The Art and War Podcast

Taking a breather from guests, Mitch and Nathan discuss the great evils of John Harvey Kellog and the incalculable damage he has done to American health, and other reasons people are becoming ever more fat and useless. The lads get into high fructose corn syrup, why modern Cereal is a shitty breakfast food, America’s car dependent infrastructure and the culture of convenience, Nathan gets into his experiences living abroad in Abu Dhabi in the UAE, the guys share stories of almost getting abducted as kids, Mitch talks about his gym teacher’s old school attitude to coaching young men, the lads discuss their mixed success at confrontation as young overconfident military men with Nathan angrily approaching a man armed with a handgun and Mitch confident he could disarm a guy with a knife in Italy (and who came away with scars), why the lads hate Lizzo and where Nathan draws the line on what makes a person ‘fat’ beyond what the scale says, getting yourself on track with health via good choices 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           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!

Mike, Owner of Sons of Liberty Gun Works, joins Mitch and Nathan to discuss running a gun manufacturing company and being true to what you’re about. The lads get into Mike’s background and nomad lifestyle prior to settling down to start SOLGW, his personal approach to having a message while running a business, gun rights and their future, handling social media and paying attention to only the relevant feedback amongst the noise, Mitch and Mike talk about everything from free speech to the Trans Athlete debate and discuss the weight of words, truth and fairness and much much more!  Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Sons of Liberty Gunworks 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!

Joining Nathan, Mitch and B.R this week is Jack, CEO of Guerrilla Tactical, a holster and gear manufacturer and medical distributor. The lads get into Jack’s shared roots with Mitch, both having grown up in rural up-state New York, being raised on a homestead and homeschooled by his parents, the personality and culture behind Guerrilla Tactical and how Jack’s experiences in the 90’s hardcore punk scene helped naturally shape the look and message of his brand, what being ‘Straight Edge’ means to Jack and some background on the subculture within a subculture, B.R asks about the choice to stand for something as a brand over just being a people pleasing holster company, pushing beyond the typical Conservative gun owner audience to be accessible to everyone, the story behind Guerrilla Tactical’s ‘Hoist the Black Flag’ patch, Jack’s pre-Guerrilla Tactical adventures where he joined a DIY crew of civilians volunteering to counter illegal Japanese Whalers down in Antarctica, how they pursued them all the way to Africa, sabotaging them at every turn and how that turned into working professionally to train and work alongside African Navy’s to counter illegal fishing operations off the African Coast, how he hopes his company and the industry will grow, his recent trip to Poland to do humanitarian work for Ukrainian refugee’s and much much more! So much more that we will have to have Jack back for a part two in the near future! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Guerrilla 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!

The lads sit down with Rughi, the weapon snatcher of the Seattle riots and discuss the strange circumstances of mostly rural states being dominated by big city-dweller politics, how a lack of appreciation for your fellow man leads to disorder, the lads get into his background from growing up around guns to joining the Marine Corps, Mitch and Rughi discuss how difficult it is to become a sniper in their respective military branches, instructing other Marines on the range, getting out and doing some contracting work in Kuwait and Afghanistan, Mitch shares a story about being quarantined with his unit on deployment, the lads touch on ‘orders’ in the military and amongst contractors and how they dealt with low quality instruction and how it compares to regular military service, Rughi gives advice on staying on top of your resume so leaving the military isn’t quite so daunting. Rughi also gets into working as a Private Investigator and how that lead to the well known ‘weapon snatch’ from which he takes his namesake, the good and bad aftermath of the whole incident and much much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Shooter Rughi 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!

Joining Mitch in this 3 hour behemoth bonus episode is Richard Graham, former Navy SEAL! Richard gets into everything from joining the Navy and SEALS at 17, finding out about 9/11 in the middle of his BUD/S training, tracking down Serbian war criminals in the Iraq War period, sneaking onto FBI training bases and collecting information on trainee’s going through bootcamp, how much are SEAL’s really told about what’s going on in the world? The guys also get into Richard’s feelings on the Afghanistan withdrawal, the bigger picture and the sabotage of the ‘American Dream’, Richard goes for UN Agenda 2030’s throat, how basic human freedoms are slipping away in the United States, transitioning out of the SEAL community into civilian life, reframing your perception of your individual value outside of organizations like the military, how he continued to develop his leadership skills and himself once he got out and much much more! Links mentioned in this episode:   Check out Rich Graham 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!

