832 - Real World Blues feat. Alex Nichols (5/13/24)
Alex is on today as we catch up with the weekend’s drama over the 2024 Eurovision song contest and ask which is more real, twitter or Eurovision (those are the only two options). Then, some disastrous new polls for the Biden campaign, Trump searches for a VP and praises Hannibal Lecter, and Bret Stephens & Gail Collins search for the true value of a commencement speech and decide it’s about telling kids to get off their damn phones.
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Trump also referred to Lincoln as the “late great”
Bob Menendez should invoke the Pharoah privilege in his trial.
The reason why Israel gets to be in Eurovision is because Israel is basically the original Nazi plan on deporting every Jew.
alex permanent alex permanent alex permanent
Rigging the vote explains how the worst Israeli song in like three years made this high on a year when the country itself is a toxic turd.
any updates on matt? missing our big beautiful boy this election season
People who complain about audio should be banned 👍
Eurovision sucks. Europeans can’t make real slop music except that decrepit island (UK)
Alex as a permanent co host!
This episode convinced me
We love Alex!
This episode was fire and an added bonus is it will make all the perfect people angry
also, for anyone visiting the portland area MOVIE MADNESS (https://www.moviemadness.org) is an incredible video rental store with an insane collection of movies and movie memorabilia and props including the ear from blue velvet
Making my pilgrimage to see the ear
i wanna see trump's silence of the lambs fanfic
Is Chapo FYM affiliated with CTH or is the name similarity a coincidence?
they are basically felix’s gaming buddies I think
Look, Israel would straight up nuke everyone in Gaza if Biden wasn’t holding them back and he has to get re-elected. That’s why you shouldn’t criticize him for sending weapons to Israel.
I have no idea if this is satire
Alex is dry and quick at the same time. He fits nicely between the irreverence of felix and the focus of Will.
Make Alex a host already!
love chapo but they gotta ease up on the misgendering Nemo uses they/them pronouns I know that Will means well
We love Alex, don’t we folks? …anyone else get a higher-energy-Tim-Heidecker-vibe from his riffs?
COWBOY BEBOP REFERENCE 🗣️🚨🚨🚨🚨
Movie Madness! Nice to hear my favorite video store get a shout out on this episode.
Curious what the left in America thinks about whipping the vote for Jill Stein. Merely to statistically represent the protest vote and access their own forces. At the cost of the most minimal political actions in voting seems like useful information.
That might mean we have to listen to Jill Stein say stuff more and that’s not ideal
reading series author is unbearable, playdough brain
Doesn't Silence of the Lambs end with Dr Lector migrating to Jamaica?
it's actually an island in the bahamas. he's on the phone with clarice as dr. chilton passes. that's the friend lecter is referring to having for dinner
I’m sure Alex is a good guy but he’s kind of off putting for me, seems like they’re really angling for him to be the third seat and idk I usually end up skipping the episodes he’s on, just generally not very funny and also kind of brings out the caveman side of Will and Felix. Oh well
Lol
Biden's weapons restrictions, reminded me of an inverted version of Kamala Harris's $20,000 student debt relief for Pell Grant recipients, who start a business in a disadvantaged community, and manage to keep it afloat for 3 years. Biden's plan is no 1,000 or 2,000 bombs in civilian areas as part of "full scale" invasion of Rafah without a contingency plan for civilians. e.g. essentially no restrictions.
Lauren Boebert won by like 700 votes getting her out of there would be extremely easy
Trump is taking the Hannibal series as the canon timeline
Something I think a lot about re: “Trump will be worse for the Palestinians”—will there even be a Gaza left by the time he even gets back into office? Considering the death tolls, the annihilation of any remaining “safe havens,” the forced evacuations, the internment camps—come December, will there be any free contingent of Palestinians left in Palestine? At that point, how could Trump make it any worse? It’s why I think it’s insane to fret about a hypothetical future for the Palestinians with DT when the worst is happening to them RIGHT NOW. I don’t want to be a doomer and assume the worst case scenario is inevitable, but short of meaningful international intervention from somebody who isn’t us, I don’t see how the horror will abate.
