The Art and War Podcast

Schizocast five, Nathan, Isaac and Garrett are all together in-person in Canada! Garrett comes out… as Lucas, Nathan deals with some Art and War hate mail from angry pasta people, the lads get into what they’ve been getting up to: namely taking Lucas to the range and why he’s considering leaving Europe as winter energy costs soar. Isaac shares how the Canadian military was used for nonsensical busy work following the major storms up in Canada, the lads get into AI art and how it’s actually for shit posting, Lucas recounts how a classmate with a limp pulled a shotgun on partygoers and somehow wasn’t killed by armed police as well as a school trip to Beijing causing chaos with a bunch of young Irish lads, the guys share their encounters with edibles 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: ARTANDWAR for 5% off at midwestgunworks.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!

Independent Journalist and Photographer Collin Mayfield joins Mitch and Nathan this episode! The lads get into the risks of reporting from a conflict zone, Collin arriving in Ukraine just days before the war kicked off, his thoughts on the Azov battalion, the reality of journalistic bias, his experiences reporting on the hard left and right protests and how they treated him as a journalist and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Follow Collin on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/collin_mayfield/?hl=en 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!

Episode 69, Nice. Celebrating the magic number alongside ONE MILLION plays of The Art and War Podcast, Mitch, Nathan and the show’s producer B.R sit down to answer listener questions! But first, the lads get into the CIA starting their own podcast, modern vehicles being at risk of hostile hacking and sabotage, Mitch handing off POW’s to Spooks in Afghanistan and deep dive some absolute abomination firearms you can purchase for little more than the price of a Glock! As for the questions, how many Raccoons could the trio take on with a baseball bat before meeting their end? Where are we at with acquiring land to build our studio/cult on? How did Mitch and Nathan meet B.R? Which totally not controversial figures would we each time travel back to interview? B.R explains the Brits mourning the queen and how the UK doesn’t actually have freedom of speech and much much more! Links mentioned in this episode: It is possible to remotely hack a modern car: https://cvtfradio.net/2014/08/modern-cars-can-be-hacked-remotely-from-any-where-on-earth-senator-markey/2/ I am only including these for context, PLEASE do not buy them. The economy is shit. You have better things to invest in like Tourniquets and water storage: R*tarded Keymod Space Thompson Double Barrel nonsense revolver Follow B.R on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/br.the.anarch/?hl=en 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!

Joining Mitch this episode, Jed Morgan, volunteer at the White Heart Foundation and leading their Guardian Project helping out veterans with PTSD and other mental health issues. The lads get into Jed’s Marine Corps career from why he decided to sign up, how he ended up Infantry over going the MP route, why the Marines, Mitch shares getting messed with for showing up to his first unit in Italy with a ‘Combat Jump’ patch on his uniform mistakenly, Jed’s first and second deployment experiences and what getting shot at for the first time feels like. Jed and Mitch also reflect on Afghanistan from the mission of appealing to ‘hearts and minds’ to the fallout of Taliban knowing which Afghan’s collaborated with Western forces, what ‘the cost of war’ really means when children are in war zones, Jed’s experience losing his legs to an IED blast while on patrol, his mental process through surgeries, recovery and rehabilitation, what lead him to the White Heart foundation and his work there and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out the Guardian Project that Jed leads 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!

In this episode, the bromance you didn’t know you needed! Nathan travels to the Land of High Fructose Corn Syrup to hang with Print, Shoot, Repeat in person! The lads bitch about car dependent infrastructure, Nathan talks about his first Waffle House experience, visiting a prop gun warehouse and getting behind some ‘smile machine’ machine guns, where prop houses get their tactical gear like plate carriers from, where do PSR’s scars (visible in his shirtless appearances) come from and being awake for open heart surgery. Also: Was conflict reporter Michael Hasting’s murdered (by Spooks)? How crazy are many conspiracy theories in reality? Nathan and PSR get into Bush and others now joking about the Iraq War, Operation Mockingbird and much more down the rabbit hole goodness! Links mentioned in this episode:   Check out Print Shoot Repeat on Instagram here! Check out Print Shoot Repeat'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!

This week, Nick, Blue Jean Operator, joins Mitch to chat about his time as an Army Ranger. The lads dive into their varying experiences training and getting hazed in Ranger and Airborne training respectively, trolling classmates on the Q land nav course, Mitch shares a story of a young soldier finding themselves so lost doing land nav they trekked two days off-base alone and had to be found by helicopter and how much the Ranger experience differs from regular ‘big Army’. Mitch and Nick also get into how Airsoft is a fantastic tool for practicing ambushes and use of night vision, Nick’s positive experiences attending and later working for Milsim West, the importance of maintaining great security at all times in the field, translating military doctrine for civilians, the most miserable week of Mitch’s life, how it’s nearly impossible to NOT make it through basic training these days, Nick shares how he was blown up during a deployment fighting ISIS-K when he was hit by a grenade, the lads talk coming to terms with medical retirement, making sense of the poorly defined ’mission’ in Afghanistan and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Blue Jean Operator 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!

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!