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Bonus: "For God & Country" (w/ Special Guests: @JasonKirk_fyi @mjguen @Cantfearthedark)

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tom sits down for a pair of chats--the first with author, journalist, and podcaster Jason Kirk to discuss his recently released novel "Hell Is A Place...

Episode 345: Libs Of Whatsapp

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lots of news for a busy week Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 344: Protect The 31 Flavors (w/ special guest Tracy Rosenthal)

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're joined by Tracy Rosenthal, who's written a really incredible article for The New Republic about the upcoming Supreme Court case concer...

Episode 343: The Dylan Difference

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We went to California and learned some things about life More episodes like this on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 342: To Catch A Tax Cheat

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're on the road this week so bear with us folks. If you would like to hear a more serious, insightful episode, we'll have one over at our Patreon ...

Episode 341: Sedition Draft 2024

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion on the continuing protests on college campuses, as well as the overwhelming crackdown on them Please support our deranged show on Patreo...

Episode 340: Glory Be To The Road

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We open with a somewhat amusing (and terrifying) story from Baltimore, then pivot to a discussion about what's going on with the protest movement in A...

Episode 339: Rubber Room Rest Stop

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Another week where we take a road trip through the horrors of the world Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 338: The Solutions Tent

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We talk a little bit about our eclipse experiences, then dive into two articles about the so-called "illiberal left"—the first by that sicko Jonatha...

Episode 337: Expanding The Metaphor

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Covering all the news and developments of a rather momentous week in early 2024. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 336: Bloodied And Sometimes Nude

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we wrote some essays Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 335: Elbit Horrors

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The first half of today's episode is a discussion on why "rural America" is the political and cultural order of the day. Topics include Yellowstone, B...

Episode 334: Midstopia

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we cover a few stories that share some crucial common themes: Austin's SXSW Festival, Boeing's recent "troubles," and the U.S. government's ...

**UNLOCKED** Against the Godless Tyrants (w/ special guest Andrew Drummond)

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

**Unlocking this Patreon episode in light of the official book release** For this episode we're joined by Andrew Drummond to learn about the early G...

Episode 333: Geezer Gestapo

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Covering all the news and discourse this week of March 7, 2024. We're planning to cover the State of Union on this weekend's Patreon (if there's anyth...

Bonus Episode: The Octopus Murders (w/ Special Guests: Christian Hansen & Zach Treitz)

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tom sits down with Christian Hansen & Zach Treitz to discuss their new Netflix Docuseries "American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders"

Episode 332: Pop Up Planet

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week (following some light banter) we discuss Aaron Bushnell, and all of the discourse surrounding his act of self-immolation. Plenty of mental h...

Episode 331: Walking With Humility

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we take a look at a very unique historical event: the infamous Bal des Ardents of 1393 Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillb...

Episode 330: Wood-Sprite's Tenure

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We open this week with a tale as old as time: about a man and his unusual proclivities getting him into trouble. Then we switch gears a bit to talk ab...

Episode 329: Naptime Of The Peoples

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about recently-departed singer Toby Keith's strange relationship with US four-star-general James Jones. We also talk about the curre...

Episode 328: Perverted Backstabbers

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we do some Devil's Milkshake revisionism, talk about the mental deterioration of Pelosi and Biden, and discuss the significance of the ICJ c...

Episode 327: Hague Invasion Pact (w/ special guest Lily Lynch)

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're joined by writer Lily Lynch (@lilyslynch) to talk about the end of humanitarianism, how and why the liberal international order was es...

Episode 326: The Failson Crusade (w/ special guest Kate Wagner)

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you don't want to hear us rant and rave about the Hofenstaufen dynasty, Frederick II, and how Prince Andrew of Hungary was the Hunter Biden of the ...

Episode 325: The Genocide Paradox

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice charging Israel with genocide, as well as the latest climate news Supp...

Episode 324: This Ain't The Primordial Ooze Anymore

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Topics this week include everything from Israel's bombing of a neighborhood in Beirut; the US bombing of Iraq; bombings in Iran; the resignation of Ha...

Episode 323: Yes But With Conditions

28 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An episode on plane rides and the TV show Yellowstone. Also features two diseased articles: one from Max Boot, and another from Ross Douthat. Enjoy! ...

Episode 322: Squash Appalachia (w/ special guest Austyn Gaffney)

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're joined by freelance writer Austyn Gaffney (@austyngaffney on Twitter) to talk about an issue that is near and dear to all of our heart...

Episode 321: Double Reverse Cartographic Own

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss maps and their various uses; all the latest lies from Israel and the Biden administration; and why green feudalism isn't a thing....

Episode 320: Further Away From The Light

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded 12/6/23 — We talk about the COP28 climate summit, Biden's recent statements at a fundraising event in Massachusetts, Thomas Müntzer's theo...

Episode 319: Krill Kings

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The latest news about shrimp, climate summits, Henry Kissinger, Democratic politics, and Israel/Palestine Sign up for our Patreon for more great cont...

