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Sad FranciscoCoal to Crypto Mines f/ Tom Sexton (Trillbilly Workers' Party)Silicon Valley scions tried to sell Appalachia on how crypto would bring every out-of-work coal miner a job. Locals got nothing, but the scheme worked for a few tech entrepreneurs, who were showered with government subsidies and tax breaks. With Tom Sexton of the Trillbilly Workers' Party. Trillbilly Workers' Party: soundcloud.com/user-972848621-463073718/tracks2023-09-1422 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 171: Thank You, KentuckyTrillbillies coverage of Election Day 2020
Also please welcome our newest Trillbilly member, Aaron Thorpe, who we couldn't bus up to Kentucky for this episode but who was on our most recent Patreon episode and will be on our upcoming episodes: @posadist_trapgd on Twitter if you'd like to say hello
And please check out Tarence's article at Verso: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4905-a-view-from-trump-country
And finally you can support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-11-051h 15
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 168: Jet Fuel Can't Melt Clout(The audio gets better a couple minutes into the episode) This week we cover: the earliest known Devil's Milkshake (at least in Trillbilly canon anyways); the Hillbilly Elegy trailer; and the McGrath vs. McConnell Senate debate
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-10-151h 08
Trillbilly Worker's PartyYear Zero 2: Black Gold Fever (w/ special guest Timothy Mitchell)Welcome to the second installation of the Trillbilly Workers Party's Year Zero series, where we try to unravel some of the biggest political-economic questions of our day, and learn some things along the way.
For this one we're joined by Timothy Mitchell, author of the Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil (2011, Verso Books)who talks to us about how oil became central to the restructuring of the global economy after WW2, and then became central to the unraveling of that economy during the late 1960s and early 70s. We also look at what the future of energy...2020-09-151h 25
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 163: Call Someone Who CaresLive from the front porch, this week we touch on everything from outlaw country singers to social justice jewelers to Biden's diminishing youth vote
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-09-101h 24
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 162: Playing To WinThis week it's anarchist jurisdiction zones, Biden's anti-protestor ads, and the disturbing cottage industry that's sprung up around Breonna Taylor's murder
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 161: God Needed A DriverNote: we recorded this outside, so apologies for the ambient bug noises.
We cover all the craziest news of the week--hurricanes, wildfires, shootings, political conventions, striking professional athletes--and then try to fit it all within some unhinged religious worldview.
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-08-281h 15
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 160: Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Chronic LymeOur friend Katy (@itsbedtime_) joins us to talk about the postal service, the DNC, and what might happen in the coming months.
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-08-201h 18
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 159: Pseudo-Apostles and Sweet BoysT&T dig into the late middle ages, Biden's VP pick, and the soon-to-be congressional battles between THE SQUAD and QANON
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 158: The Scab CoupleThis week we cover Trump's Axios interview, a grifting social justice Instagram account, and a couple that just loves to scab on their fellow workers.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 157: The London Review Of HolesThis week we talk about Senate candidate Amy McGrath's visit to Whitesburg, and then discuss the ultimate Kentucky Devil's Milkshake.
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-07-301h 17
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 156: SS Promise Zones (w/ Special Guest: Bayley Amburgey)We talk with organizer and teacher Bayley Amburgey about our home county's fiscal woes, as well as the situation in Louisville.2020-07-241h 06
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 155: Neowise County CometA blood omen in the night sky during a time of pandemic. Except make it boring
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 154: No Fake AccountsLive from Tarence's front porch (all safely socially-distanced of course). In this one: the infamous Harper's Letter; Tanya has the only correct take on Wendell Berry; the country and county slide further into hell; and new developments in the Breonna Taylor case.
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-07-091h 23
Trillbilly Worker's PartyUNLOCKED: Premium Episode 106: "Dollyology For The Masses" (w/ Special Guest: Dr. Jessie Wilkerson)Dr. Jessie Wilkerson (@Dr_JessieW), author of To Live Here, You Have to Fight, joins us to talk about Dolly Parton and the recent push to replace Confederate monuments with...Dolly monuments.
