Chapo Trap House

Chapo Trap House
The logo used by Chapo Trap House is an embroidered patch of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Cocaine Intelligence Unit
Presentation
Hosted by
  • Will Menaker
  • Matt Christman
  • Felix Biederman
  • Amber A'Lee Frost
  • Virgil Texas (2016–2021)
GenrePolitics, Comedy
LanguageEnglish
UpdatesTwice-weekly
Length60–100 minutes
Production
Production
  • Brendan James (2016–2017)
  • Chris Wade (2018–present)
No. of episodes1016 (episode list)
Publication
Original releaseMarch 13, 2016
Related
Related shows
Websitewww.chapotraphouse.com

Chapo Trap House (also referred to as Chapo) is an American socialist political comedy podcast launched in March 2016 and hosted by Will Menaker, Felix Biederman, Matt Christman, and Amber A'Lee Frost. It is produced by Chris Wade.

The show provides commentary from a democratic-socialist perspective, and its co-hosts are affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The hosts are critical of both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, particularly its centrist wing. Chapo supported Bernie Sanders in his first presidential campaign in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries and his second campaign in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. The show's contentious style of left-wing political discourse that eschews civility in favor of casual, blunt, often vulgar expression has given rise to a broader movement called the "dirtbag left", a term coined by later co-host Frost.

The series was originally founded by Menaker, Biederman, and Christman in March 2016, with Brendan James as producer. Frost and Virgil Texas joined in November of that year. James was replaced as producer with Wade in November 2017. In 2018, an imprint of Simon & Schuster published The Chapo Guide to Revolution, co-written by four of the original hosts along with James. The book debuted at number six on The New York Times Best Seller list. Texas left the show in May 2021. Frost took a hiatus for most of 2023 to publish her memoir and audiobook, Dirtbag: Essays. Christman took a hiatus in September 2023 due to complications from a stroke, but rejoined in December 2024.