Episode 388: The Big Beautiful Leap Forward (w/ special guest Alexandra Scaggs)

Episode 388: The Big Beautiful Leap Forward (w/ special guest Alexandra Scaggs)

Author: Trillbilly Worker's Party April 10, 2025 Duration: 1:12:22
This week we're joined by FT Alphaville writer Alexandra Scaggs (@alexandrascaggs) to discuss all the latest market news from this week: tariffs, reversing the tariffs, reversing the tariff reversals, bond vigilantes, and of course the Art of the Deal Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

The Trillbilly Worker's Party podcast is a raucous and necessary dispatch from the hills and hollers, hosted by the collective known as the Trillbilly Worker's Party. This show operates on a simple, if contradictory, principle: life is a grind you didn't choose, so you might as well find the absurdity in it and laugh until it hurts. The hosts weave together sharp, unapologetic commentary on politics, culture, and the daily indignities of trying to get by, all filtered through the distinct lens of Appalachian experience. It’s a comedy podcast that refuses to separate the personal from the political, finding humor in the bleak and solidarity in the struggle. You’ll hear conversations that feel like sitting on a porch with friends who are smarter and funnier than anyone on cable news, dissecting everything from corporate greed to local weirdness with equal parts wit and venom. The tone is sardonic, deeply informed, and relentlessly authentic, offering a perspective often missing from the mainstream. Listening to this podcast feels like being let in on a long-running inside joke where the punchline is the entire collapsing system, and the only sane response is to throw your head back and cackle. It’s for anyone who’s ever felt the tension between the desire to simply enjoy life and the relentless demands of a world built on work, a celebration of resistance through collective laughter and gritted teeth.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Duration: 1:40:59
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Episode 424: The Ghost Of Christmas Past Participle [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:37:12
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Episode 423: GOMAD or Go Home [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:50
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Episode 422: Bargain Bin Futures [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:45
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
Episode 421: Cart Blanche [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:14
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Episode 420: Blart of Darkness (w/ Special Guest: Eamon Whalen) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:15
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Episode 419: Two for the Money (w/ Special Guest: Manny Fidel) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:22
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Episode 418: The Eviction Kings (w/ Special Guest: Thomas Birmingham) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:11:55
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Episode 417: Springabreakers (w/ Special Guest: Steve Sladkowski) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:47:50
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