You can read Jessie's essay about Dolly here: https://longreads.com/2018/10/16/living-with-dolly-parton/
And you can order Jessie's amazing book here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/88kwn4rh9780252042188.html2020-07-051h 18
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 153: The Kentucky Axis of EvilHop on board the poonanni train as we learn about the Kentucky Axis of Evil and Amy McGrath's whereabouts on 9/11
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-07-021h 20
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 152: Tanya Turner, White ResidentThis week we do some debriefing about our local self-organized Juneteenth art parade, review some Speak Your Pieces, and then maybe even submit a few ourselves.
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-06-251h 16
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 151: Anything But The A-WordAfter our local BLM rally last week, the highest-elected official in the county took to Facebook with a few choice words about leftists, racism, and Adolf Hitler. We talk about all the fall out from that, and then hear from our old pals Gail and Bret of the New York Times.
Throw a few dollars to our friend Charles Booker, who needs our help getting through the Democratic Primaries to take on Mitch McConnell in November: https://bookerforkentucky.com/
Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-06-191h 20
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 150: Cop DialecticsTime to do some theorizing about your favorite subject: cops
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Support Charles Booker here: https://bookerforkentucky.com/2020-06-111h 16
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 149: One Million RealitiesWeek 2 of the nation in revolt -- brought to you from a log cabin in the woods of Eastern Kentucky.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyUNLOCKED: Posse Commie TightassWe decided to unlock our Patreon episode for the weekend, about the nation in revolt. Enjoy!
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyBONUS: End Bail Now! (w/ special guest Shameka L. Parrish-Wright)Tanya talks with Shameka Parrish-Wright (@Seasoned4u) for this bonus episode about incarceration in Kentucky, Bail Reform, COVID-19 in our prisons, and weekly actions in Louisville, KY to empty the jail & demand justice for Breonna Taylor, who was murdered by police in her bed in March.
Since recording, more murders by police have erupted revolts across the country and the 911 audio from the night of Breonna's death was released by her family. Riots in Louisville Thursday night (May 28, 2020) resulted in several shootings and more in jail.
Donate to The Bail Project or Louisville Community Bail Fund to support their release.
...2020-05-291h 16
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 148: End Times of SomethingAnother seminal week in the late-era American republic, with all of the grotesqueries and monstrosities you would expect to find in such a situation.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyMEMORIAL DAY BONUS: "TRILLBILLY SPORTS RADIO, VOL. 2 (w/ Special Guest: Matt Jones)Matt Jones of Kentucky Sport Radio stops by to talk Kentucky politics, his new book, and sports/life in general in the era of coronavirus.2020-05-2548 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 147: Trump's Treason MovementAnother week with Speak Your Piece, Harry Truman, the Iron Stache, and the Holy Bible.
Support our show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-05-211h 11
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 146: The Buzz DosageThis week it's Dylan 2 Dylan, peehole parasites, and more scolding from the old New Left. Surely there's a throughline somewhere in there.
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-05-141h 34
Trillbilly Worker's PartySUNDAY SERVICE 4: Loopholes of the BibleIn this series finale, Trillbilly Baptist Church is being closed due to quarantine violations, but Bishop Sexton and Music Minister Ray are able to get one last sermon out before the liberals in the Governor's Mansion manage to close the doors. Also features a washed up Christian rocker and a worship leader synth-crooner. Thank you for enjoying our Sunday Services, we hope to be back some day.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 145: Island Time With Tom Sexton (w/ special guest Josh Olson)Screenwriter Josh Olson (@joshuarolson, @TheMoviesMadeMe) stopped by the trillbilly quarantine zone to talk Hollywood, celebrity culture, and the notorious RBG.
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-05-071h 23
Trillbilly Worker's PartyYEAR ZERO 1: The Thousand Year Stare (w/ special guest Sean KB)Introducing Year Zero, a new miniseries on political economy hosted by Tarence. In this first episode we speak with Sean KB (@as_a_worker on twitter)from the Antifada podcast (@the_antifada) about what he terms The Thousand Year Stare: the specific feeling one unlocks by reading Giovanni Arrighi's "The Long Twentieth Century." We'll be using the book to discuss the chaotic times in which we live, but don't worry: you don't have to have read it to follow along in the conversation. You just have to be willing to face the past, present, and future with a perfected thousand...2020-05-051h 49
The Movies That Made MePodcasters The Trillbilly Worker's PartyTarence Ray and Tom Sexton from the Trillbilly Worker's Party take Joe and Josh on a cinematic journey through the South.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 144: Ocean Front Property on the Kentucky RiverA low energy (Low T) episode rife with technical difficulties and incorrect speculations about the nature of the universe and what not.
