The Art and War Podcast

Mitch finally returns to the show! Nathan gets caught up on everything Mitch has been up to since getting out including how it felt to take his uniform off for the last time, his internet detox, figuring out Golf to network, refusing to cut his hair and shave for as long as he feels like and an impromptu brief history lesson on the Armenian genocide. The lads also get into Mitch finally feeling at peace with his belief in Taoism after leaving the military and living consistently, he gives some love to the podcast team and the audience, the lads get into Nathan taking on the show on his own, Mitch discusses getting heavily into bolt guns, embracing his hippie side and finally being free to do what he wants on his time 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!

Going out with a bang, drone strike or dumpster fire? With Mitch returning next week, Nathan brings back VCTM Henry, AKA Ana, Garrett the Irishman and Isaac The Canuck Seaman for a round table about everything that would give Mitch an aneurysm! Garrett gives a hot take on Roe V Wade as banter and crashing a Renaissance fair with a CHAD, the gang get back into the fascinating and highly entertaining world of on the spectrum dating shows, Nathan incriminates himself over a car boot lock, Canadian Fishermen making $100k on welfare, Taxi Medallions and Garret gets into local urban legends like the Halifax Glove Man. The gang gets serious and discusses the inconsistencies between the two big recent SCOTUS decisions and other elements of government showing signs of not co-operating, swiftly followed by a dissection of the various times Maple Fascist Justin Trudeau has worn black face. Ana shares how she feeds misinformation on Bulgaria to people, Nathan talks about Asian racism before finding the soundboard for the first time 54 episodes deep, Garrett explains Irish gypsy travelers and their callout videos, the guys get into Hobo conventions and associations and Nathan talks about meeting The Boys writer Garth Ennis. Garrett gets into the Manson murders and the book covering them: Chaos, and Nathan talks about declassified CIA Moloch related Sex Trafficking. The gang talks about being poisoned by the internet at a young age, the Barbie movie, Ryan Gosling personalities 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!

In this episode, Pat Watson of Uncensored Tactical returns to the show to chat with Nathan and B.R! The lads touch on everything we didn’t last time (Episode 024) from Pat’s world, starting with B.R and Pat hanging out in person at the Texan liberty festival ’Chillderburg’, teaching in an informal environment, Pat gets into his new foray following two published non-fiction books into a novel with an underlying tactically educational message, his follow up book and course to Tactical Lockpicking on some more advanced subject matter, what ‘Tactical Education Culture 3.0’ should look like to optimize students really getting value out of their time and money with instructors, why the influencer-instructor culture is the way it is and much much more! Links mentioned in this episode:   Check out Pat Watson on Instagram here! Check out UncensoredTactical.com! Check out Pat's book on Lock Picking 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!

Charlie (@Charlie_likes_coks), professional gun scientist of Garand Thumb fame sits down with Nathan to discuss a little bit of everything! Nathan opens talking bout being radicalized by r/weekendgunnit, Charlie discusses his Gay Glock, fighting against NATO at MilSim West and trolling players with ‘intel’, the pros and cons of being a shooter in the PNW and the community up in Washington, talk ancestors simping for the crown, Nathan finally makes ‘the broadcast’ to fellow Canucks and gets real with Charlie on what modern Canadian gun culture looks like on the ground. Nathan touches on growing up very Asian, his family escaping the purges in China, has a flashback to being forced to learn Cantonese in a Buddhist temple as a kid by monks and touches on the availability of Night Vision in Canada. Also: Being mistaken for Micah, [B]ointing at Benis and ret*rd awards, F List Gunstagram fame, Canadian healthcare, marrying for Greencards and kissing the homies goodnight, the NRA never changing, French Canadian racism and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Charlie 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!

Nathan sits down with returning guests, Garrett the Irish tech reporter (Episode 12) and fellow Canuck and Navy guy, Isaac (Episode 04) to attempt a conversation not burdened by politics. The lads educate Garrett on the state of the Canadian military, Garrett explains how he was ‘Morb pilled’ by the critically acclaimed 2022 film Morbius, staring Jared Leto, why Matt Smith is probably cursed by a monkey paw, the gang get into how living under heavily pro-lockdown government’s the past two years has affected them and their preferred body pillows, why Tom Cruise should be President of the US and how he would solve the baby formula crisis, Isaac shares some Officer training stories from the Canadian military, the guys get into University educations and how necessary they are and how stupid they can be, the Canadians chat about the hypocrisy of Canada’s culture of constant apology to the Natives while the current Prime Minister’s father was critical to the government run ‘residency schools’ of the 70’s Natives were forced into, Garrett shares his appreciation for ’Love on the Spectrum’ and ‘The Undateables’ TV shows. The lads also get into how long they’ve known each other, talk video game addiction and addictive personalities, the absolutely ass (filled) new Halo show, media people not understanding how to develop IP’s with deep lore, how movies are hilariously trash these days and the guys wrap up on a mostly serious note discussing the most deadly shooting in Canadian history and where the conversation is going Stateside. 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!

