unDunn Podcast: Recent Episodes
William Dunn
The unDunn podcast is a weekly podcast that explores society & culture, and dives into the motivations and events that mold the current political climate in the United States and throughout the world. A variety of guests from fellow podcast hosts, journalists, professors, and every day people come and talk on the show. Join William Dunn to cut through the bulls**t!
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After President Biden announced his new infrastructure package, a fight in Washington began over how much we should raise taxes. On this episode we dive in to examine our current tax code. What we uncover is truly unsettling. This will be a multi part series that chronicles the dismantling of our tax system that has allowed the top 10% to exploit, leading to a annual tax-gap of $1,000,000,000,000 dollars a year. This money is crucial to the greater prosperity of the American people, but the top 10% income earners have been getting away with tax fraud, avoidance and non-compliance.
The IRS published in September of 2019 the findings of tax years 2011-2013, where they found the Tax Gap is a colossal $441 Billion dollars. Now the IRS Chief Charles Rettig and Fed Chair Janet Yellen are blowing the whistle that the tax gap is now 1 Trillion dollars.
A new player has entered the chat! I sit down with Stephen and Nabi to discuss Gun Violence in the United States, the nuclear family, and honestly things that I probably don't even remember! We ask if the United States has a uniquely violent culture, and is there any solutions to the growing problem of despair that vulnerable Americans are facing increasingly.
Funny fact, we planned on making this episode 30 minutes, that clearly didn't happen.
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Short and sweet this week! I've had quite a full schedule this week, but we've been busy behind the scenes getting everything together. The website is finally up and running! Go check it out at undunnpodcast.org We will be starting a monthly book club, this month is Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America by Alec MacGillis. I will have much content upcoming this week, but be sure to stay for the end of the episode for a trailer for the upcoming episode series "Vote or Die"
They loved me so much they brought me on! This episode was a blast, literally had us all saying "What did we even talk about?" once the dust settled, but I didn't walk away empty handed I'm officially the fan of the week!
The dynamic duo of Lucas and Lily are the hosts of Partial Credit, an education podcast, but not your typical education podcast!
Go give Lily and Lucas some love and shoot them and follow @partial.credit.pod and you can listen to them on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or where ever you listen!
It's been over 900 days since John was last on! Long lost friends reconnected after being torn apart from the COVID pandemic, a true love story. In this episode, John and I play catch talking about the Pandemic, our beers, conspiracy theories, among a litany of issues! Follow me on Instagram @william_undunn and make sure you follow me on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen!
This week I hopped on with Lily and Lucas from the Partial Credit Podcast. Partial Credit is an education podcast with a twist! This episode we talked about everything from our education system to America returning back to "normal".
- Listen to Partial Credit on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. https://spoti.fi/3ddRMjw
- Follow them on their Instagram @partial.credit.pod
- Lucas on IG @sacredplaydoh
- Lily on IG @deadlypineapple13
- Shoot them an email @ partial.cred.pod@gmail.com
With 2021 off to a rough start, I was able to sit down with Stephen Vickers who has 20 years inside the natural gas and oil industry of Texas. With the recent Winter- Apocalypse that knocked out millions of Texans power and sent us all back to the 19th Century. Stephen and I continued the discussion delving into 2021 hot-topics like the Derek Chauvin murder trial, Climate Change, and much more! Be sure to like and subscribe!
Music Credit: LBO Music https://cutt.ly/gzMLKa0
Coronavirus nor COVID19 is not going anywhere despite what the President and his lackeys continue to spout. On this episode we explore the lack of effective governmental response and Trumps claims on the virus going away(it isn't), testing and the economy as well as the Confederates who don't want to wear masks, this all ultimately culminating in the downfall of the United States.
My guest this week is Mueni Loko Rudd, she earned her Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from the Huston-Tillotson University and her Masters Degree in Social Work from Texas State University. Find her TEDx Talk here https://bit.ly/3djF8y4 where she discusses the phenomena of skin-bleaching and internalized racism in western societies. On this episode, we talked about the ongoing epidemic of police killings of black people and race relations in the United States, Follow her on her instagram @mueniloko
Secret War is a multi-part series discussing the history of the relationship between the United States of America, and the Peoples Republic of China. With the relationship between the two super powers deteriorating in the last 4 years, we have to establish a framework of what the Sino-American relationship has been before we talk about what the relationship will be. In part 1 we discuss the historic relationship that the U.S. and China share, dating back to the 19th Century, In light of recent reporting, the COVID19 pandemic is one domino in the many dominoes that have fallen in what the Chinese refer to as "The Marathon". This race is the race to be the worlds one and only super-power, this race is one that the United States didn't even know was happening, or at the very least, we ignored all the redflags (no pun intended) telling us that this race was happening. When did the marathon start? Who are the main actors? Where will the race end? These are all questions that will be answered in this series. Sources: Pillsbury, Michael. The Hundred-Year Marathon: Chinas Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower. New York: St. Martins Griffin, 2016. “Olympic Dreams: China and Sports, 1895-2008.” Choice Reviews Online 46, no. 02 (January 2008). Kissinger, Henry. On China. Penguin Books Ltd., 2012. Komlos, John. (2019). Reaganomics: A Watershed Moment on the Road to Trumpism. The Economists’ Voice. 10.1515/ev-2018-0032.
This episode is the beginning of my commitment to myself and you the listener to focus on combating conspiracy theories, fake news, and bad ideas. On one hand, we want to hold the title of leader of the world, but on the other hand we've essentially abandoned that by abandoning our basic decency. Vocal minorities have adopted conspiracy theories to explain the station of their lives, and these ideas have infected many. How do we combat these ideas? Where do we go forward in a post-COVID19 world? It seems there are more questions than answers, and more information than we know to parse. I hope this podcast finds you all well during this time of uncertainty.
The world has been through hell and turmoil these last 3 months, and it seems like we're not getting a break anytime soon. This episode dives into the history of pandemics and pandemic response in the United States, as well as the current lack of effective response by our government officials and political pundits, comparing the novel Coronavirus to "just the flu" . This situation is real, we are in this for the long haul, and don"t forget to wash your hands.
Hey everyone Happy Thanksgiving, if you're traveling on the road please be safe. Just wanted to say Hello and happy to be back on the air, and most importantly make sure you cherish the time with your friends and loved ones this year. I know tensions are high with the current political climate. It seems more and more that people are concerned with just getting to Black Friday instead of enjoying Thanksgiving.