We had another wonderful Defenestration Day party. Silly hats, a dead coffeemaker thrown through a window and given a Viking funeral. This is all normal around the barn. Listen to Episode 16 if you are confused!

Matt, Nicole and Merlin tell stories of the barn parties. The time everyone showed up as Merlin. The mini Jeep shows, the Christmas parties and most of all the annual Defenestration party. Put on your silliest hat, grab your favorite coffee mug, take a selfie and send it to us so everyone can participate.

Matt and Merlin discuss the time Merlin ended up on a reality show called “Family Guns.” Merlin and his shop staff restored a WW2 Jeep in 5 weeks for the show. Hear about the reality tv experience, lost palaces in Nepal, ancient weapons stashes, and the fantastic crew of International Military Antiques. To see more about the legendary antique weapons cache discussed in the show follow this link for the documentary Treasure Is Where You Find It

Matt returns from finding one of the last Toys-R-Us stores in Manilla, along with a surprise! Discussion ensues around the time a sheet of ice and snow clove the chimney from the barn and Matt lead the rescue mission. Tune in for some more barn lore.

This was a fun episode. 1904 was perhaps the weirdest Olympics ever, and the marathon was insane. Hitchhikers, poison, starvation diets, runners carried over the line...... and then there is Felix Carvajal, dead man running. Matt did a deep dive on perhaps the strangest story of all the marathon runners.

Join John and Merlin for this celebration of our improved sound. John, a true Wisconsinite, brings some insight to Matt’s experiences in Wisconsin. From Cheese laws to cheese smuggling and ice fishing the conversation turns to prohibition, rum running and the tale of King Ruby who ran a small town in Appalachia in the 1930s.

This episode began with Matt taking a deep dive into Pykrete, project Habbakuk of WW2 and ice ships. Pykrete was featured on one of the Mythbusters Alaska Specials where they successfully built and sailed an ice boat. Merlin took another step diving deeper into the world and ideas of Geoffrey Pyke. The discussion lead as far afield as Montessori schools (a Tasia specialty) and Golf Spies in the 1930s. Jump in and join a ramble through the world around Pykrete.

We did find a silver lining in the Xenia trip when we traveled to Dayton and visited the Air Force Museum where we received a surprise personal tour from the director. It was Off The Moose! The journey home epitomized sketchy and was quite the adventure. Tasia and Merlin finish the story

Tasia and Merlin reflect on a journey to Xenia Ohio in 2021. It was Peewee Martin’s 100th birthday jumpfest. The last reunion of the 101st airborne veterans celebrated with reenactors jumping from WW2 Aircraft. A life experience that had many hurdles just getting there, and surviving once we arrived. You can only laugh, that’s what we did!!

Matt and Merlin bring to you the things in house walls. A friend who found a room, then a rare pre-war German camera. A roll of film locked away, perhaps the grassy knoll? Bathrooms hidden in walls and more. What lies behind your old medicine cabinet? Tune in to find out!