We ring in our 600th episode by taking our movie reviews international. We watched Wolf Warrior (2015) and Wolf Warrior II (2017), two entries in the emerging genre of Chinese action blockbusters. What can these films tell us about the new Chinese century? Does belt and road translate to the cinema? Can Xi thought defeat the neoliberlized menace of CGI blood and lead to the return of true action filmmaking? Is it based to get silly with your homies? All these answers and more await you.
2022-02-08 03:52:49 +0000 UTC
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Continuing from episode 557 - Mormons, pt. 1, Matt guides us through the history of the Mormons after the death of Joseph Smith. We continue to track how the development of Mormonism reflects and refracts the development of American capitalism.
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2022-02-04 02:42:48 +0000 UTC
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The boys look at the phenomenon of literary Felixes, plus discuss a few current censorship debates. Plus, we’re joined once again by lawyer Steven Donziger, who is now back under house arrest after the Department of Corrections sent him home from Jail. We discuss the end stages of case, his corporate prosecution, and the future for the people of Ecuador in their case against Chevron.
Information on Steven’s case and ways to support collected at 2022-02-01 04:24:09 +0000 UTC
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A follow-up to our episode [349 - The Righteous Falwells (9/12/19)], we look at a new in-depth profile of Jerry Fallwell Jr., perhaps one of the most singularly emblematic individuals of our era.
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TICKETS TO OUR PUBLIC AUSTIN SHOW, WEDS 3/16 AT LONG PLAY LOUNGE EAST: 2022-01-28 07:01:08 +0000 UTC
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Our roundtable of experts debate the possibility of intervention in the Russia/Ukraine tensions and come to the conclusion a global nuclear exchange would probably suck, at least for the Podcast Industry. We then take a look at a trio of pieces examining the national crisis in hiring and firing. Does Nobody Want to Work Anymore or is it just that Work Sucks, I Know? We get to the bottom of how you’ll probably end up a serf (but without the benefits) regardless.
2022-01-25 02:36:33 +0000 UTC
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Havana Syndrome proves a bust and Eric Adams praises fruit. We spend the main chunk of the ep reviewing Frank Luntz and the New York Times’ recent focus group of the most chaotic and bird-brained type of person in existence: the average American independent voter.
2022-01-21 02:43:58 +0000 UTC
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So I (Chris) take one week off producing for a little vacation and somehow the boys manage to accidentally record all three of themselves into just one mic track for this ep? Idk I literally can’t leave these jokers alone for one minute. Our guest editor did heroic work getting this listenable, but sorry for the “chapo classic” audio quality.
Anyway, the boys are back in town and California dreamin' on such a winter's day, they discuss whether MLK's civil rights rings are legit or...
2022-01-18 02:53:57 +0000 UTC
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The boys discuss a case of road rage in Florida and Thomas Friedmans highly regarded column about a Biden-Cheney unity ticket.
2022-01-14 00:20:17 +0000 UTC
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Sorry had to do a quick repost to correct an audio error.
The western media conceals the truth of the Newsome Regime…drinking piss and cum to cure covid…Obama razes parks to build library…and two dipshits try to out-yokel each other in Ohio.
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2022-01-11 04:19:30 +0000 UTC
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Part 2 of our fantasy adventure series in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. After the tragic death of Mikaeus Lynndal, the boys venture into the Cheshire Woods and the Catacomb lair of the Rat King.
Guided by DM Patches (@senator_gun)
Written by DM Patches & Jack Walden (@meanunclejack)
Additional voices by Branson Reese (@bransonreese)
Series art by Artyom Trakhanov (@...
2022-01-07 02:00:03 +0000 UTC
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We’re joined by friend of the show, Episode 1’s own Andrew Hudson, to discuss his experiences as an ICU nurse throughout the COVID pandemic, and why he decided to quit. We also discuss Rod Dreher’s investigation into homosexuality in the far right movement, and Jair Bolsonaro’s return to the hospital.
Listen to Episode 1 here: https://soundcloud.com/episode-one-868768631
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2022-01-04 04:13:50 +0000 UTC
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Amber talks to Paul Prescod, who is running for Pennsylvania State Senate in the 8th district. They discuss campaigning for labor support, working with unions towards a green future, taxing frackers & more.
Check out Paul’s campaign here: https://www.paulprescod.com/
2021-12-31 17:30:35 +0000 UTC
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Part 1 of our new fantasy adventure series in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. The boys star as veteran crusaders, imprisoned by the Mad King Job for refusing to take the Blood Cure. When a mysterious folk hero springs them from their dungeon, will the boys choose to join his dangerous quest to restore the rightful king to the throne?
Guided by DM Patches (@senator_gun)
Written by DM ...
2021-12-31 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Stav’s back for an end-of-the-year round of relationship advice. We analyze Madison Cawthorn’s failed relationship, answer Dear Prudie questions, and look at a NYT op-ed about how it’s normal and cool to hate your husband.
All things Stavvy at https://stavvy.biz/
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2021-12-29 01:11:15 +0000 UTC
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We discuss (not re-enact this year, sorry folks) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). We also well look at Mayor Eric Adams’ war on seed oils and take the New York Times’ end of the year News Quiz (for children).
