Unf*cking The Republic

In response to a number of listeners suggesting that Max be less dismissive of religion and pay attention to the UNFTR creed of meeting people where they are, Max invited his friend Reverend Roger Williams on the show. The wide ranging discussion covers fundamentalist interpretations of the Bible, the struggle Black Americans have aligning with political parties, and how the next generation of voters will shape the country moving forward. This Episode Online Transcript (Coming Soon) Show Notes Resources First Baptist Church GC Facebook First Baptist Church GC YouTube UNFTR Episode Resources The Black & Jewish Divide in America. -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. 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) and Hold Fast (holdfastband.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max shakes off the cobwebs to take stock of where the country is as we head into 2024. In this “Max Unfiltered” take to start the year he examines the tension between the past and present. Has the arc of history bent toward progress? Sure. But it's maddening to know that there is still so much unnecessary suffering in the world when the U.S. has the capacity to solve so much of it both at home and abroad. Chapters Intro: 00:01:27 Post Show Musings: 00:24:08 Outro: 00:37:15 This Episode Online Essay Show Notes Video Resources New York Times: Claudine Gay: What Just Happened at Harvard Is Bigger Than Me CBS News: After exit of Claudine Gay, Bill Ackman paints bull's-eye on diversity programs The New Yorker: How a Conservative Activist Invented the Conflict Over Critical Race Theory Lee Fang: The Secret Dossier Behind Claudine Gay’s Downfall Marc Lamont Hill YouTube USA Today: The number of homeless people in America grew in 2023 as high cost of living took a toll CBS News: Stocks close out 2023 with a 24% gain, buoyed by a resilient economy CBS News: 2023 is officially the hottest year ever recorded, and scientists say "the temperature will keep rising" Washington Post: Visualizing the size of Gaza City compared with U.S. cities Times of Israel: Israel in talks with Congo and other countries on Gaza ‘voluntary migration’ plan Human Rights Watch: Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations Urge United Nations to Mobilize to Address Crisis in Sudan Human Rights Watch: Democratic Republic of Congo AP: How Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea are affecting global trade AP: Iran says at least 84 were killed in blasts at a ceremony honoring slain general Haaretz: No, an Israeli Real Estate Company Is Not Selling Beachfront Homes in Gaza Bad Faith: DEBATE: Vote For Joe Biden vs Cornel West? FiveThirtyEight: Latest Polls New York Times: The World’s Population May Peak in Your Lifetime. What Happens Next? Slate: The Squad Is About to Fight for Its Political Life NBC News: 'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side UNFTR: Progressive Resource Directory -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. 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) and Hold Fast (holdfastband.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, the team winds down 2023 with a very special edition of Show Notes. Max and 99 experience peak silliness as they discuss the new UNFTR website, headlines, and hear from a special guest. Happy holidays Unf*ckers! Chapters Intro: 00:00:20 Hold Fast Theme: 00:11:39 Headlines: 00:26:41 Emails: 00:37:03 Social Shout Outs: 01:23:01 YouTube Shout Outs: 01:28:41 Buy Me A Coffee Memberships + Donations: 01:30:20 Special Guest: 01:31:48 Headlines The Guardian: US child poverty doubled in 2022, thanks to Joe Manchin. We must reverse course AP: Donald Trump banned from Colorado ballot in a historic ruling by the state’s Supreme Court The New Yorker: What Would It Mean To Treat Animals Fairly? WSWS: Record high for debt repayments by low-income nations Resources Hold Fast Online: Hold Fast Instagram Hold Fast YouTube Hold Fast Spotify Hold Fast Facebook SNL: Dylan McDermott or Dermot Mulroney SNL: New Cast Member or Arcade Fire?  Behind the Bastards: Part One Kissinger News Beat: Racist AI: Facial Recognition & Wrongful Arrests Will Watkins Art Unf*cker Recommendations Johnny Harris: Why the Swiss Love Their Guns (more than Americans) -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. 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 written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This podcast series delves into President Jimmy Carter's rise to power, the challenges he faced during his presidency, including troubles within the Democratic ranks and global economic challenges, and his legacy. It explores Carter's foreign policy goals, the construction of the Panama Canal, tensions between Carter and Ted Kennedy, and his campaign strategies that led to his victory.

There was a time when we listened to scientists. Believe it or not, it actually happened in the 1980s. Under Ronald Reagan. (Don’t get me wrong, he’s still a quasi-villain in this story.) When set against the backdrop of Cop28 being run by an oil and gas executive, that time we banned a whole bunch of products and chemicals in the 80s will make you wistful. When scientists discovered a hole in the ozone layer, the world came together to pass the Montreal Protocol and then something even more miraculous occurred: it worked. In 2017 scientists noticed that the hole had started to repair itself and was shrinking. Here’s the story of how it all came together. Resources The Guardian: Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels European Central Bank: A new age of energy inflation: climateflation, fossilflation and greenflation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Time: Reagan Administration Officials at First Dismissed the Ozone Hole. Here's What Changed UNIDO: HCFC Phase Out Los Angeles Times: Op-Ed: Reagan made a massive environmental mistake. Trump is repeating it, only worse NOAA: 4 facts you might not know about ozone and the Montreal Protocol Goldman Sachs Publishing: Lithium: The short trade must go on -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. 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 written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today’s Show Notes Max and 99 review the schedule for the rest of December and trade some stories on the heels of the (thankfully) lighter Quickie episode. Enjoy! Listen to the corresponding episode. Chapters Intro: 00:00:20 Headlines: 00:03:41 Emails: 00:30:30 Facebook Shout Outs: 01:25:20 YouTube Shout Outs: 01:26:55 Buy Me A Coffee Memberships + Donations: 01:28:27 Outro: 01:28:43 Headlines The Guardian: White House warns it is ‘out of money and nearly out of time’ to aid Ukraine NPR: Senator hires an indicted and ousted representative to troll an indicted senator The Guardian: Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels Resources Outrage + Optimism Podcast Holiday Merch Unf*cker Recommendations Cathy O'Neil: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. 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 written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s Quickie predicts the three men who will combine to beat Joe Biden next November. Can you guess any one of them? Chapters Intro: 00:00:12 Subject One: 00:01:12 Subject Two: 00:06:35 Subject Three: 00:11:30 Outro: 00:17:51 Sketch: 00:19:54 Post Show Musings: 00:22:26 Resources The Guardian: ‘Steve Bannon is watching us closely’: Naomi Klein on populists, conspiracists and real-world activism Esquire: In the War Room with Steve Bannon The Conference Board: Economic Forecast for the US Economy PBS: U.S. may need slower economic growth to beat inflation, Fed chair says The Hill: Democrats nearly double Republicans in October fundraising Politico: The generational divide over Israel and Palestine is widening The Nation: Biden’s Quagmire: Israel, Gaza, and Those Really Scary Polls Book Love Jeanna Smialek: Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. 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 written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's Show Notes has Max and 99 catching up on the last three episodes; they cover more Palestine series feedback from the Unf*ckers, and announced some exciting holiday merch! Resources Holiday Merch Shop Coffee UNFTR Bookshop.org Shop UNFTR Episode Resources Palestine: An Introduction. The Land Imperialism Left Behind. Palestine: Part One. The Jewish Question. Palestine: Part Two. The Palestinian Cause. Palestine: Part Three. Two states, one state, none. Phone A Friend: Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine. Palestine: Epilogue. “Never Forget.” -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. 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 written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The epilogue to the Palestine series is an essay from Max that draws upon personal experience and reveals what he learned from putting together these episodes. The conclusions are far from uplifting. In fact, they’re dire. Resources Marxists.org: Leon Trotsky on Zionism  Council on Foreign Relations: What to Know About the Arab Citizens of Israel PBS: Parallel Realities - Resolution 242 And The Aftermath Of 1967 | Shattered Dreams Of Peace Wikipedia: Six-Day War Opinio Juris: The Biden Administration and the Golan Heights Al Jazeera: Mapping Israeli occupation | Infographic News Jewish Virtual Library: Vital Statistics: Jewish Population of the World Christopher