PEP with Chas and Dr Dave

Chas Licciardello

  • 3 hours 26 minutes
    APPY KILLMORE! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave (Ep 204, 28 Mar)

    Chas & Dr Dave discuss Used Car-Fire Salesmen, Great Names for Metal Bands, and That’s Not A War Plan, THIS Is A War Plan!


    0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave

    2:08 - Grateful (A Present for the Pod, Mia Love, Weight Loss Coaches)

    10:38 - Updates (Portraits, Gulf of America)

    14:47 - Correspondence  (Democrats, Singapore, Tesla)

    35:58 - Signal Gate

    1:42:09 - Alien Enemies Act Update

    2:33:43 - Ukraine Ceasefire Negotiations

    2:48:21 - While We're Away (Wisconsin Court Election)

    2:51:30 - Unleashed (Wisconsin, Greenland, Canada) 

    3:16:00 - Unleashed (While We're Away + A Few Good Things)


    HOMEWORK:

    * Dr Dave's piece about the Australian Christian Right https://bitly.cx/taDr 

    * THE FDA's Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool https://bitly.cx/0hRJX


    SHOW LINKS:

    *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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    28 March 2025, 1:50 am
  • 3 hours 56 minutes
    INTERVIEW W/ A PEPPER: PEP with Chas & Guest PEPcaster Lara Buhagiar (Ep 203, 25 Mar)

    A PEP poderview with PEPper Lara Buhagiar aka @TheFrollickingNerd

    0:00 - Introducing: Lara Buhagiar

    2:08 - Grateful (Town Hall, Portrait)

    5:58 - Bits & Peepers (Education Dept, Law Firm Exec Orders, LNG Update, DOGE, USAID)

    37:09 - LIVE CORRESPONDENCE

    39:46 - Talking Trans (The Current Vibes)

    1:17:06 - Conservatives vs Trans

    1:34:29 - The Cass Review

    2:20:12 - Trump's Trans Exec Orders

    3:44:09 - Trans State Bills

    3:48:58 - Final questions for Lara


    HOMEWORK:

    Dr Gideon’s Cass Review Explainer - https://bitly.cx/JmwE7

    Yale’s Cass Review Critique - https://bitly.cx/ALLN


    SHOW LINKS:

    *Chat with the PEPpers in the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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    25 March 2025, 2:41 pm
  • 3 hours 30 minutes
    FLIGHT CLUB! PEP with Chas & Melina Wicks (Ep 202, 21 Mar)

    Chas & Melina Wicks discuss America's Most Dangerous Tattoo Parlour, An Invasion Of Farts, and TB Or Not TB?


    0:00 - Introducing: Melina Wicks

    1:41 - Grateful (Audio Articles, Countdown)

    7:43 - Correspondence (Games, Eagle Nest, Stablecoins, NOAA, Musk, AFD)

    31:19 - Schumer Shutdown

    1:03:22 - More Schumer - Dem's Anger + Consequences

    1:17:31 - Biden’s Autopen

    1:28:94 - Trump’s Senility Evidence?

    1:43:20 - Bonus Grateful (I’m The Final Boss)

    1:46:56 - USAID & DOGE + Eagle

    2:11:59 - Alien Enemies Act

    2:58:54 - Unleashed (More Alien Enemies Act)


    MUST-WATCH HOMEWORK: Move Aside! I'm The Final Boss

    https://bitly.cx/c37Xc


    SHOW LINKS:

    *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server


    THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST:

    Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198)

    Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195)

    Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195)

    Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194)

    Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! (Mentioned 16:30, Ep 178)

    David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner (Mentioned 8:40, Ep 178)

    Maurice O. Wallace - King’s Vibrato (Mentioned 14:26, Ep 164)

    Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent - (Mentioned 32:12, Ep 164)

    Robert Plunket - My Search For Warren Harding (Mentioned 1:49:12, Ep 158)

    Ian Lambot & Greg Girard - City of Darkness Revisited (Mentioned 39:25, Ep 157)

    Max Chafkin - The Contrarian (Mentioned 32:18, Ep 155)

    Claire Conner - Wrapped In The Flag (Mentioned 31:42, Ep 155)

    Rita Abrahamsen, Mike Williams et al - Global Right (Mentioned 31:12, Ep 155)

    Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry - The Flag And The Cross (Mentioned 30:49, Ep 155)

    Cynthia Miller-Idriss - Hate In The Homeland (Mentioned 30:10, Ep 155)


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    21 March 2025, 3:07 pm
  • 3 hours 2 minutes
    PEP201 EXTRA! (PEEP 201) Even MORE of PEP 201 + Interview with Jim Holding

    0:00 - Intro (This is NOT PEP)

    4:38 - Bits and Peepers: Perkins Coie

    14:00 - B&P: 2026 Midterms

    24:33 - B&P: Authoritarian

    32:16 - B&P: Khalil/Columbia University

    56:39 - B&P: Deportations

    1:03:35 - B&P: Sell the Musk

    1:11:43 - B&P: Measles

    1:19:55 - B&P: The Eagle's Nest 

    1:24:25 - Interview: Jim Holding

    2:32:11 - Correspondence (Romney, NOAA, Veterans, Social Security, Mining, Child Abuse, Conspiracists, Video Games, Raygun) SHOW LINKS:


    *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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    18 March 2025, 6:50 am
  • 4 hours 38 minutes
    THE TRADE WAR ON EVERYTHING! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave AND Richard Cooke (Ep 201, 14 Mar)
    Chas & Dr Dave AND Guest PEPCaster Richard Cooke discuss Political Hey! Hey!, Dishonouring The Fentanyl Veterans, and The Dave Smith Who Went To Buffalo 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave, Richard Cooke 8:11 - Grateful (Life, Violent J, Kevin Drum) 18:53 - Correspondence (Cooke's Law) 24:46 - Dept of Education (Cuts) 49:35 - Trump Speech Wash-Up 1:09:19 - Trump Foreign Policy Theory 1:33:45 - Autism, Vaccines, Measles, and RFK 2:03:01 - Trump's Vengeance on Law Firms 2:35:57 - Trade War 2 2:59:46 - Correspondence (Days Are Not Days) 3:03:28 - Toilet Break (Brett Baier & Tariffs) 3:09:11 - Columbia University & Mahmoud Khalil 4:05:02 - Correspondence (Congestion Tax, Newer Media, Gen. Caine, The F-35 Program, Gold Cards, Oval Office Meltdown, Musk, 538, and Lachy PEPper) HOMEWORK: * My favourite (free) eulogy for Kevin Drum https://bitly.cx/OAwb * The best eulogy for Kevin Drum (requires free trial) https://bitly.cx/cN57z * Nate Silver's weighted poll average https://bitly.cx/UMa7 SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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    14 March 2025, 1:31 pm
  • 3 hours 44 minutes
    MISSED CONGENIALITY! PEP with Chas & Guest PEPCaster Bill Wyman (Ep 200, 7 Mar)
    Chas & Guest PEPCaster Bill Wyman discuss The Jeff Bezos in the Coal Mine, Low Budget Sopranos and The War on Does 0:00 - Introducing: Bill Wyman 4:27 - Grateful (Chicago, Nicholas Enrich) 9:46 - Correspondence (Gulf of America, Bill) 20:27 - ZelenskyGate: Background 57:45 - ZelenskyGate: The Oval Office 1:46:38 - ZelenskyGate: Bill's Take 1:49:37 - ZelenskyGate: Trump & Russia 2:05:05 - WAPO and Bezos 2:36:13 - Bill's Oscars Take 2:48:44 - Stats Nugget (Education) 2:59:54 - DOJ Is Terrible 3:06:21 - Eagle Ed Martin Jr SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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    7 March 2025, 2:55 pm
  • 3 hours 31 seconds
    PEP199 EXTRA! (PEEP 199) Even MORE of PEP 199 + Interview with Jessica Riedl
    0:00 - PEEP Intro 0:45 - Correction (Debt Correspondence) 4:47 - Bits & Peepers (Gold Card, Gitmo, Musk Email, Medicaid, Parliamentarian, Gen Caine, Trump Cabinet, US Attorney Purge, Eric Adams) 50:35 - Interview: Jessica Riedl 1:38:39 - Stats Nugget (Social Security Savings) 1:39:51 - Smell The Musk (DOGE Sackings) 2:13:04 - Chas' Extra DOGE Thoughts HOMEWORK: *Marvel at just how much insane shit went down in just 5 days last week https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/trump-roundup-five-days SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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    3 March 2025, 6:28 am
  • 3 hours 33 minutes
    IT'S FUDGE-IT TIME! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave (Ep 199, 28 Feb)
    Chas & Dr Dave discuss DOGE Theatresports, Highway to the BIDEN ZONE, and Two Guys Who Can't Drive Tell You To "Catch The Train" 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave 2:10 - Grateful (NRL, Truth Social) 8:58 - Correspondence (Bankrupt, JD Catholicism, Left v Right) 31:58 - (Policy Time) Congestion Pricing 48:20 - Long Live the King 1:15:08 - Trump Polling & Inflation 1:40:35 - House Budget Bill 2:16:03 - Shutdown 2:34:15 - Smell the Musk (150-Year-Olds, Musk's Email, DOGE Dividends) DR DAVE'S HOMEWORK: * JD Vance Ordo Amoris article https://bitly.cx/0lsA * The Atlantic piece about Patrimonialism https://bitly.cx/a15sO SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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    28 February 2025, 7:54 am
  • 3 hours 1 minute
    PEP198 EXTRA! (PEEP 198) Even MORE of PEP 198 + Interview with Lanhee Chen

