Matt and Danny Bessner, from the American Prestige podcast, explore one of history's most important hinge points: the American Civil War, when the United States decided to fully embrace the northern form of industrial capitalism, setting the stage for hemispheric and eventually global expansion. Matt and Danny discuss a multi...
2021-11-19 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Malcolm Gladwell wants to go back to college, Boris Johnson’s sister has pity for Ghislaine, Joe drove a car, and the Queen is dead.
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2021-11-19 04:31:17 +0000 UTC View Post
We look at the twin avatars for the future of the Democratic party: Mayor Secretary Pete, through his new documentary “Mayor Pete,” and Kamala Harris, through a new CNN article about how everyone is being very mean and unfair to her. Grim stuff! Fortunately the boys have a surefire solution for who should lead the party i...
2021-11-16 05:42:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt and Danny Bessner, from the American Prestige podcast, do a deep dive into the German Revolutions of 1918-1919. They compare the revolutions to what was going on in the Soviet Union, explore the splits within the socialist camp, and analyze the various events of the revolutions, asking whether or not the revolutions prov...
2021-11-12 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We review Marvel’s The Eternals. That’s the one with Kingo in it.
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2021-11-12 04:07:56 +0000 UTC View Post
We spend the top half of the show talking about new satanic panics and everyone in this country suffering from self-inflicted Havana Syndrome. Then some lighter stuff, like Joe Biden shidding and farding on European royalty, and Bari Weiss’s new University of Forbidden Knowledge.
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2021-11-09 03:49:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to our new mini-series Hinge Points, a tour of historical “what-ifs.” We’re publishing the first episode free to all. Subsequent episodes will post on Fridays exclusively to subscribers on patreon.com/chapotraphouse.
Matt and Danny Bessner, from the American Prestige podcast, take you on a tour of the hist...
2021-11-05 20:16:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The crew is back looking at the results of Tuesday’s election in Virginia, as well as welcoming Eric Adams as the new mayor of New York. Then, two stories about our glorious Future of Cubes.
Tickets for our Buffalo show at Asbury Hall on Weds. Dec. 8th go on sale tomorrow morning (Fri. 11/5)!
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2021-11-03 14:18:56 +0000 UTC View Post
What's up Grey Wolves,
As mentioned on today's episode we're doing two live shows in New York State in December. Catch us in beautiful Buffalo, NY on Wednesday, December 8th at Asbury Hall, and then back in Brooklyn, NY on Thur...
2021-11-02 18:44:59 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Daniel Bessner, co-host of the American Prestige podcast, for a remarkably focused and thoughtful Will-less episode. We discuss Trump’s recent statement about Israel “owning” congress, Josh Hawley’s thoughts on masculinity, and the Lincoln Project’s bungled attempt at a false-flag operation to make...
2021-11-02 04:11:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Look, I guess this episode is technically about the reconciliation bill and the Facebook/Meta thing, but you’re just gonna have to listen to hear where it goes.
2021-10-29 02:57:48 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Labor Notes’ Jonah Furman to discuss the ongoing strike of over 10,000 John Deere workers. We discuss the effects of a tight labor market on labor power, what’s at stake in the strike, and how the current “vibe” of labor militancy might affect future strikes. We then look at the other end of capital ...
2021-10-26 03:04:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by the No Cartridge podcast’s Trevor Strunk this week to talk VIDEO GAMES. But first, a quick look of Democrats abandoning their long held promise to reduce prescription medicine prices. Then, we talk Trevor’s new book “Story Mode”. We discuss the role of video games in culture, appreciating emerging ar...
2021-10-22 02:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post
We send off Colin Powell with a somber remembrance of the man’s career as a Soldier and Statesman. Then we cover cops making weepy videos about quitting due to mandates, touch on strikes, the supply chain and “treats”, and look at the CIA getting all their foreign assets killed. Finally, a much requested reading from th...
2021-10-19 02:59:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Amber welcomes back Rhode Island teamster Matt Maini for some union talk. They discuss union internal politics, rank and file leadership, the value of strikes, and organizing Amazon.
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We cover Katie Couric’s RBG cover-up, then two stories involving cool swords. But this ep’s all about Fode. It’s Fode time, baby. Get in the Fode Zone.
2021-10-15 01:46:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-10-12 08:51:54 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by the Pod Yourself a Gun boys (Matt Lieb and Vince Mancini) to discuss the new film The Many Saints of Newark: A Sopranos Story.
2021-10-08 07:50:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Movies are Back! And we start with a brief discussion of Venom 2: Return of Goop. Then, Felix is joined by WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson to discuss a new report from Yahoo News that details the CIA’s plots to kidnap or kill Julian Assange while he was sheltered in London’s Ecuadorian embassy. They discuss t...
2021-10-05 02:32:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The gang takes a look at Clint Eastwood’s new film, “Cry Macho,” a parable of manliness, the positive sides of child trafficking, the evil of promiscuous women, and the geriatric decline of America.
2021-10-01 00:44:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Attorney Steven Donziger faces sentencing for his criminal contempt charge. Will and Steven discuss updates on his case, the UN’s ruling his house arrest violates international law, and what can be done to support him.
Information on Steven’s case and ways to support collected at 2021-09-30 20:19:21 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re back to a normal-style ep after a week of interviews. We’re taking a look at the fast-tracked aid package to intelligence agents suffering unreality issues, the Biden administration addressing just the optics at the border, and AOC addressing just the optics of the Iron Dome bill. Finally, we having a reading series...
2021-09-28 04:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Rod Blagojevich served as the Governor of Illinois from 2003-2009. In 2008, Blagojevich came under investigation for accusations of bribery around filling the U.S. senate seat vacated by Barack Obama after he became president. Blagojevich was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. His sentence was commuted by ...
2021-09-24 01:34:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Will talks to India Walton, the socialist candidate who won the Democratic primary for Mayor of Buffalo in June. They discuss the ongoing opposition to her campaign from the establishment incumbent she defeated in the primary and his corporate allies, how she plans to make Buffalo work for the city’s tenants and renters, an...
2021-09-22 18:21:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Will and Matt talk to Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars Trilogy, 2312 and last year’s Ministry for the Future. They discuss reckoning with climate change, science fiction literature as attempting to conceive of our own future’s history, and what kinds of beliefs humans might need to survi...
2021-09-21 02:20:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We turn towards the cultural side of the post-9/11 era, looking at films, tv and music that defined the times, as well as the crushing, mawkish sentimentality that stifled debate and drove calls to war. And we finish the Kim Du Toit reading series from last week, then offer you another seminal 9/11 reading series from The Bas...
2021-09-17 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We celebrate 20 years of 9/11 by taking a 2-part look at the political and cultural insanity of the era immediately following the attacks. Today, we look at the hysterical jingoism, veneration of idiotic leaders, politically enforced censorship, and the seminal war-blogger classic “The Pussification of the Western Male” 2021-09-14 04:45:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt guides us through the history of the Mormons, the most American religion.
2021-09-10 02:54:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Canada Correspondent Dan Boeckner stops by to update us on the impending Canadian federal elections. We break down the parties and their platforms, from the Victims of Communism-respecters, to the Semen Retentionists. We also read an op-ed from the Toronto Sun on why Drake is the most dangerous and disrespectful man in Canada...
2021-09-07 03:39:50 +0000 UTC View Post
