Terry Schappert returns to the virtual bar for a conversation about everything unfolding in the Middle East, Catholicism, and where does our loyalty lie; to government, religion or our neighbors. We also explore the current respect for institutions, or lack thereof, and ultimately what comes next. Do we even know?
Demp returns for his third appearance at the virtual bar. He tells us about his newest role as the social media manager for War Gate Books, plus some good, spirited conversations about dudes being dudes, fatherhood, protecting others, and wherever else the bourbon takes us. Grab a glass!
Clay Martin returns to the virtual bar to discuss the evolution of fighting styles in the UFC, whether the policies coming from our institutions are believed by those putting them out, thoughts behind renaming military bases and the dangers of looking back at history through the lens of today in general, Andrew Tate, Donald Trump, and what he sees playing out in the US General Election in 2024. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon! Tonight's fuel: Angel's Envy Barrel Pick from Lawler's in Napa, C...
Joel Gaines stopped by the virtual bar. He is a former Army Intelligence Expert with a Russia area of focus, author of Chaos Terrain, and helps run War Lizard Tactical. Joel shares his experience coming up during the Cold War era inside the US Army Intelligence community, as well as the shift to Desert Storm and his involvement. Joel gives some unique insight into the Russia-Ukraine war, the issues plaguing Russia's military, and what the inevitable outcome might look like. We also get into the ...
Alan Morte stopped by the virtual bar to discuss Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) and why it has such amazing potential for both good and bad actors. We get further into its national security implications, what the US government should be doing with the technology, why Americans should care and be concerned, as well as an expansive conversation on our risk-averse culture and its impact on American society. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon! Tonight's selection: Knob Creek 1...
Braxton McCoy came back to the virtual bar, this time to discuss brands and their involvement in cultural and political issues, our political class and potential military involvement overseas, the UFC, and a ton of baseball talk. Mostly from me. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon. This episode fueled by Baker's 7 Single Barrel.
Curtis - @notwtfomgbbq from Twitter stopped by the virtual bar to talk what he means by a 2nd Amendment absolutist, navigating government regulations and interference in the oil and gas industry, and shares an incredibly frustrating story about the COVID pandemic and its impact on his business. Hearing stories from one of the more isolated areas of the United States shows just how differently people across this vast country live and the far reaching arm of government enforcement. Grab a glass! T...
Todd is a good friend of mine and one of the funniest guys who I knew would be great in this space. This conversation mirrored so many of ours together without the cameras present. Todd shares his path into the Napa wine world and tells the story of the Bolivian wine he now imports. We also discuss eating in Michelin starred restaurants and review some of his favorites. Check out Llama Wines at www.llamawines.com. Fueling tonight's discussion: Bowman Brothers Small Batch Bourbon
"Johnny Tyler" of @GFYGardenCenter stopped by the virtual bar. This is one of my favorite accounts to follow on the bird app. Over the last 75 weeks he's become sober and lost over 140 pounds. A former Army Intel guy, we were in Iraq around the same time in 2003 and watched the evolution of the insurgency and the growth of AQI (Al Qaeda in Iraq). He talks about his time there attempting to inform leadership on the hazards of dissolving the Iraqi Army as well as some of the food gems of the Middl...
Claude Krause stopped by the virtual bar slinging his classic Twitter (@ClaudesBBQ) style of takes and insight. He offered up two memorable quotes that really speak to his evolution as a person and his own self-awareness to get his life turned around. "Tell me your problems and I'll tell you why they're your fault" and "I remember all of my life, I just don't remember the order." Claude has one of the most interesting accounts on the bird app grounded in authenticity and amazing food and hot sau...
Born in a small town in Kansas, Kay continues a legacy of veterans in America from rural areas who seek the opportunity to serve and lift themselves out of poverty or situations with very few options. Her service began at a time when the military was facing a wave of social media criticism from leadership issues to new physical fitness tests. A lot of this originated with the Junior Enlisted Soldiers like Kay. A veteran of two Middle East deployments, she served nearly 8 years in the Army at ARC...
Morgan Hancock stopped by the virtual bar. She is an Army veteran, commercial real estate agent, entrepreneur, bourbonista, and passionate advocate of the arts. Morgan created Bourbon with Heart as an opportunity to fundraise, bring awareness, and to give 20 local artists from Kentucky the chance to have a used bourbon barrel as their canvas. Morgan joined me to talk more about how she came up with the idea, some of her own Army history, as well as shared her personal story about early life adve...
An accomplished shitpoaster, part time shooter, full time autist, Louisvillegun has been active in the 2nd amendment scene since the early 90s, way back to when people were yelling at each other on USENET. Today he is an ecommerce business owner and fulltime dork on the internet, capitalizing on his 90s peacetime Army experience to lend his expertise to modern political and social problems. He joins me for a spirited, bourbon fueled discussion on the evolution of the internet and social media, g...
Jesse Kelly is a former Marine, candidate for Congress, and currently hosts the nationally syndicated "The Jesse Kelly Show". Jesse stopped by the virtual bar to discuss the return of Brittney Griner, the decline of Western leaders values, and the reminder that we are not entitled to live in the same country as our predecessors. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon. For me: Elmer T. Lee. For Jesse: TX Bourbon.
Brian Morgenstern is the former White House Deputy Press Secretary and Deputy Communications Director, as well as a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Trump administration. His new wife, Teresa, returns to There Will Be Bourbon, and she is the former Senior Communications Advisor at the White House for Operation Warp Speed and former Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary during the Trump administration. Their new book Vignettes & Vino - Dinner Table Stories from the Trump Whi...
