Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

what is a "Chapo truther"

i find it hard to believe someone would give up a 6 figure salary to record 2 podcasts a week to "write more" and .... "be online."

Nono, he wants to NOT be online. I totally get giving up a 6 figure salary to not be online.

ah i misread. i remember a few weeks ago they intro'd a new guest producer (Meg?), so i suppose it's not sudden.

these guys all come from pretty cushy backgrounds right? (Felix and Matt, at least.) walking away from a paycheck probably not that big a deal.

has anyone listened to Season of the Bitch yet? I had forgotten about them but then I saw DSA giving them some shine just now

We’re gonna be livestreaming @seasonoftheB’s Chicago liveshow tonight at 7PM EST! https://t.co/JCiOiXChTf

— DSA 🌹 (@DemSocialists) November 4, 2017

Saw it speculated elsewhere that maybe Brendan wanted to stay til the book was done

wtf is going on here?

Uh oh looks like Eric found out about my pep pep pic.twitter.com/WDwZH4UwTB

— Will 🍂 Menaker (@willmenaker) November 6, 2017

will menaker's paternal grandfather is alleged to have spied for the kgb. garland just found this out

My take on "Chapo truther" is that the episodes that were "eaten by the computer" were actually deliberately destroyed because they were too offensive and/or just sucked

But Brendan's departure undermines this theory. Maybe he was just fired for incompetence.

...or maybe he just decided to split for reasons he already stated? and who cares either way

so eric garland is ilx poster dan i huh

oh noooo not this 'too offensive' shit again

so eric garland is ilx poster dan i huh

OK, this is a claim I believe

oh and since this is still the de facto DSA thread for now, apparently they're fielding/supporting 25 local candidates for election, more power to em imho

oic milo got me mixed up with dan

brendan should've been fired for incompetence

fwiw I thought this week's episode sounded fine

really need a Saudi Arabia episode

didn't Felix say they were going to do another Derek Davison ep on that subject or did I mishear

yeah, he did

I'm gonna be real, I find those episodes a little tough to follow sometimes, a lot of information flying by at a very quick pace

Doesn’t help that the Saudi line of succession is more difficult to follow than the end of the Plantagenets.

My take on "Chapo truther" is that the episodes that were "eaten by the computer" were actually deliberately destroyed because they were too offensive and/or just sucked

Yes, the lack of evidence for an inclination one weirdly wants to be true is obviously evidence for that thing being true.

But Brendan's departure undermines this theory. Maybe he was just fired for incompetence.

Oh FFS what aspect of _any_ of the show gives you any slight indication that this is how it would work? Where would “incompetence” fit into any justifiable reasoning for an action? Matt wears socks & crocs in public with mysterious BBQ stains on them, Felix forgets to talk into his own mic when he’s trying to reference another old HBO drama, Will is soaked thru with upper middle class manhattanite upbringing, Virgil will forget to comment on an episode because he’s watching pro football on his phone for the entirety of the recording session, and Amber isn’t there most of the time.

yeah, well they kicked Bob Stinson out of the fucking Replacements

so eric garland is ilx poster dan i huh

OK, this is a claim I believe

― Simon H., 6. november 2017 20:44 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Chapo truther" truthers

yeah, well they kicked Bob Stinson out of the fucking Replacements

This is true.

bummer man. i always like when Brendan chimes in. and i'm not much bothered by the slacker prod values

w/r/t what i said about incompetence- was referring to multiple occasions when they lost episodes & that they continued to use such a precarious and cheap recording setup. im not "the episodes weren't lost, they were TOO EXTREME TO RELEASE" truther lol

I attributed the continued shitty set-up just being a core aspect of the group. It isn’t so much that Brendan fucking up would breach some threshold requiring the rest asking him to leave, it more that none of them really know what they’re doing(still). Or how to ask for help, apparently.

also they just don't care and their fuckups are costing them nothing

we're still talking about why the dirtbag podcast with the Jared Fogle jokes doesn't sound like Dolby Atmos surround sound

I'm waiting for the remastered Chapo box set in 2026.

we're still talking about why the dirtbag podcast with the Jared Fogle jokes doesn't sound like Dolby Atmos surround sound

No, we’re not. We’re talking about why they can’t achieve the basic fidelity or reliability reached by the drunkest of late night college radio shifts that remain on the air past three weeks

whiney you're approaching turrican level density on this subject

Taking Sides: The White Album vs. CTH Freeway Ross Douthat Episode

The audio quality of podcasts is completely unimportant

The audio quality of podcasts is completely unimportant

― een, Tuesday, November 7, 2017 1:50 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ding ding ding

i do not care about the sound quality of chapo or the fact that they sometimes delete episodes like witless goons and i don't understand why anyone cares

i couldn't get through the puerto rico episode because the guest said "like" every other word

Found Amber:

https://youtu.be/xV4CvMnyLTc

Why Trump Is Not a Fascist: A Conversation with Vivek Chibber and Achin Vanaik

Published on Nov 7, 2017 Achin Vanaik (“The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism”) and Vivek Chibber (“Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital”) discuss new forms of authoritarianism and nationalism in the age of Modi, Putin, Erdogan, and Trump. The discussion is moderated by Amber A’Lee Frost (“Current Affairs” and “Chapo Trap House”).

The audio quality of podcasts is completely unimportant

― een, Tuesday, November 7, 2017 1:50 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ding ding ding

i never have any issue hearing or understanding what's being said on chapo. and i literally mostly listen to it out of my phone speaker perched on top of something in my kitchen while cooking dinner

damn dude
For real though listening thru phone speakers helps a lot when the issue is compression. The most recent guest they had on wasn’t up on the mic enough and I had to turn my speakers way up, just checked & it sounds much better thru my phone

I had to pause during the PR segment because I was getting too mad while commuting but it only lasts 20-25 minutes anyway.

I don’t want to have to explain road rage driven by Chapo Trap House and the fact that ostensibly the preeminent developed world superpower leaves thousands of citizens to die every decade or so now.

so hey this is neat

It's not even close anymore!!! Someone get on Lexis Nexis and check to see when a socialist last won an election in Virginia, if ever pic.twitter.com/QnFqt1aOqc

— sick transit, gloria (@samknight1) November 8, 2017

six people endorsed nationally by DSA up for some kind of election tonight, including the aforementioned

Live Election Results ☑ for DSA candidates 🌹 mega thread ⬇

— 🗳 (@ryanmosgrove) November 7, 2017

Fuck yeah! I’ve followed Lee Carter a bit. He seems really promising.

The fact that he got no support from state Dems makes it even sweeter

lol, mailer his opponent sent

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOEmU_tWkAI59h-.jpg

that looks like a sick 7" cover