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In the history of American politics, there has never been a movement rooted in improving the lives of working class and poor Americans that did not include Black people. What are the consequences of contemporary Black electoral Black politics being rooted in the corporate right wing of the Democratic party with a large number of White progressives to its left? How can working class Black politics be brought to life in order to challenge this reality. We will ask former Bernie Sanders communication director, Briahna Joy Gray that question and more.   About Briahna: After graduating from law school, Gray worked as a corporate litigator in New York City for Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky LLP and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. She was also the host of Someone's Wrong on the Internet, a podcast that covers politics and pop culture. Gray was hired by The Intercept in 2018, and has also written columns for Rolling Stone, Current Affairs, The Guardian, and New York Magazine. She was a supporter of the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign and joined his 2020 campaign as his National Press Secretary. Gray has stated that she voted for Jill Stein in the 2016 presidential election.   After joining the Sanders campaign in March 2019, Gray became the host of Hear the Bern, a podcast sponsored by the campaign that features interviews with progressive celebrities, journalists, and political figures. Gray has also been featured on CBS News, MSNBC, Bloomberg News, The Majority Report with Sam Seder, The Michael Brooks Show, and Rising on The Hill TV.Gray appeared as a guest speaker at the Harvard Law Review Forum.In 2020, Gray was included in Fortune magazine's '40 Under 40' listing under the "Government and Politics" category. On April 13, 2020 after Bernie Sanders dropped out of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary, Gray stated on Twitter that she did not endorse the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.In response, Bernie Sanders distanced himself from her saying that “She is my former press secretary — not on the payroll.”Sanders also stated that it would be "irresponsible" not to vote for Joe Biden.   Since the conclusion of Bernie Sanders' 2020 Democratic primary campaign, Gray has returned to her role as contributing editor at Current Affairs in addition to co-hosting the Bad Faith podcast with Chapo Trap House co-host Virgil Texas. One of the podcast's most discussed episodes was an October 2020 debate with Noam Chomsky, who implored listeners to vote for Joe Biden as a second Trump presidency would be more detrimental for the world; Chomsky has referred to the Republican Party as one of the most dangerous organizations on Earth, largely due to the party's actions regarding the global climate crisis.Conversely, Gray and Texas argued that progressives should only be willing to vote for one of the major parties if certain standards are met.   Watch Briahna's Bad Faith Pod here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLNw2JNuTUWFdilpzOXLa5A   Thank you, guys, again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and every one of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents? Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!)   THANKS Y'ALL YouTube: www.youtube.com/thisisrevolutionpodcast Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Twitter: @TIRShowOakland Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   The Dispatch on Zero Books (video essay series): https://youtu.be/nSTpCvIoRgw   Medium: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/kill-the-poor-f9d8c10bc33d   Pascal Robert's Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert   Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com

Continuing this month's theme for Smut Month, Heaven discusses Hysteria: what it is, its origins, how it came about, its ties to the invention of the vibrator, and the mystery behind female pleasure. Heaven also touches upon the recent allegations against Virgil Texas.Hysterical Literature by Clayton Cubitt:http://hystericalliterature.comIt's On The List podcast:https://linktr.ee/itsonthelistSupport me:http://patreon.com/HWRpod paypal.me/chickdelalynch

The ladies discuss Lorde's new single/video, Hunter Biden dropping the n-word, Macron getting slapped, men wearing skirts, NatGeo's woketrolling, and the Virgil Texas grooming allegations.

Virgil and the Antifada crew continue their discussion of this dark and lascivious tale, placing it in historical context vis-a-vis the rise of right-wing populism, the Hard Hat Riot of 1970 and a disturbingly similar murder committed after the film was shot but before it was released. Plus: racial dynamics, modern day analogs and a bonus-to-the-bonus review of the New York City Press Corp's abortive attempt at satirizing the youth of today. For the full episode support the show at Patreon.com/TheAntifada Music: Dean Michaels - Hey Joe

Our buddy Virgil Texas (@VirgilTexas) calls in to discuss the 1970 exploitation film "Joe," starring Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick, and — in her first ever movie role!— Susan Sarandon. In a spiritual sequel to Episode 17, the crew examines the rise of neoliberalism and concurrent dissolution of the American working class through the lens of this low-budget sleeper hit, in which the titular character, fed up with the degeneracy of hippie youth culture, teams up with a well-to-do dad to get revenge. Part II of the episode is available now to Patrons at [Patreon.com/TheAntifada](Part II of the episode is available now to Patrons) Check out Bad Faith, Virgil's podcast with Briahna Joy Gray, at patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Follow us at Twitch.tv/TheAntifada to watch our livestreams Wednesdays and Fridays at 3pm and assorted additional times. We usually take calls! Intro: Dean Michaels - Hey Joe Outro: Exuma - You Don't Know What's Going On

