Francis is back in his new Podshack. This week it's all about drone on drone warfare as we're seeing quadcopters go at it in the skies (Apologies that the drone footage is not added, had some audio issues)
After that, Francis reads from the Vietnam anti war zine 99th Bummer about cuts to necessary OB/GYN services but certainly not to the bombs being dropped on the Vietnamese. - 2022-10-17 20:13:13 +0000 UTC View Post
For this week's bonus, Francis and Shocks discuss some of the specifics of maritime law. As in, Shocks describes the times he's had to seize weed while working in the Coast Guard, and whether or not long-term the US will decriminalize weed federally. Turns out the law is a bit different at sea! Hope you enjoy.
2022-10-14 13:04:13 +0000 UTC View PostDid you know they're calling them Space Force Bases? Does that not seem like it deserves the biggest wedgie in human history? All this and much, much more on this week's bonus, featuring Carey, Joe, and Francis.
2022-10-03 04:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Thomas had some audio troubles with his microphone, and as a result we had to record this episode with a laptop mic.
In this special third episode of The 33rd County, Tom and Shocks discuss the 1982 Paul Newman legal thriller THE VERDICT and, as Tom describes it, the way that it prefigures modern Boston dirtbag culture. Plus, Shocks gives us some impromptu history of the legal profession in America. We hope you enjoy!
2022-09-29 11:55:39 +0000 UTC View PostShocks and Tom are back, and this time they're discussing the 1991 Irish film THE COMMITTMENTS, about a working-class soul music band in Dublin. It's all part of greater Megachusetts, and we hope you enjoy it.
2022-09-21 22:21:10 +0000 UTC View PostWe've finally gotten Shocks his own show, and we're calling it the 33rd County. It's a show discussing what it means to be Irish, and Irish-American, by virtue of putting one of each together and forcing them to experience the cultural products of both groups. In this inaugural episode, Shocks and cohost Thomas O'Mahony watch the Ben Affleck film THE TOWN and rejoice in its concentrated Boston-area dirtbag energy (exemplified by Jeremy Renner). Hope you enjoy!
Listen to Thomas's tattoo ...
2022-09-12 17:55:38 +0000 UTC View PostThis was supposed to be a Zoo Crew discussion of a recent story about military contractors, but Francis, Joe, and Carey simply couldn't stay on topic. So, please enjoy what effectively amounts to a DadChat, except with the alternate cast.
2022-08-16 22:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Nate is joined in studio by writer and journalist Jasper Lo of the New Yorker. Before you wonder how we managed to get a real journalist on here: it's because Nate and Jasper were in the same unit together a long time ago. They discuss the subtle art of fact-checking, the difficulty of combating disinformation, and whether or not Glenn Kessler carries a katana. Hope you enjoy!
2022-08-08 19:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostIn which Francis pulls a Joe and runs a history lesson about a very badly built boat with our resident boats expert, Carey Shockey. Hope you enjoy!
2022-08-01 20:23:02 +0000 UTC View PostLook, we were all younger and stupid(er) once, and we all had movie opinions that we'd shudder at today. Does any movie fare as badly in this regard as Troy Duffy's 1999 trash epic THE BOONDOCK SAINTS? Probably not, but as guys who were all at one point enlisted and in the barracks, this film had an importance we now have to revisit, with shame.
2022-07-21 15:55:25 +0000 UTC View PostFrancis did some research on the history of dueling, i.e. guys marking off paces and then shooting at each other, and discovered that it's a lot murkier than you might think. For example, a duel with billiard balls, a duel between man and dog where the dog wins, Abraham Lincoln dueling, and more. Hope you enjoy!
2022-07-11 13:15:11 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Francis, Joe, and Carey take questions from subscribers and give their best takes. If you ask a strange question, buddy, you better believe you'll get a weird answer!
2022-07-05 10:45:20 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Francis speaks with Steve Beynon (@StevenBeynon) of Military dot com about the recent Patriot Front mass-arrest in Idaho, the fact that a huge number of January 6 arrestees were veterans, and the issues of right-wing radicalization in the military.
2022-06-19 23:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a very dark third episode of the Catch-22 series as reviewed by Francis, Joe, and Carey. Hope you enjoy!
2022-06-13 15:53:22 +0000 UTC View PostFor this week's bonus, the Zoo Crew assembles to discuss recent military news involving bear maulings and secret duck pens inside Marines' barracks rooms. On the command of fall out, fall out and form a semicircle around your podcast hosts doing their best to brief you on how to not get eaten by a grizzly.
