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Donald Trump, America's big, wet President, recently pardoned a war criminal named Mike Behenna. Recently, he indicated that he wants to pardon even more war criminals -- all of them white dudes who murdered people in Iraq and Afghanistan. In this episode, Nate and Francis break down why this is pathetic and why your Once An Eagle ass cosplay about being The Leader Who Will Stop Bad Things means nothing when your chain of command actively encourages war crimes. It's bad, folks! This week's bonus is a Q&A session in which we answer your questions. Get it on the Patreon here at the $3 tier: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26909813 Also remember that our first zine issue will be forthcoming soon. Sign up on the Patreon at the $10 tier to get a paper copy. We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw We have a new t-shirt out this week — get some anarchist agriculture in your life! Buy it here: https://teespring.com/new-anarchist-agricultural#pid=387&cid=101810&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

Our friend Joe Kassabian (@jkass99), THE HOOLIGANS OF KANDAHAR and host of the Lions Led by Donkeys podcast, has a new book coming out called CITIZEN OF EARTH. You can buy it here, and you should: https://kyanitepublishing.com/product/citizen-of-earth/ In this episode, Joe and Francis discuss the new book, bad Army training, laser tanks, insane future weapons, and why the higher your rank the in the military, the less a grip on reality you have re: what soldiers can do. It's a fun conversation because Joe is a good dude, and if you've got a few bucks to spare you can support Lions Led by Donkeys here: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys This week's bonus features Francis' continued episode-by-episode review of the HBO series Generation Kill. It sure seems like things are getting messed up in Iraq c. 2003, almost as if it doesn't bode well for the future. You can get that here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26822079 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw We have a new t-shirt out this week — get some anarchist agriculture in your life! Buy it here: https://teespring.com/new-anarchist-agricultural#pid=387&cid=101810&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

Francis is out doing dad things, and Nate is covering down with a weird one out of left field. This week, Nate and special guest Riley Quinn (@raaleh) of Trashfuture Podcast discuss a looming horror in the distance: Donald Trump fans' weird crossover with the Warhammer 40k universe. Riley explains what 'grimdark' is, why the fash seem to love slapping Trump's head on the Emperor of All Mankind, and why gatekeeping fan subcultures can get weaponized very easily. The article from The Mary Sue that Nate mentions is available here: https://www.themarysue.com/warhammer-40k-fandom-fascism/ This week's bonus features Francis and Cynthia discussing the 1979 time-travel novel KINDRED by Octavia Butler. Did you know that changing history isn't as easy as just smiting Baby Hitler? Does it seem outlandish to learn that time-travel while Black is something of a challenge? Hear about this and much more on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26567050 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw We have a new t-shirt out this week — get some anarchist agriculture in your life! Buy it here: https://teespring.com/new-anarchist-agricultural#pid=387&cid=101810&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

In this episode, Francis speaks with Army public affairs veteran Fred Wellman (@fpwellman) about a recent article by an Army PAO that basically blames the media for not being patriotic enough. As fellow flacks, they discuss why this is a garbage take and why everyone should demand more truth from the military. Here is the dumb article that sucks: https://mwi.usma.edu/takes-two-tango-journalists-role-healthy-military-media-relationship/ In addition, we have an interview with all-round veteran badass Amber Mathwig (@tooterbelle) about her recent arrest at UNC, why the police are extremely comfortable with white supremacists on UNC's campus, and why it's good to demilitarize the veteran space. If you want more info on what went down with her arrest, read it here: https://twitter.com/Tooterbelle/status/1121366212443877377 This week's bonus features a discussion with Bryan Quinby (@MurderBryan) of Street Fight Radio (@streetfightwcrs) on the topic of the recent Ben Affleck military thriller TRIPLE FRONTIER, a movie about divorced dad energy. Get that on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26398953 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Are you tired of your veteran-themed coffee company shirts being too subtle? Well, we have a solution to your problems: https://teespring.com/dickgun-coffee-company#pid=387&cid=101869&sid=front We also have a Soviet-inspired socialist gym rat shirt, for the Swoletariat: https://teespring.com/swoletariat#pid=755&cid=103339&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

In a preview of this week's bonus episode, Francis speaks with Bryan Quinby (@murderbryan) of Street Fight Radio on the topic of the recent Netflix film 'Triple Frontier.' Why is it so long? Why is Ben Affleck basically playing himself? And why do a bunch of Delta Force guys apparently really suck at planning? They answer all these and many more of your questions. If you want to listen to the whole thing, sign up on Patreon and access it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/triple-frontier-26398953 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Are you tired of your veteran-themed coffee company shirts being too subtle? Well, we have a solution to your problems: https://teespring.com/dickgun-coffee-company#pid=387&cid=101869&sid=front We also have a Soviet-inspired socialist gym rat shirt, for the Swoletariat: https://teespring.com/swoletariat#pid=755&cid=103339&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

