Jones: The Ugly History Behind the Olympics’ New Gender Test CFR: Israel Announces Plan to Occupy Southern Lebanon 9To5Mac: ChatGPT app launches for CarPlay on iOS 26.4 Bloomberg: Virgin Galactic Is Booking Space Trips at $750,000 Apiece Yahoo Finance: The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it David Korowicz: Trade Off: Financial system supply-chain cross contagion: a study in global systemic collapse -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The United States is in a full-blown housing crisis — and Congress just passed the most significant bipartisan housing legislation in a generation: The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act cleared the Senate 89-10, co-sponsored by Elizabeth Warren and Tim Scott. So why won’t it fix the problem? In this episode, we break down exactly what the bill does, what it deliberately leaves out, and why the structural forces driving housing unaffordability in America—rising mortgage rates, institutional investors, zoning failures, generational wealth inequality, and decades of racial exclusion—are largely untouched by any legislation currently on the table. From the redlining of Levittown and Stuyvesant Town to the 2008 financial crisis and the asset inflation chasm it created, we trace how homeownership became both the engine of the American Dream and the mechanism of its denial. We also look at what actually works, like how Vienna’s social housing model has kept half a city affordably housed for over a century, and ask the question no one in Washington wants to answer: short of a depression, what does it actually take to make housing affordable again? Resources National Mortgage Professional: What’s The Rookie Home Buying Age? Not 40, New Analysis Shows HUD: The 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress National Low Income Housing Coalition Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies: The State of the Nation's Housing 2025 Congress: H.R.6644 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act The White House: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers U.S. Census Bureau: Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (HVS) Q4 2025 Enterprise Community Partners: Four Key Findings from the 2025 State of the Nation's Housing Report National Low Income Housing Coalition: The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2025 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: FHA Loan Production Report June 2025 Bipartisan Policy Center: What's in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act NPR: Senate Passes Bipartisan Housing Bill Targeting Large Investors National Mortgage Professional: What's the Rookie Home Buying Age? Not 40, New Analysis Shows National Association of Realtors: 2024 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers Gravel Institute: How Socialists Solved the Housing Crisis Book Love Richard Rothstein: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Mehrsa Baradaran: The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap UNFTR Resources Episode: The Economics of Racism. Video: The Economics of Racism. Episode: Housing in America. Video: Congress Just Passed a Housing Bill That Changes Nothing. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why the Democratic Party’s promise of “restoration” misses the mark; how decades of economic crises reshaped American politics, and why returning to center means chasing a target that keeps moving right. One side built a durable monument to white nationalist capitalism while the other became its world-class pit crew. The fight isn’t about competence or committee chairs. It’s about whether Democrats can offer an actual vision for the future instead of just patching up the damage Republicans leave behind. Book Love Kurt Andersen: Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History Jane Mayer: Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right Chris Hedges: Death of the Liberal Class Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Mehrsa Baradaran: The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America Jeff Sharlet: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power Nancy MacLean: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America Michelle Alexander: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Professor Thomas Piketty: Capital in the Twenty-First Century Karl Marx: Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 UNFTR Resources Video: Democrats are FAILING | Losing the Iran War | Hasan Piker Rules Essay: Why I’m So Mad at the Democratic Party. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 are running hot this week. They break down catastrophic inflation data and what it means for stagflation ahead, hit headlines on animal welfare legislation and foreign policy chaos, and tackle listener emails on Democratic failures and economic warning signs. Off-topic covers toxic RFK Jr. and standout character actors. They rank their Top 5 comfort movies and close with spring training optimism. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:08 Headlines: 00:06:12 Emails: 00:19:17 Top 5: 00:36:22 Beyond the Bullshit: 00:53:23 Outro: 00:59:24 Resources 99’s Hat ASPCA: Farm Bill Moves Forward with Mixed Results for Animals Animal Legal Defense Fund: Petition: Stop Horses from Suffering for NYC’s Carriage Industry Forever Wars: None of These People I Insulted Want To Die For Me in The Strait of Hormuz? The Independent: Chelsea Handler claims she bought ‘the most toxic’ $6 million house from RFK Jr and Cheryl Hines The Ringer: ‘The Pitt,’ as Told by Its Patients: If you think it’s hectic to watch, just imagine what it’s like to be on the operating table UNFTR Resources Video: Iran War, Energy Spike, and the Inflation Perfect Storm Episode: The Art of Trumpflation. Video: On The Record 3-16-26 (Democrats are FAILING | Losing the Iran War | Hasan Piker Rules). -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The February Producer Price Index (PPI) data release came in way hotter than expected, exceeding consensus expectations by nearly double. This is on top of an already hot January report, which signifies that goods and services inflation in the pipeline is very much a trend and not an isolated event. PPI typically foreshadows consumer inflation—where the public really begins to feel the pain—by about two to three months. And these numbers don’t include the impact of the war in Iran and the unbelievable spike in energy costs. Today we break down the nature of inflation shocks, why this differs from the dual oil shocks of the 1970s, but how it has already produced the same stagflationary result. Resources U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Producer Price Index News Release summary Trading Economics: United States Producer Price Inflation MoM Wolf Street: Core PCE Inflation Hits 3.1%, Worst in 2 Years, in Unique Twist Blows way past CPI Inflation. Driven by Core Services Morningstar: Inflation Set to Rise in 2026 as Tariff Costs Hit Consumers KPMG: Headline masks lingering inflation CNBC: $100 oil? Prolonged Hormuz closure could spark a 1970s-style energy shock Yahoo Finance: Oil at the Edge: Markets brace for the largest supply shock in decades: Oil & Gas 360 Investopedia: Understanding Hubbert's Peak Theory and Global Oil Production Bloomberg Law: Morgan Stanley Sees Private Credit Default Rates Reaching 8% (2) Business Insider: Morgan Stanley says AI disruption of software will send private credit defaults surging UNFTR Resources Video: Iran War, Energy Spike, and the Inflation Perfect Storm -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 kick things off revisiting old predictions and check how they're holding up. They hit the headlines: billionaires breaking records, geopolitical conflict threatening economic stability, and monopoly concerns in the music industry. Listener emails cover politics, financial industry backdoors, and navigating complicity. They rank their Top 5 historical figures to reclaim, do some movie talk, and member shoutouts round it out. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:18 Housekeeping: 00:00:34 Headlines: 00:21:13 Emails: 00:48:54 Top 5: 01:00:23 Beyond the Bullshit: 01:19:35 Outro: 01:43:27 Resources Acquired: Epic Systems (MyChart) Bloomberg: Europe Rushes to Contain Price Fallout From War in Middle East Foreign Policy: The Iran War Is Jeopardizing the Entire Global Economy Forbes: World’s Billionaires List The Cut: ‘My Friends Live in a Bubble. Should I Dump Them?’ NPR: Live Nation and Justice Department reach settlement in antitrust case Reuters: Judge tells Live Nation, state AGs to negotiate potential deal Straight White American Jesus Podcast John Fugelsang: Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists Margin Call Inside Job Forbes: AI Minted More Than 50 New Billionaires In 2025 Matt Taibbi: Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History Kanopy UNFTR Resources The End of the American Experiment. The Clinton Series. Phone A Friend: Zohran Mamdani. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Not a soul on this planet knows what comes next in the war theater. Because that’s war. But we can anticipate what comes next for the U.S. and global economy, or at least game out certain scenarios. This isn’t just another discretionary “police action” on the other side of the world or a simple regime change. This war is wired directly into the global energy, food, and financial systems. But a proper analysis must acknowledge how the circumstances of the U.S. economy and our monetary and fiscal policies have changed. There is no direct antecedent to the situation in which we find ourselves, which makes the folly of this war all the more absurd. We didn’t just launch a war. We may have just pulled the fire alarm on the entire world economy. Resources John J. Mearsheimer: Big Trouble Ahead in Iran U.S. Energy Information Administration: Amid regional conflict, the Strait of Hormuz remains critical oil chokepoint EnergyNow: CHARTED: Oil Trade Through the Strait of Hormuz by Country Reuters: Asia’s oil and LNG dependence on the Middle East Institute for Economics & Peace: Economic Consequences of War on the U.S. Economy Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity: Modern Money and the War Treasury Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: Fiscal Dominance and US Monetary: 1940–1975 UNFTR Resources Video: Iran War Could Wreck the Entire World Economy Essay: The Iran War Could Wreck the Global Economy. