Semafor reporter Dave Weigel returns to the show to look at the political angles to Trump’s tariff regime and the... more

Felix sits down with writer & journalist Peter Korotaev for a wide ranging conversation on the state of the Russo-Ukranian... more

Tim “T-Bone” Faust makes a long overdue return to the program to brief us on the series of guerilla town... more

Delaware state rep Madinah Wilson-Anton returns to the show to brief us on Elon Musk’s attempts to rewrite the state... more

Felix appeared on today’s Panic World podcast hosted by past-guest Ryan Broderick of the fantastic Garbage Day newsletter. We’ve agreed... more

D.J. Byrnes of Ohio’s independent news outlet The Rooster returns to the show. We look at constituent outrage at elected... more

We start the show discussing the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil in a glaring escalation of attacks on American... more

QAA’s Julian Feeld joins us today to give us his report from last week’s CPAC convention. We look at the... more

Will & Hesse are back to look at the Oscars’ Best Pictures of 2024. They give their takes on the... more

We’re joined by Mark Ames & John Dolan of Radio War Nerd to discuss what may be the wind-down of... more

Jake and Thomas return to look at the latest news of Elon’s bizarrely begotten offspring. Plus the jewish guy who... more

Kath joins us for our annual review of the Big Game spectacle. We give our appraisal of what this year’s... more

Will sits down with Zohran Mamdani, New York State Representative and candidate for New York City Mayor. After bonding over... more

Beautiful Brace Belden joins us to look at Trump’s tariff’s, possible annexation of Canada, halt on federal funding, and other... more

Alex is back on the pod to review the first full week of 2rump news, but first, we wish friend... more

Journalist Mohammad Alsaafin returns to the show to discuss the temporary ceasefire & hostage exchange deal reached in Gaza. We... more

Felix recounts Trump’s efforts to discredit the 2020 election as part of the long history of election denial on the... more

Author Colette Shade joins us to discuss her new book “Y2K” on the millennial era of ~1997-2008. Will and Colette... more

We’re joined by journalist Yasha Levine & filmmaker Rowan Wernham of the new documentary “Pistachio Wars” join us to look... more

Felix looks back at the lead-up to the 2016 election as some of the funniest and most insane days in... more

We catch up with news over our long week off, including brief hits on the two new years truck attacks... more

Felix looks at Steve Bannon’s origins, plus anti-Obama hysteria pushing the GOP to the right in the 2012 primaries in... more

Felix recounts the rise of Obama-era conservative online media in this teaser for Episode 3 of his series “Seeking a... more

We’re discussing the ongoing labor disputes with the United States Postal Service with Tyler Vasseur, a shop steward with the... more

Will & Hesse are joined by Brian Yuzna, legendary horror writer/director/producer behind such films as Re-Animator, Society, From Beyond, Honey,... more

Felix documents the rise of future Fox News CEO Roger Ailes in this preview clip from episode 2 of his... more

Defector’s David Roth is back on the pod. We start with his write up of the recent drone scare over... more

In a new series by Felix, Josh (@ettingermentum), and Spencer, we ask: how did the Republican Party, once the dominant... more

We catch up briefly on news around the arrest of the alleged UHC CEO assassin. Then, journalist and musician Jael... more

We do the work of having conversations and connecting to people by reviewing last week’s Pod Save America episode featuring... more

Journalist Moe Tkacik joins us to look at a number of issues she’s reported on recently. Starting with the alarming... more

We review the various freaks, toadies, goons, and TV personalities that Trump has tapped to build his second cabinet, and... more

We start off with some Monkey News, then continue our post-mortem on the 2024 election. Does America have a Boy... more

We have always lived in The Zone. We take in the stunning re-election of Donald Trump, the manifest failure of... more

We’re joined by Charles, Alex & Andrew from Episode 1 for a night of Election-themed spoofs and goofs live at... more

[Note: these Movie Mindset Horrortober Season 1 episodes were already unlocked for free this year over on the Patreon feed,... more

Chapo elections unit Dave Weigel and Josh “Ettingermentum” return for one last check-in on the state of the 2024 US... more

[Note: these Movie Mindset Horrortober Season 1 episodes were already unlocked for free this year over on the Patreon feed,... more

Journalist Max Read joins us to discuss his new piece on the proliferation of “AI Slop”: unwanted, low quality, often... more

[Note: these Movie Mindset Horrortober Season 1 episodes were already unlocked for free this year over on the Patreon feed,... more

