In a more serious episode, we talk to author and journalist Nick Bryant about his 2009 book The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal. Weve mentioned the Franklin Credit Union scandal in passing on the show before, but it begins with the collapse of the Franklin Credit Union in Omaha, Nebraska in 1988 due to rampant corruption and embezzlement of its manager, Lawrence E. King, Jr. Soon after, King was accused, along with GOP lobbyist Craig Spence, of orchestrating a m...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cameron & Musk as the angel and devil of modern man. Subscribe today for access to all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse
May 13, 2022•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Author, anti-crypto advocate (and yes, film & TV star) Ben McKenzie stops by to talk Cryptocurrency. We discuss the lies & fraud at the center of Crypto, the use of celebs to boost the scheme, and his experiences traveling to the Miami Bitcoin conference and a Bitcoin mining server farm to research his forthcoming book. Keep an eye out for Ben and Jacob Silvermans forthcoming book. You can find some of their recent writing on the topic in Slate here: https://slate.com/author/ben-mckenzie
May 10, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast We discuss the ramifications of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Subscribe today for access to all premium episodes www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse
May 06, 2022•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fighting suppression from Joe Brandons Ministry of Truth, the boys go berserker to bravely take on the dual enemies of Dark MAGA and reactionary article-slingers who dare ask, are all films actually fash?
May 03, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast The boys discuss what the new alt-right is REALLY looking for. Subscribe today for access to all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse
Apr 29, 2022•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast He is not appreciated... the boys are joined by Pod About List to talk Father Stu, the new movie from Hollywood Catholic powerhouses Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, and Mel Gibson's girlfriend. Donate to Marie Newman https://marienewmanforcongress.com/ Pod About List Tour Dates and tickets https://www.swagpoop.com/shows
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast We just noticed it happens to be a midterms year, so your favorite presidential podcasting duo of Chris and Matt have teamed back up to relaunch our beltway insider series. Were joined by campaign reporter extraordinaire Dave Weigel to break down the key races to watch, track the trends to follow, and generally put drills to our temples as we attempt to once again engage in American Electoral Politics. If you want to catch us a Pickathon near Portland, OR in August, tickets here: https://pickath...
Apr 19, 2022•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast While reading about a focus group of conservative voters, the boys decide America might be better off if we bring back town dunces and fools. Subscribe today for access to all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse
Apr 15, 2022•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Were getting absolutely zooted on microplastics for todays ep, then looking at Bill Clintons if I didnt do it article in the Atlantic on his true intentions behind NATO expansion in the 90s, and another piece on what the Democrats can do to recapture Gen Z for the midterms.
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Will talks to president of the Amazon Labor Union Chris Smalls about the successful effort to unionize the JFK8 Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island. Subscribe today for early access to exclusive interviews! www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse
Apr 10, 2022•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part of Will's interview with Chris Smalls, president of the new Amazon Labor Union. Subscribe today for access to all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse
Apr 08, 2022•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast The boys discuss outgoing press secretary Jen Psaki and her history with Amazons anti-union consulting company, some former Obama guys and their good opinions, and Jenifer Rubins advice for helping Dems in the midterms. Then, we take a look at a piece taking Morbius to task for failing to live up to Vampires potential as maligned outsiders. Find Felixs conversation about the opiate crisis on our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64735826 Tickets to Jacques + Friends Podcast Dream live ...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Live from Houston, were joined by Jake and Thomas from the Pendejo Time podcast for another movie pitch. This time were attempting to break into the evangelical Christian film market (think Gods Not Dead and The Reliant) with a moral fable about a boy discovering the true magic of Uncles. Listen to Pendejo Time here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pendejo-time/ Subscribe to Pendejo Time here: https://www.patreon.com/pendejotime Follow Pendejo Time here: https://twitter.com/pendejotime?lan...
Mar 29, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Live from Dallas and Houston, we finally deliver the third part of our investigation into the life and times of President George H.W. Bush. This installment looks at his time as head of the C.I.A., his involvement with various figures associated with the Kennedy assassination and its investigation, and his business dealings with various shady Houston financial institutions. Note: Im splitting this ep into two parts just to make it easier to keep all the Poppy material separated in case I want to...
