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Deadliest Warrior Yakuza vs Mafia (Feat Brigham Young Money) *Preview* Jul 01, 2024

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This month Jordan and Greg from Brigham Young Money join Francis to watch a faceoff between the Japanese Yakuza and American Mafia.

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Russian Honeypots Feat Steve Beynon Jun 28, 2024

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This week Francis talks to Steve Beynon about his reporting on On base child care, Solders getting fooled by Russian Honeypots, and Dining Facilities looking like Airport food kiosks

Hell of a News Roundup: Our friend the Bradley Jun 25, 2024

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This is the audio portion of youtube. See the video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7QJiE1CBY4&ab_channel=WhataHellofaWaytoDie

This week Francis shows off his second hand pickups, watches a Bradley Fighting Vehicle throw hands, and looks for more ways to expand the show.

DadChat: Boy Scout Reminiscences (Positive When Possible) Jun 23, 2024

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Nate and Francis are back for a dadchat and we're talking Boy Scouts (no idea how we got to this topic). We were not Eagle Scouts and don't have any stake in defending the institution, but we reflect on our experiences as weird goofy nerds in uniforms (before the military).

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DadChat: Resist the Vape's Siren Song Jun 16, 2024

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It's Father's Day in the US and UK. In this episode, Nate and Francis are back with a DadChat that spans many topics... but particularly emphasizes the fact that, while vaping is better than smoking, you may be unable to resist its power.

Like Hell of a Way? Check out our Patreon and get hundreds of hours of bonus content dating all the way back to 2017: www.patreon.com/hellofawaytodie

*SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT* We now have a storefront to sell the patches, buttons, and magnets that we also give out as flair for our $10 tier. Buy some sweet gear here:

https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop

We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw

You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay

Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts

Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

DadChat: Don't worry, they bounce Jun 09, 2024

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This week Francis and Nate discuss baby's first head bonk, preteen's first kiss, and how you too can set up a complex series of decades old cables to get that weird buzz out of your recordings

HapsburgCon 2024 with Chris Hooks May 31, 2024

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This week Francis talks with Texas journalist Chris Hooks who attended the Plano, Tx Hapsbug convention. Come meet all the factions of royalists, come hear about the hurdles to get to sainthood, and come enjoy the Terminally Online Eudard Hapsburg

Follow Chris here - https://x.com/cd_hooks

Keep up with his fantastic reporting from Texas - https://www.texasmonthly.com/contributors/christopher-hooks/

Deadliest Warrior: Pirate Vs Knight *Preview* May 28, 2024

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Francis is joined by Kelly to pick over another Deadliest Warrior episode. This month, a French Knight from the 15th century squares off with a low rent Captain Jack Sparrow in the scrub brush of Southern California. If you're into deep dives of Canadian History, then check out Kelly's show and more on Link Tree - https://linktr.ee/bornunderpunchs

DadChat: Letting Stuff Go Edition May 26, 2024

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Nate and Francis discuss the perennial troop phenomenon of getting dumped overseas, the goal of being a better person in your forties than you were in your twenties, the stereotypes associated with various universities in the Midwest, and the important ask-a-dad question of 'is there a uniformly good brand of diapers?' Hope you enjoy!

Like Hell of a Way? Check out our Patreon and get hundreds of hours of bonus content dating all the way back to 2017: www.patreon.com/hellofawaytodie

*SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT* We now have a storefront to sell the patches, buttons, and magnets that we also give out as flair for our $10 tier. Buy some sweet gear here:

https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop

We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw

You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay

Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts

Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

A Night at the Museum with Lilith May 20, 2024

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This week Francis talks with museum collections manager Lilith from the National Japanese American Historical society. We discuss moving your collections, doing provenance research, and begging you not to donate your grandfathers dirty Korean War era underwear.

Search the digital archives here - https://digitalcollections.usfca.edu/digital/collection/p15129coll10

If you'd like some historical documents, you can pick some up https://njahs.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/nisei-linguists

https://njahs.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/first-class-nisei-linguists-in-world-war-ii-hard-copy

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