both Vaush and people like the chapos are considered part of the 'dirtbag left', but I don't have nearly as many problems with CTH as I do vaush. What separates the two? my theories are that people like xanderhal and Vaush seem to take marginalized groups for granted and advocate for power structures in society, but the chapos have seen through the veil of neoliberalism.
Yeah none of them really "agitate" for anything which makes them lame. Their recent episode interviewing that person about police gangs was good. I think they're just good as a counter to the right-wing psycho-sphere (if anyone even finds them). But like you said, caring about podcasts is stupid. Except for Citations Needed.