Best Chalupa Podcasts (2024)

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Dictators Are Bad: A Conversation with Global Affairs Expert Andrea Chalupa 55:39

2d ago55:39

55:39

We just had the G7. There was just a Ukrainian Peace Conference in Switzerland. Here at home we have a wanna be dictator running against a President who fights dictators. Today we talk to international expert Andrea Chalupa about two broad stroke topics, what’s going on in Ukraine, because I think most of us have kind of checked out and don’t have …

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Women’s Basketball: A Mirror for America [TEASER] 15:18

1h ago15:18

15:18

Reminder! Join us Tuesday for the live taping of Gaslit Nation at 12pm ET with investigative journalist Craig Unger, author of the bestselling books House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia and American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery…

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Seed Saving and Texas Native Plants: Small Actions Towards Big Change 19:51

4h ago19:51

19:51

In this episode, Laura Villareal talks to folks from Central Texas Seed Savers, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the Native Plant Society of Texas. Learn more about Texas native plants, the folk practice of seed saving, and how your gardening efforts can help protect the future in the face of climate crisis. Support the Show. Learn more…

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Black Republicans: Why? 51:35

2d ago51:35

51:35

At the recent Detroit convention of Turning Point USA, led by Christian nationalist Charlie Kirk, a flag in the colors of the MAGA movement declared from the stage “White Boy Summer.” MAGA is a race war against America. So why are Black people, especially Brooklyn-born Byron Donalds, supporting a white supremacist movement? This week on Gaslit Nati…

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Where’s the Democrats’ 2025? [TEASER] 4:50

5d ago4:50

4:50

To get access to this and all bonus shows, hear all episodes ad free, receive invites to exclusive events, and more, subscribe at Patreon.com/Gaslit! Terrell Starr of the essential Black Diplomats Podcast & Substack is back on Gaslit Nation to join Andrea in debating why the Democrats don’t have their own Project 2025. So Gaslit Nation makes our ow…

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Why is Fascism Making a Comeback in Europe? 53:07

9d ago53:07

53:07

Eighty years after countless people gave their lives liberating Europe, fascism makes a comeback in the recent European elections. In this week’s Gaslit Nation, Terrell Starr of the essential Black Diplomats Podcast and Substack joins Andrea to discuss the recent European elections and what they mean for the global democratic alliance, including ou…

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Our Government Does What?? A Conversation with Four-Star Admiral Rachel Levine 52:05

9d ago52:05

52:05

Happy Pride!! It’s easy to criticize government, and candidly, there’s plenty that deserves criticism. But government is not something we can live without, so maybe if we spent less time complaining about it, and more time understanding it, we’d know how to use it properly and how to best fix it. So, today we’re joined by Four Star Admiral and one …

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TV Tan 0496: Prolonging the Magic 50:47

11d ago50:47

50:47

Bill Frost (CityWeekly.net, X96 Radio From Hell) and Tommy Milagro (SlamWrestling.net) talk Orphan Black: Echoes, Presumed Innocent, The Boys, Brats, Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go, Bridgerton, House of the Dragon, Hotel Cocaine, The 77th Tony Awards, The Sympathizer, Rasslin' News, Hacks, Criminal Minds: Evolution, We Are Lady Parts, Outer R…

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Who Made Vladimir Putin? [TEASER] 18:31

12d ago18:31

18:31

"Russia has been an empire for so long, she doesn't know how to be a country." This line from Peter Morgan’s new play, Patriots, captures the story of Russian kingmaker Boris Berezovsky and his mysterious death in England. On the day Putin was inaugurated for his fifth term, Andrea attended a performance of Patriots with a former colleague of Paul …

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Jail Trump, Save the Republic 41:38

18d ago41:38

41:38

Convicted felon Trump must go to prison for the safety of every American, the world, and our future. Sending Trump to prison would send a strong message to Putin: no one is above the law. And it will remind Putin that The Hague is waiting for him. Several recent polls show a majority of Americans, including Independents, want convicted felon Trump …

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Christian Jesus v. Trump Jesus: A Conversation with the New Evangelicals’ Tim Whitaker 59:57

16d ago59:57

59:57

Christian Nationalism is a giant threat to our country. A danger to women, to minorities, to the marginalized and to democracy itself. While these white, Christian nationalists believe they’re saving the country from heathenism, what they’re really offering is a theocracy of top down control with themselves at the top. We must see this threat for w…

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Trump Guilty! Bragg Vindicated 19:55

