Podcasts
What a Hell of a Way to Die is a left-wing military and veteran podcast hosted by Nate and Francis, two extremely online combat veterans. Join us to hear discussion of veterans issues, defense news, and military culture — all from a lefty perspective.
National Guard Substitute Teachers (Not Joking)
DadChat ends at 16:30! This week, Nate and Francis discuss a recent headline about the New Mexico National Guard being called out to serve as substitute teachers due to covid. It turns out it’s a state employee volunteer scheme, but in the course of researching this episode (i.e.
Island Boys Sing Away Your DUI
Dadchat ends at 17:02! Nate and Francis discuss the strange phenomenon of the Floridian 20-year-old twins named the ‘Island Boys’ who are receiving Cameo requests to make military-specific greetings–to include requesting that the Marine Corps not boot a guy for a DUI.
Smedley Butler: Beyond That One Book feat. Jonathan M. Katz
This week, Francis speaks with writer Jonathan M.
SEAL Copypastas Against Vaccines
DadChat ends at 15:45! This week, Nate and Francis discuss recent news that a group of Navy SEALs have filed an injunction to get religious exemptions from the DOD’s vaccine mandate (which we argue is funny and also a very bad thing to entertain).
DadChat: Holiday Edition
CONTENT WARNING: Nate discusses having witnessed a situation involving a lot of severe child neglect, which some listeners might find distressing. This segment runs from 9:10 to 15:02.
Border Deployments, Border DUIs feat. Davis Winkie
This week, Francis speaks with Army Times investigative reporter Davis Winkie (@davis_winkie) about his recent story covering troop deployments at the US-Mexico border and the spate of incidents–to include deaths, serious injuries, and enormous amounts of UCMJ–and the fact that soldiers and officers at every echelon are reaching out with one very important statement: they shouldn’t be there.