Go listen to the good episodes over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-05-011h 24
Trillbilly Worker's PartySUNDAY SERVICE 3: Great Political Leaders of the BibleBishop Sexton preaches about the need for Strong Italian Leadership; Music Minister Ray brings the heart of worship back to the heartland; and the Apostle Paul gets his ass thrown in jail once again.
Send your tithes and offerings to: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-04-2642 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 143: Survival Mode To Beast ModeThis week it's Epstein, welfare queens, and coffee beans.
Support your local small business on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-04-231h 34
Trillbilly Worker's PartySUNDAY SERVICE 2: Gays and Lesbians of the BibleWe tackle all those thorny (and horny) passages from the Bible, like Leviticus 18 and David and Jonathan's love affair in the books of Samuel.
Forward your tithings to: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-04-1953 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 142: Uniquely Qualified For These TimesThis week we cover Bezos making billions off the pandemic, MAGA protests to re-open the economy, Pelosi's ice cream stash, and the Bernie/Obama endorsements of Biden.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-04-161h 26
Trillbilly Worker's PartySUNDAY SERVICE 1: Fakes And Liars Of The BibleOn this Easter Sunday we're taking you to First Trillbilly Baptist Church as part of our new quarantine series, Sunday Service. This week you'll learn all about the importance of getting those fake friends out of your life, and how you can encourage them to visit their nearest seppuku fields.
Send your tithes to Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-04-1238 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 141: In the Land of UzRIP Bernie 2020, Death to America
Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-04-091h 22
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 140: O.P.P. (Other People's Paychecks)This week it's landlords, Joe Biden, the free hand of the market, and trying to avoid nihilism by converting to religion.
This week's free episode brought to you by: other people's paychecks. That's right, sign up on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-04-031h 23
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 139: Trial Balloon for a Climate DisasterThe gang talks about the blood sacrifice offered to the market earlier this week as well as the stimulus package, and then enters the science lab to examine the weirdest political experiment of the modern era: the campaign of Joseph R. Biden. We've come a long way from President My Guy, folks.
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And listen to Tarence's band Tenure on Spotify, Apple Music, and/or Bandcamp!2020-03-251h 13
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 138: Keeping The Faith (w/ special guest Asad Haider)We take a look at what is quite possibly the most insane couple of days in the last 3 or 4 decades and ask a couple of questions, like: what do I do next? Will I get to shoot a harpoon out of a moving vehicle? Was Christian rapper Toby Mac right about everything?
Then we talk with Viewpoint Magazine's Asad Haider (@generalityiii) about the task before us and about how to construct a radically new vision of society. Read Asad's work here:
https://www.viewpointmag.com/2019/12/16/on-depoliticization/
https://www.viewpointmag.com/2020/03/16/what-is-political-power/
And of course you can support us on Patreon...2020-03-191h 39
Trillbilly Worker's Party*UNLOCKED*: Narcan and Bernie PostersWe unlocked this one for all you stuck at home without a Patreon subscription during this global pandemic.
If you'd like to support us, please do!!! www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-03-151h 03
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 137: Keep On PushingReal dengue bois T&T look at a timeline of the far future and then try to understand our current moment. Not edited for clarity or brevity because where's the fun in that.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-03-121h 03
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 136: No New BrainsSuper Tuesday results. If you came here to find a new brain, you came to the wrong place.
Listen to more episodes on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-03-041h 03
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 135: The Robert Mueller UndergroundThis week we've got two articles for you, one from a liberal who really wants to bomb a post office, and another about how #work can be #innovated.
Opening song by Slut Pill, buy their album here: https://spinstersounds.bandcamp.com/album/slut-pill
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-02-271h 03
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 134: The Devil's MilkshakeWhat do you call it when an elected official has to take a drink of poison to make democracy look good?
