We're joined by philosopher Slavoj Žižek to discuss the 1994 Jim Carrey film "The Mask".
Pick up Žižek's new book here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/311/311080/like-a-thief-in-broad-daylight/9780141989198.html
2019-10-17 20:55:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Our friend Tim Heidecker stops by to tell us about his run for District Attorney of San Bernardino county, and the subsequent documentary about it, "Mister America". We finish with a dramatic reading of David Brooks' imagined dialogue between "Urban Guy" and "Flyover Man."
2019-10-10 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
After three hundred and fifty four episodes, the Chapos finally turn their eyes to the great white north - and we're not talking about the Ford brothers high school business! It's the Canada episode! We're joined by Don Hughes (@getfiscal) for an intro to Canuck politics, then by Luke Savage to go in-depth into the state of our maple neighbors. Also, you know we can't miss a chance to check in on Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman.
Link to Luke's podcast. 2019-10-04 03:18:47 +0000 UTC View Post
We're joined by Jon Schwarz to discuss Obama's ambassador the the UN Samantha Power's new book "The Education of an Idealist," and how she launders her complicity in America's awful foreign policy in the desire to "do the most good she can".
Read Jon's review of her book in the Intercept here: https://theintercept.com/201...
2019-09-26 22:20:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We review Stanley Kubrick's final film, 1999's "Eyes Wide Shut".
2019-09-20 19:37:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We look into the seemingly endless scandals and corruption surrounding Jerry Falwell Jr. We also discuss how they relate to The Righteous Gemstones, the new comedy from the Danny McBride, and how his works reflects the particular psychosis of American Protestantism.
The Jerry Falwell, Jr. piece in Politico: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019...
2019-09-12 20:29:22 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Renn world, baby!
Link to Stefan's Deadspin article: https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/i-broke-the-official-jeremy-renner-app-by-posting-the-w-1837804181
2019-09-06 12:29:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Our review of Oliver Stone's 1991 conspiracy thriller classic "JFK": An impeccably made film with an all-time stacked cast that offers a completely ludicrous explanation for the JFK assassination, and thus laid the groundwork for the conspiracy laden world we live in today.
2019-08-29 19:35:23 +0000 UTC View Post
We spend the majority of this episode checking in on Donald Trump's amazing brain and thoughts and words, and how they're all driving us collectively insane.
Which is a fitting topic for our time in Providence, where you can still see us TOMORROW, Friday Aug 23rd play Call of Cthulhu live at the Columbus Theater: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chapo-trap-ho...
2019-08-22 20:23:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Our live show from Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines, Iowa, covering our experiences at the 2019 Iowa State Fair and subsequent interactions with democratic primary candidates there. Ok and for context, the Game of Thrones monopoly came with a soundbox that only played the GoT theme, so that's what you're hearing throughout.
Since there are a lot of images referenced in this one, I'm going to try to add them in this patreon post for visual aid. Don't know how it will work, hope it doesn't m...
2019-08-15 21:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I guess you'd say the theme of this one is America's Peasant Mindset? We imagine Joe Biden and Donald Trump's powerful brains going head-to-head, denounce our fellow hosts for their various crimes, and read about an Amazon warehouse worker who just can't get enough of it!
More tickets just released for our live show in Des Moines, Iowa, next Tuesday, Aug. 13th: https://app.tikly.co/events/3859
2019-08-08 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We recap the second two Democratic Debates. Plus Matt's capsule review of Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood.
We will be in Iowa NEXT WEEK. Midwestern Grey Wolves, hit us up with recs and Des Moines local favorites. Plus we will be doing a show at Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines on Tuesday, August 13th. Tickets on sale very soon.
2019-08-02 01:44:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Come, contract Epstein Brain with us.
Listen to Liz and Brace's new podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/the-ep-files
2019-07-26 01:37:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We get some shoe leather reporting on the latest Epstein developments from Matt, then discuss the latest attacks from both Trump and the Democrats against our dear friend, Rep. Ilhan Omar. We finish on a poetry reading.
Catch our live show at the Traverse City Film Festival:
https:...
We catch up on the increasingly bizarre & sinister intricacies of the Epstein case. Then, John Dolan a.k.a. The War Nerd returns to discuss the realities of potential armed conflict in Venezuela and Iran.
Pleasant Hell Audiobook: https://johndolan1.selz.com/
"The War Nerd Iliad": https://www.amazo...