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Markwayne Mullin fails his first test. Lindsey Graham wants to blow the Iranian people. The markets are getting Blackrocked. OpenAI and Oracle have a bit of a cash crunch. Dario Amodei is full of shit. What Crude markets tell us about the war. Truth bombs from the House of El. Actual journalism on Iran from American Prestige and Dissent Magazine. ProPublica doin’ the lord’s work and Persopolis. Chapters Quick Takes: 00:00:36 Max Notes: 00:06:44 KLTW: 00:15:02 Headlines: 00:17:04 Pod Love: 00:18:26 Book Love: 00:19:27 Outro: 00:20:04 Resources Bloomberg: BlackRock $26 Billion Private Credit Fund Limits Withdrawals Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time: Charles Merrill and the Democratization of Stock Ownership IRA Financial: Trump, Alternatives, and the Solo 401(k): The Retirement Plan That Paved the Way for Alts in 401(k)s Bloomberg: BlackRock’s Retail Private-Credit Hopes Run Into Market’s Angst House of El: DOLLAR COLLAPSE: Japan to DUMP $1.2T in US Treasuries After Trump Cuts 95% Oil Supply Dissent Magazine: War, Revolt, and Iran's Unfinished Struggle Grist: Kristi Noem all but killed FEMA. Will her departure save it? ProPublica: Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees ProPublica: Event: How to Use Our News App of Disclosures From Political Appointees Pod Love American Prestige: War in the Gulf and the Global Economy w/ Esfandyar Batmanghelidj Book Love Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis UNFTR Resources Video: On The Record (3-9-26). Video: MTN Macro Take (3-7-26). Episode: Trump Accounts. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the first-ever Omnibus—the show finally has a name! Max and 99 open with the weight of the moment, addressing the U.S.-backed strikes on Iran before diving into the AI-military pipeline. Off-topic headlines hit on small business closures in NYC and fighter pay in the streaming era. Listener emails cover everything from financial anxiety to the mechanics of shadow banking, and Trump finding time to pump crypto mid-war. They rank their Top 5 everyday products they can’t live without, plus fit in some movie talk and member shoutouts to close it out. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:19 Housekeeping: 00:10:06 Headlines: 00:14:33 Top 5: 00:58:28 Beyond the Bullshit: 01:12:18 Memberships: 01:23:32 Outro: 01:24:07 Resources Fast Company: Bitcoin, XRP, and other crypto prices are rising today. What Trump said on Truth Social to boost digital assets The Verge: How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance The Hill: OpenAI goes on defense as Anthropic surges after Pentagon fallout The Baffler: A Fighting Chance: Going up against the UFC Brooklyn Vegan: Long-running NYC vegan restaurant Red Bamboo is closing Acquired: Google Part III: The AI Company UNFTR Resources Video: Iran War, US Empire and What The Media is Hiding Episode: War in Iran and the Decline of the U.S. Empire. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senator John Kennedy is a bad caricature of a southern gentleman and he masquerades around Capitol Hill as a folksy “just asking questions” kind of fella. In reality, he’s a wealthy, elite, fraud with a $20 million net worth who attended Oxford. Despite representing the poorest state in America, this Louisiana senator took his allotted time at a hearing with the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to review how poverty is calculated and take issue with it. So this is our response. Resources Senator John Kennedy: Kennedy questions Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on poverty data in Senate Banking Committee USAFacts: What is the poverty rate in Louisiana? World Population Review: Poorest U.S. States 2026 The Data Center: Health as resilience capacity in New Orleans: The critical role of community-based collaborations Prison Gerrymandering Project: Federal Census policy harms Louisiana’s democracy — but state lawmakers can fix it Wikipedia: John Kennedy (Louisiana politician) Buzzfeed News: John Kennedy Is America’s Folksiest Senator. Some People Who Know Him Say It’s An Act. Quiver Quantitative: Senator John Kennedy has filed a new financial disclosure - here’s what we see UNFTR Resources Video: Senator Questions Poverty Calculations | Here's Why That's INSANE Essay: John Goober Kennedy: The Louisiana Senator Thinks Poor People Are Faking It. