https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shit-cast--5769798enSociety & CultureCopyright Rick and Grayhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/500bb773959f047d720a353019066dd7.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shit-cast--5769798Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:43:32 +0000Rick and GrayRick and Grayshitscast@gmail.comEach episode your hosts Rick and Gray will explore a topic of interest to one or both of them. From first contact with alien civilizations to great military disasters to current events. Both hosts have a wide variety of overlapping and disparate...cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rants-chants-and-chats-1--55987232
This week we're talking about Taiwan, China, Customs and Border Patrol, and the patriotic duty to reinforce the stereotype that all Americans are born with a pistol in their hands.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55987232Tue, 04 Jul 2023 06:35:11 +0000Rick and GrayWelcome to Rants, Chants, and Chats. This is our attempt to separate out our discussions on current events that end up in the start of every episode. If it was something you enjoyed, great! You can find them more easily. If you didn't like them and...
This week we're talking about Taiwan, China, Customs and Border Patrol, and the patriotic duty to reinforce the stereotype that all Americans are born with a pistol in their hands.]]>3809america,american,border,chants,chats,china,current,customs,events,guns,lax,motorcycles,news,patrol,pistols,qingdao,rants,rifles,taipei,taiwancleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep13-the-death-knell-of-the-us-navy-pt2--55176445In truth, the US Navy, at least the surface fleets, are beyond atrophied. An aging prizefighter coasting on reputation, convinced that they're just as good now as they were in their youth. We don't know what sorts of Revolutions in Military Affairs are just over the horizon. But, like the battleship believers of the second World War, time has passed the US Navy by as they cling to outmoded concepts, traditions, and behaviors.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55176445Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:05:01 +0000Rick and GrayWe discuss how the US Navy, not content with losing a 1.3 billion dollar baby carrier, goes on to shoot itself in the other foot. They falsley accuse low-ranking people, bring politically motivated charges, lie in to Congressional committees, fail to...In truth, the US Navy, at least the surface fleets, are beyond atrophied. An aging prizefighter coasting on reputation, convinced that they're just as good now as they were in their youth. We don't know what sorts of Revolutions in Military Affairs are just over the horizon. But, like the battleship believers of the second World War, time has passed the US Navy by as they cling to outmoded concepts, traditions, and behaviors.]]>8218base,boat,bonhomme,carrier,china,corrupt,destroyed,diego,failing,fire,navy,philippines,richard,san,sdfp,sea,ship,south,supercarrier,uscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep12-the-death-knell-of-the-us-navy-pt1--54310795Just like the wooden British ships of the line, the time may have passed for the American carrier fleet. And the entirely preventable destruction of the Bonhomme Richard may prove to be the death knell for American naval power.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54310795Tue, 13 Jun 2023 04:05:01 +0000Rick and GrayThe United States Navy has been in the news a lot over the past few years as they gear up to fight a "possible" war with a peer in "the Pacific". With all the money American taxpayers give their armed forces, why does the Navy need to gear up? Why do...Just like the wooden British ships of the line, the time may have passed for the American carrier fleet. And the entirely preventable destruction of the Bonhomme Richard may prove to be the death knell for American naval power.
