FB: That’s a great question, I mean OK… so, what do Chris Weidman and Donald Trump Jr. have in common? VR: It’s giving me shades of the pre-election stuff. As with all the Chapo hosts, Biederman is sharply critical of mainstream Democrats deemed insufficiently supportive of socialism, in particular Hillary Clinton. Felix Biederman is one of three co-founders and regular co-hosts of Chapo Trap House(Chapo), a for-profit political podcast from a hard-left, anti-capitalist perspective, that includes coarse language and comedic parody. [5] As of March 2019, Chapo was grossing more than $120,000 per month through the website Patreon. [24], He also criticized Clinton supporters: “This [multiple expletives deleted] brought all her donors to have a big party about how great they were. It is written and narrated by Felix Biederman, and ⦠He’s gotta have a glass jaw, right? The Finnish fighter who always had to wear a rashguard because he had several swastika tattoos? Everything I do is either podcasts or writing articles, it’s got a one-second turnaround time. Maybe a joke or two about the threats to society posed by the knockout game. I want to do eSports. VR: Well it’s similar to what I had explained previously, when people asked Dana White why he was hanging out with Vince McMahon so much, what they would talk about. Do you have any future projects that might be related to this arena or anything that you would see sooner or later? Bois, Jon; and Felix Biederman. Like when you were here in Philly and did the live show for the convention. Uh… Niko…? It’s a lot of children of U. of C. [University of Chicago] people and other upper-middle-class people talking about being on the waitlist at Brown from the time they’re in seventh grade. I WOULD BE HONORED!!”. I think I speak for a lot of people in that there were a lot of times where it’s like I wish more people understood how cool this was. The three friends met on twitter and began podcasting together as Chapo in March 2016. But it’s not very explicit, no. 9:30pm (AEST), Saturday July 11 | Q+A with Jon Bois and Felix Biederman A takedown of late-stage capitalism through the lens of mixed martial arts. VR: OK… final question, and this is probably the most important one here as it’s the most relevant to our time. Fighting in the Age of Loneliness (2020) Felix Biederman (CTH) and Jon Bois Doc on the History of MMA. They have just a sad childhood, as sad a childhood you can get for Donald Trump Jr, being a psycho billionaire who kills beautiful endangered species and a racist prick. Throughout its history, mixed martial arts have served as a refuge for people disillusioned and confounded by the world at large. I mean, I think there are times where I forget that I’m not just writing for hardcores, and I’m like “OK, you know Sakuraba…” And in retrospect it’s like “God, that could have been such a cool thing to talk about!” I’d already talked about the Gracies as this aristocracy and it’s like “What about this guy? Felix Biederman is a podcaster, writer, and now author with the rest of the crew from Chapo Trap House, and his musings can be found on Twitter. What was it like for you? 1 month ago admin I don’t make the rules. Accessed March 21, 2019. What would be like the top two things that you really wished you could have included the most or maybe expanded upon more? âHe loves the horse race, not the substance,â Felix Biederman, the other co-creator, said. The freshly published polemic is co-authored by the hostsâFelix Biederman, Matt Christman, Brendan James, Will Menaker and Virgil Texasâof the socialist, satirical podcast Chapo Trap House. But I think there is, and I’ve written about this previously, I think the biggest roadblock you face towards labor consciousness, much less a class consciousness in MMA, is the atomization of the fighters themselves. FB: It’s the Uberization of labor, you know? Biederman also believes the drive to support Clinton because of the fear of Republican nominee Donald Trump demonstrated the failure of mainstream Democratic Party ideology and tactics. The problems are systemic. Def. 32k Followers, 700 Following, 1,382 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Felix Biederman (@byyourlogic) FB: Yeah, the first stuff I seriously watched was, you know, PRIDE stuff that was on Limewire. I think that anyone that does anything at all that requires any personal or creative input, they have like that insane anxiety of “What if I did this perfectly wrong and everything