It’s always been an insanely stupid and evil talking point, anybody saying that is just a smug asshole dying to admit they don’t think Palestinians are human, the simple fact that trump may not be any better than Biden on Palestine is the best argument I’ve ever heard to completely withdraw yourself from this farce of a process
Will's audio is much better than usual. Ditch the old setup.
Im an irish-american slob and im proud i know what hineni is and how it's pronounced because i love Leonard Cohen's song "You Want It Darker". William Menaker, do better mister
In regards to the bit on Trump advertising "Movie Madness" I think Will gave Trump too much credit cause there's no way in hell he wouldn't pronounce Hesse's name as "Heh-see"
Chris next time you get involved in a music festival make sure to book Antony Blinken and his Neil Young cover band. https://www.c-span.org/video/?535648-1/secretary-blinken-plays-guitar-barman-kyiv
Battle of the Bands: Blinken vs Segal vs Capitol Steps vs Tim Pool
weekly alex nichols appearances is like adding shaq to the late 90s bulls. i could listen to you three riff for 24 hours straight
Damn. 4-Peat.
Thank God for Chapo or I would never keep up with Euro music trends
young Will!
Very, very nasty!
ain’t that bred bro a bed bug?
Bret/Brett Tierlist A - Hart B - Favre, Michaels C - Ratner, Pulp Fiction one D - Gelman, Kavanaugh F - Weinstein, Stephens
What about Bret Easton Ellis?
Nichols is too good for the Fremium eps. Save him the PAIDTREON!
Alex is so funny. More of him.
He'd be a great 3rd man while Christman is out.
wasn't thiel working on some kind of like media ecosystem a few years ago that was supposed to be the new, hip, edgy right wing answer to all these lefty podcasts? are they just so cool and underground that I've never heard of them?
There is nothing more boring and pointless than graduation ceremonies. Hot, crowded, and dumb.
Insane mispronunciations this so Will literally says balt instead of bolt . Does he think horses running away is called balting? There’s no way he mispronounces the word bolt..
His accent arrived suddenly, like a balt from the blue!
That “Gone With The Wind” line was a dog-whistle — his audience got the jist of it
broheim, if anybody could do a go fund me to pay Sir Anthony Hopkins to go into character and film an endorsement for Trump from his cell with the paintings behind him. . . get him to do the chianti and liver with fava beans slurp noise. . .
Audio bad
When you can just walk into someone's home and take it with no mortgage or rent I guess you really can afford to just sit around all day blocking aid trucks and listening to EDM. I'm so glad all the taxes taken out of my wage and compounded on my rent go towards paying for that for them. It really is "from each according to their ability to each according to their needs."
Cynicism tells us that if it wasn't going to Israel I'd be going to Saudi Arabia, Turkey, or Contras in the Congo. At the same time, have you heard about Israel's economy lately? One of their biggest issues is how they are going to repair their domestic markets. Whoever succeedes Bibi will get Rabined most likely whatever happens. The more we give them, the quicker they collapse. One can only hope.
If Will keeps calling it the University of Ohio I am going to scream
That has to be a bit considering how osu alums always emphasize the name
Doritos and Fritos is the most goddamn American song since The Stars And Stripes Forever by John Phillip Sousa
Urinevision for pisspigs
Seems like they've been giving Alex a dry run as 4th chair. Feel like he'd be a solid pick up to fill the vacant Justin Cass endowed fellowship
Honestly Alex is so funny, he's good at observational comedy in the same way Felix is but in a much more understated way.
Telaported back to 2021 watching Ali Alexander live streams with him on the run. Lots of prayers, not a lot of viewers.
France believed Algeria waas LIterally France for so long, might as well let them in Eurovision
If they let the Falkland Islands compete in Eurovision, Brexit would never have happened
The advice given sounds like Jordan Peterson advice, except not even that useful.