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The U.S. and Israel have declared war on the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite indications from Omani negotiators that the parties were close to agreement as late as the night before the bombing of Tehran and other Iranian cities began. Mainstream media have already cranked up the propaganda machine to frame this as everything from a necessary and just maneuver to an unfortunate turn of events. The anglo-centric framing is undeniable and we risk losing the plot. There’s also a stunning lack of historical perspective in any current analyses. Make no mistake, this is an illegal move conducted by a waning empire that put a madman in charge. And it threatens us all. Apologies for any mispronunciations! -Max Resources Drop Site American Prestige Al Jazeera English UNFTR Resources Video: Iran War, US Empire and What The Media is Hiding Essay: War in Iran and the Decline of the U.S. Empire. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Attorney General Pam Bondi took to Capitol Hill with her burn book in hand and a message to Congress, the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and the American people: Shut up, the Dow hit 50,000. She was right about the Dow Jones Industrial performance until the next day, when stocks dumped out on news that AI might be real and that the economy added 400,000 fewer jobs last year than we originally thought. That’s the thing about building an entire narrative around the stock market. The stock market is not the economy. And the victims of Epstein’s crimes deserve better. Resources MS Now: FULL HOUSE HEARING: AG Pam Bondi testifies over handling of release of Epstein files Business Insider: Anthropic and OpenAI release dueling AI models on the same day in an escalating rivalry Fortune: Anthropic’s Claude triggered a trillion-dollar selloff. A new upgrade could make things worse Matt Shumer: Something Big Is Happening Matt Shumer on X U.S. Department of the Treasury: Monthly Treasury Statement: Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government For Fiscal Year 2026 Through January 31, 2026, and Other Periods UNFTR Resources Video: Epstein Victims Deserve Better Than Bondi's Economic Theater -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Noam Chomsky’s superpower is his intellect and ability to communicate complicated subjects with clarity. He made politics accessible for multiple generations. Chomsky is the gateway drug to leftist ideology. He’s also close friends with the most prolific child abuser and sex trafficker of the modern era. It’s okay to acknowledge Chomsky’s contributions and even more okay to let them go and bury his legacy. Resources Wall Street Journal: Epstein’s Private Calendar Reveals Prominent Names, Including CIA Chief, Goldman’s Top Lawyer The Harvard Crimson: Jeffrey Epstein Met With Harvard Professor Martin Nowak and Noam Chomsky in 2015 in Harvard Office Manufacturing Intellect: Noam Chomsky interview on Dissent (1988) UNFTR Resources Video: Genius Doesn’t Excuse What Chomsky Did. Goodbye, Noam. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s the last episode of To Be Determined (next time the show gets an actual name)! Max and 99 run through headlines on Bill Gates’s Epstein apology and the humanitarian crisis in Cuba. The listener emails include an econ 101 starter pack, a great idea for a “remember this” segment, and more. They rank their Top 5 TV show finales, sound the alarm on private credit, and give takes on the Democratic Party’s obsession with empty centrist candidates over actual policy. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:31 Housekeeping: 00:03:38 Headlines: 00:04:47 Emails: 00:17:57 Top 5: 00:38:37 Beyond the Bullshit: 00:56:39 Memberships 01:11:27 Outro: 01:11:46 Resources Wall Street Journal: Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff Over Epstein Ties WSWS: Cuban worker describes hellish conditions, appeals to US workers to force an end to embargo Rolling Stone Magazine: Bob Weir’s Beautiful Second Act New York Times: The Anguish of a Tourette’s Outburst Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff Econoclasts (Yanis Varoufakis + Wolfgang Munchau) Gary’s Economics Professor Steve Keen Justin Wolfers Instagram: @showtoolsai The Atlantic: ‘I Genuinely Am Upset That Your Kids Are Vaccinated’ Unf*cker Recommendations Moose on the Loose -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99. The show is hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 kick off another episode of their still-unnamed weekly show, diving into everything from grocery inflation and RFK’s