sucks?” right? I was super busy so I was like, obviously with Jon, I was super into doing it. I would eight times out of ten for unfortunate political economy reasons have to give it to Don Jr., but I don’t think it’s a decisive fight, it’s a decision that goes the full way because Avenatti has good cardio and… I dunno, do you think Don Jr. has one-hitter quitter power? Felix Biederman: Spencer Hall and Jon (Bois) called me prior to the election of 2016 and said that we should do a project together about MMA, and I was doing a ton of things at the time. Two years. Felix sat down with me to discuss how this project came to life, what it was conceived to be and what it eventually became. FB: Yes! Avenatti’s also quite a bit older than Don Jr. I don’t think he’s got a lot of that. VR: Yeah, how credible and how verifiable a lot of that stuff can be? Biederman frequently notes his experiences growing up in the Hyde Park area of Chicago, close to the University of Chicago, as pushing his thinking far to the left of mainstream liberalism and Democratic Party ideology. (For-profit). VR: Wait, wait, wait… dude does CrossFit, though. Felix Biederman is an actor and writer, known for Disco Elysium (2019), Fighting in the Age of Loneliness (2018) and I'm Actually Laughing (2017). You’re right, CrossFit is tougher than NCAA wrestling. This cool, strange guy who loved to get drunk and smoke cigarettes and had a very strange way of beating these guys at their own game?” And yeah, I really wish I did more. The series was written and narrated by Felix Biederman (Chapo Trap House, Carl Diggler), ⦠Like he’s being benevolent, he’s explaining how exactly it is that these guys aren’t getting precisely what they think but at least he’s letting them know up front. “Chapo Trap House and the burden of the ‘dirtbag left.’” Chicago Reader. I called them a few days after and asked them “You guys still wanna do this shit?“ and they were like “Uh, yeah.“ But the weird thing for me is that at the time they asked me I was not as in love with MMA as I historically had been. Yes! The man accidentally suffocates a young leftist white woman who has befriended him, and then tries to frame her Communist Party friends for the murder. He’s slimmer and like, crazier angles of attack. FB: That seems to me — no disrespect to Nate Quarry – but much more familiar with labor organization procedure than other efforts we’ve seen. You didn’t exactly take it to that degree, but was there anything on that front, any sentiment in that which you felt probably could have been expanded upon, or did you feel that was unnecessary? FB: Machete fight? August 23, 2017. We moved on from there to look at topics that could have been in the piece, as well as the arduous process of making something like this over two years. He says the animating principle for the show must be more than mere opposition to a particular political force, such as President Trump: “If you build it all around resisting Trump and not about what you’re going to give people, are you going to get them to vote a year from now?”[28]. By Jon Bois, Felix Biederman. Former UFC champion TJ Dillashaw sees an upside in his recent two-year suspension. I remember Cowboy wearing them and going like “Oh, how could I have known they were Nazis?” (laughs). Well, what do you think it was? Accessed March 20, 2019. VR: One thing that I’d also have been curious to see is if it were something you guys would considered or something that would have been left on the cutting room floor, but I remember Holelzer Reich, I don’t know if you remember that brand? Accessed March 13, 2019. sbnation.com â by Jon Bois and Felix Biederman Throughout its history, mixed martial arts have served as a refuge for people disillusioned and confounded by the world at large. This is a tough one! He has said it “doesn’t flinch from showing you what a piece of s–t Johnson” was, and that it shows readers that the Senate is an “aristocratic anachronism.” [22]. Felix lifts rou g hly 8 times a week. Initially, Chapo was just a way for founders Will Menaker, Matt Christman, and Felix Biederman to share discussions about national politics and pop culture with a small group of friends online. https://graphtreon.com/top-patreon-creators, https://psmag.com/news/the-radical-cheek-of-chapo-trap-house, https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chapo-trap-house-interview-felix-biederman-dirtbag-left-podcast/Content?oid=29354373, https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/what-will-become-of-the-dirtbag-left, https://observer.com/author/felix-biederman/, https://www.gradesaver.com/native-son/study-guide/summary, https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/chapo-trap-house-are-the-vulgar-brilliant-demigods.html, Chapo Trap House Throughout its history, mixed martial arts have served as a refuge for people ⦠It hit the shelves at the end of November, 2018. 