This week, we react to the recent happening at the US-Mexico border, in which a group of paramilitaries (among them ex-cops and veterans) held unarmed asylum seekers at gunpoint until the Border Patrol could arrest them. As Francis and Nate discuss, this sure sounds like some fascism. We also talk about a Marine general's fixation on yard care, which brings us to the larger point: why is the military so obsessed with demonstrations of obedience as opposed to anything approaching actual discipline? Why do we actually care if a 19-year-old has shaved his ridiculously paltry beard? Why do any of us get worked up about this? This week's bonus features an interview between Francis and Carey Shockey (@shocks), a labor lawyer and Coast Guard veteran. He's the first Coastie we've managed to get on the show, and we're happy to learn about the most secretive of all branches: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26266503 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Are you tired of your veteran-themed coffee company shirts being too subtle? Well, we have a solution to your problems: https://teespring.com/dickgun-coffee-company#pid=387&cid=101869&sid=front We also have a Soviet-inspired socialist gym rat shirt, for the Swoletariat: https://teespring.com/swoletariat#pid=755&cid=103339&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

We figured it was time to dig in a little deeper on British military stories. This week, Nate speaks with British Army veteran and journalist Joe Glenton (@joejglenton) about his recent piece in the Independent, on the topic of paratroopers shooting at a picture of Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn. The conversation also touches on reactionary sentiments in the British Army, the UK's history of veteran activism, and the strange ways in which people convince themselves to forget the truth about empire. Read Joe's recent piece here: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/corbyn-shooting-video-soldiers-target-practice-snapchat-army-a8853086.html Also, Joe's memoir Soldier Box is available from Verso Books here, and it's good as hell: https://www.versobooks.com/books/1428-soldier-box This week's bonus features Nate and Cynthia discussing the 1995 Hughes Brothers movie Dead Presidents, in which they ask the important question: is it fascist? Get it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26117226 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Are you tired of your veteran-themed coffee company shirts being too subtle? Well, we have a solution to your problems: https://teespring.com/dickgun-coffee-company#pid=387&cid=101869&sid=front We also have a Soviet-inspired socialist gym rat shirt, for the Swoletariat: https://teespring.com/swoletariat#pid=755&cid=103339&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

It's been something of a banner week for dumb military and veteran news. For starters, a scandal emerged in Nate's adopted home of Britain after a video showed British Army paratroopers happily shooting a portrait of Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2019/apr/06/british-army-chief-addresses-claims-of-unacceptable-conduct-by-soldiers-video We also discuss a news story in which Marine Corps general officers complain to the press that Trump's raiding of military discretionary spending (in order to build his wall) is hampering their ability to recover from climate-change-worsened natural disasters that have recently struck. https://www.newsweek.com/marine-generals-email-leak-trump-congress-budget-1386469 This week's bonus features part 4 of Francis reviewing the HBO series "Generation Kill." You can access it at the $3 tier on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/francis-reviews-25961884 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Are you tired of your veteran-themed coffee company shirts being too subtle? Well, we have a solution to your problems: https://teespring.com/dickgun-coffee-company#pid=387&cid=101869&sid=front We also have a Soviet-inspired socialist gym rat shirt, for the Swoletariat: https://teespring.com/swoletariat#pid=755&cid=103339&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

Rumor has it that leftist politics podcasts only exist to rip on Democrats. Well, that's only half-true: we rip on right-wing politicians all day long, but we know that they're fascists and plutocrats. Democrats, on the other hand, are supposed to be on our side -- hence our desire to actually elect people who represent our desires. And in that vein, we're discussing Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden. Guess what? They're bad. We're greatly indebted to friend of the show Nathan J. Robinson, whose article for Current Affairs forms the basis of our criticism of Mayor Pete: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/all-about-pete This week's bonus features a discussion between friend of the show Brock Wilbur and Francis, on the topic of Sierra's "Police Quest" series, a game in which you'll always die if you don't do it by the book. They discuss its inherent reactionary sentiment, the way it changed to suit gaming modes of the day, and the looming shadow of Daryl F. Gates—the father of the militarized LAPD and a consultant for the Police Quest games. Get it on the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/25741937 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Are you tired of your veteran-themed coffee company shirts being too subtle? Well, we have a solution to your problems: https://teespring.com/dickgun-coffee-company#pid=387&cid=101869&sid=front We also have a Soviet-inspired socialist gym rat shirt, for the Swoletariat: https://teespring.com/swoletariat#pid=755&cid=103339&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

This week, we speak with Current Affairs (@curaffairs) Editor-in-Chief Nathan J. Robinson (@NathanJRobinson) about pacifism: why it's so maligned in popular discourse, and why a horror of war and violence is a necessary thing in our violence-saturated era. Nathan recently published a piece on the topic of pacifism and the memoirs of Vera Brittain, which you can read here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/the-importance-of-pacifism You can access Vera Brittain's 'Testament of Youth' in PDF form here: https://ia601600.us.archive.org/7/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.34310/2015.34310.Testament-Of-Youth-An-Autobiographical-Study-Of-The-Years-1900-1925.pdf This week's bonus is a Q&A session. You can learn what Nate and Francis think is the best invention ever, whether or not the NFL is going to employ veterans as anti-kneeling goons, and what Francis is currently growing in his garden. Access it on Patreon here at the $3 monthly tier: https://www.patreon.com/posts/march-q-session-25623888 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Are you tired of your veteran-themed coffee company shirts being too subtle? Well, we have a solution to your problems: https://teespring.com/dickgun-coffee-company#pid=387&cid=101869&sid=front We also have a Soviet-inspired socialist gym rat shirt, for the Swoletariat: https://teespring.com/swoletariat#pid=755&cid=103339&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

