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The Shit Cast
by Rick and Gray
Each episode your hosts Rick and Gray will explore a topic of interest to one or both of them. From first contact with alien civilizations to great military disasters to current events. Both hosts have a wide variety of overlapping and disparate interests ranging from military tech and automotive history to philosophy and chess. So be prepared for multiple asides and tangents. And if mildly informative rambling sounds interesting, give us a listen
Episodes
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Rants Chants and Chats 1
Welcome to Rants, Chants, and Chats. This is our attempt to separate out our discussions on current events that end up in the start of every episode. If it was something you enjoyed, great! You can find them more easily. If you didn't like them and found them too rambling, then this will help you...
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Ep13 The Death Knell of the US Navy pt2
We discuss how the US Navy, not content with losing a 1.3 billion dollar baby carrier, goes on to shoot itself in the other foot. They falsley accuse low-ranking people, bring politically motivated charges, lie in to Congressional committees, fail to come up with a plan to fight future fires, and...
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Ep12 The Death Knell of the US Navy pt1
The United States Navy has been in the news a lot over the past few years as they gear up to fight a "possible" war with a peer in "the Pacific". With all the money American taxpayers give their armed forces, why does the Navy need to gear up? Why do they keep crashing their ships? Why are they...
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Ep11 Poker: To Call or Not To Call
Continuing our complaints about the portrayal of things we love in media, we're here to tell you that what you've seen about poker on tv and movies is completely wrong. And a lot of times its a wasted storytelling or character growth moment too.
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Ep10 The Sinkings of 1968 pt2
In 1968, 4 military submarines from nations all around the world sank. Ever since, people have wondered about the causes and if malice was a factor. Thanks to governement's natural tendencies to obfuscate embarassing information and the secretive nature of submarine operations in general,...
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Ep9 The Sinkings of 1968 pt1
In 1968, 4 military submarines from nations all around the world sank. Ever since, people have wondered what were the causes and if malice was a factor. Thanks to governement's natural tendencies to obfuscate embarassing information and the secretive nature of submarine operations in general,...
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Ep8 Chess Doesn't Make You Smart
Gray is taking the lead on this episode, and we're talking about the depictions of chess in cinema and fiction. And how it's almost portrayed incorrectly. Being good at chess only says one thing about someone, that they're good at chess. But time and again, writers and directors strive to use a...
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Ep7 Submarines: Sinking Your Ship On Purpose
After our episode on tanks, we figured we'd do one on the silent service. Unlike tanks, submarines like to avoid the spotlight. And when we do hear about them, its usually when something's gone wrong. So strap in for hours of tangent-laden discussion about submarines and why good midwesterners...
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Ep6 Can't Stop the Signal
The forward march of progress will eventually render irrelevant laws concerning the manufacturing of all sorts of deadly weapons. Battlefield weapons from 75 years ago are not only outdated, but laughably easy for individuals to make affordably at home. The veil mysticism of the Nuclear…
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Ep4 Is There Any Hope?
Part 4 of 4. In this final episode on first contact, we tackle the question of hope. If there are aliens out there and they stumble on to us, do we have any hope of surviving if it turns violent? There's also an explanation that the nerds have been crying out for about the Fermi Paradox and other...
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Ep3 The Fiction of First Contact
Part 3 of 4. We've been discussing how humanity might react to meeting alien life, and the whole time we've been referencing fiction. So in this episode, we sat down and discuss what the actual fiction of first contact looks like, where it came from and what it says about those who wrote it.
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Tanks: What Are They Good For?
A bonus episode about tanks! We originally recorded this episode several weeks before the American announcement that they were sending M1 Abrams to Ukraine. It was serendipitous and a shame to leave the episode languishing in editing purgatory, so we fast tracked it. Don't worry, our series on...
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Ep0 Introducing Your Hosts
Hi, we're Rick and Gray, your hosts for The Shit Cast. We'll be covering Science, History, and Interesting Topics. With our backgrounds in history, philosphy, and engineering we're painting events in a new and interesting light. Take a listen, and if this is something you enjoy, please stick…
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Ep2 The Hopeful Side of First Contact
After our first episode talking about how so many stories of first contact are rooted in our fears, we're back to talk about the other side of the coin. How stories of first contact can be hopeful, how the galaxy could be full of rational, benevolent peoples just waiting for us to join them. Also...
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Ep1 Colonialism and First Contact
Welcome to the S.H.I.T. Cast; Science, History, and Interesting Topics, we've got them all. In our very first episode we dive headlong into the strange similarities between the science fiction of First Contact and the Age of Colonialism. With everything from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Each episode your hosts Rick and Gray will explore a topic of interest to one or both of them. From first contact with alien civilizations to great military disasters to current events. Both hosts have a wide variety of overlapping and disparate interests ranging from military tech and automotive history to philosophy and chess. So be prepared for multiple asides and tangents. And if mildly informative rambling sounds interesting, give us a listen
HOSTED BY
Rick and Gray
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The Shit Cast currently has 15 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Each episode your hosts Rick and Gray will explore a topic of interest to one or both of them. From first contact with alien civilizations to great military disasters to current events. Both hosts have a wide variety of overlapping and disparate interests ranging from military tech and automotive...
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The Shit Cast is created and hosted by Rick and Gray.
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