9:30pm (AEST), Saturday July 11 | Q+A with Jon Bois and Felix Biederman A collaboration between SBNationâs Jon Bois and Chapo Trap Houseâs Felix Biederman, Fighting In The Age Of Loneliness tells a melancholic history of mixed martial arts, exploring how its popularity is intertwined with the alienation and corporatisation of modern life. Accessed March 21, 2019. If you haven’t, you should probably correct that. I believe it’s very difficult to make a ton of people that are forced to see everyone else in the company within two weight classes of themselves as their roadblock, to work with them towards this common goal. July 29, 2016. I think that it’s strongly implied there, but I didn’t necessarily put anything in there that was like, there was an atomization of the American worker where they will overlook how their bosses screw them over because they think they’re going to be a boss someday. Did I really just sort of mention Sakuraba in passing?” Because to the uninitiated fan, they just think of him as this hapless guy that Ricardo Arona cheated against. VR: (laughs) I’m just imagining – you give each of them a towel, right? VR: With the wedging of a group like that sponsoring fighters and the mainstreaming of white supremacists and other hate groups in instances of ”real life” as I call it, outside of the MMA bubble, I was wondering if that was also something you had considered including or something you’d focus on later on. âFighting in the Age of Lonelinessâ is a five-part documentary series from SB Nation. I guess it sort of became about that, it became — I’m not gonna act like I wrote and we produced an objective story of what I think MMA is, because it’s not that. Fighting in the Age of Loneliness is a 2018 Web-Documentary about the history of MMA, written and narrated by Felix Biederman and directed/produced by Jon Bois.It is divided into 5 chapters that trace the sport's entire history, both proud and not-so-proud, throughout the ages; It's origins across a number of martial arts, the early stars and villains, and explains why it became and ⦠He puts out the call, “I need to be trained to fight Michael Avenatti!”, he’s got a billion guys like “(grunty macho voice) YES, SIR! The show is produced by Chris Wade and formerly by Brendan James. âFighting in the Age of Lonelinessâ is a five-part documentary series from SB Nation. Just as this bizarre mental game with Daniel Cormier. It’s very hard for people to look at that and go, “Well, I guess we still have to stick to this so-called practicality model!”[23], On an Election Night 2016 Chapo live broadcast, after it was clear Hillary Clinton would lose the Electoral College, Biederman referenced her health episodes during the campaign, sarcastically telling the audience “if voters are too immature to vote for someone that collapses and vomits all the time, the joke’s on them.” Days later, in a Chapo parody, Biederman declared in faux-Clinton voice: “I may not be Dale Earnhardt… but I smashed into the [expletive deleted] wall because I couldn’t turn left,” a reference to the fatal racing crash of seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, Sr., on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Tolentino, Jia. “Fighting in the Age of loneliness.” SB Nation. The other co-founders are Matt Christman and Will Menaker. It definitely isn’t a matter of priority, it isn’t the less important thing, it’s just for how we’re telling the story, certain narrative threads could not make it for the main narrative. Who ya got? Recently, he collaborated with SBNation’s Jon Bois on a five part series you may have seen already, titled Fighting in the Age of Loneliness. I would, in the future, if I could do like a deep dig into the far right in MMA or sponsorship in MMA — you know, Karim Zidan has done amazing things about it — it’s something I’m very interested in. Which makes a ton of sense, he’s a prick. “What Will Become of the Dirtbag Left?” The New Yorker. Accessed March 20, 2019. This was… I’ll be honest, I lost hair over this. He’s gained a degree of popularity and notoriety for his observations on our political climate, along with identifying trends about where the world is going and the ineptitude of major media outlets. And I think that it doesn’t help that the characteristic of the sport, even with moves to the mainstream and even with standardization of the sport and things around the sport — these are very strange social misfits a lot of the time. November 18, 2016. Genre News & Politics. In a Chapo parody following Clinton’s loss in the 2016 Presidential race, Biederman declared in faux-Clinton voice: “I may not be Dale Earnhardt… but I smashed into the [expletive deleted] wall because I couldn’t turn left!”