ANNOUNCING: Hell on Earth // Annual Memberships // Hinge Points

Greetings Grey Wolves,

It's a huge day for space-watchers as we are proud to announce three major new projects & updates to the Chapo Trap House Patreon.

The first is HELL ON EARTH, a new history series from Matt and Chris.

HELL ON EARTH: The Thirty Years War & The Violent Birth of Capitalism is a 10-episode miniseries that will launch on Jan. 11, 2023 here on the Chapo Patreon.

The show will tell the story of the Thirty Years War, the cataclysmic outbreak of violence in central Europe that lasted from 1618-1648. It’s the story of the long crisis of the 17th century, the birth of Protestantism and the collapse of Catholic Christendom, and ultimately, the gleaming T-800 Terminator skeleton of Capitalism emerging from the rotting corpse of Feudalism. It’s a story of gnarly violence from a bygone age, of hot death on the battlefield, and cool intrigue in the palaces of Kings and Emperors. But it’s also the story of climate change, financial collapse, moral panics, speculative bubbles, pandemic, crisis in institutional legitimacy, of conspiracy theories driving policy, and an information revolution that changes the way everyday people relate to their political leaders. Sound familiar? This is the birth of modernity.

We're very proud of this show, and for listeners to our Hell of Presidents series, it will follow a similar tone and style. For subscribers who didn't catch that series, it will follow many of the historical threads Matt's been pulling at for years, with the added structure and crisp production of your humble & dedicated producer.

You'll notice we just published a short preview ep of Chris and Matt chatting out the series, check that out for more info. One more time, Hell on Earth launches January 11th, available exclusively here on patreon.com/chapotraphouse.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS

We're also excited to offer a new way to subscribe to the show through Annual Memberships. You will be able to subscribe directly to a full year of the Chapo Patreon for a 7% discount (that's basically one month free). BUT THAT'S NOT ALL: for the next week (11/17 - 11/24), you'll be able to subscribe at an additional ONE TIME ONLY discount of 12%, or $52.80 for a year of Chapo's Patreon. Starting now, and including all the bonus content we're planning, that will work out to less than $0.75 a Patreon ep, and probably less including all the material we hope to get out next year. A great deal, so hop on now. How? Here:

For existing patrons, the following steps will help you switch over your pledge to annual.

• Log in, go to your Settings, then click on the "Active Memberships" tab

• From your Active Memberships page, scroll down to Chapo Trap House and click Edit next to the pledge you want to change

• Select the Annual option on the checkout page

• Click the Update button. You’ll be charged upfront for the discounted price

For new patrons, visit our Patreon page, where you’ll have an annual option below your chosen tier’s “Join” button.

HINGE POINTS

Oh shit, here's a surprise: HINGE POINTS is back, starting immediately! As part of the bonus content you can get right now included in a new yearly membership, we're dropping a new 6-episode run of our beloved historical counterfactual series starting today. For the next six Thursdays, Matt and Danny Bessner will be gaming out such questions as "what if the English channel never filled in?" and "what if Napoleon converted to Islam?" and "what if Nixon actually won the 1960 election?" This series includes guests for every episode including fan-favorites Patrick Wyman, Everett Rummage & Noah Kulwin. The first ep should also be up now wherever you get Chapo.

Finally, because that's not enough, here's the amazing Dragon Ball Z animation parody our amazing cartoonist Ben Clarkson put together to intro our Fall Tour shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAeH4JgZd_A&ab_channel=ChapoTrapHouse

Enjoy all your treats,

Chris Wade

Sr. VP of Content,

Large Sons Productions, LLC