22d ago19:55

19:55

Ads support our production costs. To listen to our show ad-free, subscribe at Patreon.com/Gaslit. Discounted annual subscriptions available. Thank you to everyone who makes Gaslit Nation possible in a time of oligarchs run amok! There would be no show without you! * Alvin Bragg finally caught his white (supremacist) whale. The unthinkable has happe…

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Reform the Electoral College 1:07:18

25d ago1:07:18

1:07:18

The two most dangerous presidents in American history lost the popular vote but won the slave state monument, the Electoral College: war criminal George W. Bush and Russian asset Donald Trump. Luckily it's within reach to reform the Electoral College, protecting democracy and the world. Alyssa Cass of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a…

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Build Your Own Army: A Conversation with the States Project’s Melissa Walker 39:32

23d ago39:32

39:32

Wanna win back democracy? Start with the states. The federal government is clearly essential, and to save our nation the Democrats must win the Presidency, House and Senate in ’24, but we can’t stop there. So many of the terrible laws we’re seeing around the country come directly from Republican state legislatures. People like to blame the presiden…

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TV Tan 0495: LARPing Yr Balls Off 50:03

23d ago50:03

50:03

Bill Frost (CityWeekly.net, X96 Radio From Hell) and Tommy Milagro (SlamWrestling.net) talk Loot, The Fall Guy (Watch! Harder!), IF, MoviePass MovieCrash, Camden, Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, We Are Lady Parts, The First Omen, Mayor of Kingstown, Ren Faire, Adventures in CarnyLand, MILF Manor, Reginald the Vampire, Rasslin' News, R.I.…

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Project 2025 Super Special 1:00:06

1M ago1:00:06

1:00:06

Project 2025: A name so boring it must be sinister! Gaslit Nation was early warning about Project 2025. Now people are finally starting to pay attention. Another early warning system is journalist Anne Nelson, the author of Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right. Nelson covered the conflicts in El Salvador and Guatema…

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Women are Furious: A Conversation with the new President of Emily’s List Jessica Mackler 44:42

1M ago44:42

44:42

Fixing the crisis America is in is hard, but it’s also simple. We can’t stop talking about reproductive rights because it’s not just about stripping women of the right to manage their own lives and bodies, it’s about the slippery slope we find ourselves on if we accept that government can just take our essential human rights. At the end of the day,…

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Why the Georgia Protests Matter to U.S. Voters [TEASER] 33:35

1M ago33:35

33:35

Mark your calendar! We're having a live taping of Gaslit Nation on June 25 (Orwell's birthday!) at 12pm ET for subscribers at the Truth-teller level or higher on Patreon.com/Gaslit! *** Are you tired of the nonstop coverage of the Trump trials? The mainstream media is setting Americans up for disappointment again, like they did with the nonstop “ju…

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How to End Russia’s War 1:13:26

1M ago1:13:26

1:13:26

Pepsi or Coke? Both brands are making money in Russia despite promises to unwind operations. For Russia’s war to end, companies must be named and shamed to finally leave the Russian market, and sanctions must be enforced. In this week’s Gaslit Nation, Andrea is joined by Russian mafia expert Olga Lautman and analyst Monique Camarra of the Kremlin F…

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Get Your House in Order America: A Conversation with Democratic congresswoman and Minority Whip Katherine Clark 52:20

1M ago52:20

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The Republicans are telling us their plans for America’s future and it is terrifying. The Democrats, in contrast, are vocally offering the opposite. Where the last Democratic House was the most effective in modern American history, passing more legislation passed than any Congress since FDR’s New Deal, the current Republican House has been the leas…

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TV Tan 0494: Drake vs. Kendrick vs. Tommy 59:03

1M ago59:03

59:03

Bill Frost (CityWeekly.net, X96 Radio From Hell) and Tommy Milagro (SlamWrestling.net) talk Smiling Friends, Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal, Outer Range, Bridgerton, R.I.P. Young Sheldon and So Help Me Todd, The Big Cigar, SNL: Jake Gyllenhaal, Canceled: Not Dead Yet and Extended Family, Rasslin' News, New Fall Shows: Happy's Place, St. Denis,…

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Ivanka Wants You to Take Her Seriousy, Or Else [TEASER] 20:01

1M ago20:01

20:01

This week, porn star, filmmaker, business woman, and Trump survivor Stormy Daniels told the court in the Manhattan DA trial for Trump’s 2016 election interference that Trump said, that time he coerced her into sex, “You remind me of my daughter, she is smart and blonde and beautiful and people underestimate her as well.” Ivanka, Trump’s favorite ch…

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MAGA Incites Violence on Campus 44:54

