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The three first recorded together as guests on an episode of the podcast ''Street Fight Radio'' to mock the film ''[[13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi]]''. They had already discussed hosting a show together for some time and, encouraged by positive reception to their ''Street Fight'' appearances, they created ''Chapo Trap House'' |
The three first recorded together as guests on an episode of the podcast ''Street Fight Radio'' to mock the film ''[[13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi]]''. They had already discussed hosting a show together for some time and, encouraged by positive reception to their ''Street Fight'' appearances, they created ''Chapo Trap House''.<ref name="Paste" /><ref name="Pacific Standard" /> They chose the name "Chapo Trap House" in the first episode as a joking reference to the Mexican [[drug lord]] [[Joaquín Guzmán|Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán]] and a slang term for a [[drug house]], intending the title to sound like the title of a [[Mixtape#In hip hop|rap mixtape]].<ref name="Paste" /><ref name="newyorker">{{cite web |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/what-will-become-of-the-dirtbag-left |title=What Will Become of the Dirtbag Left? |date= November 18, 2016 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |accessdate= December 17, 2016}}</ref> |
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An episode of ''Chapo Trap House'' is typically between 60 and 80 minutes. Episodes are usually structured with a prepared "[[cold open]]," an interview with a guest, and commentary on current events. In post-production, show producer Brendan James (also known by the Twitter handle @deep_beige) intersperses the show with audio samples that correspond with the episode's discussion.<ref name="Paste" /> The show frequently uses DJ Smokey's "SALUTE 2 EL CHAPO PART 1" as an opening theme song. Free episodes of the show are available via [[SoundCloud]] and [[iTunes]]. Subscribers who contribute at least $5 a month via [[Patreon]] gain access to premium bonus episodes. By May 2017, the show generated over $60,000 a month from subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Jack |url=https://mic.com/articles/152700/liberals-are-making-bank-on-a-site-called-patreon-the-right-calls-it-hipster-welfare |title=Liberals are making bank on a site called Patreon. The right calls it 'hipster welfare.' |website=[[Mic (media company)|Mic]] |date = August 29, 2016 |accessdate= September 6, 2016}}</ref> [[Geek.com]] cited the show's premium content as an example of a viable revenue model for new podcasters.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jensen |first=K. Thor |url=http://www.geek.com/news/geek-how-to-start-your-own-podcast-1658807/ |title=How to start your own podcast without any experience |date= June 23, 2016 |website=[[Geek.com]] |accessdate= August 15, 2016}}</ref> |
An episode of ''Chapo Trap House'' is typically between 60 and 80 minutes. Episodes are usually structured with a prepared "[[cold open]]," an interview with a guest, and commentary on current events. In post-production, show producer Brendan James (also known by the Twitter handle @deep_beige) intersperses the show with audio samples that correspond with the episode's discussion.<ref name="Paste" /> The show frequently uses DJ Smokey's "SALUTE 2 EL CHAPO PART 1" as an opening theme song. Free episodes of the show are available via [[SoundCloud]] and [[iTunes]]. Subscribers who contribute at least $5 a month via [[Patreon]] gain access to premium bonus episodes. By May 2017, the show generated over $60,000 a month from subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Jack |url=https://mic.com/articles/152700/liberals-are-making-bank-on-a-site-called-patreon-the-right-calls-it-hipster-welfare |title=Liberals are making bank on a site called Patreon. The right calls it 'hipster welfare.' |website=[[Mic (media company)|Mic]] |date = August 29, 2016 |accessdate= September 6, 2016}}</ref> [[Geek.com]] cited the show's premium content as an example of a viable revenue model for new podcasters.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jensen |first=K. Thor |url=http://www.geek.com/news/geek-how-to-start-your-own-podcast-1658807/ |title=How to start your own podcast without any experience |date= June 23, 2016 |website=[[Geek.com]] |accessdate= August 15, 2016}}</ref> |
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| Chapo Trap House | |
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 The logo used by Chapo Trap House is an embroidered patch of the Drug Enforcement Administration's "Cocaine Intelligence Unit" | |
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Will Menaker, Matt Christman, Felix Biederman, Amber A'Lee Frost, Virgil Texas, Brendan James |
| Genre | Politics, humor |
| Updates | Twice-weekly |
