I don't get why Will always talks about Social Democracy, never about going beyond it.

cite s.m. lipset on reason us does not have socialist party

the wikipedia article about portguese parties says left bloc is leftist not far left. I want to know if this characterization is correct and why they disagree with the far left

Shouts out to the reel politik lads. keep your heads up, fuck the melts.

tell that to Jon Lansman co-founder of Momentum who is opposed to  genuine democracy even within the Party

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)

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)

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)

Tim Faust (@crulge on Twitter) is back to break down the GOP's failed healthcare push, what comes next, and how to seize the moment and push for single-payer and beyond.

Subscribe to Tim's newsletter: http://tinyletter.com/error

Episode 129 - The Affordable Covfefe Act feat. Tim Faust (7/30/17)

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)

Our buddy Shuja (@shujaxhaider) joins us to talk about Charlottesville; the bravery of the IWW, Black Lives Matter, Antifa, PSL, and DSA people there, the coming split of the soft and hardcore white supremacists, the solidarity growing on the left, and the post-lib future staring us all in the face.
Some things to donate to if you can: 

Medical bills for Dre Harris, beaten up at the rally: https://www.gofundme.com/i-was-beaten-by-white-supremacists

Help bail out the protesters who tore down the Confederate statue in Durham: http://durhamsolidaritycenter.org/bondfund/ 

Pool for medical bills run by Cville DSA: https://www.gofundme.com/medical-fund-for-comrades-in-cville

UNLOCKED: Episode 133 - Antifap feat. Shuja Haider (8/17/17)

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 138 - Verrit Carefully... feat. Alex Nichols (9/5/17)

Our good pal Karina Moreno (@KaryinBrooklyn)comes by to talk DACA, immigration, and what to hope and dread about. 

Will's Skype call fucked with the recording and we eventually lost him so we rambled about a restaurant for the troops, Staind, and Jeb Bush.

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

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