In the aftermath of the tragic and horrendous massacres in New Zealand, we witnessed what you might describe as performative innocence on the part of people who traffic in Islamophobia. However, some young heroes were not having it — yes, we're talking about Egg Boy and Leen Dweik, two beacons of hope in an otherwise garbage discourse. This week, Francis and Nate discuss why it's good to confront public figures and terrible politicians, whether it's speaking to them sternly (in Chelsea Clinton's case) or decorating them with an egg (in Australian white nationalist senator Fraser Anning's case). This episode also includes an interview between Nate and Miles Lagoze, the director of the Combat Obscura documentary. Miles explains why he decided to make a feature film out of combat camera footage, why the Marine Corps tried to censor the film, and why his opinions on the war have changed as he's educated himself. That interview starts at 36:29, and you can stream Combat Obscura here: https://www.amazon.com/Combat-Obscura-Miles-Lagoze/dp/B07N8P93XP/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=combat+obscura&qid=1553089824&s=gateway&sr=8-1 The film's website is here. For this week's bonus, Nate and Francis discuss the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic COMMANDO, and ask the important question: is it fascist? You can access it and all our other movie reviews at the $3 tier on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-it-fascist-25453494 We have a YouTube channel now — subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Are you tired of your veteran-themed coffee company shirts being too subtle? Well, we have a solution to your problems: https://teespring.com/dickgun-coffee-company#pid=387&cid=101869&sid=front We also have a Soviet-inspired socialist gym rat shirt, for the Swoletariat: https://teespring.com/swoletariat#pid=755&cid=103339&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

This week, Francis and Nate discuss two new military-related stories that will likely bring comically unintended consequences. First, the Army intends to assign lieutenants to basic training units as platoon leaders. Which lieutenants? Well, all of them: pre-basic-course, post-basic-course, and post-platoon-leader, all of which sounds like a good (read: bad) idea. That story is available here: https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/03/08/lieutenants-appearing-soon-at-an-army-basic-training-platoon-near-you/?fbclid=IwAR3oEt4jmjIkssuwfVYsfB9BXDJ7GiS2pbNVgWRvQoH3v1_Q6Wzvz7hewzA Next, a discussion on President Trump's plan to tax our allies by making them pay more to host US military bases, a decision that most certainly will not cause more bases to close. Anti-imperialist Trump strikes again, by accident, because he's a big, wet idiot. That story is available here: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/09/politics/trump-admin-us-bases-more-money/index.html?fbclid=IwAR00jtezVoWr6nz51h5WtcTBbro33MdaP-VA-kkn4s28NMM-MsQGHExmAxg For this week's bonus, Francis and Cynthia discuss the Lion King, live-action remakes of Disney movies, and much more — to include a surprise defense of Scar. Get it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/scar-was-right-25302399 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/c/whatahellofawaytodie Francis has a sweet new t-shirt design involving a refreshing glass of Soviet assault rifle. Get it here: https://teespring.com/kalashnikov-classic#pid=373&cid=100039&sid=front We also have a Soviet-inspired socialist gym rat shirt, for the Swoletariat: https://teespring.com/swoletariat#pid=755&cid=103339&sid=front You can check out all our stuff on our store at https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/store You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

This week, Francis speaks with Army veteran and sociology student @Falsemotive about what it's like on the Army post where he lives as a military dependent. The Army offers free housing to military families, but what you may not know is that on many posts that housing is privatized. The government paid contractors to build it, pays contractors to ostensibly maintain it, and allows those private companies to siphon off the profits. And guess what: they do a terrible job of it. Also, this episode turns into some damn Army story time, a thing you have all come to know and love with us. For this week's bonus, Francis continues his review of "Generation Kill," and like all movie reviews on the Patreon, you can get it for $3 a month: https://www.patreon.com/posts/francis-reviews-25126638 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Francis has a sweet new t-shirt design involving a refreshing glass of Soviet assault rifle. Get it here: https://teespring.com/kalashnikov-classic#pid=373&cid=100039&sid=front We also have a Soviet-inspired socialist gym rat shirt, for the Swoletariat: https://teespring.com/swoletariat#pid=755&cid=103339&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

How did a white supremacist spend 30 years in the US military? Well, he enlisted, and then he reenlisted. This week, Nate and Francis discuss a recent story that appeared in Vice on the topic of a Coast Guard lieutenant with a kill list. Additionally, they discuss how some ex Navy SEALs wound up arrested in Haiti with a lot of firepower — like normal people do. Read the Vice article here: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/vbwyjd/how-an-allegedly-violent-white-nationalist-spent-decades-in-the-us-military-undetected Get Extended show notes on the website - https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/single-post/2019/02/27/Bad-News-the-Coast-Guard-is-Now-Fash-Too This week, Francis offers a video (or audio, if if you prefer) analysis on the phenomenon of stolen valor. Access it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/stolen-valor-24954478 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Francis has a sweet new t-shirt design involving a refreshing glass of Soviet assault rifle. Get it here: https://teespring.com/kalashnikov-classic#pid=373&cid=100039&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

