019: Isaac Botkin - T.REX, Nerdiness and Community
Episode 19 of the The Art and War Podcast podcast, hosted by @CBRNArt on IG, titled "019: Isaac Botkin - T.REX, Nerdiness and Community" was published on November 14, 2021 and runs 109 minutes.
November 14, 2021 ·109m · The Art and War Podcast
Summary
This week joining the lads is Isaac Botkin, designer at T.REX Arms! The group discuss making connections via the gun industry, Isaac talks about life before T.REX arms and his previous career working in the TV commercial industry, growing up with a dad working in the political ad space in D.C. and why all the Botkins have videography knowledge, the history of how T.REX Arms came together, the lads and Isaac talk positive and negative interactions on social media and processing useful and useless critique. Also covered: Veterans of the Second World War and Vietnam, how the Botkins were homeschooled and the growing trend of parents homeschooling, people moving away from larger systems to figure things out on their own, Nathan and Isaac get into some nerdy engineering talk and much, much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Isaac on Instagram here! Check out Isaac's personal website here! Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks! Follow the lads on IG: https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en Follow the lads on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBRNDad Check out our sponsors: Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Use code: ARTANDWAR5 for $5 off any belt at Applied Gear.com Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!
Episode Description
This week joining the lads is Isaac Botkin, designer at T.REX Arms! The group discuss making connections via the gun industry, Isaac talks about life before T.REX arms and his previous career working in the TV commercial industry, growing up with a dad working in the political ad space in D.C. and why all the Botkins have videography knowledge, the history of how T.REX Arms came together, the lads and Isaac talk positive and negative interactions on social media and processing useful and useless critique. Also covered: Veterans of the Second World War and Vietnam, how the Botkins were homeschooled and the growing trend of parents homeschooling, people moving away from larger systems to figure things out on their own, Nathan and Isaac get into some nerdy engineering talk and much, much more!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Check out Isaac on Instagram here!
Check out Isaac's personal website here!
Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks!
Follow the lads on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en
Follow the lads on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/CBRNDad
Check out our sponsors:
Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com
Use code: ARTANDWAR5 for $5 off any belt at Applied Gear.com
Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!
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