This is essential bread and butter knowledge with my favorite hilarious metaphorical pulls. And Sam throwing out a Berserk reference blew my mind.

I think Felix just wants to send the stupid people to Universal Studios permanently. They can pretend they are Harry Potter or Vin Diesel.

Colorado is not bringing our best to Congress

We talk to the Times’ Emanuel Midolo about the killing of foreign correspondent David Holden in 1977. Plus: spies, journalists, journalists as spies, and solving a sordid murder at the margins of the Cold War. Emanuele Midolo is the author of the new book MURDER IN CAIRO, co-authored by Peter Gillman, about Holden’s murder: https://timesbookshop.co.uk/murder-in-cairo-9781785907029/

Discover more episodes at podcast.trueanon.com.

Episode 447: Smiley's Person

Musician and actor Will Oldham (aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy) returns to the show to discuss tariffs, breathing, artificial "intelligence," Clever Hans, Kentucky history, and the new Bonnie "Prince" Billy album, "The Purple Bird," out now where all fine records are sold

Lexington fans, Bonnie "Prince" Billy will be performing at the Singletary Center for the Arts on UK Campus on Tuesday, April 15th, get your tickets: https://www.eventticketscenter.com/bonnie-prince-billy-lexington-tickets/1024087/e?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw47i_BhBTEiwAaJfPpkc5K4sNSDRsUbpZk3VaQNb3RfJju1k2KWBdaPdcucOAWJfdR2ESoBoCBKMQAvD_BwE

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Episode 387: Out Of The Whimsical Frying Pan, Into The Fire (w/ special guest Will Oldham)

We’re joined by Alexandra Scaggs to talk Deals, Tariffs, Bonds… things of a financial nature…and try to figure out what’s going on.

Read The Hedge by Alexandra Scaggs: https://theehedge.substack.com/

Discover more episodes at podcast.trueanon.com.

Episode 451: Art of the Deal

This week we take a look at some of the early effects of the tariffs, as well as the nature and purpose of RFK Jr's MAHA agenda, before pivoting to a review of Trump's first 100 days in office. Finally we turn to a very sleepy article in the New York Times about how the Resistance is...sort of...doing some stuff...and other stuff...

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Episode 390: Moloch's Vertical Integration

Netflix’s Adolescence, a four-part thriller about a 13-year-old murder suspect, has hijacked Britain’s political conversation. Annie Kelly explains why the series hit such a nerve: it maps the online pipelines that radicalize boys in their own bedrooms, dramatizes the deadly consequences of misogyny, and spotlights the adults too clueless to confront these threats. Within weeks, MPs demanded it be shown in classrooms, tabloid headlines frightened parents over coded emojis, and right-wing investigators branded the show a taxpayer-funded anti-incel psyop involving Sophie from Peep Show.

Come listen as Annie breaks down how virtuosic television managed to inspire breathtakingly cynical discourse about race, youth violence, and fictional portrayals of social issues.


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REFERENCES

“Adolescence” and the Right’s War on Men
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/adolescence-and-the-rights-war-on-men/

Not Based On A True Story
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/april/not-based-on-a-true-story

Adolescence: The Manosphere Strikes Back (E322)

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 Sam’s recent debate appearances including the “vs. 20 Conservatives” video, and how it’s not the stupidity but the confidence that’s really astounding. Finally, for the main course for today’s ep, the massive profile on John Fetterman’s deteriorating mental competence, and how the most offensive part of the scandal is the staffers who covered for him now seeking to cover their own asses.

Check out Sam on The Majority Report, every Mon-Fri at noon: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMajorityReport


931 - Studies in Stupid feat. Sam Seder (5/5/25)

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 remains in our population’s fraying psyche.  

We’re doing another call-in show with Matt for the midweek, so if you have any questions or comments, send an UNDER 30 SECOND voice recording to calls@chapotraphouse.com

We also have some new merch going up at chapotraphouse.store this Weds, May 14. So keep your eyes out for that!


933 - We Can Grok It For You Wholesale feat. Mike Isaac (5/12/25)

We tell the story of ZORT. Featuring: Cryptocurrency scams, LASD Gangs, double crosses, a private eye, a murder in Manila, Love Island, fake movies, leg implants, and a laptop worth millions.

Call the tip line: (646) 801-1129

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Episode 460: ZORT Part 1

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’re joined by David Roth to discuss how it’s finally well and truly Joever.

Find David’s work at Defector here: https://defector.com/author/david-roth
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935 - It’s Joever feat. David J. Roth (5/19/25)

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 protests against ICE in Los Angeles over the weekend. All leading us to ask, what exactly do these people think “power” is, and when is it “right” to exercise it?

Read Aída’s dispatch from WelcomeFest for The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/welcomefest-dispatch-centrism-abundance/   
Donate to the Jordan Breen sports journalism scholarship fund - https://gofund.me/837f326c
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941 - Sister Number One feat. Aída Chávez (6/9/25)

Comedy legend Larry Charles (Fridays, Seinfeld, Borat, Curb Your Enthusiasm & much more) returns to the show to discuss his new book Comedy Samurai: Forty Years of Blood, Guts, and Laughter. We have a wide ranging discussion of Larry’s life in comedy including post-war Brooklyn as a comedy incubator, grinding out avant-garde sketch comedy with Andy Kaufman, the prevalence of coke and other drugs in the comedy writing scene, getting tackled by the Secret Service trying to get a joint to Jimmy Carter’s sister, and the difficulties in comedic creative relationships. Larry also gets candid about his disappointment with the prevalence of zionism among his erstwhile comedy partners, and we talk about the humanizing force of humor in the face tragedy and despair.

Pick up Comedy Samurai here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/larry-charles/comedy-samurai/9781538771549/?lens=grand-central-publishing

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931 - Studies in Stupid feat. Sam Seder (5/5/25)

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