This week, Francis did some damn journalism. He interviewed Joe Haldeman, author of the 1974 sci-fi masterpiece 'The Forever War,' about his Army service and how it informed his writing (and about blowing things up with C4). We really hope you enjoy this. Additionally, we've got an update on some of 2019's newest war crimes stories, in which gamer and vaper Duncan Hunter weighs in on whether it should be okay to murder people or not. This week's bonus continues our 'Is It Fascist?' review series, with a special war film that you likely know and hate: Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 Iraq War thriller 'The Hurt Locker.' Nate's wife Cynthia joins us to provide some film-critic civilian perspective. Get it here for $3 a month on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-it-fascist-24785664 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Francis has a sweet new t-shirt design involving a refreshing glass of Soviet assault rifle. Get it here: https://teespring.com/kalashnikov-classic#pid=373&cid=100039&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

This week, Nate speaks with Army veteran and author Matt Gallagher (@MattGallagher0 ) about being a veteran writer in the age of online, about his recent NYT op-ed discussing Trump's trip to Iraq, about how he got his start as an Army blogger writing from Iraq, and how Claire Vaye Watkins' Battleborn changed his perception of his hometown. Matt's recent NYT op-ed is available here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/opinion/sunday/trump-military-troops-iraq.html You can buy Matt's memoir Kaboom here:https://www.amazon.com/Kaboom-Matt-Gallagher/dp/0306819678/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550086313&sr=8-1&keywords=matt+gallagher … ...as well as his novel Youngblood here: https://www.amazon.com/Youngblood-Novel-Matt-Gallagher/dp/1501105752/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1550086313&sr=8-3&keywords=matt+gallagher This week's bonus is part 2 of Francis' review of Generation Kill. This one is open to all subscribers at the $3 tier and above. Get it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/francis-reviews-24628448 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Do you need a shirt to announce your Marxism? Well, we have just the ticket for you -- buy it here: https://teespring.com/sorry-if-my-marxism-offends-yo#pid=46&cid=2742&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

This week, we spoke with 82nd Airborne veteran Michael McGuinness (@beardedcynic473) about a story he knows particularly well: the saga of Clint Lorance, an Army officer convicted of murder in Afghanistan and sentenced to 18 years in prison. As you may know, every war criminal in military prison wants to get RT'ed into Trump's timeline in hopes of getting a pardon. Michael served with Clint Lorance, witnessed his war crimes, and reported him. Then the real story began. As a side note, let this story be one more piece of evidence in the case we've been trying to make: if Alan West is trying to convince you that someone was framed for murder in the Army, he's always lying. This week's bonus is a Q&A session for $3 subscribers and above. Do you want to know what we think about smoking weed on your last day in the Army? Find out here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/february-q-24440443 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Do you need a shirt to announce your Marxism? Well, we have just the ticket for you -- buy it here: https://teespring.com/sorry-if-my-marxism-offends-yo#pid=46&cid=2742&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

Recent stirrings in the defense establishment seem to indicate that Trump's cadre of goons want to invade Venezuela, or at least destabilize the region in hopes that Colombia and Brazil will invade. To that end, he's deployed a walrus and his death squad gang to rustle up some trouble. In this episode, Nate and Francis discuss why you should absolutely oppose U.S. intervention in Venezuela even if you don't know a thing about Venezuela (it's okay -- neither does anyone in Trump's cabinet!) Also covered: a story from the Intercept's Danny Dayan about the CFBP's "Mulvaney Discount," in which a guy defrauded veterans for 8 years and got fined exactly $1 for this crime. https://theintercept.com/2019/01/26/cfpb-mulvaney-discount/ This week's bonus episode features an interview with Nate and Sam Knight, on the topic of DC's recent ballot initiative getting overturned by its extremely Democrat City Council. You can access that interview here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/where-are-true-24286110 We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw Do you need a shirt to announce your Marxism? Well, we have just the ticket for you -- buy it here: https://teespring.com/sorry-if-my-marxism-offends-yo#pid=46&cid=2742&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

This Week, Francis drills a hole in his head with the book Trigger Warning by William and J. A. Johnstone. Trigger Warning is the book that happens when you melt multiple boomer Facebook meme pages together and pour it into a mold of an old white man calling the cops because some teens are listening to hip hop music too loud at seven in the evening. It is highly recommended you skip reading the book and instead just go through this thread from Francis - https://twitter.com/ArmyStrang/status/1082346813485649920 Then, Francis keeps his media consumption up by reviewing the first episode of Generation Kill from HBO. All the rest of the episodes will be reviewed once a month and available for $1 on the Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie

We rung in the new year and immediately launched into the Democratic presidential primary, in which all sorts of bad AI-generated takes on "affordable access" proliferate. In this week's episode, Nate and Francis discuss whether or not you're being a purity pony (or worse, a Bernard Brother) when you criticize any of the ostensible Democratic candidates. A number of news articles get discussed this week as well. Here they are for your own inspection. First, a piece from In These Times about women being the CEOs and directors of the military-industrial complex: http://inthesetimes.com/article/21682/women-military-industrial-complex-gina-haspel-trump-feminism-lockheed-marti?fbclid=IwAR1Wfvt5CXbvrwQhJjhhRq0tqo-PG7rFaKpoiueZD5U_uhyPy7auAc7BUgo And a story from Military Times indicating that Trump's DOD is, like his golf-club buddies at the VA, trying to stealth-cut any form of socialized medicine in America: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/01/10/more-17000-uniformed-medical-jobs-eyed-elimination.html Nate also mentions an essay by Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd) about the way the US medical system treats black people. Read it here: http://time.com/5494404/tressie-mcmillan-cottom-thick-pregnancy-competent/ This week's bonus episode is a one-on-one interview between Nate and veteran author Drew Pham. In this interview, Drew talks about his family's history in Vietnam and their relationship to the war, Trump's targeting of Vietnamese asylees and refugees, why he loves Tim O'Brien's work but couldn't see himself in any characters, MDMA-assisted psychotherapy and its promise for people with PTSD, and quite a bit more. You can access it on the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/complexity-of-23977372 *Veterans t-shirt notice* We have a new shirt available on our store. Did you know that VA disability is UBI for warriors? Well, you do now: https://teespring.com/deeply-conflicted-tee_copy_1#pid=387&cid=101810&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