Mar 29, 2022•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Amber catches up with teamster Matt Maini. They discuss Teamsters for a Democratic Unions (TDU) victory in the recent Teamsters leadership election, and what their win means for the direction of the 1.4 million member union in the near future. Listeners can help by donating to TDU and its sister organization TRF. You can also buy a super cool vintage "TDU: a Cause Worth Trucking For.... Rank & File Power" t-shirt online at https://tdustore.myshopify.com/collections/apparel/products/tdu-cause-wor...
Mar 26, 2022•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast We continue to look at the domestic media response to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. This time, were talking about the left and how some of their half-baked ideas about foreign conflict lack serious intellectual rigor and nimbleness, curtesy of an article by fully baked author Eric Levitz. Please follow and support the Amazon Union drive: https://twitter.com/Amazonlabor https://www.amazonlaborunion.org/
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our live show from the South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX.
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Were back from the first leg of our tour of the South and here to look at the responses to war in Ukraine brewing in the foreign policy op-ed world. Weve got reading series by Shadi Hamid in the Atlantic and our old friend Max Boot in WaPo, both asking well, yes, American foreign intervention has been very bad in the past, but maybe this time it would be very good? Tickets to Houston, Dallas and New Orleans shows still available at: https://www.chapotraphouse.com/live
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast We begin and end this episode with more discussion on Ukraine, what we got wrong, where it goes from here, and the media response to it. But in the middle we talk about an elephant we met and a delightful Bavarian town we passed through in northern Georgia, so, trying to lighten it up a little. Thanks to Emma and Shannon for hooking us up here in Atl!
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast The boys take a quiz that makes you old. Then, Will talks to Croatian philosopher Sreko Horvat about the upcoming Belmarsh Tribunal, an attempt to hold U.S. and U.K. governments accountable for war crimes and wrongful imprisonments done in the name of the War on Terror. They discuss imprisonments of whistleblowers, extra-judicial surveillance, breaking mass media blackout of reporting on western war crimes and more. All you need to know about the Belmarsh Tribunal here: https://progressive.inter...
Feb 22, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast The boys and Mike Isaac discuss tech trends of the near-future. Subscribe today for access to all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse
Feb 18, 2022•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast We take our semi-annual look at the Super Bowl through commercials and what they predict about our future. Then its back to Joe Brandon as we discuss former Obama aid David Axelrods advice to POTUS on how to navigate his upcoming State of the Union address. Tickets for our southern tour still on sale here: chapotraphouse.com/live
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to our new Patreon mini-series "This Is Sus". As with all these miniseries, the first episode will be free to all listeners, the following episodes will be Patreon exclusives. Felix is joined by Hasan Piker to discuss the 2011 Showtime series Homeland You can find Hasan here: twitch.tv/hasanabi twitter.com/hasanthehun instagram.com/hasandpiker
Feb 11, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast We ring in our 600th episode by taking our movie reviews international. We watched Wolf Warrior (2015) and Wolf Warrior II (2017), two entries in the emerging genre of Chinese action blockbusters. What can these films tell us about the new Chinese century? Does belt and road translate to the cinema? Can Xi thought defeat the neoliberlized menace of CGI blood and lead to the return of true action filmmaking? Is it based to get silly with your homies? All these answers and more await you. Tickets ...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast From part 2 of Matt's history of Mormons. Subscribe today for access to all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse
Feb 04, 2022•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast The boys look at the phenomenon of literary Felixes, plus discuss a few current censorship debates. Plus, were joined once again by lawyer Steven Donziger, who is now back under house arrest after the Department of Corrections sent him home from Jail. We discuss the end stages of case, his corporate prosecution, and the future for the people of Ecuador in their case against Chevron. Information on Stevens case and ways to support collected at https://www.freedonziger.com/ Tickets for our upcomin...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our roundtable of experts debate the possibility of intervention in the Russia/Ukraine tensions and come to the conclusion a global nuclear exchange would probably suck, at least for the Podcast Industry. We then take a look at a trio of pieces examining the national crisis in hiring and firing. Does Nobody Want to Work Anymore or is it just that Work Sucks, I Know? We get to the bottom of how youll probably end up a serf (but without the benefits) regardless.
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast So I (Chris) take one week off producing for a little vacation and somehow the boys manage to accidentally record all three of themselves into just one mic track for this ep? Idk I literally cant leave these jokers alone for one minute. Our guest editor did heroic work getting this listenable, but sorry for the chapo classic audio quality. Anyway, the boys are back in town and California dreamin' on such a winter's day, they discuss whether MLK's civil rights rings are legit or Mickey Mouse, ong...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe today for access to all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse
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