

Trillbilly Worker's Party
Trillbilly Worker's Party
Born to Party, Forced to Work
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Oct 6, 2023 • 1h 8min
Episode 311: Scaring The Bros
First we confer with our friends over at Compact Mag about how leftists should be more interested in ancient Rome. Then we talk about how the rest of the world is laffin at us. Finally we take a look at a rural community in Michigan who is apparently fighting the red tide.
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Oct 3, 2023 • 1h 27min
**UNLOCKED** Nothing is Inevitable (w/ special guest Christina Heatherton)
Unlocked from the Patreon vault: Christina Heatherton, professor of American Studies and Human Rights at Trinity College in Connecticut, talks with us about global radicalism in the era of the Mexican Revolution
Buy Christina's book here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520287877/arise

Sep 27, 2023 • 1h 15min
Episode 310: People Of Substance (w/ special guest Molly McGhee)
Author Molly McGhee discusses her upcoming book, debt, dreams, work, and religion. The hosts also explore loss, regret, surprising connections in the New York media world, and the fear of the universe ending upon death. They touch on beliefs about the afterlife, obscurity, and their experiences with Burning Man.

Sep 22, 2023 • 1h 31min
Episode 309: Appalachian Creation Museum
This week we're talking about once again about y'all etiquette, Boebert, class distinctions, the Appalachian creation myth, and the UAW strike
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Sep 14, 2023 • 1h 35min
Episode 308: No Statesman Left Behind
Fascinating topics discussed include the practicality of stealth bombers, using DVDs as currency, tragedy of past civilizations, hypothetical meeting of ancient Romans and Chinese, alienation from our own species, toilet paper preferences, Mitt Romney's career, living situation, and the events of the January 6th Capitol attack.

Sep 7, 2023 • 1h 25min
Episode 307: Dinner Roll Crimes
This week we talk about roping and riding, hear a tale from a listener, head to Texas for some garden variety insanity, and get an update on the situation at WVU
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Aug 30, 2023 • 1h 26min
Episode 306: Bowtie Economics (feat. WVU Panel)
This week we're talking about the proposed cuts and layoffs at West Virginia University, and to do it we've enlisted a damn platoon.
First we have Dennis Hogan, a postdoctoral fellow at Haverford College, who has an article in The Baffler this week about the WVU situation (link below). Then we have two grad students at WVU, Bethany Winters and Christian Rowe, who are involved in the union (@westvirginiaunited on Instagram, @wvunitedsu on Twitter). Finally we have writer and professor Glenn Taylor (@GlennTaylorBook on Twitter), who teaches in WVU's creative writing department.
Check out Dennis Hogan's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/capture-the-flagship-hogan
To contact the board of governors
valerie.lopez@mail.wvu.edu
To contact the provost
provost@mail.wvu.edu
To contact the vice president of strategic initiatives
rob.alsop@mail.wvu.edu
Petition for vote of no-confidence in Gee:
https://www.change.org/p/support-wvu-assembly-resolution-of-no-confidence-in-gordon-gee
Petition to save creative writing program: https://www.change.org/p/save-wvu-s-mfa-program-preserve-the-future-of-creative-writing-education?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=90780690-c462-012f-672a-4040acce234c

Aug 24, 2023 • 1h 2min
Episode 305: Extreme Makeover: Democracy Edition
This week the Washington Post gives us a lesson in democracy, and then we check the various reactions to the GOP debate from the good folks over at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
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Aug 17, 2023 • 1h 23min
Episode 304: Signs of Cannibalism
This week...we're going back for more Ethicist
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Aug 10, 2023 • 1h 16min
Episode 303: The Right Amount
This week we discuss: original sin, whether or not we've ruined sex, and synth your piece
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