The Bruenigs

The Bruenigs

Podcast by Elizabeth and Matt Bruenig

Episodes

Guest Mark Paul on his new book

June 27, 2023 • 58 mins
Guest Mark Paul on his new book by Elizabeth and Matt Bruenig
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BONUS: Carl Beijer on Sean McElwee

December 24, 2022 • 76 mins
I know this is not of interest to everybody, which is why I've made it a separate bonus episode you can skip. But if you are extremely online like many of us are, you may have seen the spate of articles about Sean McElwee, his departure from Data for Progress, and allegations about participating in illegal straw donor conspiracies. Carl Beijer is one of the great Sean chroniclers and so I've brought him on to fill in all the detail...
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Audio Grab Bag; Alito's Draft Opinion on Roe/Casey

June 24, 2022 • 76 mins
gang back
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CLIP from Ban Sports with Bryant Gumbel

February 28, 2022 • 11 mins
For the whole episode, titled "Top Ukraine Takes; Ban Sports with Bryant Gumbel; Solar Update" go to patreon.com/thebruenigs
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Socialism Series Episode 8: Moses Hess

February 28, 2022 • 39 mins
For all the episodes go on over to patreon.com/thebruenigs
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Matt on The Nordic Model podcast

December 25, 2021 • 52 mins
Matt appeared on The Nordic Model podcast earlier this week. I am crossposting the audio here for your enjoyment. You can follow them on: * Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2bWggCJikcvBQdtduvF7sa * YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-6BFMXDhBV4zlWWcAqguw * Twitter https://twitter.com/TheNordicModel This is not our episode for the week. We will have a special xmas episode out soon.
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The Trip

December 10, 2021 • 61 mins
Liz went on a two-pronged reporting trip, first to DC to cover a congressional hearing, and then to the Mississippi State Penitentiary to cover the execution of David Cox. Matt tagged along and collected bits of audio for this somewhat experimental episode.
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The Devastating Power of Sympathy Strikes; Paid Leave Ranting and Raving

September 23, 2021 • 74 mins
Matt pods solo on this one, talking about his hit piece about what happened when McDonalds went to Denmark and tried to run without a union. Talk includes details not in the piece and a telling of a similar story of what happened when Toys R Us went to Sweden in 1995 and tried the exact same shit. At the end of the podcast, Matt uses Lee Harris's article about paid leave in The Prospect to rant and rave about the insanity of what ...
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Matt Solo Ep on the Welfare State & MMT

September 17, 2021 • 55 mins
People seem to like these. So here we go again. Matt discusses the mistake everyone makes about what the welfare state is for. Then he talks about the recent MMT punditry. In the middle is Jarrod's Corner.
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Matt's 84-Year-Old Grandpa Talks About His Teamster Union Days and Politics Generally

September 1, 2021 • 53 mins
Sabotage, picket lines, and mass quits.
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Matt Dives into TikTok; Social Media Pogram; Octopussy

June 30, 2021 • 68 mins
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Biden's American Family Plan; Skin Color; Anna Delvey on HBO Max

May 6, 2021 • 66 mins
Please subscribe to get all of our episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/thebruenigs
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Matt's Dad Comes on to Discuss Qanon and Warehouse Laboring Conditions

April 8, 2021 • 58 mins
Matt's dad joins the podcast via the telephone to discuss HBO's six-hour documentary on Q and in the process discusses his 45 years of working in a distribution warehouse.
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Matt Debates Oren Cass About Child Benefits

March 8, 2021 • 103 mins
Matt went onto the Solidarity Policy Center's podcast to debate Oren Cass on the question of providing cash child benefits to all kids (including the very poor!). I'm cross-posting the whole thing here in case you are a big enough sicko to do 103 minutes of this. Please subscribe to patreon.com/thebruenigs to get all our episodes.
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Bitches Whom Brunch; Checks Update; Jessica Krug

February 23, 2021 • 67 mins
The gang is back with an old-style potpourri episode. If you want every episode, and as soon as it is released, please subscribe --> https://www.patreon.com/thebruenigs
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Hilaria and Dr. Phil

January 10, 2021 • 62 mins
The gang is back with a new year's special.
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Best Takes of the Trump Era, Featuring Matt Christman, aka @cushbomb

November 26, 2020 • 56 mins
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. Subscribe for all the episodes: https://www.patreon.com/thebruenigs
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Matt Debates Job Guarantee with Mark Paul

November 2, 2020 • 78 mins
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&feature=emb_title
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GORDON KEITH

October 29, 2020 • 73 mins
The gang sit down with sportsradio 1310 the ticket's own gordon keith for a sprawling conversation about whatever.
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Trump Updates; Trial Run of Brue Crime: The Chris Watts Story

October 23, 2020 • 69 mins
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 d...
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