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In the inaugural episode of the Chapo Trap House Podcast, Felix Biederman (@ByYourLogic), Matt Christman (@Cushbomb), and Will Menaker (@willmenaker) discuss logical fallacies and take a sideways glance at a wacky week in US politics that saw Bernie win Michigan, Hillary support the Contras and Reagan's AIDS policies, and Trump getting kicked out of Chicago. We also game out the possible post politics career of Marco Rubio and pledge our support to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. All this plus much, much more. 

Episode 1 - THA SAGA BEGINS (3/12/16)

In episode 2 of CHAPO TRAP HOUSE...
-Matt, Felix and Will talk about the end of everything fun in the 2016 election and the likely advent of Hell on Earth. 
-Matt goes to a Trump rally outside Cincinnati. 
-The National Review's Kevin D. Williamson tells poor white people to pull up their damn pants and other conservative strategies for reaching out to their inferiors. 
-Ben Shapiro leaves Breitbart and a "pro-Israel" robot harasses students at Brown.  
-We also break down the phenomenon that is HAMILTON and why our media and political elites love this corny bullshit. 
-And as a bonus, we threaten Ben Dreyfuss and then ask him for money. 

Episode 2 - We Need to Talk About Kevin- aka Enta Tha Dungeon (3/19/16)

On our Easter/Purim Episode we're joined by Brendan James aka @deep_beige, media reporter for International Business Times to discuss his Hanni-date with Fox News' Sean Hannity, a man who loves hitting the heavy bag, working on his core and his new 10pm slot.

Then we have a reading from Ross Douthat's 2005 book "Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class" where Ross relates a story about going on sailboat outing with a handsome older man.

Brendan's Sean Hannity Profile: http://www.ibtimes.com/mr-nice-guy-sean-hannity-cheerleader-gop-relic-fox-news-2222577

Ross's Boat Trip: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/02/-were-on-our-way-home-now-duckie/306726/

@willmenaker, @cushbomb, @ByYourLogic, @deep_beige

Episode 3 - Freeway Ross Douthat Sailboat Dope (3/27/16)

On Episode 4 @willmenaker, @cushbomb and @ByYourLogic discuss:
-Felix's on the ground reporting of the harassment he witnessed at the Bernie Sanders rally in the Bronx.
-How Scalia's gorging saved public sector unionism in America
-Donald Trump: The Abortion Punisher 
-Turkey's President Erdogan and his street team turn the Brookings Institute into his Trap House
-Carl Diggler calls in to discuss EgyptAir hijacking and Cypriot family court.
-Community-based pod-living experience
-Jonathan Chait and contemporary American liberalism: the best of all possible worlds.

links- 
Pod living: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/in-pod-based-community-living-rent-is-cheap-but-sex-is-banned

Scalia eats 50+ oysters, makes others do the same: http://www.weeklystandard.com/a-man-of-many-appetites/article/2001084

Intro and Outro Music: Salute to El Chapo and 1 In Da Chamber pt. 3 by DJ Smokey

Extra thanks to Brendan James (@Deep_Beige) for producing

Episode 4 - Bernie Blanco From The Bronx (4/3/16)

In episode 5, Felix and Will go to the premiere of a television series, then Felix goes solo to a John Kasich event in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

Then, we are joined by @CarlBeijer to game out the coming #tcot rebellion/Second Civil War and the possibility of the Rascal Scooter demographic waging a successful irregular war against the most powerful nation state in human history. We close out with a reading from friend of the show Kurt Schlichter and some "letters home" from the front lines.

NOTE: Due to technical issues related to the Menaker family mountain estate, our audio is worse than our usual horrible quality and Will is MIA for the last third of the show.

Links:
@Carlbeijer's take on the second civil war: http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/militant-republicans-nope-arent-going-overthrow-government/2014/02/21

Kurt Shitler's take on the second Civil War: http://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2015/08/10/hillarys-hipster-army-prepares-for-the-second-civil-war-n2036475/page/full

Prod. by @Deep_Beige

Episode 5 - What's So Civil About War, Anyway? feat. @Carlbeijer (4/10/16)

Popular humorist James Adomian (@JAdomian) joins the Trap this week to discuss Chris Christie's 9/11 Memorabilia Raffle, Jesse Ventura's "Conspiracy Theory," Dilbert, Garfield, and his impressions of Slavoj Zizek teaching sex ed and alt-right Paul Giammatti.

Plus, Felix gets written up in the New Yorker and Alex Jones embraces a new Pan-African political philosophy.

Episode 46 - No Cucks In A Foxhole feat. @JAdomian (10/4/16)

Will, Matt, Felix and Virgil wake up in The Zone to take in the election results, process the shock, and accept Bill Mitchell as our new dad. More importantly, we discuss the failures of America’s expert/lanyard class, liberal ass-covering, the impotence and irrelevance of the Democratic Party, and our new purpose and priorities under the coming Trump regime.

Reasons to be scared, reasons for hope, and assurance that we’re still ready to ride with you all every day.

