What a Hell of a Way to Die

First Charitable Donation is out!

Hello, and thank you all for your donations, your time and you're ears. We are doing everything we can to bring you good bonus content, and while we're all taking our own cut, we have sent out our first quarterly charitable donation to the DSA Veteran's group of $175. 

Nate has been a part of the DSA veterans group, who work to organize against wars, war profiteering, and advocating for those soldiers who have a bitter taste in their mouth following their time in the service of the milita...

Top Gun, feat Matt Christman

Francis and Matt Christman (@cushbomb) of Chapo Trap House strip off their shirts for some verbal volleyball about the 1986 hit Top Gun. 

Postcard from Ukraine - Katherine Jacobsen

 
Adrian talks with Katherine Jacobsen, a freelance journalist living in Ukraine and covering Russia and Ukraine for western media outlets. Jacobsen watched the Euromaidan revolution firsthand, and has an unusual perspective on Ukrainian society—both in terms of how the recent revolution unfolded, and in terms of how it responds to bureaucracy and the former Soviet system. 

Deep Space Nine with Will Menaker

Francis and Adrian welcome Will Menaker from Chapo Trap House to talk about something other than politics for once: Deep Space Nine. We nerd out for an hour (and still manage to tie it back to politics anyway)

A change to pledge tiers

Hello, Francis here. This is just going out to the people who signed up for the valor level (And my one person crazy enough to give 15) to inform you that next week everything other than the $5 donation tier will be disappearing.

BUT! Since you signed up for valor, you will be getting some still. Everyone will be getting some valor in the mail in early May. I have everyone's addresses, so if you want to change your donation level down to the $5, it is completely understandable. 

Why...

$500 goal hit

Hello to all our Patreons, and thank you for everything you've been donating. Whether you're new to the Podcast or have been around since January, it's been great to search for more content to give you all.

As our stated goal says, we're going to donating a portion of your money to various military charities. Originally I said a new one every month, but we may choose one every quarter and donate three months worth. Still toying with the best way to do this.

If you have any charities to s...

Movie Night with Matt Christman: Starship Troopers 3

Matt Christman (@cushbomb) and Francis talk about Starship troopers 3, and how the theme of melding or religion and politics in the movie lines up with American politics today. Just with terrible CGI bugs

Journalism in the age of Trump. Feat. Brian Castner

Adrian sits down to talk Journalism in the era of Trump with Brian Castner, a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is the bestselling author of All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named an Amazon Best Book. 

Come listen as they talk about how Trump and Journalists are playing off one another and what that can mean for the future of reporting and polit...

Bonus Episode 2: Mikael Skillt

Adrian talks with Swedish soldier Mikael Skillt about the politics of soldiers, and how quickly that goes out the window as soon as you take incoming fire. Follow Mikael on twitter at https://twitter.com/MikaelSkillt and be handy with the twitter translate function

Bonus with Felix, attempt 2

Here's the bonus episode one more time, Now released so you can easily play or download the audio file.

What A Hell Of A Way To Die Bonus - Felix Biederman

Francis sits down with Felix from Chapo Trap House to talk gun culture and the left. They discuss the best way to defend yourself in a violent situation, which martial art is best for the left and how best to fuck your guns

February 1st Update

Hello to all our Patreons and those thinking of signing up. Today is the first day of the first month of our Patreon and I just wanted to send out some quick news.

In light of a lot of recent events in the current administration, the podcast will be delayed a day as Francis decided to be too busy for weekend recording because he was traipsing around Disneyland. We want to keep as up to day with political news as possible, so an emergency podcast will be recorded and uploaded Thurs...