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785 - Tank Girls feat. Brace Belden (11/27/23)

TrueAnon’s Brace Belden returns to the show as the crew continues discussing the war in Palestine. We look at Israel’s military shortcomings, the IDF’s penile obsession, the domestic propaganda war, and some measures Biden could take we might actually support. We also touch on Gavin Newsom’s vetoing of an anti-Caste based discrimination law, and a Ron DeSantis aide who apparently willed himself to death.

Catch Will at the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s 2024 Moby-Dick Marathon: <...

784 - Spanish Civil War, part 1: Pronunciamento y Pistolerismo (11/23/23)

In this 14th installment of Matt’s (increasingly un-) Inebriated Past series, we begin what should be a 4 part look at the Spanish Civil War. In this installment, Matt guides from through the decaying Spanish Empire of the 19th century, through the social classes of village and city, the attempts for liberal reform in the early 20th century, the roots of Spanish anarchism and socialism, and finally the establishment of the 2nd Spanish Republic setting the stage for apocalyptic conflict.

Hell of Presidents: Episode 6 - The Handsome Generals

Johnson - Grant - Hayes - Garfield - Arthur

Uh, can anyone find another General from Ohio?

Hell of Presidents: Episode 5 - But How Was The Play?

Pierce - Buchanan - Lincoln - Johnson

What's so civil about war, anyway?

783 - Dream Hoarders, LLC feat. Madinah Wilson-Anton (11/20/23)

To celebrate Joe Biden’s 81st birthday, we’re joined by Delaware state representative Madinah Wilson-Anton to dish about all things Delaware. Rep. Wilson-Anton leads us through Delaware’s legal peculiarities that make it ripe for international corporate malfeasance, her personal experiences with Joe Biden and his “think tank,” and some tales of Delaware politics, ranging from corporate crime, feral senate dogs, chip thievery, and lots of casual racism.

782 - Israeli Vasdeferens Force feat. Mark Ames (11/16/23)

Radio War Nerd’s Mark Ames joins us to discuss his takes on propaganda efforts around the war in Gaza and generational changes in opinions on Israel and Zionism. Then, Mark relays his personal experiences with, and work reporting on, an astounding story of domestic spying and espionage by the ADL in support of such entities as apartheid South Africa. Finally, we look at the IDF’s effort to publicize their special post-mortem semen retrieval unit.

Find all things Radio War Nerd at: <...

Hell of Presidents: Episode 4 - The Lake of Shit

Harrison - Tyler - Polk - Taylor - Fillmore

Failed attempts to fix America's plumbing.

Hell of Presidents: Episode 3 - The Little Magician

Jackson - Van Buren

A Dutch guy invents the Democrats.

781 - Goon Dad (11/13/23)

Will, Felix and Amber pick up a few stories we missed last week, including Tim Scott girlfriend reveal (and campaign end), and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s father/son porn monitoring. We then look at a litany of increasingly absurd bungles and PR disasters from the Israeli government, all from just the last week.

Pick up your copy of Amber’s new book Dirtbag here: https://us.macmillan.com...

780 - The Blow Gas State feat. Tom Sexton (11/9/23)

Tom Sexton of the Trillbillies podcast joins us to talk some Kentucky, looking at another round of losses for Republicans, and victory for the bluegrass state’s democratic governor Andy Beshear. We go in on the GOP continuing to kill itself by being as cruel and annoying as possible on social issues, while Democrats insist their approval numbers are down because the kids are watching the wrong TikToks. Finally, we check in on Eric Adams and his Turkish Connection.

Find the Trillbillie...

Hell of Presidents and New Digital Shop Items

What’s up everybody,

Exciting news: Hell of Presidents, our fan-favorite and critically beloved (well, one blurb in Entertainment Weekly) podcast history of the American presidency is finally coming home to Patreon. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be posting the series in order, starting today with the first two episodes. This series will be available permanently for all Chapo subscriber...

Hell of Presidents: Episode 2 - The Era of Bad Vibes

Adams - Jefferson - Madison - Monroe - Quincy Adams

The first party system comes crashing down on JQA's nerdy shoulders.

