Chapo Chief Foreign Policy correspondent Derek Davison joins us first to continue monitoring the situation in the middle east: the continuing missile war between Israel and Iran, Trump’s disgusting will-he-or-won’t-he act, the fatalistic depravity of the whole thing, and where we might go from here.
Then: Derek is j...
2025-06-20 05:18:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Resident Clint-ologist John Semley is back to look at two of Eastwood’s great collaborations with director Don Siegel: 1971’s The Beguiled and 1979’s Escape from Alcatraz. Two tough guy classics showcasing Clint’s surprisingly nuanced-through-gritted teeth performance style
The Beguiled 2025-06-18 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Seamus joins us to discuss last week’s “preemptive” Israeli strike on Iran, the damage done to Iranian command and infrastructure, Iran’s retaliation, America’s potential involvement. We also look at Trump’s big birthday Parade, one of the most pathetic & hilarious spectacles of American Military prowess any o...
2025-06-17 02:54:55 +0000 UTC View Post
The Pendejo boys are here today to look at Trump & Vance’s trip to see Les Mis at the the Kennedy Center, the planned military parade for this weekend and Trump’s “no fat troops” policy, operator content drama and support for the cadres of Jodies in America, and the right wing’s move to rehabilitate Jeffrey Epst...
2025-06-13 06:27:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Today the Movie Mindset crew is joined by mindset practitioner Jon Gabrus to discuss two dizzyingly fun Crown Jewels in the Hong Kong action pantheon: Police Story and Hard Boiled.
Police Story, directed by and starring worldwide cinema legend Jackie Chan, explodes off the screen with some of the most insane and dangero...
2025-06-11 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by The Nation’s Aída Chávez for her report from WelcomeFest, the abundapalooza dedicated to staking the technocratic claim for the future of the Democratic party. We review the fairly directionless and unenthusiastic vibes of the centrist shindig, but also discuss the explosion of police violence during pro...
2025-06-10 05:59:22 +0000 UTC View Post
We look at the still-breaking messy breakup between Trump & Elon Musk, discuss Musk’s political future and just how much Trump can make him hurt if he wants. We also catch up on last night’s debate for the NYC mayoral race, Zohran’s momentum, and the challenges posed by the position of big city mayor. And for this w...
2025-06-06 05:34:53 +0000 UTC View Post
In this week’s episode of Movie Mindset Will and Hesse dive into British filmmaker Mike Leigh and his rigorous and idiosyncratic process for making films, which involve intense collaboration with his cast to research, rehearse, improvise and ultimately create astonishingly authentic portraits of human life and behavior in a...
2025-06-04 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Host of The Adam Friedland Show Adam Friedland joins us to catch up on today’s news and discuss his new season. We look at the return of Matt Miller, Jake Tapper’s take on Israel/Palestine discourse, the kidnapping of a crypto whale in Manhattan, and new reports of Elon Musk’s rampant drug use. Adam also gives ...
2025-06-03 15:26:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The Seeking Derangements crew is back for a roundup of news we’ve missed recently. We start with some hot goss out of DC involving marital drama of Trump admin officials, some new research in the field of dicks, drama between Mickey Rourke and JoJo Siwa in the Big Brother house, and finally, conservatives: did you know they...
2025-05-30 06:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Today Will and Hesse are joined by filmmaker Louise Weard to discuss two controversial 90’s films that bend both genre and gender: Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game and David Cronenberg’s M. Butterfly. We dive into the sexual politics, regular politics, and, of course, the famous twist. Join us as we answe...
2025-05-28 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Will & Felix catch up on Democrats’ commitment to burning millions of dollars in search of a crumb of clout from the pod-mano-sphere, and John Fetterman’s chronic senate absenteeism as he searches for good vibes. Then, we’re joined by Lever News’ David Sirota & Arjun Singh to discuss their new podcast series T...
2025-05-27 23:07:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Drop Site’s Ryan & Jeremy join us for an update on Israel’s war on Gaza. We discuss yesterday’s attack on Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington D.C. and its potential ramifications, Trump’s recent trip to the Gulf and potential shifts in U.S. relations in the region, and the brutal escalations of violence in Gaza...
2025-05-23 05:05:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s showtime folks! On this episode of Movie Mindset, we’re joined by Mindset Champion Andrew Hudson to celebrate the iconic American actor Roy Scheider, a man Will psychologically associates with his father because of Jaws.
First up is Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz (1979), where Scheider plays Joe Gideon, Fosse’s ...
2025-05-21 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
We planned this episode to cover the spate of stories revealing just how out of it and diminished Joe Biden was during his term, and new details about the political flunkies and media stooges who were complicit in covering it up. But yesterday Biden’s team announced an almost certainly life-ending cancer diagnosis. So we’...
