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555 - Bad Land feat. Jeff Stein (9/2/21)

We take stock of last night’s brutal Supreme Court decision assaulting Texas’ women's’ reproductive rights, as well as the court in general and the increasingly barbaric reality of living under permanent rule of a reactionary electoral minority. Then, The Washington Post’s Jeff Stein joins us to break down the congressional infrastructure & budget bills that will potentially form the core of the Biden administration’s domestic agenda. This is a pretty bleak one folks, but hey, w...

554 - Junkyard of Empires (8/31/21)

Once more into the breach of Afghanistan takes: the media now turns to our precious abandoned military ordnance to hand-wring over, and Britain continues to feel the cold shoulder of the Biden administration. We also cover China’s new gaming ban, and an effort to gin up a BDS movement against the Taliban.

553 - #JackAnon (8/27/21)

As the entire media and natsec establishment continues to turn on Irish Joe, we promise to continue decoding the proofs, dedicating our own time & patience to keeping Joe strong as he brings about the storm of withdrawal.

552 - The Nephew Gap (8/23/21)

We start off discussing Jeopardy!, Tesla Bots, and how all these conservative radio hosts keep dying of COVID. Then we talk about Tony Blair crying about Afghanistan and step inside Tom Friedman’s mind palace to explore the Taliban’s strategic cousin and nephew reserves.

551 - Now Who Wants Ice Cream? (8/21/21)

This is now a Based Biden podcast. We cover more fallout from the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and celebrate the true hero of the story: Zebulon, Afghanistan’s last Jew.

550 - Sweet L of Liberty (8/16/21)

We look at the brutal, stupid, and embarrassing end of our brutal, stupid, and embarrassing twenty year occupation of Afghanistan.

549 - Naval Chapo Investigative Service (8/12/21)

We do a deep dive into the history, culture, purpose, and various crimes of the Navy SEALs.

548 - Just Kids from New York (8/9/21)

We review Obama’s 60th Birthday Bash on Martha’s Vineyard, which we were all of course invited to. Then, we take a look at the ongoing “Havana Syndrome” phenomenon, in which U.S. intelligence operatives continue to report un-diagnosable symptoms supposedly generated by a non-existent superweapon. Finally, we take a look back at everyone’s early pandemic “cuomosexual” phase.

547 - Dracula Party feat. David Dayen (8/5/21)

Journalist David Dayen joins us to discuss the ongoing eviction moratorium bungle as well as his new piece in the American Prospect covering the anti-union captive-audience tactics of the ironically named No Evil Foods company. Then the boys chat about Steven Crowder, Andrew Cuomo and which Universal Movie Monsters best embody various New York Democrats.

Read David’s piece in American Prospect here:

2021-08-06 03:49:07 +0000 UTC View Post

546 - MyPillow Guy, MyPillow Guy and Me (8/2/21)

We start today looking at Democrats’ feckless failure to extend the eviction moratorium. That being a fairly dismal topic, we try to lighten things up with two reading series checking in with how some old friends of the show are handling their new post-election lives in DC.

545 - We Feel Like Shit feat Bryan Quinby (07/29/21)

We’re joined by Woodstock ‘99 survivor and/or perpetrator Bryan Quinby to let him set the record straight and/or hold him accountable for his nu-metal crimes as outlined in the new documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Range. We talk music, culture, logistics and the intersection of all three at the notorious festival. Also about how Jonathan Davis rules and Moby sucks.

544 - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (7/26/21)

We take a look at the 2007 Antoine Fuqua/Mark Wahlberg film “Shooter,” a fascinating relic of the 2nd G.W. administration that asks the question “what if a hardass marine sniper operator type fuckin merked Dick Cheney?” Also, Matt brings up some deep lore from the author Stephen Hunter’s other novels that really makes him seem like a fertile well of insane ideas.

543 - Cuck Rifle Coffee (7/22/21)

We start by taking stock of the whole vaccination situation, wondering if there’s any way to reason with vax-skeptics and, when you’re only freedoms in this country are consumption choices, probably not. Then speaking of consumer choices, we look at the Black Rifle Coffee Company’s growing problem of their coffee’s fandom among racists, rioters and other unsavory antigovernmental types, how’d that happen? Finally, a look into a horrifying dystopia from the mind of Sohrab Ahmari.

American Prestige: E1 - Ghosting Afghanistan w/ Stephen Wertheim

This is the first episode of Chapo all-stars Derek Davison & Daniel Bessner’s new foreign policy podcast “American Prestige”. To get more, go here: http://patreon.com/americanprestige

In the premiere episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek get into the US's withdrawal from Afghanistan. Did the military intentionally botch the withdrawal? Has the imperial frontier contracted in any meaningful way?...

542 - The Oopsie Report feat. Derek Davison & Daniel Bessner (7/19/21)

We’re joined by Chapo foreign policy desk Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner to check in with America’s various “oopsies”, “uh-ohs” and “oh butterfingers” accidentally enforcing our hegemony around the world.

Derek and Danny have a new podcast, American Prestige, covering just this type of thing. If you like them on Chapo, be sure to go checkout their new show and, as always, Foreign Exchanges on substack.  We’re putting the first episode of American Prestige in the...

541 - Bay of Pitbulls feat. Brendan James & Noah Kulwin (7/15/21)

Blowback’s Brendan James and Noah Kulwin join us to discuss the permanently ill Bolsonaro, new dispatches from the desk of Donald Trump, and of course, new developments relating to Cuba. We discuss the embargo, protests, domestic social media campaigns, and of course, Mr. Worldwide’s take.