On my knees praying that was an Unfrosted episode tease at the end
The Sunset Boulevard quote was in contrast to Parasite winning best picture, which is good criticism. Two films about too smart by half strivers using their talents to ingratiate themselves into the bodies and spaces of an undiscerning urban elite, collaborating butlers be damned, with fatal results.
Nice Fallout reference in the title
how does Will not know about the great Guitar Center Gear Rental Program. go to GC, buy whatever the fuck you want, use it, and return it in less than 30 days for a full refund. get it together, Menaker
Sam Ash is liquidating right now, get a Focusrite Scarlett podcasting bundle
I’m on board with the whole not voting for Biden thing, but does it not still make sense to vote for other more left-leaning senators, house of reps, and other local offices? I know the Dems suck but the inflation reduction act was passed with exclusively their votes and no gop votes. The bill has a ton of flaws but it does boost funding for lots of decent projects as well. Same with whatever bill included the one year of the child payments - one year was better than none, right? I know I’m sounding like a milquetoast lib but I do believe that it’s okay to not vote for Biden but still vote for say Bernie if you live in Vermont or some other union-friendly, pro-green energy dem that might be on your ballot.
We're all lil cucks
We have to let you have a hockey gold every now and then, it's how we secure our fresh water and soft timber.
Matt?
This is about to somehow be both the lowest energy and dumbest election cycle of all time
lol yes, no primary, no televised rallies, no debates, nothing to goof on. really so boring already.
I liked Estonia and Armenia best tbh
Where my Redbox heads at? Red BOXXXXX
100 GECS MENTIONED
"What country is Yakub from?"
Alex has been a solid fill in host while Matt has been recovering, but I so badly wanted to hear a thunderous Christman "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" when they got to the Gail Collins/Bret Stephens intolerable back and forth. Hope the recovery continues to go well for him.
I don't see any other option aside from the left organizing a political party with a labor base. That will take years but these 2 parties will continue as is until something breaks. And when it does, we better have that party.
Really the most likely option is that the right will find a way to go full dictatorship in all but name and we just won't be able to vote at all anymore. The left-left and center-left are too busy fighting internally to ever be able to do anything significant before it'll be too late
Will’s mic actually sounds good this time. His normal mic always clips out the beginning and end of his words.
the audio is literally fine lol yall forgot where you came from
Never underestimate the temper tantrum audio babies throw when there is the slights change in sound quality. It's probably meant to preempt them
Why is Australia in eurovision
$$$
Will’s audio, literally unlistenable.
Love Alex. He’s a good guy and one of my fav guest host and on ChapoFYM. Miss Matt but it doesn’t seem like he’s coming back anytime soon. Hope all is well with him also.
Give Alex a seat
The people love Alex
you know what, let's just have JSON be president
My trans cousin from Chicago went to Eurovision this year so Felix isn’t off by much
Still experiencing the dry heaves over Alex's bit about Prince Charles' fingers; give this man a permanent seat already!
need to know your thoughts on the NYC blanket couple from last week
We need you Nikki right now!
Nikki Haley Runs Unopposed in Arizona and Comes in Second!!-- The sweet smell of Suck-sess folks.
The only thing I can think of Trump being worse on is overseeing overt political oppression on the types of people who would listen to this podcast, and honestly I can't tell how serious he actually is about doing another McCarthy. But the state does possess the surveillance tools to make life hell if it so chooses.
Honestly I think the rot of capitalism is making it increasingly incapable of that. Like the collapse of all great empires the control structures become stagnant, corrupted, and inept.
Pistol shots ring out in the Gaza night Enter an Israeli from the upper hall Sees a Muslim lying there in a pool of blood Thinks, "Oh, that's fine," goes back upstairs This is the story of a hurricane
Goddamn, Michael! Too good.
