Chapo Trap House

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, and Matt Christman, with Amber A'Lee Frost joining shortly after launch. 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. As of August 2025, the show is the 5th most supported show on Patreon with 43,783 patrons paying $185,529 USD per month total to support the show.