This Wreckage

NEW EP! Was Trump's China trip a Nothing Burger or a soy slop?
Why does the Deep State care so much about Taiwan?
And Sean's NY☭ hat came from WHERE?
All that plus choo-choo talk (LIRR Strike) in the bonus! For the full episode, sign up at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/nyregion/lirr-strike-long-island-rail-road.html
https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/hochul-pushed-lirr-strike-to-pick-up-votes-on-long-island-from-gop-opponent-transit-union-chief/
De-Tuckerized version of Sean's hat: https://www.neoliberalhell.com/shop/p/mysterious-hat

Song: Misfits - She (Demo version)

NEWS EP! Sean reports back from the a Beverly Hills Hedge Fund summit. Europe goes solar punk. US debt passes GDP as Project Freedom fails, and the Mideast bases lie in ruin. Is America through, or just through being cool?
Billionaires Unfazed by Iran: https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/19bda51e-fb62-4432-bc37-b9b425f19edd
Labor Market Unfazed by Iran https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/57482c61-164e-4f48-8214-370b269ac7b6
Europe Solar/Iran War: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/europe-solar-panels-iran-war.html
US Debt Milestone: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/business/us-debt-trump-policies-budget.html
This (US base) Wreckage: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/world/video/us-military-bases-iran-strikes-images-invs-digvid
"Operation Trust Me Bro" : https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/05/07/top-iran-negotiator-mocks-operation-trust-me-bro-and-questions-reports-of-trumps-peace-proposal/
Saudi/Kuwait Cold Feet — Gulf states pulling back from US posture on Hormuz https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/us/politics/trump-strait-of-hormuz-saudis.html
Iran Economic Wreckage: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/world/middleeast/iran-economy-layoffs.html
America is through being cool? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/opinion/vintage-clothes-america-cool-culture.html
Song: Nirvana - Milk It

We're joined by Henry Wallis of the FORMS podcast to guide us through one of the most obscure and challenging, yet arguably most consequential Biblical texts: the Book of Revelations.

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Written by a Christian exile on an Aegean Island in a time of intense imperial Civil War and internal repression of Jews and Christians, the text is interpreted by scholars as a coded polemic against tyranny and assimilation, and by end-times preachers (and US officials) as a description of contemporary events. Now, Henry, the Orthodox scholar, Sean, the occasional Church-goer, and Andy, the non-practicing Reddit Athiest, will take on the text with fresh eyes.
We read from the King James Bible and David Bentley Hart's translation of the New Testament

Song: Blind Willie Johnson - John the Revelator

Interviews from this past weekend's Upstate Anarchist Bookfair with Riot Act Books, Solarpunk writer Phoebe Wagner, Flock Off Ithaca, Bolshevik Tendency, and Warzone Distro
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At the end I include a snippet of our Armed Love interview with Ben Morea, who passed away this weekend. Check out the full interview here: Part 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65595770?collection=87680 Part 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65563424?collection=87680
Critique of "win" narrative in Minneapolis: https://illwill.com/proto-politics-in-purgatory
Song: Another Dimension - Twilight Zone (Remix)

We take another break from WW3 and various attempted assassinations with a sojourn into some economic shit with our guest Nicolas D Villarreal, an independent researcher focusing on the capitalist political economy.
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Full piece: https://cosmonautmag.com/2026/04/the-capitalist-in-the-21st-century/
Response https://cosmonautmag.com/2026/04/letter-limiting-factors-in-capitalist-growth/
Counter-Response https://cosmonautmag.com/2026/04/letter-why-the-limit-is-not-a-lack-of-opportunity/

FT article in agricultural inflation: https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/e13369c2-edb8-4418-adfb-3496d2fae185
CBS News' penny pinching tips: https://x.com/TheRealVarnVlog/status/2048217038443991052

Song: Kinks - Maximum Consumption