This is just the plot of "Die Hard III", the brother of Hans Gruber trying to wreck Bruce Willis' John McClane as petty revenge while carrying out "the ultimate heist".

China's had tanks since the 1930s! They exported copies of the T-55 Soviet tank to North Vietnam during the US-Vietnam War! They can show off tanks because they have thousands of them.

Yo, what's that high pitched squeal on Felix's audio?

Using the Red Cross as cover was done twice in James Bond movies, first in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) and then "The Living Daylights" (1988).

By 2017 they were hip deep in the "Belt and Road Initiative", which is why they are in Africa.

I've seen "Taegukgi" and I second Felix's thumbs up.

All those Army extras gives me flashbacks of the 1966-68 Soviet film trilogy of Tolstoy's "War and Peace" where it was literally divisions of the Soviet Army fighting each other as the French, Russian, and Austrian armies of the 1810s.

The guy who played Skolnik in "Revenge of the Nerds" is in "Big Red One" and he's the unit badass.

“...a bunch of stuff happens...” hell yea sounds like my kinda flick, love when bunches of stuff happen - so fucken sick dude

We start today looking at Democrats’ feckless failure to extend the eviction moratorium. That being a fairly dismal topic, we try to lighten things up with two reading series checking in with how some old friends of the show are handling their new post-election lives in DC.

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546 - MyPillow Guy, MyPillow Guy and Me (8/2/21)

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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And have you checked out our new merch drops? Some good shit in here: https://shop.chapotraphouse.com/

574 - Bovine University (11/8/21)

On this, the 58th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, we’re joined by Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone to discuss his new documentary “JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass”. We then discuss the continuing legacy and search for meaning in the assassination, as well as other ‘deep events’, with Covert Action Magazine’s Aaron Good.

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass is now streaming on Showtime.

Check out Aaron’s new podcast with Covert Action here: https://www.patreon.com/CovertActionBulletin

Pre-order Aaron’s book here: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510769137/american-exception/

Grab your tickets to our 12/8 show at Asbury Hall in Buffalo:
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578 - Assassination Day feat. Oliver Stone & Aaron Good (11/22/21)

Time was, a Will-less episode meant a cavalcade of kids-running-the-candy-store bullshit. But, we think we’ve cracked the code to a reasonably focused Will-less eps with the Chris/Danny sub-in combo. Which of course means you hogs will find something else to complain about here. We’ve got Omicron updates, the BBB implosion, Chile’s new president, tensions in Ukraine, and of course, medieval cum hell.

Tickets for our Southern tour are on sale over at chapotraphouse.com/live

586 - Christmas in Heaven feat. Danny Bessner (12/20/21)

Stav’s back for an end-of-the-year round of relationship advice. We analyze Madison Cawthorn’s failed relationship, answer Dear Prudie questions, and look at a NYT op-ed about how it’s normal and cool to hate your husband.

All things Stavvy at https://stavvy.biz/
Tickets for our Southern tour are on sale over at chapotraphouse.com/live

588 - Kill Bill feat. Stavros Halkias (12/28/21)

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 going fast for our southern tour, get yours here: chapotraphouse.com/live

600 - We Fight for China (2/7/22)

We’re getting absolutely zooted on microplastics for today’s ep, then looking at Bill Clinton’s “if I didn’t do it” article in the Atlantic on his true intentions behind NATO expansion in the 90’s, and another piece on what the Democrats can do to recapture Gen Z for the midterms.

618 - Z Whispers (4/11/22)

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. We’re 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://pickathon.com/

620 - Beltway Phoenix at the Midterms of Madness feat. Dave Weigel (4/18/22)

Fighting suppression from Joe Brandon’s 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?”

624 - Valhalla Whining (5/2/22)

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 Silverman’s forthcoming book. You can find some of their recent writing on the topic in Slate here: https://slate.com/author/ben-mckenzie

626 - Simian Slurp feat. Ben McKenzie (5/9/22)

Helllllloooo babies! Just as we anticipated, Eric Adams explores a run for president in 2024, so we look at the possibility of New York’s mayor taking his vibe revolution national. We also look at some juicy financial drama going on over at Black Rifle Coffee Company, plus, Tom Friedman’s sad, ominous lunch with the President. 

Catch us a Pickathon August 6th, tickets at: www.pickathon.com

600 - We Fight for China (2/7/22)

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