Two Grumpy Vets and a Duuude

Richard Chelson and Bryan Goodwin
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This show is about two grumpy vets and a duuude who became friends and have been talking once a week for the last 4 or 5 years. These conversations result in many rabbit holes being chased. Finally, in our infinite wisdom, we decided to share this with you. To let you know that you can find someone to talk to about anything and still maintain your manly attitude. This show will talk about real subjects and real life, if that offends you, then change the channel. We are Podcast 2.0 compliant using the value-for-value model. So take a break and listen to 2 Grumpy Vets and a Duuude, solve the world's problems...and get nowhere!

  1. 6d ago

    Convivial, Attenuative, and Every Bit of Chinese Cellular

    This week, we kicked things off with one of those small-world moments that somehow turns into a full conversation, then rolled straight into a lively discussion about changing place names, history, public memory, and how politics, media, and marketing all shape the way people think. As always, we didn't all agree, but that's part of what makes these conversations matter: three friends working through big ideas in real time, with plenty of humor, frustration, and honesty along the way. We also talked about how everyday annoyances — like stores rearranging aisles and rising prices on basic goods — tap into bigger questions about trust, economics, and whether regular people are getting squeezed from every direction. From there, Rich took us deep into ham radio world with a full breakdown of the antennas he's building, why different designs matter, how signal gain works, and what he's planning for future contest season. We got into radio gear, coax, soldering, certifications, and the never-ending urge to build just one more setup. Along the way, we swapped stories about old electronics stores, credit scores, grocery costs, dogs getting into trouble, childhood games, and the strange combinations of food that somehow make perfect sense to the person eating them. In the end, it was one of those classic episodes: part serious debate, part technical rabbit trail, and part old friends just enjoying the conversation. Links Mentioned Let's Enhance — Rich's Website of the Week pick. Turns old, low-res, or scanned photos into high-definition images.Support the Show There are no sponsors on this show — it's all listener-supported through a value for value model. If you've got your time, your talent, or your treasure, all three help us keep going. Share the show with a friend, send us your thoughts (good or bad — we'll read them on air), send in artwork for an episode, or drop something in the tip jar through your podcasting 2.0 app at podcastapps.com. Every bit of it is appreciated. Get In Touch Bryan: circlecast@gmail.com Rich: rchelson@gmail.com If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988 The world needs you here.

    Convivial, Attenuative, and Every Bit of Chinese Cellular

  2. Aug 30

    Oh No Not an Apostrophe

    Rich, Bryan, and Ron settle in for another round of weather complaints, heat index bragging rights, and home-repair swapping — Ron's up early for a run to Abilene, Rich shares how sealing his AC ducts dropped his electric bill about $2 a day, and Bryan's still fighting a 130-degree attic and an old house that used to run a $500-a-month natural gas bill before the wood stove took over. From there it wanders everywhere it usually does: Rich's dilemma over joining a ham radio club (and the Thursday-night scheduling conflict that finally pushed the show to Mondays), hitting 10,000 downloads and sorting real listeners from bot traffic, a Hennessy Velociraptor sighting, celebrity deaths and the Dolly Parton/Freebird duet nobody knew existed, a long detour into AI, data centers, and the power grid, and the usual politics-and-government venting. Rich lays out his plan to shoot video for Cruising the Coast with his new phone and gimbal — which is also where the episode gets its name. Bryan talks about his wife wanting to see her uncle while she still can, growing older, and the Ocean Pacific corduroy shorts he's bringing back. Route 66 trivia and a website of the week round it out, and Ron closes with a trucking safety tip everyone needs to hear. Links Mentioned Mobile Amateur Radio Club (W4IAX) No Agenda Show Podcast Apps (find a modern podcast app with a funding tag) Make My Drive Fun — website of the week iHeartRadio Daily Mail Edison Research Amazon — for anyone else who needs Ocean Pacific corduroy shorts back in their life Support the Show We're a value-for-value show — no sponsors, no ads. If we got you to laugh, think, or yell at your speakers, that's worth something, and there are three ways to send it back: Time — Share the show or this episode with someone who'd enjoy it. Talent — Make us some album art (2000x2000 square) and we'll credit you and post it on the site. Treasure — Support us through any modern podcast app with a funding tag, found at podcastapps.com. Whatever you think it's worth, one-time or recurring, entirely up to you. Get In Touch Bryan: circlecast@gmail.com Rich: rchelson@gmail.com If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988 The world needs you here.

