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To Be Named UNFTR Show (2-21-26). Feb 21, 2026

Show notes

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.

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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.

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Stupid Is as Stupid Does: Will the real Scott Bessent please stand up? Feb 19, 2026

Show notes

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.

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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.

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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/memberships

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To Be Named UNFTR Show (2-14-26). Feb 14, 2026

Show notes

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/memberships

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Why the Stock Market Keeps Going Up: (While Everything Else Goes Down.) Feb 09, 2026

Show notes

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/memberships

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The Unstoppable Donald John. Feb 02, 2026

Show notes

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.

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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.

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Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is hosted by Max and distributed by 99.

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Little Marco’s Coup D’Etat: Kidnapping Maduro. Feb 01, 2026

Show notes

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.

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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.

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The BRICS Unit: The Beginning of the End for Dollar Dominance? Jan 26, 2026

Show notes

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.

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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.

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Show Notes [January 12, 2026.] Jan 12, 2026

Show notes

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

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/memberships

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The Rob Reiner Conversation We Deserved. Dec 24, 2025

Show notes

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

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.

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Show Notes [December 13, 2025.] Dec 13, 2025

Show notes

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

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/memberships

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.