The Chapo Guide to Revolution, Chapo Trap House
The Chapo Guide to Revolution, Chapo Trap House
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The Chapo Guide to Revolution
A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason

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Author: Chapo Trap House

Narrator: Felix Biederman, Matt Christman, Brendan James, Will Menaker, Virgil Texas

Unabridged: 7 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/21/2018


Synopsis

Instant New York Times bestseller
“Howard Zinn on acid or some bullsh*t like that.” —Tim Heidecker

The creators of the cult-hit podcast Chapo Trap House deliver a manifesto for everyone who feels orphaned and alienated—politically, culturally, and economically—by the lanyard-wearing Wall Street centrism of the left and the lizard-brained atavism of the right: there is a better way, the Chapo Way.

In a guide that reads like “a weirder, smarter, and deliciously meaner version of The Daily Show’s 2004 America (The Book)” (Paste), Chapo Trap House shows you that you don’t have to side with either sinking ships. These self-described “assholes from the internet” offer a fully ironic ideology for all who feel politically hopeless and prefer broadsides and tirades to reasoned debate.

Learn the “secret” history of the world, politics, media, and everything in-between that THEY don’t want you to know and chart a course from our wretched present to a utopian future where one can post in the morning, game in the afternoon, and podcast after dinner without ever becoming a poster, gamer, or podcaster.

A book that’s “as intellectually serious and analytically original as it is irreverent and funny” (Glenn Greenwald, New York Times bestselling author of No Place to Hide) The Chapo Guide to Revolution features illustrated taxonomies of contemporary liberal and conservative characters, biographies of important thought leaders, “never before seen” drafts of Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom manga, and the ten new laws that govern Chapo Year Zero (everyone gets a dog, billionaires are turned into Soylent, and logic is outlawed). If you’re a fan of sacred cows, prisoners being taken, and holds being barred, then this book is NOT for you. However, if you feel disenfranchised from the political and cultural nightmare we’re in, then Chapo, let’s go…

About Chapo Trap House

Chapo Trap House is a collective of writers, artists, and satirists that began as a political comedy podcast in March 2016. Their biweekly show has been covered everywhere from The New Yorker and The Guardian to VICE and Paste magazine, which calls its creators “the vulgar, brilliant demigods of the new progressive left.” Chapo is a mix of absurdist comedy and freewheeling commentary, skewering political and media figures and reviewing bad movies and books. Originally a trio of internet pals, Will Menaker, Felix Biederman, and Matt Christman, the show has expanded its roster to writers Brendan James, Amber A’Lee Frost, and Virgil Texas. They live in Brooklyn, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rob on August 26, 2018

As much as I love the podcast and what the Chapo team has done for political discourse in the last few years, this really isn't a good book. It's very disjointed and tonally all over the place. At times, it is wryly informative and clever. However, it leans on contemporary memes and internet speak a......more

Goodreads review by C. on October 18, 2018

Better than I was expecting given its marketing, but I am not the audience it is written for entirely. I recently took umbrage at the seeming Sorrelian nature of the subtitle, but realized that it was a shot at Vox on one-hand and alt-light pseudo intellectualism on the other. The problem with this b......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on May 04, 2020

The book title is misleading. It should be: Guide to 21st Century American Capitalist Reality, by bros who cite Howard “Big Dick” Zinn. The Ri-dick-ulous Expected: --I’ve heard friends talk about these guys’ podcast, Chapo Trap House, so I knew the style and content to expect. --This book provides sev......more

Goodreads review by Chris on April 26, 2022

The ironic humor and astute socio-political analysis makes for a quick yet informative read. The prose changes register from utterly silly to near academic without confusing or losing the reader. There wasn't much, if any, overlap with preexisting podcast episodes, and although the "guide" format do......more