Episode 318: Cop City On A Hill

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded 11/22/23. Clips used in this week's ep (content warning): Annihilation Choir, State Department employee Stuart Seldowitz, and NSC spokesman J...

Episode 317: Ye Workers Of Iniquity

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded 11/16/23 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 316: A House Is Not Always A Home (feat. Louisville Tenants Union)

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're joined by three members of Louisville Tenants Union—Jessica Bellamy, Josh Poe, and returning guest Haley O'Shaughnessy—to discuss ...

Episode 315: Atavist's Anonymous

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded 11/3/23. More discussion of Israel/Palestine, this time with a specific article from NBC about "growing concern" within the White House regar...

**UNLOCKED** Apocalypticians At The Gate

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

People have asked us to unlock our most recent premium episode, so here it is. Recorded on 10/30/23, with a few new things (music + sound bytes) added...

Bonus: 2023 Trillbillies Halloween Special-Spectral Valley

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Annual Halloween Special featuring Frank Hurricane, John Haywood, Caleb Hanson, Tommy Anderson, and Ken Layne. Music by Lee Bains III, production, edi...

Episode 314: The Devil Is Active

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded 10/26/23 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 313: Karmically Overextended

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about President Biden's address to the nation re: Israel/Palestine, as well as Israel's attempts to obfuscate what happened at the al-Ahli Ara...

Episode 312: We Demand The End Of The World

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

More updates on the progress to breed a perfectly red calf and usher in the End Times, but mostly another discussion of Israel/Palestine and current d...

Episode 311: Scaring The Bros

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

First we confer with our friends over at Compact Mag about how leftists should be more interested in ancient Rome. Then we talk about how the rest of ...

**UNLOCKED** Nothing is Inevitable (w/ special guest Christina Heatherton)

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Unlocked from the Patreon vault: Christina Heatherton, professor of American Studies and Human Rights at Trinity College in Connecticut, talks with us...

Episode 310: People Of Substance (w/ special guest Molly McGhee)

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the first half of the show we have an interview with author Molly McGhee about her upcoming book, Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind, as well as a dis...

Episode 309: Appalachian Creation Museum

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're talking about once again about y'all etiquette, Boebert, class distinctions, the Appalachian creation myth, and the UAW strike Suppor...

Episode 308: No Statesman Left Behind

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Probably against our better judgement, we decided to do the Romney article. Please forgive the bad audio...I've been sick in quarantine and this was t...

Episode 307: Dinner Roll Crimes

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about roping and riding, hear a tale from a listener, head to Texas for some garden variety insanity, and get an update on the situa...

Episode 306: Bowtie Economics (feat. WVU Panel)

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're talking about the proposed cuts and layoffs at West Virginia University, and to do it we've enlisted a damn platoon. First we have D...

Episode 305: Extreme Makeover: Democracy Edition

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week the Washington Post gives us a lesson in democracy, and then we check the various reactions to the GOP debate from the good folks over at th...

Episode 304: Signs of Cannibalism

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week...we're going back for more Ethicist Support our show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 303: The Right Amount

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss: original sin, whether or not we've ruined sex, and synth your piece Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkerspar...

Episode 302: Fighting Times (feat. Jon Melrod)

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Activist, lawyer, author, and former autoworker Jon Melrod joins us this week to discuss his new book Fighting Times, and the militant union movement ...

Episode 301: Tons of Lanes to Run In

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Topics today: ecological tipping points, indigestion, the flawed teleological premises of sports, real-time reactions to Mitch McConnell short-circuit...

Episode 300: Kentucky Pocketwolves (feat. Will Oldham)

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For our 300th (free) episode, we're joined by Kentucky musician Will Oldham, aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy, aka Palace Music. We talk about various countr...

Episode 299: Mothers of Convention

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss all the latest developments in climate change, artificial intelligence, motherhood, and liberty Please support us (and our frien...

Episode 298: The Sauce and The Sauceless

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about posers, soap operas, Frances Gary Powers, viral meningitis, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Kentucky Attorney General Dani...

Episode 297: The Sextonized Life

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss how to Sextonize your life; predictions for 2024; and, of course, more entries in our new favorite NY Times column, The Ethicist ...

Episode 296: Uncle Of A Soldier (w/ special guests Pendejo Time)

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're joined by Jake and Thomas from the podcast Pendejo Time to talk about how (to pay $10,000) to be a real man, former West Virginia bask...

Episode 295: A Reprobate Mind

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss the occluded existence of the most perfect boring boy in the world, the orca rebellion, and two crypto geniuses who are just live...

Episode 294: Return of KiddoCop

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Does ACAB also apply to cop impersonators? Find out on this week's episode of The Trillbillies Podcast Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbi...

Episode 293: The Shackleton Condition

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Might have gotten a little carried away on this one. Sorry in advance Also, Tom lost his job, so we need your support on Patreon now more than ever: ...

Episode 292: Advice Column Filibuster

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we got bogged down in trying to answer some of the biggest ethical questions of our day Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillywo...

