The Art and War Podcast

Something a little different this week! A few recordings fell through so stepping in with a new episode from our producer’s show ‘The B.R Hates Feds Show’, B.R sits down with Reaper 1.1 to discuss everything from small unit tactics, the evolving and re-emerging culture of the civilian rifleman, the idea of his ’skill tree’ post, how ‘marketing’ is an essential part of warfare, how the use of ‘Hobo signs’ could save you and your loved ones major distress in an unrest/disaster scenario, talk sniper campaigns and what can be learned from them as well as the role of force multipliers in unconventional fighting forces and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks! Follow Reaper 1.1 on Instagram here! Check out his Patreon here! Be sure to check out The BR Hates Feds Show here! Follow BR on IG here! Follow the lads on IG: https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en Follow the lads on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBRNDad Check out our sponsors:   Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com     Use code: ARTANDWAR for 5% off at midwestgunworks.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Nathan hijacks the show once again for Schizocast! Garrett shares his terrifying experience of how Lasik eye surgery goes down a little differently in Ireland, the Canucks talk about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police committing the equivalent of torture and finding itself guilty of no wrong doing, poachers and protecting natural resources from abusers without government intrusion, how Canada is telling Vets with PTSD and no suicidal thoughts that they should look into euthanasia, which is the 6th leading cause of death in Canada. Garrett touches on how in the UK Autism has rocketed several Tik Tokers to genuine celebrity, how the Love on the Spectrum and related shows actually treat it’s stars with respect, before immediately pivoting to Special Olympics Boxing as an idea, how Tropic Thunder was the last true studio comedy of it’s kind, Ezra Miller and his old school armed Hollywood cult/crime spree, American tourists getting Celtic Knots by the bus load in Ireland,the damn near unobtainable Irish firearms license and how Irish cops are the mirror opposite of American police when it comes to dealing with dogs, loopholes for dumb laws, the IRS’ new recruiting drive for 87,000 new agents and their abysmal training pictures, Nathan and Garrett’s misadventures at a past E3 gaming conference and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: The Specials (2009) British TV show about disabled people dating, yes, we have so many of these shows: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3972494/ 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 Follow the lads on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBRNDad Check out our sponsors: Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com   Use code: ARTANDWAR for 5% off at midwestgunworks.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Admin Results AKA Talking Balaclava Man AKA, Aaron (Shocking Christian name reveal?!) joins the lads once again for a catch-up! The guys get into the explosion of growth Admin has had on YouTube since last time, playing the algorithm game on social media, longevity and maintaining momentum in the GunTube world, the tough but true critique the audience gives, Admin gets into his backstory considering the military before finding work as a police officer on a Native reservation, his experiences there and what lead to him quitting that job to do YouTube full time, the lads touch on people who know them personally finding out about their content and the weird unease that gives them compared to strangers listening/viewing, running and gunning with antique guns and why it’s important to document that kind of use on video and much much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks! You can find Administrative results on Instagram here or on YouTube here! Check out our previous episode with Admin Results here: 014: Administrative Results, Task Force 420 and the LARP Industrial Complex Follow the lads on IG: https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en Follow the lads on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBRNDad Check out our sponsors: Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Use code: ARTANDWAR for 5% off at midwestgunworks.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Fred, Counting Coup Tactical, former AF Combat Controller cool guy and current Spiritus cool guy, joins the lads once again to hit some deep topics! Starting out by touching on Fred’s recent experiences working on physical and mental health with some herbal assistance and how he felt getting off of medications, Mitch gets into his own experiences seeing the difference between just showing up for therapy and putting in the work to get better, what could be done better with troops transitioning from combat deployments back stateside, how the military will readily leave the individual behind out of convenience, the issue of retaining troops and how money is thrown at recruitment bonuses over maintaining those currently enlisted and why the Army has so many Generals with seemingly pointless jobs. Also, Mitch asks Fred if he can ever relax and do nothing, doing good without expecting to be rewarded and much more! Links mentioned in this episode:  Check out Fred at Counting Coup Tactical on Instagram, here! 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  Follow the lads on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBRNDad  Check out our sponsors: Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Use code: ARTANDWAR for 5% off at midwestgunworks.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

The lads bring YouTuber Wendigoon on to discuss his content and his penchant for the weird, creepy and crazy in the world. Mitch asks Wendigoon how channels with less advertiser friendly content deal with YouTube and ad revenue, get into Wendigoon’s not so distant beginnings and how he decided to go all in and focus on his channel, how to summon dangerous creatures like Wendigos or Hillary Clinton, how he conducts research for content, reading up on the single battle in World War Two where Germans and Americans fought together, how depressing and troubling material weighs on people differently, Wendigoon touches on the topic of Cyclopeia in infants, a topic so dark he decided against a video on it, the gang gets DEEP into Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’, why ‘The Last of Us Part 2’ feels like a revenge story written by AI, belt feds, where does the ‘Wendigoon’ name come from and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Wendigoon's YouTube channel here! 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  Follow the lads on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBRNDad  Check out our sponsors: Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Use code: ARTANDWAR for 5% off at midwestgunworks.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Nathan once again hijacks the show with Garrett the Irishman, VCTM Henry AKA Ana and Isaac the Seaman. Wasting no time at all, the gang get into violence at Football (Soccer) matches, Nathan crossing Canada at night and dodging rednecks and Skin Walkers, The Large Hadron Collider and using time travel to give energy drinks to Medieval peasants. The lads chat about their school days, John McAfee’s alleged murder of a neighbor that killed his dogs and his gonzo lifestyle, Garrett shares what he saw combing through Hunter Biden’s phone (mostly bad dick pics) and feeling bad for him. Also, Nathan goes for a conspiracy hat trick with a deep dive into the new Uvalde shooting footage, the Halifax shooter getting a dead drop of cash up in Canada and the inconsistencies of the Vegas shooter along with much much more! 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  Follow the lads on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/CBRNDad  Check out our sponsors: Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Use code: ARTANDWAR for 5% off at midwestgunworks.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

