Just A Weee bit...Goes A Long Way

About this episode

The episode discusses technical chaos, analytics, global downloads, military ethics, and space exploration.

This week on Two Grumpy Vets and a Duuude, we kick things off the only way we know how — technical chaos, Zoom host handoffs, and a deep dive into streaming tool rabbit holes. We break down BUTT vs. BUTTm, dig into analytics across Podhome and OP3, and celebrate a genuinely surprising surge in global downloads. Turns out Bangladesh, Iraq, and most of South America are tuning in before the US even wakes up — and we have no idea why, but we'll take it. From there we get into why downloads, unique listeners, and platform dashboards like PodAnalyst, Apple Podcasts Connect, and Spotify for Podcasters all tell a different story — and why none of that matters as much as just keeping the mic on. We talk about staying sponsor-free, listener-supported, and why that freedom lets us say exactly what we think without some advertiser pulling our chain. Then it's the usual controlled chaos: NASA's Artemis mission vs. SpaceX catching rockets with chopsticks, moon landing tallies, space junk numbers that'll make your head spin, and a serious proposal to launch New York's trash into the sun. We get into military ethics — lawful vs. unlawful orders, the Geneva Convention, and what it actually means…

People in this episode

Hosts: Richard Chelson, Bryan Goodwin

Topics covered

• streaming tools
• analytics
• global downloads
• sponsor-free
• military ethics
• space exploration
• self-defense

Keywords

• streaming
• analytics
• downloads
• military ethics
• space exploration
• self-defense
• sponsor-free

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, SpaceX, Podhome, OP3, PodAnalyst, Apple Podcasts Connect, Spotify for Podcasters

Places: Bangladesh, Iraq, South America

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