Rob affectionately runs his cat's account on Twitter as we say. But it's really just him who happens to know a lot about guns and medical stuff. Rob and I get into his gun collection, the best weapon for home defense, his heartbreaking story that prevented his dream of military service, just what happens when the government tries to do something to address public outcry, COVID response, as well as what was a bigger failure; Prohibition or the Global War on Terror. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bou...
John Phillips is a talk radio show host in Los Angeles and a columnist for the Orange County Register. He also regularly makes Cable News appearances supplying his trademark wit and insight. John and I discuss the ongoing homeless problem plaguing Los Angeles, San Francisco and much of the Pacific Northwest. We also talk about the continuing missteps of government as it relates to shutdowns, crime, the current climate surrounding Monkeypox, and what ever happened with the shooting in Las Vegas i...
Red is a co-founder of MVRDERCVLT and a Special Forces member. We discuss the back story of MVRDERCVLT, the failure of police inaction in Uvalde, TX, the heroics in Greenwood, IN, what the media portrays to the public inaccurately about the AR-15, common shooting errors with rifles and handguns, the importance of fitness in shooting and combat operations, and a conversation about the value of the Global War on Terror. You can follow Red on Twitter at @Snakeeater36. Grab a glass!
The Gruntpa of Twitter stops into the virtual bar. Gruntpa is a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and is now what he describes as a "breaker of people, processes, and technology". We discuss an idea of his I've always wanted to delve into more with the invasion of Mexico and how that would look and why. We then discuss a lot of his time in Afghanistan and Iraq especially, with insight into the unit level responsibility and what success looked like. Gruntpa provides and extremely thoughtfu...
Demp McGee, one of Twitter's most unique, authentic, and popular accounts returns to the virtual bar. A lot has changed in the last year and a half, notably gas prices which we get right into from an insiders perspective. Is this the new normal? How did they get so cheap during the pandemic? When will we see a drop? How does a future with electric vehicles look and is that possible given how reliant the world economy is on diesel fuel? We also take an emotional look at the shooting at Robb Eleme...
Mark Sibley is the author of Mongol Moon and a career Crisis Management Expert. The book Mongol Moon explores the detonation of an Electronic Magnetic Pulse attack over the United States and Europe and details the involvement of characters from Iran, China, Russia, the United States, Scotland, and ties in other nations pulled into the attack. In addition to that, he's been a crisis management expert conducting war games for corporations and other entities for years. We explore the book as well a...
Brandon Neely is a former US Army Military Policeman with tours in Egypt, Cuba, and Iraq. Once falsely accused, he was one of the first to speak out against the charges stemming from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He went on to serve during Operation Iraqi Freedom 1 in Iraq. Brandon has since discovered the magic of bourbon and we discuss price gouging and the thrill of the hunt. Brandon is also very well immersed in the exposure of Stolen Valor on Twitter and has done amazing work in the field to brin...
Chef Gruel is the founder and CEO of Slapfish, a sustainable seafood restaurant franchise based out of Huntington Beach, California with locations all over the country and in the UK. During the Covid shutdowns, restaurants were the hardest hit, especially the employees. Chef Gruel talks about how restaurants are naturally built to better handle health issues than most, how he started a relief fund to help restaurant workers who lost their jobs, the issues we face in schools, and government ineff...
The first ever Happy Hour edition of There Will Be Bourbon! A more narrow focused discussion on a specific event with those in the best position to speak on it in less than an hour. Kristina Wong stops by the virtual bar to discuss everything going on in Ukraine with Russia and why you as an average American need to understand what is happening and how it affects us. Also, we get into the Presidential line of succession and discuss all parties involved. Grab a glass! It's happy hour! There Will ...
Kenneth Ramos is a retired Sergeant Major in the US Army and is a subject matter expert on Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) and social media exploitation. We talk about our time overlapping in Iraq, his role in Task Force Viking and Operation Ugly Baby, the origin of PSYOPS and the Ghost Army, along with plenty of bourbon fueled rants. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon.
Sometimes you get a chance to talk with the smartest man in the room. It's an understatement with Lee and I'm proud to call him a brother. We follow up on a previous discussion regarding the curious absence of mob violence and BLM/ANTIFA in 2021, Covid protocols and the lockdown tactics, our defacto Constitution, political power at the local level, culture in America, and the failed Afghanistan withdrawal of 2021. Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon.
Clay Martin returns to the virtual bar to follow up on his November 2020 appearance where we discuss his election predictions, the evolution of how Covid started and how its being dealt with today, pointless federal agencies like the ATF, political parties in America, and much more all with a glass of the finest American spirit. There Will Be Bourbon! Grab a glass!
Matt was the winner of the bourbon giveaway last month and I stole the idea from someone who said that I should have on the podcast whoever it was and drink with them. Well, that is what happened and Matt turned out to be a genuinely interesting guy with a lot worth discussing. Matt is a native Atlantan with a deep appreciation for history, trivia, and scripture, whose claim to fame is that he somehow found a way to interconnect these interests into a book called Finding His Story in History. He...
Heather is a proud American full of the independent spirit yet loyal to the traditional American values. She is a devoted mother who believes in liberty and the American dream. We discuss the concept of toxic feminism, parenting and the pressures placed on children, whether or not a serial killer like the Night Stalker could exist in 2021, and the origin of the sandwich! Where else would you rather be? Grab a glass! There Will Be Bourbon!
Joe and Javier's careers first crossed paths at the Special Forces Qualification Course. Both went on to deploy multiple times to countries in the Middle East before retiring. They share several stories of their time together and about the early days of SF training while preparing for the Global War on Terror. Joe is also currently running for Congress in Washington state's District 3 and gives us an update on how the campaign is going after receiving some powerful endorsements. He's also got so...
