Just saw Hasan and Felix (from Chapo) talk about how there's been a revamp?

I listened to it a long time ago and didn't really like it.

BTW, is this the (old, but ig also new) trinity of left podcasts - Chapo, True Anon, Cumtown?

Any others?

Edit - From the Wikipedia article on the Dirtbag Left, it seems the Starter Pack would also include Street Fight Radio and Red Scare.

    • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      It's primarily a comedy podcast, where the comedy essentially consists of getting as close to saying racial slurs as possible without actually saying them. The hosts are vaguely left adjacent because they're friends with the Chapo peeps in some capacity, but mostly they don't really take any political stances/seem to have much in way of political interests/values.

      • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        Hmm, so of the five, I guess the three worth listening to are Chapo, True Anon, and Street Fight Radio?

        • ElGosso [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I used to listen to a lot of The Antifada, you could check them out too. I fell out of podcats a while ago so I dunno if they've changed very much since then but they were always pretty good. One of their hosts, Sean KB, did the History is a Weapon series with :matt-jokerfied:

        • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          I guess that depends on what you're trying to get out of the podcast. I enjoy those pods personally, and believe that they are personally invested in the project of socialism.

            • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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              2 years ago

              I listened to Cumtown prior to Stav leaving - but like, because I enjoy their humor, not because there was necessarily anything of substance to be taken away from the pod. I don't know what it's like sans Stav, I have to imagine that it sucks, but I might be wrong. Red Scare has never had any value in any capacity to me, subjectively I don't understand who could possibly enjoy that pod.

    • HarryLime [any]
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      2 years ago

      It's just a comedy podcast, they make fun of everybody. The hosts happen to be friends with a lot of online leftist media people, but I wouldn't call it a "leftist" podcast, even if they often make jokes from a left POV. Their main focus is just humor.