Episode 58 - We Live in The Zone Now (11/12/16)

A Turkey Day treat for all! Our pal T (@RickyRawls) stops by the Park Slope Mansion to discuss his run-ins with the Anime Nazis/alt-right, their racial narcissism, and how Leon Festinger's "When Prophecy Fails" applies to Democrats after the election upset. We also wonder why Mike Pence even wanted to see Hamilton in the first place.

Here's an interview with T on the alt-right: http://thoughtcatalog.com/daniel-hayes/2016/11/an-interview-with-a-black-man-who-loves-standing-up-to-alt-right-trolls-on-twitter/

Episode 61 - Who Makes The Nazis? feat. @RickyRawls (11/24/16)

As we walk through Rod Dreher's criticism of the show, Amber makes fun of Felix's love of Les Mis.

Subscribe to hear it: patreon.com/chapotraphouse

Episode 62 Teaser - Do You Hear The Dirtbags Sing

In this magical Christmas episode Kath Barbadoro joins us again to talk about the Lynchian underbelly of New Hampshire, political economy, the embarrassing turn at Mother Jones, and the really just fantastic and affordable meals on offer at our favorite neighborhood bar & grill, Applebee’s.

We finish off the year with a scintillating reading from Ben Shapiro’s racist and poorly-written novel, “True Allegiance.” 

Enter code "CHAPO" at Applebees.com to buy $50 in Gift Cards & get a $10 Bonus Card FREE.

Here's the article by Naomi LaChance: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/the-legacy-of-mother-jones-is-haunting-mother-jone.html

Episode 68 - Applebee's Christmas Spectacular feat. Kath Barbadoro (12/23/16)

Rob Delaney stops by to talk healthcare, Bill O'Reilly, sniveling Democrats, and Gorilla Mindset. Then Matt tells us about the Juicero and Felix and Brendan reveal a new single by P.J. Dade, "U Give Me 3nergy."

Message from P.J. Dade below:

I am an evangelical Christian, the owner of a secondhand boat store, and yes, that was me in the news report about “bathroom encounters.”

I sell rudders and motorboards during the day, but I have passions outside of work. Obviously, God is number one. But passion number two is my awesome wife Klyeelissa and my kick butt little guy Mason Jesse James Treibart (the best 4 year old in the world ;) ),  Passion the third is, you guessed it, Evangelical EDM.
 
Yes, Evangelical EDM is the thirteenth largest growing music genre in the entire world, but I'm not in it for money. My entire life, I've been searching for a way to tell people how my soul felt. I tried to find it in the bottle, in the pipe, and yup, through the bathroom stall. But every time I thought I was breaking through, I was just putting barriers between my spirit and the world. With Evangelical EDM, I know that I'm finally speaking the true voice God gave me.
 
So I decided to send the boys in "The Trap" my newest song, "You Give Me Energy." I could try explaining my life, my journey, my triumphs, and my pain to get these guys to understand who they're mocking when they mock evangelicals, but they wouldn't understand it. the universal language of music is how neighbors can see eye to eye, though. It's been like that since the Book of Genesis, and it's like that now. 

So without further ado, I hope you can begin to start to think about considering who I really am, and who you could be.
 
Blessing throughout you, your family, and the world.

"You Give Me Energy" lyrics

[intro]
This song is dedicated 
To a group of people I fail every day
But they're special enough to forgive me
I'm talking about my family and the Lord Jesus Christ 
Let's go 

Every day is just another chance
You can do evil as long as you come right back
Forgiveness is how the angels dance
It doesn't matter if you were born here or in Iraq

You are the best of me
You give me Energy
Once I was lost at sea
You give me energy

He's in our hearts before the coffee's in our cups
God is our breath every time we hiccup
He is the fistul of uppers when we crash
He will pump your stomach if you swallow sin for cash

You are the best of me
You give me energy
You wipe the sweat from me
You give me energy 

Slouched in a stall, my luck's run out
I refuse to die, refuse to doubt
He is with me all around
I pick myself up off the ground  
‘Cause even if you relapse in the hole
Your Wife understands it’s one step towards your goal

You are the best of me
You give me energy
The Holy Ghost nests in me
You give me energy 

[outro]
I'm sorry for everything that I have done
That I will do, and haven’t done
And you're welcome for our son

Episode 102 - Maintaining Emotional Control feat. Rob Delaney (4/23/17)

Audio of our live show benefit for the Center for Reproductive Rights on April 27th at Littlefield NYC. Sorry about the weird compression, but our voices are nice and clear, so take it, you pigs.

Episode 104 - We've Always Been Here (4/30/17)

It's a jam-packed sode with special Chapo health correspondent Tim Faust returning to brief us on the dystopian Republican healthcare bill that passed in the House. Then we hop on the line with writer Miya Tokumitsu to talk about the tyranny of work over your life, and a future without it. 

We wrap things up with a reading series with Chapo all-star David French. 

Here's Miya's article in the New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/article/141663/united-states-work