There Will Be Bourbon

Morgan Hancock stopped by the virtual bar. She is an Army veteran, commercial real estate agent, entrepreneur, bourbonista, and passionate advocate of the arts. Morgan created Bourbon with Heart as an opportunity to fundraise, bring awareness, and to give 20 local artists from Kentucky the chance to have a used bourbon barrel as their canvas. Morgan joined me to talk more about how she came up with the idea, some of her own Army history, as well as shared her personal story about early life adversity and not letting that define who you become or stand in the way of achieving your dreams. There is a current call for local Kentucky artists for her upcoming event. You can find more information at www.bourbonwithheart.org as well as vote for your favorite bourbon barrel artwork at www.bourbonwithheart.org/vote.

An accomplished shitpoaster, part time shooter, full time autist, Louisvillegun has been active in the 2nd amendment scene since the early 90s, way back to when people were yelling at each other on USENET. Today he is an ecommerce business owner and fulltime dork on the internet, capitalizing on his 90s peacetime Army experience to lend his expertise to modern political and social problems. He joins me for a spirited, bourbon fueled discussion on the evolution of the internet and social media, gun legislation, the homeless and mental health crisis in American cities, and much, much more. Grab a glass! Tonight's Bourbon: Weller Full Proof Single Barrel Store Pick.

Jesse Kelly is a former Marine, candidate for Congress, and currently hosts the nationally syndicated "The Jesse Kelly Show". Jesse stopped by the virtual bar to discuss the return of Brittney Griner, the decline of Western leaders values, and the reminder that we are not entitled to live in the same country as our predecessors. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon. For me: Elmer T. Lee. For Jesse: TX Bourbon.

Brian Morgenstern is the former White House Deputy Press Secretary and Deputy Communications Director, as well as a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Trump administration. His new wife, Teresa, returns to There Will Be Bourbon, and she is the former Senior Communications Advisor at the White House for Operation Warp Speed and former Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary during the Trump administration. Their new book Vignettes & Vino - Dinner Table Stories from the Trump White House with Recipes and Cocktail pairings is a wonderfully entertaining trip through their time in the Trump administration, surviving with each other during the pandemic, insight into major events during those 4 years, as well as easy to follow recipes for you to eat and drink along with them. Grab a glass! Bourbon: Wyoming Whiskey Private Stock Bourbon store pick from Bounty Hunter in Napa, CA.

Rob affectionately runs his cat's account on Twitter as we say. But it's really just him who happens to know a lot about guns and medical stuff. Rob and I get into his gun collection, the best weapon for home defense, his heartbreaking story that prevented his dream of military service, just what happens when the government tries to do something to address public outcry, COVID response, as well as what was a bigger failure; Prohibition or the Global War on Terror. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon. Tonight's selection: Rabbit Hole Heigold Kentucky Straight Bourbon.

John Phillips is a talk radio show host in Los Angeles and a columnist for the Orange County Register. He also regularly makes Cable News appearances supplying his trademark wit and insight. John and I discuss the ongoing homeless problem plaguing Los Angeles, San Francisco and much of the Pacific Northwest. We also talk about the continuing missteps of government as it relates to shutdowns, crime, the current climate surrounding Monkeypox, and what ever happened with the shooting in Las Vegas in 2017. Grab a glass! Source of Conversation: Frey Ranch Straight Bourbon Whiskey.

Red is a co-founder of MVRDERCVLT and a Special Forces member. We discuss the back story of MVRDERCVLT, the failure of police inaction in Uvalde, TX, the heroics in Greenwood, IN, what the media portrays to the public inaccurately about the AR-15, common shooting errors with rifles and handguns, the importance of fitness in shooting and combat operations, and a conversation about the value of the Global War on Terror. You can follow Red on Twitter at @Snakeeater36. Grab a glass!

The Gruntpa of Twitter stops into the virtual bar. Gruntpa is a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and is now what he describes as a "breaker of people, processes, and technology". We discuss an idea of his I've always wanted to delve into more with the invasion of Mexico and how that would look and why. We then discuss a lot of his time in Afghanistan and Iraq especially, with insight into the unit level responsibility and what success looked like. Gruntpa provides and extremely thoughtful and nuanced discussion I think everyone will like and appreciate. Grab a glass!

Demp McGee, one of Twitter's most unique, authentic, and popular accounts returns to the virtual bar. A lot has changed in the last year and a half, notably gas prices which we get right into from an insiders perspective. Is this the new normal? How did they get so cheap during the pandemic? When will we see a drop? How does a future with electric vehicles look and is that possible given how reliant the world economy is on diesel fuel? We also take an emotional look at the shooting at Robb Elementary and discuss the deadly inaction of the Uvalde police department. Bringing the mood back up, we chat about Farmageddon and his role in it, as well as the medic services he provides and trains people up on there and elsewhere around the country. This is a fun one so grab a glass!!