2022-06-08 20:26:50 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Francis is joined by friend of the show Jasper Craven to discuss a recent abuse scandal at Valley Forge Military Academy, and how it's been a known issue in this school (and schools like it) for a long time.
Check out Jasper's article on this story here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/04/valley-forge-military-academ...
2022-05-30 20:45:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe're back and reviewing the miniseries Catch-22, but it wouldn't be complete without digressions about Kirkland Select, the hoax science of chiropractors, and why Francis has escaped covid. Hope you enjoy!
2022-05-16 12:54:22 +0000 UTC View PostFor this week's bonus, Nate is joined by Cynthia to discuss police procedurals. Why does Cynthia like them so much? Because in her words, they're opposition research--they're what right-wingers think the police are actually like, and nothing is more indicative of this trend than the CBS show Blue Bloods. So, for this first episode of a sub series we're calling CopWatch, Nate has to sit through Blue Bloods S12E18, 'Long Lost,' an episode about how you should respect the Troops, but never think...
2022-05-12 20:25:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi everone--thanks again for being patrons. Both Francis and I are pretty slammed with work right now (and I'm unfortunately recovering from some badly timed illness), and as such we've got some delays on this week's bonus episode.
Since this has been happening a little more frequently than we wanted, and in order to be up front with all of you, we wanted to commit to publishing three bonus episodes a month, no matter what. We'll aim for one per week, but we may not be able to hit that ...
2022-05-11 21:35:21 +0000 UTC View PostYour questions answered, but not necessarily in a helpful way, by Francis, Joe, and Carey. Hope you enjoy!
2022-05-01 23:15:37 +0000 UTC View PostFor this week's (belated) bonus, it's a DadChat in which Nate and Francis discuss strange mid-career turns, the fictional Dutch synth band that Nate and Milo created, St. Louis having a light-rail system, and Nate's recent trip to Switzerland, the most concentrated hit of Eurovibes you can possibly get.
2022-04-28 18:50:56 +0000 UTC View PostIt's Francis, Joe, and Shocks talking military news stories that caught our attention. There was apparently a unit in the Ohio National Guard where two assigned soldiers got arrested for threats made on Discord--two different Discords and two different crimes. Only one of them threatened to do 9/11 on the Budweiser headquarters, though. We hope you enjoy this episode!
2022-04-18 22:17:14 +0000 UTC View PostFrancis, Joe, and Carey review the recent Hulu miniseries adaptation of Joseph Heller's classic military satire 'Catch-22.' Did you know they named Yossarian not out of a desire to tie him to being Armenian, but to make him sound weird? Learn this, and much more, in our (extremely professional) review.
2022-04-12 00:04:13 +0000 UTC View PostNate and Francis discuss their refutation of the idea that you're fully over the hill at 40 (no ulterior motives here!), their changing relationships with alcohol after escaping Midwestern upbringing, and Nate's experience with Central Indiana's most conspicuous drug user. Hope you enjoy!
2022-04-04 22:21:06 +0000 UTC View PostFrancis, Joe, and Carey return with a list of agony aunt questions trawled from the internet, plus a question that one of our patrons asked. What happens when your husband goes full dadmode without being a dad? What happens when it turns out your son shares a name with a famous porn star? All these, answered, and more.
2022-03-27 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Nate and Francis have a dadchat in which the topics include: how can a non-catholic lightly razz catholics, what do persimmons taste like, how to react if you do actually experience discrimination as a cis white dude (while visiting Japan), and whether or not Nate can remember the lyrics to a song he wrote less than a year ago. Hope you enjoy!
2022-03-22 23:22:09 +0000 UTC View PostFrancis made Shocks read a listicle of 'Top Boston Movies' and they discuss it. Some surprising entries on here and some Wahlberg-centric ones, too--hope you enjoy!
2022-03-15 18:20:52 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Joe, Francis, and Carey discuss a recent story in which some aviation Marines got charged for being idiots on a gondola ride. Yes, you heard that right. (editor's note: sorry for the delay, I've got covid and am still catching up!)
2022-03-03 15:25:12 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Francis speaks with military tech journalist and friend of the show Kelsey Atherton (@AthertonKD) about developments in the autonomous robot realm. What if the cops were a dog that took your temperature (this exists)? What if a Blackhawk was fully remote? What if we told a robot, 'No war crimes, please'? All this and more on this episode.
2022-02-21 21:14:31 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Joe, Francis, and Carey read from letters sent to Dear Prudie and determine what they think would be the best possible advice. If your kid is attracted to pokemon or you're looking for the most tactful way to tell your neighbors that you want to swim naked in your above-ground pool, this is the episode for you.
2022-02-14 15:28:31 +0000 UTC View Post