Love Alex having a pretty regular presence
IDF people are also likely selling US munitions to people back home in Russia
Very much a fan of Nichols seemingly having a third spot
100 gecs mentioned 🫡
I recommend the burger at Settle Down Tavern while you’re in Madison. Beautiful city!
If America was in Eurovision we would have the only good song and get dead last every year for totally missing the point
ABBA initially got famous for winning Eurovision and theyve been trying to make someone else famous for the 50 years since with zero success.
River dance
Finally after a year of writing the same thing in this comment section the chapos are coming around to my side. America under Biden is worse than Trump. If you don’t think so, log off Twitter and look and around you. If you’re such a simp that a party can own you by yelling boogeyman every cycle then what are you even doing here?? Just go watch msnbc and get it over with already
Are you talking about Covid?
Trump also referred to Abraham Lincoln as “the late great”
Hell yeah Alex Nichols episodes are always the best (I haven't listened yet so you better not fucking disappoint me)
Wazzzzappp?!?
38th
Just want to say how much I still love this fucking show, I miss matt, I love you guys
Will is the best pal, Felix is the smart little brother of the weird kid who sits next to you in math, Amber is the much needed cool girl energy that gets all the boys randomly punching each other when she shows up, and Matt’s your good bud in the hospital with the broken leg he got from jumping off the swings too late
People say it'll be worse under trump, but like at least the media was against trump when he was a monster and aren't under biden so if both are gonna do a genocide and only one of them is gonna have the truth reported on, idk. I'm not voting for the guy, but you can't honestly tell me it worse???
It’s worse under Biden lol. Everything they said would happen under Trump is happening now.
Movie Madness is literally an awesome video store (still in business I believe…I hope in the days of ‘the cloud’?) from middle SE Portland, OR that was invaluable growing up.
They are still in business, love that place!
I have a suggestion for how to fix your so-called democracy with one new rule: if the participation in any given election falls below a certain threshold, it needs to be repeated twice. If the turn out hasn't improved by then, all established parties are dissolved and new ones need to be formed.
european dumbass detected
@Felix: Nobody knows what Eurovision is about. Not even us Europeans.
I prefer this audio quality
It's... actually BETTER than Will's ordinary mic setup so yes, I agree
I always listen to podcasts sped up and everyone sounds shit faced talking so slow when it’s accidentally on normal speed
Dude...you got a fuckin dart in your neck
They're both terrible people, but if we're talking about harm reduction candidates I'd rather have a president motivated by revenge against the people who ousted him from office (Trump) than one who is looking to cement his legacy by overseeing the completion of Israel's Manifest Destiny (Biden). For the security of the middle east America's gotta take a domestic L for the next 4 years.
That’s the dumbest take I‘ve ever heard.
However bad Trump may or will be, if you can't count on democrats to not support a genocide, not separate families at the border, and not sit on their ass on the economy, then what the fuck is even the point? I'm not moved by arguing about degrees of catastrophically awful.
You can’t count on Democrats not to do terrible things and you can’t discipline them in any way or else the Republicans win. Then, when the Republicans make things worse, they can only be removed by voting for the Democrats. The Democrats actions cannot be trusted or disciplined in any way… The downward spiral continues forever as we yell at each other on the internet.
The one Eurovision song I can never get out of my head is the Belarusian entry in 2011 titled "I Love Belarus"
Slip slop slap
We love Alex AKA small white bubba
Bad audio and Alex nichols. Just like the good ole days.
Shout out to Movie Madness in Portland, OR
I love it. They even have physical copies of streaming shows .
the audio sucks will
My daily slop with a side of Nichols and bad audio oh Chapo u spoil us to much
Alex heads keep winning
Alex AND Eurovision?! 🤩
Big dick Alex Nick
REEEE SLOP
Howdy
Right as I’m hitting the bong nice timing Chris
That’s Crazy
Alex Nichols LETS GOOOOO
Alex!!! 🤘🏻✅️ Euroslop Slopovision!!! ✅️😁✅️
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