The Art and War Podcast

Art and War goes to Finland! Well, kinda. This episode Jari, CEO of Varusteleka, Finnish military and outdoor gear, sits down with Nathan and Paige. The gang get into Jari’s origins growing up near the Russian border, joining the Finnish military and the country’s mandatory service for males, the details on bringing Varusteleka to the US with a stateside location, how American gun culture and social media influences the wider gear/gun industry abroad, Sauna Elves and other Finnish folklore and how it compares to the Disney-fied American offerings, the origin story of ‘Finnish Brutality’ and the unique and gonzo courses of fire participants go through, the gang talks being shot by simunition rounds and force on force training, balancing fitness and health with shooting prowess as both are equally important, the rough translation of Varusteleka in English and much more! Links mentioned in this episode:  Check out our guests on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/varusteleka/ https://www.instagram.com/jarilai/ https://www.varusteleka.com/en ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠                                                           Follow the lads on IG:     ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/br.the.anarch/?hl=en⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsors:                                            Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AWSin.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Check out our returning sponsor, Fieldseats.com!⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Felix of Redbeard Tactical and Matt of XRAY ALPHA LLC join Nathan to talk navigating practical and gimmick training in a world of snake oil salesman and bro scientists. The lads get into the relation between strategy and tactics, Felix’s general dislike of battle drills, why the OODA loop isn’t all that relevant, why inoculating yourself against stress is one of the most important components of training, why deliberate clearing isn’t the great solution to room clearing it’s been sold as, talking credentials, defining tactics and strategy, hard skills and much much more! Links mentioned in this episode:  Check out our guests on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/redbeardtactical.de/ https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc/?hl=en ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks! ⁠⁠⁠⁠                                                           Follow the lads on IG:     ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en ⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/br.the.anarch/?hl=en⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsors:                                            Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at ⁠⁠⁠⁠AWSin.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our returning sponsor, Fieldseats.com! ⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Logan and Aiden from Americana Pipedream Apparel join Nathan to talk everything from where they get Tal!ban sneakers and other hard to find surplus from, their good fortune with random DM’s turning out to be great international contacts, the Tal!ban Public Relations department twitter page and how the Tal!ban are complaining of boring office work. The lads also get into ‘the incident’ with the Irish military and other Ministry of Defense fiascos, being younger newcomers in the surplus space mainly populated by older business owners, the surplus industry community and it’s contrasts to the firearms space, the black market origins of the modern surplus market started in the 50’s-60’s, oddball contacts and deals and much more! Links mentioned in this episode:  Check out our guests on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/americana.pipedream/?hl=en Check out their site below: https://www.americanapipedream.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks! ⁠⁠⁠                                                           Follow the lads on IG:     ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en ⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/br.the.anarch/?hl=en⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsors:                                            Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at ⁠⁠⁠AWSin.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Check out our new sponsor OTTE Gear.com!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Lucas and Nathan talk asian sterotypes, St Patricks Day in Ireland, Nathan talks microdosing psilocybin mushrooms, President Trump ‘getting arrested’ for the 100th time, how The Last of Us TV show has been doing the game justice, how payment processors have turned ideological alongside almost every corporation and much more in this schizocast! SPOILER WARNING: 37:55 - 43:40 end of Last of Us Spoilers Links mentioned in this episode:  ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks! ⁠⁠                                                           Follow the lads on IG:     ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en ⁠⁠  ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/br.the.anarch/?hl=en⁠⁠ Check out our sponsors:                                            Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at ⁠⁠AWSin.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Check out our new sponsor OTTE Gear.com!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