In mid-February 2021, a not-as-rare-as-it-used-to-be winter storm swept across the country, causing massive power outages in the state of Texas with deadly consequences. In this episode, hear the highlights of the congressional investigation into the causes of the extended power outages. They were foreseeable, and in fact foreseen, and similar power outages can be prevented; the only question is whether they will be. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Podcast/YouTube Episodes 100 Days of Biden w/ David Dayen & Jennifer Briney Bad Faith Podcast with Briahna Joy Gray and Virgil Texas.  Articles/Documents Article: Report: Bulk of February power plant outages 'weather related' amid historic Texas freeze, By Bob Sechler, Austin American Statesman, April 6, 2021 Article: Why Texas was not prepared for Winter Storm Uri, By Kara Norton, PBS, March 25, 2021 Article: Texas power grid CEO Bill Magness getting fired in wake of deadly blackouts, CBS, March 4, 2021 Article: ERCOT CEO Refuses $800K Payout Following Firing, By Jaclyn Diaz, npr, March 5, 2021 Article: What’s behind $15,000 electricity bills in Texas?, By Seth Blumsack, The Conversation, February 24, 2021 Article: How Winter Storm Uri Impacted the United States, By Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, February 19, 2021 Transcript: ERCOT Update Press Conference on Texas Power Outages February 17, Rev, February 17, 2021 Article: Why the Texas power grid is struggling to cope with the extreme cold, By Umair Irfan, Vox, February 16, 2021 Article: Winter Storm Uri Spread Snow, Damaging Ice From Coast-to Coast, Including the Deep South (Recap), The Weather Channel, February 16, 2021 Article: Bitter cold deepens state's power crisis, By Marcy de Luna and Amanda Drane, Houston Chronicle, February 14, 2021 Article: Shellenberger’s Optimistic, Viral Take on Climate Future Challenged by Scientists He Cites, By Alex Kasprak, Snopes, August 4, 2020 Additional Resources Michael Shellenberger DeSmog Texas’ Energy Market and Power Grid 101, Electric Choice Campaign Finance Summary: John A Barrasso, opensecrets.org Sound Clip Sources Hearing: POWER STRUGGLE: EXAMINING THE 2021 TEXAS GRID FAILURE, House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, March 24, 2021 Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Sylvester Turner 2015 -: Mayor of Houston, TX 1989 - 2016: Member of the TX House of Representatives Bill Magness President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of TX (ERCOT) Testified after being given notice that he would be getting fired at the beginning of May Christi Craddick Chairman of the Railroad Commission of TX Michael Shellenberger Founder and President of Environmental Progress Website: "He has helped save nuclear reactors around the world." James Robb President and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) The standard setting body for reliability associated with the electric power industry 1988 - 2002: Principal at McKinsey Transcript: 35:45 Cathy McMorris Rodgers: Recent trends show a transition away from coal and nuclear power plants designed to function as baseload capacity toward variable renewable energy sources with just in time natural gas backup. States like California that rely more on weather dependent renewables experienced energy failures on a regular basis. Indeed, California residents experienced blackouts on an ongoing annual basis as the state fails to manage summer electricity demand and wildfire risk. These events suggest that replacing nuclear plants with variable renewable energy sources could make energy grids less resilient. Policies that drive renewables at the expense of firm baseload put lives at risk. 49:09 Bill Magness: Let me give you a bit of background to explain ERCOT's role in the provision of electric power in Texas. We manage the flow of electric power to more than 26 million Texas customers. That's about 90% of the state's electric load and about 75% of the landmass of Texas, ERCOT does not own power plants. We do not own poles and wires. We are the grid operator, like air traffic control for the grid. We're also the settlement agent for the market. We do the bookkeeping and billing, we don't participate in the financial side of our market. Our number one job is to see that supply and demand on the grid are in balance at all times. As the independent system operator for the region, ERCOT schedules power on an electric grid that connects more than 46,500 miles of transmission lines and over 680 generating units. It also performs financial settlement for the competitive wholesale bulk power market and administers retail switching for 8 million premises in the competitive areas in ERCOT. We're a membership based 501 c four nonprofit corporation governed by a board of directors and subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature. Our members include consumers, cooperatives, generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, and best droned electric utilities, transmission and distribution providers and municipally owned electric utilities. ERCOT's not a policymaking body. We implement the policies adopted by the Public Utility Commission and the Texas Legislature and we operate under reliability rules adopted by the North American Electric Reliability corporation or NERC. Generators produce power from a variety of sources in ERCOT such as gas, coal, wind, solar and nuclear. These are private and public entities subject to regulation by various state and federal agencies. Transmission and distribution providers own the wires and transport the power to consumers subject to their own sets of federal and state regulations. 24 hours a day, seven days a week ERCOT monitors the entirety of the system to make sure that when transmission lines go down, we can work around them. We talk to generators instructing them to bring load onto the system or to back it down as needed. We oversee the scheduling of maintenance and more. The work is done with one purpose to maintain the 60 hertz frequency that's needed to ensure the stability of the grid. There's a constant balancing act to manage the supply and demand to ensure a stable frequency. During the week of February 15, the Texas electric market experienced more demand than available supply. At its worst the storm took out 48.6% of the generation available to ERCOT to balance the grid. We always keep reserves, but when you lose nearly half your generation, you're going to have a problem. And supply quickly diminished the frequency of the grid dipped perilously low. Many generators stayed off for days and this led the system unable to serve that high demand. We use the last tool in our toolkit. Planned outages. Calling for load shed to manage the stability of the grid. This crisis required are caught using procedures established for emergencies like this to call on Transmission providers to use control load shedding to balance the system and prevent a devastating blackout for the entire grid. avoiding a complete blackout is critical. Were to occur, the Texas grid could be down for several days or weeks while the damage to the electrical grid was repaired and the power restored in a phased and highly controlled process. The cost of restoration of the system. The economic loss for Texas and the personal costs of the well being of Texas citizens would be unfathomable. as terrible as the consequences of the controlled outages in February were if we had not felt the blackout power could have been out for over 90% of Texans for weeks. The steps we took were difficult, but they had to be taken and when power was able to be fully restored. The Texas electric delivery system immediately returned to its pre emergency conditions. 57:36 Christi Craddick: As the storm sat over Texas wind, solar, coal, nuclear oil and natural gas all experienced challenges. Through numerous conversations with the oil and gas industry and operators, we learned of frozen roadways preventing crews from accessing the fields. But the number one problem we heard reported from operators was a lack of power at their production sites. As outages spread across the state operators were unable to keep their systems functioning as power was cut. Some operators did need to preemptively shut in their wells for safety and well integrity purposes prior to the storm, beginning as early as February 9. Starting on Tuesday, February 16, as it was safe to return to the oilfield, crews arrived to find that their facilities were experiencing electricity outages. The oil fields simply cannot run without power, making electricity the best winterization tool. 59:13 Christi Craddick: For just one moment, I'd like to highlight the overall success of our LDC's our local distribution companies. They are the companies that provide gas directly to residential customers. If you have a gas powered stove, fireplace, furnace heat, you're an LDC customer. As millions of homes lost electricity in Texas, only 2,153 LDC customers experienced service disruption. That means that 99.95% of all customers did not lose gas. 4.6 million households in Texas utilize natural gas in their homes representing about 13 million Texans and these families were able to continue to heat their homes. 1:11:19 Rep. Diana DeGette (CO): ERCOT has stated publicly that the recent extreme weather in Texas, 'caused many generating units across fuel types to trip offline and become unavailable.' Isn't it true that during the extreme weather event, natural gas, wind, coal, solar and even nuclear power were forced offline? Bill Magness: Yes, Chairman, we did see periods of time where each one of those types of generation flipped offline. Rep. Diana DeGette: And as devastating as this was, I guess a lot of people who are surprised because, Mayor, you were in the Texas legislature for more than 25 years. And you said in your written testimony, the magnitude, and also today, that magnitude of damages was foreseeable, and preventable. The Texas grid must be designed with the full appreciation that climate change is real and extreme weather events can occur with throughout the year. Is it your view that Texas ignored these warnings, and missed several opportunities to fortify the grid against the threat of extreme weather? Sylvester Turner: Madam chair? The answer is yes. I was in the legislature when the winter storm occurred in 2011. In fact, I found House Bill 1986. That's specifically what mandated the Public Utility Commission to have ERCOT have a sufficient reserve to prevent blackouts. That was in 2011. Rep. Diana DeGette: Mr. Rob, I understand that NERC has issued a series of recommendations in recent years warning about reliability risk to the Texas grid, including after this same storm that hit Texas in 2011. Now, I know nurse inquiry is ongoing, but based on the information you have, did Texas winterize its power infrastructure to the degree NERC had recommended after the 2011 storm? Jim Robb: Well, the inquiry will affirm this but evidence was just absolutely not. Rep. Diana DeGette: Absolutely not. 1:14:05 Sylvester Turner: I will tell you we're not just relying on generators. We had a number of generators go under in wastewater treatment facilities. When the grid failed, some of those generators didn't kick in. What we are doing now is looking at piloting micro grids that actually tie into the Texas grid. And they are always on, they never turn off. They're on 24 seven. And so we're looking at power utilizing that for our key infrastructure projects with it for city facilities as well as in low income communities in the city. 1:15:03 Jim Robb: But the key to integrating large amounts of renewable resources is the balancing resource that that picks up generation when the renewable resources can't perform because of weather conditions or what have you. And today, the only real resource we have that can do that would either be hydro, as was mentioned earlier, or natural gas. And natural gas of those fuels is the most easily transported to to where it's needed. So gas is the answer to making this transition work. 1:17:36 Michael Shellenberger: I just will also mention I this talk and this idea that there is some inevitability to a transition towards variable renewable energy sources is incorrect. It is not shared by most energy experts. It is a consequence of policy choices. And if we want to have affordable, reliable, resilient electricity sources, we need reliable sources of electricity produced in large, efficient power plants, whether nuclear natural gas or coal. 1:33:06 Jim Robb: The report that we put out in 2011, called for very clear freeze protection on the generating plants and raised the issue as to whether that should extend into the natural gas supply as well. And what I understand Texas did was to put in place legislation that required weatherization, but not to a specific level. And it was not aggressively enforced standard. I think it was spot checked. And, and enforcement against that was relatively modest is my understanding. Why we're... No, I think that's one of the reasons why after the 2018 event, we concluded that we needed to move to a mandatory freeze protection standard for equipment and to have that be monitored and enforced by us. 1:50:24 Michael Shellenberger: If we're going to shut down all of our nuclear plants which are 20% of our electricity, and we better keep our coal plants around, and I say this is somebody that has long advocated the transition from coal to natural gas and nuclear. 1:58:32 Christi Craddick: I believe that transmission pipes are in the ground and that's natural insulation, where we do have some challenges when you had the electric TriCity roll off into fields and across the state than we did our problems with compressors that are electric compressors and or natural gas compressors. Like you can't move stuff in a pipe if you've got an up compressor without electricity. So but the pipes themselves did not freeze and I think that's been a mis communication across the board when you've looked at the press communication 2:04:12 Michael Shellenberger: Civilization depends on reliable electricity. I think everybody agrees with that. But then you need to people need to explain how it is that variable renewable energy sources which are weather dependent, are somehow add up to being reliable and resilient at grid levels they don't, that actually just adds up to less reliability and less resilience, all else being equal. 