It will probably come as no surprise to you that the military is having hard time meeting its recruiting goals. In fact, for the first time since 2005 (a year when nothing bad happened), the Army failed to meet its fiscal year target. So, in response to this, Training and Doctrine Command have discussed a variety of new options: recruiting crossfitters (with special fitness assignments at Fort Knox), recruiting gamers (fielding an all-Army Fortnite team), and, unthinkably, recruiting the libs. "You want to do a gap year?" said General Muth, whose name sounds like a planet from Star Wars. "Come do your gap year in the Army." Yes, folks, the military wants to attract Generation Z with some sweet floss dances and badass gaming when you're not buffing the barracks floors: https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/01/04/new-in-2019-the-army-is-pulling-out-all-the-stops-to-attract-generation-z/ And Fox News seems to think we haven't had recruiting stations in big cities up until now ("We fucking shouldn't!" your Facebook uncle who did 4 years in the Navy between 1979-1983 just said. "That's a damn Bergdahl Army right there!") https://www.foxnews.com/us/army-stepping-up-recruitment-in-22-left-leaning-cities For this week's bonus episode, Nate and Francis review the 1994 classic Pauly Shore film 'In the Army Now' and ask the most important question: is it fascist? Patreon subscribers at the $3 tier and above can access that episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-it-fascist-in-23825090 *Veterans t-shirt notice* We have a new shirt available on our store. Did you know that VA disability is UBI for warriors? Well, you do now: https://teespring.com/deeply-conflicted-tee_copy_1#pid=387&cid=101810&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

We were so busy ringing in the holidays with movie reviews that we didn't have time to comment on Jim Mattis' resignation, Trump's extremely thought-out Syria zonk, the DC defense establishment backlash to these two developments, and so much more in defense-related news. So, this week Nate and Francis discuss whether or not liberals should induct Mattis into the hashtag resistance hall of fame just yet. For this week's bonus episode, Nate interviews veteran writer and journalist Jasper Lo about his experience transitioning back into civilian life from the military, when transitioning also includes returning to the extremely conservative and not particularly pro-military Chinese-American community in New York. You can access the episode at the $5 Patreon tier here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/perfect-dim-sum-23660984 Also: Jasper is working on a story about the death of Danny Chen in 2011. If you were deployed with 3-21 Infantry or with 1st SBCT, 25th ID in 2011-12, he'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at [email protected] to get in touch, or send us a DM on Twitter / Facebook. *Veterans t-shirt notice* We have a new shirt available on our store. Did you know that VA disability is UBI for warriors? Well, you do now: https://teespring.com/deeply-conflicted-tee_copy_1#pid=387&cid=101810&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

We heard that some of you were watching movies at Christmas, and so we watched a war movie (with some strong Christmas movie overtones) — Sam Mendes' 2005 film Jarhead. Is it fascist? Well, it's definitely muscly and macho. But, as Nate, Francis, and Joe Kassabian (@jkass99) of the Lions Led by Donkeys podcast determine, there's a lot more going on beneath the surface. Sort of. For our Patreon subscribers, this week's bonus features Francis' book review of Peter Van Buren's 'We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.' Francis compares it to his own deployment experience and discusses the critical lack of follow-through that he observed on his own deployments. This is available to all Patreon subscribers at any tier: https://www.patreon.com/posts/book-review-we-23528252 *Veterans t-shirt notice* We have a new shirt available on our store. Did you know that VA disability is UBI for warriors? Well, you do now: https://teespring.com/deeply-conflicted-tee_copy_1#pid=387&cid=101810&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which means Francis has disappeared on vacation and left Nate at the helm of the show. This week, he speaks with investigative journalist and fan of the podcast Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) about the recent happenings at the US-Mexico border: a child dying in US custody, overt white nationalist talking points spread through DHS social media, and a culture of demonization. Despite all this, Ken says there's reason to be optimistic. Ken also discusses his own connection to Central America, and how America's involvement in El Salvador's civil war forced his own mother to move north. For our Patreon subscribers, this week's bonus episode features Nate and Francis reviewing 'The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension' as part of our Is It Fascist? movie review series. You can access that episode by subscribing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-it-fascist-of-23369757 *Veterans t-shirt notice* We have a new shirt available on our store. Did you know that VA disability is UBI for warriors? Well, you do now: https://teespring.com/deeply-conflicted-tee_copy_1#pid=387&cid=101810&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

