Chapo foreign correspondent Derek Davison returns to look at the escalating instability across the middle east. Starting with the bizarre lack of professionalism in the IDF’s assault on Gaza (including a looney tunes-ass explosive incident from earlier this week), we also discuss the evolving situations in Yemen and Iran. Derek also runs us through conflicts in Sudan and the horn of Africa. Finally, Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro go on a buddy trip to Auschwitz.
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2024-01-26 02:49:03 +0000 UTC
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We start off today’s episode with a farewell to the DeSantis campaign as the Never Back Down PAC backs down, and dedicates its last days to puzzling through Iowa to the Moon Palace Retreat. We discuss Biden’s general lack of a coherent position going into this long, long general campaign, and how it’s leaving his would-be defenders in the lurch. BUT, for the main thrust ...
2024-01-23 04:31:26 +0000 UTC
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We’re joined by Christopher Robbins and Katie Way of Hell Gate NYC to discuss their site’s massive new feature on New York Mayor Eric Adams. “The Table of Success” interactive introduces us to and shows the connections between the wide away of shady professional and business associations, family members, and other goons in the orbit of the A #1 King of New York. We discuss these various figures, as well as Mr. Mayor’s ongoing corruption scandals and his messianic vision for his resh...
2024-01-19 04:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Well, here we are, Iowa Caucus day 2024. Considering we all took several points of permanent sanity damage this time 4 years ago, what’s insane this year is how on rails this whole thing is. Nonetheless, our elections correspondent Josh (@ettingermentum) returns to update us on the state of the races for 2024. We look at how Biden’s long-term hyper-commitment to Israel affects his chances, Trump’s advantages and disadvantages in his ‘24 campaign, the RFK Jr. of it all, and the race fo...
2024-01-16 04:21:42 +0000 UTC
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We’re joined by the Intercept’s Ryan Grim, who’s spent the last several months attending State Department briefings, directly questioning the department representatives and reporting on administration messaging. We discuss his experiences in the mouth of the consent-manufacturing machine, and how he thinks the admin and various media orgs have functioned while he’s been there. We also discuss Ryan’s new book on The Squad, and how young progressive legislators are shaped and discipli...
2024-01-12 07:16:37 +0000 UTC
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We wrap up our series with a bit of Presidential trivia, Matt’s ranking of the U.S. presidents, and some final thoughts on what we learned along the way.
Thank you all for listening.
2024-01-10 12:05:00 +0000 UTC
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For this week's bonus, we're talking about voting, elections and more importantly, the electorate. Matt takes us through the history of America's voting public, their relationship to the parties, and we offer some predictions of where things might go from here.
2024-01-10 12:00:09 +0000 UTC
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We had some other news items to discuss, but the bulk of this episode is taken up with one piece of breaking news: Did you know that there's a tunnel under Eastern Pkwy? Yes we’re discussing the ridiculous story out of Brooklyn about a group of Chabad-Lubavitch members attempting to dig a secret and unlicensed tunnel under the streets of Crown Heights. We also take a look at Bill Ackman facing some blowback against his wife in his crusade against “academic plagiarism”. Alone, you come I...
2024-01-10 07:02:01 +0000 UTC
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Our friend Séamus joins us from Beirut to discuss the escalating regional elements of Israel’s war on Gaza. We look at Israel’s recent strike on a Hamas leader in Beirut, Yemeni actions restricting cargo shipping in the red sea, and the deadly bomb attack on a Soleimani memorial in Iran. We also touch on the differences between American and Lebanese media’s treatment of the events, including the recent media circus around Harvard’s president.
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2024-01-05 05:15:59 +0000 UTC
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We're joined by Chapo Trap House's Will Menaker to take a look at the history of Presidential portrayals in Film and Television.
2024-01-03 12:05:01 +0000 UTC
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We’re joined by Danny Bessner of the American Prestige podcast to discuss the rise of the post-WWII National Security state and how it affects the powers and prerogatives of the presidency.
2024-01-03 12:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Stavvy baby joins us to ring in the New Year with some talk on Christmas gift-giving, review some recent comedic offerings from Israeli TV and Tucker Carlson’s X show, and finally to look at some of recent political developments in the great city of Baltimore and state of Maryland.
Watch Stav’s special “Fat Rascal”, streaming now on Netflix.
And listen to the Stavvy’s World podcast wherever you get podcasts.