3:02:55 Rep. Marc Veasey (TX): We also know that many natural gas producers and processors failed to file the necessary paperwork with the electric utility to be listed as critical infrastructure. That meant that when we have rolling blackouts, and when they were initiated, these natural gas companies didn't have the electricity necessary to pull gas from underground, which in turn led to a natural gas shortage of power plants and created a downward spiral of more blackouts. Right now, it's optional for these companies to file this paperwork, but Charlie Garin also from Fort Worth, he has a bill, Commissioner Craddick, that he is going to file that will answer some of these concerns that I just laid out. And I want to ask you, Commissioner Craddick should ease energy producers, who we all know are critical to keep the lights on. So we won't have a repeat of what we saw, should they be required to file this paperwork? And should it be included on the electric utilities critical list? Christi Craddick: I think it's an important piece that frankly, my agency hadn't been communicated from ERCOT that this existed, but to if you look at for these forums, and the second the the time when we finally realize this form existed, because it was based on summertime, not winter time. But when we realized that we've now sent it from our agency sent a letter to every single operator that we regulate, suggesting that they file this form, but youdon't think it should be required.The challenge we still have though, is ERCOT today doesn't prioritize gas fields. It's only gas processing plants for it, so we'd like to encourage ERCOT to remap the system and understand that the the whole system needs to be included not just part because we had operators who told us they would have been happy to file the form had one, they known about it and two, had have been included in the form and they were not. Hearing: ELECTRIC SERVICE AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, March 11, 2021 Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Mark A. Gabriel Administrator, Western Area Power Administration, Department of Energy James B. Robb, North American Electric Reliability Corporation Pat Wood, III, Hunt Energy Network, former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Michael D. Shellenberger, Environmental Progress Manu Asthana, PJM Interconnection Transcript: 11:51 Jim Robb: There are three major trends which are fundamentally transforming the bulk power system and challenging our historic reliability paradigms. First, the system is decarbonizing rapidly and this evolution is altering the operational characteristics of the grid. policies, economics and market designs are resulting in significant retirements of traditional generation, new investment is increasingly focused on developing carbon free generation with variable production profiles. And in this resource mix, natural gas fired generation is becoming ever more critical, both for both energy to serve load and balancing energy to support the integration of these variable resources. Second, the grid is becoming more distributed. The improved economics of solar is a key example. These smaller scale resources have been deployed on both the bulk electric as well as distribution systems and in many cases reside behind the meter. And third, the system is becoming increasingly digitized through smart meters and digital control systems. These investments greatly enhanced the operational awareness and efficiency of grid operators, but at the same time, it heightens our exposure to cybersecurity risk. 12:59 Jim Robb: Our reliability assessments are one important way we evaluate the performance of the grid, identify reliability trends, anticipate challenges, and provide a technical platform for important policy discussion. With growing reliance on variable and just in time resources, we are developing more advanced ways to study energy supply risk. Our assessments consistently have identified three regions of the country, particularly exposed to these dynamics: California, Texas and New England. Last August, a massive heat wave across the west caused an energy supply shortage in California in the early evening, solar energy was ramping down and the grid operator was unable to import power as planned. due to high demand throughout the West, Cal ISO was forced to cut power to approximately 800,000 customers. Among the lessons learned from this event are one the critical need for reliable ramping resources to balance load, and second, the need for improved ways to estimate resource availability when the system is under stress. In New England, cold weather exacerbates its dependence on limited pipeline capacity and a handful of critical fuel assets. An early January coldsnap in 2018, led to natural gas shortages and fuel oil was burned to preserve reliability. Had that coldsnap not abated when it did. The fuel oil inventory would eventually be exhausted, and I assume New England almost certainly would have needed to shed load. It was a classic near miss event. Insufficient and inadequate weatherization of generation in Texas in the middle South states has been a growing concern for us since 2012. After a cold weather event caused loadshedding for 3 million customers in Texas in 2011. We developed a winter preparation guideline to focus industry on best practices and started conducting significant outreach on winter preparedness. Following additional extremes and unplanned load shedding in that region in 2018. We concluded that these events could no longer be treated as rare, and that a mandatory approach was warranted. As a result, nerf began the process of adding mandatory weatherization requirements into our reliability standards. 15:00 Jim Robb: First, more investment in transmission and natural gas infrastructure is required to improve the resilience of the electric grid. Increased utility scale wind and solar will require new transmission to get power to load centers. Next, the regulatory structure and oversight of natural gas supply for the purposes of electric generation needs to be rethought. The natural gas system was not built and operated with electric reliability. First in mind, policy action and legislation will likely be needed to assure reliable fuel supply for electric generation. As the critical balancing resource natural gas is the fuel that keeps the lights on. Third, the electric and natural gas systems must be better prepared for extreme weather conditions which are frankly becoming more routine. Regulatory and market structures need to support this planning and the necessary investment to assure reliability. And finally, investment in energy storage or alternative technologies needs to be supported to have a viable alternative to natural gas for balancing variable resources. A technology which can be deployed cost effectively and at massive scale with adequate duration to deal with supply disruption lasting for days rather than hours is required. 19:13 Mark A. Gabriel: First, every former generation can be disrupted by extreme temperatures. Second, a competitive market can discourage long term capital investment in reliability and resilience measures. And finally, costs move in both directions in competitive markets, and electricity will flow often times at impractical prices. 21:07 Mark A. Gabriel: In conclusion, power and gas markets in the United States are marvelously efficient at driving out inefficient, generating huge units, increasing financial liquidity and expanding the sale of electricity. However, the real question is whether electricity and to a lesser extent natural gas are logical commodities to participate in open markets. Unlike pork bellies and orange juice trading electrons has consequences far greater than the availability of bacon or a morning refreshment. 23:25 Pat Wood: Today I'm CEO of the hunt energy network. We're building storage batteries, small batteries at the distribution level around the state of Texas. I think the role of energy storage in the future is going to be one that will be just nowhere to go but up. As we bring on intermittent resources, understand the members concerns and lived through them as well with intermittent resources or variable resources that we've got to do something to firm those up. Storage is that golden bullet that as a regulator, I didn't have 15-20 years ago, and we were talking through market issues across from California to New England. But storage is just beginning. It's got to scale up but it's a pretty interesting place to be. 46:00 Sen. John Barrasso (WY): You've written and you see, 'California is big bet on renewables and shunning of natural gas and nuclear is directly responsible for the state's blackouts and high electricity prices.' Could you expand upon your comments for the committee? Michael D. Shellenberger: Well, sure, there was a root cause analysis published by the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Energy Commission, and the California grid operator Kaiso, which made a very similar point though, in a more muted fashion. That point was made very dramatically in the midst of the crisis last August in a conference call with reporters, where the grid operator specifically pointed to the closure of San Onofre nuclear power plant, which was about 2200 megawatts of power, as well as the closure of natural gas plants as the really the main factors that resulted in the shortage of energy. 46:49 Sen. John Barrasso (WY): You know, you've written a bit and you said, quote, have some have long pointed to batteries is the way to integrate unreliable renewables onto the grid. However, that batteries you say are simply not up to the task today and you went on to explain indeed for renewables to work batteries would need to be able to store the power for weeks, and perhaps even months. Can you expand upon the comments for the committee? Michael D. Shellenberger: Sure. Well, we have one of the largest battery installations in the world in Escondido, California, and it provides power for 16,000 Californians for about four hours. There's almost 40 million Californians, the cost is prohibitive prohibitively high and in fact, most advocates of renewables now, no longer think that lithium batteries are going to be an important form of storage beyond you know, managing minutes or hours. 52:38 Mark A. Gabriel: I think what we also have to look at and understand is how can we use the existing transmission system differently. For example, there are seven ties between the eastern and western grid that are perfect examples of 1980s technology, which could clearly be upgraded and quite frankly, could be done within a two to four year timeframe. So we'd have some immediate benefit there. 59:47 Mark A. Gabriel: Gotta consider in the United States only 3% of the 90,000 dams have power capabilities to them. And if anything, I think it's a it's a valuable discussion to have to make sure that we are thinking about increasing hydro power, as it is a carbon free resource, and one that can help bolster a grid in times of great stress. 1:02:08 Sen. Martin Heinrich (NM): Coal has become completely unaffordable as a power source. If you look at Lazard or any of the independent analysis of what wholesale costs are for various different generations, and you have solar at three to four cents a kilowatt and wind at three to five cents a kilowatt, and then you have coal at 7 to 16 cents a kilowatt, or nuclear at 13 to 20 cents a kilowatt, you understand what some of the market pressures are here, and why we're being asked for example, to subsidize nuclear power. 1:03:00 Sen. Martin Heinrich (NM): I'd ask what policies you think would be wise to accelerate the deployment of the storage that you mentioned, on the grid both in Texas and nationally? Pat Wood: Well, I think getting a diversity of supply chain, we clearly are dependent on China and a few other countries in East Asia for the current technologies that I think Mr. Shallenberger pointed out correctly, that there are a lot of things other than lithium ions, but those are what are in all the EV's and in certainly all the storage technology. So the cost upstream if there could be some American or at least North American European suppliers to that. The policies in the US make it easy make it as easy to interconnect a battery as we've made it to connect gas plants and windmills. Yeah, we're of course version 1.0 talking with our utilities. We haven't done it before, but it's it's not easy. Learning to get these things done one by one. I think the market policies in most of the organized markets are very friendly to battery so I think we've got that box checked. Sen. Martin Heinrich (NM): So interconnection is really a big... Pat Wood: Interconnection is important. 1:04:40 Sen. Martin Heinrich (NM): Would it have been helpful for Texas to be able to import power either from the east or the west? In this recent episode, because I noticed that El Paso power for example, El Paso didn't have the same rolling blackouts because they were able to pull from the western grid. Pat Wood: And they are directly interconnected with it. We do have some gates in the wall. Sen. Martin Heinrich (NM): Yes, you have DC connections. But if you don't have direct connections? Pat Wood: Correct, that's right. And there actually are proposals to put more of the DC ties in both east and west. To be honest, a few gigawatts wouldn't wouldn't hurt. But it wouldn't have saved us from really what was a 20 gigawatt short shortfall at the... Sen. Martin Heinrich (NM): What was the single largest shortfall from which generation source? If you look at it Pat Wood: Well, our largest supplier on a normal day is gas. So the impact of gas dropping both at the supply level and then at the power plant level. That's that's the interesting thing to figure out is how much was related to the lack of winterization, which we should have learned from the 2011 experience, how much was done from that, and how much actually had to do with the supply system or the upstream issues from the gas wells all the way down to the power plant. 1:23:15 Sen. James Lankford (OK): Natural gas is quick to be able to turn on. But when you're not asked for much for a long period of time, and then suddenly you ask for a lot in a short period of time, especially an extremely cold weather event, then suddenly it's like, you know what, we can't turn it all on that fast that much. Is there a tipping point that you're seeing for providing other fuels that are out there that for instance, were 40, 50, 60% renewables and you've got a very small portfolio of natural gas, and then the wind stops blowing, and it's a cloudy day, and you suddenly don't have those. And he asked natural gas to turn on 50% suddenly, that's just not realistic, because what is upstream is not able to turn on that fast. Is that a realistic conversation? Jim Robb: I think that's that is the conversation that needs to take place. Natural gas plants are the most flexible that we have in the system to accommodate the variability that we see with large amounts of variable resources. And it is a real challenge for the natural gas industry to provide that kind of capacity that quickly. It's not designed to do that. But that's what the electric industry needs. And this is the question that I think policymakers and probably legislators are going to have to tackle which is how do we create a construct for natural gas to be able to serve these very unique needs of the electric system for which it's not designed to do 1:35:40 Sen. Roger Marshall (KS): How could Burke investigate if there was anything nefarious, what does that process look like? And I'm not saying there is. I'm just it just hard for me to imagine just prices going up exponentially. And again, I think of that, you know, my parents on a fixed income, what's happening to their electric bill and their heating bill coming up? Right now was well, how would Burke investigate this? Pat Wood: NERC does have authority over market manipulation, or just markets in general in the interstate markets, of course, interstate natural gas pipeline serve Kansas, Oklahoma and parts of Texas as well. We have an interest state that separate but the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, they were certainly involved with us 20 years ago, when we unpacked the issues in the California crisis. The state attorneys general, as I mentioned, the one in Texas is already investigating this issue. Those three, three camps for CFTC. For the futures foryour experiences, that takes decades to go through,well, no, it doesn't. I mean, you can unpack in this digitized age. We have a lot more capability that in 2021 than we did in 2001 to review trades in this matter or in any matter much more expeditious. 1:37:40 Sen. Angus King (ME): Can you tell us unequivocally that wind turbines did not cause the problem in Texas? Pat Wood: They did not cause the problem, they were honestly the only thing was like gas and coal and everywhere. Sen. Angus King (ME): So every... Pat Wood: Everything could have helped solve it more faster. But you know, when was slow to get back, and so was coal and so was gas.Sen. Angus King (ME): And I want to mention that the wind project that I worked on in Maine has been online in 10 years in Maine. And it's never been down because of the cold that I know of it was a question of they're not weatherizing their entire turbine. So there's nothing intrinsic in the wind power that can't survive cold weather. 1:40:25 Manu Asthana: But I think the the really exciting part of electric vehicles and PJM did a study with the University of Delaware on vehicle to grid. We actually piloted having vehicles provide regulation services off of their batteries. And, you know, people were able to earn $100 a month in the pilot, so I think there's a lot of capability that will come to the grid that hopefully can add resilience through EV's as well. Republicans LIE, Say Texas Blackouts Caused by Wind Power, David Pakman Show, February 17, 2021 Chris Hayes Debunks GOP, Right-Wing Media Lies About Texas Power Outages | All In | MSNBC, MSNBC, February 16, 2021 Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)

