Snakes & Otters Podcast
Episodes
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Episode 064 "Code of Honor for August 2020"
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Robert captains but still goes last and hammers on the great stuff from Francis and Martin. Martin goes super geek Star Trek with a Jean Luc Picard, Francis brings in US Grant, and Robert goes with some old fashioned folk wisdom.
Our quotes this time:
Martin – “Your discommendation is a façade to protect less honorable man. It is a lie, lies must be challenged.” (Jean Luc Picard)
Francis – “If men make X [war] in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.” (Ulysses S. Grant)
Robert – “Your problem isn’t the problem; your reaction is the problem.” (Anonymous)
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Episode 063 "The Key is in Our Pocket: The Siege of Vicksburg"
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Martin captains the last of our 4 part Civil War series with an examination of the Vicksburg Campaign and it's commander, US Grant. What the campaign was all about, and what it meant strategically, politically and socially.
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Episode 062 "Hoopajoob! Is Cereal a Soup and other Bad Food Ideas"
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Martin captains a very silly episode (well I mean it is a freaking hoopajoob) and answers the question, Is Cereal A Soup? The guys also dive into some other really bad food ideas (tuna and jello pie?) but eventually come around to some positive notes on German kuchens and steak and eggs and other yummy stuff.
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Episode 061 "Take Your Stinking Paws Off My Franchise You Damn Dirty Ape!"
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Francis captains an episode that takes the S&O guys into the dark heart of that terrible Planet of the Apes (nod to Homer Simpson). We discuss all the great themes and shout out to the important creators of one of the pre-eminent Sci-Fi franchises. This of course includes more bro love for our man Chuck Heston, who's Taylor was way deeper a character than just a man among the monkeys. And always remember, "you blew it up, you maniacs, damn you, god damn you all to hell!"
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Episode 060 "Our Heroes: George Orwell"
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Martin captains an homage to his north star, George Orwell. Read and learn younger generations. Yes, his novels were a comment on a polity that no longer exists, but the deadly ideas behind the Soviet Union still swirl the bowl of modern intellectualism.
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Episode 059 "Code of Honor for July 2020"
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Martin goes all "Autocrat of the Podcast" with an Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr quote, Francis captains with Nelson Mandela ode to moral courage and of course when you have conversation + libation that equals Robert hammering it all home with Margaret Thatcher. Fight those battles as often as you need to!
Our quotes this time:
Francis – “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers it.” (Nelson Mandela)
Martin – “Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way, and the fools know it.” (Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr.)
Robert – “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” (Margaret Thatcher)
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Episode 058 "What if Stonewall Jackson Had Been at Gettysburg?"
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Francis helms a history episode and the guys explore the Battle of Gettysburg and tackle a what if in the process. Would Stonewall have made the outcome very different in Pennsylvania? And there's more to it than just Culp's Hill. Yes, "The Killer Angels" and Gettysburg get a mention. We would be remiss if we didn't mention the episode publishes on the anniversary of Day 3 of the battle, which included Pickett's Charge.
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Episode 057 "Pop Culture: The Western, A Truly American Art Form"
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Martin captains the guys through a discussion of the Western as an American art form, including a discussion on the evolution of the genre and how it came to reflect the current moment in American society.