EARLY EPISODE: The Beslan School Siege: Part 2

In the US, when you are driving from Detroit to Chicago, you need something to keep you alert on the road. Hence the huge coffees.

Uh. Is there. Any explanation for the decisions made? On any level? Like, I'm assuming pretty much anyone who can string two coherent thoughts together could have done better, so. How does something like this happen, short of actual malice?

Wait Joe's brother died when did that happen?? Rip

Thank you Joe and Tom. It was hard on you, but you did it anyway and it matters.

Rough episode to listen to as I dust mop a middle school gymnasium

35:58 too Bad that John Cena apologized to the Chinese government for daring to talk about Taiwan as a "country" and not a "part of the glorious people republic of china". This is why we can't have nice things.

"when belief fails turn to meth" would be a good tshirt in a live laugh love font

Dark fact about the siege: as the siege turned into a slaughter, CCTV-4 (China's international news apparatus) ran a raffle on live TV asking the audiences to guess how many casualties there would be.

If it’s any consultation. Beslan has produced multiple world champions and medalists in wrestling. Artur who was a bronze medalist at the Olympics actually has shrapnel in his body because he was one of the many hostages as he was a kid during all this.

It would have been more impressive if Joe's brother was a successful chef *after* he died

Blood hell I’m going to need an extra beer now, fuck me

Well that was fucking awful. Informative as always!

Jan 26. James Cook Invasjo Day (Aus). Fuck him up boys.

This might have been one of the darkest episodes you've ever put out. The objective cruelty of it, while smaller in scale, rang in my ears like the Cambodian Genocide episodes.

I halfway think anybody in this comment section could have done a better job of handling this situation. Like we couldn't have done worse.

Thank you Joe, this is the worst thing I have ever heard.

Like Joe I remain unaffected in the face of unspeakable horror. Good work Tom. Hang in there.

Fuck.

Joe please add a Patreon tier that includes grief counselling for this episode

thanks joe this was the worst episode ever

What's will Europe and the lack of drip coffee

“While there were casualties, we did successfully rescue the hostages” “Great! How many casualties?” “Yes”

I reiterate: What the sweet, literal, actual fuck.

What the actual fuck.

Just.... wow.... I don't know if anyone unfamiliar with the level of incompetence coupled with malfeasance that is Russia would belief this if it were recreated as a movie. A fiction writer would be told to tamp down the senseless death to make it at least conceivable. Just jaw dropping. Thanks for covering this event. It must have been a brutal slog to get through. I had to take breaks just to listen to it.

Time for some advanced hostage rescue

Well that did wonders for my seasonal depression.

I start my Monday work morning every week with a good dose of human misery with you all and its honestly the highlight. And I’m honestly jealous of the lack of miserable restaurant experiences I think I could fill a book. Been poisoned at least 3 times.

Travelling Barista here. Drinks names and standards vary wildly by region. Don’t look into it, that way lies the path of madness

Can someone with some artistic talent create an FS Bae graphic to commemorate Joe’s pronunciation?

Live show question, cause I can't get there, will there be recorded versions of the live show for the Patreon?

I had to take a break when I heard that the military fired white phosphorus after everything else that happened. First time I've had to do that