This week Kate and Julia talk to Virgil Texas, co-host of the Bad Faith podcast and bestselling author. Listen the part 2 of the interview later this week on the Reply Guys patreon. Subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/replyguys Follow Virgil on Twitter: @virgiltexas Julia and Kate can be found at @OhJuliaTweets and @KateWillett Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire Producer: Genevieve Gearity Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett Artwork: Adrienne Lobl

The Beef Gals are BACK, baby! And, after many listener requests, they're answering all of your burning, impassioned, and sometimes-intrusive love, sex, and relationship Q's. Joining the gals is their first-ever guest - the OG sexpert himself - Virgil Texas, cohost of the hit podcast, Bad Faith. We had so many questions (thank you!), we had to split this into two episodes. That said, enjoy installation 1 of our love line, and to hear pt. 2, subscribe to our newly-birthed Patreon. ;-) PS: Gab was positively sloshed while recording this episode and would like to formally apologize for misnaming Briahna in the beginning of the episode, and for behaving in a generally unhinged manner throughout recording. XOXO To subscribe to Bad Faith, click here.  Special thank-you to Lea Jaffe for stepping in to edit for us while our producer Jordyn was away! We love you queen.

An extra-electoral podcast this week as the show gets political with the hosts of the awesome podcast Bad Faith, Briahna Joy Gray and Virgil Texas! We get their insight into the politics of Mr. Burns' self-financed run for governor in this iconic episode, we discuss how it compares to modern politics, and dig into tons more history and tangents in this mutated podcast, so listen now! Support this podcast and get dozens of bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the new official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod!

Senator Turner and former Bernie Sanders Press Secretary Briahna Joy Gray dissect their collective experiences with misogynoir – which is the specific distrust, hatred and prejudice toward black women. Listen in as these to sister-friends pridefully sling chocolate donuts at some historical moments in their fight for justice and offer some insight on how you can (and should) do the same when faced with similar, spiteful adversity. #HelloSomebody LINKS: Bad Faith Podcast hosted by Briahna Joy Gray and Virgil Texas: https://www.patreon.com/badfaithpodcast https://www.youtube.com/c/badfaithpodcast Misogynoir:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogynoir Mysogynoir Transformed by Moya Bailey: https://nyupress.org/9781479865109/misogynoir-transformed/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Senator Turner and former Bernie Sanders Press Secretary Briahna Joy Gray dissect their collective experiences with misogynoir – which is the specific distrust, hatred and prejudice toward black women. Listen in as these to sister-friends pridefully sling chocolate donuts at some historical moments in their fight for justice and offer some insight on how you can (and should) do the same when faced with similar, spiteful adversity. #HelloSomebody LINKS: Bad Faith Podcast hosted by Briahna Joy Gray and Virgil Texas: https://www.patreon.com/badfaithpodcast https://www.youtube.com/c/badfaithpodcast Misogynoir:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogynoir Mysogynoir Transformed by Moya Bailey: https://nyupress.org/9781479865109/misogynoir-transformed/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Bit of a mixed bag from our Castologists this week! Nick looks at the doping and the Olympics with Bloodsport, Zane takes a look at a panel show that’s part politics part pop culture and part world changing with Bad Faith. Then Liz settles down by the metaphorical fireplace for a mystery novel or two read by Phoebe Judge with Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Then it’s on to the reviews!Liz Recommends - Phoebe Reads a Mystery https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/In what is probably the shortest episode description Liz has chosen yet, Phoebe Judge (Criminal) reads a chapter a day from a classic mystery novel.For both: whatever book takes your fancy.https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/phoebe-reads-a-mystery/id1503921457Nick Recommends - BloodsportThe story of the systematic doping of the 2012 and 2014 Olympics by the Russian state set against the ongoing attempts to catch the cheats.For both: From the starthttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bloodsport/id1522052223Zane Recommends - Bad Faithhttps://www.patreon.com/badfaithpodcastBad Faith is two shows in one: it's a panel show about politics and pop culture with a rotating cast of performers and politicians, artists and activists, writers and radicals; and it's a two-way podcast where two people from two very different parts of the left make the case for one less terrible world.With civilization for the most part collapsing, the task of building a united left is more than urgent than ever. A panel show might not do that, but it will be good for some cheap kicks, and maybe it will explain something along the way.Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) is a former attorney, National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign, co-host of campaign podcast Hear The Bern, and a journalist who is early enough in her political career that she remains (tragically) sanguine.Virgil Texas (@virgiltexas) is an internet user and co-host of Chapo Trap House.Together, they'll help you through... all of this.For Both: The Red Greenhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-faith/id1531192509 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Biden is president. Kamala Harris makes history as first woman, first South Asian, and first African American vice president.  Republicans are wasting no time in showing their true colors. McConnell pulls a stunt on Day One to block Democrats from taking over the majority on committees.  Yes, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as president and vice president this past week, but Chairman Sanders stole the inauguration and became an instant internet meme with his winter coat and mittens. Speaking of Chairman Sanders, he started Biden’s presidency by waving two big middle fingers to everyone’s “unity talk.”  Senator Sanders wasted no time threatening Republicans with reconciliation if they do not agree with COVID relief.  Sanders stated that Republicans used budget reconciliation to push tax-cuts through for the rich and that Democrats will use the process to help working families.  Earlier today, Biden lifted the Trump ban on transgender individuals serving openly in the military.  As we go LIVE, the House has delivered the article of impeachment against former president Donald Trump to the Senate. Apparently, Chief Justice Roberts was unwilling or uninterested in presiding over a second trial. The Constitution says the Chief Justice is to preside over a sitting president but does not spell out what happens in a trial against a former president. Senator Leahy has been tapped to be the presiding officer.  Joe Biden is making in-roads with labor in ways that previous administrations haven’t.  On his first day in office, Biden fired Peter Robb, the former head of the National Labor Relations Board.  Robb was a corporate lawyer who helped Rondal Regan fire thousands of air-traffic controllers in the 1980’s.  Robb was just replaced with Peter Ohr as interim head of the NLRB.  Ohr made waves in a ruling that allowed Northwestern University football players to unionize. Big Twitter-verse controversy over #ForceTheVote leads to frustrating debate between Sam Seder of the Majority Report and Briahna Joy Gray, former national press secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign. The debate took place on Bad Faith podcast, which Briahna Joy Gray co-hosts with Virgil Texas from Chapo Traphouse.  Documents obtained by Pennsylvania Spotlight showed that Pennsylvania Senate Republicans spent over $1 million in legal fees to disenfranchise Pennsylvania voters.  That’s right.  They spent your tax dollars to stop you from voting last year. On Friday night, it was reported in the New York Times that an unnamed Pennsylvania Politician played a key role in trying to stage a coup within the Department of Justice in order to force Georgia to overturn their election results.   It turns out that in a follow-up reporting, it was Scott Perry who aided Trump in trying to fire the senior staff at the Department of Justice to install a Trump loyalist who was willing to overturn the Georgia election results.  The plot thickens in the case against Riley Williams, the 22-year-old Harrisburg area woman who took part in the Capitol insurrection, allegedly stole Nancy Pelosi’s laptop, and then tried to sell it to Russia. According to DC-based NBC investigative reporter, Scott MacFarlane, Williams, who was released on bail under the supervision of her mother, hopped on the internet and encourage people involved in the insurrection to destroy evidence. MacFarlane reported on Twitter that the U.S. Justice Department told the judge in the case just that as they sought to prohibit Williams’s internet access.  We’re not out of the woods, but PA saw the lowest number of new cases of COVID-19 and the lowest number of deaths in weeks.   On today’s last call: what’s new at Free Will Brewing; Levante Brewing stout haul; cooking with Sean; and other randomness.

The two hosts of the Bad Faith podcast join us to discuss the smooth and simple transition of power in this great nation. The Capitol obviously comes up. ↓↓↓↓ SUBSCRIBE FOR $5 A MONTH SO YOU DON'T MISS THE SECOND WEEKLY EPISODE ↓↓↓↓ https://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous Follow Briahna Joy Gray: http://twitter.com/briebriejoy Follow Virgil Texas: http://twitter.com/virgiltexas Bad Faith Podcast: http://badfaithpodcast.com QAA Merch / Join the Discord Community / Find the Lost Episodes / Etc: https://qanonanonymous.com Episode music by Doom Chakra Tapes (http://doomchakratapes.bandcamp.com, Matthew Delatorre (http://implantcreative.com)

Welcome to the IndependentLeft.News Daily Headlines podcast for Saturday, January 16th, 2021. Early Edition - https://independentleft.news/?edition_id=e6290a40-57f7-11eb-aed6-002590a5ba2d&utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=top-headlines-podcast&utm_content=ILN-Anchor-top-headlines-podcast-early-ed-01-16 Top Headlines:

On today's episode Jack and Leslie are joined by Virgil Texas (Chapo Trap House, Bad Faith Podcast) to discuss The Mandalorian. patreon.com/badfaithpodcast twitter.com/vigiltexas Tune: The Mandalorian - Main Theme Song (Synth-wave by Choven Prau) https://soundcloud.com/choven_prau ★ Support this podcast ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let’s face it, 2020 has been a hell of a year. We could all use a good laugh. But as historians and/or fans of history, we have to read something historically grounded, right? Well, fear not! Felix Biederman, Virgil Texas, Will Menaker, Brendan James, and Matt Christman, those rapscallions from the Chapo Trap House podcast wrote a book, The Chapo Guide to Revolution; A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason (Simon & Schuster, 2018), and it’s got a lot of history in it. I sat down with Matt Christman to talk about history, humor, and the hell-world of late capitalism. He offers his critiques of American liberalism and conservatism, as well as discussing how history shapes his thinking and analysis. Matt Christman co-hosts Chapo Trap House, a hugely popular and rather influential podcast. The Chapo crew includes the above authors (although the traitorous Brendan James was purged for revisionism and replaced with Amber A'Lee Frost). For the uninitiated, Chapo Trap House is a comedic political podcast that has been branded as the “Dirt Bag Left”. With a solid dose of scatological humor and subversive irony, it’s not for everyone, but I find it to be some of today’s smartest and most well-informed political and cultural criticism. On the Chapo podcast and in his other appearances, he displays an impressive command of history, frequently grounding his analysis in historical context. He also put out a few special episodes of Chapo Trap House called “The Inebriated Past”, the best of which offered insightful discussions of topics ranging from fascism to sewer socialism. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he’s not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s face it, 2020 has been a hell of a year. We could all use a good laugh. But as historians and/or fans of history, we have to read something historically grounded, right? Well, fear not! Felix Biederman, Virgil Texas, Will Menaker, Brendan James, and Matt Christman, those rapscallions from the Chapo Trap House podcast wrote a book, The Chapo Guide to Revolution; A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason (Simon & Schuster, 2018), and it’s got a lot of history in it. I sat down with Matt Christman to talk about history, humor, and the hell-world of late capitalism. He offers his critiques of American liberalism and conservatism, as well as discussing how history shapes his thinking and analysis. Matt Christman co-hosts Chapo Trap House, a hugely popular and rather influential podcast. The Chapo crew includes the above authors (although the traitorous Brendan James was purged for revisionism and replaced with Amber A'Lee Frost). For the uninitiated, Chapo Trap House is a comedic political podcast that has been branded as the “Dirt Bag Left”. With a solid dose of scatological humor and subversive irony, it’s not for everyone, but I find it to be some of today’s smartest and most well-informed political and cultural criticism. On the Chapo podcast and in his other appearances, he displays an impressive command of history, frequently grounding his analysis in historical context. He also put out a few special episodes of Chapo Trap House called “The Inebriated Past”, the best of which offered insightful discussions of topics ranging from fascism to sewer socialism. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he’s not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s face it, 2020 has been a hell of a year. We could all use a good laugh. But as historians and/or fans of history, we have to read something historically grounded, right? Well, fear not! Felix Biederman, Virgil Texas, Will Menaker, Brendan James, and Matt Christman, those rapscallions from the Chapo Trap House podcast wrote a book, The Chapo Guide to Revolution; A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason (Simon & Schuster, 2018), and it’s got a lot of history in it. I sat down with Matt Christman to talk about history, humor, and the hell-world of late capitalism. He offers his critiques of American liberalism and conservatism, as well as discussing how history shapes his thinking and analysis. Matt Christman co-hosts Chapo Trap House, a hugely popular and rather influential podcast. The Chapo crew includes the above authors (although the traitorous Brendan James was purged for revisionism and replaced with Amber A'Lee Frost). For the uninitiated, Chapo Trap House is a comedic political podcast that has been branded as the “Dirt Bag Left”. With a solid dose of scatological humor and subversive irony, it’s not for everyone, but I find it to be some of today’s smartest and most well-informed political and cultural criticism. On the Chapo podcast and in his other appearances, he displays an impressive command of history, frequently grounding his analysis in historical context. He also put out a few special episodes of Chapo Trap House called “The Inebriated Past”, the best of which offered insightful discussions of topics ranging from fascism to sewer socialism. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he’s not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s face it, 2020 has been a hell of a year. We could all use a good laugh. But as historians and/or fans of history, we have to read something historically grounded, right? Well, fear not! Felix Biederman, Virgil Texas, Will Menaker, Brendan James, and Matt Christman, those rapscallions from the Chapo Trap House podcast wrote a book, The Chapo Guide to Revolution; A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason (Simon & Schuster, 2018), and it’s got a lot of history in it. I sat down with Matt Christman to talk about history, humor, and the hell-world of late capitalism. He offers his critiques of American liberalism and conservatism, as well as discussing how history shapes his thinking and analysis. Matt Christman co-hosts Chapo Trap House, a hugely popular and rather influential podcast. The Chapo crew includes the above authors (although the traitorous Brendan James was purged for revisionism and replaced with Amber A'Lee Frost). For the uninitiated, Chapo Trap House is a comedic political podcast that has been branded as the “Dirt Bag Left”. With a solid dose of scatological humor and subversive irony, it’s not for everyone, but I find it to be some of today’s smartest and most well-informed political and cultural criticism. On the Chapo podcast and in his other appearances, he displays an impressive command of history, frequently grounding his analysis in historical context. He also put out a few special episodes of Chapo Trap House called “The Inebriated Past”, the best of which offered insightful discussions of topics ranging from fascism to sewer socialism. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he’s not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's face it, 2020 has been a hell of a year. We could all use a good laugh. But as historians and/or fans of history, we have to read something historically grounded, right? Well, fear not! Felix Biederman, Virgil Texas, Will Menaker, Brendan James, and Matt Christman, those rapscallions from the Chapo Trap House podcast wrote a book, The Chapo Guide to Revolution; A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason (Simon & Schuster, 2018), and it's got a lot of history in it. I sat down with Matt Christman to talk about history, humor, and the hell-world of late capitalism. He offers his critiques of American liberalism and conservatism, as well as discussing how history shapes his thinking and analysis. Matt Christman co-hosts Chapo Trap House, a hugely popular and rather influential podcast. The Chapo crew includes the above authors (although the traitorous Brendan James was purged for revisionism and replaced with Amber A'Lee Frost). For the uninitiated, Chapo Trap House is a comedic political podcast that has been branded as the “Dirt Bag Left”. With a solid dose of scatological humor and subversive irony, it's not for everyone, but I find it to be some of today's smartest and most well-informed political and cultural criticism. On the Chapo podcast and in his other appearances, he displays an impressive command of history, frequently grounding his analysis in historical context. He also put out a few special episodes of Chapo Trap House called “The Inebriated Past”, the best of which offered insightful discussions of topics ranging from fascism to sewer socialism. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

Let’s face it, 2020 has been a hell of a year. We could all use a good laugh. But as historians and/or fans of history, we have to read something historically grounded, right? Well, fear not! Felix Biederman, Virgil Texas, Will Menaker, Brendan James, and Matt Christman, those rapscallions from the Chapo Trap House podcast wrote a book, The Chapo Guide to Revolution; A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason (Simon & Schuster, 2018), and it’s got a lot of history in it. I sat down with Matt Christman to talk about history, humor, and the hell-world of late capitalism. He offers his critiques of American liberalism and conservatism, as well as discussing how history shapes his thinking and analysis. Matt Christman co-hosts Chapo Trap House, a hugely popular and rather influential podcast. The Chapo crew includes the above authors (although the traitorous Brendan James was purged for revisionism and replaced with Amber A'Lee Frost). For the uninitiated, Chapo Trap House is a comedic political podcast that has been branded as the “Dirt Bag Left”. With a solid dose of scatological humor and subversive irony, it’s not for everyone, but I find it to be some of today’s smartest and most well-informed political and cultural criticism. On the Chapo podcast and in his other appearances, he displays an impressive command of history, frequently grounding his analysis in historical context. He also put out a few special episodes of Chapo Trap House called “The Inebriated Past”, the best of which offered insightful discussions of topics ranging from fascism to sewer socialism. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he’s not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s face it, 2020 has been a hell of a year. We could all use a good laugh. But as historians and/or fans of history, we have to read something historically grounded, right? Well, fear not! Felix Biederman, Virgil Texas, Will Menaker, Brendan James, and Matt Christman, those rapscallions from the Chapo Trap House podcast wrote a book, The Chapo Guide to Revolution; A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason (Simon & Schuster, 2018), and it’s got a lot of history in it. I sat down with Matt Christman to talk about history, humor, and the hell-world of late capitalism. He offers his critiques of American liberalism and conservatism, as well as discussing how history shapes his thinking and analysis. Matt Christman co-hosts Chapo Trap House, a hugely popular and rather influential podcast. The Chapo crew includes the above authors (although the traitorous Brendan James was purged for revisionism and replaced with Amber A'Lee Frost). For the uninitiated, Chapo Trap House is a comedic political podcast that has been branded as the “Dirt Bag Left”. With a solid dose of scatological humor and subversive irony, it’s not for everyone, but I find it to be some of today’s smartest and most well-informed political and cultural criticism. On the Chapo podcast and in his other appearances, he displays an impressive command of history, frequently grounding his analysis in historical context. He also put out a few special episodes of Chapo Trap House called “The Inebriated Past”, the best of which offered insightful discussions of topics ranging from fascism to sewer socialism. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he’s not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special crossover episode, Tight Rope co-hosts Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Tricia Rose join Briahna Joy Gray and Virgil Texas, co-hosts of the Bad Faith podcast.Become a member of our Patreon family for BTS access and more exclusive content! You can sign up here at https://www.patreon.com/thetightropepodLearn more at https://www.thetightropepodcast.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepodTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy BerryEP/Host: Cornel WestEP/Host: Tricia RoseProducer: Allie HembroughProducer: James ArtisBeats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records)#TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose

Virgil and Brie give the definitive left take on Election Day 2020 you won't hear on MSNBC. They address the worst bad faith efforts to pitch Joe Biden's narrow (likely) victory and his toxic impact on down ballot races as a cause for celebration, and offer some hope for progressives in this moment. They also debate the left's defeatist attitude toward third parties, and Virgil tells the story of how he came to be known as Virgil Texas.  Find Bad Faith on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, Google, and our RSS feed. Follow Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod) and YouTube. Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

Award winning filmmaker, author and activist Michael Moore weighs in on the great Noam Chomsky debate and offers his thoughts on how to end the cycle of lesser of two evilism. He also predicts the outcome of the Michigan primary, and dishes on what happened when the Biden campaign reached out to him for advice about how to win his home state. (Did they take his advice? The answer might surprise you. Or it might confirm every cynical thing you've come to believe about the Democratic Party.)   Listen through the end to hear Michael Moore cajole Virgil Texas into singing his favorite song. It's a very special musical episode.  Find Bad Faith on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, Google, and our RSS feed. Follow Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod) and YouTube. Listen to Michael Moore's excellent podcast Rumble wherever you get your podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rumble-with-michael-moore/id1490354763 Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

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We are joined by Briahna Joy Gray to discuss her recent run in with Noam Chomsky and her takes on Joe Biden, the 2020 presidential election, democracy, and the future. Brie is the former national press secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign, former senior politics editor at The Intercept, current contributing editor for Current Affairs, and co-host of the new podcast Bad Faith, along with Virgil Texas. BRIAHNA JOY GRAY @briebriejoy @badfaithpod https://www.currentaffairs.org/author/briahna-joy-gray https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/07/in-defense-of-litmus-tests https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/05/bidens-you-aint-black-comment-symptomatic https://www.patreon.com/badfaithpodcast OUTRO MUSIC Kid ESP - Fleeting Instagram: kid_esp Lead singer’s IG: campersleep (Ethan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTSXyiXpYj8&list=OLAK5uy_l92mBRbqvaimfr8gQ2sv1gHjqlNlGdPkc&index=1 MERCH PodDamnAmerica.bigcartel.com PATREON Patreon.com/PodDamnAmerica

Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser), senior correspondent at Vox, joins Sam to discuss the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings and the implications of her appointment. Sam and crew break down the most important moments of yesterday's hearings and the Trump campaign's flailing messaging during the campaign's home stretch. On today's show: Trump's homestretch campaign platform: the Justice Department fired Bruce Ohr! Trump can't pronounce Burisma. Asked about 5 freedoms protected under the first amendment, ACB only comes up with 4. Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser), senior correspondent at Vox, joins Sam to discuss the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings and the implications of her appointment. Why the confirmation hearings were basically useless. What the Democrats' strategy in the hearings might be. How the SCOTUS could restrict labor rights, voting rights, other rights. Sheldon Whitehouse walks through Janus, Abood, and lawyers asking to lose to get to SCOTUS faster. On the fun half: YouTube de-platforms Q-Anon: what are the implications? Some ideas on SCOTUS abolition. Mike Huckabee gets owned by questions from Twitter. The MR crew discusses Briahna Joy Gray and Virgil Texas' debate with Noam Chomsky re: voting for Biden for the last time. Plus, your calls and IMs! Become a member of the Majority Report at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Check out the Brand New Majority Report Merch Shop https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com) The AM Quickie is now on YouTube Subscribe to the AM Quickie at https://fans.fm/amquickie Make the AMQ part of your Alexa Flash Briefing too! You can now watch the livestream on Twitch Subscribe to Matt Binder's YouTube Channel today! Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.substack.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein’s newsletter at theend.substack.com Check out The Nomiki Show at patreon.com/thenomikishow Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover, or on iTunes. Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at twitch.tv/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @MattLech @mattbinder @jamie_elizabeth @BF1nn

We've reached a landmark episode for Simpsons, which means it's time for our pals from Chapo Trap House, Matt Christman and Virgil Texas, to discuss Maude Flanders! How did the character get written off the show? Why was it done in such extreme fashion? And what was the fallout for decades to come from this major episode? We explore all of that in this week's momentous episode, so listen now!! Support this podcast and get dozens of bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! Check out our new shirts on TeePublic! And please follow the new official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod!

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Bad Faith and Chapo Trap House's Virgil Texas joins us for some West Wing tax wonkery. Recorded as Trump entered Walter Reade. We take no responsibility for the events of the 10,000 news cycles that will have happened since then. All Hail President Pence! And be sure to check out Bad Faith, with Virgil and Briahna Joy Gray!

Comedians, politicos, and a former campaign staffer weigh in with their immediate, visceral impressions of the worst presidential debate in modern history. Highlights include renowned political impressionist James Adomian and competent amateur caricaturist Virgil Texas playing out a Bernie/Trump debate to show us the world that could have been, and Trevor Beaulieu of Champagne Sharks podcast, Katie Halper of Rolling Stone's Useful Idiots podcast, and Brie having what will probably be the only substantive post-debate analysis about Biden, reparations, and the Black vote you'll hear -- despite the Democratic Party's insistence that they deeply care about "the base."    The crew hits on all the best (read worst) moments of the debate, from Trump's attack on Beau Biden, to Biden's rejection of the Green New Deal, and concludes by scoring the debate using the only metric worth considering: Merrick Garlands.   Listen, subscribe, and don't forget to rate Bad Faith Podcast five Merrick Garlands on iTunes or wherever you're listening.   Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to support us and instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Our panelists: James Adomian (@jadomian), writer, actor, and stand-up comic Trevor Beaulieu (@rickyrawls), host of Champagne Sharks (@champagnesharks) Katie Halper (@kthalps), host of the Katie Halper Show, co-host of Useful Idiots Rachel Oyster Kim (@oyster_kim), activist and writer All Armenia Fund https://www.himnadram.org Armenian National Committee of America http://anca.org/media-alert Zartonk Media https://zartonkmedia.com

Virgil Texas (@VirgilTexas), of Chapo Trap House and the Bad Faith podcast (@badfaithpod), joins the MR crew to discuss the news of the week. On today's show: Tommy Tuberville has no idea what the Voting Rights Act is. Virgil Texas (@VirgilTexas), of Chapo Trap House and the Bad Faith podcast (@badfaithpod), joins the MR crew to discuss the news of the week, including: Virgil's quest to learn who Lev Parnas is. Olivia Troye, VP Pence's lead staffer on the COVID task force who resigned two months ago, speaks out about Trump's mishandling of Covid and says Trump was glad he wouldn’t have to shake hands. Will Trump do another stimulus? What's driving the Democrats' behavior on the CARES Act, et al? Plausible scenarios in which Trump steals the election. On the fun half: On voting for Biden in a blue state. NY Taxi Workers: “Brooklyn Bridge is SHUT DOWN! Taxi drivers demand debt forgiveness now!” Krystal Ball: "Dem WAR On Green Party exposes voter suppression hypocrisy." Dave Rubin complains that Joe Rogan is moving to Austin, TX to vote blue there. Joe Rogan repeats theory that Antifa is setting the fires in OR. FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies at House Homeland Security Committee hearing: "We look at Antifa as more of an ideology or a movement than an organization." Brian Kilmeade lies that the FBI director testified that Antifa is "a real organization and an ideology." Anti-mask protester in St George, UT: "When George Floyd was saying 'I can't breathe,' and then he died, and now we're wearing a mask and we're saying 'I can't breathe,' but we're being forced to wear them." Plus, your IMs. Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Check out the Brand New Majority Report Merch Shop https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/  (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com) The AM Quickie is now on YouTube! Subscribe to the AM Quickie at https://fans.fm/amquickie Make the AMQ part of your Alexa Flash Briefing too! You can now watch the livestream on Twitch.tv/themajorityreport Sunset Lake CBD is a majority employee-owned farm in Vermont, producing 100% pesticide free CBD products. Great company, great product and fans of the show! Use code Leftisbest and get 20% off at sunsetlakecbd.com Get Sam's favorite toothbrush! Quip starts at just $25 and, if you go to GETQUIP.COM/MAJORITY right now, you’ll get your first refill pack FREE with a QUIP electric toothbrush. FastGrowingTrees.com has an expertly curated collection of trees and shrubs and a 30-day "Alive and Thrive" guarantee that means your plants arrive alive and healthy. Visit FastGrowingTrees.com/majority for 10% off your first order. If you want to support the University of Michigan Graduate Student's work strike, you can find all their information at geo3550.org Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.substack.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein’s newsletter at theend.substack.com Check out The Nomiki Show at patreon.com/thenomikishow Subscribe to Matt Binder's YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/mattbinder Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover, or on iTunes. Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at twitch.tv/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @BF1nn   

More discussion of these strange times: partying in the age of Corona, the government's handling of the crisis vis a vis the working class', the international bourgeoisie's quest for stability, and Virgil's plan for abolishing the police and prisons. For the full episode along with all other bonus material, support the show at Patreon.com/theantifada Closing song: Tim Heidecker - Cain is Able

The Beltway Garage's chief mechanic Virgil Texas takes us for a wonk on the wild side! We focus on the Democrats' electoral strategy of writing open letters demanding socialists vote for Biden, carefully weigh their arguments, and come up with our own endorsement by the end of the episode. The letters: Former leaders of SDS: https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/letter-new-left-biden/ DSA North Star: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/defeat-trump-open-letter/ Mitch Abidor: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/opinion/socialists-support-biden-election.html Closing song - Nat King Cole - Bidin' My Time Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada for bonus episodes, Discord access, and a lettepress thank you postcard (unitl we reach our summer goal of 1,917 subscribers.

BLACK LIVES MATTER. RESIST FASCISM. THE WORLD STANDS WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. --- Get in touch, particularly this time: ephemeraTHEpodcast@gmail.comhttp://storiesfromtheinter.net/about http://storiesfromtheinter.net/zine (zine 2 this month!) https://www.patreon.com/ephemerapodcastAudio engineering is generously provided by Miguel Tanhi of Much Different NY, a live podcast recording venue in Brooklyn, NY. Thanks for bearing with my delays. xoxo. next ep is about another one of my favourite :goonstory:s. --- Read the episode script and my research notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6_9BLS6JEH5dC3pnCsKOiL17HD5W2IMZwR0Dh5k0rQ/edit?usp=sharing Virgil Texas' "OKC_ebooks", where thirsty men reply ad nauseam to incoherent horse_ebooks text: https://slacktory.tumblr.com/post/43168538440/this-is-a-pick-up-artist-talking-to-a-horse-robot  You will look back on this moment with shock and: https://twitter.com/horse_ebooks/status/113976583752134656?lang=en  Adrian Chen tracks down the account's father: https://gawker.com/5887697/how-i-found-the-human-being-behind-horseebooks-the-internets-favorite-spambot Dan Sinker's "Eulogy For A Horse": http://web.archive.org/web/20140213003406/http://dansinker.com/post/62183207705/eulogy-for-a-horse Excellent perspective here on the relevance of horse ebooks as ‘obliging a program’ and parallels to social media: https://www.marieconnelly.com/writing/horse-ebooks  Academic writing on the idea of 'botness': http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/rt/printerFriendly/814/0  Bakkila's artist statement: https://images.gawker.com/1915kb0m44uocjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg  Susan Orlean's review of the gallery performance: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/10/man-and-machine-susan-orlean  Michael Craig-Martin's "An Oak Tree": https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/craig-martin-an-oak-tree-l02262 If you have a recording of Ryan O’Connor's talk at Mind Maze II, “The Horse Computer in Kiev”, I want it. It was impossible to find and I really wish I'd been able to. Please stay safe, dear listeners. I have more episodes written and I hope to return to a normal release pace.

