The Art and War Podcast

Nathan, Lucas and B.R do a little bit of Koch teasing this week in the lead up to the episode 100 special! The lads get into everything from risky fungi to AI scriptwriting, B.R laments feeling like an old man and being left behind by Gun Z internet culture, their deep ‘dislike’ for sabotaging valuable city infrastructure like CCTV and parking meters, Lucas discusses new vague Irish hate crime law...

Joining B.R and Nathan this week is Jacob, host of the Tasting Anarchy Podcast and the main organizer behind the Texas based liberty campout event: Chillderburg. Jacob and the lads talk about what Chillderburg is, the pop up Anarchist village now in it’s fifth year, how the event started off as a joke about drinking alone to counter-protest the illuminati Bilderberg gathering, networking and hangi...

This week, Rob from AK Operators Union join Nathan and guest host Reaper1.1 for a fantastic talk on all things long range, Kalashnikov and more! Rob shares growing up behind the Iron Curtain, the fall of the USSR, why all of the misery of those governments was absolutely ‘Real Communism and Socialism’ at work and his journey to the US and joining the US Army. Rob expands on his time in the army as...

Lucas joins Nathan for another Schizocast to chat with Artificial Intelligence Joe Rogan, President Trump and a certain bipolar rapper, and try to break them. The lads talk how far the technology has come in even the last two months and how rapidly issues are patched, the sterilized personality all AI impersonations take on, Sam Hyde's newest project: Fishtank.live and how it's revolutioni...

Isaac Botkin of TREX Arms and Adam Kraut, 2A lawyer and Chairman of The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), join Nathan to talk gun laws, rights and the state of the US court system. The gang get into how Adam and Isaac came to be interested in shooting, the history of the SAF including their landmark D.C. v. Heller ruling and the CATO funding that made it happen, Isaac thinks back to his childhood...

Art and War goes to Finland! Well, kinda. This episode Jari, CEO of Varusteleka, Finnish military and outdoor gear, sits down with Nathan and Paige. The gang get into Jari’s origins growing up near the Russian border, joining the Finnish military and the country’s mandatory service for males, the details on bringing Varusteleka to the US with a stateside location, how American gun culture and soci...

Felix of Redbeard Tactical and Matt of XRAY ALPHA LLC join Nathan to talk navigating practical and gimmick training in a world of snake oil salesman and bro scientists. The lads get into the relation between strategy and tactics, Felix’s general dislike of battle drills, why the OODA loop isn’t all that relevant, why inoculating yourself against stress is one of the most important components of tr...

Logan and Aiden from Americana Pipedream Apparel join Nathan to talk everything from where they get Tal!ban sneakers and other hard to find surplus from, their good fortune with random DM’s turning out to be great international contacts, the Tal!ban Public Relations department twitter page and how the Tal!ban are complaining of boring office work. The lads also get into ‘the incident’ with the Iri...

Lucas and Nathan talk asian sterotypes, St Patricks Day in Ireland, Nathan talks microdosing psilocybin mushrooms, President Trump ‘getting arrested’ for the 100th time, how The Last of Us TV show has been doing the game justice, how payment processors have turned ideological alongside almost every corporation and much more in this schizocast! SPOILER WARNING: 37:55 - 43:40 end of Last of Us Spoil...

We all have to deal with death someday, our guest this week deals with it daily for a living. Stiffy The Moritician joins Nathan and B.R for an anonymous, humorous and very honest discussion on the funeral industry, the risk of being scammed while grieving, family run versus corporate funeral homes, the education that goes into becoming a mortician and funeral director, the car salesman tactics an...

Ben Sanderson, Federal Lobbyist on Capitol Hill for Gun Owners of America joins B.R and Nathan to discuss the situation on gun rights in 2023, and why we have reason to be hopeful for the future! The lads get into Ben’s job walking the grim halls of Washington D.C. to inform, educate and advise policy makers ignorant on guns and the existing moronic laws in place, deciphering and sharing leaked AT...

Lucas joins Nathan for a good old fashioned schizocast episode to discuss the controversy around the new Harry Potter game, the stranglehold the film and book series had on British youth culture in years past, the not so delicate handling of shoehorning a trans character in, bringing a gun into Hogwarts and how developers and game quality in the modern day are crushed by deadlines. The lads also g...

This week, as Nathan recovers from returning the One Ring from Mount Washington in New Hampshire and BR is unable to edit or upload, we had to call in a favor- and our favor came in the form of Nathan doing another podcast and asking for the audio file so you guys have something for Monday. Schedule will resume as normal next week. Forrest runs Redacted LLC- former cool-guy Ranger, former Recoil M...