In this special promo segment, you can hear a preview of this month's installment of Is It Fascist?, in which Nate and Francis review the 1984 cult classic 'The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'. They analyze its inscrutable plot, strangely fleshy special effects, standout cast, and general insane weirdness. We asked for a Christmas movie to review and the fans asked for this one. It's not a Christmas movie at all, but we did it regardless. Remember: if you've got a film you'd like us to review, please let us know in the comments / in the DMs / on Twitter. You can hear the whole thing by signing up to the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-it-fascist-of-23369757 *Veterans t-shirt notice* We have a new shirt available on our store. Did you know that VA disability is UBI for warriors? Well, you do now: teespring.com/deeply-conflicted-…d=101810&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

Sign up for the weekly newsletter! We're bringing it back and putting it in your inbox every Friday - https://hellofawaytodie.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=198e9d03a35381241f448c170&id=86957f9bf9 This week, Nate and Francis discuss the recent revelation that former ISAF commander General (Retired) Stanley McChrystal told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, "My best suggestion is to keep a limited number of forces [in Afghanistan] and just kind of muddle along and see what we can do." Whom among us has not muddled along for 17 years to no effect? Francis explains how it's hard to feel anything but betrayal when it comes to senior military leadership. This episode also features a segment in which Nate and Francis discuss Redwall books, why Dune sucks, why 'Gravity's Rainbow' is just postdoctoral Redwall, and much more. Francis also references Nate's recent piece in the Outline, which you can read here: https://theoutline.com/post/6726/troops-mexican-border-afghanistan-holidays?zd=1&zi=q3xn67fk In a short interview segment, Francis speaks with sociology student and veteran (@Falsemotive) about his sociological research on post-9/11 veterans. If you served in the GWOT, he'd love to interview you for his project. Also, this week's bonus episode features Adrian interviewing Alex and Faye from the Socialist Rifle Association about what it means to be armed and on the left. You can access that episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/adrian-socialist-23265807 *Veterans t-shirt notice* We have a new shirt available on our store. Did you know that VA disability is UBI for warriors? Well, you do now: https://teespring.com/deeply-conflicted-tee_copy_1#pid=387&cid=101810&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

We're a highly organized military podcast, and as such it only made sense that we'd throw out our episode plans and instead react to breaking news. After hearing about the death of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, we decided to discuss his legacy as the Iran-Contra pardoner and inaugurator of endless war in the Middle East. Francis notes that nothing could be more perfect than Trump — the apotheosis of the politics Bush enabled — being the head of the party. We also deep-dive on the meaning of "helicopter rides" and why Erick Erickson should just flat out admit that he likes Hitler. This week's bonus for our Patreon subscribers is an interview with leftist Army and Marine Corps veteran Carlo Valle (@cvalle0625). He and Nate discuss Carlo's experience growing up in Honduras, the 2009 coup in that country, and why he tries to keep the door open with his fellow veterans (even when they're not exactly receptive to socialist politics). You can access that episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/23095842 If you want to declare your affiliation with lefty veteran merchandise, check out our Teespring storefront here: www.teespring.com/stores/what-a-he…-of-a-way-to-die You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

In this week's episode of Hell of a Way, the gang examines recent commentary from Bill Kristol and Max Boot, famous pro-intervention conservatives whose newly-cemented places in the hearts of liberals comes solely due to their opposition to Trump. This past week, Kristol advocated for "regime change in China within 20 years," and Max Boot still thinks the 2003 invasion of Iraq was a good idea. So, what gives? This is Adrian's final podcast with us — we thank him for nearly two years of being part of the team. This week's bonus also comes from Adrian, which features the hosts of progressive veteran show "Speak Freely Podcast." You can access that episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/conversation-of-22907139 If you want to declare your affiliation with lefty veteran merchandise, check out our Teespring storefront here: www.teespring.com/stores/what-a-hell-of-a-way-to-die You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

In this week's episode of What a Hell of a Way to Die, Nate, Francis, and Adrian discuss the recent spate of Navy SEAL-related headlines for murder, murder-ish behavior, and much more. Specifically, they discuss a recent NYTimes piece about a SEAL on trial for killing a wounded child combatant in order to take a reenlistment photo. The discussion also covers an ongoing legal proceeding for some Navy SEALs who murdered a green beret in Mali after he threatened to disclose their financial crimes. The NYTimes article is available here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/us/navy-seal-edward-gallagher-isis.html This episode also features a quick interview with Amber Mathwig about her new podcast Unauthorized Absence. Listen to her show here: https://soundcloud.com/uapodcast2001 For this week's bonus preview, Nate speaks with product designer and ethical design instructor Matthew Borgatti about the presence of defense spending in the design world (and a DARPA plan to blow up all of outer space). If you want to hear the full interview, you can subscribe to the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/plan-to-blow-up-22808517 If you want to declare your affiliation with lefty veteran merchandise, check out our Teespring storefront here: www.teespring.com/stores/what-a-hell-of-a-way-to-die You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

In this week's episode of What a Hell of a Way to Die, Nate, Francis, and Adrian have come to the realization that we've been doing this show for two years now. So, in honor of this milestone, and in honor of the fact that we recorded this on Veterans' Day weekend, we discuss how we came to our current politics. Before that, however, we have a long discussion about the difference between Armistice Day, Remembrance Sunday, and what the US now calls Veterans Day. Nate also gives his best attempt to explain the British phenomenon of poppy-mania. After two years' worth of hard work, our long-suffering producer Karl Morand is moving onto bigger and better things. Moving forward, Nate is taking over as the producer. We thank Karl for his excellent work and incredible patience.For this week's bonus preview, Nate speaks with veteran and author Joe Kassabian about the Rust Belt, the delightful part of America from which they both escaped. If you want to hear the full interview, you can subscribe to the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dispatches-from-22675476 If you want to declare your affiliation with lefty veteran merchandise, check out our Teespring storefront here: www.teespring.com/stores/what-a-hell-of-a-way-to-die You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

