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598 - More Pods About Streaming and Books feat. Steven Donziger (1/31/22)

Chapo Trap House

Chapo Trap House

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4.69.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

The boys look at the phenomenon of literary Felixes, plus discuss a few current censorship debates. Plus, we’re joined once again by lawyer Steven Donziger, who is now back under house arrest after the Department of Corrections sent him home from Jail. We discuss the end stages of case, his corporate prosecution, and the future for the people of Ecuador in their case against Chevron. Information on Steven’s case and ways to support collected at https://www.freedonziger.com/ Tickets for our upcoming southern live shows at: chapotraphouse.com/live

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0:00.0

Greetings friends, it's Choppo Monday, January 31st, 2022.

0:06.0

Just a little bit, I will be talking again with I think now one of our all-time leading champion

0:12.3

returned guests, lawyer Stephen Donzinger, he's out of prison but still on house arrest.

0:18.3

I talked to him about his 45 days in Danberry Prison in Connecticut, an interesting chat.

0:24.3

Before we get to the first half of the show, the interview, time for a little tour plugs,

0:29.9

that's right, our southern tour coming up. If you don't know by now, here's a reminder.

0:35.3

We're hitting the south, Charlotte, Atlanta, Nashville, Austin, Dallas, Houston,

0:40.3

and New Orleans. Tickets available on ChoppoTrapHouse.com slash live. A little

0:47.2

inducement here. Was it the Trillbilly Boys? We'll be joining us in Nashville.

0:51.7

Yep. The Pendejo time gang will be joining us in Texas. In Atlanta, I will hopefully be

0:58.0

reconnecting with my biological family. Should you, the listeners, do your job?

1:02.2

Absolutely. Yeah, we're going to track them down. We're going to get to Austin. Austin will be

1:08.7

normalized. Yeah, you guys better get your weirdness in while you can because that shit is gone,

1:14.0

but since we get there, if you are weird in my presence in Austin City limits, you will get gunned down.

1:22.2

We won't be compromising all weirdos. Yeah, you are going to there's no hospital. You're going

1:28.7

straight to the fucking morgue and I will be legally in the right. Governor Greg Abbott has

1:33.7

lethally authorized us to kinetically enforce normal Austin. There's no fucking weirdness.

1:40.2

There's no devil sticks. There's no unicycles. There's no bar with bean bag chairs. Get that

1:48.1

fucking weird shit out of there or you will be taking a dirt nap. That is on God. It's going to

1:54.3

be fun. So we'd love to, we'd love for you to come see you and you can see us. We're in the south.

2:01.3

So we'll have further ado. Let's start the show.

2:21.7

I guess I'd like to begin today's show with this important factoid that I learned this morning

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