Hell of Presidents: Episode 1 - Founding Daddies

Constitution - Washington

Get in the Presidency, George.

Chris and Matt's Hell of Presidents series comes to the Patreon. Over the next weeks, we'll be posting the entire series here to be permanently available for all subscribers.

779 - The Rude Dozen feat. Derek Davison (11/6/23)

Chief Foreign Policy correspondent Derek Davison returns to the show for updates on Palestine, including discussion of recent videos of Palestinian arms and tactics, the Biden administration’s response to the war, the potential for further regional conflict, and where the new American focus on Israel leaves Ukraine.

Find Derek’s podcast American Prestige at:

https://www.americanprestigepod.com

An...

MM16 - City Frights: Wolfen, Candyman, and the Urban Wilderness

In this final episode of this year’s Ghoulvie Screamset, Will & Hesse take a look at Michael Wadleigh’s “Wolfen” (1981) and Bernard Rose’s “Candyman” (1992). Two films taking advantage of real urban environments the horrors of city life, from the intrusion of primordial natural evil in Wolfen, to manifesting the everyday horror of urban poverty in Candyman.

Thanks for listening to our second outing of Movie Mindset! Will & Hesse will be back next year with a full s...

778 - The Other Side feat. Jack Wagner (11/2/23)

We’re keeping the Halloween spirit going a few more days as Jack Wagner joins us to discuss his new podcast Otherworld. Through the stories covered in Otherworld, we look at peoples’ experiences with Ghosts, Djinns, Gnomes, Aliens, Sasquatches and more. We also discuss how fraying trust in institutions, COVID, and other social disruptions might affect peoples’ experiences with the paranormal, and check in with John Kass for his thoughts on the ghoulish.

Check out Otherworld here:<...

777 - Burn Book feat. Vincent Bevins (10/30/23)

Author Vincent Bevins returns to the show to discuss his new book “If We Burn” covering the “mass protest decade.”  We discuss global protest movements from Brazil to Tunisia to Egypt to Chile, how they’ve affected or failed to affect global politics, and how the last decade of protest and activism relates to the ongoing conflict in Palestine.

You can find Vincent’s book here: www.ifweburn.com

776 - Methusula and The Mad Dog feat. David J. Roth (10/26/23)

Roth week continues as we go round the horn discussing who we got in this year’s World Bible Championship. More seriously, we discuss updates on the Israel-Gaza war, including Biden’s comments doubting the accuracy of Palestinian casualties. And then later, more news on Congressman George Santos and his many criminal shenanigans, and a reading series in classic Chapo style: a right wing ghoul with bizarre opinions on candy.

MM15 - Save Your Servants!: Barker, Blatty & Writers In Hell

Brendan James returns to take on two triumphant works from writers-turned-directors: Clive Barker’s “Hellraiser” (1987) and William Peter Blatty’s “The Exorcist III” (1990). Both films feature visions of Hell’s intrusion onto earth; two competing and complementary visions of evil, one from a gay British man and the second from a devout American Catholic. Will, Hesse and Brendan go deep on these films, highlighting in Hellraiser some of the most ghoulish practical effects ever pu...

775 - The Wrestler feat. David J. Roth (10/23/23)

David J. Roth joins us this week as we continue discussing the relatively limp and unconvincing propaganda emerging around the Israel-Gaza war. Then, David gives us his review of “Moneyball” Michael Lewis’ new book on Sam Bankman-Fried, and we take a look at a new Washington Post piece chronicling Jim Jordan’s career arc from college wrestling champion to almost-Speaker of the House.

David’s review of Going Infiniteis here: 2023-10-24 03:46:56 +0000 UTC View Post

774 - The Ingraham Angle feat. Bryan Quinby (10/19/23)

Recommended by one of Felix’s most trusted sources for inane, barely-existing movies, we sit down to watch 2023’s “57 Seconds.” A man finds a ring that allows him to travel 57 seconds into the past, which he thrillingly uses to cheat at roulette then take down Big Pharma. Morgan Freeman is in this! WHO IS INGRAHAM? Bryan Quinby returns to help us unpack this taught thriller that dares to ask “what if you could know to suck your girlfriends toes…before she even asks you?”

F...

