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T.REX TALK

T.REX ARMS

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The official podcast of T.REX ARMS. Weekly thoughts and conversations between various team members discussing equipment, training, history, politics, and of course, the behind-the-scenes stuff regarding the business and technology of developing and making tactical gear. Produced by Isaac Botkin.

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  1. Blackwater and Bureaucratic Betrayal With Nick Slatten

    · 1 h 36 min

    The early days of the Global War on Terror, the U.S. Government was heavily dependent on Private Military companies. The Defense Department leaned on them for support, the State Department relied on them for…

  2. The Future of GrabAGun - With Marc Nemati

    · 56 min

    There a number of online firearms resellers out there, but GrabAGun has a unique Board of Directors full of Political and Firearm Industry A-Listers, and a recent IPO that raised them over $120m. We talk to CEO Marc…

  3. Waves of Political Ideology with Jon Harris

    · 49 min

    In the past it felt like political ideologies were opposing tides, moving slowly back and forth. Today, it's more like a choppy sea of random swells, creating a chaotic whirlpools dragging us down. Author Jon Harris…

  4. Recent ATF Cases You Weren't Supposed to See

    · 25 min

    For the last century, the ATF and its departmental predecessors have been given increasingly oppressive laws to enforce, and as you have learned in our series on ATF history, they have done so in increasingly…

  5. We Do Not Welcome Our New AI Overlords

    · 50 min · Episode 264

    We recorded this episode before the news about Palantir building a massive database on Americans, but after some big Google AI Upgrades last week. Noah Botkin, head of our software dev team, joins us to talk about our…

  6. What Will Happen With Suppressors? With John Crump

    · 58 min

    As you know, there is a strong possibility that suppressors, silencers, mufflers, and so on will be removed from the NFA, where they have been for over 90 years. What happens next? What other laws affect them, and what…

  7. The Pursuit of Practical Educational Content with Brass Facts

    · 1 h 32 min

    There are lot of different flavors of content on GunTube, ranging from entry-level entertainment to deeply specialized nerd lore. Brass Facts manages to split the difference on a lot of topics, making complex topics…

  8. The Long Road to the US Constitution

    · 22 min

    Man cannot build a government too small to misbehave or big to be misused, so the question is how to put checks and balances in place to prevent injustices from happening. In a very basic way, Western Civilization is…

  9. The State of GunTube With Administrative Results

    · 1 h 28 min

    Aaron of Administrative Results joins us to talk about YouTube and firearms influencing, but as usual, Isaac can't stay on topic. The discussion quickly turns to law enforcement, sci-fi, the strengths of combat…

  10. Electric and Gas Vehicles for Off-Road Disaster Response

    · 35 min

    When we talk about building community, and disaster preparedness, there is a mobility problem. How can you get to and from your people? How can you move supplies or gather intel? Joining the conversation is Christian…

  11. Tariffs, Toasters, and Rebuilding our Factories

    · 20 min

    The last few weeks have been a furor of contention about tariffs, but there is a bigger conversation about the value of local manufacturing that needs to happen.

  12. How Paul Revere Prepared America to Keep its Liberty

    · 52 min · Episode 258

    We are coming up on the 250th Anniversary of Lexington and Concord, the battle that began the War for American Independence. This was the start a new nation, but it didn't happen overnight.

  13. Secure Your Communications and Regain OPSEC

    · 1 h 20 min

    The last twenty years of technological development has given us an internet that is more centrally controlled, devices that gather more information about us, and a system that is generally more monolithic and…

  14. Helping Veterans Reconnect to Civilian Life with Mighty Oaks Foundation

    · 1 h 05 min

    Since so many of our T.REX folks are military veterans and first responders, we're always eager to find out more about groups than can assist these individuals with their very specific struggles. In this episode,…

  15. Military SIGINT, Mass Surveillance, and Field Watches - with Paul Brown

    · 1 h 19 min

    Paul Brown of the Wasson Watch company used to be a signals intelligence specialist with the NSA. He joins us to talk about large scale SIGINT, OPSEC, COMSEC, and the future of an AI-powered trustless internet. He also…

  16. A New Tactic for Local Political Activity With David Tucker

    · 59 min

    Six years ago, T.REX ARMS managed to get a state ammunition tax repealed. Ever since, we've had a lobbyist working on 2A legislation every year. However, a small group of Tennesseans have taken the lessons learned from…

