“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.” ― Sun Tzu

We're here to talk about China. They're quickly becoming an even larger power, but so what? What kind of influence do they already have? How are they growing it? Just what is free trade and what's a tariff? And why are all globalists cucks? We answer all these pressing questions and more.

On this episode, Darryl breaks down Trump's new tariff announcements and asks "Why is Trump doing this dumb thing?" Ryan talks about NAFTA and the TPP and reveals his true motivations. Phil looks at just how terrible of a place China is and how much they pollute. And Sly pretty much does the same thing, but from a different point of view, one that's got way more cameras!

Further Reading: The Old And New TPP

Some More TPP Sources

NAFTA

China's Deal With Trump

One Belt, One Road

Twelve Days In Xinjiang

China's Surveillance State

Theme Song: China Remix Song by Omoizin

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On this episode, we talk about money in politics. Turns out, politicians are corrupt! Can you believe it?

In this episode, we compare Trump vs. Hillary's campaign money! Phil gives us some stats on just how much money matters in an election. Sly gives us some history on limitless campaign spending. Ryan looks to the future and how Democrats are addressing these concerns. And Darryl tells us about everyone's least favorite lobby, the NRA.

What Is A Super PAC?

Trump Vs. Hillary's Campaign Money

Gillibrand And Booker Ditch PACs

Graph On Rising Health Care Costs

Ted Cruz' PAC Footage

If Citizens United Falls, Will Progressives Notice?

The Powell Memo

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We spent last episode complaining about Obama's Foreign Policy and Neo-liberalism and now it's only fair to dump on a much, much worse president, Richard Nixon. No, he's not some intricate balance of complex good and bad issues, he's a straight up piece of garbage. But what are some of the standout parts of his presidency? And how is Trump aping his style and grace? Pretty much whenever he can. Crooks of a feather, I suppose.

Everyone's talking about Watergate nowadays. And adding gate to the end of everything. So what actually happened? What was the Saturday Night Massacre? And why was he called DeepThroat? Darryl walks us through the scandal and the cover-up. And a lot of people praise ol' Tricky Dick for opening trade with China. Why was that such a big deal? Phil helps give some brief (more or less) history of China and some of the economic implications of opening up our economies.

Ryan walks us through some history of Cambodia, and how Nixon fueled the fires, staged coups, and led to one of the more forgotten and heinous genocides in modern times. A genocide America refused to acknowledge for decades! And finally Sly continues Nixon's foreign policy disasters with how we intervened in Chile and pushed Friedman economic policies on behalf of American corporations and at the expense of the South American people. Oh, and don't forget, Nixon started the war on drugs because he hated black people and was terrified of Jews! Also Henry Kissinger is scum, too.

Content warning: We speak extensively on some very heavy issues, primarily genocide.

Nixon's Cambodian Invasion

Operation Menu

Cambodia's Prince

The Genocide

An overview of the whole Cambodian Operation

Milquetoast New York Times' Chile Article

The War On Drugs

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Thanks, Obama. It's time or the left to cannibalize itself. We all know Trump's the worst president in modern American history. But was Obama perfect? We've wanted to talk about Obama's flaws and problems for a while, but it's important to keep in mind that Trump is So. Much. Worse.

Phil breaks down some of the nonsense Obama had to deal with, like his "lazy" vacation schedule and how it compares to Trump's and Bush's. Similarly, he compares "tyrant" Obama's Executive Orders. The republican presidents were way worse, can you believe it? Darryl goes through the timeline of drone strikes and compares civilian deaths throughout our endless war with anyone we feel like attacking. Ryan focuses on Health Care, not the Trumpcare bills we covered previously, but some of the problems with Obamacare, which are all Joe Lieberman's fault (and by proxy, Obama). Sly lays out his case against neoliberalism, especially during the Wall Street bailout, and wow, even just the foreplay is enough to radicalize us.

Some sources:

Joe Lieberman ruined health care

Seriously, he really sucks

Good thing we needed him for Obamacare

Tim Geithner is maybe worse, though

Obama's Financial Policies sure were something

Make sure you listen to Ryan’s Judging Book Covers episode – The Last Two Weeks!

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Happy New Year, everyone! After a restful and relaxing holiday with our family, we're back to complain about them! For this special episode, we decided to touch upon how we were raised, politically, when we started to diverge from our parents' beliefs, and what it's like dealing with them now. Apparently we can't help but just talk about our dads the whole time! Wonder what that means?!?

