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TREASONABLE DOUBT! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave (& Jim Holding) (Ep 222, 25 July) Jul 25, 2025

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Chas & Dr Dave discuss The Maxwell Cinematic Universe, Not Enough Red Cordials, and Why Are They Called The Swans??

WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language.

Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave 2:39 - Grateful (Evelyn Waugh, Winter) 6:31 - Correspondence (Democrats Underperforming) 23:59 - Updates (Colbert, America Party, Green Subsidies, Comstock) 38:44 - Epstein Distractions 1:18:42 - Distractions (Obama, MLK, Team Name Changes) 2:01:43 - Ukraine 2:36:19 - Trivia 2:37:46 - Jim Holding Crypto Interview

[Recorded: Thursday 24 July 1:50PM AEST / 11:50PM NEW YORK TIME ]

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

THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: William Appleman Williams - The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (Mentioned 2:11:23, Ep 222) Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) 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) Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150) Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150) John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141) Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141) Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136) Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134) Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133) Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus Zeke Faux - Number Go Up Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment Naomi Klein - Doppelganger Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Wendy Brown - States Of Injury Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump Jane Mayer - Dark Money Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit Stephen King - The Dead Zone Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism Anatol Lievin - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/ James Beverley - God's Man in the White House Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism James Morone - Hellfire Nation Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic Ghassan Hage - White Nation George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement Thomas Sugrue - The Origins of the Urban Crisis Rick Pearlstein - The Invisible Bridge Rick Pearlstein - Before the Storm Rick Pearlstein - Nixonland Brian Doherty - Radicals for Capitalism Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter - When Prophecy Fails Nancy L. Rosenblum & Russell Muirhead - A Lot Of People Are Saying Benjamin Moffitt - The Global Rise of Populism Jon Krakauer - Missoula THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

PEP 221 EXTRA! (PEEP 221) THE WORST OF THE WORST with Melina Wicks & Bill Wyman (21 July) Jul 21, 2025

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WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introducing: Bill Wyman and Melina Wicks!

5:06 - Gratefuls (RSV Vaccine, Seth Meyers, Sugar-y Coke)

17:38 - Epstein Updates

55:03 - NPR/PBS De-Funding

1:23:40 - Colbert Cancelled

1:57:00 - Mamdani

2:00:10 - Immigration: ICE Police State

2:24:15 - Immigration: Alligator Alcatraz

2:36:07 - Immigration: ICE Wearing Masks

[Recorded: Monday 21 July 11:00AM AEST / 09:00PM NEW YORK TIME ]

SHOW LINKS:

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

THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST:

Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220)

Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220)

Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220)

Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217)

Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217)

Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215)

Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215)

Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214)

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)

Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150)

Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150)

John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141)

Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141)

Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136)

Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134)

Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133)

Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus

Zeke Faux - Number Go Up

Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy

Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment

Naomi Klein - Doppelganger

Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

Wendy Brown - States Of Injury

Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind

Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This

David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump

Jane Mayer - Dark Money

Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit

Stephen King - The Dead Zone

Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief

Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History

Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails

Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind

David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years

Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution

Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight

Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember

Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets

Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers

John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion

Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire

Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism

Anatol Lievin - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case

James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness

The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/

James Beverley - God's Man in the White House

Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future

Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad

Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism

Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State

Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism

James Morone - Hellfire Nation

Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets

Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom

Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough

Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning

Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed

Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares

Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic

Ghassan Hage - White Nation

George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things

George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By

Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow

Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing

Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement Thomas Sugrue - The Origins of the Urban Crisis

Rick Pearlstein - The Invisible Bridge

Rick Pearlstein - Before the Storm

Rick Pearlstein - Nixonland

Brian Doherty - Radicals for Capitalism

Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter - When Prophecy Fails

Nancy L. Rosenblum & Russell Muirhead - A Lot Of People Are Saying

Benjamin Moffitt - The Global Rise of Populism

Jon Krakauer - Missoula

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

PEPSTEIN ISLAND! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave (Ep 221, 18 July) Jul 18, 2025

Show notes

Chas & Dr Dave discuss McRib Prediction Markets, The New Jersey Gaming Commission Deputy Under-Assistant, and The All-Nail Coffin

WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave! 3:03 - Gratefuls (David Kaff, Federer) 9:25 - Texas Flood Update 24:59 - Epstein 2:00:17 - Trade War 2:35:07 - Trump v Powell 2:45:11 - Trivia 2:47:44 - Unleashed (Autopen)

SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: Mahmood Mamdani - Good Muslim, Bad Muslim (Mentioned 2:07:14, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - The Order Of Time (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Carlo Rovelli - Reality Is Not What It Seems (Mentioned 06:36, Ep 220) Ryszard Kapuściński - Shah of Shahs (Mentioned 2:21:27, Ep 217) Ervand Abrahamian - Khomeinism (Mentioned 2:23:19, Ep 217) Anthony Seldon - Truss at 10 (Mentioned 1:36:09, Ep 215) Steven Teles - The Conservative Legal Movement (Mentioned 2:12:12, Ep 215) Amin Maalouf - The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Mentioned 4:32, Ep 214) 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) Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Chokepoint Capitalism (Mentioned 34:55, Ep 150) Elizabeth Ingleson - Made In China (Mentioned 31:50, Ep 150) John Corrigan - Religious Intolerance, America, and the World (Mentioned 1:16:18, Ep 141) Gérard Prunier - From Genocide to Continental War (Mentioned 48:18, Ep 141) Liu Cixin, - The Three Body Trilogy (Mentioned 1:11:04, Ep 136) Tilman Allert - The Hitler Salute (Mentioned 22:03, Ep 134) Philip Roth - Nemesis (Mentioned 1:56, Ep 133) Joshua Cohen - The Netanyahus Zeke Faux - Number Go Up Michael Paul Rogin - The Intellectuals and McCarthy Cathy Kramer - The Politics of Resentment Naomi Klein - Doppelganger Maria Bamford - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Wendy Brown - States Of Injury Corey Robin. - The Reactionary Mind Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This David Cay Johnston - The Making of Donald Trump Jane Mayer - Dark Money Harry Frankfurt - On Bullshit Stephen King - The Dead Zone Elle Hardy - Beyond Belief Federico Finchelstein - From Fascism to Populism in History Robert Jervis - Why Intelligence Fails Alex Haley and Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Jerry L. Mashaw - Creating The American Administrative Constitution Brian Balogh - A Government Out of Sight Paul Connerton - How Societies Remember Paul Connerton - How Modernity Forgets Catherine Green and Sarah Catherine Gilbert - Vaxxers John Zaller - The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Matthew Karp - This Vast Southern Empire Robert Fatton - The Guise of Exceptionalism Anatol Lievin - Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case James Alfred Aho - The Politics of Righteousness The substack that Dr Dave apparently plagiarises liberally from! https://luke.substack.com/ James Beverley - God's Man in the White House Jane Chi Hyun Park - Yellow Future Matthias Gardell - In The Name of Elijah Muhammad Gosta Esping-Andersen - The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Suzanne Mettler - The Submerged State Brendon O'Connor - Anti-Americanism and American Exceptionalism James Morone - Hellfire Nation Nathan Kalmoe - With Ballots and Bullets Winnifred Fallers Sullivan - The Impossibility of Religious Freedom Mary L. Trump - Too Much And Never Enough Richard Cooke - Tired of Winning Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, Anika Gauja, David Smith, Brendon O'Connor - How America Compares Tony Horwitz - Confederates In the Attic Ghassan Hage - White Nation George Lakoff - Women, Fire and Dangerous Things George Lakoff - Metaphors We Live By Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow Alex S. Vitale - The End of Policing Dave Cullen - Parkland: Birth of a Movement

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

PEP 220 EXTRA with Chas & Melina Wicks (14 July) Jul 14, 2025

Show notes

Chas & Guest PEPCaster Melina Wicks catch up more on what we missed during the IndePEPence Day break.

WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introducing: Melina Monday

3:12 - Grateful (Amanda Anisimova)

5:48 - Correspondence (Nuclear Weapons, Bunker Bomb Price, Melina & RFK)

23:12 - Updates (RFK, Trump Phones + Fragrances)

37:46 - Even More on the BBB

1:04:15 - Will the BBB Make A Difference? (To The Economy, To The Midterms, To The America Party)

1:40:12 - Paramount Settlement

2:15:11 - FEMA / Texas Floods

2:49:20 - Unleashed (Supreme Court: Trump vs CASA)

HOMEWORK:

* Amanda Anisimova concession speech - https://bitly.cx/22jC

* Kraut's "They almost had nuclear weapons" video - https://bitly.cx/fgUo

* Fun Explainer for the deets of Trump's Paramount lawsuit - https://bitly.cx/67Ea