2025-05-20 06:01:55 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s another call-in show! We answer your questions on easy-win political issues, boys night movie recs, Trump historical comparisons, flirt fails, Musk’s fate, Jets, MMA politics and more!
We’ve got hot new merch for the summer over at https://chap...
2025-05-16 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Today Will, Hesse, and special guest Rob Franco delve deep into two hidden gem Hesse picks: Electra Glide In Blue (1973) and Point Blank (1967)!
Have you ever asked yourself, “what if the band Chicago made a motorcycle cop exploitation movie? What would that look like?”
And have you eve...
2025-05-14 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Tech reporter Mike Isaac returns to the show for a round-up of the latest AI news. From collegiate cheating to funeral planning, Mike helps us make some sense of how this wonderful emerging technology is reshaping human society in so many delightful ways, and certainly is not a madness rune chipping away at what little sanity...
2025-05-13 05:43:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Will and Felix catch up on some of the week’s news: We welcome the Chicago Pope, celebrate Houthi victory in the Red Sea, and follow up on new Fetterman outbursts since the big profile we covered Monday. Then, we’re joined by Richmond journalist Goad Gatsby to enter Virginia into our states series. We look at a gay porn s...
2025-05-09 16:01:27 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of Movie Mindset, Will and Hesse are joined by Noah Kulwin of Blowback to examine a pair of films from legendary American filmmaker and alcohol enthusiast Sam Peckinpah.
First up is Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) an elegiac western starring James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson as the titula...
2025-05-07 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The Majority Report’s Sam Seder joins us today to share some deep research into American Stupids. We look at Trump’s weekend announcements regarding American film production & re-opening Alcatraz, both seemingly inspired by a TV broadcast of “Escape From Alcatraz” in West Palm Beach last Saturday. We also discuss ...
2025-05-06 05:46:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Felix speaks with Nora Hilgart-Griff from the TAHRIR Coalition and Liz Jacob from the Sugar Law Center for Social and Economic Justice about the Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel collaborating with the Trump DOJ in a series of raids on pro-Palestine students at the University of Michigan on April 23. Liz and Nora give bac...
2025-05-05 15:59:19 +0000 UTC View Post
We catch up with staff shuffles in the Trump cabinet, Canadian elections, and more crackdowns on expressing dissent around Israel. Then for the back half of this ep we’re pleased to bring you AROUND THE SMOKE, our new segment breaking down our picks, locks, and passes on who we think will be leading the Catholic Church in t...
2025-05-02 05:39:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In a perfectly paired color-based double feature programed by Hesse, Movie Mindset examines two very different films about women in the entertainment business and the psychologically distorting effects of pursuing art and fame.
First up from 1948 is The Red Shoes, a Powell and Pressburger joint about an...
2025-04-30 11:00:50 +0000 UTC View PostI mentioned on the last two episodes and posted on twitter, but just to cover all bases: our fulfillment company ended up with a number of over-ordered copies of ¡No Pasarán!: Matt Christman's Spanish Civil War. We are putting these overstock books on sale tomorrow morning, April 30th, starting at 8am PT, at 2025-04-30 01:53:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Fighter jets are just falling off the back of our aircraft carriers now in yet another Keystone Kops-ass bungle in the Red Sea. Gerry Connolly announces he’ll step down from the oversight committee in another moment of glory for the funeral home waiting room of Democratic leadership. Will reads us a profile of a new up-and-...
2025-04-29 06:07:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Tarance, Tom and Aaron of The Trillbillies join us to catch up on Pete Hegseth’s inebriated grip on the SecDef position, Joe Biden dropping ice cream at Harvard, the Israelification of America, JD Vance’s faux-hillbilly bumbling as Veep, and Tom Friedman’s dream of America as a car without a driver.
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2025-04-25 06:18:02 +0000 UTC View Post
When you love movies, you’ve got to watch them. There’s no other way…Movie Mindset Season 3 commences with our first ever single feature on the most referenced movie in Chapo Trap House history: Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece Casino. Will and Hesse are joined by Felix to take a kaleidoscopic and dizzying dive into the ...
2025-04-23 11:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Historian and author Greg Grandin joins us to discuss his new book America, América: A New History of the New World, which looks at the five century history of colonization & conquest of the New World, and how North & South America developed their distinct identities through a long history of mutual engageme...
2025-04-22 06:51:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Kath returns for the Patreon episode this week. We memorialize the passing of one of Israel’s greatest artists, look at RFK. Jr’s claim that autistic people will never enjoy baseball, discuss reports of Elon’s baby farms, and catch up on the latest deflections around Trump extra-legal deportations. Then for some fun, we...
2025-04-18 04:27:11 +0000 UTC View Post
