
Bold American Pod
Bold American is Made in America and made for you. Two Veterans and a Gold Star sister dive into the Good, Bad, Ugly, and All-American topics. Military, Veteran, Culture Issues and yes…even politics. Bold conversations for all Americans. Hosted by Captain Cons. New episodes each weekYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30
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Jul 14, 2020 • 1h 13min
ZBT #281: Taliban Fashion Models?
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Round 1: With Call of Duty being the most popular game this year (just assuming… not facts based), what other jobs would you want to play a video game of?
Round 2: In absolutely shocking news, Rosie the Riveter is still alive. Longtime stoolie Mae Krier is 94 and back in the news and calling on people once again to do the right thing.
Round 3: A huge fire on a Naval ship in San Diego happened over the weekend which resulted in injuries for 57 people. Not waiting for the results of the investigation, a Forbes reporter decided to immediately take a dump in his pants.
Round 4: A former guest and US Senator, honestly not sure which is more prestigious, made some news this week when an academic paper surfaced where she said that “women get pregnant to skirt responsibilities on deployment”
Round 5: Did the Taliban do a Vogue photoshoot???You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

Jul 10, 2020 • 1h 7min
ZBT #280: Tammy Duckworth, Hijacked Humvees, and Flying Cars
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ROUND 1: A National Guard employee was on a test-drive when they stopped their Humvee to assist a stalled vehicle, and for their good deed? They got robbed at gunpoint and left on the side of the road as thieves rolled out in said Humvee.
ROUND 2: To all of our O-6 listeners out there, of which we’re sure are many, we’ve got bad news... Your promotions have been placed on hold by Senator Tammy Duckworth. But don’t worry we’ll still be using the officer voice on you.
ROUND 3: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…. An airman getting ahead of all of us in traffic? That’s right, the Air Force is dropping big bucks on flying cars.
ROUND 4: Quiz Time with Kate!
ROUND 5: Chaps answers your questions about dogs!You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

Jul 7, 2020 • 1h 11min
ZBT #279: Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba (US Navy Kills Lion King)
Round 1: Big time bash happened this weekend at the White House. The US Navy band put on a show that rivaled some of the topics that we had on Friday’s show. We’ll dig deep into the Lion’s Den for this one.
Round 2: Life at the Coast Guard Academy is finally getting a little easier thanks to coronavirus and some relaxed regulations for the new Swabs, who should actually be called codfish. Say you’re a codfish, Hook!
Round 3: One Army Specialist was just awarded the Silver Star for a big time “I Wish A Mother Fucker Would” Moment. Talkin about beatin a terrorist to death with your fists
Round 4: Independence Day is over but knowledge is forever. I’ll test Kate and Cons again.
Round 5: More Details are coming out in what happened to Vanessa Guillen. It’s truly a horrific story that people should hear the details about. We’ll do our part in this round!You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

Jul 3, 2020 • 54min
ZBT #278: The Case Of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen
Round 1: Greatest of all Time song Goofin this morning as we head into the 4th of July weekend
ROUND 2: You might wanna grab an ice cube ‘cause we got some piping hot tea. An instagram account run by a Marine Corps veteran has higher up’s boot blouses in a knot after holding a March Madness style contest to find the worst unit in the Corps.
ROUND 3: Our guy Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Yarborough is at it again & this time he’s clapping back at the neanderthals crying about LGBTQ in our military
ROUND 4: Specialist Vanessa Guillen has been missing from Fort Hood for more than two months and the case is making national news as her family, friends & supporters demand a stronger response from the Army.
ROUND 5: Far out - the Navy is begging Sailors to stop buying LSD online. We say leave ‘em alone, they just want their deployment to be a real trip!You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

Jun 30, 2020 • 1h 43min
ZBT #277: Iran Arresting Trump + Russian Bounties
Round 1: Iran has issued an arrest warrant for President Trump for the murder of Qassem Soleimani. Lol.
Round 2: On a lighter note, the US Army’s veterinarian program continues to be one of the best in the world. They saved a working dog’s life this week and we’ll tell ya how.
Round 3: The New York Times reported that Russians put bounties on US service member’s heads earlier this year.
Round 4: With the curve flattening ending up looking like a hanging slider, we brought in Retired General Malcolm Frost to teach us how to be motivated again in the face of an eternal pandemic.
Round 5: More interview goofin with CWO4 Keith Fricke to bring Pride Month to a close.
Round 6: Another good ole fashioned Chaps surprise!!!You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