]]>15348america,bonhomme,carrier,china,conflict,diego,fire,ford,gerald,navy,nimitz,peer,phillipines,richard,san,scrap,taiwan,usa,uss,warcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep11-poker-to-call-or-not-to-call--53773753https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53773753Tue, 30 May 2023 04:05:01 +0000Rick and GrayContinuing our complaints about the portrayal of things we love in media, we're here to tell you that what you've seen about poker on tv and movies is completely wrong. And a lot of times its a wasted storytelling or character growth moment too.12038bet,bluff,bond,call,casino,check,damon,em,fold,game,hold,james,matt,optimal,poker,rounders,royale,texas,theory,wsopcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep10-the-sinkings-of-1968-pt2--53772924https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53772924Tue, 16 May 2023 04:05:01 +0000Rick and GrayIn 1968, 4 military submarines from nations all around the world sank. Ever since, people have wondered about the causes and if malice was a factor. Thanks to governement's natural tendencies to obfuscate embarassing information and the secretive...169121968,apollo,ballard,conspiracy,dakar,deep,discover,ins,k129,k-129,minerve,navy,ocean,scorpion,sinking,soviet,submarine,thresher,uss,wreckcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep9-the-sinkings-of-1968-pt1--53712380https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53712380Tue, 02 May 2023 04:05:01 +0000Rick and GrayIn 1968, 4 military submarines from nations all around the world sank. Ever since, people have wondered what were the causes and if malice was a factor. Thanks to governement's natural tendencies to obfuscate embarassing information and the secretive...89661968,conspiracy,dakar,france,french,implosion,ins,israel,k129,k-129,minerve,navy,nuclear,russia,scorpion,sinking,sosus,soviet,submarine,usscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep8-chess-doesn-t-make-you-smart--53565712https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53565712Tue, 18 Apr 2023 04:05:02 +0000Rick and GrayGray is taking the lead on this episode, and we're talking about the depictions of chess in cinema and fiction. And how it's almost portrayed incorrectly. Being good at chess only says one thing about someone, that they're good at chess. But time and...11736bishop,blitz,carlsen,castle,chess,eidetic,fischer,gambit,go,judit,kasparov,king,knight,magnus,pawn,queen's,rook,seal,seventh,spasskycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep7-submarines-sinking-your-ship-on-purpose--53436256https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53436256Tue, 04 Apr 2023 04:40:41 +0000Rick and GrayAfter our episode on tanks, we figured we'd do one on the silent service. Unlike tanks, submarines like to avoid the spotlight. And when we do hear about them, its usually when something's gone wrong. So strap in for hours of tangent-laden discussion...12491ballast,boat,carter,china,cold,connecticut,dive,japan,jimmy,navy,russia,ship,sink,sinking,states,submarine,torpedo,united,war,ww2cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep6-can-t-stop-the-signal--53271946With all that in mind, how should a forward-looking society brace for the coming changes? After all, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53271946Tue, 21 Mar 2023 04:00:03 +0000Rick and GrayThe forward march of progress will eventually render irrelevant laws concerning the manufacturing of all sorts of deadly weapons. Battlefield weapons from 75 years ago are not only outdated, but laughably easy for individuals to make affordably at...With all that in mind, how should a forward-looking society brace for the coming changes? After all, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.]]>11353atomic,bioweapons,bomb,boyscout,covid,crispr,firearms,fission,fusion,future,guns,homebuilt,lab,law,nuclear,nukes,research,thermonuclear,virus,wmdcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep4-is-there-any-hope--53117237In this final episode on first contact, we tackle the question of hope. If there are aliens out there and they stumble on to us, do we have any hope of surviving if it turns violent? There's also an explanation that the nerds have been crying out for about the Fermi Paradox and other angles we hadn't covered yet with regards to first contact.
*Future episodes will still be biweekly, but we are moving to a Monday evening release schedule so that people can listen to these during their work weeks instead of releasing on the weekends.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53117237Tue, 07 Mar 2023 04:57:38 +0000Rick and GrayPart 4 of 4. In this final episode on first contact, we tackle the question of hope. If there are aliens out there and they stumble on to us, do we have any hope of surviving if it turns violent? There's also an explanation that the nerds have been...In this final episode on first contact, we tackle the question of hope. If there are aliens out there and they stumble on to us, do we have any hope of surviving if it turns violent? There's also an explanation that the nerds have been crying out for about the Fermi Paradox and other angles we hadn't covered yet with regards to first contact.
*Future episodes will still be biweekly, but we are moving to a Monday evening release schedule so that people can listen to these during their work weeks instead of releasing on the weekends.]]>167742nd,aliens,big,colonialism,contact,custer,drake,equation,fermi,first,horn,island,japanese,lakota,pacific,paradox,russo,sentinel,squadron,warcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep3-the-fiction-of-first-contact--52773704We've been discussing how humanity might react to meeting alien life, and the whole time we've been referencing fiction. So in this episode, we sat down and discuss what the actual fiction of first contact looks like, where it came from and what it says about those who wrote it.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52773704Sat, 18 Feb 2023 08:17:40 +0000Rick and GrayPart 3 of 4. We've been discussing how humanity might react to meeting alien life, and the whole time we've been referencing fiction. So in this episode, we sat down and discuss what the actual fiction of first contact looks like, where it came from...We've been discussing how humanity might react to meeting alien life, and the whole time we've been referencing fiction. So in this episode, we sat down and discuss what the actual fiction of first contact looks like, where it came from and what it says about those who wrote it.]]>13467alien,arthur,bezos,clarke,colonialism,conspiracy,contact,effect,first,mass,moon,musk,nasa,nixon,odyssey,solaris,soviet,space,spacex,wellscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tanks-what-are-they-good-for--52639901We originally recorded this episode several weeks before the American announcement that they were sending M1 Abrams to Ukraine. It was serendipitous and a shame to leave the episode languishing in editing purgatory, so we fast tracked it. Don't worry, our series on First Contact is ongoing and this won't interrupt the bi-weekly schedule.
