Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

A majority, I think! What a crock of shit to claim that anti-choice has a place in the mainstream of the democratic party. Scum like Lipinski are rightfully on the margins, and widely reviled

I don't even know why (because it was business as usual) but I found their segment on Syria pretty repellent. I think I'm out on these jr. high dipshits.

what did you find repellent about it? I found it more inoffensive and unfocused.

Although the Power/Slaughter takes were pretty hilarious in a dark sort of way

Would really love to know how and why you guys listened to a 90 minute podcast that dropped right before midnight last night

Um, it's called a morning commute? We have jobs.

just all the sneering "Macron is my boyfriend" and "America needs to go down" shit. It's not that I even disagree with anything, just they seem unable to rise above their twitter beefs to talk about anything serious. It's like trying to talk about health care with someone who just wants to talk about how their personal doctor is a nerd.

I had a long post-ice-storm commute this morning.

Idk what y'all expected from the Syria segment but "unfocused" is fair. Both interview segments were stronger. xps

Midnight was ten 1/2 hours ago. Catch up, man.

american does need to go down tbf

some do

lmao autocorrect

anyway yeah idk man that's the podcast they make, I'm sure there are Serious Lefty Foreign Policy Podcasts but CTH has virtually never been one of them except in the interminable Felix one-off/solo interview episodes

It's not that I even disagree with anything, just they seem unable to rise above their twitter beefs to talk about anything serious.

Always assumed this was the m.o.? It's a comedy podcast. The guests regularly talk about serious stuff tho.

xpost what Simon said

yeah, if you want serious analysis, listen to (the excellent) citations needed - while chapo does touch on that sometimes, it's usually only with guests who can help focus the discussion

the syria segment was pretty terrible but in fairness i dunno what else they could say about it - the situation is super fucked-up, there is no clear right solution, but performative bombing def seems like a wrong answer

yeah man, i understand that they attempt to be funny. however they often fail.

it's no pod save america, that's for sure

yeah man, i understand that they attempt to be funny. however they often fail.

― President Keyes, Monday, April 16, 2018 10:38 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Really sad that people keep forcing you to listen to this unfunny podcast

says the poster who was just attempting to dunk on people for going to work while listening to a podcast

I need material to troll people on this message board i frequent

Chapo criticism is like a Whiney bat signal

It is hilarious every time this happens though

Syria bit didn't seem unserious to me (moreso than you'd expect from a humorous political podcast) - "Macron is my boyfriend" was a two second throwaway line that never got revisited.
The point of CTH is that it's not just droll political talk. There are outlets for that if you want it - I appreciate Citations Needed and some other but as a whole I'd rather read non-humorous political discussion than hear it.

yeah, I think I probably didn't explain myself very well. I like political humor quite a bit. But the Chapo folk are repellent and repetitive.

Mic Dicta can’t release episodes fast enough these days

yeah, I think I probably didn't explain myself very well. I like political humor quite a bit. But the Chapo folk are repellent and repetitive.

probably boredom/excessive free time

also the only reason i ever listen to podcasts

Lmao any criticism of the show and it's like WHY ARE YOU LISTENING TO IT? NO ONE'S PUTTING A GUN TO YOUR HEAD

the makeup of their audience and how people listen to the show and what it actually is/whatever it started as is hilarious and really interesting imo

@ ups -

I don't even know why (because it was business as usual) but I found their segment on Syria pretty repellent. I think I'm out on these jr. high dipshits.

― President Keyes, Monday, April 16, 2018 10:20 AM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is a typically lazy & supercilious response to the show. if it was business as usual why did you keep listening

The litmus test on listening IMO is how down you are with their attitude toward US foreign policy (non-interventionist), you have to be down with the idea that we're largely a force of evil in the world or else laughing at liberal/centrists on FP is going to be unlistenable.

If 'all postwar Presidents are war criminals' gets your dander up, not the show for you.

liking the...fifteen minutes of mic dicta I've listened thus far

After getting a barrage for several hours for commentary:

Mr. Star, do you admit participating in a legal podcast that you enjoy doing?
- Yes, your honor.
Then I have no choice but to sentence you to do that podcast all the time for the rest of your life. You may only discuss Michael Cohen.
- This is fair. I expected nothing less.

— Charles, Star of Mic Dicta (@Ugarles) April 16, 2018

I should listen to that. I already follow most of 'em.

mic dicta is really good so far. i'm getting kind of sick of chapo. that's my update.

it's not really 'political' but i've been really impressed with 'the relentless picnic' so far too

(for any of you who may have run into the 'george lazenby' tumblr way back when, he's one of those guys)

thought the recent one was pretty decent. i totally understand how hearing an flat anti-war stance would drive people insane cos i used to flaunt that stance on ilx and got tons of shit for it. anti-war is just not popular stance (so props to people like this for trying to fix that).

sadlol

i totally understand how hearing an flat anti-racist stance would drive people insane cos i used to flaunt that stance on ilx and got tons of shit for it. anti-racism is just not popular stance (so props to people like this for trying to fix that).

Yeah you're mowing down those ilxor racists Fred

the latest Citations Needed features an interview with "a former MSNBC employee" whose voice has been anonymized.

https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-34-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-msnbc

ooh la la!

I'm down with citations needed but not enough to pay for it I am a monster

Also, the latest episode of Intercepted is actually a three-part radio drama by Wallace Shawn(!)

Yo, everyone listen to the latest episode of The Dig with Renee Paradis and Michael Kinnucan on DSA electoral strategy, two people who are smart as shit and I think are going to be playing an increasing role in shaping left politics. Also follow Michael on Facebook because he makes the best posts.

If it's more along the lines of the "electoral strategy, not electoralism" ethos laid out by one of the national slate platforms a while back then I'm all for it

I'm not sure what "electoralism" means, but that sounds right

thinking that elections are the entire ballgame, basically

Virgil & Matt were on Talking Simpsons, talking about ep where Bart plays Dennis the Menace to GHW Bush

http://www.lasertimepodcast.com/2018/04/17/talking-simpsons-two-bad-neighbors-with-virgil-texas-and-matt-christman/

Also,

"welcome to Talking Simpsons, the haunted podcast that kills old people"

— Wow, Bob Mackey! (@bobservo) April 15, 2018

new Red Scare: https://soundcloud.com/red-scare-727066439/zuck-my-dick