    0:00 - Introducing New PEEP Theme 3:43 - Immigration: Past and Present 36:22 - Immigration: The ICE Raids + How Things Can Get Worse 1:26:59 - Immigration: The GITMO Solution + Sanctuary Cities 1:43:08 - Interview: Lahnee Chen 2:23:43 - Correspondence (JD, Stereo, Big Beetroot, Sovereign Wealth, Guido, Gila Monster, Trump Lawsuits, Mineral Deal, Aus Election)

    SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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    24 February 2025, 3:39 pm
  • 3 hours 41 minutes
    UKRAINE IN THE BRAIN! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave AND Melina Wicks (Ep 198, 21 Feb)
    Chas & Dr Dave AND Melina Wicks discuss Greedy Big Corn, The Neil of The House, and There Are Too Many Stakeholders! 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave and Melina Wicks 5:42 - Grateful (Jaws Orchestra, Civ. VII, Ice Hockey, NRL on Fox) 13:22 - Correspondence (3rd Term, Booklist, White Shoes, Eric Adams, Statues, Congressional Trifecta) 36:22 - Ukraine Peace Negotiations 1:22:13 - JD Vance for AfD 1:52:57 - Toilet Break (Eric Adams) 2:01:35 - The DOJ is Not Very Good 2:15:30 - Stats Nugget (Trump's Congress) 2:22:45 - All About RFK Jr 3:11:28 - Policy Time (Sovereign Wealth/IVF) 3:27:41 - Reciprocal Tariff Program DR DAVE'S HOMEWORK: * Dave’s Webinar: https://bitly.cx/uCVC * Emma Ashford Foreign Affairs Hub https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/emma-ashford SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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    21 February 2025, 11:57 am
  • 2 hours 29 minutes
    TURKISH DELIGHT! PEP with Chas and Elle Hardy (Ep 197, 18 Feb)
    Chas & Guest PEPCaster Elle Hardy discuss The Funniest of the Norms, Irma the Cat & Scrim the Dog, and IT'S GETTING GRIM! 0:00 - Introducing: Elle Hardy 2:23 - Grateful (Scrim, Kevin Drum) 9:05 - Correspondence (Yarvin) 27:09 - Corruption's Back, Baby! 42:00 - Eric Adams Amnesty 1:16:29 - Correspondence (JD Catholicism) 1:18:26 - Quality PEP Cat Content 1:30:11 - Trump v Media (Gulf Of America) 1:51:11 - Ukraine Peace Negotiations HOMEWORK: * Scrim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqzJZZcaP6s * Curtis Yarvin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYrPNvVhKLU  + https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets  + https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump * Vance Catholicism https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-your-enemy-whats-wrong-with-j-d-vance/  + https://thelampmagazine.com/blog/how-i-joined-the-resistance * Ukraine/Russia https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/how-putin-will-spin-ukraine-russia-deal-win-n0rnhqwnc  * Elle’s Website https://www.ellehardy.com/

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    18 February 2025, 4:05 am
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