bizarre workout videos to the future of progressive organizing through the Working Families Party and DSA. They workshop show name suggestions from listeners, tackle emails on how to influence the Democratic Party, and debate their Top Five movie villains. Chapters Intro: 00:00:15 Housekeeping: 00:02:30 Headlines: 00:16:14 Emails: 00:36:35 Top 5: 01:03:59 Beyond the Bullshit: 01:20:33 Memberships: 01:22:53 Outro: 01:23:26 Resources Vengaboys: Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! devilleforcongress.com In These Times: Read This If You're New and Trying to Find Your Way RFK Jr. Instagram Video Business Insider: I followed an RFK-approved, $15-a-day diet Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis: Losing Lucy The Block: Polymarket investor Vitalik Buterin says prediction markets need to stop catering to 'dumb opinions' Bruce Springsteen: Streets Of Minneapolis Working Families Party Democratic Socialists of America UNFTR Resources Chester A. Arthur and Julia Sand: Strange Bedfellows. Video: On The Record (Cuba Libre | AOC Stumbles Abroad | Racist Caught at Senate Hearing) UNFTR's 5 Non-Negotiables -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). The show is hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump’s economic policies overseen by Scott Bessent are torching the U.S. dollar and tanking the economy. In this episode, Max does a deep dive into the decline of the dollar, U.S. fiscal mismanagement, and bizarre monetary policy that has many questioning whether we’re witnessing the decline of U.S. economic hegemony in real time. The episode examines U.S. policy through the actions of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent whose erratic behavior belies his moderate past. Access the corresponding graphs. Resources Conference Board: US Consumer Confidence Fell Sharply in January Money Maze Podcast: Who is Scott Bessent? Meet Trump's New US Treasury Secretary Census Bureau: Monthly Construction Spending MacroMicro: U.S. Dollar Index MacroMicro: Japan - US/Japan 10Y Bond Yield Spread vs. USD/JPY MacroMicro: Gold / US Dollar / 10Y Yield UNFTR Resources Video: Scott Bessent's DERANGED plan to destroy the dollar and economy -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 are back this week to debut an experimental new format for the podcast—that is yet to be named—which mixes Show Notes vibes with a little more structure. The two dive into a mix of on-topic and off-topic headlines before heading into listener feedback and emails. They wrap up the episode with their Top 5 lists focused on formative protest songs, and of course some member shout outs. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:34 Headlines: 00:13:35 Emails: 00:42:47 "Carve Outs": 01:16:31 Top 5: 01:24:32 Memberships: 01:44:15 Outro: 01:46:00 Resources The Verge: Discord says ‘vast majority’ of users won’t see its new age verification setup BIG by Matt Stoller: The Beginning of the End for Big Corporate Medicine Politico: MAHA and Mike Tyson want you to ‘eat real food’ during the Super Bowl Super Bowl Ad: Processed Food Kills, Eat Real Food The Ringer: How Hannibal Lecter Made His Film Debut in ‘Manhunter’ Yahoo News: JD Vance says U.S. Olympic athletes are 'not there to pop off about politics.' Here's what they've said. Democratic Socialists of America Working Families Party Top 5s (And Beyond) Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddam John Lennon: Working Class Hero Sting: Russians XTC: Dear God Simple Minds: Belfast Child Green Day: American Idiot Joni Mitchell: Big Yellow Taxi Marvin Gaye: What's Going On Sly & The Family Stone: Everyday People Childish Gambino: This Is America Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son Johnny Paycheck: Take This Job And Shove It Buffalo Springfield: For What It's Worth 4 Non Blondes: What's Up Brandi Carlile: The Joke The Chicks: Travelin' Soldier The Chicks: Not Ready To Make Nice Bob Dylan: Masters of War T-Pain: War Pigs Gil Scott-Heron: Revolution Will Not Be Televised Kendrick Lamar: Alright NWA: Fuck Tha Police Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: The Message Public Enemy: Fight The Power Sam Cooke: A Change Is Gonna Come UNFTR Resources Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The American Drug Cartel. UNFTR Resources Page -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). The show is hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why does the stock market keep going up when the economy feels so bad? It’s the question we probably get the most and, quite frankly, it’s not a bad one. The primary reason equities seem invincible is because of the dramatic increase in the money supply over the past four decades. That explains the supply side of the equation at least. But a lot had to happen behind the scenes to allow for the money supply to be absorbed into the financial system and ultimately benefit