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Episode 224 - Cortez the Killer feat. Trevor Beaulieu...

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/07/02

Pulling at a thread from last week's episode, we look at a round up of panicked and outraged takes on how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory will spell doom for socialism, doom for democrats and/or an all out race war, depending on which crank you ask. Buy Tickets for Virgil's Event Here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/virgiltexas

BONUS - Behind the Laughter: Mike Reiss

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/06/29

Virgil and Matt sit down with longtime Simpsons writer Mike Reiss to discuss his new book "Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets and Outright Lies From a Lifetime of Writing For The Simpsons". Also the co-creator of The Critic and creator of Queer Duck, Mike has written for the Simpsons off and on since its creation, and with him we talk about our favorite family, Thomas Edison's cinema-busting goon squad, the traitor Leon Trotsky's whereabouts, and Star Trek cast members' thoughts on trains. Be

222 - RESPECT. feat. Adam Friedland and Mike Recine...

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/06/25

We talk to some friends of ours about the extraordinary film 'Gotti', but above all we must be loyle to our capos.

Episode 220 - Camp Donald feat. Libby Watson (6/17/18)

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/06/18

Felix gamed so dang hard on the new Chapo Twitch Stream he overslept our crack-of-3 p.m. call time, so a skeleton crew of Will and Matt are joined by Chapo associate and fan favorite Libby Watson to discuss the delightful topics of America's child concentration camps, a D.C. ballot measure to get tipped workers actually paid a living wage, and yet another attempt to understand the country club-dwelling, restaurant-owning Trump-supporting common folk of our heartland, but all after we receive a

Episode 218 - The President's Neck Is Missing feat....

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2018/06/11

David Roth returns so we can discuss a very special horse & our Big Wet Leader's ongoing feud with the NFL. This leads into a discussion of the particular national psychosis induced by American Protestantism, and how the Puritans formed the country's first home owner's association. We then read some selections from former President Bill Clinton's very not-about-him spy thriller, and an extremely normal idea to fix New York's trains. Read David's article

Episode 216 - First Time, Long Time feat. PFT...

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/06/04

It's sports night here on Chapo! We're go deep into the Red Zone with local radio call-in favorite, PFT Commenter. We go around the horn and take a tour through the wide world of sports takes: Is Lebron overrated? Should we play the National Anthem before movies? Should you kneel? Did Robert Redford make the right move by leaving Kristen Scott Thomas at the end of 'The Horse Whisperer'? We analyze the athletes who clash on the gridiron and the heroes who cover them in the sports media.

Episode 214 - 6 Weird Election Tricks That ACTUALLY...

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2018/05/28

Will and Virgil peel back the curtain to give an intimate backstage look at their recent media hit with Jesse "The Body" Ventura on RT.* They're then joined by political scientist David Faris to discuss his book "It's Time To Fight Dirty". Faris out lines all the ways a slim democratic majority could and should shortcut norms and the constitution to build enduring power, while Will and Virgil supply all the reasons they'll probably be too chicken to actually do so. Finally, a reading from the good

Bonus: Matt and Mike Duncan Talk "Revolutions"

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/05/23

Matt is joined by the Revolutions Podcast's Mike Duncan to discuss 1848, Louis-Napoleon and his modern-day equivalent, what we can learn from history, and the future of revolutions. Mike's Podcast: http://www.revolutionspodcast.com/ Mike's Book: http://thestormbeforethestorm.com/

Episode 212 - Borderline feat. Brendan James (5/21/18)

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/05/21

It's been a miserable and grim week in terms of the news so we brought Chapo fam and extended universe associate Brendan James back and after a long shaggy dog story about Virgil and Matt going to a video game expo at NYU (seriously the real show starts at 0:12:45), we wade into the badness and discuss the massacres carried out by the IDF in Gaza, and the ever-increasing complicity of America's media and elected officials in accelerating it. We then turn to America's own borders and discuss the

Episode 210 - ICE to See You feat. Jake Flores (5/13/18)