    Oh No Not an Apostrophe

  3. Aug 24

    Flock Cameras, Third Eye Stickers, and Grandma's Ass-Whooping

    This week we kick off griping about the brutal summer heat before Ron takes us deep into trucking life — special permit testing on hazmat cylinders, DOT stops over faded UV labels, and a surprise job site move from McAlester to Ada. From there we go all over the map: celebrity deaths and the state of the news, flock cameras and surveillance, liberty vs. safety, generational apathy, and why we'd rather argue like friends than agree like strangers. Bryan gives us an update on the podcast player he's building and tells the story of a 99-year-old grandma who reportedly beat up a home intruder. We get into driver-facing AI cameras, backward-facing cameras coming to new vehicles, the national debt and gas prices, and a detour into ham radio contests, HAARP, and shortwave radio. We close it out with the website of the week, a couple of car trouble stories, and our usual value-for-value pitch. Links Mentioned StartMyCar.com — https://www.startmycar.com DeFlock (flock camera tracking map) — https://deflock.me Sayre2Weatherford.com (Bryan's podcast player build) — https://www.sayre2weatherford.com PodcastingApps.com — https://podcastingapps.com Support the Show This show runs on value for value. If you got something out of it, that's worth something — your time, your talent, or your treasure. Share it with a friend, send us album art, or support us through a modern podcasting app via PodcastingApps.com. Get In Touch Bryan: circlecast@gmail.com Rich: rchelson@gmail.com If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988 The world needs you here.

    Flock Cameras, Third Eye Stickers, and Grandma's Ass-Whooping

  4. Aug 17

    Don't Drink the Battery Acid

    This week Rich, Bryan, and the Duuude catch up after a scorching week — Zoom hiccups, a dead grape myrtle bush, and heat indexes pushing triple digits. Ron doesn't hold back on a gas plant nightmare that nearly cost him his PTO in throat chops, while Bryan gets his hyperlocal news site off the ground and Rich rolls out season three of his other podcast. From there the guys wander through vacation planning, Ron's untouched model kit collection from his grandpa's estate, the last Blockbuster on Earth, dying malls, Rich's GrapheneOS privacy plans, telescope shopping for a nebula shot, and Bryan's oilfield frac work — plus the usual detours into politics, TV, and everything in between. Links Mentioned sayre2weatherford.com — Bryan's hyperlocal news site for Sayre, Elk City, Clinton, and Weatherford goblin.tools — this week's Website of the Week, a collection of simple tools (Magic To-Do, Formalizer, Consultant, and more) for when things feel too big podcastapps.com — find a modern podcast app that supports live streaming so you can catch the show the moment it goes live Support the Show This show runs on value-for-value. If we made you laugh, think, or groan, you get to decide what that was worth. There are three ways to do it: Time — share the episode with your friends, family, and enemies. Talent — send us album art or other creative work. Treasure — hit the Support This Show button in your podcast app to send something through PayPal, one-time or recurring. Get In Touch Bryan: circlecast@gmail.com Rich: rchelson@gmail.com If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988 The world needs you here.

    Don't Drink the Battery Acid

  5. Aug 10

    Slap Your Mama, Tabasco Pepperoni, and Fat Boy's MREs

    This week Rich gets ambitious — rescuing a curbside table, building a rolling generator stand with a Harbor Freight deer pulley, and reviving a generator that had sat dead for years. That kicks off a debate over Slap Your Mama versus Tabasco (and whether Tabasco belongs in pepperoni), followed by Mopar's notoriously bad paint jobs and a six-hour fight with a backwards-mounted Jeep alternator. Bryan lays out his plans for a hyperlocal Sayre-to-Weatherford news podcast, complete with sponsor pricing and Perplexity AI research on Western Oklahoma listener numbers. Rich and Ron trade Korea deployment stories — Camp Casey, Camp Stanley, live-fire ranges, and the eternal debate over sea bags versus duffel bags — before the guys cover Ford's oddly named Ranger "Rapture," car telematics selling your driving data to insurance companies, the upcoming Toyota Stout, GrapheneOS and duress-password phone privacy, and close it out with the site of the week: CamelCamelCamel.com. Links Mentioned: Harbor Freight AutoZone RockAuto KCLI Newstalk Perplexity AI CamelCamelCamel.com GrapheneOS Discover Capital One PayPal Podcast Apps Support the Show: There are three ways to pay back any value you got from this episode — Time, Talent, and Treasure. Time: share the show with a friend, family, or on social media. Talent: if you make art (hand-drawn or AI), send it our way and we'll feature it in chapter and episode art. Treasure: if you've gotten value out of the show and want to support it directly, you can do that through the show — whatever amount feels right to you. Get In Touch: Rich -- rchelson@gmail.com Bryan -- circlecast@gmail.com If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988 The world needs you here.

