EARLY EPISODE: L'Escalade

Top 10 episode

MAINE MENTIONED

Tactical Soup Operator is a t-shirt waiting to happen

Absolutely pointless bit of info, bit having spent way too much time waiting for service in it, that Royal Mail black site in Belfast is on the appropriately named Tomb Street, as it where hope goes to die

Look, just because I drive past Steven Kings house on the way to work means NOTHING. That said, I think the country in general would be better off Maine ran everything.

Nate

Metal Gear Roux, the robot that launches nuclear soup

Wait- is Calvinism why white people sing hymns like they're afraid God might hear them

Can't believe Nate portrayed Joe as French Lorgar

Oh the struggles of being a mailman

Hi Joe, I just want to say that I know it’s hard to step away from things for one’s own mental health and let other people take the wheel for a bit, and I’m just a fan, and I hope this doesn’t come across as condescending but I’m really proud of you for stepping away and letting other people take the lead on something that’s important to you for your own mental health and peace. You’re very lucky in your friends and your creepily co-dependent fans support you. 💛

Stellar intro by Nate, the Moral Hammer of War for Protestants is perfect

Look up the halfling Hot pot catapult, it was a real warhammer fantasy model. The tactical soup attack.

I remember growing up at a Presbyterian church and then beginning confirmation classes. The teachers really, really, really stressed that the tenets are wacky and you really don't need to buy into them, just understand that the elders run the church and not like a pope or something

Only Nate can make soup interesting.

Absolutely killer ep lads. Nate did a fantastic job with this top to bottom. It's great to both get Joe on color commentary and to know that he's getting to take a very well deserved respite.

Damnit I had to listen to the opener like five times.

It's Nateotathan

I’m rockin up to your mom’s abode in my Escalade

Lol Tasting History mention. Between this and that time November called Max a twink (he's not though, I think he's more in otter or daddy territory by now), I really need a crossover with the Nate Bethea podcastverse and Tasting History (especially if it's remaking the soup that kills you).

Tactical Soup Witch is getting added to the "Lions Led By Donkeys" faction tech tree for the weird RTS game that y'all are creating in my head.

Also I’m glad you’re getting some rest Joe!

Dammit now I need a soup reticle sight for when I play any FPS now

Pain with packages is why I got a post box. Unfortunately I buy a lot of food online and a lot of producers won't deliver to post boxes.

This is my favorite cold open in a minute

According to this reference, it was a vegetable soup https://shop.labonbonniere.ch/en/product/marmite-de-lescalade/

That was the funniest cold open. I spat bagel crumbs into a napkin from laughing so hard..

Joe, I am sorry to hear of the loss of your mother. May her memory forever remain a blessing.

Soupression

Make sure you have active consent before measuring someone's walls.

Classic LLBD to start Nate-vember a week late and also not realizing that that's the superior month pun

Given my housemate has a side business in tabletop terrain and mini fig printing, a soup operator model is not out of the realms of possibility (neither of us can do 3d design sadly)

We now have tactical soup. Deploy the minestrone.

I've just worked for nine hours. Get this in my veins!

I haven't started listening yet, but if there's not a Cadillac Escalade reference somewhere in here I stg