a fraction of the population. Resources MacroMicro: US - M1 & M2 Money Supply Wikipedia: Buffett indicator CFI: Shiller P/E Civiqs: Donald Trump: Job Approval, Second Term Wall Street Journal: More Americans Than Ever Own Stocks Brookings: Rising inequality: A major issue of our time The Review of Economic Studies: Stock Market Participation, Inequality, and Monetary Policy Roosevelt Institute: Our New Report: Defining Financialization Levy Economics Institute: Have We Been Here Before? Phases of Financialization within the 20th Century in the United States The Fed: 3. Leverage in the Financial Sector UNFTR Resources Stock Buybacks Surge: Another Red Flag for the U.S. Economy. Video: Why is the stock market so good when the economy is so bad? -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Hold Fast (holdfastband.com). The show is hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Donald Trump unstoppable? He has defied laws and norms, thumbed his nose at Congress and foreign allies alike. He has displayed open hostility toward immigrants and American citizens, threatened extreme force against protestors, recently going so far as to mention the Insurrection Act. His ICE thugs roam the streets and are committing atrocities with impunity. We kidnapped the leader of a sovereign nation and are positioning troops for a potential invasion of an allied nation and NATO member. Donald Trump has been one step ahead of the law at every turn and with the courts and Congress in his pocket, many are beginning to wonder if he truly intends to suspend upcoming elections and destroy our democracy once and for all. So let’s talk about it. UNFTR Resources Little Marco’s Coup D’Etat: Kidnapping Maduro. “Project 2025.” Republicans With Time. The BRICS Unit: The Beginning of the End for Dollar Dominance? Video: This is What a Trump Dictatorship Looks Like Book Love James Rickards: Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The United States carried out a special-operations strike in Caracas, Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores who are reportedly being taken to Manhattan to face criminal charges for drug trafficking. In this video, Max breaks down what’s really behind this stunning intervention, perhaps the most brazen and illegal action undertaken by the U.S. since Kissinger’s secret bombing of Cambodia. He talks about all the angles portrayed in the media from narcoterrorism to oil, reveals what’s more likely behind our actions and how Marco Rubio is intimately involved. UNFTR Resources Video: BRICS Takes Over: India’s Plan to Dethrone the Dollar. Video: The Truth Behind Maduro’s Capture | It’s Not What They're Telling You. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In December of 2025, Brazil passed the BRICS leadership torch to India, which wasted no time revealing its priorities for the economic alliance—to build an international payment system that rivals the SWIFT system and chip away at U.S. economy hegemony by attacking the exorbitant privilege of the U.S. Dollar. Defending the dollar should be the easiest policy ever. Instead the Trump administration has accelerated the world’s collective desire to put the U.S. in its place and end our reign of economic despotism. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 are back for another round of Show Notes. They tackle the good, the bad and the ugly of the news. Thanks for tuning in! Chapters Intro: 00:06:13 Emails: 01:16:39 Memberships: 01:32:02 Reviews: 01:35:28 Outro: 01:36:04 Resources Mother Jones: RFK Jr. Just Flipped the Food Pyramid to Create a Funnel of Performative Masculinity UNFTR Resources Video: The Truth Behind Maduro's Capture | It's Not What They're Telling You Video: BRICS Takes Over: India's Plan to Dethrone the Dollar -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump stole the headlines once again by speaking ill of Rob Reiner after the tragic death of Reiner and his wife Michele. It was yet another vulgar display of Trump’s unbridled narcissism that takes away from the legitimate conversation we should be having about Reiner’s legacy, what his films meant to a generation that came of age before 9/11. In many ways, Reiner became the avatar of white establishment liberalism, reflecting an America that never really existed. Throughout his remarkable career he was firmly planted on the right side of history but his art had a way of papering over the brutal reality of the American system. In other ways, he represented the best of us and he left us some of the greatest pop culture moments that endure the test of time. This is the discussion I think he deserved. Resources Current Affairs: How Liberals Fell In Love With The West Wing Politico: Words must match deeds -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 are back for another round of Show Notes! They talk Mets news (RIP), The Fed, healthcare, and get to some