It's time to play the game. Time to play the game. [Laughter] It's all about the game, and how you play it. All about control, and if you can take it. All about your debt, and if you can pay it. It's all about pain, and who's gonna make it.
2017-01-25 17:32:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first of a two-part radio play/tabletop game run by Virgil, who locked us in a room to play Call of Cthulhu. Turning the clock back to the 1920s, the guys act out a Lovecraftian cosmic horror-noir.
Will plays a disturbed, incestuous race scientist, Felix a military valor-stealer turned jazz vocalist, and Matt a medically trained decrepit foot fetishist. They receive an odd message from a grotesque, half-man, half-baseball that leads them to uncover dark secrets in the heart o...
2017-01-18 07:57:19 +0000 UTC View Post
This was actually a pretty fun episode considering that we recorded it frantically after a very good interview was incinerated by this week's parade of techincal snafus.
We discuss the Trump pee-pee tapes, Steve Harvey, Jon Chait, and the inauguration. We then take live questions from listeners, taped at the time of the recording. If you wanted to ask your question, you should've asked earlier when we were taping the show.
2017-01-13 23:55:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Libby Watson is on the show to talk about the Ethics Committee SNAFU, the new Democratic war room full of failures, and Michael Tomasky’s favorite voter demographic, bathroom warrior moms.
We then clock in a funny Reading Series by some American Enterprise nerd who demands everyone call him “Mister.” Yeah, Mister Jerk.
UPDATE: Here is the David Kaib piece Matt mentioned: 2017-01-04 23:50:55 +0000 UTC View Post
In this special solo episode, Matt gets soused and tells the tale of August Willich, the German communist who moved to America and commanded the fighting’ 32nd regiment as a general in the Union Army in the Civil War.
2016-12-22 01:06:55 +0000 UTC View Post
We talk to Will’s old partner in crime, author Jacob Bacharach, about conspiracy theories, from Bohemian Grove to Pizzagate to the murals at the Denver International Airport, all of which are true. And Robert Evans had one hell of a time in a big hot air balloon with Henry Kissinger dressed as a lobster.
Here’s Jacob’s first novel, The Bend Of The World: 2016-12-16 07:32:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Katie Halper joins us to talk about her latest piece in Paste magazine. Then we all laugh at Caleb again.
Here's Katie's article: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/bernie-sanders-nailed-it-on-identity-politics-and.html
Here's her Patreon: https://www.patreon...
2016-12-09 01:30:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Felix answers requests from fans to talk about Les Mis and his upcoming Deadpsin article about Saudi Arabia. The musical Cats invented furries.
2016-12-04 03:38:51 +0000 UTC View Post
The world is a stage, and Thanksgiving is the Globe Theater. In this show we discuss several articles written about the show this past week, addressing criticisms from libs to conservatives to neurotic transphobe Rod Dreher. Will's mom thinks we're cool.
2016-12-01 02:45:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Enter season 2 of Chapo Trap House. And it's a jam packed season premiere: New co-host Amber A'Lee Frost and guests Matt Karp of the Princeton boys club and Connor Kilpatrick of Jacobro magazine. We talk Kurt Eichenwald's alternate reality, go deeper into why Clintonism failed, and why a real class politics is the only way to answer rightwing nationalism.
2016-11-17 06:31:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Starring
Felix Biederman
Matt Christman
Will Menaker
Virgil Texas
and James Adomian
Directed by Brendan James
Filmed by Donald Borenstein, Matt Honor, and Alex Megaro
Edited by Donald Borenstein and Matt Honor
Filmed at Genius HQ, in Gowanus, Brooklyn. http://genius.com/
2016-11-17 04:28:08 +0000 UTC View Post
On the night Hillary Clinton lost to America's new Big Tan Brother, four hundred of our fellow citizens gathered at Genius HQ to ring in Year Zero with Will, Felix, Matt and Virgil Texas. The gang managed to inject some levity into the increasingly weird and grim night with gags, jokes, a reading series of Ben Shapiro's new novel, short films, and a min- MST3K of the years' political ads.
Yog'shoggoth is the key. Yog'shoggoth is the gate.
This week's sode is a wide-ranging deconstruction of 'Mercury Rising,' the beautiful mind of Red Kahina, healthcare reform, and an open invitation to debate with the Anime Nazis of the alt-right.
2016-11-03 00:56:43 +0000 UTC View Post
The reading series gets dark this week with Chapo daemon David French's personal essay about getting harassed by Anime Nazis, but things get fun again since it's David French.
We also have a chat with writer Alexander Zaitchik about his dispatch from Trumpland, the subject of his new book, "Gilded Rage." From racist yahoos to bitter veterans, we talk about the different worldviews of Trump voters and how many of them could possibly be brought out of the wilderness and into a social democ...
2016-10-27 03:51:31 +0000 UTC View Post
We. Are. Your. Voice. This week, Katherine Krueger (@Kath_Krueger) from Fusion.shop joins us to talk Bill Mitchell, our good friend Raandy and how he changed the nation, and the simpering lib crowdfunding of a North Carolina GOP office.
We finish up by listening to Lin Manuel Miranda's new re-tooled duel commandments for Hillary Clinton, and add some verses of our own.
