In this episode of the Tiger Bloc podcast, we dive into some hot-button issues currently shaking up the world of USPSA: The growing controversy surrounding transgender athletes in the sport. In recent months, the USPSA Board of Directors has been in deep debate over how trans athletes should be categorized—discussions have included proposals like hormone testing and other verification methods. Soju Operator is joined by returning guest Evo and newcomer All Branch No Tree to unpack the current la...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 11 min
We are very glad to bring you an interview with our friend Azad from the Antifascist Internationalist Front, currently fighting against Myanmar’s Military Junta in Chin State, Myanmar. We at YPT have been supporting the struggle against the junta for a while, so we were really excited to talk to Azad about his unit, made up of internationalists who have traveled to the country to fight the coup government. Listen to the podcast to find out the situation in Chin State, the weapons and tactics of ...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 3 min
On this week’s episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast, we’re diving deep in the crazy and awesome world of 3D printing firearms with YZY Prints. For those unfamiliar, YZY Prints is a designer of 3D printed firearms, a competitive shooter, and leftist digital content creator. YZY and YPT discuss the history behind 3D printing firearms, the technological advancements made, the current state of the 3D printing community, the impact of this technology, and the value of competition shooting. Host: Soju Op...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 25 min
This podcast is a recording of a December 13, 2024 live reading and Q&A session conducted by our friend James Stout. James is one of the foremost investigative journalists working today in the foreign policy arena, reporting on things like the civil war in Myanmar against the military junta, and on migration through the Darien Gap. In this presentation, James reads a chapter from his forthcoming book Against the State and takes questions about Rojava, revolution, and antifascism. Also during...
Mar 01, 2025•1 hr 10 min
On this week’s episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast, the woman, the myth, the legend, Tacticool Girlfriend returns! TCGF is a firearms content creator who provides informative videos on firearm usage, safety, and ownership. Her channel aims to offer a fresh perspective within the firearms community, focusing on responsible and practical firearm ownership. Basically, think of firearms education without the baggage of shitty right wing politics. SInce we last spoke, TCGF has grown her channel to over...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 20 min
This week on the Tiger Bloc Podcast, we are very pleased to be able to bring you an interview with some homies from the Upstate New York chapter of the Socialist Rifle Association to talk about organizing in places hostile to firearm ownership. We know that a lot of you live in places like California or New York with laws and culture that make it hard to get firearms and training. UNY SRA tells us how they nevertheless have persevered. Together Soju Operator and John Chinaman talk what the New Y...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 6 min
On this week’s episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast, we have the return of the one and only Alana McLaughlin, Lady Feral herself! For those who missed our previous episode featuring her, Alana is the second ever openly transgender woman mixed martial arts fighter, who had her first professional fight under Combate Global. She is also a leftist activist, firearms owner, and community organizer currently doing outreach work in the Pittsburgh area. Since our last conversation, the current climate for ...
Oct 16, 2024•57 min
It’s great to be back with everyone on the Tiger Bloc Podcast! On this episode, John Chinaman interviews Ukrainian antifascist and anti-authoritarian Dmytro Mrachnik. Dmytro has been fighting in Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022. Please bear with us on the sound quality. With power and internet failures in Ukraine, this podcast had to be a recorded phone call. Dmytro takes us back to 2014 and the Maidan Revolution, when he was hanging in the Kyiv punk rock scene. Dmytro gives...
Aug 28, 2024•58 min
We’re finally back. Apologies for the long hiatus, as usual things can get busy around here. This week on the Tiger Bloc Podcast, Soju Operator, Snow, Jade, and John Chinaman come together for a 2024 round table Q&A discussion. We take follower submitted questions and do our best to answer them with a straight face. Expect conversations about preparedness, competition match etiquette, political radicalization, AK vs AR, and other topics. ------------------------------------------------------...
Jun 30, 2024•1 hr 5 min
We’re finally back at it. This week, (some of) the boys are back in town for another absurd episode. Katon and Evo once again return this time alongside YPT contributors Soju Operator and Kalashnikoffing. For those who missed the last episode, Katon is a newly minted USPSA Grand Master Class level shooter under the Carry Optics division and Evo is a security and EMT professional currently working towards medical school. As one can imagine, only the SPICEST of takes are discussed here. Together, ...
