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Mass Incarceration: The War On Drugs. Apr 09, 2021

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And a good day to you my beloved Unf*ckers. We’re back with another blood-boiling, enraging episode of Unf*cking the Republic. Mass Incarceration: The War on Drugs. It’s a topic that has thankfully come further into the light thanks to the profound work of several organizations such as the Prison Policy Initiative, The Sentencing Project, Innocence Project and more. This episode features a special clip from another incredible pod, News Beat, which does a ton of work on the issue of mass incarceration.

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News Beat Podcast: link.chtbl.com/newsbeat

Book Love

Johann Hari- Chasing the Scream: The Opposite of Addiction Is Connection: bookshop.org/a/23377/9781620408902

Michelle Alexander- The New Jim Crow: bookshop.org/a/23377/9781620971932

Bryan Stevenson- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: bookshop.org/a/23377/9780812984965

Resources

News Beat Podcast- Mass Incarceration: usnewsbeat.com/mass-incarceration

Prison Policy Initiative: prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html, prisonpolicy.org/probation_parole.html

The Sentencing Project: sentencingproject.org/criminal-justice-facts/

Brookings: brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/03/14/5-facts-about-prisoners-and-work-before-and-after-incarceration

The Intercept- Gary Webb: theintercept.com/2014/09/25/managing-nightmare-cia-media-destruction-gary-webb

The Atlantic- Violent Crime on the Decline: theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/what-caused-the-crime-decline/477408

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Culture Cancel: The American Holocaust. Mar 29, 2021

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Despite the occasional reference to poverty statistics or coverage of events like Standing Rock, the plight of Native Americans continues to be a blind spot in our politics. This episode frames the issue of economic justice by examining the historical relationship between sovereign Indian nations and the conquering governments of the U.S. and Canada. While the corporate media obsess over “cancel culture,” we explain how our governments tried to cancel the entire indigenous culture. The show ends with a modest proposal to borrow a Canadian strategy to begin an economic reconciliation in the U.S. that could be the proving ground for universal basic income.

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The Laura Flanders Sho‪w‬- Indigenous People’s Powe‪r‬

Let's Talk Native... with John Kan‪e‬

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Stimulate This Beyotch. Mar 19, 2021

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The United States seems to have lost the ability to govern and has given itself over to the whims of corporations that are designing every inch of our lives, our economy, our domestic and foreign policies and ultimately our national priorities. In between busts in the boom and bust market cycles, we’re only capable of tinkering around the edges. As much as we desperately need another round of stimulus, it will be a pyrrhic victory if we don’t fix the structural imbalance in our nation that has repressed and subjugated the poor and working class.

Pod Love

Chapo Trap House - Episode 503 Unlocked: Will Talks to Steven Donziger About Taking on Chevron

Professor Richard D. Wolff's Economic Update Podcast

Book Love

Michael Grunwald - The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era

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Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media, Original music by Tom McGovern. Written, hosted and distributed by Nunya Fuckin’ Bidness.

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March 2021 Quickie: Cuomo, Tanden & Manchin. Mar 13, 2021

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Hey Unf*ckers. We have a new “inter-episode” format - Unf*cking Quickies - meant to parachute into more current events by looking at three different, but related things happening in the world right now. In this inaugural Quickie we take a topical look at three members of the Democratic Party that are having very different experiences of late: embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, failed O.M.B. appointee Neera Tanden, and Senator I’m-so-fucking-important Joe Manchin.

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Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media, and written, hosted and distributed by Nunya Fuckin’ Bidness.

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America Inc. Copyright, 2021. Mar 05, 2021

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“I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” These are the nine words Ronald Reagan called “terrifying.” Just another brick in the wall of disdain and deflection politicians use to get elected to the government they hate so much. Cascading structural failures in the system appears to give credence to claims of government incompetence but how much of it is actually by design? This week we unfuck the corporate attack on the system and break down the inherent evils of privatization and deregulation, the dreaded sisters of oligarchy.

Show Notes:

The Lewis Powell Memo: A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy

Capitalizing on Mass Incarceration: U.S. Growth in Private Prisons

From Pittsburgh to Flint, the Dire Consequences of Giving Private Companies Responsibility for Ailing Public Water Systems

Towns sell their public water systems — and come to regret it

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Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic on Substack at unftr.substack.com to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week.