| Length | 60–80 minutes |
| Production | |
| Production | Brendan James |
| Publication | |
| Original release | March 13, 2016 |
| Related | |
| Website | https://thetrap.fm/ |
Chapo Trap House is an American politics and humor podcast hosted by Will Menaker, Matt Christman, Felix Biederman, Amber A'Lee Frost, Virgil Texas and Brendan James. The podcast became known for its irreverent leftist commentary in the run-up to the 2016 US Presidential Election.[1][2] It has garnered a cult following and has received praise from various media outlets.[2]
Background and format
The three hosts met online through discussions on Twitter years prior to starting the podcast.[2][3] Under the usernames @willmenaker (Menaker), @cushbomb (Christman), and @ByYourLogic (Biederman, also formerly @swarthyvillain), they developed followings for their political commentary and have been called "minor Twitter celebrities."[2][1][4] The hosts are associated with Twitter communities called "Left Twitter" and "Weird Twitter," a name used to describe a loose group of Twitter users known for absurdist humor.[2][4] All had been politically motivated for several years.[3]
The three first recorded together as guests on an episode of the podcast Street Fight Radio to mock the film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. They had already discussed hosting a show together for some time and, encouraged by positive reception to their Street Fight appearances, they created Chapo Trap House.[2][3] They chose the name "Chapo Trap House" in the first episode as a joking reference to the Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán and a slang term for a drug house, intending the title to sound like the title of a rap mixtape.[2][5]
An episode of Chapo Trap House is typically between 60 and 80 minutes. Episodes are usually structured with a prepared "cold open," an interview with a guest, and commentary on current events. In post-production, show producer Brendan James (also known by the Twitter handle @deep_beige) intersperses the show with audio samples that correspond with the episode's discussion.[2] The show frequently uses DJ Smokey's "SALUTE 2 EL CHAPO PART 1" as an opening theme song. Free episodes of the show are available via SoundCloud and iTunes. Subscribers who contribute at least $5 a month via Patreon gain access to premium bonus episodes. By May 2017, the show generated over $60,000 a month from subscribers.[6] Geek.com cited the show's premium content as an example of a viable revenue model for new podcasters.[7]
Content
Menaker, Christman, and Biederman identify with left-wing politics and frequently deride conservative and neoliberal pundits, including those of the liberal and moderate left.[4][3] Biederman has said the show's intended audience are those seeking alternatives to existing leftist media, which he characterizes as "the dominion of either upper middle class smugness when it's even the least bit funny and insufferable self-righteousness when it's even the least bit conscious."[2] Similarly, Christman said that leftist perspectives in media tend toward either the "smug above-it-all snark of The Daily Show or the quaver-voiced earnestness of, like Chris Hedges or something. Neither of those models offer the visceral thrill of listening to people who actually give a shit (as opposed to the wan liberalism of people who are mostly interested in showing how much smarter they are than Republicans)."[2] Menaker has said that their perspective is meant to be in "marked contrast to the utterly humorless and bloodless path that leads many people with liberal or leftist proclivities into the trap of living in constant fear of offending some group that you're not a part of, up to and including the ruling class."[2] Writing for The New York Times, Nikil Saval called Chapo Trap House and its hosts "prime originators of the left’s liberal-bashing".[8]
Chapo Trap House is dense with inside jokes and hyper-specific references to ongoing political discussion on Twitter.[9] The show has a reading series which usually features texts by conservative writers, who have so far included Ross Douthat, Dennis Prager, and Rod Dreher.[2] The discussion is interwoven, especially when topical, with the show's "abiding obsessions," such as "the weird anti-Armenian propaganda of the Turkish deep state, the craven goofiness of centrist pundits, the awfulness of [Adam] Sandler's Reign Over Me or the heart-stopping gluttonies of Antonin Scalia: 'The ability of millions of Americans to collectively bargain came down to whether one fat old man decided to do some sit-ups or not.'"[2] Douthat is a particular favorite subject of the show, and has been called the Jack Ryan among Chapo's rotating cast of referenced characters.[9] The show also occasionally references Carl Diggler, a fictional character written by Biederman and Virgil Texas that is a parody of centrist Beltway pundits.