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Trillbilly Worker's Party*UNLOCKED*"Screwy Stuey & The 6 Million $ Man Do Gatlinburg"(w/ Special Guest: Sturgill Simpson)We got up with Sturgill Simpson to talk Jam Bands, Work, Bernie Sanders, Gatlinburg, The Music Business, Leaf Hound Melting Motherfuckers' Faces Off, Canonball Run, Caleb Landry Jones, Jim Jarmusch, The Monkees, Kanye West playing Pigeon Forge and Running for President, his upcoming tour, and much much more.2020-02-161h 35
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 133: The Promise ZoneThis week on the Trillbillies: Ewar and the DNC resort to mad scientist tactics, Amy McGrath bombs a few more houses, and the gang enters the Promise Zone, a weird and mysterious place where your labor will be even more exploited than it already is.
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-02-131h 12
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 132: World Record for Blood LossWhat a week it's been folks. From the Iowa caucuses to impeachment to Trump's State of the Union, one thing is clear: the Democratic Party must die.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 131: Carbon OffsetTom's back in this episode about just transitions, Vexit, and the deeply diseased world of Lingua Franca.
Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-01-301h 07
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 130: Tomorrow's PeeholeIn this episode we discuss the Virginia gun rally, "yall" culture, and the ongoing destruction of one Jeff Hoops, former CEO of Blackjewel coal.
Support the Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2020-01-241h 23
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 129: Burners and BernersToday's episode is about the extremely online topic of Bernie vs. Warren. We apologize in advance, we recorded this before the anti-anti-backlash. We'll be back with regularly scheduled programming next week and won't be offended if you SKIP. Oh and we also talk about rioting miners in Pike County, Kentucky, and Moms4Housing in Oakland.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 128: The Bleach BoysAnother episode, another Beach Boys reference. On this year's opening episode we cover...JD Vance?? as well as America's military empire. Then we finish with an op-ed written by some capitalist pig trying to rehabilitate his image through philanthropy. Happy new year!
Episode art by Matthew Carter
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyBonus Episode: A Conversation with State Representative Charles BookerKentucky state representative Charles Booker is running in the Democratic primary to defeat Mitch McConnell, and he stopped by the cabin to talk about his story and platform.
If you like what you hear you can support Charles here: https://bookerforkentucky.com/2020-01-0735 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 127: Mountain Oracle Radio (w/ special guest Ken Layne)This week we're joined by Ken Layne (@KenLayne), host of Desert Oracle Radio, to talk about cattle mutilations, the Pentagon's UFO problem, and Oumuamua.
Please sign up for the Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-12-191h 16
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 126: Tom Takes A StandThis week we dig into the absurdity of private insurance and Mayor Pete's weird relationship with the insurance companies; we talk about Matt Bevin's last week in office; and Tom tells us about his Profiles in Courage moment at the local dog park.
Episode art from Means TV. Please support them!!! https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/lets-build-means-tv
Support us on Patreon where you can hear the next installment of the Trillbillies: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-12-121h 03
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 125: The Whiteout FactoryThis week we huff a whole bunch of whiteout and get totally psychedelic. We talk about selling out to the mainstream media and then take a look at the political scene. Then we take a trip to an oil rig with Bret Stephens and Gail Collins. That's right, it's Act 2 of the political thriller gripping the nation: The Conversation. You don't want to miss it.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-12-051h 19
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 124: Better Ingredients, Better AirplanesAn episode all about flying, just in time for your Thanksgiving holiday travels. We also talk about Papa John, Trump knighting Jon Voight, and read from a very bizarre op-ed in Bloomberg about nonprofits.
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-11-271h 03
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 123: Trolleyology For The MassesThis week we look at one liberal professor's attempt to teach ethics to the benighted, coalsmudged hillbillies of Appalachia.
Support the Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-11-2155 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 122: For Whom The Bell PollsWe talk about our very favorite eastern Kentucky towns, as well as other Kentucky politics arcana. Then we do a little bit of Speak Your Piece. And for the grand finale, we look at a mysterious fire that brought down former Kentucky governor Matt Bevin's bell manufacturing plant in 2012.
