8个月前

Matt Christman health update from Chris

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

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?
- "shutupshutupSHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP"
- 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.
  
  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
  
  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)

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.

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!

may His neurons prune the bad pathways and find new ones
may His dendrites stretch ever further in pursuit of the true paths
- i feel like the doc probably told him no more acid

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

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.

- How could I forget

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

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.
- 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.
  
  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

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

I get knocked down, but I get up again
The demiurge is never gonna keep me down

He's unfit to serve the pod. He really needs to step down. I suggest VP Virgil to replace him.
- when you remember you left the plunger in the toilet

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

Hopefully we will one day be blessed by him, but I totally understand waiting (esp w/ aphasia).
We will always have hell on earth.
- And Hell of Presidents!

the only good chapo rides again
Death to America

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

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.

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.