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Our friend JJ sits in for Tarence as we take the gang's temperature on the recent hantavirus scare, why "uncle" is too sacred a position to be held by an AI model, and why there was only one rich man ever built for a seafaring life--among other important topics. Support us: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Our friends Tara and Josh of TUF (Tenant Union Federation) join us to talk the latest in tenant organizing around the country and the importance of that organizing in the south in particular. Check their work out here: https://tenantfederation.org/

Our old pal Alexander Aviña stops by to talk about Argentinians eating tree bark, Javier Milei's obsession with Zionism, and the world descending into multiple overlapping holy wars, before pivoting to talk about the state of the U.S. empire in Spring 2026 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we look at the rise of the jester and jesternetics, followed by a rousing new journey into the mind of The Ethicist Subscribe to us on Patreon (not a phishing link): www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Is Trump the Red Heifer? The Beast? Or the Beast's useful idiot? Can the 141 million be saved? Tune in to find out. Support us: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Part Five of a series we started—and thought we ended—all the way back in 2020. This time we're looking at resurrection stories, fake friends, the historical context of the Jesus movement, and much more. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Journalist Jasper Nathaniel joins us to talk about both Christian and Jewish variants of Zionism, Israel's expansion into Lebanon, the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, and finally the recent pogroms of Palestinians in the West Bank FACT CHECK: Billy Graham was not a Calvinist, and was actually a Southern Baptist Support Jasper here: www.infinitejaz.com And support us here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Friend of the show Professor Alexander Aviña joins us as we talk the latest on Iran, as well as the latest crimes of the Donroe Doctrine in Latin America among other topics of import. Support us here: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Jake and Thomas from Pendejo Time stop by to talk about the Unc Draft, the challenges of invading Iran, the cyber targeting of drunk drivers, so-called "alpine divorces," and the state of Texas's quest for establishing a "Yall Street" in opposition to Wall Street Please go support their Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/pendejotime

We revisit the Tablet article "Zionism for Everybody" with more insights, the latest developments re: the offensive of Iran and the resulting global financial turmoil, and how one day you're a STEM major at Cal Tech and the next you have to sleep with one eye open.

Friend of the show and journalist Jonathan Bernstein (Rolling Stone, Oxford American, et al) drops by to talk about his new Biography of singer Justin Townes Earle entitled "What Do You Do When You're Lonesome" available now wherever fine books are sold.

All the demons both great (Netanyahu, Trump) and small (Bret Stephens, Jake Paul, Live Nation Guys) are here. Support us here ($5 per month gets you an extra episode every week): patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Name the little burgers after me. Support us here: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Look, the food supply will fall apart if we don't have it subscribe to our patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Friend of the show Bryan Quinby drops by to talk about Kid Rock and RFK Jr., why he sometimes misses doing a politics show, the latest goings on, and we check in on a few guys of course. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Spent more time on AI than we meant too (and stand by very little of it in the sober light of the morning!) Also hit some of the other topics du jour toward the end. Support us: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Diners, Prions, and Drive-bys. Subscribe to our Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Tarence and Tom discuss the ongoing situation in Minneapolis, whether or not poor kids benefit from their proximity to their well-to-do friends, Giancarlo Esposito's call for revolution, and naturally what would The Price is Right have looked like in feudal times. Subscribe to our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/trillbillyworkersparty

We cover Trump vs Carney at Davos, the lib and middle powers' markets reaction to it all, and why no matter how bad America sucks we'll never let the Dutch talk down to us. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/c/trillbillyworkersparty

Unlocked premium episode in which we're joined by a panel of guests from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to talk about what's going on in their city: Operation Metro Surge, the execution of Renee Good, how locals are fighting back, and the long lineage of resistance in Minneapolis. Links to support: Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee: https://www.miracmn.com/ Minnesota Immigrant Movement: https://www.instagram.com/mim_mnimmigrantmovement/?hl=en Mutual aid: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/

If it happened this week, pretty sure we talked about it on this one. No worries if not. Support us at: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we're joined by returning guest Alexander Aviña to talk about Trump's invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro, as well as what it may mean for both Latin America and the world, before finally pivoting to a discussion about ICE's murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

In which we try valiantly to cheer you up! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Debrief from the holidays with Tarence and Tom Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty And find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@trillbillies?si=fIcCfNQhx5FrUrDU

We discuss whether or not an old powerlifting protocol for gaining mass cures seasonal depression or not. We also discuss the Intercept's piece on this week's congressional votes regarding the continued antagonizing of Venezuela (link below). https://theintercept.com/2025/12/17/venezuela-war-powers-vote-congress/ Subscribe to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

There's two types of people in this world: those who will let their backyards be disintegrated into rubble and those who won't. Support us on patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Aaron & Tom review the state of the holiday retail climate, the history of America's vapor economics, the CNN x Kalshi collab, and financing Air Jordans at 22% interest. Subscribe to our patreon today: https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Journalist Eamon Whalen drops by to discuss his latest for Mother Jones "How a Mercenary Became a Minneapolis Mall Cop" (link Below) https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/crg-mercenary-mall-cop-nathan-seabrook-minneapolis-george-floyd-protest-paramilitary/

