We celebrate 20 years of 9/11 by taking a 2-part look at the political and cultural insanity of the era immediately following the attacks. Today, we look at the hysterical jingoism, veneration of idiotic leaders, politically enforced censorship, and the seminal war-blogger classic “The Pussification of the Western Male”

We’ll continue on Thursday’s ep with looks at TV, Film and Culture from the era, plus another canonical 9/11 reading series. Stay tuned!

Chapo Trap House

558 - 9/11 Era, Pt. 1: The Pussification of the Western Male (9/14/21)

In a more serious episode, we talk to author and journalist Nick Bryant about his 2009 book “The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal.” We’ve mentioned the Franklin Credit Union scandal in passing on the show before, but it begins with the collapse of the Franklin Credit Union in Omaha, Nebraska in 1988 due to rampant corruption and embezzlement of its manager, Lawrence E. King, Jr. Soon after, King was accused, along with GOP lobbyist Craig Spence, of orchestrating a massive child prostitution ring, shuttling minors between Omaha and D.C., and using their solicitation to blackmail high ranking political figures. Bryant’s work examines the evidence behind this, and we discuss the scandal, the victims, the cover up, intelligence agency connections of its perpetrators, and the crucial links between intelligence-led sexual political blackmail operations of the past with the Epstein case today.

Follow Nick on Twitter here: @nick__bryant
Find more info, Nick’s book and Nick’s blog on his website here: nickbryantnyc.com

628 - Real Detective feat. Nick Bryant (5/16/22)

After the Cold War, NATO needed to reinvent itself politically for the post-Soviet world. For the final installment of our three-part series, we welcome back Ben Howard to talk through the collapse of the USSR, the rise and fall of the Partnership for Peace, and NATO interventions from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan, and we try to figure out just what Article V really means.

Kamala press conference video: twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1501904857749405699

UNLOCKED! Episode 214: NATO (Part 3)

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A DA accused of ritualistic sexual abuse and cannibalism. A sheriff who damns the law. A sex offender dead and reborn as a porcine professor in the UK. In this episode, we solve Utah.

(Editor's note: The podcast Brace forgot to name is BYMPodcast twitter.com/bympodcast)

Episode 232: Soak Lake City

This is it: The Final Demi Ep! In this one we discuss all the greatest moments of the show so far, the preeminence of alien expert Nick Pope slumming it, we come up with a new name for Demi's fans (Hesse is allowed to make that joke so yell at ben instead) and most importantly of all we meet The Mantis himself! It all wraps up with a very, very special announcement and its all tied in a pretty bow with the hauntingly beautiful music of your new fave, brdrml (@policefala on Twitter) Make sure to check out her bandcamp and send your submissions to the address below!



MUSIC// brdrml

Intro// I've Heard Those Accusations Before

1st Break// AETHER2 444

2nd Break// The Driums

3rd Break// Super Trooper 2

Outro// Abracadabra



brdrml Bandcamp: https://brdrml4938.bandcamp.com/



email for story submissions: stories@otherworldpod.com

SD 148 - The Mantis

Welcome everyone to a Ben and Jacques solo episode! (Hesse is missing because she got offered that luxury poop job) 

Jacques and I craft our scheme into the fine art market, talk about being cracked out in Nola, and what its like getting a gun stolen from you while being robbed four nights back to back. Lastly, we are also paid a visit by the reputable Judge Gonsoulin of Vermont who delivers their sentence for the crimes of one Mx. Ezra Miller. 

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Intro/// Asha Bhosle - Dum Maro Dum

Outro/// Locked Up - It's My Rave

SD 151 - The Trial of Zim

SD 154 - To Slay or Not To Slay

Originally published to Patreon on 9/11/2021. 

In this third edition of Shano's Brainos (really, that's still what we're calling it) on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Shane talks through the disastrous and ongoing war on terror, how imperial ideologies get formed, and considers what it means to live through history.

Unlocked: Shano's Brainos - 9/11

YO! Our public episode this week got FUBAR'd due to some scheduling problems but that makes this a perfect opportunity to release something from our patreon feed by POPULAR demand. I (Jake) made this a while back after playing the video game Disco Elysium and people seemed to like it. If you hate this and want us to get back to calling Barack Obama "cheugy" or whatever don't worry, we'll be back to that next week. Here's the original description:

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That's right, we're youtube video essayists now. Not really, there's no video, you don't have to watch me dressed up like Evrart Claire or whatever for an hour during this, it's just a podcast. I (Jake) played Disco Elysium recently and decided I wanted to make something to process its rich marxist themes and whatnot so here we are. That said, MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING, if you have not played this video game and think you might want to at some point, you may not want to listen to this, as the whole plot is dissected. If you're a Disco E freak or you're just curious though, enjoy.

MUSIC:
British Sea Power - Disco Elysium OST

UNLOCKED: Dread Tube #1: Disco Elysium

Matt Christman goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse
Topics: Part 3 of First Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship book club, the Dutch and English

Grill Stream

225 - Ship of Fools 09.09.22

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

Topics: Matt Christman's history of Civilization. Next book: The China Boom by by Ho-fung Hung

Chris' note: Matt's audio issues continue to astound me. HOW is the audio switching between phasing and not randomly when he's not doing anything to the mic or settings? WHAT is going on here. Baffling.

SD 148 - The Mantis

Seeking Derangements

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