We talk to the Andean Information Network's Kathryn Ledebur about the ongoing political crisis in Bolivia. We also discuss Elizabeth Warren's dud of an M4A proposal and Mayor Pete's difficult week and mysterious career. Finally, just a dollop of Epstein coverage with a look at Prince Andrew's excellent work clearing the air for the royals on the BBC last week.

Chapo Trap House

368 - High, High Hopes feat. Kathryn Ledebur (11/18/19)

Our live show from the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, featuring Brace Belden and Liz Fanczak of the TrueAnon podcast.

398 - Live from San Francisco: Mind Palace of Fine Arts feat. TrueAnon (3/2/20)

In this episode, we are joined by Chapo Trap House cohost Matt Christman to discuss the rehabilitation of Bush, the future of America, and the growing possibility that Hillary Clinton ushers in Purge Night.

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BUSH DERANGEMENT SYNDROME ft. Matt Christman

(extremely obvious, affected spanish accent) hello yes mi name is roberto "estraser" i was born in wenesuela my granfader he die in concentraysho camp, he fell out  gard tawer... and i am afro-lateeno

intro/// La Logia Sarabanda - Guayaba
outro/// Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Hard Boiled Babe

SD 19 - afro-lateeno

Halloween Special Featuring Stories From Special Guests:

Gangsta Boo, The First Lady of Three 6 Mafia. Her Catalog is streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, and all the usual places and you can catch her now on Run The Jewels' HolyCalamavote Special now streaming on HBOMax.

Scarah, The Damsel of the Doomed! Host of Horror Web, and the Tub of Terror which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjeYPlaunEEtKmoqUkUcWMQ

Ken Layne, Host of the inimitable Desert Oracle Radio available wherever fine podcasts are consumed and the author of the forthcoming Desert Oracle, Vol. 1: "Strange True Tales From The American Southwest" available for pre-order here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374722388

Daniel Pujol, Nashville based punk rock writer-musician. He's got a patreon with music and poetry you should check out here: https://www.patreon.com/pujoldotrocks

Episode 170: Everyday is Halloween(And Not In a Fun Way!)

Podcast about the whole thing that's happening
Full episode at 
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PATREON PREVIEW: Very Serious 2020 Election Prediction Show

This week, we're joined by David Dayen, executive editor at American Prospect, to discuss the COVID situation along with what a Biden administration could do even without Democratic control over the Senate. Don't let these excuses and malarky re: his powerlessness fool you! 

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Find the Day One Agenda here: https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda

The essays discussed in the opening can be found here: 

-https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda/make-progress-on-all-fronts-a-response-to-jacobin/
-https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/12/executive-orders-supreme-court-law-college-debt

-https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/biden-canceling-student-debt-loans-schumer/

Biden Can Do a Lot (If He Wants to) w/ David Dayen

In this News Brief, we talk with journalist Ashoka Jegroo about Giuliani's long history of racism, white liberal New Yorkers providing cover for his carceral sociopathy because they liked the results, and the pathetic, inevitable final chapter of the former New York mayor.

News Brief: It's Not a "Fall From Grace", This Has Always Been Who Giuliani Was

We are joined by LA comedian Sarah Squirm and SF tenant organizer Shanti Singh to talk about CALIFORNIA and her various PROPS and JOWLED GHOULS.

SARAH SQUIRM
@SarahSquirm

SHANTI SINGH
@uhshanti
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CALIFORNIA UBER ASS w/ SARAH SQUIRM & SHANTI SINGH

We watched a Canadian movie from 1999 called Grey Owl in which Pierce Brosnan plays an indigenous guy who is actually a British guy and it is hella confusing what with all the cultural appropriation going on. Then we talk about Rachel Dolezal, Native Americans in movies, and beavers.

SOURCES:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128239/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Owl
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-layered-deceptions-of-jessica-krug-the-black-studies-professor-who-hid-that-she-is-white

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PREVIEW: Grachel Dolezowl

Environmentalist and author Thea Riofrancos is here to rap with the kids about about ecosocialism and talk shit on John Kerry. Dare we defy the all powerful Climate Czar? He whose divine blood gives us the Earth itself?

CHECK OUT HER BOOK
Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador https://www.dukeupress.edu/resource-radicals

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TYRANNY OF THE CLIMATE CZAR w/ Thea Riofrancos

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Biden Can Do a Lot (If He Wants to) w/ David Dayen

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