AND introducing...our first ever miniseries! WELCOME TO WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene. And today we start that journey with the legendary...BLACK FLAG. We’re joined by artist/comedian/podcaster Branson Reese to explore Black Flag’s heavy history and the life of legendary intense guy Henry Rollins.

Check out Branson’s book of comics, Hell Was Full: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hell-Was-Full/Branson-Reese/Hell-Was-Full/9781620107430
And I implore you, listen to Branson’s amazing DnD podcast Rude Tales of Magic: https://www.rudetalesofmagic.com/

Songs in Order:
Television - Little Johnny Jewel
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown
Black Flag - Rise Above
Black Flag - TV Party
Black Flag - My War
Black Flag - Three Nights

And Introducing

#86 BLACK FLAG! (ft. Branson Reese)

Adam Hilton is back on DPS to talk about his book on the Democratic Party. Also, we talk a lot about... you guessed it, the Democratic Party. 

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Find his book here: https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/16211.html

Who Governs the Democratic Party (And Why Does It Matter?) w/ Adam Hilton

Our service industry series is back from the dead to check in on our pals working in bars, restaurants, bakeries, and more... one year after the 'rona first appeared in our lives and asked for a 12 top five minutes before closing or whatever you get the metaphor. Also this episode is guest produced by Adam Curtis.

ALEX MOORE
IG: Dracula_Mountian
VENMO: ALEX-MOORE-129

MADISON DAVIS
IG: SecretAgentPusssyPants
TWITTER: BagelDogging

MINION DEATH CULT
@MinionDeathCult
@flieldy
@wordisbond
patreon.com/miniondeathcult

LILLIAN DEVANE
@LillianDeVane
@podfoh
https://www.patreon.com/thefohpod

MERCH
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PATREON
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Thank You For Your Service V w/ Alex Moore, Madison Davis, Minion Death Cult, and Lillian DeVane

Taking calls in the basement yall...
// All The Greats // Abusing Power // Kicked Off Platforms // Brewing Job // A Weird Awful Time // The New Rule // Recall Campaign // Government Run Healthcare // Bryan On MSNBC // Sternum Crushed // I Was Supposed To Do That // Pottery Barn Shit // Killed The Story // Pregnant With A Nike Shoe Box // Keep It Close To The Chest // Panda Express Culture //  

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Eric Blanc joins us to talk about a recent essay he wrote assessing the break that founded the UK Labour Party, of which there are tremendous resonances with the socialist movement in the U.S., today. 

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Taking Lessons from the Break That Founded the Labour Party w/ Eric Blanc

And introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Six: The Replacements! We’re joined by Felix Biederman to examine the self-sabotaging career of one of the greatest American bands-that-couldn’t.

Songs:
The Replacements - Something to Dü
The Replacements - Kids Don’t Follow
The Replacements - Willpower
The Replacements - Take Me Down To The Hospital
The Replacements - I Will Dare
The Replacements - Androgynous
The Replacements - Swinging Party
The Replacements - Bastards of Young

#91 THE REPLACEMENTS! (ft. Felix Biederman)

And introducing, from Iceland, our NATO ally to the north, it’s BJORK. The most famous musician from the isolated northern island, Bjork has built an incredible career and international  fame from her unique voice and genre-exploring, endlessly idiosyncratic music. And today we’ll be exploring all things Bjork from her coffee table book BJORK and a 2004 Bjork New Yorker story called “Bjork’s Saga”.

Songs in Order:

CarlosAndres90 - Army of Me (YouTube FL Studio cover)
Bjork - Ruby Baby
Recordings of Bjork at age 11:  https://www.openculture.com/2014/09/the-album-bjork-recorded-as-an-11-year-old.html
KUKL - Dismembered
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
Bjork - Human Behavior
Bjork - Army of Me
Bjork - Alarm Call

#82 BJÖRK!

Basement show yall...
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Rich Dad $80 Board Game

Sports journalist Arif Hasan joins us to talk about how American football came from weird Teddy Roosevelt masculinity shit and eventually turned into an industry with unions and shit. We also make some predictions about the "big game."

ARIF HASAN:
@ArifHasanNFL
TheAthletic.com/author/arif-hassan
The Wide Left Podcast @WideLeftPodcast
Norse Code - https://www.dailynorseman.com/norse-code-podcast-minnesota-vikings

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OUTRO MUSIC
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PDA SPORTS PRESENTS: THE GAME ZONE w/ Arif Hasan

Max Collins of Eve 6 drops by to discuss mysterious cartoon memories, predatory music management, the Trolls franchise, rock ‘n roll for children, evil owls, and more all through Don Bluth’s 1992 animated film “ROCK-A-DOODLE”. We also talk about Eve 6, being a teenage superstar, and finding emotional catharsis through twitter, but this is a ROCK-A-DOODLE ep.

The new EP is called “Grim Value” and it’s available wherever music is streamed/sold!

Songs:
Rock-a-Doodle - Sun Do Shine
Rock-a-Doodle - Rock-a-Doodle
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Eve 6 - Amphetamines
Eve 6 - Can We Combine

BONUS: ROCK-A-DOODLE! (feat. Max Collins of Eve 6)

Comedian Rufat Agayev joins us for a chill RELAXED episode where we talk about Texas governor Greg Abbott's decision to end the mask mandate, Biden's dodgy moves regarding the minimum wage, Neera Tanden, the OK Boomer girl and more.

RUFAT AGAYEV
@Rafatcamp
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS10XbwUdEgOm8l_pEpYsSw

FULL EPISODE AT
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(PREVIEW) News Roundup w/ Rufat Agayev

Forging a new left agenda in the midst of our neoliberal hellscape -- Join us weekly for the best news and analysis from a left perspective.

Who Governs the Democratic Party (And Why Does It Matter?) w/ Adam Hilton

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