With that said, join us for a bonus episode about tanks. What they're good at, how they're designed, and how they're used. From WW1 to the thunder run on Kiev, tanks are used to achieve specific battlefield effects. Sometimes they are used correctly and sometimes... not.
Oh and as always. Elon Musk knows nothing about tanks, he knows very little at all. Any comments he makes outside the fields of salesmanship, lying, and how to pump-and-dump your stock should be ignored.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52639901Sun, 05 Feb 2023 07:04:00 +0000Rick and GrayA bonus episode about tanks! We originally recorded this episode several weeks before the American announcement that they were sending M1 Abrams to Ukraine. It was serendipitous and a shame to leave the episode languishing in editing purgatory, so we...We originally recorded this episode several weeks before the American announcement that they were sending M1 Abrams to Ukraine. It was serendipitous and a shame to leave the episode languishing in editing purgatory, so we fast tracked it. Don't worry, our series on First Contact is ongoing and this won't interrupt the bi-weekly schedule.
With that said, join us for a bonus episode about tanks. What they're good at, how they're designed, and how they're used. From WW1 to the thunder run on Kiev, tanks are used to achieve specific battlefield effects. Sometimes they are used correctly and sometimes... not.
Oh and as always. Elon Musk knows nothing about tanks, he knows very little at all. Any comments he makes outside the fields of salesmanship, lying, and how to pump-and-dump your stock should be ignored.]]>10726abrams,arms,challenger,combined,gulf,infantry,iraq,kiev,leopard,panther,russia,sherman,soviet,t34,t90,tanks,ukraine,war,ww1,ww2cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep0-introducing-your-hosts--52638556Take a listen, and if this is something you enjoy, please stick around because there is a lot more in the pipeline.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52638556Sat, 04 Feb 2023 23:53:38 +0000Rick and GrayHi, we're Rick and Gray, your hosts for The Shit Cast. We'll be covering Science, History, and Interesting Topics. With our backgrounds in history, philosphy, and engineering we're painting events in a new and interesting light. Take a listen, and if...Take a listen, and if this is something you enjoy, please stick around because there is a lot more in the pipeline.

]]>161cast,china,colonialism,contact,engineering,events,first,guns,history,hosts,interesting,introduction,new,philosophy,pipeline,science,shit,the,usa,ww2cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep2-the-hopeful-side-of-first-contact--52633639Part 2 of 4]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52633639Sat, 04 Feb 2023 03:10:58 +0000Rick and GrayAfter our first episode talking about how so many stories of first contact are rooted in our fears, we're back to talk about the other side of the coin. How stories of first contact can be hopeful, how the galaxy could be full of rational, benevolent...Part 2 of 4]]>6138aspiration,b17,baghdad,contact,cops,crusade,dream,first,guadalcanal,hope,japanese,khan,mongol,pacific,pope,rodenberry,shit,star,trek,ww2cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep1-colonialism-and-first-contact--52501857In our very first episode we dive headlong into the strange similarities between the science fiction of First Contact and the Age of Colonialism. With everything from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to Aboriginal Australians to Magellan, we're setting out as we mean to go.
Part 1 of 4]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52501857Sat, 21 Jan 2023 10:55:48 +0000Rick and GrayWelcome to the S.H.I.T. Cast; Science, History, and Interesting Topics, we've got them all. In our very first episode we dive headlong into the strange similarities between the science fiction of First Contact and the Age of Colonialism. With...In our very first episode we dive headlong into the strange similarities between the science fiction of First Contact and the Age of Colonialism. With everything from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to Aboriginal Australians to Magellan, we're setting out as we mean to go.
Part 1 of 4]]>7572aborigine,australian,china,colonialism,contact,fiction,first,guam,history,imperialism,japan,magellan,philippines,qingdao,russia,russo-japanese,science,shit,spain,ww1cleanfull