[4], Felix Biederman is one of three co-founders and regular co-hosts of Chapo Trap House (Chapo), a for-profit political podcast from a hard-left, anti-capitalist perspective, that includes coarse language and comedic parody. Jon Bois (of 17776 fame) is doing a video series with Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House in which it is argued that MMA is popular because the world is a nightmare hellscape but in MMA at least itâs a nightmare hellscape where the underdog can win. I mean, the only way to keep this thing alive in the mind or eyes of the promoters is to basically pay the fighters what amounts to a pittance, ultimately, and the just sort of keeping them hungry so they can come back for more. Chapo Trap House began in March 2016 as the product of Will and his fellow hosts, Felix Biederman and Matt Christman, and was joined later by fellow hosts Amber AâLee Frost, and Virgil Texas. That’s very unfortunate, but the silver lining I can give you is I am absolute dogshit at predicting this sort of thing, so… there is that. The three met on Twitter and began podcasting together as Chapo in March 2016. [9], Biederman is a mixed martial arts (MMA) hobbyist[10] and has co-produced documentary films on the history of the sport. “Felix Biederman’s posts.” Deadspin. Cruz: White ‘doesn’t care’ if Cejudo returns or not; people laugh at him. “What Will Become of the Dirtbag Left?” The New Yorker. There’s something I wanted to delve into, Conor and Floyd, and Khabib a little bit, which I think is a very interesting phenomenon. And there’s also some interesting things about Fedor’s old camp, Red Devil, some super far-right guys there. Kevin Croom had some choice words for the Nevada Athletic Commission for overturning his win during his UFC debut last September. But the problem with that is, it’s so hard to substantiate stuff there, because the reporting is so... I’m gonna have to dig through Wayback Machine posts of UG posts, and it’s like “well shit, what can I actually use?”. VR: What other things were left? 32 mins ago admin Dominick Cruz isn’t expecting the retired Henry Cejudo to make a comeback. In a futile effort to evade capture, he ends up brutally killing his girlfriend, and is eventually convicted and sentenced to death. It’s hard to find because it’s been out there for a couple of years, but it was one of those scrums where Dana White kindly explains how some guys sign a contract for like $100,000 and he steps in and says “No, no… you made $70, 000 or 60,000, because here’s this, and these fees…” He explains the breakdown and smiles, you know? I can bang a hooker but I can’t smoke weed? So I’ve noticed that every time Conor fights, people that are not fight fans vociferously root against him. I have to give it to Don Jr., and just as a political economy thing most fighters that are older are right wingers, he could probably get word-class training. Of course! That’s just…, FB: Yeah, man. "I always have so much confidence in Jon because it’s almost like he doesn’t know how to lose". FB: Yeah, there was a lot of racism and race-related stuff that I couldn’t, it was sort of in initial drafts of those final three chapters, but I couldn’t put in. FB: Like ‘04, ‘05. FB: I think I was like a lot of people in that I was excited for it to permeate network TV, to become this thing that people watch, this thing that people bought. They had common interestsâinternational politics, making fun of journalistsâand a ⦠Interview: Felix Biederman on fighting, politics, and the uncertainty in both, UFC Vegas 20: Rozenstruik vs. Gane staff picks and predictions. Thing is, I didn’t set out to make a political polemic, I wanted to just tell my story of MMA and the fighters themselves, the sport itself and the business itself. I don’t think I explored as much with much with Conor as I wanted to. Well, that and the