Trillbilly Worker's Party

This week we're talking about the proposed cuts and layoffs at West Virginia University, and to do it we've enlisted a damn platoon. First we have Dennis Hogan, a postdoctoral fellow at Haverford College, who has an article in The Baffler this week about the WVU situation (link below). Then we have two grad students at WVU, Bethany Winters and Christian Rowe, who are involved in the union (@westvirginiaunited on Instagram, @wvunitedsu on Twitter). Finally we have writer and professor Glenn Taylor (@GlennTaylorBook on Twitter), who teaches in WVU's creative writing department. Check out Dennis Hogan's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/capture-the-flagship-hogan To contact the board of governors valerie.lopez@mail.wvu.edu To contact the provost provost@mail.wvu.edu To contact the vice president of strategic initiatives rob.alsop@mail.wvu.edu Petition for vote of no-confidence in Gee: https://www.change.org/p/support-wvu-assembly-resolution-of-no-confidence-in-gordon-gee Petition to save creative writing program: https://www.change.org/p/save-wvu-s-mfa-program-preserve-the-future-of-creative-writing-education?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=90780690-c462-012f-672a-4040acce234c

This week the Washington Post gives us a lesson in democracy, and then we check the various reactions to the GOP debate from the good folks over at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week...we're going back for more Ethicist Support our show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we discuss: original sin, whether or not we've ruined sex, and synth your piece Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Activist, lawyer, author, and former autoworker Jon Melrod joins us this week to discuss his new book Fighting Times, and the militant union movement in the 1970s Buy Jon's book here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1289 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty Outro music: https://hollybodyhollybody.bandcamp.com/track/positive-pressure Intro music: in-house

Topics today: ecological tipping points, indigestion, the flawed teleological premises of sports, real-time reactions to Mitch McConnell short-circuiting during a press conference, one year anniversary of the flood, and synth your piece. Apologies in advance, it was too hot to think during this one. Sign on to urge Congress to stop GOP attempts to fast track a prison in Letcher County: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScF-ELN4R1Z5UmlLjPac9Nka-H3bod4WbuLPOvMgYDkjN2bIQ/viewform Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

For our 300th (free) episode, we're joined by Kentucky musician Will Oldham, aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy, aka Palace Music. We talk about various country music scandals, buried treasure, QVC for bones, the new era of digital music, and so much more. Pre-order the new Bonnie "Prince" Billy album at Drag City's website: https://www.dragcity.com/products/keeping-secrets-will-destroy-you And please support us at Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we discuss all the latest developments in climate change, artificial intelligence, motherhood, and liberty Please support us (and our friend Piedmont) at Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we talk about posers, soap operas, Frances Gary Powers, viral meningitis, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, how capitalism is ruining pot, and how we're disrupting the firefighting space Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

This week we discuss how to Sextonize your life; predictions for 2024; and, of course, more entries in our new favorite NY Times column, The Ethicist Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty