Jake Tapper’s career trajectory is an object lesson in how to succeed in corporate media. The formula generally goes like this: go after the fringes of the left and the right––but mostly the left. Never offend any traditional centers of power. Mug. Constantly mug for the camera. Hitch your brand to “The Troops” And-always, always––attack from the neoconservative right.
 
As previously discussed in our John McCain News Brief, the issue with John McCain was less so about the man himself but what he represented: posturing National Security state jingoism at the heart of America’s civic religion; a phony notion of self-importance that animates US militarism. Just the same, this week’s episode is less about Tapper and more about what he represents: the dead center of American corporate media; hollow, faux-adversarialism marked by military worship; less interested in original reporting than serving as a bouncer for Club Acceptable Opinion.  

We are joined on this week's episode by journalist Natasha Lennard.

Episode 55: Jake Tapper and the Art of Faux-Adversarialism

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)

Look man this episode gets pretty dark. Idk. Here's everything I could find about that Milwuakee house:

https://heavy.com/news/2020/06/watch-milwaukee-crowd-burns-down-suspected-sex-trafficking-house/

https://twitter.com/jonbernhardt/status/1275975081156587520

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2020/06/23/milwaukee-missing-girls-crowd-grows-rumored-sex-trafficking-house-shooting-fire-starts/3246406001/

https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/06/23/suspected-sex-trafficking-house-burned/

https://twitter.com/Eugene_V_Dabbs/status/1275549018278379521

https://twitter.com/abcdentminded/status/1275664887725858817

https://fox6now.com/2020/06/23/milwaukee-police-investigate-missing-persons-reports-for-2-girls-ages-15-and-13/

ANYWAYS

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The People Under The Damn Stairs

And introducing, on lead vocals and guitar, it’s Mr. Robert Pollard! We’re joined by Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Operators) to talk about the frontman synonymous with Guided by Voices, the prolific indie legends from Dayton Ohio.

Please support Dan's music over on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/operators

Songs: 
Acid Ranch - Beautiful Plastic
Guided by Voices - Drinker’s
GBV - Weedking
Times New Viking - (My Head)
GBV - Tractor Rape Chain
GBV - Closer You Are
GBV - Official Ironman’s Rally Song
GBV - Teenage FBI
GBV - Glad Girls
GBV - Packing the Dead Zone

And Introducing Podcast

#76 ROBERT POLLARD & GUIDED BY VOICES! (ft. Dan Boeckner)

Comedian Clark Jones joins us to do a CHILL episode where we RELAX and talk comedy bullshit as well as Kamala's dad, the DNC, the Washington Football Team and the god damned libs.

CLARK JONES
@theeclarkjones
theeclarkjones.com
CLASSIC BLACK DUDE
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/classic-black-dude/id1482169322

MERCH
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PATREON
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Classic Podcast w/ Clark Jones

the perfect movie doesn't exi-

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077 // That Thing You Do! (1996)

Matt goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse

Grill Stream

82 - RIP Notorious Roy G Biv 9.21.20

83 - Trumpy, You Can Do STUPID Things! 9.23.20

Basement Show yall...
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We Need People Who Sleep & Smoke Cigarettes All Day

Journalist Talia Lavin joins us to discuss her research on the alt right, q-anon, and why boomers think there are underground child sacrifice sex tunnels everywhere. We also talk HP Lovecraft, the Michigan militia who tried to kidnap their governor, and Trump.

TALIA LAVIN
@Chick_in_Kiev
Patreon.com/TaliaLavin
SATANIC PANIC Q ANON PIECE:
https://newrepublic.com/article/159529/qanon-blood-libel-satanic-panic
BOOK:
https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/talia-lavin/culture-warlords/9780306846434/?utm_expid=.OyywKgKNQfKo0ZgN1WBZtg.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

MUSIC
JAKE HART - Go Away
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DEAD OIL - Drip
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LISTEN TO ALEX'S THIRD PODCAST AND ALSO WHY YOU MAD AND WATCH REDACTED TONIGHT OK BYE

Q Detective w/ Talia Lavin

And introducing, from Iceland, our NATO ally to the north, it’s BJORK. The most famous musician from the isolated northern island, Bjork has built an incredible career and international  fame from her unique voice and genre-exploring, endlessly idiosyncratic music. And today we’ll be exploring all things Bjork from her coffee table book BJORK and a 2004 Bjork New Yorker story called “Bjork’s Saga”.

Songs in Order:

CarlosAndres90 - Army of Me (YouTube FL Studio cover)
Bjork - Ruby Baby
Recordings of Bjork at age 11:  https://www.openculture.com/2014/09/the-album-bjork-recorded-as-an-11-year-old.html
KUKL - Dismembered
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
Bjork - Human Behavior
Bjork - Army of Me
Bjork - Alarm Call

And Introducing

#82 BJÖRK!

A podcast about videos and politics with Jeremy Hammond and Bryn Nieboer

077 // That Thing You Do! (1996)

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