Wait, smug hippie mom in law drives 11 hours 6 times a year to dump her bio waste? Lock her up!

That's what UBI is. You are so close to getting it.

So you spend 20 minutes fantasizing about government takeovers of everything and then, without irony, point out how the MTA (hint: GOVERNMENT-RUN INDUSTRY) is a shitshow. Good lord I thought it would be better than this.

"...are seeing this insanely unsustainable rise in rent. Those are only going to go up in a situation where people are getting money from the government. That's why I like the idea of decommodifying essential stuff like healthcare and housing." -Cushbomb

"Decommodifying necessary goods we are talking about housing, education, healthcare, eldercare, childcare, food. Food stamps for everyone. Seize the whole foods hotbar and that's for everyone now."

"Truth is we require so much more infrastructure. There aren't enough hospitals. There should be so many jobs for people building new things right now."

Second half of the show starts, reading Dear Prudie letters to Amber.

Wait, you ca buy a single roll of toilet paper how much do that cost?

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)

Jezza turned Labour and the whole UK left around, in a historic upset. The Tories' psycho leper government is doomed. The American Libs are shook. Jim Messina is in hiding. 

A spectre is haunting Britain — the spectre of the Boy.

Episode 116 - Jezz In My Pants (6/12/17)

The New Republic's Sarah Jones joins us to talk about The Resistance and how we're in it, and actually lead it, so if you don't like us you're not part of it.

We then read maybe the most openly evil reading series ever. Matt gets so mad that at 1 hour 1 minute and 20 seconds neighbors tell him to calm down.

Here's Sarah's stuff: newrepublic.com/authors/sarah-jones

Episode 118 - From Russia With CHUD feat. Sarah Jones (6/18/17)

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)

Clio Chang (@cliomiso) joins us to talk Mark Zuccerberg, universal basic income, its popularity among libertarians and its limitations for the rest of us. For the second half of the show we read Dear Prudie letters to Amber, resident advice columnist.

Write in to Amber's column Your Sorry Ass: yoursorryass@thebaffler.com

Episode 123 - UBIsoft feat. Clio Chang (7/10/17)

Tim's back. We talk about the classic New York slice, read more from John Kasich's drifter diaries, and listen to more random excerpts of Gorilla Brain Mind. 

Get new Chapo t-shirts here: https://represent.com/chapo

Episode 125 -  Fast And Furious: Toledo Drifter feat. Tim Heidecker (7/15/17)

A special 3-part interview with a bunch of international left-wingers we met at the DSA Convention last week — Marcus Barnett of Momentum in the UK, Catarina Príncipe of Bloco de Esquerda in Portugal, and Djordje Kuzmanovic of La France Insoumise.

Also — Pitch in, if you can, for the medical bills of the people attacked by Nazis in Charlottesville today: https://www.gofundme.com/medical-fund-for-comrades-in-cville

Episode 132 - Bloco's Modern Life (8/12/17)

On this, August 20th, the national day of Hungary, founded in AD 1000, White House advisor and international supervillain Dr. Sebastian Gorka (James Adomian) transmits a message gloating over his recent victories pushing out rivals in the Trump cabinet. 

Then Joe Mande joins us to talk about the grim world of Maury Povich, YouTube Boy Jake Paul, and Van Halen's mission of peace in the 90s.

Episode 134 - Memento Maury feat. Joe Mande & James Adomian (8/20/17)

Joe Prince is on to talk about Arpaio, Gorka, ComicView, and his days as a lanyard. We finish up with a vintage reading series from Ace of Spades' Genghis X.

He's Felix's Rich Piana obit: http://deadspin.com/rich-piana-lived-as-big-as-he-was-1798428768

Oh and here's the real-life Gorka supercut: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlLhTBtpiPs

Episode 136 - Lullaby For Lanyards feat. Joe Prince (8/27/17)

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 123 - UBIsoft feat. Clio Chang (7/10/17)

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