Aaron and Tom are joined by writer, producer, and podcaster Manny Fidel to discuss the proliferation of online sports betting and its implications on society in the context of a US economy that's increasingly immaterial in conjunction with the "male loneliness epidemic." Manny's GQ piece can be found here: https://www.gq.com/story/online-gambling-is-ruining-sports-bars Preorder Manny's forthcoming book "Colored People Time (A Case for Casual Rebellion)" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740001/colored-people-time-by-manny-fidel/ Check out Manny's podcast "NO SUCH THING" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-such-thing/id1780210954 Subscribe to our Patreon here: https://patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we talk the recently released Epstein emails and interview journalist Thomas Birmingham about his piece in The Nation "The Eviction Kings" (linked below). https://www.thenation.com/article/society/american-landmark-evictions-israel-electra/

Friend of the show Steve Sladkowski of PUP the band joins us as we discuss voter suppression in Kentucky with regards to the New York mayoral race, Zohran's victory in that race and what hope we can take from it as well as what we would like to see from the left going forward nationally, good and bad A.I. bubbles, UPS plane crash in Louisville, and the ongoing perils of being governed by drunks and morons. Catch Steve here: @sladkow on X/Twitter; PUPtheband.com Subscribe to our patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty For the everyday is Halloween crowd, our Halloween special is available here now for free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2BTmHqs2Dw&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2F

Aaron and Tom discuss how few things in American life are what they seem, Hurricane Melissa, Trump's latest bullshit. Plus some audio of our Halloween special available now at patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Unfortunately we had to discuss the gooning article in Harper's. From there we went on to talk about the growing "China envy" among Silicon Valley's tech elite, Draft King's entry onto Wall Street, how China's approach to AI differs from America's approach to AI, and, finally, why so many pundits still think that centrism is the best way to engage with politics Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we're looking at Trumponomics, how Nazified the GOP and country at large has become, and Doug Wilson's vision for a theocratic dictatorship Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we're speaking with Evelyn Vargas and Antonio Gutierrez from Organized Communities Against Deporations (OCAD), about all the recent things going on in Chicago: Operation Midway Blitz, the Sept 30 raid on the South Shore Apartments building, Trump sending in the National Guard and declaring war on Antifa, and how the Democrats fit into all this Support Organized Communities Against Deportations here: https://www.organizedcommunities.org/ Support us on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we're having a truth and reconciliation hearing for the libs Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Catching up on the latest news after a brief hiatus: Charlie Kirk memorial and everything therein; Kamala's new book about the 2024 election; and debating whether or not democracy really can survive Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We're unlocking this week's Patreon episode due to popular demand. Louisville Tenants Union reps Haley O'Shaughnessy and Josh Poe drop in to update us on their latest efforts both locally and nationally and the challenges and opportunities with tenant organizing in the era of ICE proliferation, as well as the use of Charlie Kirk's murder as pretense to go after the left. Please consider supporting the Louisville Tenants Union here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/embed/ticketing/louisville-tenants-union-member-dues?modal=true Bloomberg article about the LTU's latest campaign: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/capital-realty-group-tenants-seek-to-unionize-across-the-us Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we're taking a break from recent news to hear from Olivia Katbi, co-chair of Portland DSA, and Mitch Green, Councilor on the Portland City Council, to talk about their organizing in the City of Roses: their strategies and tactics, their successes and failures, and the issues facing many Portlanders in the early 21st century Portland DSA: https://portlanddsa.org/ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Documenting another turbulent week in the American Years of Lead Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we're taking a look at Trump's health scare, Florida ending vaccine mandates, dog autism, the impending recession, and an article in Politico about the inevitable AI doomsday Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Cracker Barrel is BASED, Democrats are COOKED, Vaccines are OUT, martial law is IN, artificial intelligence is COOL, Zohran Mamdani is the reason your life SUCKS Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

James Dobson (Rest In Piss Bozo), trumpet or sax?, phones in schools, AI data centers, and the data center mine in eastern Kentucky Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Probably the last entry in a multi-part series looking at Frances Yates's "Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition" Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Dean Cain is joining ICE... Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We start off this week with some light discussion regarding a few items in the news lately, then pivot to a more serious discussion expanding on Monday's Patreon episode about the ongoing catastrophe and genocide in Gaza. We end with a lighthearted but still somewhat concerning article about a new AI school in Texas. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Crime, Ozzy & Hulk Hogan, Rerun, Drake & Kendrick, Paranormal beliefs, Eddington, how we need a new separation of church & witchcraft, the new trad pop song burning up the streets, we live in hell Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we're talking "toxic empathy," more Epstein-Trump news, and finally the new Democratic formula for success: saying more curse words Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

We managed to catch up with actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. while he was in town for Harry Dean Stanton Fest. We talked about a number of things like, of course, Harry Dean Stanton, as well as demonic possession, our favorite movies, and why a hot pot of magma will make you well-liked among all your friends. Also, happy birthday to our dearly departed Harry Dean Stanton. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Recorded on 7/2/25, so a little late on getting this one out. Nonetheless, a fun dive into Herodotus and the story of Cyrus The Great Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty