Episode 177
Chapo Trap House
Supercontext: an autopsy of media · Charlie Bennett
October 25, 20191h 47mExplicit
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Show Notes
This political comedy podcast makes over a million dollars a year from its Patreon subscribers alone. We try to unpack how it gets made while learning more about the personal values associated with the "dirtbag left."
Additional Resources:
- Meet Chapo Trap House: The Funniest and Most F**ked Up New Podcast About Media and Politics
- THE RADICAL CHEEK OF 'CHAPO TRAP HOUSE'
- Chapo Trap House are the Vulgar, Brilliant Demigods of the New Progressive Left
- Explaining the 'Chapo Trap House' Podcast to the Uninitiated
- Liberals are making bank on a site called Patreon. The right calls it "hipster welfare."
- What Will Become of the Dirtbag Left?
- Is This the Stupidest Book Ever Written About Socialism?
- Chapo Trap House subreddit quarantined for allegedly encouraging violence
- SOCIALISM IS BACK, AND THE KIDS ARE LOVING IT. Reason. Aug/Sep2019, Vol. 51 Issue 4, p55-52. 4p. 2
- 'The Voice of the Dirtbag Left': socialist US comics Chapo Trap House
- Chapo Trap House: Socialism for the Extremely Online