Episode 291: Rodeo Is Life

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The rest is just waiting. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 290: The Penultimate Court

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Trillbillies we're disrupting the criminal justice system Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 289: Work Smarter, Not Harder

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Dylan goes to Deadwood, Thomas Friedman opens up some boxes, Cop City comes to West Virginia, Letcher County speaks its piece Support striking WG...

Episode 288: Crazy White Boy University (w/ special guest John Lingan)

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 287: Big Time Criminality

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 286: Feuerbach, Texas (w/ special guest Mina Shedd)

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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, centralizatio...

Episode 285: Con Air Landlordism (w/ special guests Katy Slininger & Ben Mabie)

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're talking about landlord self defense classes, tenant unions, and tenant organizing, with special guests Katy Slininger (Cargill Tenants...

Episode 284: White Man Down

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss one white liberal's quest to end race-based affirmative action Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 283: Baghdad Bob The Builder

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 conservati...

Episode 282: Keep Your Dreams Alive

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 281: What If I Stumble

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we tackle some hard questions: is the perfect relationship possible? Who is the Universal Christ? Should colleges be more like prison? After...

Episode 280: Valedictorian Of The Soft Curriculum

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 Patre...

Episode 279: Vance Macabre

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 278: The Freight Awakening

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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

Episode 277: NEOM Moon (w/ special guest Kate Wagner)

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 arc...

Episode 276: Infirmary Blues (w/ special guest Gabriel Winant)

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're joined by University of Chicago professor of history, Gabriel Winant, to discuss the social and political origins of the modern health...

Episode 275: Crystal Privilege

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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

Episode 274: One Out Of Three

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ent...

Episode 273: The Iseman Cometh

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 272: The Mt. Rushmore of Liars (w/ Special Guest: Bryan Quinby)

30 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Friend of the show Bryan Quinby of Street Fight Radio fills in for Tarence as we talk Jerry Falwell Jr., George Santos, Andrew Tate vs. Greta Thunberg...

**UNLOCKED** The Beggar, The Blazer, The Blueline

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

No episode this week, so here's an unlocked episode from our Patreon, about a tale as old as time Find more content like this at our Patreon: www.pat...

Episode 271: Ouija Board Terms of Service (w/ Special Guest: Jack Wagner)

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron and Tom check in on the results of the Warnock/Walker runoff and an attempted coup of Germany by a descendent of the Kaiser; Tarence and Tom int...

Episode 270: Present Company Included

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

**audio gets better after a couple minutes** This week we talk about the most recent AppHarvest news, and then move on to an extremely cool article ab...

Episode 269: Thusin' With the Bois

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

More talk about the rise of fascist terrorism, followed by an article in the MIT Technology Review about the ultra rich and their fascination with lon...

Episode 268: The Forms

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we look at The Forms. If you know you know. If you're wanting to comment on the proposed Letcher County Prison Facility: Submit comments to...

Episode 267: Election Dowsing

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Midterms 2022 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 266: Calipari In The Coal Mine (w/ special guest Haley O'Shaughnessy)

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Friend of the show Haley O'Shaughnessy (@HaleyOSomething) stops by to chat "yall culture," sports cheating, and the interesting case of Kentucky baske...

Episode 265: 17 Easy Ways To End History

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we address the true Kanye West Of The Academy: Francis Fukuyama, and his End of History thesis. Support our great show on Patreon: www.pat...

Episode 264: And Much To Refute It (w/ special guest Tyler Jordan)

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

(I don't really eat on this one it was just a fake out) Today we discuss various topics that are by this point old news but which you will still no do...

Episode 263: Fish City

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about some more cheating scandals, then visit a story about a Tuskegee airman landing in Loretta Lynn's childhood backyard, and finally presen...

Episode 262: The Voice vs. Joyce

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We cover a wide range of topics this week, and show off our vast knowledge of literature and gain of function research Support us on Patreon: www.pat...

Episode 261: Internalized Misophonia

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we get into a bit of melungeon and diet talk, and then turn to a new entry in the Getting The Goods segment Support us on Patreon: www.patr...

Episode 260: We're All Grit In The Long Run

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tarence and Tom preview the most important upcoming ballot race of this election season: Letcher County Judge Executive. Then we take a look at new de...

FEMA Ice Cream Truck

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Unlocked episode with more flooding updates, should be getting back to your regularly scheduled programming soon folks Link to Baffler article: https...

The Big Three

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

More flood updates (unlocked premium episode)

Flood

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

unlocked premium episode about the flood that came for east kentucky in august 2022

Episode 259: Blocked, Cancelled, Rebuked, and Denounced

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Support our investment fund: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty This week we tackle an age-old issue: what would it look like to buy capital sto...

Episode 258: 9th Generation Parasites

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss some headlines from the news and then head to a landlord convention in the Midwest. It's predictably grim. Support us on Patreon: www.patr...

Episode 257: Not Yet A Statistic

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

More crisis talk We would really appreciate it if you supported us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 256: If You're 15 Minutes Early, You're 30 Minutes Late

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's just like your old football coach used to tell ya Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty