Immigration Nation: A Crisis of Our Own Design
As Ukrainians flee the war in their home country, some have found their way to the U.S. southern border, where they are immediately escorted into the...
The World in Numbers: 99 / 3.5 / 1.5
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed the global political calculus almost overnight. While catastrophic and horrific in nature, this shift has...
White on White Crime in Eastern Europe: NATO, Onions & But-What-About
A psychopath in Russia just committed a war crime by invading Ukraine. Now he’s a mass murderer as well. Today’s episode examines whether the United...
Spy Balloons: The Ultimate Distraction
Somehow, we’re still talking about spy balloons. Long-forgotten are the revelations of Edward Snowden, who uncovered mass surveillance programs under...
Corporate America’s Banner Year: Please Understand That They Hate You
Because inflation is on everyone’s minds and the media can’t seem to get this right, we dive even deeper into the inflation narrative to dispel both...
"UNLESS." Building Back to What?
We’re hitting the pause button in honor of our 50th full episode. Quite the milestone, and we wanted to celebrate together. And, in true UNFTR...
Peak Oil: It's a Crude, Crude World
Oil is everywhere. It’s all around us. It’s in everything, and it makes the world go around. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects...
Fox in the Outhouse: Invasion, Immigration & Inflation
This week’s alliterative Quickie is brought to you by the letter “I.” In typical Quickie fashion, we delve into three distinct, but related, topics:...
Libertarians Are Exhausting: Part Two. Inside the 50-year American coup d'état.
In Part Two of “Libertarians are Exhausting,” we’re still talking about freedom and liberty. Economic freedom, personal liberty and the next...
Libertarians Are Exhausting: But They Might Be On To Something(s). Part One.
Libertarians can be exhausting. Because libertarianism has so many attractive features and strong statements about “freedom” and “liberty,” they have...
A (Mostly) Vegan World: Plantf*ckers Can Save Us All
As many of you know, we’ve had this on the pod-docket for months. It’s finally time to unf*ck our food system and talk about veganism. We decided not...
Make UNFTR part of the 1%.
(Not that 1%, the other one.)
Holiday Quickie: How the Manch Stole Christmas
Our little Unf*cking team wishes the Unf*cking community a safe and healthy holiday season. We'll be back on January 8th with a new drop, but here's...
Labor Unions: From Pullman to Kellogg’s. Labor’s Long, Hard Road
From Pullman and Carnegie to Kellogg's and the PRO Act, this week, we unf*ck the labor movement in the United States. No single episode can possibly...