Tickets for our Southern tour are on sale over at chapotraphouse.com/live
2021-12-24 03:29:25 +0000 UTC
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Will and Felix examine the perilous dangers of TikTok with the world's greatest archivist of physically smooth Canadian dramatists, @favetiktoks420 on Instagram, or @layajospe on Twitter.
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2021-12-22 03:11:26 +0000 UTC
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Time was, a Will-less episode meant a cavalcade of kids-running-the-candy-store bullshit. But, we think we’ve cracked the code to a reasonably focused Will-less eps with the Chris/Danny sub-in combo. Which of course means you hogs will find something else to complain about here. We’ve got Omicron updates, the BBB implosion, Chile’s new president, tensions in Ukraine, and of course, medieval cum hell.
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2021-12-21 05:02:59 +0000 UTC
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Our live show at Warsaw in Brooklyn on 12/16/21.
Hey, check it out: Zapata hats are back in stock at shop.chapotraphouse.com
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2021-12-17 22:46:57 +0000 UTC
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Having left their bubble of east coast elites, the boys are finally ready to accept (and accept responsibility for) the Let’s Go Brandon movement. They also revise the American Conservative’s revision of W.E.B. Du Bois’ Reconstruction revisionism.
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2021-12-14 05:56:09 +0000 UTC
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Matt and Danny Bessner, from the American Prestige podcast, analyze one of the most important hinge points of their young lives: the September 11, 2001 attacks. They examine how 9/11 provided meaning to Americans after a decade spent searching for it, how it solved the crisis of liberalism that permeated US politics during "the end of history," how the Internet shaped the response to 9/11, and how things might have been different if 9/11 never happened.
2021-12-10 22:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Hotel room Shark Tanks does indeed hit different.
Tickets for our Southern Tour shows now on general sale, check out chapotraphouse.com/live for dates and ticket links.
2021-12-10 17:13:33 +0000 UTC
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Howdy Y'all,
They said it'd never happen. They said hell would freeze over before Chapo Trap House dared venture south of the Mason-Dixon. Well, get Satan a sweater, because we're finally heading down south. We've got seven hot dates for you from North Carolina on down to Texas coming up this February and March.
Presale for Patreon patrons only will...
2021-12-07 15:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Brace and Liz from TrueAnon join us to share some updates from their coverage of the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. We discuss the strategies of the prosecution and defense, new revelations & evidence revealed in the proceedings, and the testimony from victims.
For daily podcast updates on the trial, follow TrueAnon wherever you get your podcasts.
2021-12-07 13:31:35 +0000 UTC
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Friend of the show Slavoj Žižek stops by to discuss new political implications of the pandemic, advocate for conservative communism, praise Matt’s call for a new carnation revolution, and review Squid Game.
Žižek’s new book, Heaven in Disorder, is out now: https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/heaven-in-disorder/
Few tickets remain to our show this Wednesday in Buffalo, NY: 2021-12-07 04:32:31 +0000 UTC
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Matt and Danny Bessner, from the American Prestige podcast, explore one of the most important counterfactuals in the history of the 20th century left: what if Vladimir Lenin had died before he and the Bolsheviks were able to seize power in Russia. They explore the issue from a variety of perspectives, examining in what ways this might have informed the history of socialism as both an international and domestic project. Throughout, they ask: Might the left have been in a better position if the...
2021-12-03 22:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Ayyyy Mike Recine stops by to talk to us about Dad life. We also discuss la familia Cuomo, why liberals shouldn’t be afraid of Amy Coney Barrett because she’s so dang smart, and Rod Dreher’s ass fixation.
Listen to Mike’s podcast here: https://sitdownpod.libsyn.com/
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2021-12-03 05:10:03 +0000 UTC
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Felix explains Twitter Spaces and his theory of the Swag Samsara. Then Will leads us through two pieces covering the Epstein case, one detailing the jury selection of Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial and one attempting to re-examine Jeffrey Epstein’s death and declare it definitively a suicide. Both are...interesting, in what they chose to say about their subjects and how.\
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2021-11-30 03:56:31 +0000 UTC
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Matt and Danny Bessner, from the American Prestige podcast, discuss the advent of the Cold War, exploring the conflict's origins, America's rise to global superpower status, what might have happened if Henry Wallace was vice president, and whether or not Harry Truman doomed the nation to fight a ridiculously deadly, and ultimately pointless, decades-long war with the Soviet Union.
2021-11-26 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Thanksgiving family dinner conversation topics from the boys. Then, Will interviews Hugo Soto-Martinez, who is running for City Council in LA’s 13th district.
Donate to Hugo’s campaign through our custom link: bit.ly/hugochapo
Follow Hugo on social media at @HugoForCD13
2021-11-25 18:28:49 +0000 UTC
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On this, the 58th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, we’re joined by Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone to discuss his new documentary “JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass”. We then discuss the continuing legacy and search for meaning in the assassination, as well as other ‘deep events’, with Covert Action Magazine’s Aaron Good.
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass is now streaming on Showtime.
Check out Aaron’s new podcast with Covert Action...
2021-11-23 05:32:23 +0000 UTC
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