Support us on patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-11-141h 06
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 121: We Called ItAll the hottest and best takes about the Kentucky governor's election2019-11-081h 05
Trillbilly Worker's PartyKENTUCKY ELECTION DAY BONUS EPISODE: "TRILLBILLY SPORTS RADIO" w/ Special Guest: Matt JonesKentucky Sports Radio's Matt Jones joins us to talk politics ahead of today's election.2019-11-0557 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 120: Happy HalloweedWe talk travels, run-ins with the law, depression, pleasure activism, Silas House, and we even use the Quija to speak with the (apparently still-living) spirit of one Jeffrey Epstein.2019-10-311h 11
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 119: Satan is Trill, Pt. 1Part 1 of our Halloween special has Tanya and Tom swapping haint tales, and dabbling in the dark arts with our friends Carrie, Matt, and their daughter Ophelia while Tarence is on vacation.2019-10-241h 03
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 118: God Is Right And Man Is WrongThe title of this one says it all.2019-10-171h 20
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 117: Cops Are Ruining The WorldWe take a dive into the Joshua Brown/Botham Jean case and discuss how cops and prisons are indeed destroying the planet.2019-10-101h 16
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 116: Richard Petty BourgeoisWe're tired from tour folks but we're here to talk about impeachment and argue about what class is.
Support the Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-10-031h 25
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 115: Rise of the Neoliberal Biker (w/ special guest Sam Adler-Bell)Cincinnati journalist Sam Adler-Bell (@SamAdlerBell) drops in to tell us about his recent article in The New Republic about fascist farmers and the overlap between nationalism and ecology. We also discuss all the most recent news, and hear from our old friend the neoliberal biker.
Sam's article can be found here: https://newrepublic.com/article/154971/rise-ecofascism-history-white-nationalism-environmental-preservation-immigration
Sam's podcast can be found here:
https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy
And finally, please support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-09-261h 05
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 114: President My GuyA rundown of news items from the last few weeks: Biden falling apart, Warren surging, What To Do About Bernie, and radioactive messages to the future
Support the Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-09-191h 04
Trillbilly Worker's PartyBonus Episode: Voices from the Frontlines of a Rural Healthcare CrisisOur very own Tanya Bernice Turner went down to Kingsport, Tennessee, to speak with community members protesting the closure of a neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, at privately-owned Holston Valley Medical Center. The protest has been going on for over 140 days with little-to-no media coverage, and so we thought it was something you all should know about.
This interview features @danithepoet who you can follow for updates. As Dani explains, "The reason this matters is we are the test case for rural America. They intend to roll this out everywhere across the country. And it should scare you that...2019-09-1719 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 113: Cotard's Delusion for the MassesWe've got a live one here folks. We cover everything from gun control to Jonathan Franzen to Chris Paul Hayes. Then we do a Tony award-winning dramatic reading, wherein Tanya plays Gail Collins and Tom plays Bret Stephens.
Support the Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-09-121h 06
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 112: No One Agency Should Have All That POWERThis week we talk a little bit about the Harlan County coal blockade, and then we dig in to Tarence's article in The Baffler about the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Obama Administration's POWER Initiative.
You can read the article here: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/hollowed-out-ray
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-09-051h 26
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 111: Someone's Goin to Hell, and Someone's Goin to JailU.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath makes a visit to Whitesburg, and in the process lies to a bunch of coal miners about the campaign ad she included them in. You love to see it folks.2019-08-291h 17
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 110: MAGA Morse CodeThis week it's Tarence and Tanya covering everything from Hal Rogers to truckers to the Chosen One himself, Donald Trump. We also do a little bit of Speak Your Piece for the first time in...months?2019-08-221h 16
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 109: Doing Crimes To LiveWe explore the mysterious circumstances and similarities around the deaths of one Jesus Christ and one Jeffrey Epstein. Then we look at Moscow Mitch, Bernie and the media, and that dreaded inverted yield curve.2019-08-151h 09
Trillbilly Worker's PartyBonus Episode: Voices of the Harlan County Coal BlockadeSpecial Trillbillies correspondent Shaylan Clark (@316shaylan), a journalist and student at Berea College, talked to miners, family members, and supporters at the Harlan County Coal Blockade in her hometown of Cumberland, Kentucky. We're presenting these voices to you, as a glimpse into what direct action looks like in the mountains.
