Taking things down a notch and getting back to our roots, on this episode of the pod we feature the world's toughest Otaku, black belt in half a dozen styles (including the ones that actually count), retired US Army officer, and Bullshido forums legend, "Gezere", to discuss his role in popularizing Anime in the United States, and whatever the hell else he wants to talk about.

Taking things down a notch and getting back to our roots, on this episode of the pod we feature the world’s toughest Otaku, black belt in half a dozen styles (including the ones that actually count), retired US Army officer, and Bullshido forums legend, “Gezere”, to discuss his role in popularizing Anime in the United States, and whatever the hell else he wants to talk about.

Some of you will remember him from the first ever Throwdown held on the East coast back in 2002. Others, from the forums as “Lord Asia” and a few other handles.

Bottom, center-right, delivering a lethal strike to Omega’s… omega.

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Bullshido · 25 – Anime and the Martial Arts with Gezere

The possibility of a man-made origin for the Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic has all the usual conspiracy theorist suspects and even a handful of credible intellectuals furiously arguing back and forth these days.

Immunologist Dr. Jason Goldsmith comes on the pod to explain all the origin scenarios, and more importantly, what can actually be done about the problem if Covid really was the result of either negligence or maleficence on the part of a Chinese laboratory or the government overseeing it.

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Bullshido · 24 Covid Lab Leak Origin Theory

The possibility of a man-made origin for the Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic has all the usual conspiracy theorist suspects and even a handful of credible intellectuals furiously arguing back and forth these days.

Immunologist Dr. Jason Goldsmith comes on the pod to explain all the origin scenarios, and more importantly, what can actually be done about the problem if Covid really was the result of either negligence or maleficence on the part of a Chinese laboratory or the government overseeing it.

Listen here below or on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Bullshido · 24 Covid Lab Leak Origin Theory

The global Coronavirus pandemic has had the secondary effect of reducing incidents of school and workplace violence, especially shootings. But as the deployment of vaccines and recent shifts in policy prove likely to get the virus under control, something resembling the previous "normal" finally seems to be on the horizon. Unfortunately, the occasional mass shooting was also a part of that condition of normality.

Morgan Ballis, an expert on mass violence, comes on the episode to explain how and why much of the so-called "Active Shooter" training taught in workplaces and schools is of dangerously low-quality, and how to address that problem.

Morgan is an emergency management consultant, Marine infantry veteran, and nationally recognized firearms instructor currently pursuing his PhD in active assailant preparedness and risk perception. You can find his website and organization, the Campus Safety Alliance here.

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Bullshido · 23 Active Shooter Training - The Bad and the Good

The global Coronavirus pandemic has had the secondary effect of reducing incidents of school and workplace violence, especially shootings. But as the deployment of vaccines and recent shifts in policy prove likely to get the virus under control, something resembling the previous “normal” finally seems to be on the horizon. Unfortunately, the occasional mass shooting was also a part of that condition of normality.

Morgan Ballis, an expert on mass violence, comes on the episode to explain how and why much of the so-called “Active Shooter” training taught in workplaces and schools is of dangerously low-quality, and how to address that problem.

Morgan is an emergency management consultant, Marine infantry veteran, and nationally recognized firearms instructor currently pursuing his PhD in active assailant preparedness and risk perception. You can find his website and organization, the Campus Safety Alliance here.

Listen below, or Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform

Bullshido · 23 Active Shooter Training – The Bad and the Good

What the hell is going on with GameStop? Why are your nerdy friends furiously buying a previously worthless stock with looks of pure malice on their faces. What is money? Why are we here? Is there any meaning in the universe? Well if you want answers to the first couple of questions, you'll want to listen to this episode of The Art of Fighting BS Podcast.

Andy Meade, an economist out of the Pacific Northwest, comes on the show to explain everything happening right now, and unpack a hundred years of Capitalism into a little over an hour. Listen below, or on your favorite podcast service. Don't forget to subscribe, and comment below to continue the discussion

Bullshido · 22 - Reddit Breaks Wall Street

What the hell is going on with GameStop? Why are your nerdy friends furiously buying a previously worthless stock with looks of pure malice on their faces. What is money? Why are we here? Is there any meaning in the universe? Well if you want answers to the first couple of questions, you'll want to listen to this episode of The Art of Fighting BS Podcast.

Andy Meade, an economist out of the Pacific Northwest, comes on the show to explain everything happening right now, and unpack a hundred years of Capitalism into a little over an hour. Listen below, or on your favorite podcast service. Don't forget to subscribe, and comment below to continue the discussion

In the last podcast of 2020, Phrost and Submessenger review and ruminate on the events and hot-button topics of the past year, from culture war skirmishes to natural and man-made catastrophes.

In the last podcast of 2020, Phrost and Submessenger review and ruminate on the events and hot-button topics of the past year, from culture war skirmishes to natural and man-made catastrophes.

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Topics include:

* Which celebrity death should you care about, if any?* Which game show host should have died instead of Alex Trebek?* What role should shame play in changing public behavior?* Why and how both sides of the political spectrum weaponize postmodernism* and the difference between conspiracies and conspiracy theories.