We're briefly disrupting our season one revisit because our pals Chapo Trap House, Matt Christman and Virgil Texas are in the studio live! We love doing politics episodes with these nice folks, so we decided to just cover the political comedy of four classic episodes of The Simpsons. We cover the electioneering impact of three-eyed fish, deficit rags, electoral fraud, and third parties against space aliens, so listen now!! Support this podcast and get dozens of bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the new official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod!

RHC host Justin Comer was joined by Jake Jacobs for a live radio interview on KRUI with Matt Christman, Virgil Texas, and Chris Wade of Chapo Trap House. CAUCUS FOR BERNIE SANDERS FEBRUARY 3RD: berniesanders.com/iowa Jake has never been on our show before but he is a good friend and good artist: http://jacobharrisonjones.com If you somehow listen to our show and don't know about Chapo, check them out: http://chapotraphouse.com Direct mp3 link: https://archive.org/download/20200201rhckruichapo/2020-02-01%20rhc%20krui%20chapo.mp3 Podcast platforms and social media: bit.ly/RHCapple bit.ly/RHCgoogle bit.ly/RHCspotify bit.ly/RHCstitcher soundcloud.com/rockhardcaucus patreon.com/rockhardcaucus mixcloud.com/rockhardcaucus twitter.com/rockhardcaucus facebook.com/rockhardcaucus rockhardcaucus.blogspot.com RSS: feeds.feedburner.com/rockhardcaucus

RHC host Justin Comer was joined by Jake Jacobs for a live radio interview on KRUI with Matt Christman, Virgil Texas, and Chris Wade of Chapo Trap House.CAUCUS FOR BERNIE SANDERS FEBRUARY 3RD: berniesanders.com/iowaJake has never been on our show before but he is a good friend and good artist: jacobharrisonjones.comIf you somehow listen to our show and don't know about Chapo, check them out: chapotraphouse.comDirect mp3 link: https://archive.org/download/20200201rhckruichapo/2020-02-01%20rhc%20krui%20chapo.mp3Podcast platforms and social media:bit.ly/RHCapplebit.ly/RHCgooglebit.ly/RHCspotifybit.ly/RHCstitchersoundcloud.com/rockhardcaucuspatreon.com/rockhardcaucusmixcloud.com/rockhardcaucustwitter.com/rockhardcaucusfacebook.com/rockhardcaucusrockhardcaucus.blogspot.comRSS: feeds.feedburner.com/rockhardcaucus

Political intrigue and millennial moods abound in this latest episode of Papal Bull: Resurrection. Join your hosts, plus surprise guest Virgil Texas of Chapo Trap House, on another ride through the woolly world of the fictional Vatican. Also there might be a ghost this time. Maybe...? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political intrigue and millennial moods abound in this latest episode of Papal Bull: Resurrection. Join your hosts, plus surprise guest Virgil Texas of Chapo Trap House, on another ride through the woolly world of the fictional Vatican. Also there might be a ghost this time. Maybe...? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Politico co-founder John Harris and Chapo Trap House hosts Virgil Texas and Matt Christman join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First up, Harris discusses his findings after reaching out to the Politico audience in order to understand what's going through the minds of the Trump supporters during this time of impeachment. Then, Texas and Christman talk about Bernie Sanders and his rise to prominence as a favorite in the current field of Democratic hopefuls for the Presidential nomination. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Almost back home, the Fun Bunch meets up with Greg Stanhope, the new hero of Heavendale. With a little bit of help from the Fun Bunch, maybe Greg can do some good in this town after all. Too bad Greg is on a short leash with his dad. Will Kim finally see herself in someone? Where did Alex's scissors go? Will Gerry finally be the hero everyone needs?  Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players. With special guests Virgil Texas and Chris Wade as Greg Jr. and Greg Sr.

Briahna talks to Matt Orfalea, creator of the viral "Rising Up" video, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor delivers some fiery remarks on racial justice under a Sanders administration, and Bernie talks to Virgil Texas of Chapo Trap House about what the point of an economy even is. Matt's "Rising Up" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZhkKATtqtU Nathan J. Robinson's "Why Bernie Has to Win" article: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/10/why-bernie-has-to-win Cosmopolitan interview: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a29255694/bernie-sanders-cosmopolitan-interview-election-immigration-gun-control-healthcare-young-women/ Interview with Virgil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT-oR59o7Pk Full video with Keeanga: https://www.facebook.com/jacobinmag/videos/448632409087320

Chapo Trap House's Virgil Texas on the climate crisis, the politics of impeachment and why Bernie is still that boy.

Chapo Trap House's Virgil Texas on the climate crisis, the politics of impeachment and why Bernie is still that boy.

IT'S OUR 200TH EPISODE! And for this special occasion we welcome back our pals Chapo Trap House, Matt Christman and Virgil Texas! They give us special insight into the crass commercialism of Love Day and how Homer's campaign have annoying similarities to the current day. All that, plus Diaper Hill, a long discussion on Jell-O, first-hand experiences at U2 concerts, and so much more! Listen now, and wish us well on another 200 podcasts!! Support this podcast and get dozens of bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! This podcast is brought to you by the streaming network VRV: home to cartoons, anime, and so much more! Visit VRV.co/WAC to sign up for your FREE 30-day trial and kick a little money back to your friends at the Talking Simpsons Network!

This weekend was the biennial blast that is the Historical Materialism (@histmat) Conference NYC. Naturally, we took the opportunity to attend some panels and interview old friends and new. Several we interviewed tipsy in an NYC public school and others we talked to rather drunk at the @commune_mag loft down by the railroad tracks. A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL FAMOUS LEFTISTS: George Ciccariello-Maher (@ciccmar) on the coup in Venezuela Jasper Bernes (@outsidadicator) on communization Michelle O'Brien (NYC Trans Oral History Project) on abolishing the bourgeois family Callum Cant (callumcant1) & Jamie Woodcock (@jamie_woodcock) on workers inquiry, militant unionism in the UK and V I D E O G A M E S Malav Kanuga (@CommonNotions) on why Niral Shah is #canceled Shyam Khanna (@dollarpizza1) on the joys of sects Virgil Texas (@menswearhouse) finally coming clean about his political tendency For bonus content, access to our Discord and more become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada Support everyone!!! communemag.com/subscribe www.versobooks.com/books/2337-building-the-commune patreon.com/notesfrombelow www.commonnotions.org/ www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/vx021f35z www.gameworkersunite.org/

UNLOCKED FROM THE PATREON BIRD FEED: Current Affairs host Pete Davis talks with Virgil Texas about his hit podcast, Chapo Trap House: its origins, its philosophy, its style, its future. Read Virgil's old Carl Diggler dispatches here. This episode was edited by Dan Thorn at Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA. To listen to Bird Feed episodes right when they come out, become a patron at our Patreon page: Patreon.com/CurrentAffairs.

Virgil Texas of Chapo Trap House joins us to chew on CPAC, relitigate the "water test", and decide which Overwatch character is a QAnon believer. We also have a field report from our undercover agent "Suzy" who was present at CPAC — she nabbed some soundbites from Laura Loomer, Nick Fuentes, James O'Keefe, Joy Villa, Jacob Wohl and more. But before all of that madness, we dive into the "Q Clock" — a byzantine and complex device some QAnon followers believes help them predict the future. Jake has of course prepared an appropriate story. Hope you have two hours, cause this one is a chonk. Virgil Texas on Twitter: twitter.com/virgiltexas Get access to premium episodes: patreon.com/qanonanonymous

Virgil Texas, author and cohost of Chapo Trap House, hosts the Chapo/NPR/Vice/Ninja debate for Homie County Recorder of Deeds between candidates Gilroy Monsanto, Chalmers Pinochet Harding, Kobo Walker, Mike Fjeurtminor. The B.R.A.N. 5000 tabulates the outcome of the election. (from 2018-12-17)

Virgil Texas, author and cohost of Chapo Trap House, hosts the Chapo/NPR/Vice/Ninja debate for Homie County Recorder of Deeds between candidates Gilroy Monsanto, Chalmers Pinochet Harding, Kobo Walker, Mike Fjeurtminor. The B.R.A.N. 5000 tabulates the outcome of the election. (from 2018-12-17)

Virgil Texas, author and cohost of Chapo Trap House, hosts the Chapo/NPR/Vice/Ninja debate for Homie County Recorder of Deeds between candidates Gilroy Monsanto, Chalmers Pinochet Harding, Kobo Walker, Mike Fjeurtminor. The B.R.A.N. 5000 tabulates the outcome of the election. (from 2018-12-17)

Virgil Texas, author and cohost of Chapo Trap House, hosts the Chapo/NPR/Vice/Ninja debate for Homie County Recorder of Deeds between candidates Gilroy Monsanto, Chalmers Pinochet Harding, Kobo Walker, Mike Fjeurtminor. The B.R.A.N. 5000 tabulates the outcome of the election. (from 2018-12-17)

It's one of the most controversial and dark episodes of Simpsons ever, making it the perfect time for a return appearance from Chapo Trap House hosts Matt Christman and Virgil Texas. Frank Grimes, or Grimey as he liked to be called, lived quite a life, and we chat about the existential dread that comes up when we see Grimes reckon with the unique being known as Homer Simpson. We dig deep into the text here and explore one of the show's most morbid (and funny) episodes! Get your tickets for our January 16 LIVE podcast in San Francisco with guests Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott!! Support this podcast and get dozens of bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! This podcast is brought to you by the streaming network VRV: home to cartoons, anime, and so much more! Visit VRV.co/WAC to sign up for your FREE 30-day trial and kick a little money back to your friends at the Talking Simpsons Network!