Hitchens on Antisemitism BBC News: Golan Heights profile The Baffler: Unmaking the Myth of Ben-Gurion My Jewish Learning: Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Mizrahi and Ethiopian Jews JCPA: Ben-Gurion’s Concept of Mamlahtiut and the Forming Reality of the State of Israel  Council on Foreign Relations: The Sunni-Shia Divide Council on Foreign Relations: What Is U.S. Policy on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Council on Foreign Relations: How Evictions in Jerusalem Led to Israeli-Palestinian Violence NPR: This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel The Jewish Agency: Modern Zionist Aliyot The Weiner Holocaust Library: How did the Holocaust happen? Holocaust Encyclopedia: The Evian Conference Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question:  Issa al-Sifri UN: Faisal-Weizmann agreement/Non-UN document - Question of Palestine Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question: Musa Kazim Husseini  Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question: Great Arab Revolt, 1936-1939  Fanack: Historic Palestine: The Arab Executive (1920 -1934)  MERIP: Owen, Studies in the Economic and Social History of Palestine MERIP: Conspiracy of Praise Just Vision: Izz ad-Din al-Qassam The New York Times Archive: The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World since 1948 Jewish Virtual Library: Ze’ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky Encyclopedia: Altalena Palestine Nexus Palquest: Abd al-Aziz Rantisi MERIP: The War of Numbers The Washington Post: War Casualties Put at 48,000 in Lebanon Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute: The Reagan Administration and Lebanon, 1981–1984 Al Jazeera: Who is Israel’s far-right, pro-settler Security Minister Ben-Gvir? Blowback: How Israel Went From Helping Create Hamas To Bombing It HRW: Israel: Gaza Killings Unlawful, Calculated The Hill: Trump on Israel embassy move: ‘Evangelicals appreciate it more than the Jews’ HRW: A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution Pew Research Center: Israel’s Religiously Divided Society The Guardian: Red Cross and Vatican helped thousands of Nazis to escape Pew Research Center: The most (and least) culturally diverse countries in the world Mosaic Magazine: The Looming War Over Israel’s Law of Return The Daily: Israeli Citizenship for Non-Jews - Exploring the Naturalization Process The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel: Discriminatory Laws in Israel Council on Foreign Relations: What to Know About the Arab Citizens of Israel Human Rights Watch: A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution Reuters: How Hamas secretly built a 'mini-army' to fight Israel Human Rights Watch: Israel: Gaza Killings Unlawful, Calculated Wilson Center: The US Discovery of Israel's Secret Nuclear Project Associated Press: With the world’s eyes on Gaza, attacks are on the rise in the West Bank, which faces its own war Council on Foreign Relations: Conflict in Syria Reuters: Lebanon economic crisis worsened by vested interests, IMF says United Nations: Ethnic Cleansing NPR: Half of Gaza's population is under 18. Here's what that means for the conflict Mediaite: Former Mossad Chief Makes Shocking Claim on CNN: There’s No Such Thing as ‘Non-Combatant Population in the Gaza Strip’ Because ‘All of the Gazans Voted For Hamas’ Committee to Protect Journalists: Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war Book Love Rashid Khalidi: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 Moshé Machover: Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Resolution Dennis Ross: Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace James L. Gelvin: The Israel-Palestine Conflict Jeremy Wilson: Lawrence of Arabia: The Authorised Biography of T. E. Lawrence Jim Newton: Eisenhower: The White House Years Augustus Richard Norton: Hezbollah: A Short History Updated and Expanded Third Edition UNFTR Episode Resources Palestine: An Introduction. The Land Imperialism Left Behind. Palestine: Part One. The Jewish Question. Palestine: Part Two. The Palestinian Cause. Palestine: Part Three. Two states, one state, none. Phone A Friend: Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine. -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. 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 written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. They discuss topics such as the relationship between Jews and Arabs in the Ottoman Empire, the role of Arab countries in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the issues with using Jordan as a solution, the rise of Hamas, and diverse perspectives among young people.