Mark Sibley is the author of Mongol Moon and a career Crisis Management Expert. The book Mongol Moon explores the detonation of an Electronic Magnetic Pulse attack over the United States and Europe and details the involvement of characters from Iran, China, Russia, the United States, Scotland, and ties in other nations pulled into the attack. In addition to that, he's been a crisis management expert conducting war games for corporations and other entities for years. We explore the book as well as the possibility of an EMP in America, why it hasn't happened yet, what is on the horizon in terms of global security, if it is purposeful or due to negligence, and much, much more in one of the most telling and informative discussions I've had in this space. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon.

Brandon Neely is a former US Army Military Policeman with tours in Egypt, Cuba, and Iraq. Once falsely accused, he was one of the first to speak out against the charges stemming from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He went on to serve during Operation Iraqi Freedom 1 in Iraq. Brandon has since discovered the magic of bourbon and we discuss price gouging and the thrill of the hunt. Brandon is also very well immersed in the exposure of Stolen Valor on Twitter and has done amazing work in the field to bring honor to those deserving of it. We wrap things up with a discussion of the ongoing situation in Ukraine and how our current elected leaders may be leading us astray. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon.

Chef Gruel is the founder and CEO of Slapfish, a sustainable seafood restaurant franchise based out of Huntington Beach, California with locations all over the country and in the UK. During the Covid shutdowns, restaurants were the hardest hit, especially the employees. Chef Gruel talks about how restaurants are naturally built to better handle health issues than most, how he started a relief fund to help restaurant workers who lost their jobs, the issues we face in schools, and government inefficacy as whole. We also talk sustainable seafood and how rising costs are going to impact it. Grab a glass! It's Happy Hour! There Will Be Bourbon!

The first ever Happy Hour edition of There Will Be Bourbon! A more narrow focused discussion on a specific event with those in the best position to speak on it in less than an hour. Kristina Wong stops by the virtual bar to discuss everything going on in Ukraine with Russia and why you as an average American need to understand what is happening and how it affects us. Also, we get into the Presidential line of succession and discuss all parties involved. Grab a glass! It's happy hour! There Will Be Bourbon!

Kenneth Ramos is a retired Sergeant Major in the US Army and is a subject matter expert on Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) and social media exploitation. We talk about our time overlapping in Iraq, his role in Task Force Viking and Operation Ugly Baby, the origin of PSYOPS and the Ghost Army, along with plenty of bourbon fueled rants. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon.

Sometimes you get a chance to talk with the smartest man in the room. It's an understatement with Lee and I'm proud to call him a brother. We follow up on a previous discussion regarding the curious absence of mob violence and BLM/ANTIFA in 2021, Covid protocols and the lockdown tactics, our defacto Constitution, political power at the local level, culture in America, and the failed Afghanistan withdrawal of 2021. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon.

Clay Martin returns to the virtual bar to follow up on his November 2020 appearance where we discuss his election predictions, the evolution of how Covid started and how its being dealt with today, pointless federal agencies like the ATF, political parties in America, and much more all with a glass of the finest American spirit. There Will Be Bourbon! Grab a glass!

Matt was the winner of the bourbon giveaway last month and I stole the idea from someone who said that I should have on the podcast whoever it was and drink with them. Well, that is what happened and Matt turned out to be a genuinely interesting guy with a lot worth discussing. Matt is a native Atlantan with a deep appreciation for history, trivia, and scripture, whose claim to fame is that he somehow found a way to interconnect these interests into a book called Finding His Story in History. He went to college thinking he'd be a doctor like his dad, but the Physics buzzsaw ended that dream and he majored in Biology/Horticulture. He also spent a lot of time in the art building, studying art history. He loves to volunteer for causes that support the disabled, disenfranchised, or those looking for connection. This has meant equine (horse) therapy, Team RWB (veterans), and Play Catch, his current project. Matt is the embodiment of what I wanted to do when I first set out to do this podcast; an average American with anything but an average story. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon!

Heather is a proud American full of the independent spirit yet loyal to the traditional American values. She is a devoted mother who believes in liberty and the American dream. We discuss the concept of toxic feminism, parenting and the pressures placed on children, whether or not a serial killer like the Night Stalker could exist in 2021, and the origin of the sandwich! Where else would you rather be? Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon!

