The dustythoreau's Podcast

550 - Sweet L of Liberty (8/16/21)

We look at the brutal, stupid, and embarrassing end of our brutal, stupid, and embarrassing twenty year occupation of Afghanistan. Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

549 - Naval Chapo Investigative Service (8/12/21)

We do a deep dive into the history, culture, purpose, and various crimes of the Navy SEALs. Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

548 - Just Kids from New York (8/9/21)

We review Obama’s 60th Birthday Bash on Martha’s Vineyard, which we were all of course invited to. Then, we take a look at the ongoing “Havana Syndrome” phenomenon, in which U.S. intelligence operatives continue to report un-diagnosable symptoms supposedly generated by a non-existent superweapon. Finally, we take a look back at everyone’s early pandemic “cuomosexual” phase. Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

547 - Dracula Party feat. David Dayen (8/5/21)

Journalist David Dayen joins us to discuss the ongoing eviction moratorium bungle as well as his new piece in the American Prospect covering the anti-union captive-audience tactics of the ironically named No Evil Foods company. Then the boys chat about Steven Crowder, Andrew Cuomo and which Universal Movie Monsters best embody various New York Democrats.Read David’s piece in American Prospect here: https://prospect.org/labor/anatomy-of-an-anti-union-meeting/ Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

546 - MyPillow Guy, MyPillow Guy and Me (8/2/21)

We start today looking at Democrats’ feckless failure to extend the eviction moratorium. That being a fairly dismal topic, we try to lighten things up with two reading series checking in with how some old friends of the show are handling their new post-election lives in DC. Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

545 - We Feel Likefeat Bryan Quinby (07/29/21)

We’re joined by Woodstock ‘99 survivor and/or perpetrator Bryan Quinby to let him set the record straight and/or hold him accountable for his nu-metal crimes as outlined in the new documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Range. We talk music, culture, logistics and the intersection of all three at the notorious festival. Also about how Jonathan Davis rules and Moby sucks. Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

544 - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (7/26/21)

We take a look at the 2007 Antoine Fuqua/Mark Wahlberg film “Shooter,” a fascinating relic of the 2nd G.W. administration that asks the question “what if a hardass marine sniper operator type fuckin merked Dick Cheney?” Also, Matt brings up some deep lore from the author Stephen Hunter’s other novels that really makes him seem like a fertile well of insane ideas. Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

543 - Cuck Rifle Coffee (7/22/21)

We start by taking stock of the whole vaccination situation, wondering if there’s any way to reason with vax-skeptics and, when you’re only freedoms in this country are consumption choices, probably not. Then speaking of consumer choices, we look at the Black Rifle Coffee Company’s growing problem of their coffee’s fandom among racists, rioters and other unsavory antigovernmental types, how’d that happen? Finally, a look into a horrifying dystopia from the mind of Sohrab Ahmari. Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

American Prestige: E1 - Ghosting Afghanistan w/ Stephen Wertheim

This is the first episode of Chapo all-stars Derek Davison & Daniel Bessner’s new foreign policy podcast “American Prestige”. To get more, go here: http://patreon.com/americanprestigeIn the premiere episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek get into the US's withdrawal from Afghanistan. Did the military intentionally botch the withdrawal? Has the imperial frontier contracted in any meaningful way? Will the Taliban gain legitimacy with the Afghan people?Plus, an in-depth interview with Stephen Wertheim, discussing his new book “Tomorrow, the World”, which explores how and why during World War II U.S. elites decided that their nation should, indeed must, dominate the world. Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

542 - The Oopsie Report feat. Derek Davison & Daniel Bessner (7/19/21)

We’re joined by Chapo foreign policy desk Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner to check in with America’s various “oopsies”, “uh-ohs” and “oh butterfingers” accidentally enforcing our hegemony around the world. Derek and Danny have a new podcast, American Prestige, covering just this type of thing. If you like them on Chapo, be sure to go checkout their new show and, as always, Foreign Exchanges on substack.  We’re putting the first episode of American Prestige in the Chapo feed so you can get a taste.http://patreon.com/americanprestigefx.substack.com Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.