Just tons of liberal types being mad at them for their takes on Ukraine, this is probably the most people have cared about the show in ages

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Seems like people around here are sometimes afraid to admit it but I still like the podcast (both Citations Needed and Chapo).

      • Goadstool
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        2 months ago

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      • jabrd [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Anyway listen to my new podcast “6 beers in and I’m tearing up this microphone”

    • Coca_Cola_but_Commie [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I’ve listened to the show a few times since Super Tuesday. I was surprised recently, a couple months ago, when I was listening and one of them (Felix I think) said outright “we are communists.” I mean, I knew they were some flavor of leftist, obviously, but I can’t remember them ever being so blunt about it in any of the pre-2020 episodes I ever listened to. In fact I specifically remember one of their Iowa live shows where they were pretty coy about it, I think one of the hosts said something like “hey, I know some of our listeners lean Red, but solidarity, vote for Bernie.”

      It was nice to hear them say it.

      • Wheaties [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        May I suggest giving Hell of Presidents and Hingpoints a listen? It's Matt is at his best, doing historical materialism.

      • Vncredleader
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        3 years ago

        Felix has been very explicit about that lately. Somewhat jokingly, but serious about being communist, whenever some stupid harm reduction point comes up. Like "why the fuck do I care if the CIA is disrespected or NATO falls? I am literally a communist"

    • CommunistBear [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I still listen and generally enjoy them :shrug-outta-hecks:

      I'm frequently alone at work for 12+ hours at a time, the amount of slop I consume is enormous

    • Chombombsky [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah it's uncool to say you like them out loud, but all of their funniest takes always seem to make their way into hex bear vernacular in some way.

      • groundling20XX [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I hate every episode of media analysis for some show only gen-x people would watch. Current events they typically are still fine.