The show's hosts and fans popularized the "Baseball Crank" meme, which repurposed the Twitter avatar of anti-Donald Trump conservative writer Dan McLaughlin (also known by his Twitter handle @baseballcrank).[10][11] The avatar is a baseball with a face, or a "bespectacled baseball with a get-off-my-lawn facial expression," which was "digitally inserted countless times into famous scenes of pain and madness."[10] Its proliferation online was a left-wing celebration of schadenfreude at Trump's success in the 2016 Republican primary, and the Baseball Crank avatar became a mocking caricature of the outrage of anti-Trump conservatives.[10][11] On the show, Christman described the avatar as representing to him the "anguished rictus of the Republican anti-Trump people. Whenever I see anybody bitching and moaning on the right about Trump's ascendancy, I just imagine their face taking on that horrified Boschian nightmare agony of the Baseball Crank."[10][11] McLaughlin himself declined to comment to Law360 about his avatar's repurposing, but did say "They can do whatever they want, I just don't see the value of tweeting this stuff at me. I've got more important things to worry about."[10]
The team behind the podcast has expanded from the original three hosts. Brendan James joined as producer after being a guest, and journalists and "Weird Twitter" personalities Virgil Texas and Amber A'Lee Frost joined the show as alternating co-hosts after the 2016 American presidential election.[5] Texas is Biederman's collaborator in creating the fictional, parodical pundit Carl Diggler (also the subject of his own podcast, The DigCast, on which Biederman voices Diggler and Texas portrays his intern);[12] Frost produces a film podcast with Christman called Frost/Christman.[13] Both had previously appeared as guests.
Numerous notable figures have appeared on the show as guests, including Adam Curtis, Bill Corbett, David Cross, Rob Delaney, Tim Heidecker, Jeremy Scahill and China Miéville.
Reception
Chapo Trap House has garnered a cult following.[2] Committed fans are called Grey Wolves, which originated as another joke and is a reference to the Turkish nationalist movement of the same name.[5] Many fans credit the show for introducing them to political organizing.[5]
A review of the second episode in The A.V. Club called the show "tremendously funny" and said "it feels like an absolutely essential listen." The reviewer cautioned prospective listeners that the show's left political perspective and amateur audio quality are "not for everyone," but said the hosts' "energy and desire to improve the political landscape of this country is not only unparalleled, but also contagious: if listening to this podcast doesn't make you want to become more a more [sic] politically engaged person, it's hard to imagine what will."[1] A subsequent A.V. Club review of the seventh episode noted the show's marked improvements in audio quality and the hosts' newfound confidence and flow in discussion, while retaining the "raw energy and urgency that has fueled the show from the get-go."[14] The publication eventually named the episode of the show following the election of Donald Trump one of the best individual podcast episodes of the year 2016.[15]
Mediaite called the show "consistently, absurdly funny and impressively literate on the diverse subjects it tackles," citing the hosts' "breadth of awareness about (seemingly) everything that's been published in every media outlet for the past few decades, and a depth of knowledge on various, arcane subjects."[4] Paste described the show as "not deliberately offensive, but unapologetically honest ... so hilarious and delightfully vulgar I can barely stand it."[2] Pacific Standard noted that "Whether you think Chapo Trap House and its fans are bullies or righteously hilarious seems to come down to whether you think calling a Washington Post reporter 'smooth brain' is an acceptable move within the political discourse."[3] The Irish Times commended its "more bracing and venomous approach to politics" than other podcasts and named the show one of the best podcasts of 2016.[16]
The Advocate praised the show for its "scathing, hilarious, erudite analysis on politics and media from a far-left perspective," and favorably analogized the thrill of listening to how Alex Jones and Rush Limbaugh make their right-wing fans feel.[17] Comedy website Splitsider recommended the episode featuring video editor Vic Berger, who did an in-depth interview about his surreal Vine and YouTube shorts covering the 2016 presidential election season.[18]
Al Giordano, a liberal political commentator who plans to challenge Bernie Sanders for his Senate seat in 2018, accused Chapo Trap House of organizing fake accounts to troll him on Twitter. The accusation was based on an evident misunderstanding of the hosts' discussion of other fake accounts that had interacted with Giordano online, but not their own intention to do so. Giordano became embroiled in argument with fans of the show and other Weird Twitter users, and Daily Dot writer Jay Hathaway deemed Giordano's behavior as not "looking especially great for Giordano's possible campaign or his personal brand."[19]
In a column, Robby Soave of libertarian magazine Reason criticized the show as "apparently a group therapy session for Bernie bros."[20] Soave wrote in reaction to host Will Menaker commenting on one of his tweets, saying that he believed Menaker had a hypocritical view of free speech rights, and said the hosts "would gleefully applaud the silencing of everyone to their right."[20] Soave later appeared as a guest on a premium episode of the podcast, in which he debated the hosts on freedom of speech in the media and the viability of public education.
