I’m Sure The Troops Would Love This Tae-Bo VHS Cassette
05/21/20 • 64 min
We started out this episode with the intention of talking about a recent story in which someone tried to catfish a civilian by pretending to be a senior general in the U.S. Army. But then we went down the rabbit hole of trying to reconcile they ways in which the military is portrayed versus how we experienced it, and we wound up spending a lot of time talking about the utterly bizarre donations we used to receive while deployed. Here’s the original story we found on Task and Purpose: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/fake-us-army-general-catfish-gmail
This week, Francis speaks with friend of the show Brock Wilbur (@brockwilbur) on the topic of the junior senator from Missouri, a right-wing freak who's smarter than Trump and represents the kind of fascist future trajectory of the Republican Party. It's bad, folks! You can get the episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37221570
Check out Brock's work at the independent Kansas City paper The Pitch: https://www.thepitchkc.com/
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We started out this episode with the intention of talking about a recent story in which someone tried to catfish a civilian by pretending to be a senior general in the U.S. Army. But then we went down the rabbit hole of trying to reconcile they ways in which the military is portrayed versus how we experienced it, and we wound up spending a lot of time talking about the utterly bizarre donations we used to receive while deployed. Here’s the original story we found on Task and Purpose: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/fake-us-army-general-catfish-gmail
This week, Francis speaks with friend of the show Brock Wilbur (@brockwilbur) on the topic of the junior senator from Missouri, a right-wing freak who's smarter than Trump and represents the kind of fascist future trajectory of the Republican Party. It's bad, folks! You can get the episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37221570
Check out Brock's work at the independent Kansas City paper The Pitch: https://www.thepitchkc.com/
*SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT* We now have a storefront to sell the patches, buttons, and magnets that we also give out as flair for our $10 tier. Buy some sweet gear here: https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop
We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw
You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay
Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts
Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang
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This week’s bonus features Riley Quinn and Alice Caldwell-Kelly of the Trashfuture podcast, who help us break down the particularly online insanity of the recent Venezuela mercenary debacle. Get it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36973145
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We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw
You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay
Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts
Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang
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*SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT* We now have a storefront to sell the patches, buttons, and magnets that we also give out as flair for our $10 tier. Buy some sweet gear here:
https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop
We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw
You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay
Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts
Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang
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