occasional porn reference. I do it, and then it’s out. Like a lot of people like me, as fans, seeing it become less special in a way. [17] [18]. I don’t think he’d follow up and be consistent with it. Donald Trump Jr hypothetically will agree to fight Michael Avenatti in an MMA fight. “THE RADICAL CHEEK OF ‘CHAPO TRAP HOUSE.’” Pacific Standard. I think that I’ve seen very positive steps for like, a fighter’s union that’s been very encouraging. But in retrospect maybe I should have done that more explicitly, right? Not because it was… because I wanted to do it for so long. Look at a side profile of Donald Trump Jr., you gotta figure a flea picked up by the wind could knock him out. VR: And you don’t realize until later it’s like a snake bite, it doesn’t hit you until a few hours later that you’ve talked yourself into this thing. Doesn’t that count? Accessed March 20, 2019. There is stuff like a little bit about Conor (McGregor) race-baiting, Chael (Sonnen) race-baiting, but if I had more time… thing is, if I put that in, I have to do this whole connective tissue and talk more about the sponsor economy, which could be another 20 minutes. It’s my interpretation of events, my interpretation of the cultural phenomenon it was, the space it occupied and the sort of feeling it had. “Growing up in Hyde Park, you’re surrounded by this environment of meritocratic achievement and cultural liberalism, and from the time I had conscious thought, it kind of disgusted me. But it also — for me — came to be kind of self defeating, because I felt like that push for being a mainstream thing kind of robbed the sport of a lot of what made it special. Probably ruining my family’s computer at the time, but yeah. Dillashaw: Layoff was a ‘blessing,’ I don’t have to fight for money now. Do I suck?” And so it was a very stressful thing. Fighting in the Age of Loneliness is a feature length documentary series about the history of MMA from a political and cultural perspective, made "for MMA fans, people who donât care about MMA, and people who feel that itâs a stupid bloodsport for idiots and assholes." There’s always been this group of people who say, “We’re going to fix Chicago, we’re going to show these people what’s best for them,” and they’ve never really done that. felix biederman fertitta fighting fighting in the age of loneliness fitaol history of mma history of the ufc ... Fighting in the Age of Loneliness: Supercut edition. That’s the scenario where I see Avenatti winning. Not through Jon or anyone at SB Nation, just for the main arc of what we were doing. Millions of, you know, over a million pay-per-view buys, it was exciting to see it penetrate. FB: I don’t know about soon. Avenatti though, I think like, subconsciously I first picked Avenatti when I first heard about this because he looks like Johnny Sins, and Johnny sins is an incredibly in-shape guy, right? VR: Speaking of screwing over — I dunno if maybe this was something that you had planned at some point in terms of including, you did include something regarding the pay scale... VR: ...And trying to, I mean, I feel like it was briefly encapsulated in what I like to refer to as the Wal-Mart model, right? He’s a smarter guy than Don Jr. VR: Alright. Itâs even better now, 26 months later, because of the year-long pandemic and the heavy political slant of our nation â and the involvement of Donald J. Trump in helping to launch Dana Whiteâs UFC. Chapo Trap House’s Felix Biederman gives his side of the process and mindset behind his recent documentary with SBNation’s Jon Bois, Fighting in the Age of Loneliness. Felix Biederman is a monster. “Felix Biderman.” Observer.com. When I was like fourteen. Accessed March 20, 2019. FB: It’s true. [1], Biederman grew up in the Hyde Park section of Chicago, Illinois, and has said he hated it because it is a “very stratified, snobbish area” full of “well-meaning liberal people that live in this city that is operated by criminals in the Democratic Party.” He credits his experiences growing up in Chicago as formative of his left-wing politics, saying it is “a city born in segregation and inequality and racist policing and murderous extralegal executions” that was from “very early on” a “testing ground for penalizing the poorest people for existing.” He named the late libertarian economist Milton Friedman, a Nobel laureate who once taught at the University of Chicago, as one of the worst people ever associated with the city.
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