On The Record (6-16-26).
Unf*cking The Republic
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4.8 • 761 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
This week we took a detour into the joy of the Knicks championship and what it says about New York, collective identity, and why Zohran Mamdani’s politics make sense in a city where the billionaire and the bodega worker share the same sewer pipe. Then we got back to the markets, where a flood of new share issuances is quietly changing the supply and demand math that’s driven equities upward for 40 years. With bond yields actually competing for attention, the irrational exuberance warnings are starting to sound less crazy.
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:37
Quick Takes: 00:01:18
Max Notes: 00:04:57
Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:13:17
Chart of the Week: 00:15:34
Headlines: 00:19:51
Outro: 00:21:03
Resources
270 to Win: 2026 Senate Election Interactive Map
Sharing Sociology: From Redlining to the Court: How Systemic Racism Shaped Basketball Culture in NYC
Nate Rattner: Courts of New York (A visual atlas of the city’s public basketball spaces)
Courts of the World: Basketball Courts in New York City, NY
NYC Parks: About the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
Forbes: The Cities With The Most Billionaires 2025
The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini): Ivanka and Jared Chased Out Of Albania
SIFMA: US Equity and Related Statistics
CounterPunch: What’s Wrong With the American Left: Captured by the Professional Class
Dissent Magazine: AI is Theft
Grist: For first time, Americans are getting more of their electricity from solar than coal
UNFTR Resources
Video: On The Record 6-16-26 (Zohran & Knicks outshine Trump & UFC).
Essay: Be Like NYC.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the story of a political pundit who looked at the world around him and just said, fuck it. |
| 0:07.7 | Gives the middle finger to authority and says, kiss my ass. |
| 0:11.6 | But instead of a revolution, he started a podcast. |
| 0:15.4 | Just what the world be. |
| 0:17.6 | He started a podcast. |
| 0:19.0 | Another basic white guy who started a podcast. |
| 0:22.6 | But it's fun because he curses all through the podcast. |
| 0:26.6 | On a fucking the republic. |
| 0:28.6 | We're his motherfucking podcast. Happy 250th America, we lost another war. Let's celebrate with a cage match on the White House lawn, shall we? |
| 0:44.5 | You know, it's time to start messing around with those midterm maps so we can make some bold predictions. |
| 0:48.8 | And speaking of predictions, Francesca Fiorentini summons her past self to prove a bold prediction. |
| 0:56.0 | Supply and demand in the stock market just got a makeover. |
| 0:59.1 | The problem with the American left. |
| 1:01.5 | AI is theft. |
| 1:02.8 | And how about solar not taking no for an answer? |
| 1:06.2 | We're talking New York City and collectivism in Max Notes today. |
| 1:09.8 | All that and little else on this week's |
| 1:12.0 | edition of On the Record. |
| 1:16.2 | You and FDR. |
| 1:18.4 | Speaking of 250th and celebrations, in the run-up to America's Burfaces Day, members of the Adams |
| 1:24.9 | family gathered at the White House to celebrate cockfighting. |
| 1:28.3 | Only Uncle Fester and Thing were able to attend this star-studded affair that featured half-naked |
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