We all have to deal with death someday, our guest this week deals with it daily for a living. Stiffy The Moritician joins Nathan and B.R for an anonymous, humorous and very honest discussion on the funeral industry, the risk of being scammed while grieving, family run versus corporate funeral homes, the education that goes into becoming a mortician and funeral director, the car salesman tactics and a detailed description of the options of embalming, cremation and the ‘green option’ of aquamation (alkaline hydrolysis). The lads also get into medically assisted dying, how humane retirement homes actually are, the extreme risks of cremating morbidly obese people, the many variables of picking up a person from where they died, the not all too rare situation of people not reporting a dead relative for days out of shock, the lack of support for morticians when the job weighs on them, working around funeral regulations during the pand*mic years for families and much, much more! *CONTENT WARNING* NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH OR THOSE SENSITIVE TO THE TOPIC OF DEATH* Links mentioned in this episode:  You can reach out to our guest with questions about the funeral industry at the email below: legallynotafuneraldirector@protonmail.com ⁠ Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks! ⁠                                                           Follow the lads on IG:     ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en ⁠  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/br.the.anarch/?hl=en⁠ Check out our sponsors:                                            Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at ⁠AWSin.com⁠⁠ Check out our new sponsor OTTE Gear.com!⁠ ⁠Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Ben Sanderson, Federal Lobbyist on Capitol Hill for Gun Owners of America joins B.R and Nathan to discuss the situation on gun rights in 2023, and why we have reason to be hopeful for the future! The lads get into Ben’s job walking the grim halls of Washington D.C. to inform, educate and advise policy makers ignorant on guns and the existing moronic laws in place, deciphering and sharing leaked ATF and associated federal documents with the public, how politicians are vetted as 2A supporters and the modern posturing of the ‘pro gun’ candidate posing with a rifle with zero follow through. The gang also get into where the lizard people of D.C are laying their eggs, some white pills on the continued spread of the right to self defense amongst many different communities and how ‘the wrong people’ can be pushed to do the right thing. Links mentioned in this episode: Follow GOA on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/gunownersofamerica Watch an ATF Agent getting tased by police: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwPEtFNZpiI Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks!                                                           Follow the lads on IG:     https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en  https://www.instagram.com/br.the.anarch/?hl=en Check out our sponsors:                                           Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Check out our new sponsor OTTE Gear.com! Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Lucas joins Nathan for a good old fashioned schizocast episode to discuss the controversy around the new Harry Potter game, the stranglehold the film and book series had on British youth culture in years past, the not so delicate handling of shoehorning a trans character in, bringing a gun into Hogwarts and how developers and game quality in the modern day are crushed by deadlines. The lads also get into the on-going situation in Ohio and Trump’s ‘aid drop’ of a few pallets of water and buying McDonalds for everyone, the year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, the former US secretary of Energy, Sam Brinton, stealing a Tanzanian clothing designer’s luggage and wearing it publicly, Sam Hyde’s TED Talk and Lucas gets into Sam Hyde lore, car dependent infrastructure and how government intervention to fix this issue instantly trends authoritarian. The lads also touch on home invasion horror films like the new M. Night Shyamalan ‘Knock at the Cabin’ and the original Purge movie. Links mentioned in this episode:             Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks!                                                         Follow the lads on IG:     https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en  https://www.instagram.com/br.the.anarch/?hl=en Check out our sponsors:                                           Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Check out our new sponsor OTTE Gear.com! Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

This week, as Nathan recovers from returning the One Ring from Mount Washington in New Hampshire and BR is unable to edit or upload, we had to call in a favor- and our favor came in the form of Nathan doing another podcast and asking for the audio file so you guys have something for Monday. Schedule will resume as normal next week. Forrest runs Redacted LLC- former cool-guy Ranger, former Recoil Magazine media producer and now a travelling cultural spectator. Find more of his stuff on https://www.redactedllc.com/ , where he has a podcast that's a lot more intelligent than ours with a bit less Tedposting. Forrest will be joining us soon to make new guides. We wax philosophy, talk about Gun Culture 3.0-4.0, reminisce a bit more on Shot, and worry about the future of AI technology. As always, huge thanks to AWS Gear for keeping our lights on and food on the table (ARTANDWAR10 gets you ten bucks off of an AWS SMU warfighting belt), as well as all you guys on Patreon. Please, message me with guest ideas- we're compiling a list for the coming months now that our winter of illness and death is almost over.

Chris McCaghren, founder of Granite Rifle Group out of Arizona joins B.R for an in-person talk on all things related to getting started shooting at longer ranges. Chris touches on his experiences with his first Walmart bought bolt gun and turning up at a long range shooting competition and all that he learnt from the experience, finding zen and learning a natural good body position behind a rifle, the differences between combative shooting with a carbine and precision shooting, what gun shows look like in 2023, his IPR (Introductory Precision Rifle) kits priced and set up to get the everyman shooter into long range shooting, the importance of choosing the right projectile weight, .308 vs 6.5 Creedmore and which is right for you? and much more! Links mentioned in this episode:           Follow Granite Rifle Group IG here: http://instagram.com/granite_rifle_group_llc Check out Granite Rifle Group's website here: https://www.graniteriflegroup.com 'Squeeze Bags' made in Arizona for rifle stabilization available here: https://www.instagram.com/cng_co_ops/?hl=en Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks!                                                       Follow the lads on IG:     https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en  https://www.instagram.com/br.the.anarch/?hl=en Check out our sponsors:                                         Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Check out our new sponsor OTTE Gear.com! Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff! 

Jack of Guerrilla Tactical returns to the show to chat with Nathan and B.R! The lads get into Every Day Carry medical supplies and Guerrilla Tactical’s new IWB mini-IFAK, making carrying medical ‘sexy’ and how preparedness is becoming less of an afterthought. Also covered is Jack’s trip alongside Grizzly Tactical to provide medical training to a unit of Ukrainian troops in Odessa, traveling into the country on a blacked out train and hearing rockets overhead, the phenomenon of volunteer fighters from overseas and fighting in conflicts that aren’t your own, the questionable recent ‘Don’t arm your enemy’ sentiment trending towards authoritarian politics, the importance of using quality life saving/preserving equipment like authentic CAT tourniquets instead of Chinese copies and much more! Links mentioned in this episode:       Follow Guerrilla Tactical on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/guerrilla_tactical/?hl=en Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks!                                                   Follow the lads on IG:     https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en  https://www.instagram.com/br.the.anarch/?hl=en Check out our sponsors:                                       Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Check out our new sponsor OTTE Gear.com! Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!