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Trillbilly Worker's Party

Episode 88: Republic Of Half Truths (w/ special guest Anna Merlan)

Trillbilly Worker's Party

Trillbilly Worker's Party

Comedy

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Writer Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) stops by the show to talk about her new book, Republic of Lies, which details the weird world of conspiracy and propaganda lying just beneath the surface of US culture. Preorder Anna's book here: https://www.powells.com/book/republic-of-lies-9781250159052 Subscribe to the Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

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0:00.0

Hello, Trill Billy family. I mean listen to this podcast, this is a deeply

0:06.7

diseased podcast called Without Fail, about some dip shit from this American life or something, who is the CEO now and he feels bad about it.

0:19.3

So he's making a podcast about it.

0:21.6

But at the top of every podcast there is an

0:26.6

advertisement for this show made by LinkedIn. LinkedIn is in the podcasting business now.

0:34.3

They have a show called Hello Monday.

0:36.3

And their pitch for it is,

0:40.3

work, how to like it, how to change it, maybe even how to love it.

0:45.0

And every time it comes on, it makes me grind my teeth so hard.

0:51.0

But I am going to have to do that with you right now. That's right. I am

0:58.6

pitching an advertisement, not an actual advertisement. I'm just saying I'm pitching an advertisement for our Patreon.

1:05.0

Before we get started on our wonderful interview this week with Anna Merlin, writer with Gizamoto Media, and author of the new book

1:16.6

Republic of Lies. I just want to ask you to please go to our Patreon and

1:21.4

support us there. We have weekly episodes on the

1:27.0

Patreon comes out every Sunday. If you don't know how to get there, we are no longer

1:31.9

listed as adult content so you can

1:34.4

search and find us that way or you can plug in the good old-fashioned

1:38.9

u-r-l-r-E-O-N dot com slash Trill Billy Workers Party, No Apostrophes, or anything like that.

1:50.0

And $5 a month will get you all access to, like I said, about four episodes a month.

1:57.6

We put one out every Sunday.

1:59.8

And I know all of you out there are addicted to podcasts just like I am and everybody else is and you want more

2:07.4

Trailbilly's content so go there I hope Tom or Tanya don't hear this because they will think that I'm already more insane than they already think for recording this all by myself in my living room with literally nobody else around except my cat's watching me.

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