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What a Hell of a Way to Die is a left-wing military and veteran podcast hosted by Nate and Francis, two extremely online combat veterans. Join us to hear discussion of veterans issues, defense news, and military culture — all from a lefty perspective.

What a Hell of a Way to Die What a Hell of a Way to Die

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What a Hell of a Way to Die is a left-wing military and veteran podcast hosted by Nate and Francis, two extremely online combat veterans. Join us to hear discussion of veterans issues, defense news, and military culture — all from a lefty perspective.

    Broken Tracks with Davis Winkie

    Broken Tracks with Davis Winkie

    Content warning: Suicide
    This week Davis Winkie comes on the show to talk about his deep dive into the suicide epidemic faced by Army Tank units
    Read more about it here - https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2024/03/11/broken-track-how-army-times-discovered-high-tank-unit-suicide-rates/ 
    If you like what we do here, consider supporting us on Patreon. $5 a month gets you access to seven years of bonus interviews, movie reviews, and a lot in between - https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie 

    • 58 min
    Hell of a Way News Roundup: The Army's Navy

    Hell of a Way News Roundup: The Army's Navy

    This week Francis discusses the Navy. But not the American Navy, the Army Navy. Also covered is the Thai Navy shooting itself (Because it's nice to know it's not just us) and the National Guard dicking around on their phones in the Subway stations.
    Instead of a madia section, we're back to reading from anti war zines of the 1970s. I've been running through a lot of Sharpe books and while they are fun, they are also hardly conversational
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    • 40 min
    DadChat: Live from the Monkey House with Jack Forman

    DadChat: Live from the Monkey House with Jack Forman

    This week Francis brings Jack Forman, formerly of the Sirius XM station Kids Place Live on the show. Jack has run a kids call-in show for eleven years, taking thousands of calls from kids all around North America and now finds himself let go, but still continuing his vision. We talk about conversations with kids, 'kindie' music, and strange Italian songs
    Listen to Jack three times a week on his Patreon here - https://www.patreon.com/jackforman
    Francis' Kindie spotify playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xBjExvKyUFksCmLL8RPGf?si=706be46f40c6465f 
    Prisencolinensinainciusol - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8&ab_channel=LePietreRotolanti

    • 57 min
    DadChat: Dreaming of a World with No Dodge Neons

    DadChat: Dreaming of a World with No Dodge Neons

    For this week’s DadChat, Nate and Francis talk about their first cars… but also a discussion of what goes into sound production for podcasts, the roller-coaster of your child getting every germ on earth when they start nursery, and some discussions for fans of war-themed genre fiction. Hope you enjoy!
     
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    *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

    • 58 min
    Into the Wild Blue Yonder

    Into the Wild Blue Yonder

    This week Francis talks with Emerson, a fellow Public Affairs troop, but for the Air Force. We discuss the fun of being in PAO, the differences in the branches, and how much better it is to be an airman than a soldier

    • 46 min
    DadChat: Making Drywall Exciting

    DadChat: Making Drywall Exciting

    It’s DadChat, and we’ve got a spirited discussion about dealing with old houses and their old house problems, solid vs. hollow walls, the hobbies we picked up from our own dads, and the strange situation where British banks let landlords take out interest-only mortgages that were, of course, adjustable-rate mortgages. You can imagine how that went. 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
     

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Customer Reviews

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451 Ratings

451 Ratings

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