Editor and Producer of the show, B.R, fills in for Mitch this week and sits down with Nathan to discuss growing up under the Crown, if his accent is real, growing up in rural England shooting, feelings about supporting Chinese optic companies, gun laws in New Zealand, Canada and Britain, why places like Britain can’t be ‘fixed’, how the NHS subsidizes morbid obesity, how to prevent basically every bodily ailment, rucking and packs, the majorly outdated gear Nathan was issued in the Canadian Army and the lads get into the rapid evolution of gun culture into a place where small unit tactics are becoming a common talking point. Nathan talks about his new airsoft setup, B.R retrospectively appreciates things he learnt from British squaddies he rubbed shoulders with playing airsoft with back in the UK and the lads get into the newfound respect the gun community is starting to have for the sport for the value it has. The guys also chat about art school, just how important a degree is to getting a job in a creative role, the major lack of overlap between artists and woodsmen, the fact that YOU need to plan and go on a ruck soon, the disastrous conflation of a quality reviewer and paid for opinions in the gun industry, B.R get's controversial on why government killers shouldn't be the idols of those serious about gun rights and much more! Links mentioned in this episode:   Check out B.R the Anarch 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!

Oh yeah, it's Schizo rant time, baby. Nathan takes the wheel this episode, with a one on one chat with Collin Underdahl, former Marine, current shooter for the Recon Sniper Foundation and Modlite guy with some experience behind the gun counter during the massive surge of new gun owners during 2020! Nathan and Collin get into leaving the military and Collin gets into his own experiences, joining the military with ADD, how people have missed so many telltale signs that lead to the current state of the world, the things they don’t tell you about ‘free college’ and the GI Bill in the military, the Educational Industrial Complex and the societal pressure to get into massive student debt at the start of your life. Additional (medicated) Schizo rambles and rants include: Nathan sharing the story of the Communist that stole his food and squatted in his workshop for four months, the guys get into corporations, the domino effect of societal issues and Collin shares his POV from working at a gun store during the pandemic and 2020 riots amidst all of the fear and uncertainty, the roads and why our taxes haven’t fixed them yet, wild 60’s Psychological experiments on obeying authority, Creepy Klaus, pods, bug eating and the World Economic Forum, the fallout of the Canadian trucker protests and much much more! Links mentioned in this episode:   Check out Collin Underdahl 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!

VCTM Henry AKA Ana returns to the show to chat with the lads about the situation in her family's homeland, ex-Soviet State, Bulgaria, and how the war in Russia is impacting them, and some hot takes on Soccer. The gang also get into US and NATO troops performing training exercises in active, real European villages and the hilarious resulting chaos, some thoughts on the fixation on endless war content in the West, how propaganda on every side has made it so much harder to know what’s real, the weird topic of propaganda in general and how we encounter it in our daily lives, Putin’s cult of personality and support even beyond Russia’s borders, how the British have completely relinquished control of their country seemingly in favor of frivolity, the growing demand for artists and recognition of them in the gun industry, the link between productivity and passion for artists, the attitude needed to grow and succeed and Mitch and Ana get into it with Soccer coaching in the US, Mitch’s hyper-competitive personality and not so peaceful sporting alter-ego, how he’s been humbled over the years and much more! Links mentioned in this episode:   Check out VCTM Henry 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!

Print, Shoot, Repeat joins Nathan and B.R to chat everything 3D firearm printing related! The lads get into the odd circumstances with an irate neighbor that prompted PSR to invest in something more than his skeet gun for home defense, mindset on defensive use of a gun and being peaceful and not harmless, coming across Popular Front’s JStark Documentary ‘Plastic Defense’ and Ctrl+Pew and reading his print guide, his first AR, use of the FGC-9 in Myanmar by rebels fighting the military junta and PRS shares his experiences helping to film a documentary in Bangladesh seeing the refugee crisis aftermath caused by the same tyrants. The lads also get into just how dead gun control is, the rapid evolution of 3D printed firearm technology, what you need to get set up, different materials and their strengths, how hard it is to build an FGC-9 and other projects in development, Nathan and PSR share their love for Steve1989’s MRE review YouTube, chat about the new rules on Form 1 suppressors, dipping nuggies and mag dumping with forced reset triggers, Nathan rants about weird shootings in the news and 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 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!

Fred, AKA Counting Coup Tactical, Spiritus Systems guy, former Air Force Combat Controller joins Mitch for another solo episode. Fred gets into why he joined up, the training he needed to become a Combat Controller and his military lineage dating back to the American Revolution, Mitch shares some of his own family military history from his family fleeing the Armenian genocide to his grandfather driving tanks in the Second World War and becoming General Patton’s personal driver. Fred also shares how he almost took an artist internship at video game company Blizzard in the late 90’s, Mitch get’s into separating politics and being in uniform and how the military is making that harder by the day, Mitch and Fred discuss the process of leaving the military and the lack of priority for retaining current servicemen and women over recruiting brand new kids, Fred get’s very real about the costs to both his body, mind and home life from his time in and deployments, why you shouldn’t shrug off even minor Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI’s) and much more in this two and a half hour show! Links mentioned in this episode:   Check out 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             If you are interested in reloading ammo, check out our sponsor Dillon Precision here or at Dillonprecision.com! Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!