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944 - Black Halberd Hashish Company feat Derek Davison & Eleanor Janega (6/19/25)

Chapo Chief Foreign Policy correspondent Derek Davison joins us first to continue monitoring the situation in the middle east: the continuing missile war between Israel and Iran, Trump’s disgusti...

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MM41 - Don & Clint feat. John Semley

Resident Clint-ologist John Semley is back to look at two of Eastwood’s great collaborations with director Don Siegel: 1971’s The Beguiled and 1979’s Escape from Alcatraz. T...

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943 - The Tehran Offensive feat. Séamus Malekafzali (6/16/25)

Seamus joins us to discuss last week’s “preemptive” Israeli strike on Iran, the damage done to Iranian command and infrastructure, Iran’s retaliation, America’s potential involvement. We ...

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942 - Jody Division feat. Pendejo Time (6/12/25)

The Pendejo boys are here today to look at Trump & Vance’s trip to see Les Mis at the the Kennedy Center, the planned military parade for this weekend and Trump’s “no fat troops” policy...

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MM40 - Hong Kong Havoc feat. Jon Gabrus

Today the Movie Mindset crew is joined by mindset practitioner Jon Gabrus to discuss two dizzyingly fun Crown Jewels in the Hong Kong action pantheon: Police Story and Hard Boiled.

Police Sto...

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941 - Sister Number One feat. Aída Chávez (6/9/25)

We’re joined by The Nation’s Aída Chávez for her report from WelcomeFest, the abundapalooza dedicated to staking the technocratic claim for the future of the Democratic party. We review the f...

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940 - The Sobbing Elf (6/5/25)

We look at the still-breaking messy breakup between Trump & Elon Musk, discuss Musk’s political future and just how much Trump can make him hurt if he wants. We also catch up on last night’...

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MM39 - Trust the Process: Mike Leigh

In this week’s episode of Movie Mindset Will and Hesse dive into British filmmaker Mike Leigh and his rigorous and idiosyncratic process for making films, which involve intense collaboration with...

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939 - Boom Times For Goons feat. Adam Friedland (6/2/25)

Host of The Adam Friedland Show Adam Friedland joins us to catch up on today’s news and discuss his new season. We look at the return of Matt Miller, Jake Tapper’s take on Israel/Pales...

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938 - Let’s Punish People feat. Seeking Derangements (5/29/25)

The Seeking Derangements crew is back for a roundup of news we’ve missed recently. We start with some hot goss out of DC involving marital drama of Trump admin officials, some new research in the...

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MM38 - 90’s Trans Representation feat. Louise Weard

Today Will and Hesse are joined by filmmaker Louise Weard to discuss two controversial 90’s films that bend both genre and gender: Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game and David Cronenberg’...

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937 - Killing Santa feat. Arjun Singh & David Sirota (5/27/25)

Will & Felix catch up on Democrats’ commitment to burning millions of dollars in search of a crumb of clout from the pod-mano-sphere, and John Fetterman’s chronic senate absenteeism as he s...

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936 - Permanent Midnight feat. Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill (5/22/25)

Drop Site’s Ryan & Jeremy join us for an update on Israel’s war on Gaza. We discuss yesterday’s attack on Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington D.C. and its potential ramifications, Trum...

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MM37 - Enter the Scheider-verse feat. Andrew Hudson

It’s showtime folks! On this episode of Movie Mindset, we’re joined by Mindset Champion Andrew Hudson to celebrate the iconic American actor Roy Scheider, a man Will psychologically associates ...

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935 - It’s Joever feat. David J. Roth (5/19/25)

We planned this episode to cover the spate of stories revealing just how out of it and diminished Joe Biden was during his term, and new details about the political flunkies and media stooges who w...

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934 - We’re Listening (5/15/25)

It’s another call-in show! We answer your questions on easy-win political issues, boys night movie recs, Trump historical comparisons, flirt fails, Musk’s fate, Jets, MMA politics and more!

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MM36 - Cops & Robbers feat. Robert Franco

Today Will, Hesse, and special guest Rob Franco delve deep into two hidden gem Hesse picks: Electra Glide In Blue (1973) and Point Blank (1967)! 

Have you ever asked yo...

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933 - We Can Grok It For You Wholesale feat. Mike Isaac (5/12/25)

Tech reporter Mike Isaac returns to the show for a round-up of the latest AI news. From collegiate cheating to funeral planning, Mike helps us make some sense of how this wonderful emerging technol...

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932 - Sweet Virginia feat. Goad Gatsby (5/9/25)

Will and Felix catch up on some of the week’s news: We welcome the Chicago Pope, celebrate Houthi victory in the Red Sea, and follow up on new Fetterman outbursts since the big profile we covered...

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MM35 - Peckinpah feat. Noah Kulwin

On this week’s episode of Movie Mindset, Will and Hesse are joined by Noah Kulwin of Blowback to examine a pair of films from legendary American filmmaker and alcohol enthusiast Sam Peckinpah. View Post

931 - Studies in Stupid feat. Sam Seder (5/5/25)

The Majority Report’s Sam Seder joins us today to share some deep research into American Stupids. We look at Trump’s weekend announcements regarding American film production & re-opening Al...

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BONUS: Michigan Raids on pro-Palestine Students

Felix speaks with Nora Hilgart-Griff from the TAHRIR Coalition and Liz Jacob from the Sugar Law Center for Social and Economic Justice about the Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel collaborating ...

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930 - Around The Smoke (5/1/25)

We catch up with staff shuffles in the Trump cabinet, Canadian elections, and more crackdowns on expressing dissent around Israel. Then for the back half of this ep we’re pleased to bring you ARO...

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MM34 - Fame & Psychosis: The Red Shoes & Perfect Blue

In a perfectly paired color-based double feature programed by Hesse, Movie Mindset examines two very different films about women in the entertainment business and the psychologically distor...

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Extra Copies of ¡No Pasarán! on sale tomorrow morning at 8am Pacific Time

I mentioned on the last two episodes and posted on twitter, but just to cover all bases: our fulfillment company ended up with a number of over-ordered copies of ¡No Pasarán!: Matt Christman'...

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929 - Given feat. Alex Nichols (4/28/25)

Fighter jets are just falling off the back of our aircraft carriers now in yet another Keystone Kops-ass bungle in the Red Sea. Gerry Connolly announces he’ll step down from the oversight committ...

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928 - Wait and See feat. The Trillbillies (4/24/25)

Tarance, Tom and Aaron of The Trillbillies join us to catch up on Pete Hegseth’s inebriated grip on the SecDef position, Joe Biden dropping ice cream at Harvard, the Israelification of America, J...

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Movie Mindset 33 - Casino feat. Felix

When you love movies, you’ve got to watch them. There’s no other way…Movie Mindset Season 3 commences with our first ever single feature on the most referenced movie in Chapo Trap House histo...

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927 - Americas, The Beautiful feat. Greg Grandin (4/21/25)

Historian and author Greg Grandin joins us to discuss his new book America, América: A New History of the New World, which looks at the five century history of colonization & conquest...

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926 - G20 Blaze It feat. Kath Kreuger (4/17/25)

Kath returns for the Patreon episode this week. We memorialize the passing of one of Israel’s greatest artists, look at RFK. Jr’s claim that autistic people will never enjoy baseball, discuss r...

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