Francis is back in his new Podshack. This week it's all about drone on drone warfare as we're seeing quadcopters go at it in the skies (Apologies that the drone footage is not added, had some audio...
2022-10-17 20:13:13 +0000 UTC View PostFor this week's bonus, Francis and Shocks discuss some of the specifics of maritime law. As in, Shocks describes the times he's had to seize weed while working in the Coast Guard, and whether or no...
2022-10-14 13:04:13 +0000 UTC View PostDid you know they're calling them Space Force Bases? Does that not seem like it deserves the biggest wedgie in human history? All this and much, much more on this week's bonus, featuring Carey, Joe...
2022-10-03 04:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Thomas had some audio troubles with his microphone, and as a result we had to record this episode with a laptop mic.
In this special third episode of The 33rd County, Tom and Shocks dis...
2022-09-29 11:55:39 +0000 UTC View PostShocks and Tom are back, and this time they're discussing the 1991 Irish film THE COMMITTMENTS, about a working-class soul music band in Dublin. It's all part of greater Megachusetts, and we hope y...
2022-09-21 22:21:10 +0000 UTC View PostWe've finally gotten Shocks his own show, and we're calling it the 33rd County. It's a show discussing what it means to be Irish, and Irish-American, by virtue of putting one of each together and f...
2022-09-12 17:55:38 +0000 UTC View PostThis was supposed to be a Zoo Crew discussion of a recent story about military contractors, but Francis, Joe, and Carey simply couldn't stay on topic. So, please enjoy what effectively amounts to a...
2022-08-16 22:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Nate is joined in studio by writer and journalist Jasper Lo of the New Yorker. Before you wonder how we managed to get a real journalist on here: it's because Nate and Jasper were in the...
2022-08-08 19:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostIn which Francis pulls a Joe and runs a history lesson about a very badly built boat with our resident boats expert, Carey Shockey. Hope you enjoy!
2022-08-01 20:23:02 +0000 UTC View PostLook, we were all younger and stupid(er) once, and we all had movie opinions that we'd shudder at today. Does any movie fare as badly in this regard as Troy Duffy's 1999 trash epic THE BOONDOCK SAI...
2022-07-21 15:55:25 +0000 UTC View PostFrancis did some research on the history of dueling, i.e. guys marking off paces and then shooting at each other, and discovered that it's a lot murkier than you might think. For example, a duel wi...
2022-07-11 13:15:11 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Francis, Joe, and Carey take questions from subscribers and give their best takes. If you ask a strange question, buddy, you better believe you'll get a weird answer!
2022-07-05 10:45:20 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Francis speaks with Steve Beynon (@StevenBeynon) of Military dot com about the recent Patriot Front mass-arrest i...
2022-06-19 23:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a very dark third episode of the Catch-22 series as reviewed by Francis, Joe, and Carey. Hope you enjoy!
2022-06-13 15:53:22 +0000 UTC View PostFor this week's bonus, the Zoo Crew assembles to discuss recent military news involving bear maulings and secret duck pens inside Marines' barracks rooms. On the command of fall out, fall out and f...
2022-06-08 20:26:50 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Francis is joined by friend of the show Jasper Craven to discuss a recent abuse scandal at Valley Forge Military Academy, and how it's been a known issue in this school (and schools like...
2022-05-30 20:45:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe're back and reviewing the miniseries Catch-22, but it wouldn't be complete without digressions about Kirkland Select, the hoax science of chiropractors, and why Francis has escaped covid. Hope y...
2022-05-16 12:54:22 +0000 UTC View PostFor this week's bonus, Nate is joined by Cynthia to discuss police procedurals. Why does Cynthia like them so much? Because in her words, they're opposition research--they're what right-wingers thi...
2022-05-12 20:25:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi everone--thanks again for being patrons. Both Francis and I are pretty slammed with work right now (and I'm unfortunately recovering from some badly timed illness), and as such we've got some de...
2022-05-11 21:35:21 +0000 UTC View PostYour questions answered, but not necessarily in a helpful way, by Francis, Joe, and Carey. Hope you enjoy!
2022-05-01 23:15:37 +0000 UTC View PostFor this week's (belated) bonus, it's a DadChat in which Nate and Francis discuss strange mid-career turns, the fictional Dutch synth band that Nate and Milo created, St. Louis having a light-rail ...
2022-04-28 18:50:56 +0000 UTC View PostIt's Francis, Joe, and Shocks talking military news stories that caught our attention. There was apparently a unit in the Ohio National Guard where two assigned soldiers got arrested for threats ma...
2022-04-18 22:17:14 +0000 UTC View PostFrancis, Joe, and Carey review the recent Hulu miniseries adaptation of Joseph Heller's classic military satire 'Catch-22.' Did you know they named Yossarian not out of a desire to tie him to being...
2022-04-12 00:04:13 +0000 UTC View PostNate and Francis discuss their refutation of the idea that you're fully over the hill at 40 (no ulterior motives here!), their changing relationships with alcohol after escaping Midwestern upbringi...
2022-04-04 22:21:06 +0000 UTC View PostFrancis, Joe, and Carey return with a list of agony aunt questions trawled from the internet, plus a question that one of our patrons asked. What happens when your husband goes full dadmode without...
2022-03-27 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Nate and Francis have a dadchat in which the topics include: how can a non-catholic lightly razz catholics, what do persimmons taste like, how to react if you do actually experience disc...
2022-03-22 23:22:09 +0000 UTC View PostFrancis made Shocks read a listicle of 'Top Boston Movies' and they discuss it. Some surprising entries on here and some Wahlberg-centric ones, too--hope you enjoy!
2022-03-15 18:20:52 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Joe, Francis, and Carey discuss a recent story in which some aviation Marines got charged for being idiots on a gondola ride. Yes, you heard that right. (editor's note: sorry for the del...
2022-03-03 15:25:12 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Francis speaks with military tech journalist and friend of the show Kelsey Atherton (@AthertonKD) about development...
2022-02-21 21:14:31 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Joe, Francis, and Carey read from letters sent to Dear Prudie and determine what they think would be the best possible advice. If your kid is attracted to pokemon or you're looking for t...
2022-02-14 15:28:31 +0000 UTC View Post