The three first recorded together as guests on an episode of the podcast Street Fight Radio to mock the film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.
Under the usernames (Menaker) (Christman) and (Biederman, also formerly they developed followings for their political commentary and have been called "minor Twitter celebrities." All had been politically motivated for several years. The three founding hosts met online through discussions on Twitter years prior to starting the podcast. cited the show's premium content as an example of a viable revenue model for new podcasters. By May 2017, the show generated more than $60,000 a month from subscribers, and is as of February 2020 the highest-grossing user on Patreon, earning nearly $160,000 per month. Subscribers who contribute at least $5 per month via Patreon gain access to additional weekly premium bonus episodes.
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The show has a reading series which usually features texts by conservative and neoliberal writers, such as Ross Douthat, Ben Shapiro, Dennis Prager, and Rod Dreher. The theme song-and inspiration for the show's title-is "SALUTE 2 EL CHAPO PART 1" by DJ Smokey. In post-production, relevant audio samples are interspersed into the episode's discussion. Episodes are usually structured with a prepared " cold open", an interview with a guest, and commentary on current events. Format and availability Īn episode of Chapo Trap House is typically between 60 and 80 minutes. The hosts are associated with Twitter communities called " Left Twitter" and " Weird Twitter", a name used to describe a loose group of Twitter users known for absurdist humor. Neither of those models offer the visceral thrill of listening to people who actually give a shit (as opposed to the wan liberalism of people who are mostly interested in showing how much smarter they are than Republicans)." Menaker has said that Chapo is meant to be in "marked contrast to the utterly humorless and bloodless path that leads many people with liberal or leftist proclivities into the trap of living in constant fear of offending some group that you're not a part of, up to and including the ruling class." Ĭhapo Trap House hosts Felix Biederman, Matt Christman, Amber A'Lee Frost, Virgil Texas, and Will Menaker (left to right) live at The Bell House in New York City in 2017Ĭhapo Trap House is dense with inside jokes and hyper-specific references to ongoing political discussion on Twitter. īiederman said the show's audience is seeking alternatives to liberal media, which he calls "the dominion of either upper-middle-class smugness when it's even the least bit funny and insufferable self-righteousness when it's even the least bit conscious." Similarly, Christman said that leftist perspectives in media tend toward either the "smug above-it-all snark of The Daily Show or the quaver-voiced earnestness of, like, Chris Hedges or something.
Chapo has managed to strip away the layers standard of political discourse to highlight the brutality behind policies such as " double-tap" airstrikes and for-profit health care. Writing for The New York Times, Nikil Saval called Chapo Trap House and its hosts "prime originators of the far left's liberal-bashing." The Pacific Standard wrote:Ĭontemporary conservatism is the butt of many jokes on Chapo, but the harshest critiques are often saved for the Democratic Party (and for contemporary liberalism more generally). The Chapo hosts and producers identify with radical left-wing politics and frequently deride conservative, neoliberal, moderate, and liberal pundits.
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