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Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media, and written, hosted and distributed by Nunya Fuckin’ Bidness.

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Unfucking Congress: And the Fucking Fuckers Who Fucked Us. Feb 22, 2021

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Congress is a quirky place. The rules are arcane. The people are diverse. The power struggle is real. We take a brief, and sometimes ridiculous journey through history to examine the beating heart of our democracy to find out whether or not Congress has always been this fucked up. We call out some of the best and worst actors in the 117th Congress, why it’s impossible to get anything done these days and look back at some of the biggest assholes that ruined it for everyone else. (Hint: Newt Gingrich has a starring role.) We finish with the biggest hurdles we face in straightening out this whole mess and the one priority that supersedes all else.

Show Notes:

The text of H.R. 1: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text

NYT Kinzinger Profile: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/us/politics/adam-kinzinger-republicans-trump.html

Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy by Adam Jentleson: https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781631497773

The Man Who Broke Politics Story by McKay Coppins: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/newt-gingrich-says-youre-welcome/570832/

NYT Op-Ed. Former Congressman Steve Israel: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/09/opinion/steve-israel-confessions-of-a-congressman.html

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Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media, and written, hosted and distributed by Nunya Fuckin’ Bidness.

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Dear Rebekkkah Mercer: A Love Letter To the Alt-Right's Sugar Mama. Feb 10, 2021

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As we covered in our insurrection episode, it’s actually quite difficult to take down an Empire, particularly one as fortified as the United States. But that hasn’t stopped one family from trying. If you haven’t met them yet, it’s our pleasure to introduce you to the Mercer family. The patriarch Robert is a reclusive billionaire—we think—who uses his fortune to fund fun initiatives like, rolling back Civil Rights legislation, climate change denial and alt-right white supremacist groups. His willing co-conspirator is his middle child, Rebekah, who is the subject of this episode and recipient of our love letter. Join us as we unfuck the Mercer fortune and discuss chaos is their chief desire.

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Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media, and written, hosted and distributed by Nunya Fuckin’ Bidness.

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The Beatification of Ronald Reagan. Feb 01, 2021

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The minute the election was called, the GOP went into high gear reshaping its image for the next cycle. Because nostalgia is its single greatest weapon, they’ll be digging into the archives to revise history once again. Nixon’s still forever off the table. George W. Bush will have Iraq hanging over him for decades to come. Bush Sr. was so forgettable he couldn’t win a second term. So that leaves the Gipper. Mark my words, the beatification of Ronald Reagan is already underway so it’s time to brush up on Dutch and remember his most fucked accomplishments, including one caper so diabolical we’re still living with it today.

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Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media, and written, hosted and distributed by Nunya Fuckin’ Bidness.

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How Trump Threw Away His Shot. Jan 25, 2021

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Is he gone yet? I mean really gone? Okay. Wow. So that happened. Holy shit, what a four years. This episode of Unf*cking The Republic briefly encapsulates the utter shit show that was the Trump administration while pointing out that we ultimately dodged a massive bullet precisely because it was a shit show. But while Trump’s stupidity is ultimately what saved the republic, he left behind a playbook for a more capable authoritarian to dismantle our democracy. Lastly, we’ll review the conditions necessary for a proper collapse and the one surprising factor that is ironically holding it all together.

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Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media, and written, hosted and distributed by Nunya Fuckin’ Bidness.

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Ayn Rand Was a Dick. Jan 15, 2021

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On this episode of UNFTR we unfuck the theory of “objectivism,” a movement inspired by novelist Ayn Rand in the 1950s and talk about how it still influences our politics today. We’ll uncover how this little Russian chain smoking gnome garnered a massive American following from her crappy novels and inspired generations of politicians who see themselves as the embodiment of John Galt, the protagonist of her most famous novel Atlas Shrugged. Who IS John Galt? Answer: Who gives a shit?

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Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic on Substack at unftr.substack.com to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week.

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Unf*cking the Republic is produced and engineered by Manny Faces Media, and written, hosted and distributed by Nunya Fuckin’ Bidness.

Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’

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