Name: Episode 121 - These Things I Believe (7/4/17) by Chapo Trap House
Duration: 1 h 12 min 30 s
Description: Unhappy 4th of Ju-LIE to the United Snakes Of Amerikkka. We talk about Jake Tapper credulously helping Felix steal valor, Matt's family reunion, Joe Scarborough's 9/11 mixtape, Jon Chait's latest turd, Dissent magazine urging you not to dissent, and a reading series of Jeff Jacoby sans Caleb.

FELIX MISPRONOUNCED JUELZ HOW DID Y'ALL MISS THIS

Cars are isolating boxes of isolation. That's why some people like them: https://youtu.be/scahu8eUado?t=1m11s

Why aren't you talking about the media blackout of Seymour Hersh's article on Trump's insane tomahawks?

Feels good to have someone else drive ya around!

That's sounds like a Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins) song! Parody is now reality!

"This is how America works, it's a b$g party and you're not invited."

oh yeah I'm so rich now that I have to repair bullshit on my car every other month and constantly buy gas 👍 what a dingus 

The international supervillain Sebastian Gorka (James Adomian) calls into the show again, recently hampered by a conspiracy exposing him as a member of the Hungarian fascist Vitézi Rend. Will it stop his plans to push out all other top Trump advisers and achieve global domination?

Then we talk to Alex Pareene about Trump's Syria strikes, the media’s massive, pathetic war chubby, and his piece this week about the rightwing grift that has overtaken its creators and unraveled reality.

Alex's piece: http://fusion.net/the-long-lucrative-right-wing-grift-is-blowing-up-in-t-1793944216

Episode 98 - Gorka II: The Gorkaning feat. Alex Pareene & James Adomian (4/9/17)

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)

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

Episode 106 - Work No Play feat. Miya Tokumitsu & Tim Faust (5/7/17)

We attempt to summon the magic reality-bending force of the show to cause Trump to get impeached and get off by testifying against Jared. 

Then we talk to novelist China Miéville about his new book “October,” and how Lenin was the first online guy.

Get China's book here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2443-october

Episode 110 - The Rocktober Revolution feat. China Miéville (5/22/17)

Episode 112 - Orbsplainer feat. David Cross (5/25/17)

NOTE: Due to overwhelming public demand, we made this premium episode free.

Writer and organizer R.L. Stephens is with us talking about the limits of liberal anti-racism, his critique of Ta-Nehisi Coates, organizing, pessimism, and why materialism matters.

Here's R.L.'s new piece: https://www.viewpointmag.com/2017/05/17/the-birthmark-of-damnation-ta-nehisi-coates-and-the-black-body/

Episode 113 - Hit and Run feat. R.L. Stephens (5/31/17)

Our buddy Alex Nichols joins us again to do our official Chapo survey and taxonomy of conservative media, from the ghouls of the Weekly Standard to the chuds of the Daily Caller. We also talk about the new cancelled Tim Allen show for about 15 minutes, I think I cut some of that but not all of it. I eat a lot of almonds in this one.

Episode 114 - Meat the Press feat. Alex Nichols (6/4/17)

Special free extra episode this week to prepare for the Election Eve in the UK. We talk to old friend, Guardian editor, and London-based expat Jonathan Shainin about the Tory bedshitting, Jezza, whether he bout to do it, and what different outcomes could mean for the future.

UK Election Special: God Save Our Jezza feat. Jonathan Shainin (6/6/17)

Unhappy 4th of Ju-LIE to the United Snakes Of Amerikkka. We talk about Jake Tapper credulously helping Felix steal valor, Matt's family reunion, Joe Scarborough's 9/11 mixtape, Jon Chait's latest turd, Dissent magazine urging you not to dissent, and a reading series of Jeff Jacoby sans Caleb.

Episode 121 - These Things I Believe (7/4/17)

Our pal T is back to talk Trump's beautiful brain, Tony "The Braciole" Scaramuccioliado, the Democratic Party's new slogan, and read from Rod Dreher's mailbag. Salut

Here's T's pod, Champagne Sharks: https://soundcloud.com/champagnesharks

Get the premium Sharks here: https://www.patreon.com/champagnesharks/posts

Episode 127 - Dr. Dementia feat. Ricky Rawls (7/23/17)

Folks, Matt is no longer Skyping into the show from Ohio. He's officially moved to New York. But a funny thing happened...

We talk about Verrit (this was recorded before Peter Daou shouted us out and we officially endorsed it), and conservative raps.

Here's Alex article about conservative rap:
https://theoutline.com/post/2178/the-infinite-awfulness-of-conservative-rap

Episode 121 - These Things I Believe (7/4/17)

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