BONUS: Nithya for LA Mayor

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LA city councilmember Nithya Raman returns to the show to talk about her insurgent campaign for Mayor of Los Angeles. They discuss the city's converging crises and how corporate landlords, the police union, and MAGA are conspiring against working people. They discuss housing costs, homelessness, immigration and ICE, public transit, the budget, and the strange rise of Spencer Pratt as Karen Bass and national right-wing money turn the race into a perfect LA spectacle. Find out all about the campaign here: http://nithyaforthecity.com

The audio universe of Chapo Trap House is a chaotic and often hilarious dissection of the modern political landscape, filtered through a lens of unapologetic leftist critique and absurdist humor. This podcast operates as a freewheeling conversation where current events, historical analysis, and pop culture detours collide. Listeners will hear a group of hosts engage in lengthy, meandering discussions that can pivot from a granular policy debate to a scathing takedown of a mediocre film or a deep dive into a bizarre online subculture, all tied together by a shared sense of disillusionment with the status quo. The tone is frequently sardonic, blending earnest political commentary with a layer of ironic detachment and inside jokes that have cultivated a dedicated audience. It’s a show that feels less like a formal presentation and more like eavesdropping on a particularly volatile, well-read, and funny group of friends arguing in a basement after consuming too much internet. New episodes of this podcast offer a consistent and raw audio experience, serving as both a communal venting session and a source of analysis for those who find mainstream political discourse lacking. The dynamic is conversational and organic, often running long and digressive, with the hosts frequently talking over each other in a way that mirrors the overwhelming noise of the news cycle itself, yet somehow finding coherent points amidst the chaos.
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We’re joined by Mark Ames & John Dolan of Radio War Nerd to discuss what may be the wind-down of the war in Ukraine. We look at the political ramifications both domestically and internationally, how the west & Russia hav…
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Jake and Thomas return to look at the latest news of Elon’s bizarrely begotten offspring. Plus the jewish guy who shot two Israeli guys because he thought they were Palestinians, Millei’s rug pull, and Bari Weiss’ Free P…
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Kath joins us for our annual review of the Big Game spectacle. We give our appraisal of what this year’s ad slate says about the state of American culture, plus reactions to Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show, and how conser…
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Will sits down with Zohran Mamdani, New York State Representative and candidate for New York City Mayor. After bonding over being just two boys from New York, their grade school rivalry, and touching on Zohran’s family &…
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Beautiful Brace Belden joins us to look at Trump’s tariff’s, possible annexation of Canada, halt on federal funding, and other breaking admin news. We also discuss New York Mag’s party report from the NYC MAGA scene, and…
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Alex is back on the pod to review the first full week of 2rump news, but first, we wish friend of the show Catturd a speedy recovery from his impacted bowel. Then, we look at Trumps barrage of executive orders, cabinet s…
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Journalist Mohammad Alsaafin returns to the show to discuss the temporary ceasefire & hostage exchange deal reached in Gaza. We discuss why and how this came about during the Biden-Trump transition, what the actual terms…
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Author Colette Shade joins us to discuss her new book “Y2K” on the millennial era of ~1997-2008. Will and Colette review how the boundless optimism of ‘the end of history’ curdled into the permanent pessimism of the 21st…
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We’re joined by journalist Yasha Levine & filmmaker Rowan Wernham of the new documentary “Pistachio Wars” join us to look at water in the state of California in light of last week’s L.A. wildfires. We discuss California’…
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We catch up with news over our long week off, including brief hits on the two new years truck attacks (more on that Thursday), MAGA civil war over immigration & visas, various instances of Musk buffoonery, Biden’s presid…