Episodes
2016
| No. | Title | Guests | Original air date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "THA SAGA BEGINS" | N/A | March 13, 2016 | N/A |
| 2 | "We Need to Talk About Kevin (a.k.a Enta the Dungeon)" | N/A | March 19, 2016 | N/A |
| 3 | "Freeway Ross Douthat Sailboat Dope" | Brendan James | March 27, 2016 | Brendan became the show's full-time producer after this episode. |
| 4 | "Bernie Blanco From the Bronx" | N/A | April 3, 2016 | N/A |
| 5 | "What's So Civil About the Civil War Anyway?" | Carl Beijer | April 10, 2016 | N/A |
| 6 | "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice & Development" | Matt V. Brady | April 17, 2016 | N/A |
| 7 | "The Prince & the Egg: An Anil Dash Adventure" | N/A | April 24, 2016 | N/A |
| 8 | "Children of Bruen" | Elizabeth Bruenig | May 1, 2016 | N/A |
| 9 | "Trump Stakes or Election 2016: The Age of Apocalypse" | N/A | May 8, 2016 | N/A |
| 10 | "No FoPo, Fight the Blob" | Derek W. Davison | May 15, 2016 | N/A |
| 10.5 | "Doctor Faustus" | N/A | May 18, 2016 | Premium |
| 11 | "Cranking the Donkey" | Matt Taibbi | May 22, 2016 | N/A |
| 11.5 | "The French Vasectomy" | N/A | May 25, 2016 | Premium |
| 12 | "Love That Ron" | Virgil Texas | May 29, 2016 | N/A |
| 12.5 | "Eyes Wide Cuck" | N/A | June 1, 2016 | Premium |
| 13 | "Justified But Woke" | Connor Kilpatrick | June 6, 2016 | N/A |
| 14 | "Chillin' In Cedar Rapids Iowa" | N/A | June 13, 2016 | N/A |
| 15 | "Alligator Tears" | Roqayah Chammseddine | June 16, 2016 | Premium |
| 16 | "The Male Female Radio Hour" | Lee Fang | June 20, 2016 | N/A |
| 17 | "The Road to Soavedom" | Robby Soave | June 25, 2016 | Premium |
| 18 | "The Upset Guv'ner: DeCrecio's Brexit Bungle" | Jonathan Shanin | June 26, 2016 | N/A |
| 19 | "Boobs, Sir, I Punched the Bursar" | N/A | June 30, 2016 | Premium |
| 20 | "Chapo vs. Sherdog: UFC 2000" | Jordan Breen | July 5, 2016 | N/A |
| 21 | "Oaxaca Flocka Flame" | Tony (@MexicAnarchist) | July 8, 2016 | Premium |
| 22 | "The Trap Is A MESS" | Vic Berger | July 11, 2016 | N/A |
| 23 | "Reign All Over My Face" | N/A | July 14, 2016 | Premium |
| 24 | "Gulens Gonna Gulen" | Derek W. Davison | July 18, 2016 | Derek's 2nd episode |
| 25 | "Lady Ghostbusters" | Amber A'Lee Frost | July 24, 2016 | Premium |
| 26 | "ReTHUGlican National CRIMEvation" | Bryan Quinby (@MurderBryan) | July 25, 2016 | N/A |
| 27 | "Tomorrow Belongs to Them" | Dan O'Sullivan (@Bro_Pair) | July 30, 2016 | N/A |
| 28 | "Chapo Comes Alive!" | Bryan Quinby & Brett Payne | August 3, 2016 | Premium, live show, Bryan's 2nd episode |
| 29 | "London Is Falling" | Sam Kriss | August 3, 2016 | Premium |
| 30 | "Freeway Ross Douthat Pt. 2: The Harvard Plug" | Brendan James | August 5, 2016 | Brendan's 2nd episode |
| 31 | "Brooklyn Tyrannical Gardens" | N/A | August 11, 2016 | Premium |
| 32 | "Suicide Is Shameless" | Matt V. Brady | August 15, 2016 | Matt's 2nd episode |
| 33 | "The Uncucking of the Candidate" | Libby Watson | August 18, 2016 | Premium |
| 34 | "Masculinity for Boys" | N/A | August 22, 2016 | N/A |
| 35 | "Bloodlands" | Adrian Bonenberger | August 25, 2016 | Premium |
| 36 | "Dear Gulen" | Liza Featherstone | August 29, 2016 | N/A |
| 37 | "Teen Party" | Brandon Wardell (comedian) | September 1, 2016 | Premium |
| 38 | "Elevator to Heaven" | Maria Hengevald | September 5, 2016 | N/A |
| 39 | "The Conqueror" | Derek W. Davison | September 9, 2016 | Premium; Derek's 3rd episode |
| 40 | "Sborts Night" | Greg Howard | September 12, 2016 | N/A |
| 41 | "Smash" | Alex Nichols (@Lowenaffchen) | September 16, 2016 | Premium |
| 42 | "Uber for Ubermensch" | Ed Zitron & Noah Kulwin | September 18, 2016 | N/A |
| 43 | "ElfQuest" | N/A | September 22, 2016 | Premium |
| 44 | "The Gowanus Ideas Festival" | Virgil Texas & Sam Kriss | September 26, 2016 | Virgil & Sam's 2nd episodes, live show |
| 45 | "Cath Bash" | N/A | October 1, 2016 | Premium |
| 46 | "No Cucks in the Foxhole" | James Adomian | October 4, 2016 | N/A |
| 47 | "War Is Hell" | Francis (@ArmyStang) | October 6, 2016 | Premium |
| 48 | "A Problem from Heck" | Chase Madar | October 9, 2016 | N/A |
| 49 | "Caleb" | N/A | October 12, 2016 | Premium |
| 50 | "AKP 50th Episode Ergenekon Extravaganza" | Matt Karp | October 17, 2016 | N/A |
| 51 | "The Post Officers" | Katherine Krueger | October 19, 2016 | Premium |
| 52 | "Dirty Wars 2: Rise of McRaven" | Jeremy Scahill | October 23, 2016 | N/A |
| 53 | "The French Resistance" | Alexander Zaitchik | October 26, 2016 | Premium |
| 54 | "Trap House of Horror: The Hanging Boyz" | Kath Barbadoro | October 30, 2016 | N/A |
| 55 | "The Chapofication of the Western Male" | N/A | November 2, 2016 | Premium |
| 56 | "Under Siege Year 3: Before Year Zero" | Brendan James | November 7, 2016 | Brendan's 3rd episode |
| 57 | "Chapo News Network Election Night Live Show" | Virgil Texas | November 8, 2016 | Virgil's 3rd episode; live show |
| 58 | "We Live in the Zone Now" | Virgil Texas | November 12, 2016 | Virgil's 4th episode |
| 59 | "Tell Your God to Ready for Chud" | Matt Karp & Connor Kilpatrick | November 17, 2016 | Premium, Matt and Connor's 2nd episodes, Amber & Virgil become co-hosts |
| 60 | "Off-Off-Broadway" | Erin Gloria Ryan | November 20, 2016 | N/A |
| 61 | "Who Makes the Nazis?" | Ricky Rawls | November 24, 2016 | N/A |
| 62 | "Chapo Struggle Session" | N/A | November 30, 2016 | Premium |
| 62.5 | "Felix After Dark" | N/A | December 3, 2016 | Premium; Felix solo episode |
| 63 | "SuccessFail: The McMegan Story" | Ezekiel Kweku (@theshrillest) | December 4, 2016 | N/A |
| 64 | "Candyman IV: Curse of Caleb" | Katie Halper | December 8, 2016 | Premium |
| 65 | "No Future" | Adam Curtis | December 11, 2016 | N/A |
| 66 | "Pizza Party!" | Jacob Bacharach | December 16, 2016 | Premium |
| 67 | "The Swordfish Episode" | N/A | December 17, 2016 | N/A |
| 67.5 | "The Inebriated Past" | N/A | December 21, 2016 | Premium; Matt Christman solo episode |
| 68 | "Applebees Christmas Spectacular" | Kath Barbadoro | December 23, 2016 | Kath's 2nd episode |
