Surplus Geek Podcast

Back at it with another guest, this time around got a chance to talk with Gage. Gage runs his own impressions/reenacting Instagram which you can find the link below! We end up jumping around on a lot different topics but it was a great time and hope that comes through in our conversation! Don't forget to go and follow him over on his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_gi_jones_/

Due to being sick for a week or so, I was unable to record a new episode with a guest. I fell behind on my usual schedule but I wanted to still get something out there. So here I am talking to myself about Instagram for the first part of the episode but with the main focus of this episode being the troubling rise of suicides in the Army. This is a topic that I find incredibly important as I have had my own struggles with mental health in the past. I hope this video can be of use for someone out there.

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

ESGR- This is for anyone current or looking to be in Reserves or the National Guard. It has a lot resources for knowing your rights and a great call center for asking questions/help

https://www.esgr.mil/

We are back to military surplus this episode where I am joined by Graham to discuss collecting Scandinavian militaria. We also tackle some harder issues such as dealing with the toxicity that can be found in the mil-surp communities. Collecting should be about preserving history and not as a competition to see who has the best stuff.

As always I hope everything enjoyed this episode and be sure to give Graham a follow over on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/kaptendreadnought/

Today I am joined by Robert from Ro.CBRN.

I wanted to bring him on to talk about this current situation in Ukraine. We actually recorded this episode two weeks ago but then the Invasion happened which changed things.

This is just our opinions on everything and things could change at any moment so bear with us if that is the case. I hope you all enjoyed this episode and I'll be back with more in 2 weeks.

As always be sure to check out Robert at either Instagram or YouTube: https://www.instagram.com/ro.cbrn/

https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertCBRN

In this episode, I am joined by Brittany, a member of the Eighth Army Band to discuss her life experiences both before and now during her time in the Army. She details very well the process of being selected to be in the Army Band which entails a slightly different enlistment process from what most people would be use too. Please go give her a follow over on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/brittany_d_simmons/

Note: This episode was recorded with both Audio and Video.

Bailey has returned from Yellowstone! We take this chance to discuss his time as a Park Ranger for the last six months. Where did he live, what did he do and whether anything crazy or fun happened. Check out Bailey's Instagram at @yankee_militaria

It has been awhile but I am finally back with another episode. This particular episode was supposed to be released back in July but technical issues prevented that so we decided to finally re-record it. I am joined this time by Matt via Discord, he is a long time friend of mine and a Call of Duty Developer. We don't dive too much into surplus but we do discuss his life growing up outside the US and his career as game developer. I hope you enjoy this rather different episode and hopefully soon we will see a return of Bailey on the show!

So this episode was filmed as a video so I may seem weird at some points, so I apologize for that! Either way, this was a Q&A from my Instagram followers so huge thank you to all of them that submitted questions!

Alright, so this is as the title suggests and is only an update on the state of things. I am working hard to get more episodes recorded but life will probably continue to get in the way. Hopefully soon I can get back on track!

Alright so here is it, the final episode for Bailey as a guest!

Just kidding! Once he is back from vacationland I mean his new job, he will be back on the show! So on this episode that we totally didn't record a month and a half ago, we discuss loosely all things kits, impressions and whatever else falls into that category of things. As always I hope you enjoyed this, I'm trying to get some new guests on so stay tuned for that!