On this episode, Phil desperately tries to psychoanalyze our very obvious hangups. Darryl breaks ranks to talk about... someone other than his Dad. Ryan's slowly turning into Sly. And Sly takes a genuine turn to talk about his worldview.

Please submit your family stories, in audio, writing, or as an interview request to our facebook group or our discord (linked below), or [email protected]

Previous episode with Ryan's Dad

Theme Song: **** My Dad (Richard Bruce) by Insane Clown Posse

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In this episode, we cap off 2017 with some major topics we've been meaning to cover like the Trump turnover and Mueller's Trump investigation. We also cover the GOP tax bill, the perfect news story to sum up year one of hellworld. Or is it hellword? It is, but maybe not as hellworld as it could have been.

We talk about Trump's administration and the massive turnover it has experienced during the course of the year. To be fair, the administration is currently undergoing a tumultuous event. That event being the Trump Presidency. We also discuss the Trump investigation by Robert Mueller and Republican reaction to it. And just in case you think the GOP is any better, we also talk about the new Tax Bill. Ryan assures everyone that things are going great and it's time to be complacent again. Darryl accidentally spills the beans on our Immortal government officials. Phil is not optimistic that the Trump presidency will end with Trump's decapitation while Sly has a dark prophecy for the Post-Trump future.

Theme Song: WGIRNY Theme Song by Matt Dorsi

Casualties of the Trump Administration Thus Far

Everything in the Tax Bill

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2017 is terrible. Anyone who disagrees is probably a jerk. However, one of the few good things is the wave of men being held accountable for being total pieces of garbage. The list of men being accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault is never ending and every American industry is starting to flush out the monsters. Is this the beginning of the end of the patriarchy? Goddess, we flippin' hope so.

On this episode, Ryan is joined by previous guests Alana, Julia, and Helen to discuss the recent outing of dozens of sexual predators. How do we feel about apologies? How do we deal with these people? We discuss Louis CK, Al Franken, Roy Moore, Donald Trump, Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein, and many more. This one gets pretty honest and emotional, y'all.

Content Warning: This episode has a lot of personal stories and experiences about sexual harassment, violence, and assault.

Further Information on "Apologies"

Julia's Costume History Blog

Helen's Podcast FiLM

Alana's Once Upon A Time Podcast, Pod Ever After

Please Do Everything You Can To Help Defeat Literal Pedophile Senatorial Candidate Roy Moore

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It's election day tomorrow! Please go vote! All politics are local and we need to rebuild the democratic party with progressive candidates!

Some resources:

https://flippable.org/ - Helps show some races that need volunteers, even just phone calls, to help flip states blue.

http://www.vote411.org/ - Shows you your local races and ballots!

The Virgina Gubernatorial Race is really important, too!

And please ask any questions at our facebook group!

On this episode, we took a break from the usual political topics to talk religion. Darryl and Ryan are joined by network leader Malcolm Nygard and We'll Get It Right Next Year's Michael M. Rader to discuss their Christian upbringing and how that factors into their modern liberal sensibilities.

For this episode, Ryan builds his Jesus ethos by revealing he was raised a Catholic who maybe sort of went to church every once in a while. Darryl apparently had no real exposure to organized religion until he read the bible after he graduated college. Malcolm talks about his wholesome upbringing in a great church with a great community. Michael's journey with Christianity was a little more intense until he ended up the full blown atheist we all know and love today. We also talk extensively about how obnoxious we all were as angsty teens. And how weird Paul is.

The Liturgist Podcast - Especially Episodes 6 And 16

You Made It Weird With Pete Holmes Podcast

mewithoutYou's Website

Darryl's Big Book of Bible Notations

Michael's Wonderful Best Acquaintances Episode

Michael (And Ryan's) Podcast - We'll Get It Right Next Year

Theme Song: Messes Of Men by mewithoutYou

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In this episode, we talk about guns. It's bizarro world so we all play right wing devil's advocate until Sly agrees centrism is the right way to go.

After the brutal mass shooting from a few days ago , we decided to discuss gun control in America (this sentence works regardless of the date you happen to read it). We talk statistics, possible solutions and why the right wingers actually have a few good points? Not the NRA or the ones in congress passing looser silencer regulations, but maybe in general. Ryan has been replaced by his dad for this episode while Phil finds it hard to play devil's advocate when people agree with him. Sly manages to go a whole episode without yelling at Phil while Darryl wants our oppressed audience to arm themselves against the rightwing hosts of this show.

Theme Song: The Ting Goes SKRAAA

Hearing Protections Act

Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act

Guns and the Left

The Really Racist History of Gun Control in America

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