  17. The Next Step of Weapon Manufacture with Mr. Snow Makes

    · 1 h 26 min · Episode 253

    Crafting your own weapons is a great American tradition. The learning curve has always been steep, but with modern software and hardware, it has gotten a lot easier. All kinds of new designs and manufacturing…

  18. How Gun Owners of America are Defending Your Rights - with Ben Sanderson

    · 1 h 06 min · Episode 252

    With a new President, new Attorney General, new Acting Director of the ATF... what happens next? What is GOA doing to take advantage of opportunities to defend our liberties and reclaim some lost rights? And what are…

  19. How to Escape a Gun-Free Culture with Henry Chan

    · 1 h 42 min

    A little-known part of Henry Chan's backstory is that he grew up in colonial Hong Kong, an area almost devoid of privately-owned firearms. How did he go from anti-gun to owning five times more guns that the average…

  20. Augmented Reality for Combat Training - With Overmatch

    · 41 min

    In the midst of all the latest news with Anduril and IVAS, let's check in on other Augmented Reality companies. Today we talk to Gage Galinger of Overmatch, a software/hardware team that has built an amazing training…

  21. How the New York Times Covers GunTube - With Thomas Gibbons-Neff

    · 1 h 10 min

    Last week, the New York Times published a fascinating article "How YouTube is Changing American Gun Culture." Even more fascinatingly, it ended up on the front page. Today, Isaac talks to the reporter who researched…

  22. 15 Days of Trump - Speed, Surprise, and Violence of Action

    · 35 min

    In the first two weeks, the new administration has taken a perfectly normal course of action, such as new appointments, new executive orders, and executed it very quickly. However, they have combined this expected…

  23. History of the ATF 4: Learning all the Wrong Lessons

    · 1 h 01 min

    Our long-running series of long explorations into past ATF activities finally makes it to current day! And what may surprise you are the ways that bad laws, bad assumptions, and deep ignorance continue to cause tension…

  24. History of the ATF 3: Doubling Down on Disaster

    · 35 min

    After the horror of Ruby Ridge and the brutality of Waco, you might expect the newly elected Clinton Administration to blame their predecessors and walk back some of the abuses of the ATF. Instead, they launched an…

  25. History of the ATF 2: Ruby Ridge and Waco

    · 44 min

    Our last video made the case that the ATF, while built to crack down on criminals, was actually set on a collision course with regular Americans. In this video, we document 50 years of its trajectory from Prohibition…

  26. Building Drone Platforms for Citizens - with Canine Defense

    · 1 h 03 min · Episode 247

    Drones are hot right now, and David Han Jr. joins us to describe his business startup, which designs and builds robust drone platforms for the American citizenry. Our conversation covers not just UAV technology and…

  27. History of the ATF - Part 1: How Prohibition Built the Bureau

    · 30 min

    This is a video on the T-Rex lab channel, but due to the number of requests, we're also posting it here for easier listening. The actions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives don't get as much…

  28. The True Meaning of Christmas

    · 34 min · Episode 245

    Isaac sits down with our COO Bryan to talk about Christmas, and Bryan brings an interesting topic to the table. Merry Christmas from all of us at T.REX to you and your families!

  29. How to Build a Future-Proof Manufacturing Industry

    · 1 h 10 min · Episode 244

    We've been talking a lot about American manufacturing tools and technologies over on the T.REX LABS channel, but there's a lot more to it than just the hardware. How do you get a new generation of folks involved in…

  30. Hostile Ideologies in Movies and Video Games

    · 53 min · Episode 243

    Creativity in film, television, and other fictional media seems to be at a pretty low ebb in the 21st century. Isaac and Ryan talk about their experiences in the film industry, and why some of the trends are not mere…

  31. Happy Thanksgiving from T.REX ARMS!

    · 12 min · Episode 242

    As the year is wrapping up, we have a lot to be grateful for. Whatever your circumstances, whenever your situation, you have things to be grateful for, even if that gratitude is hard work. Here's a short podcast…

  32. Tribal Culture and the Death of the Manosphere with Will Spencer

    · 1 h 51 min

    New Zealand has been in the news last week, as protests against equal rights produced many viral video clips. To discuss this, we called on Will Spencer, who has traveled the world, spending four years on the road and…

  33. Weapons, Tech and Politics with Open Source Defense

    · 1 h 04 min

    Our favorite tech-centered gun rights organization (and newsletter, thinktank, VC group, etc) has just started a podcast to interview folks who are at the crossover of weapons, technology, and business. Kareem joins us…

