Guess what? Havana Syndrome’s not a real thing, who would have guessed? Then, we look at the New York Times two ways: (1) their insistently hysterical and “non-activist” coverage of trans issues, and (2) another op-ed detailing the plight of conservatives on America’s most prestigious cam...
2023-03-03 06:23:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The Peace of Westphalia concludes the war and introduces a new phase of political and economic conflict to Europe.
Interactive atlas, bibliography and credits for the series can be found at: hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com
2023-03-01 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by friend of the show Will Sommer to discuss his new book “Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America”. We discuss the full shape of the conspiracy/movement now 5 years into its run, its effect on those who follow it, and where it might go from h...
2023-02-28 03:47:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt Christman has come under government censorship. Then, Trump brings burgers to the beleaguered people of Ohio while Biden brings missiles to the beleaguered people of Ukraine. Finally, we meet another Gen-X member of the Koch family, Elizabeth Koch, who is here to bust open our Pain Holes and...
2023-02-24 04:31:51 +0000 UTC View Post
The apocalyptic effects of years of war on the population transform central Europe into Hell on Earth.
Interactive atlas, bibliography and credits for the series can be found at: hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com
2023-02-22 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We give a slightly premature send-of to President Carter. Then, Nikki Haley enters the GOP primaries, WaPo ranks democratic primary possibilities, and MTG reveals she’s maybe the only congresswoman losing money on the job. Finally, we take a look at two journalists who are terrified at the poss...
2023-02-21 04:18:08 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Ben Clarkson and Matt Bors, creators of the new comic book Justice Warriors, to discuss 1993’s sci-fi action classic DEMOLITION MAN. In a future where humanity has gained peace and security but lost its freedom to consume some goddamn coffee-flavored coffee, can one sub-mental...
2023-02-17 01:28:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Will talks to David Sirota of The Lever about the disastrous train derailment and toxic event in East Palestine, Ohio. They discuss national train policy, corporate responsibility, erosion of railway labor and safety protections, and of course, Pete Buttigieg’s Transportation department.
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2023-02-15 17:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
King Gustavus Adolphus brings the seemingly unstoppable power of Sweden crashing through central Germany.
Interactive atlas, bibliography and credits for the series can be found at: hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com
2023-02-15 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We discuss the increasingly bizarre obsession around “objects” being shot down in the sky, as well as the insane circumstance around the toxic event in Ohio (and we will have more on that later this week). Then, our annual review of the Super Bowl broadcast & advertising spectacle. Finall...
2023-02-14 03:39:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Review of the State of the Union and recent media hits from Trump, DeSantis, and Huckabee-Sanders. IRL Airborn Toxic Event. The Catturds guard the Bird Site. The Taliban become PMC.
2023-02-10 02:55:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The Danes stage a daring intervention against the Habsburgs. Enter: Wallenstein & Richelieu.
Interactive atlas, bibliography and credits for the series can be found at: hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com
2023-02-08 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re joined by Bomani Jones, host of Game Theory on HBO, to discuss pro-sports and labor, including NFL player health in the wake of Damar Hamlin’s recent hospitalization, and NBA player bargaining power. We also briefly touch on the rapid rise of sports gambling and of course, who we’ve g...
2023-02-07 03:57:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We check in on the very early stages of the ‘24 presidential race, including the various culture wars heating up in Ron DeSantis’ Florida. Then, a conversation between Rod and Andrew Sullivan reveals new depths of psychology, as Rod bungles himself into scandal in Hungary.
2023-02-03 03:35:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Dynastic ambitions, messianic delusions and One High Fall topple the Holy Roman Empire into war.
Interactive atlas, bibliography and credits for the series can be found at: hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com
2023-02-01 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A grab-bag of topics today: A novel idea for fixing policing from the Slow Boring blog; Eric Adams has a rat problem; Priest goes to hell; TikTok ban on the horizon; Prince Andrew in the tub; Andrew Tate’s jail posts.
2023-01-31 03:33:54 +0000 UTC View Post
We finally devote a whole episode to the special insanity of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Will, Felix and Kath have each selected a favorite episode from the series’ 22-season run to look into how America’s longest-running hour-long drama appeals to & shapes our disgusting lizard ...
2023-01-27 03:01:23 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE 2/2/23: According to Patreon support, this issue should now be resolved. Let us know if you're still having trouble with accessing posts and/or the RSS feed. Or rather, let Patreon support know if you're still having trouble.
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2023-01-26 17:52:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The royal dynasties of Europe strain to confront reformation, centralization and modernization in their own distinct ways as we bring them up to the eve of the Thirty Years War.
Interactive atlas, bibliography and credits for the series can be found at: hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com
2023-01-25 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We get a taste of the old Trump magic through his beautiful eulogy for one of his most loyal supporters, the wonderful Diamond. Then, we check in with America’s police forces through a(nother) unhinged new Sheriffs movement, and a cop who claims to to be able to discern 911 callers’ guilt thr...
2023-01-24 04:17:32 +0000 UTC View Post
We dive back into the the increasingly absurd lies around the House’s new great CONgressman. Then, updates from the Hochul imperium here in New York, more news of our very bored and very depraved Fort Bragg soldiers AND: will AI sexbots replace YOUR loved ones? More at 11.
2023-01-20 03:51:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The Black Death, the rise of the Habsburgs, and the dream of the Universal Monarch.
Interactive atlas, bibliography and credits for the series can be found at: hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com
2023-01-18 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by our pod-father Bryan Quinby to discuss the topic that brought us all together in the first place: Butt TV.
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We’re joined by AJ+ journalist Mohammad Alsaafin to discuss the newly formed Israeli government, the state of Palestinian resistance, and of course, Mideast politics vis-à-vis the recent World Cup.
Follow Mohammad on Twitter at @malsaafin
2023-01-13 02:32:31 +0000 UTC View Post
A man, a hammer, a nail, a door, history. Martin Luther sets off the protestant reformation and lays the groundwork for a century of violence in Europe.
This first episode of Hell on Earth: The Thirty Years War and the Violent Birth Capitalism is available for free. Subsequent episodes will...
2023-01-11 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Ben and Hesse of Seeking Derangements to look at the bungled coup in Brazil, Matt Schlapp’s sexual harassment accusations and prince Harry’s explosive new book about getting frostbite on his dick. Finally, we read a New York Post story about parents whose kids hate them so m...
2023-01-10 04:37:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re back to regular coverage today with a look at the enjoyably dysfunctional quest of the GOP trying to elect a speaker of the house. Then, we discuss Bolsonaro in Orlando and OF COURSE, for the reading series we’ve got Rod Dreher’s revelation that his father was a damnable Freemason (oh...
2023-01-06 03:03:38 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s finally time to return to Pandora: we review Avatar: The Way of Water. James Cameron expands and improves on his otherworldly saga of colonization and resistance in about every conceivable way, including revolutionary whale violence, CRAB MECHS, and competing visions of eternal life, one b...
2023-01-03 04:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a Best of the Fall Tour compilation! Yes, in a compromise sure to please few and enrage many, we’ve put together a compilation of the best bits from each of our four shows on this year’s fall tour. So in a way we’re keeping our promise to not release these, since the full shows will ...
2022-12-30 04:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In a sequel of sorts to one of our most beloved movie & holiday episodes, we enter a fantastic & amazingly realized world that could only spring from the singular genius of one of cinema’s great auteurs.
2022-12-27 01:20:38 +0000 UTC View Post