This week, Francis speaks with defense journalist and subject-matter expert on drone warfare Kelsey Atherton (@athertonkd) to discuss the history of drone warfare, its current manifestations, and what new sorts of machines we can expect to see as the technology of distributed, long-distance warfare becomes more and more common. Read Kelsey’s writing on Substack here: https://athertonkd.substack.com/ *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

Drones, Explained feat. Kelsey Atherton

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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/ 

HapsburgCon 2024 with Chris Hooks

Get full access to the full episode and even more bonus content for $5 a month - https://www.patreon.com/posts/105094216?pr=true  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

Deadliest Warrior: Pirate Vs Knight *Preview*

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

DadChat: Letting Stuff Go Edition

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

A Night at the Museum with Lilith

Nate and Francis are back for a DadChat, this time discussing important questions such as: what if your kid gets into Roblox? What if your kid just likes reading a lot? Are video games better or worse for you now than they were in 1989? And an essential Ask A Dad question: what sort of gifts should you get for new parents? 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

Drones, Explained feat. Kelsey Atherton

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