Politically Charged Mischief

Topper joins the boys for a fun romp. We'll chat a bit of fallout from the whole India-Pakistan thing, plus US military bros getting rolled by fedbois at illegal night clubs.

Deep dive episode alert: Hitman looks into the El Salvadoran civil war. War crimes, massacres, assassinations, forced deportations, counter-insurgency warfare. Pretty interesting stuff, wasn't that long ago. So, we should kinda give them props that they're even a little stable these days.

Oh yeah, the US kinda supported the government during the war. You have been awarded one yike.

Book recommendation: The Battle of the Crater by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen

Pope's dead, our boys aren't Catholic and really don't understand a lot of this. Conclave was excellent though.

We'll hit some talk about Yemen, air defenses, and feeding Reapers to the Houthis. Pretty sure India-Pakistan is going to more or less fizzle, but let's be honest, this podcast is rapidly turning into the Mad Money/Jim Cramer of the geopolitics world.

Give it a listen, leave us a review, shoot us a DM. Or not...up to you.

Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Yemen, Israel, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Japan, treaties, geopolitics, humor

No, you're thinking of Ocean's Eleven.

Mav is bouncing back from seratonin depletion. Hitman's hitting callbacks, mogging happy idiots on social media.

China's helping the Houthis shoot at boats. N O T C O O L.

Also hit some MS-13 talk. Full disclosure, might be wrong about some of this, just doing what we can with the info available.

And no, the Somalians are not the tallest people in the world.

Folks, gonna be honest with you. This one was all over the map. Maverick was in his feels, he's not sure winter will ever end, and there's not much going on in the world that's fun to talk about.

We did some talk on weird weapons in history. Triggered again by Minecraft movie reactions. Stuff like that.

Oh and Hitman was in a car accident.

Let us know from a listener perspective how this went.

Statements are personal and do not reflect opinion of US govt

Some potentially controversial takes on planes this ep. You also might have to do some googling to see what planes we're talking about, it gets obscure at times. And we really got into the plane to car comparisons, someone hit up Top Gear for us.

Plus we get Hitman going down the WWI tanks rabbit hole (send to a Frenchperson in your life).

Oh and it all kicks off with some social commentary, Topgolf, Minecraft movie reactions, fights on cruise ships and shopping malls.

Recs for the ep: Death of a Unicorn, Behind Enemy Lines, Call of Duty World at War, the Outpost, The Dead Don't Die.

Opinions and commentary are ours alone, not representative of US Government.

Jump into the world of obscure sports, weird gun mods, and revisionist history. In this ep, Maverick and Hitman obviously have to weigh in on the big Signal group chat leak, plus the buildup of B2 bombers in Diego Garcia.

Big look at Operation Paperclip and Nazi (pretty sure on this one) rocket scientists. Get smart on your history (not really).

What are your thoughts on the Lusitania? Legal target or war crime (false flag)?

Wrapping it up, the Chinese Communist Party just smoked a spy for leaking aircraft tech to [insert foreign power—probably us, right?]. Espionage is alive and well in 2025.

Movie recommendations: The Gorge, Prisoners, Iron Giant, Brave Little Toaster, Everest

All content is personal opinions only, not reflective of the US government

Skip the first 30 min if you dont want some rough travel stories. Hitman gets into some elaborate detail about food poisoning on an international flight, Maverick shares some rough details as well. Past that, the boys get into details about the F-47 (new Boeing 6th gen jet). A great jet, one of the best jets, it flew and many people said it was one of the best jets. Also, damn, Syria sucks rn. We kinda got that one wrong, chat.

None of this episode reflects the position of the US government. We just say what we say.

Cool episode chopping it up with Warlizard (u/Warlizard, not of Warlizard Gaming Forums) on all manner of topics from AI models to the future of Reddit. Toss in a healthy amount of speculation on the Havana Syndrome and the origins of Lyme disease (and our own experiences with Lyme and ticks).

We also get into some of Warlizard's own stories about his time in the US Army in West Germany as a linguist, in addition to commercial companies trying to make it to the moon.

Finally, just tons of great shows, movies, and books talked about in this ep. Hope you enjoy!

Recommendations:

-Masters of the Air

-Generation Kill

-Red Rooms

-Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

-Andor

-The Ritual

-The Green Room

-Severance

-Dungeon Crawler Carl

Also check out Abingdon Watches at https://abingdonco.com/, highly recommended by Warlizard

Well folks, the boys made it to Season 3. Warm up with some stories about cops, drug dealers, and drunk driving (not us, promise). First real topic of discussion is US Army soldiers indicted for selling classified info to China (for $15k? really?). Toss in some problems with military recruiting, immigrants, and security vetting, and you've got a whole heap of nuance.

If that wasn't gray enough for you, weigh in on Ukraine/Russia peace negotiations. We don't have a good answer, but that doesn't stop us from trying.

Recs for the week: Crimson Tide, Apollo 13, Wind River, Rebel Ridge, Pantheon, Horus Rising.

DMs always open @PCMpod on X and @politicallychargedmischief on IG.

Ukraine, Russia, Trump, negotiations, peace, ceasefire, China, Taiwan, espionage, Romania, elections