Movie Mindset 14 - Halloween Sex God: A Tom Atkins Double Feature

Will & Hesse look at two starring God Tom Atkins: John Carpenter’s “The Fog” (1980) & Tommy Lee Wallace’s “Halloween III: Season of the Witch”. Also a Carpenter double feature of sorts, one from the director himself, and one continuing from his iconic Halloween (1978) film as he intended the franchise to be, an anthology. The Fog is a true American ghost story wrestling with monstrous crimes of our past, and Halloween III is an outrageous gorefest with one of the most infa...

773 - Israeli Self Harm Force (10/16/23)

Will & Felix continue last week’s discussion on Gaza & Palestine with further thoughts on the brutality of the unfolding conflict, reactions and narratives pushed through the American media, shifts in public opinion, and the unstable positions of Israel & America.

Here are a few Palestinian aid organizations worth your support:

https://www.pcrf.net/

2023-10-17 03:45:41 +0000 UTC View Post

772 - Tales From the Yelp feat. Bryan Quinby (10/12/23)

Podfather Bryan Quinby returns to the show for some spoofs and goofs. We catch up with various radio personalities and explore some D.C. gossip, then Bryan takes us on a tour of some of his favorite types of guy he’s encountered so far while making his new show GUYS.

Find Guys wherever you get podcasts and get all of Bryan’s premium content including Guys+ here: https://www.patreon.com/MurderXBryan

Movie Mindset 13 - You’re All FREAKS!!!: Disease, Death and Vincent Price feat. Theda Hammel

Will & Hesse are joined by Nymphowars’ Theda Hammel to discuss two horror films from 1964 starring the legend Vincent Price: Sidney Salkow’s “The Last Man on Earth” & Roger Corman’s “The Masque of the Red Death”. Both deal with the end of the world in their own way and highlight Price’s unique combination of campiness and dramatic heft for both comedic and horrifying effects.

771 - The Crossing feat. Mohammad Alsaafin (10/10/23)

Journalist Mohammad Alsaafin returns to the show to cover the unprecedented new developments in the Israel-Gaza conflict.

The piece from Séamus Malekafzali mentioned in the episode: https://www.seamus-malekafzali.com/p/a-siege-broken

The playlist of AJ+ videos on Palestine Mohammad recommends at the end of the episode: 2023-10-11 02:14:48 +0000 UTC View Post

770 - Master & Commander feat. Kath Krueger (10/5/23)

Kath’s back as we continue reviewing the outpouring of affection for Matt and catching up on last week’s news, specifically Commander Biden’s ongoing one-dog war against White House secret service. Then, we look at Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as Speaker of the House, and discuss just how far one fellow Patreon creator will go for content.

Prod. note: I’m just as upset as you are that the public eps are now odd numbered and subscriber eps are now even. If anyone has any ideas to re...

Movie Mindset 12 - Road Trip! Horrifying Rides of Romero & Hooper

Will & Hesse bring you Horrotober Ghoulvie Screamset, a selection of Horror film bangers for this October. We start with two all-time classics of the genre: George Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Tobe Hooper’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1974). Both films redefined the genre into heightened levels of gruesome nihilism, creating vivid reflections of charnel-house America while serving up ghouls galore for your puerile titillation.

As always, the first episo...

HORRORTOBER GHOULVIE SCREAMSET SCHEDULE

Will & Hesse are proud to present another round of Movie Mindset episodes, themed for the season around a batch of Horror classics. Here is the full schedule so you can watch along with them. Episodes will come out Wednesday mornings starting tomorrow and running through November 1.

We will also be hosting another set of screenings at the Roxy Theater in NYC! On October 30th, join Will &...

769 - Band of Brothers feat. Kath Krueger (10/2/23)

We are back. What a week to take a break, huh? We catch up on Nazi officers in Canadian parliament, Sen. Bob “Goldbar” Menendez, Sen. Dianne “RIP” Feinstein, an assortment of madcap Trump statements, China repossesses its Pandas, and more.

Thank you for bearing with us through all of this. Programming should continue as usual now. Movie Mindset Halloween Edition starts this Wednesday 10/4/23, and we have some more surprise treats coming to the Patreon when that’s wrapped up in...