2M ago44:54

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Overlooked in the campus protests is the witch-trial hearings by MAGA Mike Johnson’s House that bullied university presidents and scrutinized their federal funding, pressuring them, as Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton famously wrote in the Newspaper of Power, to “send in the troops.” Ultimately, the responsiblity falls on campus leadership, with several…

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College Campus Crisis: A Conversation with David Rothkopf 58:28

1M ago58:28

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I’ve been watching what’s been happening on college campuses with real uncertainty. I don’t believe we’re getting the full story from the media. Much like the horserace neck and neck BS they’re peddling for the election, I feel as if traditional media is pushing narratives with the protests that don’t tell the full picture and it leaves people feel…

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TV Tan 0493: Swarthy Chalupa 49:14

2M ago49:14

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Bill Frost (CityWeekly.net, X96 Radio From Hell) and Tommy Milagro (SlamWrestling.net) talk Let It Be, Dark Matter, Reginald the Vampire, Bodkin, Mother of the Bride, Black Twitter: A People's History, Doctor Who, The Iron Claw, Eileen, SNL: Maya Rudolph, Nikki Glaser: Someday You'll Die, Interview With the Vampire, Rasslin' News, Night Court, What…

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Make Art Workshop: The Business Side of Things [TEASER] 10:07

2M ago10:07

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The recording of the Gaslit Nation Make Art Workshop: The Business Side of Things is here along with the transcript in the show notes for our subscribers at the Truth-teller and higher. Not a subscriber? Sign up and join a community of listeners, get all shows ad free, bonus shows, exclusive invites, questions answered in our Q&As, and more by subs…

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What Does Russia Want with Puerto Rico? 1:09:45

2M ago1:09:45

1:09:45

Russia’s transnational crime syndicate uses our own weaknesses against us, to entrench their weaponized corruption. Take, for instance, the Act 22 tax loophole that lets rich Americans buy up land in Puerto Rico to avoid paying any money in federal taxes. It’s called “trickle down theory,” but the locals call it gentrification and tax dodging. So w…

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They Don’t Care if we Die: A Conversation with President of Reproductive Freedom for All Mini Timmaraju 48:40

2M ago48:40

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Today we’re joined by Mini Timmaraju, President of Reproductive Freedom for All, to discuss how reproductive freedom isn’t just about access to the health care of abortion, but about how we think society should function. Do we believe our most fundamental and personal decisions belong to the government, or do we believe they belong to us? At the en…

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TV Tan 0492: Stormdriver vs. Tigerdriver: Neckbreakers Ball 53:26

2M ago53:26

53:26

Bill Frost (CityWeekly.net, X96 Radio From Hell) and Tommy Milagro (SlamWrestling.net) talk The Veil, Acapulco, Welcome to Wrexham, Hacks, The Idea of You, A Man In Full, Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, Star Wars: Tales of the Empire, RIP CSI: Vegas and NCIS: Hawaii, Velma, Bill's Movie Korner: Late Night With the Devil and Immaculate, Rasslin' News…

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Campus Protests & Radical Self-Care [TEASER] 21:48

2M ago21:48

21:48

With growing campus protests against the U.S. backing Netanyahu’s genocidal war to cling to power and the Democratic National Convention returning to Chicago this summer, it’s hard not to think of 1968. As this week’s guest, Ari Berman of Mother Jones, explains, the Founding Fathers of America set us up for cycles of fascism vs. democracy, cynicism…

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Fuller House: S2E8: A Tangled Web and S2E9:Glazed And Confused 1:57:07

2M ago1:57:07

1:57:07

Hey Fuller House Fans,Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast.Today, I covered S2E8: A Tangled Web, which aired on December 9, 2016.In this episode Jackson pet-sits Lola's tarantula, Dj works over time to help Max on a school project, and Jimmy makes a music video for Stephanie's latest…

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Minority Rule 1:13:38

2M ago1:13:38

1:13:38

How do we protect ourselves from a corrupt Supreme Court? How can the gerrymandering crisis be stopped? What were the Founding Fathers thinking? Can the American Experiment survive? Ari Berman of Mother Jones stops by Gaslit Nation to discuss his new book Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It. Ber…

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The Goldilock’s Economy: A Conversation with economist Michael Mezzatesta 44:03

2M ago44:03

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It’s not that everything that’s happened in capitalism is bad, but when it comes to economics, perhaps we should be asking what this endless growth means and for whom? Who is all this growth for, and what is it worth, if it really only benefits a tiny silver of our population. What if there was a Goldilocks version of the economy? Where it wasn’t c…

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