

Trillbilly Worker's Party
Trillbilly Worker's Party
Born to Party, Forced to Work
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May 26, 2023 • 1h 13min
Episode 292: Advice Column Filibuster
This week we got bogged down in trying to answer some of the biggest ethical questions of our day
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May 18, 2023 • 1h 19min
Episode 291: Rodeo Is Life
The rest is just waiting.
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May 11, 2023 • 1h 29min
Episode 290: The Penultimate Court
This week on the Trillbillies we're disrupting the criminal justice system
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May 4, 2023 • 1h 42min
Episode 289: Work Smarter, Not Harder
Bob Dylan goes to Deadwood, Thomas Friedman opens up some boxes, Cop City comes to West Virginia, Letcher County speaks its piece
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Apr 28, 2023 • 2h 2min
Episode 288: Crazy White Boy University (w/ special guest John Lingan)
This week we're discussing John Brown, as seen through the eyes of the late novelist, Russell Banks, in his novel Cloudsplitter. DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that Russell Banks's novel is a work of fiction, and is not meant to be read as a literal interpretation of history--and thus neither is our episode.
To help us work through it, we've enlisted the help of writer John Lingan, whose great book on Creedence Clearwater Revival is out now: https://www.amazon.com/Song-Everyone-Creedence-Clearwater-Revival/dp/0306846713
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Apr 20, 2023 • 1h 8min
Episode 287: Big Time Criminality
This week it's a grab bag of allergy-fueled bits and news, followed by an op-ed from a friend at the NYTimes about the formula for making crime go up
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Apr 14, 2023 • 1h 32min
Episode 286: Feuerbach, Texas (w/ special guest Mina Shedd)
This week we talk a wide range of topics, mostly centered on what's going on in states like Tennessee: mass shootings, anti-trans bills, centralization of power in state governments, etc. To do it, we've enlisted our Tennessean friend Mina Shedd from Middle Tennessee DSA. To wrap it all up, we cover an op-ed from the New York Times about "Wagon Wheel Gun Reform"
You can find and support Mina's many projects on Twitter at: @ScrewballDetctr
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Apr 6, 2023 • 1h 23min
Episode 285: Con Air Landlordism (w/ special guests Katy Slininger & Ben Mabie)
This week we're talking about landlord self defense classes, tenant unions, and tenant organizing, with special guests Katy Slininger (Cargill Tenants Union) and Ben Mabie (Crown Heights Tenant Union, Tenant Union Flatbush). Make sure to stick around for the end, where we look at how landlords are arming themselves for the rev.
Emergency Tenant Organizing Committee: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-the-emergency-tenant-organizing-committee/
Connecticut Tenants Union: https://www.cttenantsunion.org/
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Mar 30, 2023 • 1h 8min
Episode 284: White Man Down
This week we discuss one white liberal's quest to end race-based affirmative action
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Mar 24, 2023 • 1h 31min
Episode 283: Baghdad Bob The Builder
This week we discuss (yet again) Silicon Valley Bank, Bret Stephens's reflections on the Iraq War, and a man named Johnny Shield's views on conservatism in higher education.
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