| 69 | "Angela & Strawberry" | James Adomian | December 29, 2016 | N/A |
2017
| No. | Title | Guests | Original air date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | "Real Strain Hours" | Libby Watson | January 4, 2017 | Premium |
| 71 | "Crapo Cat House: The Half-Lost Episode" | Alex Nichols (@Lowenchaffen) | January 9, 2017 | Alex's 2nd episode |
| 72 | "The Pre-Taped Call-In Show" | N/A | January 13, 2017 | Premium |
| 73 | "Better Call Saul Alinsky" | Bill Corbett | January 15, 2017 | N/A |
| 74 | "Tabletop Game Theory Pt. 1" | N/A | January 18, 2017 | Premium |
| 75 | "Mr. Chapo Goes to Washington" | Sam Kriss | January 22, 2017 | Sam's 3rd episode |
| 76 | "Tabletop Game Theory Pt. 2" | N/A | January 24, 2017 | Premium |
| 77 | "No Country for Gorilla Men" | Matt Taibbi | January 29, 2017 | Matt's 2nd episode |
| 78 | "Terminal" | N/A | January 31, 2017 | Premium |
| 78.5 | "Mixed Martial Law" | Karim Zadan | February 2, 2017 | Premium; Felix's 2nd solo episode |
| 79 | "Our Values Are Under Attack" | Tim Heidecker | February 6, 2017 | N/A |
| 80 | "Kolob Trap House" | Adam Friedland | February 9, 2017 | Premium |
| 81 | "The Devil In Mother Jones" | Shane Bauer | February 12, 2017 | N/A |
| 82 | "War Is Heck" | Brace Belden (@PissPigGrandad) | February 13, 2017 | N/A |
| 83 | "Boston Skrong" | N/A | February 15, 2017 | Premium |
| 84 | "President Wario" | N/A | February 19, 2017 | N/A |
| 85 | "The Appropriaters" | Shuja Haider | February 22, 2017 | Premium |
| 86 | "Fash the Patriarchy" | Angela Nagle | February 26, 2017 | N/A |
| 87 | "The Basketball Snob" | N/A | March 2, 2017 | Premium |
| 88 | "Sebastian Goku" | Derek W. Davison | March 5, 2017 | Derek's 4th episode |
| 89 | "Napoleanic Rules for Success" | @Trilburne | March 10, 2017 | Premium |
| 90 | "Gorka's Revenge" | James Adomian (as Sebastian Gorka) | March 12, 2017 | James' 3rd episode |
| 91 | "The Lasagne Code" | Leon (@leyawn) | March 17, 2017 | Premium |
| 92 | "No. 1 in Heaven" | N/A | March 20, 2017 | N/A |
| 93 | "Madness? THIS IS CHAPO" | N/A | March 23, 2017 | Premium |
| 94 | "The Brian Johnstown Massacre" | Jacob Bacharach | March 26, 2017 | N/A |
| 95 | "Hillbilly Smellegy" | Matt Sitman | March 30, 2017 | Premium |
| 96 | "Night At The Museum" | Tim Heidecker (as Alex Jones) | April 2, 2017 | N/A |
| 97 | "Hollywood Upstairs Medical College" | Timothy "T-Bone" Faust | April 6, 2017 | Premium; later released as free |
| 98 | "Gorka II: The Gorkaning" | Alex Pareene & James Adomian (as Sebastian Gorka) | April 9, 2017 | N/A |
| 99 | "Taxi To the Dark Side" | Adam Friedland | April 13, 2017 | Premium; Adam's 2nd episode |
| 100 | "Chapo Goes To College" | Timothy "T-Bone" Faust | April 17, 2017 | Live at Harvard University |
| 101 | "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" | N/A | April 19, 2017 | Premium |
| 102 | "Maintaining Emotional Control" | Rob Delaney | April 23, 2017 | N/A |
