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Snakes & Otters Podcast
by Snakes & Otters
A pointless discussion of eternal questions, with Martin, Robert, Francis, Cajun and Marcus Aurelius. Join us as we tackle everything including history, pop culture, heroes and villains, movies, music, philosophy, words to live by, theology, comic books and especially Bourbon.
Episodes
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Episode 273: Code of Honor - Another Nugget from G. K. Chesterton
Robert is back in the GK Chesterton well for a pretty challenging quote.
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Episode 272: MCU - Recent Criticisms Are Off-Base (according to Robert)
Francis is of course the captain as the guys try to convince everyone the MCU since Endgame is pretty solid stuff.
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Episode 271: Code of Honor - Gregory Peck
Francis takes charge and the OGs kick around a fun nugget from actor Gregory Peck.
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Episode 270 Gen Z Returns to the Faith
The return of Bjorn! Er, Michael that is now. Martin's youngest spawn returns to the podcast while visiting from the Land of the Rising Sun and discusses his spiritual journey and why others like him are doing the same. And yes, he insists that he's no longer heathen Bjorn, he is Michael, named…
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Episode 269: An Anonymous Code of Honor!
Robert takes the reins and the guys chew on an anonymous quote about living a creative life.
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Episode 268 - The Return of Masculinity
Francis Returns! He joins Brother Andre, Robert and Martin for a lengthy discussion on what it means to be manly, masculine, whatever. Not sure we actually came up with anything surefire, but it was a good talk.
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Episode 267 - Code of Honor: OG With Winston Churchill
Captain Martin went old school on Brother Andre and Robert but with the twist of providing some quotes to pick from for the episode, all from 20th century hero Winston Churchill.
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Episode 266 - Places We've Been and Want to Go
Martin is in the Captain's chair and the guys come up with a topic on the fly, places we've been and where we want to go. A travel episode! First time ever.
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Episode 265 - Code of Honor from G.K. Chesterton
Robert crushes a Chesterton quote like a hammer this episode resulting in a lively discussion that veers into several unexpected directions.
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Episode 264 - Napoleon Bonaparte - The Fall
Francis is feeling a little ganged up on here but the guys tackle part 2 of a discussion of Napoleon Bonaparte covering his military and political history from Egypt on through Waterloo and finally St. Helena and into history.
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Episode 263 - Code of Honor from Dr. Martin Luther King
Brother Andre brings the gang a timely and uplifting MLK quote.
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Episode 262 - Napoleon Bonaparte - The Rise
FINALLY! Francis leads the guys on an initial exploration of Napoleon Bonaparte. From his humble beginnings through his ascension as First Consul, the guys try and explain both the why as well as the who.
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Episode 261 - Code of Honor from Albert Schweitzer
Francis brings the goodness with another character quote.
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Episode 260 - Mick by Way of Stoke-on-Trent
The guys chat up indie author Mick Williams, discussing his Old Farts Club and Father Black series of books. Super fun.
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Episode 259 - Code of Honor: Robert Goes Camusian
In a shocking turn of events, Robert shamelessly coopts Martin's love of Albert Camus and choses a quotation from him to bandy about with them and Francis. Great things ensue from there . . .
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Episode 258 - Monty Python: Look on the Bright Side of Life
The three OG (Original Guys) are back with an episode that should have never taken this long . . . our love and appreciation of the genius of the British Comedy troupe Monty Python! Yes be prepared for much quoting and much rejoicing . . . .
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Episode 257 - "Triple Code of Honor for November 2025"
Martin captains a three-person quote episode . . . and there was much rejoicing.
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Episode 256 - "Hoopajoob of All Hoopajoobs"
We didn't know what the hell we were doing or even what number we were on. Anyway, Martin, Robert and Brother Andre gathered at Studio M and just wandered off on a hoopajoob to beat all hoopajoobs.
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Episode 255 - Code of Honor Goes Old School
Once again Brother Andre takes the big chair in a throwback style episode with Robert and Martin. All the guys brought cool quotes to the party and Robert hammers it all home.
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Episode 254 - GenX Favorite Movies
Brother Andre takes the reins for this episode featuring a just Martin and Robert tagging along. The guys still rambled for 90 minutes about favorite Gen X movies and what they mean. And yes, Indy did have agency in Raiders. So there.
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Episode 253 - Code of Honor from . . . Dexter?
Cajun takes us down a dark path with a quote from the popular Dexter TV show. And special guest Ms. Cajun breaks the glass ceiling as our first woman guest!
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Episode 252 - The Renaissance
This started out as an episode on Renaissance Art, but Martin used Arthur Herman's The Cave and the Light to twist and turn it like taffy into one just on the Renaissance itself, and Robert tied it all together. He does that. He's The Hammer after all.
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Episode 251 - Code of Honor from Frédéric Bastiat
Once again with guest Maximus in attendance, Martin sits in the center seat and pulls a quotation from the great Nineteenth Century French economist Frédéric Bastiat on the nature of freedom, free markets, and how we as humans navigate the waters that come with both.
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Episode 250 - The Age Of Reason
Francis takes command as the group welcomes Maximus, General of the Felix Legions, and discusses the history, consequences, and legacy of the Age of Reason as it both arose at the end of the Middle Ages and affects us all even today.
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Episode 249 - Code of Honor from Saint Pope St. John Paul II
Brother Andre pulls out a great one from the Great One himself, Saint Pope John Paul II, with the quotation of "The more ready you are to give yourself to God and others, the more you discover the authentic meaning of life."