Joining the lads this episode, all the way from Europe is Felix from Redbeard Tactical! A Close Protection specialist and German Army Reservist, Felix comes on the show to chat everything from similarities and differences between the US and German military, the quality of training and soldier each produces, battle drills versus scenario based training, Mitch and Felix get into their experiences being ambushed and discuss German and NATO operations in Afghanistan, the gradual shift back to a focus on conventional warfare between professional militaries, ‘bro vets’ and the difference between competent instructors and those who are posturing and the guys deep dive Russian doctrine and if it has evolved since the 40’s, how if at all war in Ukraine has shifted the gun rights conversation in the US and in Europe, how difficult it is to carry a gun legally in Germany and shoot ‘tactically’ and much, much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Redbeard on Instagram here!            Check out the Redbeard Tactical blog 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!

Joining the lads this week are returning guests: Paigeosity and Delta Magna, two artists and shooters. Mags gets into drawing with two hands, her creative mindset and what being in an intense creative ‘flow state’ is like. Paige touches on the process from envisioning something to putting it on paper, ‘Aphantasia’ the phenomenon in which people are unable to visualize imagery, figuring out your worth as an artist for yourself and for your clients, avoiding and dealing with burnout, working in different styles and finding your own, Paige gets into how she vandalizes a certain variety of unexpected message and what they tell her about a person, Mitch explains why no one should ask him for relationship advice and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Paige on Instagram here!        Check out Delta Magna 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!

Micah Mayfield, videographer of Garand Thumb fame comes back to the show on his lonesome to discuss more behind the scenes details from behind the camera both on the range and when it comes to interacting with the wider gun industry and culture! The lads get into everything from the lack of quality camera guys in the industry who are comfortable around guns, how voice actors have refused to work with Mike and Micah due to their content being firearm centric, the group discusses creative differences and how they deal with them, navigating the treacherous waters of mixing friendships and work, integrity in a world of paid off shill ‘reviewing’ and how the algorithms and media are designed to keep you angry. The lads also discuss how educational content for firearms videographers could potentially help the culture spread quicker by increasing it’s aesthetic appeal to the masses, Micah shares why he’s more of a varmint killer than a hunter and Mitch get’s into ‘Deer fever’, Micah shares his thoughts on filming more survival videos as well as the art mishap for Mike and Micah’s recent episode where Charlie was mistaken for Micah and how that is all Brandon Herrera’s fault somehow, and much more!  Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Micah 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!

This episode, the lads finally satiate perhaps our most popular listener request and sit down with T.REX Arms CEO, Lucas Botkin! The conversation gets into ‘bro vet’ and gun industry exclusionary practices, Lucas’ time as a volunteer firefighter, Lucas recounts overcoming being an, ‘exceptionally lazy’ kid and making up for lost time, we get the EXCLUSIVE on where Lucas gets his jeans from, Mitch gets into how he heard of TREX Arms, Lucas goes into separating the wheat from the chaff on Instagram in terms of people and pages who are doing what they do for the right reasons or not, Lucas gets into the controversy surrounding his religious beliefs on the LGBT community and he makes some clarifications on people’s assumptions about him, the dangers of the thought process behind denying your ideological opponents the same rights as you, Turning Point USA and their following of the ‘Reagan principle’ of never criticizing another Conservative and why Lucas takes issue with not holding your peers accountable, how TREX Arms handles controversy explained from by the CEO, Nathan gets into Canada’s ’State of Emergency’ and how Ottawa protestors were painted with one broad stroke that convinced the masses state violence against them was okay and the gang reflects on how quickly media and societal influence can have on a populace being willing to turn on their neighbors. The lads also get into Lucas’ marriage and how he met his wife, the 'R rated' version of the TREX Arms motto and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Lucas 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!

This episode, the lads are joined by T.REX Arms Armorer, Josh Lowry. The guys get into Josh’s unlikely Portland, Oregon origin, how state’s go down hill, what got him so heavily into shooting, making the move to Tennessee to work with T.REX and making the move with his wife, his role as an armorer and what that job looks like in his day to day, his newfound love for rucking with a rifle with friends and the new skills that it's teaching him, lots of talk on self improvement, self awareness and becoming a better educator for the sake of improving the rights and freedoms of future generations and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Josh 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!