Photo by Sylvia Ryerson
If you'd like to support the miners you can donate here: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/79d3da4c086bc1598eb1f50b70f98bba9acabcd3?hash=340f6b1f35483f3a493882f9640809ce
P.S. We will be taking the week off from our regularly scheduled...2019-08-0920 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 108: Birds All The Way Down (w/ special guest Sam Sacks)Sam Sacks from District Sentinel Radio joins us on this dispatch from the road, wherein we discuss a compelling new theory of everything that involves Fabio, Bernie Sanders, and birds.
You can donate to support the miners here: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/79d3da4c086bc1598eb1f50b70f98bba9acabcd3?hash=340f6b1f35483f3a493882f9640809ce
Come see us on tour: https://www.streetfightradio.com/street-fight-radio-x-district-sentinel-x-trillbilly-workers-party/
And of course, support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-08-011h 05
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 107: On the New with the WondersTanya tells us about dental dams and glamping, and Tom makes a surprise revelation.
Come see us on tour! https://www.streetfightradio.com/street-fight-radio-x-district-sentinel-x-trillbilly-workers-party/
And subscribe to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-07-251h 14
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 106: Mother Jones' Will (w/ special guest Emily Guendelsberger)This week we chat with author Emily Guendelsberger, who gives us an inside glimpse into the current state of service work.
You can read Emily's article in Vox here: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/7/6/20681186/fast-food-worker-burnout
And check out her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Clock-Low-Wage-Drives-America-Insane/dp/0316509000
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And come see us on tour through the southeast! https://www.streetfightradio.com/street-fight-radio-x-district-sentinel-x-trillbilly-workers-party/2019-07-181h 09
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 105: I Just Wanna DieThis week it's a fun journey into the world of Kentucky Democratic politics as we roast Amy McGrath, war criminal extraordinaire and latest candidate to try and defeat Mitch McConnell.
Support our patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-07-111h 21
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 104: A Notorious And Vile CheatThis week we meet Mary Toft, the latest installment in our series Trillbillies Profiles in Courage.
If you'd like to hear about Franz Reichelt, the 3rd installment in the series, head on over to Street Fight's page: https://soundcloud.com/streetfightwcrs/street-fight-trillbillies-workers-party-live-from-kentucky
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 103: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Debate, Part 1Part 1 of our abysmal commentary on the equally abysmal first Democratic primary debate, and on the nature of the American character itself.
Part 2 will be on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-06-2755 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 102: Why Is This Happening???Tanya stumbles upon a straight pride parade in Wokelahoma and gives them a piece of her mind. Then we meet a new character, Chris Paul Hayes, who bugs us with all kinds of questions about why this is all happening???
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 101: Kitsch MitchThis week we dive into the 12th and latest iteration of the sure-to-be-successful Ditch Mitch campaign.
Come to our show with Street Fight in Lexington on Friday, June 14th, 9pm at Best Friend Bar. $10 cover. Tickets are selling fast: https://store.streetfightradio.com/collections/frontpage/products/street-fight-radio-trillbillies-live-show-6-14-lexington-kentucky
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 100: Growth And Self CritWe take all your questions and confessions in this, our 100th episode. We're learning and growing ever more powerful by the day...
Come on out to our show with STREET FIGHT on June 14th, 9pm, at Best Friend Bar in Lexington, KY. $10 cover.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 99: Trillbillies TemplarThis week we trace our pleasure lineages with Minister Turner, talk more about incrementalism, and examine how Sunday School really messed us all up.
Send us questions and confessions for the 100th episode at trillbillyworkersparty@gmail.com, or DM us!!
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 98: Not All Dogs, Part 1Topics this week include: male fragility, Tom becoming a first responder, Kentucky's governor race, and abortion.
If you wanna hear part 2 of this, in which we dive into the lives of some of the horniest people who ever lived, look for it on our Patreon this Sunday: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-05-231h 15
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 97: Appalatchiks (w/ special guest Hannah Gais)Writer Hannah Gais (@hannahgais) joins us to talk about her article in The Baffler about what the late Soviet Union's obsession with conspiracy theories can tell us about our current political and cultural moment. After that we discuss an article in the New York Times about an Appalachian coding nonprofit that turned out to be a fraud.