2019-07-11 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In a special 4th of July edition of The Inebriated Past, Matt traces the evolution of America's two political parties, and how the development of ideologically coherent political parties fundamentally undermine U.S. constitutional system.
We're joined by Bernie Sanders' speechwriter David Sirota to discuss spreading the good word about Bernie.
Ways you can support Bernie:
The APP: https://app.berniesanders.com/
The MAP: https://map.berniesanders.com/
And keep your eye out for the Bernie phone dialer.
Amber's piece on Biden in the Baffler is here: ...
2019-06-28 18:49:41 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back home and already annoyed. We talk Biden's billionaire and segregationist friends, Warren's surge, the (not) concentration camps, and attempting the Millennium Challenge on Iran.
2019-06-20 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
From our live shows in London on 6/5 and Manchester on 6/7. We take a look at the worst of the UK's terrible media class, with a special focus on Toby Young, England's loneliest & nudest pundit.
2019-06-13 18:39:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Our June 3rd live show from Glasgow, Scotland's home of tonic wine and knife crime.
2019-06-06 16:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Our April 26th show at Cornell university. Taking a cue from the then recently released film The Adventures: Endzone and its villain Thandos, we seek balance in the universe by pitting Cornell University's most evil graduates against its most blessed, achieving perfect karmic harmony.
[Ed. note: like our other college shows, this was recorded through a lecture hall P.A. system, please excuse some of the audio quality. At least I got a mic on the audience this time, so you can all be rea...
2019-05-30 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Virgil and Chris describe their journey to and subsequent ejection from a Pod Save America show. Felix educates us on new labor disputes in the eSports world. We then take a look at the new MAGA trend of literally drinking bleach to own the libs, and the New York Times' ham-fisted attempt to own Bernie on his foreign policy positions as Mayor of Burlington.
Very few tickets left for our UK shows in Glasgow (6/3), London (6/5, early show) and Manchester (6/7). Go to www.chapotraphouse.co...
2019-05-23 04:24:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Virgil takes a trip in the wayback machine to the Dark Days of the Bush administration to hear the story of Air America Radio from our guest and former Air America host, Sam Seder. We talk the rise and fall of America's liberal radio network, the continuing domination and influence of right wing terrestrial radio, and if there might be a future for the left on America's airwaves.
2019-05-16 20:22:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Giant-Size Chapo-Thing #1:
Henry Kissinger Pick Up Lines//Arthur Chu Documentary Feature//Donald Trump's "Billions"//Vaccine Sorcery//Nancy Pelosi Owns The Center//Slate Cultural Cumfest//Ben Domenech Rage Tweets//Megan McArdle Solves Prescription Drug Pricing Through Sheep Futures
2019-05-10 01:48:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We talk Sad Meals, check in with the Abbott and Costello of ratfucking, and catch up on David Brooks' sex life.
Tickets still available for our shows in Manchester (6/7) and Dublin (6/9 [nice]). And keep an eye out for a 2nd late show in London, all at www.chapotraphouse.com/tour
2019-05-03 02:57:27 +0000 UTC View Post
We review "The Trump Prophecy", a 2018 film about a fireman becoming so afraid of fire that God told him Trump would be president, then his dietitian's wife getting a bunch of people blow magic horns to make it happen.
Tickets to our European tour on sale FRIDAY at
www.chapotraphouse.com/tour
2019-04-25 02:40:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt "The Tipsy Professor" Christman discusses the history of conspiracy theories in America, and how we might think about them in a materialist political context.
We're joined by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski, authors of the new book "The People's Republic of Walmart," to discuss how mega-corporations like Walmart and Amazon function as planned economies, and how we as socialists can apply what we learn from them to problems from health care to climate change.
People's Republic of Walmart by Verso Books: https://www.versobooks.com/book...
2019-04-11 07:31:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapo's Foreign Policy Correspondent Derek Davison returns for a look at world events: Elections in Turkey and Israel, the bungled coup in Venezuela, and the right sodding mess Brexit has become in the UK. We finish a mind-expanding reading series on global leadership from Thomas Friedman.
subscribe to Derek's newsletter here: https://fx.substack.com/
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2019-04-04 19:15:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Alex Pareene stops by to (finally) discuss the Mueller Report, as well as his article in the New Republic on the political nihilism of Mitch McConnell, and how they both tie in to the increasingly stupid unraveling of our institutions.
Read Alex's excellent piece here: https://newrepublic.com/article/153275/mitch-mcconnell-profile-nihilist-chief
Means TV rocks. The...
2019-03-28 02:48:35 +0000 UTC View Post