Joe and Javier's careers first crossed paths at the Special Forces Qualification Course. Both went on to deploy multiple times to countries in the Middle East before retiring. They share several stories of their time together and about the early days of SF training while preparing for the Global War on Terror. Joe is also currently running for Congress in Washington state's District 3 and gives us an update on how the campaign is going after receiving some powerful endorsements. He's also got some advice for those men and women out there considering running for office themselves. Javier and I then discuss in depth his work with the Flanders Field Organization which has been working to get interpreters out of Afghanistan and over to America and continues to raise money to do so. Javier also shares some emotional insights into Afghanistan and why he feels we weren't ultimately successful. There may also be an in depth discussion about the state of hip hop and why it died decades ago. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon!

Javier has been working in commercial global commodity markets since he was 21 years old. He had dropped out of college and was working behind a bar and on ranches when they would take him before that. He was in a bar one night playing pool when the table behind his friends needed a 4th player. He agreed to play. Those guys hired him into the commodity market on the spot and he never looked back. To this day, the only explanation he has is that he was good at drinking and numbers. He likes tequila. He hates the Federal Reserve. He despises China. He is on Twitter, where I found him, to promote new ways of thinking about complex ideas and to promote family first as a solution to societal problems. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon!

Terry Schappert is a retired Green Beret with the United States Army and also a commentator on current events. He has hosted and appeared on several television shows and recently recorded the 5th season of Hollywood Weapons. He is an extremely thoughtful, well read, and articulate member of the warrior class in America who has fought and sacrificed far more than most in this nation. Listen to what he has to say and deliver through a mix of humor and sobering honesty.

Greg is a two time Army tourist of Iraq and served on a US Army Sniper team. After leaving the Army, he took on a variety of jobs and moved all over the country before finding his true calling as a father and family man. Greg and I discuss his time in Iraq, the challenges and rewards of home schooling his kids, his love of sports, as well as many other things brought forth through the bourbon. He is a passionate American with a wealth of stories and experiences worth listening to. He also has taken up a role with a veteran owned company that has been exploding in the past year that will be discussed in more detail in the future.

What a great American and human being Teresa is. She discusses her role in Operation Warp Speed and the Coronavirus vaccine as well as a variety of topics regarding political division in the media, the lack of authenticity in journalism, finding love in the White House, as well as some face time with our cats. Serious stuff here, America! Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon

Retired Navy SEAL Drew Mullins returns, unfortunately clean shaven, this time to discuss bourbon, behind the scenes action in Airborne School, Free Fall training in Antigua, as well as the concept of service and doing something bigger than yourself. Grab a glass!

Drew served the nation as a Navy SEAL for 23 years conducting high risk, low-visibility, and combat operations spanning 14 deployments in Bosnia, Iraq, The Caucuses, Afghanistan, and Somalia. Like me, he enjoys America's native spirit, Bourbon! We imbibed and talked through his time in the Navy, what SEAL training was like for him, as well as GI Jane stories involving Demi Moore. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon.

I imbibed in a glass with Father Dan Beeman. Ordained in 2007 after an unfulfilling banking career, Father Beeman was assigned a parish that serves the Naval community of Norfolk. To better minister to this population, he became certified in counseling for Combat Trauma and PTSD. He has worked extensively with the military community and has ministered to deployed military around the globe. Father Dan is passionate about Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and Navy on the football field, Bourbon in his glass, mountains that intimidate, and the abolition of Daylight Savings Time.

There Will Be Banter returns with a look into the Derek Chauvin trial. We get into deep waters over some personal experiences with police brutality and also provide an introspective look at personal accountability at times in those moments. You may not think like us but you probably think like one of us. Grab a glass!

Julio orders at the virtual bar to discuss what led him into the world of riot reporting and also recounts some of his most epic and eye catching moments from last summer in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He shares some insight into a two critical steps that are required to be successful in any field but most people never take. Julio is also a veteran of the United States Military and has marginal taste in apparel due to his unwavering loyalty to Grunt Style clothing. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon!

You've seen her for months on There Will Be Banter, now it's time to get a little more in depth. Kristina has worked for a variety of media outlets throughout her award winning career and currently covers the Pentagon for Breitbart. She's covered the wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, as well as security issues related to China, Japan, Asia, East Asia, and Taiwan. She also was almost an actress. Imagine that. Grab a glass and learn more about America's finest defense reporter! There Will Be Bourbon.