    Slap Your Mama, Tabasco Pepperoni, and Fat Boy's MREs

  6. Aug 3

    Bald Head Bacon and a 59-Cent Pup Cup

    This week Rich walks through his brutal Jeep shock replacement — a five-minute job that turned into an eight-and-a-half hour fight with stripped lug nuts, a honeycombed shock mount, and a jack that sat on his porch because his pain level had hit a 10. Ron has his own expensive lesson after stacking his Jeep backwards at the monthly car meet, blowing out his power steering booster and stripping studs on his spacers. Bryan shares an update on Jana's hospitalization and the relief that she's finally getting the care she needs. From there the guys cover MTV turning 45, Bryan's tribute to No Agenda's John C. Dvorak, Rich's take on Al Jazeera's surprisingly even-handed reporting, Rich's story on a border-crossing phone search that ended in a GrapheneOS duress wipe, the FCC's Roomba ban, AI hype and Sam Altman wanting your money, Chinese knockoffs versus "Made in America," a school shooting sentencing, home defense philosophy, women in combat roles and the Space Force, and close it out arguing over McDonald's ice cream machines, Biscoff blizzards, and Lorna Doones. Links Mentioned: Amazon Harbor Freight O'Reilly Auto Parts RockAuto Al Jazeera No Agenda Show McBroken.com PayPal Podcast Apps Note: a scam site, campsales[.]com, was also named on air — not linked here on purpose. Support the Show: There are three ways to pay back any value you got from this episode — Time, Talent, and Treasure. Time: share the show with a friend, family, or on social media. Talent: if you make art (hand-drawn or AI), send it our way and we'll feature it in chapter and episode art. Treasure: if you've gotten value out of the show and want to support it directly, you can do that through the show — whatever amount feels right to you. Get In Touch: Rich -- rchelson@gmail.com Bryan -- circlecast@gmail.com If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988 The world needs you here.

    Bald Head Bacon and a 59-Cent Pup Cup

  7. Jul 27

    Storm Surge Selfies, Clock Springs, and Yucky Song Wrong Hole

    This week Rich rides out Tropical Storm Bertha's storm surge with Bella in tow, then dives deep into Jeep repairs — clock springs, shocks, and cabin air filters. Ron chimes in with his own trail-ride mayhem, a near-miss on the road, and the story of his mom's sentimental Buick Regal. From there the guys swap trucking stories (Blue Pete included), wander through mountain passes and winter misery, and land on a Puerto Rico deployment story before wrapping with a Scott update, a water-rights rant, chicken tender secrets, and MIT's free course catalog. Links Mentioned: RockAuto Extreme Terrain onX Off-Road MIT OpenCourseWare PayPal Podcast Apps Support the Show: There are three ways to pay back any value you got from this episode — Time, Talent, and Treasure. Time: share the show with a friend, family, or on social media. Talent: if you make art (hand-drawn or AI), send it our way and we'll feature it in chapter and episode art. Treasure: if you've gotten value out of the show and want to support it directly, you can do that through the show — whatever amount feels right to you. Get In Touch: Rich -- rchelson@gmail.com Bryan -- circlecast@gmail.com If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988 The world needs you here.

    Storm Surge Selfies, Clock Springs, and Yucky Song Wrong Hole

  8. Jul 20

    Galley Nippers, Gopher Gas, and a Fatter Fat Boy

    Rich, Bryan, and Ron cover a lot of ground this week — back MRIs, a blown disc that ended jump status, a Hemet tire that ate a whole Saturday in Korea, a stolen challenge coin, Bella's dinner theater, and a yard war against mosquitoes and a mole. There's also a genuinely great story about letting a foster kid drive a Jeep through the trails at a camp near Marble Falls. Brian's wife Jana has gallbladder surgery, the guys argue about cryonics and Tootsie Pops, and it all wraps up with the site of the day: Supercook.com, for when you've got random ingredients and no plan. Links Mentioned Supercook.com — enter what's in your kitchen, get recipes backAllRecipes.com — where some of Supercook's full recipes link out toPodcastApps.com — find a modern podcast app like Podcast GuruTwoGrumpyVets.com — donate button, show infoSupport the Show We're a Time, Talent, Treasure kind of show. If you got value out of this episode, the best thing you can do is share it with somebody — friend, family, even your worst enemy. If you've got a talent for digital art, send us episodic or chapter art. And if you want to chip in financially, whatever you can afford — we're grateful for every bit of it and we'll never treat it like it wasn't enough. Get In Touch Bryan: circlecast@gmail.com Rich: rchelson@gmail.com If you are struggling with life please reach out to The Suicide Life Line - Dial 988 The world needs you here.

    Galley Nippers, Gopher Gas, and a Fatter Fat Boy
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This show is about two grumpy vets and a duuude who became friends and have been talking once a week for the last 4 or 5 years. These conversations result in many rabbit holes being chased. Finally, in our infinite wisdom, we decided to share this with you. To let you know that you can find someone to talk to about anything and still maintain your manly attitude. This show will talk about real subjects and real life, if that offends you, then change the channel. We are Podcast 2.0 compliant using the value-for-value model. So take a break and listen to 2 Grumpy Vets and a Duuude, solve the world's problems...and get nowhere!

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  • Creator
    Richard Chelson and Bryan Goodwin
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    117
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Rich Chelson and Bryan Goodwin 2024-2026
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