  34. What Happens After the 2024 Election Sweep

    · 32 min

    The 2024 election night upset was a red wave for the presidency, State governors, the Senate, and possibly the House. It wasn't an overwhelming landslide but it was a comprehensive failure of Democratic politicians and…

  35. Why To Get Involved in Local Politics with Jody Barrett

    · 1 h 08 min

    We are days away from one of the most heated presidential elections in American history. However, there's a lot more on the ballot than just the president. Jody Barrett, our local Tennessee Representative joins us in…

  36. Building Libraries and Digital Tools that Inspire Others with Gridbase

    · 1 h 02 min

    Today's guest is Jake from Gridbase, a company that builds digital library tools, creates educational content for radios, and tries to inspire people to have a greater understanding of their tools and grow in their…

  37. Preparing for Disasters with S2 Underground

    · 1 h 21 min

    As we've watched the disaster recovery and response to recent hurricanes, and the mad scramble to get the right stuff in the right places after the chaos arrived, most of us have had disaster preparedness on our minds.…

  38. High-Altitude Spy Missions and Low-Level Community Building

    · 1 h 03 min · Episode 235

    Our friend Ray Simmons comes on the podcast to talk about his past work flying the U2 spy plane for military intelligence purposes, and his present work building church and community infrastructure in small-town Iowa.

  39. Cultural Shifts and Moral Injuries - with Forrest Cooper

    · 1 h 19 min

    Forrest Cooper of the [redacted] podcast joins us to talk about his observations of the gun community in general and veteran cultural specifically, and their recent trend toward Christian foundations. As he has…

  40. From MARSOC to T.REX - Brandon Wombough's Journey

    · 1 h 03 min · Episode 233

    You've seen Brandon in a lot of T.REX content talking about everything from shooting to drones to radio plans, but let's get a little deeper into his backstory, how he got to where he is today, and where his journey is…

  41. What Amateur Radio is For with Ham Radio Crash Course

    · 1 h 42 min

    Ham Radio Crash Course has some of the best YouTube content for both beginners who are getting into radio, and experienced Hams. Josh regularly experiments with and demonstrates new technology and explains old…

  42. The Official T.Rex Arms Book List

    · 53 min

    Now that we have begun reprinting and selling books on the main T.Rex Arms site, we've also developed a recommended reading list of 50 other books that you should be aware of. There's a number of completely different…

  43. Incompetent People are Threatened by Competence

    · 44 min

    Conflict comes from division, and division can be created along many lines. Geography, heritage, color, or possessions... Marxism, for example, always tries to divide between the haves and the have nots, the oppressors…

  44. Weaponized Justice with Paul Vaughn

    · 59 min · Episode 229

    A common theme of the current Democratic party messaging is an urgent need to stop Donald Trump from regaining the White House and weaponizing the DOJ against his political enemies. However, it is obvious that the…

  45. The End of the World - with C.R. Wiley

    · 32 min

    There's a lot of conversation about the end of the world, the end of civilization, and the end times at the moment, and this conversation, even amongst non-Christians is shaped by Christian eschatology that has seeped…

  46. August Tyranny Update

    · 31 min

    The UK has cracked down on anti-immigration protests and "armchair thugs," which is newspeak for people who post memes on the internet. The Police Chief of the London Met has even threatened to extradite American…

  47. How Cultural Institutions Get Compromised

    · 34 min · Episode 226

    If you look at recent American History, you can see some amazing technical successes, some incredible economic achievements, but also an unmistakable trend of cultural decline in some institutions. Have our academic…

  48. Historical Revisionism and the Crusades with the Kings Hall Podcast

    · 1 h 43 min

    We talk about the crusades and the past and present trends of historical revisionism with our guests, the Kings Hall Podcast. https://www.kingshall.org/

  49. Capabilities and Incompetence in the Navy with Commander Salamander

    · 1 h 21 min

    Big government systems and systemic incompetence has been in the news a lot this week, but how does that work in the DoD? We reach out to an anonymous source with years of experience in Big Navy and NATO to peek behind…

  50. Why Big Government is the Danger

    · 36 min

    This episode of T.Rex Talk was recorded on July 13th of 2024, just an hour before an attempted assassination of Donald Trump. And yet, it's almost exactly the the content that we would have released in response to the…

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