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691 - The Santos Clause (12/22/22)

We kick off with a rather violent round up of some international animal news. Then, a look at the continuing implication of the Data For Progress-sphere in SBF’s election fraud, and we meet new GOP representative-elect George Santos and the amazing web of lies around his personal life. Finally, a holiday gift guide from Politico for your most hated relatives.

Tickets for the Hell on Earth launch show/party @ Littlefield in NYC 1/20/23 here: 2022-12-23 02:25:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Hinge Points S2E6: Bernie Won feat. Meagan Day

Matt and Danny are joined by Meagan Day of Jacobin to answer the question: What if Bernie won?

This is the last of this season of Hinge Points, thanks for listening. If you have any topic requests for if/when we do more of these, let us know!

690 - Recovery Side Quest feat. TrueAnon (12/19/22)

Our good friends Liz and Brace of TrueAnon stop by to help us send off The Year of the Smile. We discuss their mini-series on Synanon, a substance rehabilitation program turned violent cult, and how it relates to all sorts of American phenomenon: from 1950’s acid tests to the modern Troubled Teen Industry. We also discuss the state of our collapsing tech/media infrastructure, the Epstein case, and why the government should begin issuing quests to citizens.

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689 - Gods and Munsters feat. Jefferson Morley (12/15/22)

Will talks to journalist Jefferson Morley about the impending release of a number of government documents pertaining to Lee Harvey Oswald and the JFK assassination, including, for the first time, definitive descriptions of the relationship between Oswald and the CIA. Then, Matt and Felix join for a look at Trump’s new collectable NFT line, and a piece from the Federalist asking: is Santa too fat for our children?

Visit Jefferson’s substack at: 2022-12-16 03:14:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Hinge Points S2E5: Dick's Trick feat. Noah Kulwin

Matt and Danny invite Noah Kulwin of Blowback to explore the question: what if Richard Nixon, not John F. Kennedy, won the 1960 presidential election?

688 - Black Site Safe Space (12/12/22)

We review the year in Podcasts, according to the New York Times. Then, Sinema flips, the Young Republicans present the Allen Dulles award, and the CIA has a mental wellness problem. Finally, some movie mindset recommendations for your holiday season.

Hell on Earth launch show/party @ Littlefield 1/20/23, tickets here: https://littlefieldnyc.com/event/?wfea_eb_id=479703214227

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687 - Otto von Toontown (12/8/22)

We celebrate today’s important prisoner swap, and finally bring the 2022 mid-terms to a close with Raphael Warnock’s defeat of Herschel Walker in Georgia. Then, we take a look at the Qanon-addled attempt to overthrow the German government and install Heinrich XIII Prince of Reuss as kaiser.

Hinge Points S2E4: Hingepoints on Horseback feat. Everett Rummage

Matt and Danny invite Everett Rummage, host of the Age of Napoleon podcast, to discuss a potpourri of “what ifs” about the emperor himself.

686 - AI Can’t Get You Garfield feat. Ryan Broderick & Elon Musk (12/6/22)

Our old friend Elon Musk* calls in to give us some updates on company policy and future projects from Twitter HQ. Then we’re joined by Ryan Broderick, author of the Garbage Day newsletter, to discuss all things online, from the woes of politicized moderation, to a future without Twitter, to the many ethical & technological horrors presented by new AI technology.

Find Ryan’s great newsletter about the Internet here: 2022-12-06 06:21:28 +0000 UTC View Post

BONUS: Will Talks To Rail Workers

Will talks to Ross Grooters, co-chair of Railroad Workers United, Deven Mantz of BMWED Teamsters, and Jonah Furman of Labor Notes about the tentative agreement being forced on railroad workers, the demands of the unions, and where organizing goes from here.

Visit www.railroadworkersunited.org to support the union.

685 - Fail Whale feat. Ben McKenzie (12/1/22)

Senior Crypto-correspondent Ben McKenzie stops by to catch up on the FTX collapse and SBF’s downfall. We also take a look at the general state of crypto, the fate of crypto holders, political complicity in the industry, and more.

You can pre-order Ben and Jacob Silverman’s new book on Crypto now: https://store.abramsbooks.com/products/easy-money

Hinge Points S2E3: Lightnin’ Luther feat. Patrick Wyman

Matt and Danny are joined by Patrick Wyman, host of the Tides of History podcast, to discuss the question: What if Martin Luther died young?

684 - Chapo Victims Unit (11/28/22)

We start off with some Law & Order: SVU talk that flows into a discussion of crime paranoia that cost the Democrats the house in suburban Long Island. Then, America’s epidemic of loneliness and corrupt hustlers trying to scam people into unnecessary for-profit hospice care. Grim! So we lighten up the back half of the ep with some more listener questions.

683 - Scran Report: Turkey Barm feat. David J. Roth (11/25/22)

Beloved guest David J. Roth returns to the pod to break down some of our Turkeys of the Year with Kanye West and Elon Musk reaching new lows of embarrassing and goofy behavior. Then, we celebrate the impending return of a TRUE visionary with a profile exploring the alpha mindset of Mr. James Cameron.

Find more David Roth over at https://defector.com/

Hinge Points S2E2: Get Outbreak feat. Alex Aviña

Matt and Danny invite Alex Aviña, associate professor of Latin American history at Arizona State University, to discuss the question: What if European diseases hadn't ravaged Native American populations after 1492?

682 - Longspermism (11/21/22)

We catch up with World Cup news, engage in some vile orientalism about Qatar, and take a look at American colleges and universities partnering with gambling sites to wring some more profit out of their students and sports programs. Then, an in-depth reading series on a Peter Thiel-aligned movement of eugenics, biological optimization, “secular Calvinism,” and more dubious effective altruism, all wrapped up in one couple and their plans to out-breed the world.