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/05/13

We take a moment to salute the life and achievements of Sen. John McCain, and then are joined by comedian Jake Flores (@feraljokes) to hear all about his run-in with the Department of Homeland Security. For Jake's Tour Dates check his twitter account @Feraljokes Read Katherine Krueger's interview with Jake here: https://splinternews.com/the-brooklyn-comedian-whose-joke-about-ice-got-him-a-vi-1825865670 Support International Whore's Day and fight

208 - Donnie's World Tour feat. Derek Davison (5/6/18)

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/05/07

As Will's strike continues, Matt and Felix are joined by Derek Davison for a tour of news out of the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula. Derek's Patreon https://www.patreon.com/davisond13 Derek's blog https://attwiw.com

Episode 206 - Dry Boys Ride Again (5/1/18)

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/05/01

It's a real throwback ep as the original Dry Boys record the way it all started to discuss the idiotic non-controversy around the White House Correspondents Dinner that has consumed media discourse over the last week.

Bonus: Virgil Interviews Geneviéve Jones-Wright

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2018/04/30

Virgil talks to Geneviéve Jones-Wright, a public defender running for District Attorney of San Diego County. They discuss restorative justice, the criminalization of homelessness, dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline, and those strange burritos they eat there.

Bonus: Virgil Interviews Dan Canon

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2018/04/24

Virgil sits down with Dan Canon, candidate for Congress in Indiana's 9th district. They discuss Dan's background as a civil rights attorney litigating some cases you -may- have heard of, his thoughts on dismantling ICE, and his plans to defeat the millionaire failson Republican he intends to run against. https://www.canonforindiana.com/ https://twitter.com/canonforindiana

Episode 204 - Comey the Clown feat. Katherine Krueger...

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/04/23

This week we're joined by Splinter's Katherine Krueger to do a book report on James Comey's "A Higher Loyalty" and learn about ethical leadership from the former FBI director. Read Katherine's piece about Comey's Barnes & Noble event: https://splinternews.com/from-dawn-til-dusk-with-james-comeys-biggest-fans-1825355346 Pre Order our book at Chapotraphouse.com

Episode 202 - Sgt. Anne Marie Slaughter feat. Dan...

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/04/16

A double dose of interviews for this week: First, Daniel Finn on the allegations of anti-semitism being leveled at Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/04/jeremy-corbyn-antisemitism-labour-party Then, we talk to Eric Blanc about the teacher's strike in Oklahoma https://www.jacobinmag.com/author/eric-blanc http://www.labornotes.org/ But not before talking about this weekend's air strikes of Syria and the aptly named duo of Samantha Power and Anne Marie Slaughter.

Episode 200 - The Jeffrey Goldberg Variations (3/9/18)

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/04/09

In our 200th episode we interview regular normal one-haver Kurt Eichenwald* about his ongoing lawsuits against everyone who makes fun of him online and his normal interest in hentai. Then we go through Atlantic Magazine editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg's week of triumph: first grilling the new crown prince of Saudi Arabia on how Hitler is the worst thing you can be, his hilarious shit-canning of abortion survivor Kevin D. Williamson, and finally his childhood of being bullied by the Irish. *James

Episode 198 - Asked & Answered (4/3/18)

Chapo Trap House ·

2018/04/03

A very tired gang prepares to return home from their West Coast conquest and takes listener questions culled from the Chapo subreddit

Episode 196 Crazy Joe's Folly

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2018/03/26

The boys make use of Jack Wagner and Brandon Wardell's podcasting compound in one of our dumbest episodes yet because John Bolton is going to kill everyone

Episode 194 - F*ck 12 feat. Shuja Haider and Elon...

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2018/03/19

Elon Musk* calls in to recruit us into his Star Child program. Then we're joined by Shuja Haider to go through all of Jordan B. Peterson's 12 Rules for Life. *(James Adomian) Shuja's article in viewpoint: https://www.viewpointmag.com/2018/01/23/postmodernism-not-take-place-jordan-petersons-12-rules-life/ Tix Still Available in San Francisco http://chapotraphouse.com/ pre-order the chapo guide to

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