Heading down the narrow hall the Stormtrooper stops Poe.Guest Commentators: Matt Christman and Virgil Texas from Chapo Trap House

Rey stands with BB-8 in front of Unkar Plutt, at his window. He reviews her goods.Guest Commentators: Matt Christman and Virgil Texas from Chapo Trap House

Poe can't take it -- he BEGINS TO SCREAMGuest Commentators: Matt Christman and Virgil Texas from Chapo Trap House

POE, shackled to a chair, BEATEN, wakes up.Guest Commentators: Matt Christman and Virgil Texas from Chapo Trap House

The teedo YELLS at BB-8, who BEEPS madly, struggling to free himself.Guest Commentators: Matt Christman and Virgil Texas from Chapo Trap House

We talk to documentary filmmakers Jon Bois and Felix Biederman about their triumphant new film on mixed martial arts, politics and society, "Fighting in the Age of Loneliness". Watch Fighting in the Age of Loneliness here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oNB6tlSZ2A&list=PLUXSZMIiUfFRSunlJERh9k1RFNnGGhnzG&index=2 Felix mentions Shannon Strucci's Fake Friends videos, find them here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3vD_CAYt4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLA-uFKjQ-g Tickets to E1 Live feat. Felix and Virgil here: https://www.unionhallny.com/event/1782322-e1-live-brooklyn Info on Princeton Event: Name: Civilized Conversation with Virgil Texas, Matt Christman, and Will Menaker Date: 12/6 Time: 6:00PM Location: Whig Hall @ Princeton University (45 minutes from Philadelphia, for those who might want to make the drive up) Details: Event will be open to public and free of charge. New Jersey, Philadelphia, and New York fans are welcome! To attend, please contact Justin Wittekind at justinbw@princeton.edu, who will give you information about how to get to the event either by car or by transit and who to contact

On The Gist, nobody move or the economy gets it, Trump says. The guys behind the left’s most irreverent podcast (Chapo Trap House) want the Democratic Party to forget about Robert Mueller and set their sights on 2020. But in the short term? They’re rooting for a blue wave. Alongside Felix Biederman and Brendan James, Thursday’s guests Matt Christman, Will Menaker, and Virgil Texas are co-authors of The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason. In the Spiel, when you hear “everyone does it” down in Washington, you know something’s amiss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On The Gist, nobody move or the economy gets it, Trump says. The guys behind the left’s most irreverent podcast (Chapo Trap House) want the Democratic Party to forget about Robert Mueller and set their sights on 2020. But in the short term? They’re rooting for a blue wave. Alongside Felix Biederman and Brendan James, Thursday’s guests Matt Christman, Will Menaker, and Virgil Texas are co-authors of The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason. In the Spiel, when you hear “everyone does it” down in Washington, you know something’s amiss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We left a few choice gems from the full episode on the cutting room floor: Japanese culture is both really weird and possibly the best case scenario for the senescent end stage of capitalist development; those shitty ads by Fivver and other slave labor disruptors are atrocious; uber-lib McGovern getting shellacked by Tricky Dick might be the favorite cautionary tale of our idiot centrist punditry elite, but it tells us jack shit about politics today. Sign up to become a supporter at patreon.com/theantifada to get more premium content, access to our Discord community and more! Preorder the 'Chapo Trap House Guide to Revolution" at chapotraphouse.com/book

In this very special Antifada offering, Andy, Jamie and Sean are joined by your favorite sons: Matt Christman and Virgil Texas of Chapo Trap House. Gang begins by addressing the central questions of our hyper-digital age: what if God friended you on Facebook? Is QAnon just a benign hobby for bored Boomers? And, holy shit, what if GOD WAS QANON? Matt, Virgil and Jamie reveal - for the very first time - their respective political tendencies. Everyone marvels at how high-T Jeb(!) managed to lose the primary despite the PR coup of offering a poorly branded guaca bowle. Crew get knee-deep into Paul Schrader's 1978 classic "Blue Collar" starring Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto and Harvey Keitel's genitalia. How does this movie about struggling union autoworkers help us understand the 70s as more than just bad hair and bell bottoms? (C.f. Jefferson Cowie's "Stayin' Alive" and the upcoming "Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts and Reason") How did the "Golden Age" of US capitalism break down? How the hell did we end up in neoliberal hellworld when the 70s saw the most massive wildcat strike wave since the 30s? Why can't we return to decadent late social-democracy complete with coke benders, shag carpets to bang across, crushed velvet noodie posters and modernist chairs made to look like cocks'n'balls? Ugh. After the depressing grind of Blue Collar, Matt suggests we lighten the mood with "Gung Ho" (1986) starring Michael Keaton. What's more uplifting after watching a film about declining racial solidarity among the US working class than one that uses stereotypes about the Japanese for cheap yuks? What's more laughable than watching a town full of autoworker rubes look to a washed up high school jock to solve their employment crisis? In a startling twist, the entire crew turns on the American working class as the indolent, entitled chuds they are: you will all wear Ribbons of Shame in the highly disciplined and sadistic Japanese-dominated future! Luckily, this week's viral wildcat video by a Hero of Socialist Labor saves us from going full MAGA. Spoiler: in the end our various tendencies are synthesized into Antoine Dangerfield Thought. A sizzling premium episode with more spicy takes by Antifada, Matt and Virgil will drop later in the week! Become a patron today to access more content and hang out with us in our rad Discord community. The Antifada: http://www.patreon.com/theantifada Check out Chapo Trap House: @chapotraphouse @cushbomb @virgiltexas & https://www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse BUY THE BOOK: http://chapotraphouse.com/book Outro Music: Commodores "Machine Gun" Intro Music: Original composition by Jamie Ingalls Antifada logo: Debbie Allen @CVLTPARTY

Our quest to catch all the Chapo type Pokemon continues in this tall grass encounter with Virgil Texas! It's a filler episode, sure, but they play baseball and its charming as hell! Virgil does not want to talk about anime, but dammit we find a way! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bospod Buy a Ballin' Out Super t-shirt: 
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Today Mike and I discuss a weird array of topics from Taye Diggs's dating life to white people's weird porn fixations, including the genre known as "pussy pump" porn: Mentioned in this episode Event page for live interview at Starr Bar between NYS Senate candidate Julia Salazar and Virgil Texas from Chapo Trap House https://salazarforsenate.com/events/virgil-texas-interview "Taye Diggs Says No One Told Him the Entertainment Biz Was Racist" http://atlantablackstar.com/2018/06/22/taye-diggs-says-no-one-told-him-the-entertainment-biz-was-racist/ "Taye Diggs Says It's Hard To Date White Women Again Because Black Women Caused Him Trauma" https://www.essence.com/celebrity/taye-diggs-dating-white-women-resents-black-women "Taye Diggs denies comments slandering black women" http://blackyouthproject.com/taye-diggs-denies-comments-slandering-black-women/ Film Daily article: "WTF is “blavity black” and why are Issa Rae and Donald Glover accused of it?" The book When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson https://amzn.to/2NluMS1 The book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein https://amzn.to/2u2JuUR The book The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran https://amzn.to/2u1VbeK Intercept article on NY State Senate candidate Julia Salazar https://theintercept.com/2018/07/03/julia-salazar-state-senate-new-york-dsa/; Julia Salazar's campaign site: https://salazarforsenate.com/ Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  If you can’t subscribe right now for whatever reason, do the next best thing and tell as many people as you know about the show. Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com) Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu)_

Virgil Texas, Alex Press, Sean McElwee, Jabari Brisport, Emma Vigeland, Jake Flores and even Thomas Frank (for 10 seconds) on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez win and some fo the worst take aways on it. Hear more from Thomas Frank tonight! http://caveat.nyc/event/the-katie-halper-show-with-gabe-pacheco-special-guest-thomas-frank/ Hear my interview with Ocasio-Cortez (which I did BEFORE she won) here https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/primary-challenger-ocasio-cortez-vs-old-boy-network! Watch my interview with her here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTY8k6hesr8

I'm back from the road and I have assembled the entire podcast plus special guest Virgil Texas from Chapo Trap House to discuss the most important political issue of our time: whether or not the new Star Wars movie sucked. That's it, that's the whole podcast this week. @poddamnamerica @feraljokes @andersleehere @ACLUOfficial @ptakjokes @Jeremythunder w/ @virgiltexas BONUS EPS: patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Chapo Traphouse has arrived on Talking Simpsons to dig into the politics of some of the most apolitical mockery George HW Bush ever saw. Chapo hosts/authors Virgil Texas and Matt Christman are here to deconstruct this classic with the first appearance of Disco Stu, Homer's interest in Ayatollahs, destroyed memoirs, spankings, and so much more! Give a listen in this week's extra-long podcast! This podcast is brought to you by VRV, the streaming network full of cartoons, anime and more. sign up for a free 30-day trial at VRV.co/WAC and help support Talking Simpsons! Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons!

CHAPO TRAP HOUSE presents "A CHRISTMAN CAROL" starring MATT CHRISTMAN, WILL MENAKER, FELIX BIEDERMAN, VIRGIL TEXAS, AMBER A'LEE FROST, and JAMES ADOMIAN, with CHRIS WADE, BRENDAN JAMES, and special guests ROB WHISMAN and STEFAN HECK. Produced by CHRIS WADE. CHAPO TRAP HOUSE presents "A CHRISTMAN CAROL," starring MATT CHRISTMAN as "HIMSELF" WILL MENAKER as "WEE WILL" and the NARRATOR FELIX BIEDERMAN as "HIMSELF" VIRGIL TEXAS as "HIMSELF," "THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST," and "REDDITOR" AMBER A'LEE FROST as "THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT" and "MEGHAN" JAMES ADOMIAN as "THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS YET TO COME" and "CHRIS" featuring BRENDAN JAMES as "BRENDAN'S GHOST" CHRIS WADE as "THE BOY" with special guests ROB WHISMAN as "HIMSELF" STEFAN HECK as "HIMSELF"

Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Virgil Texas and Matt Christman of the Chapo Trap House podcast.  SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCH

2016, NEW YORK CITY -- Flanked by Virgil Texas and Sam Kriss, the Chapo boys storm Genius HQ in New York, NY for a sold-out, anti-papist extravaganza. A night of revelry: Celebrity readings of David Brooks and Boss Douthat, the premiere of "Over the Top," the first piece by Chapo Motion Pictures, a psychotherapy break between Sam and Carl Diggler, and a public struggle session after the boys are legally required to share angry messages of the Trap's answering machine. The link to the short film, password, "chapo": https://vimeo.com/183855921 NEXT: Come to Caroline's Monday, 9/26, for Chapo vs. The First Debate.

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Finally, the long awaited audio from our live show at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY! Virgil Texas and Matt Christman of Chapo Trap House face off in a battle to determine the very fate of videogames, with special and unexpected guests!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.