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Episode 248 - What If? The Allies Rejected Germany's Call for an Armistice in 1918
Martin brings another "What If?" conundrum to the boys, going back to World War I and wondering . . . what if the Allies told Germany to 'pound sand' with their request for an armistice in 1918 and decided to plow forward instead and seek the Central Powers total defeat?
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Episode 247 - Code of Honor from Goethe
Robert shoots from the hip and brings in an amazing quote about change, growth and the evils of stagnation from the great German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . . .
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Episode 246 - Great Directors: John Hughes
Robert takes command as the guys discuss the quintessential Gen X director, the late John Hughes, and how his movies both captured and helped create the pop cultural phenomenon known as the Eighties . . .
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Episode 245 - Code of Honor for April 2025
Cajun brings us a Jefferson Davis (yes that Jefferson Davis) quote to digest. Does the Majority really rule?
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Episode 244 - Bond, James Bond Sells Out?
Francis does his best M for the guys as they discuss the ramifications of the recent sale of the Bond franchise creative rights to Amazon. Martin, per usual, isn't happy.
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Episode 243 - Code of Honor from Mark Twain
Francis takes charge and the guys spend a LOT of time discussing an excellent Mark Twain quote and what it means for personal goals.
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Episode 242 - Great Douchebags In History, First Edition
Martin takes the conn on this inaugural episode of the guys highlighting some of history's worst - and yet not well remembered - doucebags. (Martin came up with the phrase with his usual directness.) This go-around the guys talk about some guys that caused a whole lot of trouble back in their…
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Episode 241 - Code of Honor from David Foster Wallace
The guys take a moment to update everyone on their various writing projects before diving into a series of Robert's quotations, all linked to one from David Foster Wallace about depression, sarcasm, humor and helping those in need. Powerful stuff indeed!
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Episode 240 - The Absurdly Interesting Albert Camus
Martin brings the boys back into the arena of philosophy and the intriguing person of French philosopher and writer Albert Camus and his reactionary philosophy of absurdism. It gives Martin the warm fuzzies. The guys have to decide between Doors 1, 2 or 3 and there is plenty of debate all around.
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Episode 239 - Code of Honor from Robert Browning
Andre sits in the Captain's Chair and throws down an amazing quotation from the English poet Robert Browning and the guys bat it around all over the board, discussing Pelagianism, the nature of heaven and all sort of eternal things.
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Episode 238 - The Films of Michael Mann
Martin takes the Captain's Chair as the fellas all discuss the films of the great director Michael Mann. Martin has a particular penchant for Heat, whereas Francis and Cajun are definitely Last of the Mohicans fans.
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Episode 237 - Code of Honor from Max Weber
Martin takes the guys into a discussion on a Max Weber quote. Weber is credited as essentially the world's first sociologist, and the discussion gets pretty heated.
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Episode 236 - Great Directors: John Ford
The guys discuss the landmark career of the first American film director to be considered an auteur and artist. Blemishes and all.
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Episode 235.5 - Bourbon Festival Interview with Jephtha Creed Master Distiller and Owner
Robert delivers an on-the-spot interview of Master Distiller Joyce Nethery at Kentucky Bourbon Festival. She was super gracious and we're big fans.
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Episode 235 - Code of Honor from Keith Haring
Francis brings in artist and activist Keith Haring and we talk propaganda vs art. Martin antagonizes the captain a bit.
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Episode 234 - Off With Their Heads! The Reign of Terror
Francis mans the barricades and guys examine the second half of the French Revolution, the Reign of Terror and beyond.
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Episode 233 - Code of Honor from Lt. General Hal Moore
Cajun takes the helm to drop an amazing quotation for the boys to bat around from Lieutenant General Hal Moore of "We Were Soldiers" fame.
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Episode 232 - HOOPAJOOB!!! - Bourbon Fest!
The guys rave over their second annual trip to Bourbon Fest and relate all sorts of great anecdotes of "the many wonders they have seen" . . .
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Episode 231 - Code of Honor from Ronaldus Maximus
Martin decides to go back to basics with a timely quotation from the great Ronald Reagan himself.
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Episode 230 "Let Them Eat Cake: Roots of Revolution"
They guys take on the roots of the French Revolution and how it began to devolve into both murder and madness. (And yes, a good time was had by all.)
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Episode 229 "Hoopajoob!" We Can Cook, but Really We Can Eat
Brother Andre is up for captain on this one, he's got some favorite food and recipes he pitches as a starting point for a gastronomy Snakes & Otters style. And yes, it involves how to properly prepare a steak.
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Episode 228 Code of Honor from Albert Camus
Martin throws the guys an Albert Camus quote to pick apart and profundity promptly ensues.
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Episode 227 'We'll Be Back" The Terminator Franchise
Francis leads the guys in a talk of all things Terminator and what eventually happened with this groundbreaking sci-fi franchise.
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Episode 226 - Code of Honor from All Sides!
Andre once again proves his command fitness as he brings not one but three amazing quotations for the guys to chew on! Join us as we play around with some wise words from Seneca, Carl Jung, Pythagoras and maybe even a few more! Once again we prove why Snakes And Otters is the best podcast out…
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Episode 225 - Transportation In Westward Expansion
Cajun takes the Captain's Chair and takes us on our fourth episode exploring the history of the United States westward expansion. This time we go deep with perhaps the biggest reasons for why things happened as they did . . . technological innovations in the area of transportation. Join the guys…
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A pointless discussion of eternal questions, with Martin, Robert, Francis, Cajun and Marcus Aurelius. Join us as we tackle everything including history, pop culture, heroes and villains, movies, music, philosophy, words to live by, theology, comic books and especially Bourbon.
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