Mar 23, 2024•1 hr 45 min
We are pleased to have several members of the Puget Sound Jöhñ Brôwń Gûñ Cłūb this week on the podcast. The club for several years has undertaken community defense efforts in the greater Seattle area. As the crew describes it, they undertake efforts that the state can’t or won’t do. Hear how the crew not only provides a visible security presence at actions, but assists with planning, deescalation, and medical assistance as a counter to hostile far right actors. You’ll hear community defense has ...
Sep 24, 2023•44 min
On this week’s episode, John Chinaman was able to interview Ukrainian drone pilot and self described “queer disaster” Kafa. They are a non-binary anarchist who fought with the 93rd Mechanized Brigade in Bakhmut. Content warning: this episode includes graphic descriptions of war, political repression, and violence. Kafa told their story to YPT, from their journey growing up in Crimea, to fleeing after Russia’s 2014 invasion to Kyiv, to living in Berlin. They returned to Ukraine after Russia again...
May 30, 2023•53 min
Apologies for the hiatus! On this week’s episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast, we feature a good friend and one of the best medical trainers in the business, Dan Bernal of Grizzly Medical! Dan is a former US Army combat medic, having directly saved lives in missions as well as having taught Iraqi and Kurdish medics in joint combat operations. He also served as an on-site TCCC and EMT trainer. Recognizing a severe lack of knowledge for practical first aid training in the civilian world, Dan created ...
May 22, 2023•1 hr 3 min
This week’s episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast involves alcohol and hot takes. This ain’t your dad’s leftist gun podcast episode. Joining Soju Operator is Katon who returns once more, this time with his guest, Evo. For those who unaware, Katon is a USPSA Master Class level shooter under the Carry Optics division and Evo has an extensive professional background in security work, firearms training, and medical first aid. Together, the 3 of them get intoxicated and start laying their hottest takes a...
Mar 25, 2023•1 hr 36 min
On this week’s episode of the Tiger Bloc podcast, Soju Operator is joined by the founders of the Anarcho Airsoftist group and Black Cat Rifle Group. Anarcho Airsoftist is a collective of airsofters, martial artists, and firearms owners specializing in self-defense training for marginalized individuals. The Black Cat Rifle Group is a newly formed leftist firearms organization dedicated to providing free firearms training workshops that teach not only defensive training but also how to build futur...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 3 min
We hear at the Tiger Bloc Podcast are happy to feature our friends from Solidarity Collectives to talk about the anti-authoritarian response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On this episode, Snow and John Chinaman talk about why anarchists and anti-authoritarians are fighting. The crew also talk about the response of the western left to the invasion, how Solidarity Collectives supports anti-authoritarian fighters. It was also awesome to to talk to a foreign medic, Olga, to hear about her expe...
Sep 17, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Sorry it’s been a while, but we’re back at it again with another episode of The Tiger Bloc Podcast! We’re changing things up a bit by offering a chance to answer YOUR burning questions! Together, Snow, Soju Operator, John Chinaman, TV Johnny, Hi-C, and Kalashnikoffing go into deep discussion regarding topics such as how to organize a training group, how to motivate others to train, how to convince anti-gun liberals to see the light, how to get into guns on a budget, what accessories do you need ...
Aug 27, 2022•1 hr 37 min
In this week’s episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast, the YPT folks talk more in-depth about competitive shooting. And who better to speak about it than Master Class USPSA Shooter, Katon? Soju Operator, Chinaman, and finally returning Kalashnikoffing sit down with Katon to discuss the world of USPSA competitive shooting, the benefits of shooting in competition, the misconceptions “tactical” shooters have regarding competition shooting, how to shoot better, how to teach new shooters, and why Warrior ...
Jul 22, 2022•1 hr 14 min
On this week’s episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast, Soju Operator and John Chinaman welcome none other than J and Penny of Tenacious Unicorn Ranch! You might have heard of them in recent headlines but for those not in the know, Tenacious Unicorn Ranch is an LGBTQIA+ sanctuary located in Westcliffe, Colorado. Founded by Penny Logue, TUR was built to act as a safe place for trans and queer individuals to escape the cis/het, capitalist hellscape world through communal land ownership, farming, firearm...
