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REDACTED Culture Cast — 301 episodes

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288: Complaining for Profit

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287: Asymmetrical Warfare: A Thought Experiment

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286: You Are The Victim

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285: Explaining Tactics, Operations, and Strategy

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284: Killing Charlie: Two Truths and a Lie

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283: Ghost Recon: Insurgency and Tragedy

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282: A Message to Church Security

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281: We Are Not a Serious Peoples

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280: How Tim Kennedy Got Away with Stolen Valor

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279: A Brave Castle Chest Rig Goes to DARC

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278: It Will Take Courage

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277: Peacekeepers, Conscripts, and Incompetent Violence

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276: Grasping Adventure with Ivan Loomis of Kit Badger

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275: Dehumanization of Enemies, of Heroes with John Soden

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274: Zach Masek on the Tragedy of Robert Rogers

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273: The FLUX Raider, One Year Later: The Whole Is Greater than the Sum of the Parts

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272: What are TTPs?

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271: Dead Warrior Society: Rangers, Green Berets: Correcting Special Operations History

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270: Bible Salesmen

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269: The Gluttony of Taste

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268: The SIG Controversy and its Consequences

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267: The 80/20 Rule for Training

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266: If You're Going to Face the Darkness, You Better Carry the Light

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265: SHOT SHOW 2025 Summary and Evaluation

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264: No Third Option: Leadership or Abdication with Dr. Joe Rigney

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263: Ranger Battalion, War Doctrine, and Process First with SFC Mike Meegan

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262: How to Reduce Violence, Ethically

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261: Tim Selbrede on Fighting Fire and Pyrrhic Political Victories

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260: Defense Against Conspiracy Theories

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259: Scaling EDC in 2025

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258: Definitional Cowardice

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257: A Message To Gun Culture

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256: What is Missing from the CEO Assassination

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255: Reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

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254: Leadership in Decentralized Environments

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253: Military, MilSim, and Filmmaking with Cory Haynes

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252: Honor Culture and Dignity Society

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251: Civilian vs Military Training

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250: Putting Family First with Nathan Spearing

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249: The World as Real

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248: Gypsy Walters and The Gospel of St. Rattlecan

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247: How [Not] to Train

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246: Rites of Passage with Kohlton of Black Canyon Systems

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245: Redefining Lethality with Chris Sizelove

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244: JK Armament CCX Suppressor: The Concealed Carry Convertible

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243: From the CIA to Appalachia

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242: How "I Got Mine" Got Us Here

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241: Something Worse than Gun Control

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240: Law Tactical ARIC Review: Citizens and Soldiers

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239: When the Community Falls Apart with Brent aka OneOneBravo

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238: Arguing with Ghosts

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237: Technology and Ontology

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236: The Plate Carrier Fit, Function, and Setup over the last 15 Years

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235: Guerrillas, Insurgents, and the American Fog of War with "Reaper" Consultations

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234: The Next Holy War in the Corpse of the Secular

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233: You Can't Do This Alone with Paigeosity

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232: The Insurgent and the Sniper

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231: Stolen Valor and its Complications

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230: Violence, Threats, and Honor with Jack Donovan

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229: The Theology of Non Compliance with Baret Fawbush

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228: When is Enough, Enough? The Malaise of Urgency

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227: American Pistons: The PSA JAKL vs Brownells BRN-180

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226: Alex Aubrey of Flux Defense on Enjoying Other's Success

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225: Gear vs Skill Issue

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224: How Conspiracy Theories Harm You

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223: Women In Combat // Quotas Hurt The Whole Team

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222: Red Teaming and Gathering Threat Intel with Rob Rawson

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221: Why Didn't Guns Come Up in the Debate?

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220: Reclaiming the First Amendment with Radios with Jake Knight of Gridbase

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219: It May Not Be Your Fault, But It Will Be Your Responsibility

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218: The End of Celebrity and the Return of State Religions

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217: Identity Before, During, and After Ranger Regiment with Cameron Fath

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216: Why Men Go Off To War

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215: The Fall of Minneapolis and its Consequences with Peter Johnson

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214: How Might Makes Right and When it Doesn't

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213: How to Start or ReStart training in Self Defense

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212: Peter Ildefonsa on Gun Culture, Industry, and the Second Amendment

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211: Why We Train for Both Proportionality and Utility

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210: Ruben Alverez of Paradox Training: ECQC vs Jiu Jitsu

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209: The Trouble with LARP

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208: Composure: One Measure of a Man

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207: Beyond the Gun: More than Marksmanship

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206: Communication Lessons from the George Floyd Riots

