T.REX TALK
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T.REX TALK
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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Blackwater and Bureaucratic Betrayal With Nick Slatten
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...
The Future of GrabAGun - With Marc Nemati
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,...
Waves of Political Ideology with Jon Harris
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,...
Recent ATF Cases You Weren't Supposed to See
For the last century, the ATF and its departmental predecessors have been given increasingly oppressive laws to enforce, and as you have learned in ou...
We Do Not Welcome Our New AI Overlords
We recorded this episode before the news about Palantir building a massive database on Americans, but after some big Google AI Upgrades last week. Noa...
What Will Happen With Suppressors? With John Crump
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 ove...
The Pursuit of Practical Educational Content with Brass Facts
There are lot of different flavors of content on GunTube, ranging from entry-level entertainment to deeply specialized nerd lore. Brass Facts manages...
The Long Road to the US Constitution
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 injus...
The State of GunTube With Administrative Results
Aaron of Administrative Results joins us to talk about YouTube and firearms influencing, but as usual, Isaac can't stay on topic. The discussion quick...
Electric and Gas Vehicles for Off-Road Disaster Response
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 mo...
Tariffs, Toasters, and Rebuilding our Factories
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...
How Paul Revere Prepared America to Keep its Liberty
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...
Secure Your Communications and Regain OPSEC
The last twenty years of technological development has given us an internet that is more centrally controlled, devices that gather more information ab...
Helping Veterans Reconnect to Civilian Life with Mighty Oaks Foundation
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 in...
Military SIGINT, Mass Surveillance, and Field Watches - with Paul Brown
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,...
A New Tactic for Local Political Activity With David Tucker
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. Howev...
The Next Step of Weapon Manufacture with Mr. Snow Makes
Crafting your own weapons is a great American tradition. The learning curve has always been steep, but with modern software and hardware, it has gotte...
How Gun Owners of America are Defending Your Rights - with Ben Sanderson
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...
How to Escape a Gun-Free Culture with Henry Chan
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...
Augmented Reality for Combat Training - With Overmatch
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 Over...
How the New York Times Covers GunTube - With Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Last week, the New York Times published a fascinating article "How YouTube is Changing American Gun Culture." Even more fascinatingly, it ended up on...
15 Days of Trump - Speed, Surprise, and Violence of Action
In the first two weeks, the new administration has taken a perfectly normal course of action, such as new appointments, new executive orders, and exec...
History of the ATF 4: Learning all the Wrong Lessons
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...
History of the ATF 3: Doubling Down on Disaster
After the horror of Ruby Ridge and the brutality of Waco, you might expect the newly elected Clinton Administration to blame their predecessors and wa...
History of the ATF 2: Ruby Ridge and Waco
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 t...
Building Drone Platforms for Citizens - with Canine Defense
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 America...
History of the ATF - Part 1: How Prohibition Built the Bureau
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 True Meaning of Christmas
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.RE...
How to Build a Future-Proof Manufacturing Industry
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 th...
Hostile Ideologies in Movies and Video Games
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 experie...
Happy Thanksgiving from T.REX ARMS!
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...
Tribal Culture and the Death of the Manosphere with Will Spencer
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 Spenc...
Weapons, Tech and Politics with Open Source Defense
Our favorite tech-centered gun rights organization (and newsletter, thinktank, VC group, etc) has just started a podcast to interview folks who are at...
What Happens After the 2024 Election Sweep
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 landsl...
Why To Get Involved in Local Politics with Jody Barrett
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 presi...
Building Libraries and Digital Tools that Inspire Others with Gridbase
Today's guest is Jake from Gridbase, a company that builds digital library tools, creates educational content for radios, and tries to inspire people...
Preparing for Disasters with S2 Underground
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 ch...
High-Altitude Spy Missions and Low-Level Community Building
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 wo...
Cultural Shifts and Moral Injuries - with Forrest Cooper
Forrest Cooper of the [redacted] podcast joins us to talk about his observations of the gun community in general and veteran cultural specifically, an...
From MARSOC to T.REX - Brandon Wombough's Journey
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...