Jul 08, 2022•1 hr 1 min
We’re changing this up a bit on this week’s episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast. Newcomer Rose will be hosting alongside returning member John Chinaman! And they’ve brought on an awesome comrade, Timber. Timber is the self-proclaimed hottest leftist and bisexual icon who is a certified mental health practitioner and licensed therapist, specializing in crisis work and de-escalation. Together they break down the necessary steps in real-world de-escalation of potentially violent encounters and emphas...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Hello comrades! We are back with another episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast. For this week, we’re focusing on the not-so-sexy side of the preparedness world: medical first aid. We have the pleasure of having on our podcast, M, from Community Defense Medical! M is a multi-state certified paramedic, medical first aid instructor, and firearms enthusiast. As part of the Clark Fork Gun Club, he uses his knowledge in the medical field as well as in self-defense concepts to teach others to be as prepare...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 14 min
This week’s episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast, we’re super excited to have on Max of Red Star Defense! For the unaware, Red Star Defense is a leftist, co-op lead, ballistic body armor manufacturing company. The mission of Max and his fellow comrades is to produce quality, life saving ballistic protective equipment at an affordable price. Together Soju Operator, Rose, and Max discuss the science behind modern day body armor, purposeful misleading marketing by body armor companies, what goes behin...
Apr 09, 2022•1 hr 9 min
On this episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast, Snow and Soju Operator are excited to have a special friend on board as our guest of the week: Artorias Tactical. Hailing from the Portland area, Artorias is a firearms enthusiast, anarchist activist, martial artist, community defender, and expert level shit poster. Many will have known of him by now from his Instagram firearms training videos, equipment posts and of course his leftist memes. Together, the three of them discuss firearms training, the im...
Mar 07, 2022•57 min
This week on the Tiger Bloc Podcast, Snow, Camila and John Chinaman are joined by anti-fascist journalist and European historian, James Stout! With years in investigative journalism, James' work has spotlighted various indigenous peoples’ struggles in the face of rampant imperialism and fascist takeovers. Together they discuss the recent military coup and ongoing struggle in Myanmar, how the situation unfolded, what the people are going through, the role of 3D printed firearms such as the FGC9, ...
Feb 26, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 12
Welcome to a very special episode of The Tiger Bloc Podcast! This time around, we’re featuring our most interesting guests yet: ourselves (again)! Together the YPT gang takes the time to reflect upon the absurdity that was the year 2021 by reminiscing on their achievements, the lessons they’ve learned, what they wish to do in 2022, and how Star Wars probably doesn’t have the best Asian representation (RIP Gureni Telsij, true hero of the Battle of Endor). Host: Camila Guest: Soju Operator, Snow, ...
Feb 08, 2022•51 min
On this episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast, Soju Operator and Snow are joined by the lovely and inspiring Lu from Insubordinate Collective! Hailing from the PNW area, Insubordiante Collective is a queer owned and operated channel dedicated to supporting marginalized communities. A large focus of their efforts centers on raising funds for important social causes and encouraging people to become more familiar with firearms. Together, Soju, Snow, and Lu discuss the origins of IC, their latest projec...
Jan 11, 2022•56 min•Ep. 10
This week on the Tiger Bloc Podcast, we’re excited to share with you our conversation with Jake Hanrahan, the journalist best know for his conflict journalist project, Popular Front. Popular Front reports on underreported conflicts from around the world. Jake has been all over, to places like Artsakh, Ukraine, and Rojava. We talked about what makes Popular Front unique — it’s entirely listener funded. When examining global conflicts, one of the things that Jake shared with us was the democratiza...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 37 min
On this episode, Soju, John Chinaman, and podcast newcomer Hi-C talk to Jesse from Hevalti Tactical! Jesse makes innovative gear, shoots IDPA and USPSA competitively, and has a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. You may recognize Jesse’s gear from Tacticool Girlfriend and his Instagram. Jesse explains to us his minimalist design philosophy and the challenges in being a “leftist” gear maker. And right now, there’s a lot of challenges in starting a business making quality gear. A conversation with...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 8
This week we have a very special episode. John Chinaman, Camila, and Snow interview the wonderful investigative reporter Cerise Castle about her work investigating gangs within the LA County Sheriff’s Department. #GoogleLASDGangs. By this time, everyone has seen the hashtag. It was Cerise Castle’s tireless investigative journalism which bled the lid off deputy gangs within LASD. Executioners. Vikings. Regulators. The names of these gangs are now infamous. You’ll hear from Cerise about how the in...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 7
On this episode of the Tiger Bloc Podcast, Soju, Snow, and Camila are joined by a complete and an utter badass...THE Lady Feral herself, Alana McLaughlin! For those not in the know, Alana is the second ever openly transgender woman mixed martial arts fighter, who just made her professional debut on Combate Global. She is also a former US Army Special Forces Green Beret now turned leftist activist, currently doing community outreach work for not only trans but also marginalized communities in the...
Nov 06, 2021•56 min