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205: Small Mindedness - The Mechanism of Control

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204: Name Dropping and Clout Chasing

86

203: Jake Knight from GRIDBASE: Don't Quit, Decentralize

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202: Bad Philosophy and the Problem of Evil

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201: Kaleb Irving on Gun Culture on the Ground Level, Repenting America

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200: Marksmanship vs Fighting

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199: Civil War Review with Gypsy Walters

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198: Brett Kleypas of Huxwrx

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197: Open Carry vs Concealed Carry, A False Dichotomy

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196: Stolen Valor, School Shootings, and Inverse Proportionality

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195: Colonize, Contradict, Condemn / Non-Citizens with Guns

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194: Marcus Singletary on Launching Community Days

96

193: Reviewing The Warrior Poet Way

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192: PSA SABRE-10 Commentary

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191: Tim Selbrede on the Evolution of Training Night Vision

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190: The Weaponization of Tragedy

100

189: Guns and/or P*rn

101

187: Four Genomes of Gun Control Arguments

102

188: James Lindsay on Woke Warfare

103

186: No, There Isn't a War on Masculinity

104

185: C.B. Robertson on New Academia, Moral Philosophy, and the Counter Enlightenment

105

184: I Hope this Ages Poorly

106

183: The Horns of the Dilemma with Christian Nationalism

107

182: J Drago on the Trivial and the Significant, AI, and Transhumanism

108

181: Preemtive Self Defense

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179: The Anatomy of a Dictator

110

180: Nic Magjack3r on Training Before and After a Gunfight

111

178: Intellectual Casualties

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177: SHOT SHOW 2024 Full Panel with Gridbase, Collin Underdahl, Luke Brown, and More

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176: Two Examples of Culture as Attack Vector

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175: The Putin Interview

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174: Moral Injury

116

173: Christianity in Gun Culture

117

172: A Bar Fight and Mob Mentality

118

171: SHOT SHOW 2024 Culture Report

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170: The End of a Secular Age

120

169: Kenneth W. Royce on Manhood and the Duty to Protect

121

168: The Ends Never Justify The Means

122

167: What Makes Civil War so Dangerous

123

166: Why Men Go Off to War

124

165: Fifteen Years in Gun Culture

125

164: Bargain Bin Tactician on Music to Gun Culture's Gear Orthodoxy

126

163: Broad vs Narrow Culture War

127

162: Brent aka One One Bravo on Volunteering Time, Community in Demonstration

128

161: Politics, Economics, and Culture

129

160: Early Thanksgiving with Paigeosity - Cultural Momentum

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159: The False Idol of Dichotomy

131

158: War Takes Place in the Fringes

132

157: Regular Israel vs Irregular Palestine

133

156: The Myth of the Free Thinker

134

155: Marcus Singletary and Luke Brown

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154: All War is Holy War, All War is Religious

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153: Gun Culture Deserves to Disappear

137

152: Hyper-Awareness will Get You Killed

138

151: A Returning Medieval Ethic of War

139

150: Tim Selbrede on Defining and Discerning Terrorism and Propaganda

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149: Gun Culture Doesn't Just Eat Its Own, We Actively Refuse to Support One Another

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148: RUIN, Decay, and Permanence

142

147: Peter Ildefonsa on Responsibility Precedes Right

143

146: Sleeper Cells, Insurgents, Guerrilla, and Getting Recce Wrong

144

145: The OPSEC Leviathan

145

144: How the News becomes Religion

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143: War Unlimited

147

142: A Higher War

148

141: Irregular vs Regular Fighters

149

140: How Moral Philosophy Clears the Fog of War

150

139: Resentment in Gun Culture

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138: Tyler of Longhouse Preparedness on Moral Foundations

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137: Biden to Announce new Gun Violence Office

153

136: Killing vs Shooting

154

135: Summoning Demons for MultiCulturalism

155

134: Vengeance, the Corruption of Justice

156

133: The Overton Window and Its Consequences

157

132: Choice and The Law of Excluded Middle

158

131: Exhortation: The Government Betrayed You, So What?

159

130: Angel Cortes // Gang Violence vs Ranger Battalion, and Community Building

160

129: The View From Above Fallacy

161

128: How We Think About Faith

162

127: TELOS

163

126: Sovereignty

164

125: How to be a Christian in the Military

165

124: Is Gun Culture Materialistic?