Unf*cker feedback. Chapters Intro: 00:00:20 Headlines: 00:13:54 Email: 00:55:43 Memberships: 01:47:13 Outro: 01:50:41 Resources Yahoo Finance: Live coverage: Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by 0.25% Lava Song NPR: Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests UNFTR Resources Video: On The Record (12/8/25) Video: Trump Official Gaslights on Labor Data -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump is tearing the nation apart. To place his revenge-filled presidency in historical context we have to reach deep into the annals of history and revisit the tenure of famed Roman Emperor Commodus who historians perceive as the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. With this second term Trump has entered rarified air that few U.S. presidents have breathed. He has fundamentally altered the culture, the country and its people. Moving past this moment will be our greatest challenge. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The U.S. economy has already crashed. The stock market is just the last one to figure it out. In this essay, Max talks about what happens when hegemonic economies collapse and how the U.S. has been able to keep things afloat while the bottom falls out. He draws parallels to the crash of 1929 and the subsequent Depression and speaks to the differences. There is a path forward for Progressives but it won’t be a presidential run. The DNC will make sure of that. But we can borrow from Russell Vought’s playbook to build a coalition of support on the ground. Resources DSA: Chapters Working Families Party: Get Involved Sherrod Brown UNFTR Resources Trump is Looting the Treasury. “Russputin” and the Tsar. Medicare for All. Zohran Mamdani Has Already Won. Civilian Labor Corps. Housing First. UNFTR 5NN. Video: The Financial Crisis is NOW & The Path Forward for Democrats. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 are back for another round of Show Notes. They (surprise) talk about the economy, the housing crisis, Venezuela and much more. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:20 Emails: 00:26:21 Memberships: 00:41:24 Reviews: 01:37:16 Outro: 01:38:50 Resources Video (UNFTR for MeidasTouch): Trump's Kitchen Sink Recession Response UNFTR Bookshop Wall Street Journal: U.S. Likely Lost 50,000 Jobs in October, Goldman Sachs Says The Budget Lab: Evaluating the Impact of AI on the Labor Market: Current State of Affairs Progressive Punch Ballotopedia UNFTR: 5NN: Housing First UNFTR: How We Built the Housing Crisis (And Why We Can Dismantle It) ABC: Boyer Lecture 2025: Justin Wolfers UnHeard: Javier Milei is no libertarian: He is beholden to Argentina’s oligarchs Video (UNFTR for MeidasTouch): Manufacturing Consent for War in Venezuela -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max reports on the growing cracks in the financial markets and the unprecedented lengths the Federal Reserve has already gone to in order to stabilize the global financial system. The U.S. is heading toward a full-blown liquidity crisis that threatens to seize up the financial markets. The situation is worsening daily at this point and Trump’s erratic policy decisions are contributing to the destabilization. View the charts related to this episode. Chapters Intro: 00:00:37 Post Show Musings: 00:19:33 Outro: 00:39:38 Resources Challenger, Gray & Christmas: Challenger Report: September 2025 MacroMicro: US - Hourly Wage Growth by Wage Level MacroMicro: US - Consumer Price Index (CPI) MacroMicro: US - Fed Overnight Reverse Repurchase Agreements (ON RRP) Trading Volume MacroMicro: US - Treasury Yields vs. Fed Funds Rate MacroMicro: US - Federal Fund Interest Rates MacroMicro: US - Fed Overnight Reverse Repurchase Agreements (ON RRP) Trading Volume MacroMicro: US - Fed's Balance Sheet - Liabilities Fortune: Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says Video: MTN: Trump in Full Blown Panic as Market Collapse Imminent Track Star: Zohran Mamdani Become A UNFTR Member Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Follow Us On Social: Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok Share the 5NN -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Miran isn’t auditioning to run the Federal Reserve. He’s auditioning to destroy it. Like so many in Trump’s sphere, Miran was selected for his ability to appear like he’s doing the right thing and making the tough choices. In reality, he exists to destroy the thing he’s spent his entire life trying to be a part of. Miran is a highly educated and competent analyst whose academic veneer and projection of empathy belie his craven desire for power and to eradicate the independence of the Fed and place it under direct authority and control of the president. And make no mistake, when Jerome Powell’s term is up, this is who will be in charge of the Fed. Chapters Intro: 00:01:00 Chapter One: The Audition. 