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Transcribed from ep 847

"He's doing okay... he and I hang out pretty frequently. He's got some mobility issues and unfortunately some aphasia."

"...But I'm over at his place every week doing readings about the Seven Years War and having fairly high level conversations with him about like the spread of global capitalism in the 18th century. Just not really in a way that is mic ready right now. We'll see... I mean we're working on it. We're making a little progress every week. I see a path, I just have no idea what the timetable for any of this could be, and I don't think he does either, so hopefully updates when we have it..."

He also said they're putting out a book based on the Spanish Civil War episode scripts edited into a nice looking book. Limited run, with proceeds going to support Matt, his recovery, and his family. Preorder available sometime next month.

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[-] [email protected] 96 points 1 week ago

I'm happy to hear he's in presidential shape.

[-] [email protected] 73 points 1 week ago

We miss our big wet boy... and we hope he can return someday to the mic, but we understand if he can't or doesn't want to.

It's incredibly sad, tragic really, that a man who relied on his speech and usage of clever words and a fast wit was struck down in this way in his prime. But, on the other hand, if you listened to Matt's kush blogs (on YouTube btw) he talked about his health as a child and into adulthood. It sucks, but really, we got lucky to ever have this much of him. You can mourn what may never be or you can celebrate what already was. Something like that.

We got so many beautiful unhinged rants spurred on by Will's pathological search for new and relevant reactionary opinion pieces.

Ah and who could forget the time he insisted that Iran must be given a nuke to "very serious" journalists?

[-] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago

matt-jokerfied

"shutupshutupSHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP"

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I listened to Chapo on and off, but I'm glad I was there for that moment him and I think Virgil talked to those two liberal podcasters completely unprepared and still schooled them. That was hilarious.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

The one guy is or was an actual journalist. Not sure about the other.

Also we don't talk about the guy from Texas 👀 memory hole memory hole memory hole

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsSEhg-pRus

For anyone who hasn't heard it, podcast was "Skullduggery" with Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman (Yahoo news and CBS news/Newsweek respectively)

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[-] [email protected] 63 points 1 week ago

But I'm over at his place every week doing readings about the Seven Years War and having fairly high level conversations with him about like the spread of global capitalism in the 18th century.

It's super cute that these two just hang out and dork out about history stuff.

[-] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago

He's got some mobility issues and unfortunately some aphasia.

That's what always scares me about a stroke, losing the ability to move and talk. Damn. But I'm glad he's doing better!

[-] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago

may His neurons prune the bad pathways and find new ones

may His dendrites stretch ever further in pursuit of the true paths

inshallah

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

i feel like the doc probably told him no more acid

[-] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago

All power to our large adult son, may he one day emerge larger than ever

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

How could I forget

[-] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I hope he's doing better with all the therapies he's going through. I've seen too many good people go through that process. I'm always thankful to him for bringing together my great love of history and politics. In a world of narrow- minded specialists, he's one of the few people with the reach to tell the story of human history as a grand narrative. He showed us that the only way we can ever start thinking about the future again is by starting with a narrative of the past.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago

Hope our large son gets well.

Seems from what I heard from matt's partner amber and now chris, this whole ordeal seems really nightmarish.

I mean I got through hospitals and tests with family members and myself. Even here in the third world corner shit's ultra costly. Not to mention over the top medication. What I mean to say is months in hospital and several surgeries is really heavy to get through.

Anyway all that matters is recovery and relief. Hope large son matt gets all that.

[-] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't listen to chapo at all but from the excerpts I've seen this guy sounded pretty smart and this is not just considering the low bar set by the average podcaster. So it's a bit sad this happened to him.

[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago

Yeah, he was honestly miles ahead of the rest of them (though Vergil could be pretty sharp too). It's kind of sad that Felix is now arguably the intellectual peak of the podcast these days when Chris isn't chiming in. Will is just a housekeeper.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think Amber is underrated and comes across better in hindsight compared to Virgil. That said she tends to be class reductionist which leads to worse takes on social issues. Also Virgil was taped in 4k snogging some random dude during a boiler room set so maybe it's 50/50

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[-] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I get knocked down, but I get up again

The demiurge is never gonna keep me down

[-] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago

really miss Matt takes rn so im just doing a re-listen of cushvlog

[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He's unfit to serve the pod. He really needs to step down. I suggest VP Virgil to replace him.

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

when you remember you left the plunger in the toilet

[-] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago

I love him and I wish him and his family the best.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

the only good chapo rides again

Death to America

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

I was just wondering about him the other day. I really miss him during the election season (RIP Beltway Garage) but I'm glad he's continuing to recover and is still himself despite all the challenges.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

rat-salute-2

Hopefully we will one day be blessed by him, but I totally understand waiting (esp w/ aphasia).

We will always have hell on earth.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

And Hell of Presidents!

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

On the one hand, I’m glad to hear he is recovering. Other hand, mobility issues and aphasia makes me sad.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

just the thing needed to wokify our new stalin! biden has his "stutter," matt can have his speech problems and claim disability (thereby making him not just another straight white male) making him immune to woke liberal attacks.

even better if we keep him in a wheelchair like they did for FDR or whoever. put a cozy blanket on his legs and let him do grillside chats like the fireside chats in his third term.

whatever it takes to have matt interred like a mummy in the same way as lenin one day, I am here for.

lenin-sleeping

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

prayers up 🙏

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

I wonder if Will and Felix are ever jealous that the CIA didn’t give them the Havana Syndrome also?

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

I'm beating myself up that I missed a live show in my hometown like right before he had his stroke.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Good to hear he's doing well! I enjoyed his streams commiku matt-grillin

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

i stopped listening around the time this happened. Matt pretty much was why i listened at all. I hope he gets better soon

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

wasn't sure about the book but listening to this last ep got me.

gotta have my cush!

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

His spanish civil war stuff has been amazing, I'm re-listening to the whole thing everytime a new ep comes out

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Chris Mattman

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

I’m excited about the book, and possible CushVlog essays.

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