2016-10-19 05:38:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Post-debate commentary, a new edition of Turkey news, and an all-time Chapo reading as Will unveils Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby's annual open letter to his beloved son Caleb. A must-listen.
Check out our pal Mikedelic's writing: https://thefellowshipofthereturnoftheelves.wordpress.com/
2016-10-13 03:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Troopcast Mach 10: Francis a.k.a. @ArmyStrang joins us on a secure line to discuss the latter-day Eastwood slog "American Sniper," the life of Chris Kyle, his job in troop PR, and the reality of being a veteran.
If you ladies leave our island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon. Because Chapo is hard, you will not like it. But the more you hate it, the more you will learn. Chapo is hard but it is fair.
Welcome to the treat-zone: As a thank you to fans for waiting on Episode 46 to drop, we decided to take some of the outtake material from the show. This is pure, uncut dry boys discussing Trumpopathy and Princeton nerd boy Jason Brennan and his special knowledge crystals.
2016-10-04 23:31:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Is this the Pope's new army? The boys answer this week's critique from the traditional Catholic posse, two of whom agreed and then later declined to appear on the show to defend the Mother Church. An analysis of the genesis of the beef, and a reading from the 'Tradinista Manifesto.' Put on your robes and get ready for those smells and bells.
Also, a dive into the Mail Bag.
2016-10-01 23:06:27 +0000 UTC View Post
The dry boys ride solo this week: First, we plug not one but two upcoming live shows (Genius HQ this Saturday and Caroline's on Broadway next Monday). Then, we read about the crazy, but actually quite sad, world of Jim Cooley, Walmart operator.
Finally, we return to the Benedict Zone for a reading from adult Rod Flanders, aka Rod Dreher, whose latest fevered ramblings revolve around his childhood roleplaying as a half-Elf named Grunthorp.
The Post story: 2016-09-22 05:30:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, joined by our friend Alex, alias @Lowenaffchen, we take a deep read of 2004's Best Picture, Crash, the anti-racist movie for racists. Extremely weird lessons about sexual assault, bigtory and America from the Thetan-drained mind of Paul Haggis.
Then, a broader reflection on Hollywood's embarrassing Bush era, output, and the small victory of Three 6 Mafia's victory of the shitty Crash soundtrack at the Academy Awards.
2016-09-16 20:16:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Saddle up there, Pilgrim, you're okay in my book. In this premium episode we have back our returning three-time champion co-host Derek Davison (@dwdavison9318) to gather round and talk about just about the worst piece of poison Hollywood ever put on film: The Conquerer starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan, a reformer with results.
With Derek riding close we unpack the deadliest movie ever made and try to figure out just why the Mongolians never thought about smoking some of that lou...
2016-09-14 02:19:38 +0000 UTC View Post
In this premium episode, we talk to fellow loud millennial and comedian Brandon Wardell (@BRANDONWARDELL) about dick pics, the sweeties and Nazi comic Sam Hyde.
It's a Troopcast. In this snipeasode, bona fide Troop Adrian Bonenberger joins us to discuss his travels in Ukraine, chatting with Nazis, his background in the military, and what really goes in ranger camp. And we initiate his upcoming podcast into the Trap cartel.
One last thought, and we would urge you to consider this: Mr. Obama, the president, wants to nail a young man's toy clock onto the pedastool of the White House, instead of a shoe from a troop's widow. We hope at some poi...
2016-09-14 02:15:41 +0000 UTC View Post
In this special Mormon episode, we're joined by our mate Libby Watson (@libbycwatson) to discuss Trump's new campaign chair, Special Agent Steve Bannon, heir to the late Andrew "Big Pussy" Breitbart. We unpack the literary faceplant of Le Wonkgirl's ill-advised treatise on Juanita Broaddrick. Finally, we review Cato's new report on the state of freedom in America, specifically the freedom to drink raw milk and marry your cousin.
The system. The system. The system.
Oi -- fing is, bloody "London 'As Fallen" is a tragedy, mate. Will, Matt, Felix and Sam Kriss stitch it right up, sweet as. Sam finks its a Lacanian sex dream, Matt finks its political or summat, and Felix finks its just havin' a laugh and that. Also they wind up Slavoj Zizek, who's a right ponce. Bit of a weird one, innit?
Broken stools, broken men, and dueling Alex Joneses: It could only be Chapo live in Philly. This double album spent 97 weeks on the charts on its way to becoming the best-selling live recording of all time!
Remastered from the original source tapes and compiled on one recording. Join Chapo & Street Fight for their not-Last Waltz.
In this premium sode, our good friend Amber joins us to discuss the revolutionary fallout of Lady Ghostbusters, including the international women's labor strikes and Congress's swift action to end the wage gap. She discusses the death of "mid budget" movies as Hollywood increasing focus groups its bloated expensive comedies to death. We also discuss how bad the film is in and of itself, with Amber pining for the reactionary yet lovable charm of the original misogynist romp.
In this premium 'sode the boys return to their roots in film criticism, deconstructing the extremely dubious Adam Sandler 9/11 movie, "Reign Over Me," in which Don Cheadle creates an imaginary autistic friend to live out his desires as a free single man. The first in a new series of the Chapo Culture Hour.