Read Hannah's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/psychic-healing-at-the-end-of-history-gais
Read the New York Times article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/us/mined-minds-west-virginia-coding.html
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 96: The Feelings CaucusThis week we dig into the Kentucky Derby, the State Department's plans for the Arctic, and another article about how insane rich people are.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 95: Resource Degeneration XWe debut some new characters, such as Ace Frehley Keyes, and Tom tells us about his trip to Miami. Then we do a little bit of reading from the New York Times about some rich kids who are under the illusion that they're revolutionaries.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 94: The Situation PackageThe gang recaps the CNN town hall debates, Elizabeth Warren's student debt forgiveness plan, and how to be a good wedding guest.2019-04-251h 31
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 93: Mcmansion Heck (w/ special guest Kate Wagner)Kate Wagner, the genius behind the website mcmansionhell.com, schools us in architecture, degrowth, the Notre Dame fire, and why we'll get to have nice things under communism.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 92: Cheating The Weights (w/ special guest Chad Vigorous)Friend of the show Chad Vigorous (@prettybadlefty) drops in to talk Assange, ecofascism, Bernie, and weightlifting.
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 87: Tanya Soprano & the Trillbilly OutlawsTanya Soprano brings her NPR totebag to the Pricele$$ budget grocery store and confusion ensues. Also more commentary on how All Cops and Democrats Are Bastards, bikers love rules, and Ilhan Omar's the only real one out here.
Go visit the Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-03-071h 15
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 80: Trillbilly Sleuth CruiseThe gang takes a deep dive into the truly weird local and national news of the past few weeks, creates a new detective show for Tom, and (half-assedly) investigates the mystery of why so many people keep dying on cruise ships.
Check out the Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty2019-01-171h 33
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 74: Trillbilly Deluxe (w/ special guests Shuja Haider & Tyler Mahan Coe)We're joined by Popula's Shuja Haider (@shujaxhaider), and host of the Cocaine and Rhinestones podcast, Tyler Mahan Coe (@TylerMahanCoe) to discuss popular music criticism, Pitchfork, and country music in the 1980s.
The amazing cover of Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" at the end of the episode is by friend of the show Erin Goudreau (@LeftOutWest)
Shuja's brilliant essay can be found here: https://popula.com/2018/09/13/canon-fodder/
Check out Tyler's podcast: https://cocaineandrhinestones.com/
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Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 61: Glamping in Desolate ValleyTanya tells us about her latest adventures, dropping into canyons on helicopters like she's Tom Cruise and totally shredding the river gnar. Then we discuss a new trend known as "glamping," also known as "glamour camping."
Come to the show tonight (7/20) at Summit City in Whitesburg and watch Trillbilly guests Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires play with Tarence's band Tenure. Show starts at 9:30pm.
Check out the new Glory Fires album here: http://dongiovannirecords.11spot.com/lee-bains-iii-the-glory-fires-youth-detention.html
Check out Tenure here: https://soundcloud.com/user-tenureky/circuits-iii2018-07-201h 23
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 44: Trillbilly Therapy PartyWe recorded this before the infamous last minute teachers' pension vote in the Kentucky General Assembly. But it's probably pretty good context for what's going on in the state overall.2018-03-301h 10
Podcasts Are WonderfulEpisode 148 - Trillbilly Worker's Party #14this week me and hagrid (Andrew) and luke duke (Cliff) listened to Trillbilly Worker's Party #14 featuring Campbell Robertson, Tarence, Tanya, and Tompodcastsarewonderful.com | podcastsarewonderful@gmail.com | @TheGreggiest | greggy’s facebook | @kneisagego to donatetopaw.win to support the show on Patreon!2018-03-1555 min
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 42: Waialae Trillbilly ClubThis episode is like a vulgar noirish video game. It ends with me and Matt starting a new religion that has its own theme song and everything. But you've gotta listen through the first hour of the show just to find out about it!! Good luck!!2018-03-151h 19
Trillbilly Worker's PartyEpisode 5: Trillbilly ChicIn episode 5 we discuss the class analysis (or lack thereof) of anti-racist organizations, the hillbilly chic phenomenon, and how that if Jay-Z can't be cool in his 40's then what chance do the rest of us have? And of course, how sex looks different after 30. Enjoy!2017-04-0759 min