00:02:10 Chapter Two: The Power and Powers of the Fed. 00:07:15 Chapter Three: Who Is This Numbnut? 00:13:06 Chapter Four: Consistently Inconsistent. 00:18:34 Bring It Home, Max: 00:23:46 Resources Federal Reserve Board: Stephen I. Miran Barron’s: Last Year, Trump’s New Man at the Fed Thought Rates Were Too Low. What Changed Miran’s Articles + White Papers City Journal: Is Having the Reserve Currency Good for the U.S.? Manhattan Institute: The Fed Isn’t as Independent as It Seems Manhattan Institute: The Fed Doesn’t Need to Cut. Financial Conditions Are Already Loosening. Manhattan Institute: The Fed Is Facing a Changed World. The Case Against Cuts. Hudson Bay Capital: A User’s Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System Manhattan Institute: Reform the Federal Reserve’s Governance to Deliver Better Monetary Outcomes -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Phone a Friend, Max sits down with crypto entrepreneur and advisor Keith D. The pair discuss the history of Bitcoin, expansion of crypto markets and whether the public is in safe hands as the influence of cryptocurrency grows exponentially. Resources Keith D. on YouTube Video: You can't afford to ignore Crypto with Keith D. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The U.S. economy is headed for financial collapse. Repo market stress. Private credit market liquidity crunch. Subprime lending crisis. Spiraling deficits. Basis trade exposure. Dollar debasement. U.S. states in recession. Oil market contango. Tariff and trade wars. Each of these are like explosive devices hiding in the corners of the economic edifice that is the U.S. economy. And the Federal Reserve just released a shocking paper that exposes the biggest potential threat of all. Explosive devices have been set all around the economy and a new bomb was just uncovered in the most unlikely of places. Chapters Intro: 00:05:21 Chapter One: The Road to Economic Hegemony. 00:06:24 Chapter Two: Collision Course. 00:30:55 Chapter Three: Hidden Bomb. 00:35:50 Chapter Four: Bring It Home, Max. 00:44:50 Resources The Lead Left: Middle Market & Private Credit – 2/10/2025 Mark Zandi on X Axios: 22 states are in a recession or close to it, new analysis finds The Fed: The Cross-Border Trail of the Treasury Basis Trade FSB: Leverage in Nonbank Financial Intermediation: Final report Morningstar: Official data dramatically underestimates hedge funds' involvement in the Treasury market, Fed paper finds Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Repo Operations Fidelity: Investor behind Zions, Western Alliance bad loans is tied to $270 million in troubled debt Car Dealership Guy: Tricolor: The messy collapse of a subprime auto lender explained Investopedia: Basis Trading: Definition, How It Works, Example The Guardian: What is private credit, and should we be worried by the collapse of US firms? OilPrice.com: Oil Market Braces for Contango and Shale Slowdown -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and 99 are back this week for Show Notes; they start with a little pop culture music/movie talk, and transition into Unf*cker emails where they cover why the 1% doesn’t care if the economy is gutted, what figures you can trust from the Trump administration, Technocracy in Silicon Valley and a host of other things. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:20 Emails: 00:27:51 Memberships: 01:24:16 Outro: 01:30:08 Resources The Baffler: The Substance Follow Us On Social: Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Leave a Review Become a UNFTR Member The Rewatchables: ‘Sneakers’ With Bill Simmons, Kyle Brandt, and Joanna Robinson Jacob Riis: How The Other Half Lives Climate Disruption: Lee Zeldin Cancer Gala Paris Marx New York Times: A Plea From Doctors: Cool It on the Supplements -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barack Obama was the greatest Republican president of my lifetime—a statement sure to fire up establishment liberals and conservatives alike. But for progressives in the United States, this is what the Obama years felt like. Today’s episode examines the seminal policy achievements of the Obama years from the Affordable Care Act and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to DACA and the response to the Global Financial Crisis. We offer the liberal and conservative views of the same issues, then finish with the progressive perspective on all. Resources Migration Policy Institute: The Obama Record on Deportations: Deporter in Chief or Not? TBIJ: Obama’s covert drone war in numbers: ten times more strikes… NPR: Pledging To End Two Wars, Obama Finds Himself Entangled In Three Video: Cornel West's Note to Obama Obama Library UNFTR Resources Video: Barack Obama: The BEST REPUBLICAN President Ever -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. 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 hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.