What a Hell of a Way to Dad

Journalist and returning guest Jasper Craven recently went through security guard training and six months of employment to write about the experience. It's a mix of bad training, worse instructors, and a lot of people just trying to get a job. You can read his reporting here in Harpers Magazine PATREON If you like what you hear and want more, we have more content available on Patreon. If you don't like what you hear and still want to support us, you can also give us money on Patreon. Click here for access THE STORE Stickers, patches, pins, and apparel. Have you ever wanted to wear a hat with the opening scroll of Master and Commander on it? Maybe a mashup of Jurassic Park and Starship Troopers. All this and more coming at What a Hell of a Way to Dad

We discuss the news up to September 20th. Any news happening after that we cannot be accountable for. This week, it's the first piece of "history" gun guys go for (because they're dirt cheap), the SKS. We also talk about the North Carolina governor race and a bailiff getting a little wild in the judges chambers. This is a preview episode of one of our many monthly bonus episodes. You can access this and more at the $5 level of Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie

It's another DadChat featuring Nate and Francis, and in this week's episode we're talking all sorts of things: relocation expenses, pre-positioning supplies when changing babies, and the surprisingly varied ways in which people make coffee on the eastern side of the Atlantic. Which is to say, Francis has never actually had someone explain to him what espresso actually is. We also answer a lot of Ask A Dad questions! Like Hell of a Way? Check out our Patreon and get hundreds of hours of bonus content dating all the way back to 2017: www.patreon.com/hellofawaytodie *SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT* We now have a storefront to sell the patches, buttons, and magnets that we also give out as flair for our $10 tier. Buy some sweet gear here: https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

This week Francis and Carey watch two more episodes of MASH. We are nearly done with Season 2, and the characters really start to come out. Klinger is better dressed, Radar is getting some (theoretically), and Hawkeye's eyes have never been so blue. You can listen to this, our previous episodes, and every future bonus at https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie While you're here, check out our new store where you can get everything from stickers to t-shirts, to a new coffee mug you didn't know you needed - https://whatahellofawaytodad.com/

For this week's DadChat, we have a special guest: Jack Forman, who's been on before and who is now helping produce the show while Nate navigates the alpine labyrinth of Swiss bureaucracy. And in this episode, Jack discusses his experience as a former elementary school teacher, and what the oft-discussed 'back to school' period is like for teachers and school staff. We very much hope you enjoy it! Jack is a highly accomplished musician making music for kids, and he's got a Patreon! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/jackforman Like Hell of a Way? Check out our Patreon and get hundreds of hours of bonus content dating all the way back to 2017: www.patreon.com/hellofawaytodie *SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT* We now have a storefront to sell the patches, buttons, and magnets that we also give out as flair for our $10 tier. Buy some sweet gear here: https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

Francis has missed his train, or at least one of them, and Nate took a train to enjoy the air conditioning in the middle of a European heat wave. We discuss the travails of being an Amtrak passenger, the experience of riding in the jungle gym car on CFF trains, and much more. Like Hell of a Way? Check out our Patreon and get hundreds of hours of bonus content dating all the way back to 2017: www.patreon.com/hellofawaytodie *SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT* We now have a storefront to sell the patches, buttons, and magnets that we also give out as flair for our $10 tier. Buy some sweet gear here: https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

Nate's finally moved to yet another country even further from Indiana, and for this week's episode he and Francis discuss the travails of being the single member of your family who speaks the language of the country you're in, the inevitability of your kids making fun of you for speaking that language badly, and much more. Like Hell of a Way? Check out our Patreon and get hundreds of hours of bonus content dating all the way back to 2017: www.patreon.com/hellofawaytodie *SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT* We now have a storefront to sell the patches, buttons, and magnets that we also give out as flair for our $10 tier. Buy some sweet gear here: https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang

Get the entire episode for $5 a month here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/110884628 The Zoo Crew is back for this month's Deadliest Warrior. It's our first group on group battle with modern weapons. Come for the ballistics knife and stay as we speculate how many war crimes each person did in Afghanistan.

This week Jack Forman joins Francis to discuss a multi week trip to various National Parks on the western seaboard. There is also advice on how to get a cat (open your door, one will eventually walk in) and how much we love to BE in the outdoors but not SLEEP in it Check out the new store at https://whatahellofawaytodad.com/ Like what you're hearing and want more? For $5 a month you'll get extra bonus episodes you won't hear on the live feed - https://www.patreon.com/Hellofawaytodie

Francis and Carey watch For Want of a Boot and Operation Noselift and learn sometimes fifty year old TV shows don't hold up very well. This is a preview episode. You can listen to the whole episode at any dollar amount on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/110476306?pr=true Check out the new store at https://whatahellofawaytodad.com/