In this week's episode of What a Hell of a Way to Die, Nate, Francis, and Adrian discuss the expanded, overstated, and extremely over-militarized response to a caravan of migrants fleeing Central America. We've discussed it before, but of course we needed to touch more on the fact that President Trump used 'Operation Faithful Patriot' as an opportunity to drum up pre-election coverage — by deploying about 15,000 soldiers to the middle of nowhere for normal reasons. Of course, as we're writing these notes, the election has taken place and now the military has changed the name of the operation — because it was, of course, a stunt. This week we also finally had a chance to splice in a preview of Nate's bonus interview with Army veteran and avowed communist Mike Conyers. If you want to hear the full interview, you can subscribe to the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/from-right-to-22372224 If you want to declare your affiliation with lefty veteran merchandise, check out our Teespring storefront here: teespring.com/stores/what-a-hell-of-a-way-to-die You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

In this week's Episode of of What a Hell of a Way to Die, Nate, Francis, and Adrian discuss the three recent right-wing terror incidents (or 'senseless, unconnected outbursts' as they're referred to in the media). Nate and Adrian reprise their discussion about whether or not Adrian's neighbors in Connecticut are actually good people despite voting Republican. Francis also sort of gets a word in edgewise. If you bonus episodes of extremely socialist veteran content, sign up to the Patreon here: www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie If you want to declare your affiliation with lefty veteran merchandise, check out our Teespring storefront here: teespring.com/stores/what-a-hell-of-a-way-to-die You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

We're just weeks away from the midterm elections, and damn if we aren't just ramping up the racism and going full steam ahead into the fall of the new Roman Empire. This week Nate, Francis, and Adrian discuss the coming migrant caravan and wax poetic about the fall of the Roman Empire. BONUS EPISODE this week is Francis and his book review on the Rambo book First Blood. If you want this and other bonus episodes of extremely socialist veteran content, sign up to the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie If you want to declare your affiliation with lefty veteran merchandise, check out our Teespring storefront here: https://teespring.com/stores/what-a-hell-of-a-way-to-die You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

Fall is underway, the leaves are beginning to change color, and we're still in Afghanistan after 17 years. With a low unemployment rate (usual caveats apply), go figure that the Army is having a hard time meeting its recruiting and retention goals. However, with an enormous budget to spend on basically any and all dumb technology, there might be a solution around the corner: drones you can control with your brain. This week, Nate and Francis hash it out over the weird defense tech that emerged from the AUSA conference, recent news that military recruitment is suffering, and much more. Additionally, you get a preview of a Patreon bonus episode featuring leftist USMC / Army veteran Carlo Valle, in which he and Nate discuss Honduras, post-service politics, and why Facebook is the bane of all veterans. If you want this and other bonus episodes of extremely socialist veteran content, sign up to the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie If you want to declare your affiliation with lefty veteran merchandise, check out our Teespring storefront here: https://teespring.com/stores/what-a-hell-of-a-way-to-die You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

Quick announcement before we get deep into the wood with Russian poisoning (both real and online) as well as the Department of Defense's attempt to find a Fiverr video editor and snaring a defunct Newgrounds animatior for a primer on blowing up indiscriminate bits of desert. Then Nate talks with Amber Mathwig, Navey veteran and veteran advocate about Defense contractors and their new brand of wokeness in putting women in charge of running the military industrial complex to blow up mud huts overseas. If you want more extremely online leftist veteran content, you can access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie Additionally, we have a lot of merchandise on sale on our Teespring storefront: https://teespring.com/stores/what-a-hell-of-a-way-to-die You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

We've kept you waiting for this week's episode, but you get additional content: first, an interview between Francis and veteran organizer Alex McCoy on the topic of foreign policy and leftism (and how to reconcile the two). You also get a nearly episode-length argument between Nate and Adrian about Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings, how systems protect abusers, and whether or not there's any point in trying to win over Republicans. If you want more extremely online leftist veteran content, you can access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie Additionally, we have a lot of merchandise on sale on our Teespring storefront: https://teespring.com/stores/what-a-hell-of-a-way-to-die You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

For this week's episode, Nate, Francis, and Adrian discuss the enormous Vostok 2018 military exercises taking place between Russia, China, India, Pakistan, and others -- and the gang determines that there are very few tactical tasks that involve 300,000-person formations. Additionally, they discuss the news that Venezuelan military officers met in secret with the Trump Administration to discuss a coup against Nicolas Maduro -- a very normal thing for America to be doing given America's history in the Western Hemisphere. If you want any of the exceptional bonus content we have lined up in the coming weeks, you should subscribe to the Patreon and make your buddy smile. Also, we have a merchandise store on Teespring with a number of our dumb jokes rendered in physical form. Please spend your hard-earned capital on us.

