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H-Word Elegy

The gang is back discussing the hit netflix film.

The NLRB Rules Against The Federalist; Welfare State; Funniest Video I've Ever Seen

A solo Matt bonus episode just in time for thanksgiving. Matt talks about the NLRB's decision, on Tuesday, that Ben Domenech violated the NLRA by sending out a threatening tweet to his employees. He also talks about the genius of the welfare state and a new cash transfer study from Kenya that shows cash helps mental health more than therapy. The episode ends with a discussion of the funniest video ever made, which is David Guetta's very unfortunate George Floyd tribute.

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Consent and Intellectualism

The gang is back with new podcasting equipment and a more high-minded ep.

bruheads sound off: do you want a Ted McCarrick & Me ep?

i've followed the case of ex-cardinal Ted McCarrick since it all split open in '18, and have covered the vatican's report etc. i don't mean to foist unfunny catholic #content upon you if you're just here for the yuks (i've been known to be mostly about yuks myself, so no judgment here) but if there's interest i'm glad to do it! 

Best Takes of the Trump Era, Featuring Matt Christman, aka @cushbomb

The gang is back with special guest Matt Christman to reminisce over the top 5 takes of the Trump era, including Eric Garland, Louise Mensch, Ian Millhiser, and the intelligence agency plot to set off fireworks in New York City.

The Bad Election Outcome

The gang is back discussing the United States of America's 2020 election results.

Matt Debates Job Guarantee with Mark Paul

This is the audio from a debate hosted by Philly DSA about the JG. Matt argues against the JG. Mark Paul argues for.

There is a video of the recorded zoom call here, though I thought some might prefer to have it in audio podcast form as well. Apologies for audio quality which obviously is not as good as usual due to the format.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiI8Ai4RsL4&featu...

Horror Movies with NYT Film Critic Glenn Kenny

from the night of the living dead to the vvitch to the shining, we've got your horror right here

GORDON KEITH (fixed)

The gang sit down with sportsradio 1310 the ticket's own gordon keith for a sprawling conversation about whatever.

🚨🚨Emergency Pod: The Bruenigs Render Judgment in the Jeffrey Toobin Case 🚨🚨

Two episodes in two days, wild!

🚨🚨Emergency Pod: Sprawling Discussion of Hunter Biden, Twitter, Facebook, Liberalism, the Info Wars, and so on 🚨🚨

Yep.

OnlyFans Tries to Recruit Liz and Supreme Court Confusions

The gang is back, with a discussion of recent happenings online in and in real life.

Trump Updates; Trial Run of Brue Crime: The Chris Watts Story

The gang is back.

The first half of the episode is an update on Trump happenings: the debates; the covid; etc.

In a very special second half, we debut content from a possible new podcast called Brue Crime. Brue Crime would be The Bruenigs discussing true crime, which Liz and Matt both love but for very different reasons.  The true crime discussed in this episode is the Chris Watts story, which was recently told in an incredible documentary titled ‘American Murder: The Famil...

Breonna Taylor; Deleterious RBG; Octobussy

The gang is back with their Beloved Banter on the news. The episode is divided into a discussion of Breonna Taylor and police/prosecutorial nonsense more generally, a discussion of the death of RBG and the curse of hagiography while living, and The Octopus Teacher dust up.

Federal Reserve; John Ryan; Cuties, the Movie; Princeton's Racism

The gang is back with an action-packed episode including a brief run down of recent controversies on the left concerning the Federal Reserve, the controversial movie Cuties, and a funny troll of Princeton University.

The Job Guarantee ft. Aussies David Sligar, Hugh Sturgess, and Michael Hiscox (fixed)

Matt brings on three smart guests to talk about the Job Guarantee proposal and political developments, both in Australia and more generally. The conversation covers things like Bill Mitchell (top JG advocate in Australia), Noel Pearson (Mitchell's newest ally, one of the most prominent anti-welfare advocates in the country), Work for the Dole, Jobseeker Payment, the Phillips Curve/NAIRU/Wage-Price Inflation, what jobs JG can actually do, Guiliani's TANF workfare program and its impact on unio...

The World According to Liz

A special episode in which Liz attempts to capture the glory of a prior episode titled The World According to Matt. This episode does not have much in common with that one, but is an extended Liz-heavy discussion of 1) why liz does not like to talk about her family, 2) Liz's views on the importance of structure for freedom, and 3) Liz's views on christian neoplatonism.

Jess La Bombalera & Trump's Troops-as-Suckers Comments

The gang is back. In addition to the titled content, there is a discussion of Matt's latest NLRB charge, this one against Amazon, and a discussion of Yglesias's One Billion Americans, which mentions the Family Fun Pack.

Uber in CA; NBA Strike; Jerry Falwell Jr Cucking

The gang is back with some solid content.

!!Listener Roundup!!

As we settle into the New Location, we're tempting fate by sketching out some special eps and solo casts (the listeners love this.) So we'd like to ask for your input: What would you like to hear more of? Interviews? (Anybody in partic?) Solo casts? (Subjects of interest?) Fun, dumb stuff? (Say no more.) Sound off folks, the floor is yours! And have a great day.

Aaron Coleman; Party Conventions; USPS/TVA

The gang is back with an action-packed episode.

Farewell DC

The gang talks about their life in DC on their last evening in the city before they move.

Kamala Harris and Alex Morse

The gang is back with a discussion of the Harris VP pick and the Alex Morse situation.

Matt's TV Shows. Alex Morse. Joe Rogan.

The gang is back with a brand new episode of The Bruenigs podcast.

Larry Mead, Welfare Reformer and Racist Idiot

The gang is back with another episode about a welfare reform warrior, this time about Lawrence Mead, who just penned a new paper saying poverty in the US is caused by the collectivist cultures of non-European peoples.

This is probably our longest episode to date but only because we were having so much fun doing it. So I think you'll enjoy.

Cobra Tate and the Funniest Online Grifting Gang

As I was preparing to go to bed last night, Liz revealed to me that she had no idea who Cobra Tate was. I had to pull out the microphones to explain. Enjoy.

Robinhood

The gang is back, this time with a discussion of Robinhood, the gambling/stock trading app, and also Robinhood the story figure. Episode ends with a discussion of the biden task forces and various other banters. Good stuff imo.

Robinhood Has Lured Young Traders, Sometimes With Devastating Results: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/technology/robinhood-risky-trading.html 2020-07-17 03:15:18 +0000 UTC View Post

The Long-Awaited Autism Q&A Ep

Matt and Liz go through your questions about his alleged disorder.

This was recorded directly onto the zoom recorder rather than onto the computer through the zoom recorder. So this will act as a test of whether that is what caused the static last time. I did not hear any in my spot checks.

White Jesus; Socialist Jesus; Washington Redskins

The gang is back. Segment one is about the Shaun King White Jesus episode and what it means for the discourse. Segment two is about the Wasington Redskins situation. Matt argues that the case against the name is undeveloped. Segment three is a brief foray into Jesus is a Socialist rhetoric.

Fuck Ron Haskins. Fuck Welfare Reform. Fuck the Success Sequence.

The gang is back with an episode teeing off on the life work of the ghoulish Ron Haskins who  retired this week from the Brookings Institution. Haskins spent his whole career in politics making life hard on the poor while pretending he cared. We go over what this all means for our politics and discourse and cultural notions of poverty.