Trillbilly Worker's Party

A mysterious man crawled out of the ceiling of Tom's high school English class and taught everyone a very important lesson. Also features coverage of the Murdaugh murder trial, and a reading of David Frum's Iraq War revisionism. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we tackle some hard questions: is the perfect relationship possible? Who is the Universal Christ? Should colleges be more like prison? After that we finish it all up with some Synth Your Piece. Tarence's article in the Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/covidreliefkentucky/ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we talk about the ecological phenomenon known as "whiskey fungus," followed by a hard pivot into the world of higher ed Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we talk Ukraine, the ruling class's fixation on Boxes, and the mass hysteria of Devil's Milkshakes issuing from East Palestine, Ohio Check out Aaron's story here: https://spacelight.substack.com/p/this-machine Tarence's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-devils-milkshake-ray And our Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Everything from religion to industrial disasters to Mehdi Hasan's debating methods Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Our good friend Kate Wagner (@mcmansionhell) is back to tell us about the NEOM city-state in the Saudi Arabian desert, as well as all the soulless architects and designers working on it. You can read Kate's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/line-in-the-sand-wagner And support us on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we're joined by University of Chicago professor of history, Gabriel Winant, to discuss the social and political origins of the modern healthcare industry in places like Pittsburgh and Appalachia. To learn more, you can purchase Gabe's book, The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Healthcare in Rust Belt America: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674238091 And you can always support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Come for the Nat Turner discourse, stay for the Progress In Science and Technology discourse Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We start off with a little bit of giant discourse (different from last week's giant discourse); cover some news miscellanea; and then hear another entry from the all-time great New York Times column, The Conversation Help us get our wonderful film optioned by supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

On this first (free) episode of the year we take a journey through cop lore; talk movies; and meet a real life Mr. Freeze, who's here to kick some ice Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty