Unf*ck the Poor

Mar 06 2024 70 ep. 40 mins 6
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All the horrors of the 21st century, from capitalism and overconsumption to racism, abortion, and bad politics. Sometimes with guests. Sometimes sad and alone.

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Mississippi Drowning with Caroline Randall Williams

Mar 06 2024 80 mins  
Mississippi has been withholding federal funds to repair its capital city's water problems. Majority black Jackson, Mississippi, has been at the mercy of the majority white state legislature for decades, which acts as overseer of the city's finances. Climate change has brought severe weather to the state - flood conditions and freezing weather overwhelms Jackson's anci

Part 2: Tinfoil Hats; Kenny and Joe's Favorite Conspiracies

Feb 28 2024 70 mins  
Kenny returns! In this multi-part unscripted episode, Kenny and I butcher some of our favorite conspiracy theories: the ones we love, the ones we loathe, the ones we secretly want to be true, and the ones we believe. Don your tinfoil hats, power up the Google, and prepare to yell at your listening devices as we dive into the world of government lies, government truths, and the Pyra

Part 1: Tinfoil Hats; Kenny and Joe's Favorite Conspiracies

Feb 21 2024 63 mins  
Kenny returns! In this multi-part unscripted episode, Kenny and I butcher some of our favorite conspiracy theories: the ones we love, the ones we loathe, the ones we secretly want to be true, and the ones we believe. Don your tinfoil hats, power up the Google, and prepare to yell at your listening devices as we dive into the world of government lies, government truths, and the Pyra

Part 4: The Apostate Peter Ruckman

Feb 14 2024 26 mins  
Who's ready to get weird? Like...uncomfortably weird. In the final episode of The Apostate Peter Ruckman we get into the pettiness of bible believers and the biblical evidence of aliens, UFOs, alien-government conspiracies, lizard people, and how Ruckmanism is but one example of religious fascism that has crept upon us for over half a century. Super fun stuff. Wouldn't it

Part 3: The Apostate Peter Ruckman

Feb 07 2024 28 mins  
Wouldn't it be neat if you could justify all your prejudices by interpreting the Bible however you wanted and then saying that it's the inerrant word of God? If you're Dr. Peter S. Ruckman, that Bible is the King James Version, aka A.V. 1611, and your interpretation will come to be known as Ruckmanism. The souls you save, should they cling to your teachings, will become

Part 2: The Apostate Peter Ruckman

Jan 31 2024 30 mins  
Wouldn't it be neat if you could justify all your prejudices by interpreting the Bible however you wanted and then saying that it's the inerrant word of God? If you're Dr. Peter S. Ruckman, that Bible is the King James Version, aka A.V. 1611, and your interpretation will come to be known as Ruckmanism. The souls you save, should they cling to your teachings, will become

Part 1: The Apostate Peter Ruckman

Jan 24 2024 32 mins  
Wouldn't it be neat if you could justify all your prejudices by interpreting the Bible however you wanted and then saying that it's the inerrant word of God? If you're Dr. Peter S. Ruckman, that Bible is the King James Version, aka A.V. 1611, and your interpretation will come to be known as Ruckmanism. The souls you save, should they cling to your teachings, will become

Part 2: Divine Fascism

Jan 17 2024 35 mins  
In Part 2: Divine Fascism we dive into the historical context of the Religious Right and how evangelical Christians became so emboldened as to propose legislation explicitly pushing their own batshit crazy beliefs upon the entire nation. We're discussing the Moral Majority, the Heritage Foundation, the John Birch Society, and the anti-semitic/anti-democratic/fascist trio of the

Part 1: Divine Fascism

Jan 10 2024 44 mins  
House Bill 874 is possibly the most batshit crazy document I've ever read - and I've read "Your Best Life Now" by Joel Osteen. House Bill 874 was introduced in 2022 to impose a national year of humiliation, fasting, and prayer, meant to deliver our wayward nation from sin and back into the loving arms of a Christian god. Lifelong friend and inventor of the game s

Holiday Bonus! Episode 2: The Rachel Corrie Emails

Jan 03 2024 33 mins  
From RachelCorrieFoundation.org, a reading of Rachel Corrie's emails to friends and family during her time volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement in Rafah. Rachel Corrie was an American college student and activist who spent winter quarter in Gaza sleeping next to water wells and protecting homes from IOF destruction. Her emails are witness to the policy of exp