540 - It’s Coming Rome feat. Patrick Wyman (7/12/21)

We’re joined by Tides of History’s Patrick Wyman today to take a historical look on things, starting with a brief discussion of the assassination of Haitian president Moïse, and the increasing privatization of violence. We then turn to Patrick’s new book The Verge, examining the crucial years of the Renaissance, and investigating just how and why western Europe transformed from a global backwater to the world dominating colossus it became for the last few centuries. Finally, we ask who...

539 - Rap Genious feat. Gangsta Boo (7/9/21)

We’re joined by original rap genius Gangsta Boo (@GangstaBooQOM) to discuss Warren Beatty’s perhaps overlooked 1998 political satire “Bulworth”. Is this the masturbatory ego fantasy of the white male liberal psyche, or is there something actually hilarious and genius going on here? Is it all just a dream? Does 61 year old actor/director/producer Beatty have “bars”? We report, you decide.

538 - 100% Gordon (7/5/21)

What’s one band you’re ALWAYS thinking about? We start asking some universal questions. Then, we take a pair of articles that again push the idea of Biden as a transformational progressive president and ask who are they for? Why do we keep getting these? Aren’t we all just eating ice cream? C’mon man. Finally, we turn to the federalist to learn about the “flyover women”.

Hell of Presidents: Episode 1 - Founding Daddies

Constitution - Washington

Get in the Presidency, George.

Episode 2 is up now on Stitcher Premium, with new episodes out on Fridays.

Use the Patreon-only offer code “CHAPO” for 50% off an annual membership. And like, at this point that’ll get you this, Time For My Stories, the new season of Blowback, plus a bunch of other great stuff there, so, pretty good deal. Find the show here: https://www.stit...

537 - Live And Let Pie feat. Tom Scharpling (7/1/21)

The Best Show's Tom Scharpling stops by to discuss his new memoir “It Never Ends,” being a long-term Trump-watcher, Billys Crystal & Joel, online bullying, and bathrooms from hell. We then read the most inane Megan McArdle we’ve ever read on the show, and discover that even a McArdle piece about pie being good contains some nuggets of libertarian nonsense.

Find Tom’s book here: https://tomwroteabook.com/

536 - In The Bunker (6/28/21)

It’s a jumbo sized Chapo today, starting with a return of our smash hit segment “Animal Facts” to start off with 20 min of levity and speculation on which of Nature’s magnificent creatures are conduits to the spiritual and/or extraterrestrial world. Then, after one of Will’s maybe sweatiest ever transitions, we move on to discussing the tragic Miami condo collapse and the narrowing aperture of improvement in American life. Finally, we read from two accounts of the last days of the T...

535 - Small Worthless Pockets (6/24/21)

We lead off pouring one out for a real one, RIP John McAfee. Then it’s time to wring our hands over our precious institutions while reading a piece demanding we stop telling Justice Breyer to retire. Finally, it’s a double dose of Pure Kass with two of maybe the most inane op-ed columns we’ve ever done on this show.

534 - Cranks For Thee (6/21/21)

NYC mayoral elections are tomorrow so we give our final review of the candidates - not great! Then we check in with a Chapo favorite we’ve not discussed in quite a bit but are happy to return to, offering a tentative defense of perhaps The Baseball Crank’s best ever take. Finally, a long and surprisingly thoughtful discussion of modern male intimacy.

Coming Soon: Hell of Presidents with Matt Christman and Chris Wade

Hey all,

Matt and I are doing one of these Stitcher Premium shows. It’s called “Hell of Presidents” and it’s our story of American history told through the office of the President. Over 13 narrative episodes and 7 bonus eps, we’re going to be covering the life & presidency of all 46 office holders, attempting to demystify the individuals and discuss them as products of history and the material circumstances around their rise to power. And through that, track the developmen...

533 - CBT War feat. Matt Karp (6/17/21)

Historian Matt Karp joins us to try and unpack this whole Critical Race Theory thing. We discuss how history manifests in culture, what we should really be trying to do when we study the past, the importance of change, and how we should think of the Civil War in 21st century America.

Check out Matt’s excellent new piece on the politics of history in Harper’s here: 2021-06-18 03:58:14 +0000 UTC View Post

532 - The Power of the Dog (6/15/21)

Another triple reading series ep, we’re spoiling you listeners. We start off with a profile of Data For Progress’s new found clout with Dems in the drivers’ seat, but who’s data? And what progress? Then it’s on to the Federalist, for an author who’s simply furious that a living wage for fast food workers might make their precious burritos cost a few cents more. Finally, a doozy of a Slate piece about killing your dog.

531 - Festival Internationale feat. Seeking Derangements (6/10/21)

The Seeking Derangements boys come by to chop it up with some Jacques lore, magnetic children, the future Salvadorian Volcanic Bitcoin Paradise, and an amazing reading series on Yashar Ali, apparently a grade-A scammer of wealthy resistance libs.

Subscribe to Seeking Derangements here: https://www.patreon.com/seekingderangements

If you are fed up with congressional democrats treatment of Ilhan Omar...

530 - Auspicious Dragons (6/7/21)

A loose and chill hang out ep as we come to you from Atlantic City after our successful appearance at the FRQNCY1 festival. We pitch some of our concepts to revitalize AC and solve America’s Trump problem in one tidy package, lament the purging of some truly wonderful cranks and goofys from twitter, then travel Into The Ray Donoverse.

529 - Friendscape Navigator (6/4/21)

LAST CHANCE to grab tickets for FRQNCY1 happening tomorrow/today SATURDAY, JUNE 5th. Chapo’s set is at 7:30pm EST, but catch the beginning of the fest with EPISODE 1 pod, starting at 1pm est. Tickets available through the end of the show at: https://frqncy.live/frqncy1

TRIPLE READING SERIES EP: the boys start out sinking their teeth into a Times piece on how to optimize your friendscape for maximum efficiency and leve...