Chris McCaghren, founder of Granite Rifle Group out of Arizona joins B.R for an in-person talk on all things related to getting started shooting at longer ranges. Chris touches on his experiences with his first Walmart bought bolt gun and turning up at a long range shooting competition and all that he learnt from the experience, finding zen and learning a natural good body position behind a rifle,...

Jack of Guerrilla Tactical returns to the show to chat with Nathan and B.R! The lads get into Every Day Carry medical supplies and Guerrilla Tactical’s new IWB mini-IFAK, making carrying medical ‘sexy’ and how preparedness is becoming less of an afterthought. Also covered is Jack’s trip alongside Grizzly Tactical to provide medical training to a unit of Ukrainian troops in Odessa, traveling into t...

In the wake of mass strikes and warnings out of nowhere against GunTuber creators, Print, Shoot, Repeat joins Nathan and B.R to discuss his experiences as a gun content creator on YouTube. The lads talk how the increased hostility towards gun content on YouTube will impact their future, how the YouTube strike system and resulting lifetime ban works, our thoughts on whether this is state, corporate...

Nathan and Felix of Redbeard Tactical sit down with B.R (coping with FOMO) to recount their first time at SHOT Show, the annual massive gun/gear industry event in Las Vegas. B.R asks the questions all of our listeners want to know, from why the lads decided to trek from Canada and Germany respectively to attend, what they made of it, the slowly shifting industry attitude to citizen riflemen, the d...

Joining B.R this week is Mark, founder of the Appalachian Ranger Association, a volunteer citizen preparedness group focused on training in the practices of Minutemen, civilian first responders and community assistance operating out of Knoxville, Tennessee. We get into how the Rangers came to be, the rules and structure that keep them consistent, interacting with the public, providing aid to local...

080: WarDoll - Guns, God and Media from behind the Maple Curtain Canadian shooter and gun content creator WarDoll joins Art and War to discuss tyranny in Canada, staying or leaving your homeland when tyranny rules, young men fighting old men’s wars, attending underground Church services in Canada during the lockdowns, photograph and media work in the gun industry, non-compliance culture, voting ha...

Happy New Year! Nathan, Lucas and B.R discuss going into 2023, what the next act of the roaring twenties will be, who Andrew Tate is and why has he been arrested on human trafficking charges in Romania, our New Years resolutions and most importantly: The gang showcases the first absurd chapter of our radio drama, written entirely by an AI and read dramatically by yours truly. The story follows Nat...

To celebrate Christmas this year, B.R and Nathan are joined by Guns and Guillotines, Southern gent, host of The eMilitia Podcast and Instagram Anarchist meme lord. The lads touch on everything festive from finding the crux of Christmas spirit amidst the mindless consumerism the holiday has taken on, if you should uphold the tradition of Santa in your household, the release of thousands of document...

Former Canadian infantryman Nathan and Canadian Navy Officer Isaac are joined by Non-Commissioned seaman Jack and Royal Canadian Airman Mark to speak openly and brutally honestly about the major issues the Canadian Armed forces are experiencing. Everything from recruitment and retaining ability dropping to embarrassing and unsustainable levels, how procurement (or lack thereof) of up to date equip...

Chocolate Operator (Adam) joins Nathan and Paige this episode! He details his time working undercover and SWAT, the gang gets into everything from how to spot an undercover cop or a criminal, the low standards for fitness, unarmed and firearm proficiency amongst Law Enforcement, foreskin and John Harvey Kellog (somehow), the serial killer Ed Gein and his nipple belt, falling back to your most hard...

Co-Founder of Spiritus Systems, Adam Holroyd joins Nathan and B.R to talk gear, government, freedom and plenty more this episode! Adam and the lads touch on how Spiritus came to be, the mess that is the US government gear acquisition process, what the attitude is towards individually purchased vs issued kit looks like on the non-SOF side of the military, the defiant culture within the US, Adam get...

This episode, Nathan, B.R and Lucas talk shit about the sweeping new Canadian semi auto firearm ban, Lucas chats about his time working as one of Milo Yiannopoulos’ interns, Milo’s shift to an evangelical gay conversion therapy grift and now supposedly becoming Kanye West’s 2024 Campaign manager, Canada’s ridiculous definition of an SBR (short barreled rifle), the Trudeau government’s tactics of t...