| 103 | "Décision Désk La France" | James Adomian | April 26, 2017 | Premium |
| 104 | "We've Always Been Here" | N/A | April 30, 2017 | Live show benefit for the Center for Reproductive Rights on April 27th at Littlefield NYC |
| 105 | "The Grey Ladykillers" | N/A | May 4, 2017 | Premium |
| 106 | "Work No Play" | Timothy "T-Bone" Faust, Miya Tokumitsu | May 7, 2017 | T-Bone's 3rd episode |
| 107 | "Fight Club" | Karim Zidan | May 10, 2017 | Karim's 2nd episode |
| 108 | "Night On Bald Mountain" | Matt Bruenig | May 14, 2017 | N/A |
| 109 | "Media Twatters" | Libby Watson | May 19, 2017 | Premium; Libby's 3rd episode |
| 110 | "The Rocktober Revolution" | China Miéville | May 22, 2017 | N/A |
| 111 | "The Goddamn Freaking News" | N/A | May 24, 2017 | Premium |
| 112 | "Orbsplainer" | David Cross | May 25, 2017 | N/A |
| 113 | "Hit and Run" | R.L. Stephens | June 1, 2017 | Premium; later released as free |
| 114 | "Meat The Press" | Alex Nichols | June 4, 2017 | Alex's 3rd episode |
| 114.5 | "God Save Our Jezza" | Jonathan Shainin | June 6, 2017 | Jonathan's 2nd episode/Special Episode dedicated to the UK Election. |
| 115 | "Austin Shitty Limits" | Brian Gaar | June 7, 2017 | Premium |
| 115.5 | "Chapo Global Edition: You Down With GCC?" | Derek W. Davison | June 8, 2017 | Premium; Derek's 5th episode |
| 116 | "Jezz In My Pants" | N/A | June 12, 2017 | N/A |
| 117 | "Kill All Nermals" | Angela Nagle | June 14, 2017 | Premium; Angela's 2nd episode |
| 118 | "From Russia With CHUD" | Sarah Jones | June 18, 2017 | N/A |
| 118.5 | "The Inebriated Past: Sewer Surfin'" | N/A | June 21, 2017 | Premium; Matt Christman's 2nd solo episode |
| 119 | "Bating For Gadot" | N/A | June 25, 2017 | N/A |
| 120 | "Fearless Girlilla Mindset" | N/A | June 28, 2017 | Premium |
| 121 | "These Things I Believe" | N/A | July 4, 2017 | N/A |
| 122 | "The Virgin Suicides" | Adam Friedland | July 6, 2017 | Premium; Adam's 3rd episode |
| 123 | "UBIsoft" | Clio Chang | July 10, 2017 | N/A |
| 124 | "Gabagool" | N/A | July 13, 2017 | Premium |
| 125 | "Fast And Furious: Toledo Drifter" | Tim Heidecker | July 15, 2017 | N/A |
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Rhode, Jason (July 29, 2016). "Chapo Trap House are the Vulgar, Brilliant Demigods of the New Progressive Left". Paste. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Shade, Colette (November 4, 2016). "The Radical Cheek of 'Chapo Trap House'". Pacific Standard. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Reisman, Sam (April 12, 2016). "Meet Chapo Trap House: The Funniest and Most F**ked Up New Podcast About Media and Politics". Mediaite. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Tolentino, Jia (November 18, 2016). "What Will Become of the Dirtbag Left?". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
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External links
- thetrap.fm, the Chapo Trap House homepage
- Chapo Trap House on SoundCloud
- Chapo Trap House on iTunes
- Chapo Trap House on Twitter