[Note: these Movie Mindset Horrortober Season 1 episodes were already unlocked for free this year over on the Patreon feed,... more

We start today with Alex and Felix explaining a notoriously filthy video game streamer and his repellent political views/personal hygiene... more

It’s been one year since 10/7, so we discuss a bit of what’s changed - if anything - in perception... more

Alex joins us to go in on now-indicted Mayor Eric Adams. We go through the many hilarious details of the... more

BLOWBACK’s Brendan & Noah return to the show. We start off today’s show discussing Israel’s massive escalation into Lebanon, and... more

Journalists Christopher Robbins & Katie Way from the independent outlet Hellgate return to the show to help update us on... more

Ben & Matt of the JUSTICE WARRIORS comic series join us this week. We look at the SECOND Trump assassination... more

Will, Felix & David Roth review Trump’s masterful rhetorica gambits from Tuesday night’s debate with Kamala Harris. Subscribe today for access... more

Derek & Danny of the American Prestige podcast join us to review the new film Reagan. Can a film that... more

Long time friend of the show James Adomian stops by to catch up on some news, including the conservative rumor... more

The Chapo 2024 Elections team returns to the pod to look at the state of the presidential race post-Democratic National... more

Alex back on the pod today as we touch briefly on cranks from the past and Ye’s nitrous fixation. Then,... more

Dan Boeckner recounts the saga of Canadian journalist being “elicited” by a nice Chinese man and his wife. Subscribe today for... more

We’re joined by video doc king Jon Bois to discuss some of his recent projects with Secret Base, specifically REFORM!,... more

The Washington Post’s Jeff Stein stops by to discuss his extensive new piece investigating the ever-ballooning U.S. international sanctions regime.... more

Will, Felix & Séamus discuss western reporting on recent “unrest” in Israel that tries very hard to elide the root... more

Felix and Alex provide some Olympics commentary by reviewing the last few Assassin’s Creed games. Plus, a return of our... more

Will, Felix & Kath discuss the moral imperative of Gaza with a new Kamala candidacy. Subscribe today for access to the... more

We’re joined by streamer Hasan Piker for an honestly unprecedented news round-up. Joe Biden is OUT of the Presidential race... more

I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND THEY SHOT AT ME! Kath joins us today to review a somewhat eventful week, from... more

We’re joined by Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill of the NEW independent journalism venture Drop Site News. We look at... more

As a special endcap to this season of Movie Mindset, Will, Hesse & Chris interview the director of Repo Man,... more

Last week’s stunningly bad debate and a few shocking Supreme Court rulings have rapidly taken the 2024 Presidential Race into... more

Will talks to musician and climate journalist Jael Holzman (Ekko Astral, Heatmap News) about her experience as a congressional reporter... more

We’re joined by journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous and filmmaker Kavitha Chekuru to discuss their new film The Night Won’t End:... more

Featured player Alex Nichols returns to look at the creeping criminalization of the “edgar” haircut in Tekkkxas, the jomney sun-ization... more

We talk to Lance Oppenheim, director of Ren Faire, the new docu-series on HBO. Ren Faire looks at the drama... more

Last week, we looked at Trump’s felony convictions and the various weaknesses that brings his campaign. This week, we turn... more

We have Alex on today to first and foremost look at newly released soda rankings. Then, we catch up on... more

Chief Chapo foreign correspondent returns to take us around the wide world of conflict. We get an update on the... more

We sit down with Mike Cheslik, the director of the new(ish) silent comedy action farce Hundreds of Beavers. We discuss... more

Alex is on today as we catch up with the weekend’s drama over the 2024 Eurovision song contest and ask... more

We’re joined by a former university administrator (who prefers to remain anonymous, though we have reviewed and verified their credentials)... more

Will talks to Anny Viloria Winnett, a UAW 4811 ASE Trustee, Graduate Student Worker at the UCLA School of Public... more

Tom, Tarence and (welcome to the show!) Aaron from the Trillbillies join us for another week of horror and spectacle... more

Will & Hesse talk to Radu Jude, the director of the new comedy feature Do Not Expect Too Much from... more

Alex joins us again to catch up on the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests and the range of responses to them, from... more

Welcome to Movie Mindset season 2! Will & Hesse look at two films somewhat bookending the career of the great... more

Will interviews Basil Zacharia Rodriguez, an activist and student at Columbia University involved with Columbia Justice in Palestine (SJP) and... more