WE GOT MERCH. Check out the store at Teespring This week, the team covers several news stories, from Bristol Palin diming out her ex to Jody to the secretary of the Army accidentally spotlighting a war criminal during Suicide Prevention Week Check out this week's bonus episode in which Adrian interviews Politico military reporter Wesley Morgan Check out this week's bonus episode as we break down the classic Red Dawn and telling just how amazingly fascist it is. $3 a month gets you access here Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

WE GOT MERCH. Check out the store at Teespring The team watches the original RoboCop directed by Paul Verhoven and between all the graphic violence and naked buts tried to determine if it's fascist or not. Check out this week's bonus episode in which Adrian interviews Politico military reporter Wesley Morgan Check out this week's bonus episode as we break down the classic Red Dawn and telling just how amazingly fascist it is. $3 a month gets you access here Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

WE GOT MERCH. Check out the store at Teespring Adrian, Francis, and Karl talk about the curious case of the vaping congressman Duncan Hunter. While he is a massive piece of crap, he is also the most troop congressman we've ever had Check out this week's bonus episode in which Adrian interviews Politico military reporter Wesley Morgan Check out this week's bonus episode as we break down the classic Red Dawn and telling just how amazingly fascist it is. $3 a month gets you access here Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

WE GOT MERCH. Check out the store at Teespring Francis sits down with Jason Kander, Afghanistan Veteran and Missouri politician who is currently running for Mayor of Kansas City, Mo. The two talk about the book, trade deployment stories, and talk about what it is to be politically left leaning in a state deep in the heartlands Then we dig our ever suffering producer Karl out of his soundproof bunker to talk about himself and let him wax poetic about the 82nd Airborne. Get Jason's book Outside the Wire Check out his Podcast And follow him on twitter Check out this week's bonus episode as we break down the classic Red Dawn and telling just how amazingly fascist it is. $3 a month gets you access here Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

GET YOUR SHIRTS- The Inagural Hell of a Way to Die shirt/Sticker/Tote is here! Adrian speaks with author Corey Pein (@coreypein)about the Unite the Right rally in Washington State and how these ideas flourish in America Check out this week's bonus episode. Cathrine Schmit is a currently serving soldier who transitioned from male to female in the Army. Hear her story - https://www.patreon.com/posts/being-in-army-20522835 Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

GET YOUR SHIRTS- The Inagural Hell of a Way to Die shirt/Sticker/Tote is here! The team discusses guns yet again, and then talk about how China's crackdown on officer side businesses are less of a threat to global security and more of the president rolling his eyes at some nonsense. Check out this week's bonus episode. Cathrine Schmit is a currently serving soldier who transitioned from male to female in the Army. Hear her story - https://www.patreon.com/posts/being-in-army-20522835 Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

GET YOUR SHIRTS- The Inagural Hell of a Way to Die shirt/Sticker/Tote is here! The team talks about the budget again and just how strange it is that it went through without a fuss. Then we talk about about how if the US Army got together a team they would dominate Street Fighter 2 leagues. Check out this week's bonus episode Mark A Allerton where he and Nate discuss being a lefty veteran on the other side of the pond. https://www.patreon.com/posts/across-pond-with-19957792 Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

Francis, Nate, and eventually Adrian talk about the Russian bear in the room. Then we congratulate the Army Times for finally being right about a new Army Physical Fitness Test (which probably still won't happen) Check out this week's bonus episode Mark A Allerton where he and Nate discuss being a lefty veteran on the other side of the pond. https://www.patreon.com/posts/across-pond-with-19957792 Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

Francis reviews the book The Right Answer by John K Delaney, which apparently involves a lot of private companies making a bunch of money off the tax payers. This is the first of a new series, the rest of which will be available at the $1 level once or so a month at https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie Send me your political books from assholes to PO BOX 16331 1203 Lemay Ferry Rd St. Louis, MO 63125

Ken Klippenstein, journalist with The Daily Beast and The Young Turks, joins Nate and Adrian to discuss poisoned water on military bases, the Freedom of Information Act, and how anyone with some spare time can start their own investigations Follow Ken - https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein Check out this week's bonus episode Mark A Allerton where he and Nate discuss being a lefty veteran on the other side of the pond. https://www.patreon.com/posts/across-pond-with-19957792 Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

Adrian makes his triumphant return to the podcast. The team discusses just where the hell he's been and the politics of being a politician. Check out this week's bonus episode Mark A Allerton where he and Nate discuss being a lefty veteran on the other side of the pond. https://www.patreon.com/posts/across-pond-with-19957792 Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

IT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY, BABY! Drop your fireworks for an hour and listen as Nate and Francis talk about the original Independence Day. The one with Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. Check out this week's bonus episode with Spenser Rapone as we break down the Ridley Scott Classic Black Hawk Down. Get it here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-it-fascist-of-19612686 Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts

Nate and Francis discuss just how screwed the immigration crisis is. Includes: Us being mad at imperialism, Francis trying to parse the idea of the government taking away his kid, and the insanity of VetBro TV. Check out this week's bonus episode with Spenser Rapone as we break down the Ridley Scott Classic Black Hawk Down. Get it here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-it-fascist-of-19612686 Got a story to share? You can do on the Voicemail line (314) 722-6138. You can also feel free to just DM, email at [email protected] or send us an anonymous question or comment to curiouscat.me/16666014 Facebook - www.facebook.com/Hellofawaytodie/ The Podcast - twitter.com/hellofaway Francis - twitter.com/armystrang Nate - twitter.com/inthesedeserts