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We revisit the Tablet article "Zionism for Everybody" with more insights, the latest developments re: the offensive of Iran and the resulting global financial turmoil, and how one day you're a STEM major at Cal Tech and the next you have to sleep with one eye open.

Friend of the show and journalist Jonathan Bernstein (Rolling Stone, Oxford American, et al) drops by to talk about his new Biography of singer Justin Townes Earle entitled "What Do You Do When You're Lonesome" available now wherever fine books are sold.

All the demons both great (Netanyahu, Trump) and small (Bret Stephens, Jake Paul, Live Nation Guys) are here. Support us here ($5 per month gets you an extra episode every week): patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Name the little burgers after me. Support us here: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Look, the food supply will fall apart if we don't have it subscribe to our patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Friend of the show Bryan Quinby drops by to talk about Kid Rock and RFK Jr., why he sometimes misses doing a politics show, the latest goings on, and we check in on a few guys of course. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Spent more time on AI than we meant too (and stand by very little of it in the sober light of the morning!) Also hit some of the other topics du jour toward the end. Support us: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Diners, Prions, and Drive-bys. Subscribe to our Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Tarence and Tom discuss the ongoing situation in Minneapolis, whether or not poor kids benefit from their proximity to their well-to-do friends, Giancarlo Esposito's call for revolution, and naturally what would The Price is Right have looked like in feudal times. Subscribe to our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/trillbillyworkersparty

We cover Trump vs Carney at Davos, the lib and middle powers' markets reaction to it all, and why no matter how bad America sucks we'll never let the Dutch talk down to us. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/c/trillbillyworkersparty

Unlocked premium episode in which we're joined by a panel of guests from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to talk about what's going on in their city: Operation Metro Surge, the execution of Renee Good, how locals are fighting back, and the long lineage of resistance in Minneapolis. Links to support: Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee: https://www.miracmn.com/ Minnesota Immigrant Movement: https://www.instagram.com/mim_mnimmigrantmovement/?hl=en Mutual aid: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/

If it happened this week, pretty sure we talked about it on this one. No worries if not. Support us at: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we're joined by returning guest Alexander Aviña to talk about Trump's invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro, as well as what it may mean for both Latin America and the world, before finally pivoting to a discussion about ICE's murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

In which we try valiantly to cheer you up! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Debrief from the holidays with Tarence and Tom Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty And find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@trillbillies?si=fIcCfNQhx5FrUrDU

We discuss whether or not an old powerlifting protocol for gaining mass cures seasonal depression or not. We also discuss the Intercept's piece on this week's congressional votes regarding the continued antagonizing of Venezuela (link below). https://theintercept.com/2025/12/17/venezuela-war-powers-vote-congress/ Subscribe to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

There's two types of people in this world: those who will let their backyards be disintegrated into rubble and those who won't. Support us on patreon: patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Aaron & Tom review the state of the holiday retail climate, the history of America's vapor economics, the CNN x Kalshi collab, and financing Air Jordans at 22% interest. Subscribe to our patreon today: https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Journalist Eamon Whalen drops by to discuss his latest for Mother Jones "How a Mercenary Became a Minneapolis Mall Cop" (link Below) https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/crg-mercenary-mall-cop-nathan-seabrook-minneapolis-george-floyd-protest-paramilitary/

Aaron and Tom are joined by writer, producer, and podcaster Manny Fidel to discuss the proliferation of online sports betting and its implications on society in the context of a US economy that's increasingly immaterial in conjunction with the "male loneliness epidemic." Manny's GQ piece can be found here: https://www.gq.com/story/online-gambling-is-ruining-sports-bars Preorder Manny's forthcoming book "Colored People Time (A Case for Casual Rebellion)" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740001/colored-people-time-by-manny-fidel/ Check out Manny's podcast "NO SUCH THING" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-such-thing/id1780210954 Subscribe to our Patreon here: https://patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty