740 - Crank About Creeping feat. Ben Terris (6/12/23)
Today we’re joined by journalist Ben Terris, who’s been sort of shadow-programming the show recently with his pieces on Sean McElwee, Diane Feinstein’s staff, Tommy Tuberville’s advisors and questions about Tim Scott’s virginity. We discuss Trump’s federal indictment over the “boxes hoax,” and the growing feeling that ol’ Donny might possibly maybe finally be kind of fucked. Then we talk to Ben about his new book “The Big Break,” and learn more about all the McElwee-esque DC creeps, weirdos and gamblers he’s come to know investigating the world of post-Trump Washington.
You can find Ben’s book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ben-terris/the-big-break/9781538708057/?lens=twelve
Comments (98)
He has my name
it's so disorienting to hear felix keep saying vivec without subsequent morrowind lore
The grammar of “I’m a crank about creeping” is fascinating. I wonder if he means he’s a crank, out and about, creeping around; or if it means he’s a crank, one with an unshakable belief about the goodness of creeping, who boldly denounces anyone who would criticize the practice.
Little boxes in the bathroom/little boxes full of documents
Nah dc is shit
It’s fine. Decent art scene, decent food. Most DC people are very demonstrative about their politics, but that’s true of all coastal metropolises.
That Crack about Peter and Paul finally got me off my ass to see Funny Games (2007)
Chapo Schlapp House
I’m a creep about cranking
Bro, I'll eat your broccolini, chill.
These dudes are too veggie averse
I love this guy’s method of pluralizing hyphenated surnames.
Toilets are supposed to be lower to the ground. It reduces strain and hemorrhoids.
This is hog talk ofc, but I think the neophyte Trump-appointed judge is a pretty clear tip off this is another round of Donny did very bad things but gosh darn it not actionable legally. Anyway, B+ slop
Matt Schlapp dead ass Connor Roy with those food Q's
I will never ever tire of hearing the name MATT SCHLAPP
Schlatt Mapp
Liturgy stinks. Always stank. Even worse live.
Wat
The lil tidbit about desantis being a puddy had me cackling
The man just wanted to go potty... and you all mocked him
Great episode!
Freudian slip when Felix says “had sex for” ??
"I once had a Ronald McDonald, but he's gone now" was DeLillo-esque.
Rule 29 bitches!!! The judge can overrule the fraud & crime exemption to the attorney/client privilege revocation and then just winnow down what other evidence is allowed to be shown to the Jury and then declare that the prosecution did not make a strong enough case, throw out the charges and there is NO REVIEW of RULE 29!!!! sooo perfect!!!
surprised y’all didn’t mention Ravenna Hunt Hendrix, the brain behind the band Liturgy, is also HL Hunt’s granddaughter. she rules tho, amazing artist
it's wild that she gave herself like 3 new names and still insists on that awkward double barrel last name when one is that of the Koch Industries of its era and the other one is friggin Hendrix but yeah good songs
The episode picture is from Mar-a- Lago?! My brother has a home reno company, and he makes bathrooms like that for new houses in the burbs ( minus the chandelier). This is the thing that I keep noticing about the wealthy: even the wealthiest people in the country just live in McMansions now. Billionaires, and near-Billionaires, don't live in palatial villas anymore, they just live in cubic particle board structures of different sizes. Why would anyone even pursue wealth, if your reward is just a drywall box with more compartments and higher property tax?
Their job is to just consume the ill gotten wealth they have hoarded. They don't have to or want to think about things like, why am I living in a trash suburb in a Mchouse that will fall apart in 40 years.
I heard "Leah Hunt-Hendrix" and immediately thought of Haela Hunt-Hendrix, the leader of incredibly artsty (and controversial in metal circles) black metal band Liturgy. Turns out they're sisters!
Seeing Liturgy tomorrow I will approach her about this
DC has music venues and bars and restaurants. So does fuckin Dayton, that doesn't make it a cool city
Monuments are neat and some of the architecture is nice I guess. Plus rock creek park and some areas on the river are really nice to walk around in. Rock creek park alone is probably the size of Dayton.
See if you can get Cornel West on
“Biden has boxes in Chinatown” I think Trump believes all ethnic Asian neighborhoods are colonies governed by their namesakes country.
Sean McElwee: No one gets bitches wetter than Ted Kennedy...
getting my hoes wet kennedy style: drunk driving incident into a river
Next Silent Hill game should have something that says “there was a Ronald McDonald statue here once. It’s gone now.”
CHAPO SCHLAPP HOUSE
Is Chapo going to talk about WW3, or is it going to be hot gossip until the nukes start falling. Also double digit excess mortality rates for people between 18-40 across multiple years and not a word from the bards above. Talk to your handlers, boys: you need show a little cognizance or else the op becomes obvious by virtue of the silence.
sir, this is a gay wendy’s
Yeah this was insane
I wish I had a job where I could say "can the senator's penis please be off the record." dudes rock.
it just kills me that on the wikipedia page for "Extremely online" there's a photo of the live show where everyone had track suits with the caption "Fans of the podcast Chapo Trap House have been described as extremely online" they sure are
l mean, it's NYC. "Extremely on line" could validly be interpreted as the back of a very long queue
“I’ve Chris.” - Ruth
Found this insane eulogy for HL Hunt that includes his "cranking for crawling" https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/h-l-hunts-long-goodbye/?fbclid=IwAR3fM16ucvC2jI5Lh9r1jarHrrqe8UJQxqmOI1QH4E1Is4rYIsAoMlW-Wzw
DC DOES suck ass, there is nothing to do if you arent a stroller family who loves to go to neighborhood Art Fairs and drink beer from clear plastic cups. The one 7 year period of interesting music and culture from like 40 years ago keeps getting hammered over and over and over.
Haven’t visited the city since I was like 9, but this feels correct based on your confidence and the “stroller families” evocation
Tim Scott definitely called his dad for advice in the bathroom. We’re all the same person.
"I'd like to announce I just had sex in the potty, to put the rumors to rest"
slaps ten thousand sq foot house you won’t believe how many of your secret family’s you can fit in this bitch
My son got tha Denver Nuggets jeans
Please share this recipe for hot, wet lettuce and peas with Will 🙏 https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/braised-lettuce-peas
I have...to go potty... lmfao
I have to go potty
Entertaining episode. Dude's funny.
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What do you think betting odds will be for him winning from prison and pardoning himself? I'm a betting man.
I wanna be somebody semi important. I want one a them dishwashers that can evaporate a steak.
can't get enough of Dear White Staffers... https://www.instagram.com/dear_white_staffers/?hl=en
chapo schlapp house 😜🤣😅🤓 is this anything
They brush over it but HL Hunt's son Lamar didn't just create the KC Chiefs, he was the driving force behind the creation of the AFL and the Superbowl.
I’m sold I’m getting this book
“King Ralph!”
Bawitdaba is a small Iranian village near the Homs nuclear facility where Delta Force personnel will launch their sabotage mission
I hope the Chinook crashes like the last time DForce was there.
Excellent
Based on my experience reading Reacher I know that fooling around with war plans is a capital offense.
I don’t see anything wrong with what trump did. He just wanted to provide the best toilet reading material for his guests. Shows how classy he is. Low toilet is considerate for digestion health also
i mean we literally did get a review of trump's sexual stylings from stormy
Sissy Boy Schlapp Party
Well ackshully, Little Boxes was Malvina Reynolds' song. Pete just covered it. Nyeea.
legendary ep
The Lincoln Project’s favorite soy boy.
Didn't Bibi do the "keep running for president to stay out of Jail" thing too? It's not unprecedented.
"I have to go potty" What the fuck. My jaw is on the floor. This is the craziest shit I have ever heard. Who the fuck are these people and why are they representing normal people in literally any capacity?
That's exactly how I felt. While people may not consider Ben's book "serious" journalism, the little anecdotes I heard here are far more illustrative of what these people are really like than a straight profile or interview
I was at a hotel in the west of Ireland for work over the weekend and some American guy sitting at the bar (shorts, flip flop sandals, bald red head, Oakley's) saw the Trump indictment on the bar TV and started yelling "holy shit, we got him! We finally fucking got him. Hey everybody! We got him! This being Ireland, everyone was calling him a cunt under their breath in a way that he could hear so he got irate, complaining that he was stuck in the "fucking Banshees of Inisherin, when back home HISTORY was occuring." The barman told him to relax. A while later he started chatting up a fellow tourist was sitting next to him the entire time and seemed to have struck out before drinking himself into sullen stupor. Then she came back and they left together so the Trump thing worked out for someone.
good craic what a rollercoaster (again, sorry about us)
The singer of Liturgy is a descendant of HL Hunt. Jesus.
All contemporary American artists were born loaded
Oh shit are they talking abt the Liturgy person's family??
My god...the Crank Creepers have arrived...
My favorite part of the bathroom is the cheap dollar store garbage can. So incongruous
that anecdote about the airplane trip with DeSantis is fucking crazy lmao
chilling to the bone
Trump's lawyer is experimenting with gonzo lawyering
Look how mad you are at a guy who finger blasts Snack Packs.
In fact, DeSantis full throatedly denied the pudding cup allegation. It’s sugar, man!
Trump 2024 is more Lyndon LaRouche 1992 than Eugene Debs 1920.
that would be a correct metaphor if everything were different but good try
first! edit: go to hell
ben tetris
ben tennis
I’m retarded
wow best one in years im cumming
Great episode