The crew is back and here to sound off on the new Army Combat Fitness Test. Also, we discuss the larger issues holding Soldiers back from not just meeting the standard, but also from reaching their physical fitness peak. Support Author: https://m.soundcloud.com/user-5317896 https://youtube.com/c/SavageBeats Music Provided by: https://www.youtube.com/RoyaltyFreeMusicGo Download Link: https://m.soundcloud.com/user-5317896/r3volv3-big-roomelectro-house-non-copyright-heavy-bass-2k17

There Will Be Bourbon pours a glass with Casey Duval. Casey is a medically retired Infantry Officer who was severely injured while serving in Afghanistan. He went on to become the first amputee to attempt the Special Forces Selection and Assessment Course and now serves as a Crossfit coach, competitive Adaptive Athlete, and prosthetic consultant. Enjoy the blunt honesty about how his injuries were sustained and the healing process he went through to bring himself to where he is today. Carey is a good dude. Drink up and enjoy.

Tim and Rob join me to reminisce about our shared deployment to one of the most austere and dangerous environments in the world; Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. We talk a lot of CrossFit, College Athletics, multiple deployment extensions in Iraq, and great food decisions in this episode, including Tim's Zone 1 breakfast burrito. Grab a glass or six. There Will Be Bourbon!

Former Army Interrogator and Human Intelligence Collector, Sam Rogers joins the bourbon consumption practice to talk about his time in Afghanistan as well as his efforts with his organization to end the endless wars that continue around the globe today. Sam also has an interesting spin on the legendary Old Fashioned cocktail. I did not say good. Though it might be. But what is good is listening to his time spent deployed, how he found himself involved politically, and what he lays out as the best way to impact policy all Americans can do. Grab a glass. There Will Be Bourbon!

We are fired up tonight! Somehow America's defense reporter, Kristina Wong, maintained her sobriety while the lovable Liberal, Veronika Lopez and the Australian eye candy, Ben Bridge, join me, the bourbon snob, Eric Bandazewski to discuss the fury of Presidential executive orders, Senator Ted Cruz apparently down in Mexico to lasso the sun for Texas, and the passing of Rush Limbaugh. Grab a glass. There Will Be Banter!

We roll up sans the world class civilian reporter Kristina Wong this week, but the Australian eye candy Ben Bridge and the lovable gun toting liberal Veronika Lopez join me the bourbon snob to discuss the recent revelation about Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio. Also, unfortunately the NFL has found itself back in the news for the wrong reasons once again over a terrible new domestic violence case. We discuss causes and parallels to other sports. Grab a glass! There Will Be Banter.

This week the lovable, gun-toting liberal Veronica Lopez, the Australian eye candy Ben Bridge, and America's favorite civilian reporter Kristina Wong gather with me the bourbon snob, Eric Bandazewski to discuss America's halftime show, or the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States of America. You may not think like us but you probably think like one of us! Grab a glass. There Will Be Banter.

Braxton McCoy is an American veteran, author of The Glass Factory, horse breaker, former stand up comedy champion, wrestler, and an overall treasure of this country. If you missed his first appearance, it mainly covered his book in a chapter by chapter recollection which I encourage you to read. This time you will see a more introspective man discussing his latest project and the influence of the West on American culture, as well as some flaming hot takes on the UFC and what, if anything, California does better than France. Grab a glass. There Will Be Bourbon.

Back after a break for the holidays, There Will Be Banter takes on the events at the US Capitol on Wednesday, 6 January 2021 and attempts to make sense of just what the hell happened that day as our epic reporter Kristina Wong was on the ground. Joining her as always is the lovable, gun-toting liberal Veronika Lopez and the Australian eye candy Ben Bridge. Grab a glass! There Will Be Banter!

Walt has such a full and wide personal story. He's served his country during the Cold War and in Desert Storm. He was an Army Ranger. He picked tobacco growing up as a kid. He pretty much aced the SAT. He didn't have the money to maximize that academic potential immediately after high school, so he joined the Army. He would go on to graduate from the University of Michigan with a degree in Industrial Engineering. After leaving the Army he would go on to positions within Ford becoming the man responsible for that kind, audible reminder to fasten your seatbelts. Later he would design power scooters and motor coaches before starting his own venture capitalist and private equity company focused on developing small businesses. Throughout all of these steps along the way, Walt has demonstrated his calling to serve, be it is his country, his Soldiers, or his fellow man. We need more men and women like Walt. Grab a glass. There Will Be Bourbon.

The gun toting liberal, Veronika Lopez, the Australian eye candy, Ben Bridge, and America's decent civilian reporter, Kristina Wong, return with me, the bourbon snob, Eric Bandazewski, to discuss the do as I say, not as I do politicians and the return back into lockdown in many parts of the country due to the coronavirus. You may not think like us, but you probably think like one of us. There Will Be Banter.