166

123: Dualism, Descartes, Plato, and The Mind

167

122: Euthyphro Dilemma and the Gods

168

121: The State of REDACTED, 2023

169

120: Ethan Walters on How to [Not] get Killed by the FBI

170

118 Pt 2: Literally Me Explained with Collin Underdahl

171

119: Clairvoyance and Achievement

172

118 Pt 1: Collin Underdahl on Dismantling Gossip

173

117: Godless Fools

174

116: Beau Doboszenski on The Casualty of Trust

175

115 Pt 2: Ian Strimbeck on Fitness and Death

176

115 Pt 1: Ian Strimbeck of RuneNation: Contentment as Antidote to the Rat Race

177

114: Ethan "Gypsy" Walters - One Lap in the Arena

178

113: In Defense of Gatekeeping

179

112: Tribe and Tribalism, Community and Cult

180

111: Principles in Tension

181

110: Conspiracy Theory as Gnostic Mysticism

182

109: Death to Pornography

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108 Part 2: Will Spencer of the Renaissance of Men on Protecting in a Time of Fragility

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108 Part 1: Will Spencer of Renaissance of Men - Reconciliation of the Sexes

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107: An Old Evil and the Demoralization that Follows

186

106: Night Vision and Resentment

187

105: Some People Have It

188

104: Declaration or Manifesto?

189

103: Multiculturalism: Fruit Without a Vine

190

102: Generalizations and Semantics

191

101 Part 2: Marcus Singletary of Cloaked Entry Co. - Accepting Consequences with Conviction

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101 Part 1: Marcus Singletary of Cloaked Entry Co. - Everyone's a Fed

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100: Jack Donovan on Masculinity, Violence, and Myth

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099: A Priori vs A Posteriori Justifications and Violence

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098: Jake Kunsky of JK Armament on Suppressor History, Culture, and Dark Competition

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097 Part 2: Jordan of Finance and Maneuver // Risk and Reward

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097 Part 1: Jordan of Finance and Maneuver - Cliffside.

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096: Need is Not Enough

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095 Pt 2: Luke Brown aka Southpaw Luke, Duty Begets Joy

200

095 Pt 1: Luke Brown aka Southpaw Luke on Odysseus, Meaning, and Republic

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094: Meditations on Evil

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093 pt 2: Ahmad of Lead & Steel // Is Multiculturalism a Left-Right Any Issue?

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093: Ahmad of Lead & Steel on Optics, Multiculturalism, and Better Lawyers

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092: How Cynicism Kills

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091: Why You Should Become Dangerous

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090: Rhetoric and Reason

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089: Fred Baker of Counting Coup Tactical on Vetting Your Instructor

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088: Andrew on Discerning Intelligence from Information

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087 Part 2: Militia Industrial Complex with Justin of Fenix Ammo

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087 Part 1: Justin Nazaroff of Fenix Ammo on Trolling Tyrants

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086 Part 2: Mark of the Appalachian Rangers Association

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086 Part 1: Mark of the ARA on Post-Boy Scout America

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085 Part 2: Chuck Robeson on Cultural Crossovers and Subsets

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085 Part 1: Chuck Robeson of All Skill No Luck and Raid Skateboards

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084: The Clear and Complicated Core of Self Defense

216

083: The Bible, Violence, and Heresy

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082 Part 2: Chris Blau on Shooting Different Disciplines

218

082 Part 1: Chris Blau on ATF Shenanigans and Commendable Behavior

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081: The Dunning-Kruger Model in CQB

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080: Shame on You

221

079: Decentralization is Inevitable & Brave New War by Robb

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078 Part 2: Vlad Saye of Terminal Armament on SDR Applications / Decentralization through Tech

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078 Part 1: Vlad Saye of Terminal Armament on Tech, Surveillance, and Privacy

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077: Gaslighting Gun Control

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076: How To Build a Library

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075: How & Why Insurgency Came to Be

227

074 Part 2: Paigeosity // Women in Gun Culture, Monopolies on Violence

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074 Part 1: Paigeosity on Multiculturalism and Women in the Gun Community

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073: Jake Knight of GRIDBASE on Decentralized Tech / Digital Multitools

230

072: C. B. Robertson on Stoicism, Aim as Foundation for Consciousness

231

071: The Paradigm Shift in Gun Culture

232

070: Alex from Mojave Repeater on Comm-Sec for the Citizen Concern

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069: Administrative Results on Humor, Culture, and Community

234

068: Iain Harrison Returns: Ukraine, Global Strategy, and War

235

067: Ethan "Gypsy" Walters

236

066: What Constitutes a Man?

237

065: Iain Harrison of RECOIL

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064: Marcus Singletary of Cloaked Entry Co.

