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Hey, y'all! We are back with the continued adventures of goat gland impotence quack Doc John Brinkley. This week, he faces the joys of absolute success and the miseries of federal oversight.

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Hey, y'all! This week we begin an epic of con artistry, quackery, and pure ambition. John R. Brinkley was the son of an Appalachian doctor with all the hope to follow in his dad's footsteps. And despite sudden national need for diplomas and licensing, he was determined to make his dream come true.

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Hey, y'all! We are going back to Texas this week to discuss how the small town of Von Ormy became the state's very first Liberty City: a place with minimal regulation, (eventually) no property tax, and lots of unresolved arguments about sewer systems.

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Hey, y'all! This week we return to Pennsylvania to review a pair of Congressional races featuring the state's incumbents at the greatest risk of losing their jobs.

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Hey, y'all! We are back again this week with a new Preview 2022. This time around we go to Pennsylvania to look at a Republican primary full of one really amazing person and a half dozen fascists.

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Hey, y'all! We are back this week with the story of one man's dream: to move to a state and decide that what everyone there really needs is a leftist Libertarian movement to secede from America.

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Hey, y'all! We're hitting the primary season here in America, so we are diving back into our Preview 2022 series to learn who is running. And who is running in Ohio for Senate? Oh, just a pack of god damn ghouls.

Special thanks to adjunct professor Nicki Mazzocca for her segment detailing why the book Hillbilly Elegy is pure garbage.

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Hey, y'all! It's about time we slow things down for all you cool cats and get into something real hip. I'm talking jazz. Bebop. Cool tunes to make you sink into a dreamlike state. Today we will be talking about a political party from Washington that was formed by an old jazz-man, his band, his bar employees, his regulars, and his mother-in-law. Today we cover Red Kelly, the bass player who promised to run for governor, so long as he never had to take it seriously.

**Side note, the song at the end of the episode is On Green Dolphin Street, featuring Ernestine Anderson on vocals, Red Kelly on bass, Jack Perciful on piano, Don "Earthquake" Ober on guitar, and Dave Coleman on drums. You can listen to it for yourself on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEQFPauXrCk&ab_channel=SeanOber

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Hey, y'all. The Movement for a People's Party (MPP) was founded by Nick Brana as an attempt to woo Bernie Sanders into leading a third party and fully replace the Democrats by 2020. Since it's creation in 2017, accusations of mismanagement, toxicity, racism, and sexual harassment have come to light. 

Special thanks to all of the former members who talked with us. You're all amazing humans and we hope we do your experiences justice.

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Hey, y'all! Are you in the market for a late '90s computer? It has...probably RAM? It can download a whole song from Napster in two hours. And you could buy it from this week's topic, the menace of the road and skies, SUPERDELL Schanze.

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