Architects of Woke: Chapo Trap House & the Marxist Vanguards for Alienated Millennials

Released August 6, 2019

The Architects of Woke will release episodes throughout 2019. The series takes aim at far-left post-modernist and Marxist thinkers and activists responsible for the spread of identity politics from college campuses to society at large.

The third episode, “Chapo Trap House & the Marxist Vanguards for Alienated Millennials”, covers the influence of the radical socialist Chapo Trap House podcast. The #1 most funded podcast on Patreon, earning over $130,000 a month and boasting a regular listenership in the hundreds-of-thousands, Chapo Trap House is by far the most popular far-left podcast in the nation. Their views go far beyond the pop-socialism of most Bernie Sanders fans, instead explicitly advocating Soviet style Communism and expressing brutal hatred towards the wealthy and anyone who disagrees with them. Their listenership has conquered internet communities, spreading their vitriol far and wide, and gaining ever increasing influence for their views…

To learn more about Chapo Trap House, check out the following links:
InfluenceWatch.org entry: https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/chapo-trap-house/
“Socialism That’s Selling”: https://capitalresearch.org/article/chapo-trap-house-socialism-thats-selling/
Book Review: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/28/chapo-trap-house-book-review-219596

The Architects of Woke is hosted and directed by filmmaker Rob Montz. Montz is the co-founder and CEO of Good Kid Productions. His online documentary work has attracted millions of views and coverage in major outlets, including The Economist, USA Today, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Adam Carolla Podcast. His 2017 documentary “Silence U. PT 2: What Has Yale Become?,” published on We the Internet TV, won the 2018 Reason Video Prize.

You can view previous episodes of the Architects of Woke at the following links:
Judith Butler’s War on Science: https://youtu.be/yus0cmyRZWM
Slavoj Žižek & the Romance of Revolutionary Terror: https://youtu.be/mcS7jggHGCI

To keep updated with The Architects of Woke series, sign up for our email list below!

Cast & Crew

  • Director/Host Rob Montz
  • Producer Joseph (Jake) Klein
  • Executive Producer Scott Walter
  • Junior Editor Ethan Friedson