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063: Intel as Entertainment, News as Information

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062: Trung Nguyen of We Go Home

241

061: Justin aka Controlled Pairs Gaming

242

060: Civil War and Rumors of Wars

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059: Ben Griffith of Flux Defense and Snake Staff Systems

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058: Tim Marshall of Defense Mechanisms and Defensive Elements

245

057: Who is Allowed In Gun Culture

246

056: Zach Stone on Touching Grass, Cultural Influence, and Adding Value

247

055: Isaac Botkin of T.Rex Arms on Decentralization

248

054: Decentralization vs Specialization

249

053: Mike Majewski of Ferro Concepts, Open Source Defense

250

052: Nathan of Art and War Podcast aka CBRN Art

251

051: 5th Generational Warfare Myth and Reality

252

050: Jack Potter of Guerrilla Tactical on Homesteading, Self Sufficiency, and Who Gun Culture is For

253

049: Fred Baker of Counting Coup Tactical

254

048: What Propaganda Teaches Us About Virtue

255

047: Collin Underdahl on Education, Knowledge, and Wisdom

256

046: Jared of Orion Training Group on the New Ethic of Instructors

257

045: The Human Right to Privacy

258

044: Scott Chapman on Humanization Before, During, and After War

259

043: Condition_Set on The Book of Five Rings on Being vs Doing

260

042: What We Can Learn from Left Wing Violence

261

041: Josh Munger on Aesthetics, and how the Brace Ruling Affects the People

262

039: SHOTSHOW 2023 Culture Update, Intro to the Philosophy of the Outlaw

263

040: Mike Glover on the Fourth Turning, Focus on the Long Game

264

038: Josh Bronson, Founder of DISCO32

265

037: Adam Maxwell on the Future of USPSA, and the History of the LPVO

266

036: The ATF Brace Ruling and Why What We Think Matters

267

035: Tactical Maturity and the Citizen Skillset with Austin

268

034: Joshua Baker, Author of Deinfringe

269

033: Tribe and Tradition, the Millennial Burden

270

032: Baret Fawbush of TruExodus / TruBuilder on Christianity and Gun Culture

271

031: Steve Winenger of Ripcord Industries and Rally Rats Why Overlanding and How Gun Culture

272

030: Get Ready for Hard Times and Ethical Pitfalls with The Fourth Turning

273

029: Adam from TacSwap on where Tech, Culture, and the Market Meet

274

028: Chris Blau on on Time Investment and the Sense of Belonging

275

027: What is Motivating Gun Culture?

276

026: Josh Froelich on Competing at the World Level and Expanding into Culture

277

025: Chris Fettes on becoming a Navy SEAL, Ice Cream, and Saving Lives

278

024: Naïveté, Cynicism, and Wisdom in Gun Culture

279

023: Frank Bito of Bull Creek Strategic on the Duality of Contracting

280

022: Garett Schwindel of KÄGWERKS

281

021: 3 Things to be Thankful For

282

020: De-Mystifying Reconnaissance with Blake Flannery of Maneuver Training Solutions

283

019: Ian Strimbeck of RuneNation on Violence, Mindfulness, and Thought Crimes

284

018: Moral Men and Immoral War

285

017: Drew Wallace aka The Ranger Cowboy

286

016: Alex Aubrey of Flux Defense and Tumi Tactics

287

015: An Moral Argument for an Armed Society

288

014: Isaac Botkin of T.Rex Arms on Foundations of 2A and the Enlightenment

289

013: Alex Vallorosi aka Mojave Repeater on Modern Radios and How to Use Them

290

012: Philosophy of Violence Foundations

291

011: Dustin Sanchez from Action Gunner, REAL AVID, and more

292

010: Peter Johnson of Archway Defense on [CABIN IN THE WOODS] and Privacy.

293

009: Friday Solo // 3 Types of Training

294

008: Beau Doboszenski of Defensive Mindset Training on Surviving 9/11 and Training Better

295

007: Jon Dufresne of Kinetic Consulting on What Makes a Good Instructor

296

006: Brandon Olson aka Villain Weapon Systems on the Necessity and Improvement of Illuminators

297

005: Gill of Raidworx on Shifting the Overton Window in Gun Culture, the Optimism in the Face of Adversity, and Bringing a New Optics Riser

298

004: Finance And Maneuver on Community Building, Integrity in Media, and Self Determination

299

003: Nathan Spearing on Productive Property and Setting Priorities Right

300

002: Jared Arceneaux of Orion Training Group on the Human Right to Train Civilians CQB

301

001: Collin Underdahl on Gatekeeping, Resentment, and Community Building