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681 - Underworld: Rise of the Dybbuks (11/17/22)

Hakeem Jeffries takes the reins of house leadership from Nancy Pelosi. Trump officially announces his 2024 run. Herschel walker battles monsters. I’m trying to post this on deadline before running to a family dinner so apologies for brevity.

Tons of programming and subscriber announcements, find all the updates here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/announcing-hell-74753159

ANNOUNCING: Hell on Earth // Annual Memberships // Hinge Points

Greetings Grey Wolves,

It's a huge day for space-watchers as we are proud to announce three major new projects & updates to the Chapo Trap House Patreon.

The first is HELL ON EARTH, a new history series from Matt and Chris.

HELL ON EARTH: The Thirty Years War & The Violent Birth of Capitalism is a 10-episode miniseries that will launch on Ja...

Hinge Points S2E1: Dog-gone-erland

Hinge Points is back for a new season, baby! This first ep is free, but expect new episodes for the next 5 Thursdays, only at patreon.com/chapotraphouse.

Matt and Danny Bessner (from American Prestige) invite Chris to discuss the question: What if Doggerland (the area of land between Britain and France) was never filled in with water?

Preview: Hell On Earth

Coming Jan 11th from Chapo Trap House:
HELL ON EARTH: The Thirty Years War & The Violent Birth of Capitalism

In this special preview mini-sode, Matt and Chris discuss their new history podcast series, coming soon exclusively on patreon.com/chapotraphouse.

680 - Chapo Blue (11/14/22)

We’ve got more midterms wrap up as Dems clinch the senate, Kari Lake goes down in Arizona, and Blake Masters’ school shooter campaign ads resurface. Then, we round up the first few weeks of Elon’s Twitter takeover and the FTX collapse, two more massive frauds of the billionaire class apparently destined for self-destruction. Finally, a eulogy for one of the Grand Broads of conservative media.

679 - Jesters In Control: Red Wank (11/10/22)

We’re here with our Midterms 2022 analysis. Felix’s “normal whites” thesis vindicated, GOP in disarray as weirdness on display, the future of L. Ron Santis vs. Toxic Trump…all this and more state by state, race by race coverage within. Plus, we finish on an almost psychedelically incomprehensible column from the one and only John Kass!

678 - For Whom The Balls Tan feat. Julian Feeld & Annie Kelly (11/8/22)

We’re joined by QAnon Anonymous’ Julian Feeld & Annie Kelly to discuss their new miniseries MANCLAN, covering online masculinity influencers. Julian and Annie’s series pulls together a lot of threads we’ve been discussing lately including loneliness, the rightwing grip on “manliness”, bizarre male diet trends, the new age-ification of online reactionaries and much more.

You can subscribe to Qanon Anonymous to get Manclan and all their premium content here:

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677 - Better to Reign in Hellsite (11/4/22)

We of course have to start off by taking stock of Elon Musk buying twitter, what that means for le hellsite, how things change, how they stay the same. Then, we finally take a look at the Pelosi hammer incident, and a complimentary Boss Ross piece on how the right’s become the left and the left - you won’t believe it - has become the right!

676 - Agony Uncles (11/1/22)

It’s the end of another tour, so we’re once again turning to the phone lines for a Chapo call-in show. So, thanks for the questions, enjoy the answers. And a special thanks to everyone who came out to these live shows, they were some of our best ever.

We’ll probably do more calls in the future now that we have an easy method for cataloguing and searching calls, so feel free to send in more under-30-second audio recording questions to calls@chapotraphouse.com

675 - Demolition Them feat. Girl God (10/28/22)

A transmission from the future, hosted by the show’s then-current hosts, Girl God.

Girl God shows at: https://linktr.ee/aprilc47

Our Ft. Lauderdale show is THIS SUNDAY, grab tickets while you can: https://www.jointherevolution.net/concerts/chapo-trap-house/

674 - Stew for Demons (10/24/22)

It’s Halloween season so we’re taking a look at the increasing amount terror many Americans are now experiencing previously-benign concepts like “school” and “voting.” We also take a look at the “retvrn” type traditionalists, and how the fantasy of what they want to “retvrn” to so badly keeps getting more and more recent.

We are going to do a CALL-IN show in the next week or so. Email us an audio question of NO LONGER THAN 30 SECONDS to 2022-10-25 03:23:18 +0000 UTC View Post

673 - Kill This Cat (10/20/22)

Did Jorts the Cat do ableism? Is a “right to sex” the best solution for our alienated males? Will Rod Dreher finally find spiritual peace in permanent Hungarian exile? All this and a farewell to Liz Truss in today’s episode.

Last chance to catch us live this year at Revolution in Ft. Lauderdale on 10/30: https://www.jointherevolution.net/concerts/chapo-trap-house/

672 - Smiles Per Minute (10/17/22)

We’re back from the first part of our fall tour and kicking around some news items: Kanye continues to find wild new ways to embrace conservatism, Liz Truss’ government wildly flails, Bolsonaro has a pretty wild story about encountering a young Venezuelan woman. Plus, we discuss the vandalism stunt on a Van Gogh painting in the name of climate activism, and take a look at a typical day for a VC-backed tech CEO.

Last chance to catch us live this year at Revolution in Ft. Lauderdale o...

671 - The Inebriated Past 13: So Far From God feat. Matt Karp (10/13/22)

In one of our various irregular series, Matt's going to be taking a look at the history of Mexico and U.S.-Mexican relations through time. These eps are going to feature Matt with some guests in conversation, starting with our 19th century All-Star Matt Karp. Matt and Matt are talking about the U.S.-Mexico war, which, if you've listened to Hell of Presidents, you'll know is (at least here in the states) a kind of under-discussed foundational moment in all of the rest of our shared histories. ...