In this week’s show, B.R joins the lads for a debrief on some of Mitch’s Army experiences he couldn’t talk about, prior to getting out! Now shielded by his DD214, Mitch gets into everything from his experiences testing out futuristic kit like robot mules for carrying packs and equipment in the field, how an E-5 authorized a 500 pound bomb drop mistakenly and retrospectively considering the lethal force at the hands of 20 year olds on deployment alongside their lack of accountability, Mitch’s changed perspective on why Afghanistan was unwinnable, some of the catalysts behind the military’s now hyper-political, divisive culture and how it has killed their ability to retain service members, some banter about January 6th and discussion about the threat of a very real coup as the military is increasingly lent on as a solution to domestic issues like the 2020 riots. We also get into the fallout of the mandated jab and anti-extremism briefs, why the US military’s budget topping all other countries defense spending isn’t reflected in capability, Mitch get’s real about his line in the sand as an NCO defending his troops from non-sensical directives and saying ’no’ when it matters. 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  Follow the lads on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/CBRNDad  Check out our sponsors: Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Use code: ARTANDWAR for 5% off at midwestgunworks.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

This week, Nathan gets technical! Print, Shoot, Repeat returns alongside renowned 3D firearm Developer Ivan the Troll! The lads get right into Ivan’s introduction to printing Austrian lowers, making Twitter accounts out of a dire need to shitpost mag dump videos at ignorant pro and anti-gunners skeptical of 3D firearm reliability, Ivan explains the lore behind the meme of ’It’ll blow your hands off!’, Nathan touches on the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the lads discuss the conversation around DIY arms and how they are almost always immediately conflated with printed ones in the modern news cycle. Also: A rant about how the P90 was almost certainly designed by cokeheads and the weird history behind PDW anti-armor rounds, how Ivan went from making fun of the the .22 TCM round to ‘Stanning’ it, the gang talks about anonymity in the 3D printing world and the moronic opinion that being anonymous makes you ‘less of a man’, Ivan talks AK and RPK builds, the PPK and 3011, FN Herstal vs FN USA issues, manufacturers and much much more! Links mentioned in this episode:   Check out Print Shoot Repeat on Instagram here! Check out Print Shoot Repeat's YouTube channel here! Check out Ivan on YouTube here! 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                     Follow the lads on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBRNDad                      Check out our sponsors:                       Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com          Use code: ARTANDWAR for 5% off at midwestgunworks.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Mitch goes all in and talks Soccer unapologetically with VCTM Henry and his friend Jorge this episode. Mitch gets into why female goalkeepers can’t run backwards and jump at the same time, getting his goal keeper sister to train with a male Professional former British Red Shirt just smoking her with full pelt shots, Jorge talks about the ability and development of South American kids growing up playing football in the streets and the gang gets into the shifting culture around Soccer in the US and how more money is offering more opportunities, but also unnecessarily Americanizing the sport. The gang also gets into Clubs mistreating players, the financial component of salaries and players of note, throwing money at players and ‘paying to win’ in real life over building club culture and chemistry, Cristiano Ronaldo being an absolute MENACE, why American goalkeepers are better on average than the rest of the world, passionate local clubs vs internationally recognized corporate supported clubs and the influence both have on the culture and much much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Follow VCTM Henry on Instagram here! Follow Jorge (Based Department Media) here! 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  Follow the lads on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/CBRNDad  Check out our sponsors: Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for 10% off an order at fieldseats.com Use code: ARTANDWAR for 5% off at midwestgunworks.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

In this episode, Lucas Botkin, CEO of Trex Arms, returns to the show! Mitch asks Lucas if he’s ever considered taking a break from social media, if he’s noticed any trends in the gear/gun industry due to supply issues, the gang touches on the strange uptick in random shootings, Nathan and Lucas discuss the pros and cons of running a business and learning new shooting related skills with ADHD and Lucas touches on learning from what other businesses *aren’t* doing. The lads also get into Lucas getting into Warhammer 40K as a new downtime, figuring out what business advice and techniques work for TREX Arms and what get’s disregarded, why small businesses should revel in their mobility and not rush to become corporations, get into Redbeard Tactical’s visit to TREX and the upcoming civilian infantryman video they have coming out with him, Mitch asks Lucas if he’s ever tried weed and his thoughts on drugs in general (including social media), the lads talk about tribalism and putting people in a ‘left’ or ‘right’ box, bringing in newcomers to gun culture and constantly pushing what is regarded as ‘the norm’, firearm instructors touting military and LEO experience regardless of how relevant it is and much more! 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  Follow the lads on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBRNDad  Check out our sponsors: Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for 10% off an order at fieldseats.com Use code: ARTANDWAR for 5% off at midwestgunworks.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!