Jun 26, 2020 • 57min
ZBT #276: Chaps Gets A Second Opinion + Army Wrestler Jenna Burkert
Kate is catching crabs on the Jersey Shore so Chaps and Cons sat down for a throwback episode.
-Will we be making a trip to Siberia soon?
-Chaps got a second opinion for medical issues.
-Army Sergeant and Olympic wrestler Jenna Burkert joins us
-Will sports ever come back???
Just a little platoon room goofin'You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

Jun 23, 2020 • 1h 18min
ZBT #275: The Navy Blew $13 Billion And Everyone Gets an MRAP
Round 1: They might be the best at social media but they aren’t doing the best at Navying. Their new weirdo systems that uses fucking magnets to launch planes off aircraft carriers is so far a 13 billion dollar failure.
Round 2: West Virginia was in the news and it wasnt for burning couches. The Mountaineer state tactically acquired some tactical vehicles and people on twitter were nontahappy with it. Would you take an MRAP? We’ll chat it up in round 2.
Round 3: Siberia Goofin! A Small town in Russia has reached its highest ever temperature. Why is that news? Well, because it is.
Round 4: Connor interviewed candidate for Texas’ 7th Congressional District, Wesley Hunt, about his career as an Apache pilot and how he’s approaching campaigning amid coronavirus and turbulent times.
Round 5: Can you imagine receiving the Medal of Honor and then have it taken away? That happened. We are gonna tell you about the only woman to ever receive the medal. Dr Mary Walker!You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

Jun 18, 2020 • 1h 24min
ZBT #274: Hookers and Sailors and Pimps OH MY!
ROUND 1: Cher once strutted her stuff in front of the troops singing “If I could turn back time”. Well this week we asked, what would you do differently in the military if you could turn back tiiiiime - fiiiiind a way - I’d take back those words that hurt you and saaaay…
ROUND 2: Hookers and Sailors and Pimps, oh my! We’re not in Kansas anymore folks - we’re in Bahrain with a salacious story about a Navy port out of control.
ROUND 3: Get in bitches, we’re going shopping. For what? Recruits! The Army is on a recruiting spree & they’re trying to toss 10,000 new recruits in their cart over the period of just 3 days.
ROUND 4: Chaps interviews one of his Marines, Cpl Shawn Carter, who was discharged from the Marine Corps in 2009 under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
ROUND 5: It took six German cops to arrest an intoxicated cowboy boot-wearing US soldier in Nuremberg this past week, and the soldier was so out of control he bit one of the cops on the leg. Is this King of the Boots???You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

Jun 16, 2020 • 1h 19min
ZBT #273: Marine Recruits Are COVID Test Subjects
Round 1: 1000 Marine Recruits at Parris Island, notably not San Diego, volunteered for coronavirus testing. The military gave it an acronym, shockingly enough. The name? CHARM. You gotta be butt fucking kidding me.
Round 2: Marine veteran Paul Whelan was convicted in Russia of spying. He got 16 years of hard labor… in Russia. Yikes.
Round 3: Kate interviews a Marine Sergeant about his experience in the Marine Corps with coming out and being openly gay.
Round 4: We are gonna take a little trip across the pond to talk a little Battle of France. Why? There’s a LCpl there with the greatest name in the history of names. No offense to John the Baptist.
Round 5: A GOOD OLE FASHIONED CHAPS SURPRISE!!!You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30

Jun 12, 2020 • 1h 30min
ZBT #272: NASCAR Beats the Army + Dale Dye
ROUND 1: Ope! Heads up! A Hypersonic Mach-5 Missile Accidentally Fell Off An Air Force B-52 over California this week. I’m sure whatever it hit will totally buff out.
ROUND 2: If you ain’t first, you’re last - and even NASCAR has now pulled ahead of the Army in the race to get rid of all things confederate. Who’s slowing the Army car down?
ROUND 3: Cons sat down with a decorated Vietnam veteran who you’ve probably seen before but didn’t even know it. Colonel Sink, I mean, Capt (R) Dale Dye tells us how he parlayed a 20 year Marine career into 3 decades in Hollywood
ROUND 4: The highest of highs, the lowest of lows - No I’m not talking about ‘Ol Katie Mood Swings on a Period Tuesday - I’m talking about Kathy Sullivan - the first woman to walk in Space who also just reached the lowest point in the sea.
ROUND 5: Wayne Carmaiden, the soldier who fixed the National Guard phalanx at the DC protests, joins us to talk about that moment and what the protests were like!You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/ZeroBlog30
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