In 2015, West Point graduate Lieutenant Colonel Lisa Jaster became the first female reserve Soldier to graduate the iconic US Army Ranger School and was among the first 3 women to do so. There is just a bit more to her than that however. From a small town in Wisconsin, she had a call to serve early on as her father was also a West Point attendee and served 3 tours as an Officer in Vietnam. Fresh off a first place finish in her age group in her first ultra trail marathon, Lisa describes a few other moments in her career along the way. Hear her unique story about 9/11, the early years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the types of men and women America needs in combat today, and just how she found herself in the US Army's Ranger school. Delete the adjective, not the bourbon. Grab a glass.

"Brink" tells his personal story of surviving serious physical abuse as a child, his eventual adoption, kidnapping, and boarding school, before finding himself in the Army. Behind the mask of humor is a sterling example of never giving in to your circumstances and fighting back when life inevitably beats you down. Brink also describes how he came to find his one true love through the power of MySpace. Grab a glass. There Will Be Bourbon.

America's favorite riot reporter, Julio Rosas, joins America's favorite bourbon snob. That's me. Also, the Australian eye candy, Ben Bridge, returns along with America's favorite civilian reporter, Kristina Wong to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and Moderna. Are YOU ready to take it? Will you? There Will Be Banter.

I grab a glass with Eddie as he discusses with true honesty what it takes to become an actor in Hollywood, overcoming his addiction with drugs and alcohol, and just what it takes to be successful. You listen to this story and you can pick up on the driving points to success. We all have them. You just have to listen to them when they speak to you. Eddie is a great, American story. Listen to it. Grab a glass. There Will Be Bourbon.

The lovable, gun-toting liberal Veronika Lopez, the average civilian reporter Kristina Wong, and the Australian eye candy Ben Bridge join me, the bourbon snob Eric Bandazewski to discuss what continues to persist in several battleground states from the US election. Hear an "inside outsider" opinion from Ben, as well as some purple drank fueled gems from Kristina while Veronika reminds us all that she drinks and she knows things. Remember, you may not think like us, but you probably think like one of us. There Will Be Banter!

The retired CIA spook Ron Moeller, the lovable, gun-toting liberal Veronika Lopez, and the decent civilian reporter Kristina Wong join me the bourbon snob, Eric Bandazewski to discuss the elephant in the room this week; the US election. There is a lot of passion behind the views and feelings expressed on this episode which I feel is a microcosm of what many in this beautiful nation are experiencing right now. You may not think like us, but you probably think like one of us. There Will Be Banter!

Clay Martin is a retired Green Beret and author of multiple books including Concrete Jungle: A Green Berets Guide to Urban Survival. This is a no holds barred interview discussing a wealth of topics including the Global War on Terrorism, what to do when the worst scenario you can imagine plays out in your neighborhood, what gun you should own and know how to use, what Clay thinks of Krav Maga (as well as other Martial Arts), and how to build your personal network to rely on in a crisis. This is brutal honesty from a man who has lived and done things the rest of us have only read about or watched some actor do poorly. Grab a glass and his new book Prairie Fire: Guidebook for Surviving Civil War 2. There Will Be Bourbon.

This bourbon snob is joined once again by the lovable, gun-toting liberal Veronika Lopez and the average, formerly decent, civilian reporter Kristina Wong. The retired CIA spook Ron Moeller is out hunting peasants, or pheasants, one of the two. This week we discuss the spike in suicides and mental health issues during the pandemic. We also tackle some of the problems that members of the military face overseas and returning home as it relates to seeking help. You may not think like us, but you probably think like one of us. There Will Be Banter.

Sergeant First Class (Retired) Larry Teakell talks in depth about the incident in Iraq on July 18, 2007 that led to him being awarded the Soldier's Medal; the highest award for valor and heroism under non-combat conditions. Larry describes multiple deployments to Macedonia, Bosnia, and Iraq recalling in vivid detail his experiences. His actions are a direct definition of the Army Value, "Selfless Service". Every Soldier and American should know what he did that day. In retirement, Larry has started the Junkyard Tactical company making knives, swords, and other weapons out of scrap and discarded metal and steel. His latest fundraising effort went to support the mural for Silver Star recipient, SFC Alwyn Cashe and is actively engaged in the effort to have him awarded the Medal of Honor. Grab a glass.

We rolled up sans the lovable, gun toting Liberal, but the retired CIA spook, the average civilian reporter, and myself, the self-professed bourbon snob come together to discuss some of the deep rooted corruption you may have heard about lately. Remember, you may not think like us, but you probably think like one of us. There Will Be Banter!