2024-01-01 20:00:09 +0000 UTC
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We're joined by Civil War historian Matt Karp to take a closer look at the, uh, Civil War. We discuss its causes, the course of the war, how it shaped the Republic, and, of course, do a "who are your guys" for Civil War generals.
2023-12-27 12:05:01 +0000 UTC
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We're joined by the New Republic's Osita Nwanevu to take another look at the founding, the constitution, and how we think about America in general.
2023-12-27 12:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Bryan joins us to look at the new “comedy” movie from the Daily Wire wrecking crew, Lady Ballers. As with all these conservative attempts at humor, there’s definitely A Lot Going On Here, very little of which relates to the intended target of their ridicule. Join us for a dive into the mind of Jeremy Boering as he tries to use the subtle knife of satire to eviscerate the very concept of women's sports and really “women” in general.
2023-12-22 21:32:33 +0000 UTC
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W. Bush - Obama - Trump - Biden
Party rocking against the dying of the light.
2023-12-20 12:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Reagan - H.W. Bush - Clinton
Don't stop thinkin' about tomorrow.
2023-12-20 12:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Ben and Hesse from Seeking Derrangements stop by to cover a slew of gay-related news stories, from gay sex in the senate hearing room, to the downfall of George Santos, sex crimes among the sex-panicked Moms For Liberty, and some guys trying to build a libertarian utopia in the Mediterranean.
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2023-12-19 05:05:08 +0000 UTC
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We take a look at the beginning of Argentinian president Javier Milei's term, and catch up with our old friend Eric Garland. Then, we discuss the Biden administration’s Israel messaging through some of its rising stars: John Kirby and Matthew Miller. Finally, how were all wrong about what the word “colonizer” means.
2023-12-15 05:45:22 +0000 UTC
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Johnson - Nixon - Ford - Carter
May I offer you some malaise?
2023-12-13 12:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Eisenhower - Kennedy - Johnson
Ask not what this podcast can do for you.
2023-12-13 12:00:10 +0000 UTC
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After a last minute guest cancelation leaves Will in a tight spot, Hesse Deni from Seeking Derangements and Movie Mindset comes off the bench to field another slew of questions sourced from advice columns. Q's include: What to do when your mom spends too much money on premium pornography? What if your child is in school with a dark psychopath? How to defend your home from the tooth fairy and much more.
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TrueAnon week belatedly continues with Liz’s first ever solo appearance on the show. We discuss the killing of a journalist and poster in Gaza, and the turn towards sexual assault as a rhetorical weapon among the pro-war crowd. Then, Liz fills us in on last night’s GOP debate, we touch on Elon Musk’s bizarre interview last week, and look at the state of the effective altruism & “effective accelerationism” movements.
Buy Amber’s book: 2023-12-08 03:45:47 +0000 UTC
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Roosevelt - Truman
Let's make a deal.
2023-12-06 21:03:28 +0000 UTC
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Harding - Coolidge - Hoover
Under the Teapot Dome
2023-12-06 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Felix is joined by Stef aka @iwrite4jacobin to discuss his investigation into Argentina’s AMIA bombing. The 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires has generated much speculation as to who the perpetrators actually were, accusations of irregularities in the investigation, suspicions of cover-ups, connections with intelligence agencies, and the probable suicide of a prosecutor related to the case. Stef takes us through the whole story and its implications for relationships ...
2023-12-05 02:05:44 +0000 UTC
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Sports journalist Karim Zidan returns to the show to catch up with Felix about the world of combat sports and their attendant politics. They discuss responses to Israel/Gaza in the MMA world, developments in Saudi Arabia’s use of sports for soft power, political use of fight sports in Chechnya, and the deep bromance between Dana White and Donald Trump.
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2023-12-05 02:00:33 +0000 UTC
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Our friend and host of The Age of Napoleon podcast Everett Rummage returns to the show (after 700 episodes!) to discuss Ridley Scott’s new historical epic Napoleon. Was Napoleon really that sprung for Josephine? (yes) Did (x) from the movie really go down like that? (mostly no) Did getting blown up by a cannon ball suck? (god yes) We delve in to Napoleon the man, the movie, and the enduring resonance of the Napoleonic age. Plus, of course, a final round of kiss offs to the departed Dr. Kiss...
2023-12-02 02:18:55 +0000 UTC
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Roosevelt - Taft - Wilson
Speech: Soft, Stick: Big, Trusts: On Sight
2023-11-29 12:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Cleveland - Harrison - Cleveland - McKinley
Let's link and gild, fam.
2023-11-29 12:00:05 +0000 UTC
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