The War Daddy Podcast : A Deep Dive into the Dark Heart of War and Military History, told through a Storyteller's lens.
Season 1 traces the ancient roots of Japanese Ritual Suicide from Seppuku and HaraKiri to the Kamikaze Pilots of WW2 - All culminating in the one and only Suicide SuperBattleship Yamato's epically doomed final Banzai charge. Then take a step further and explore the apocalyptic alternate history that would have happened had the American war machine executed Operation Downfall, the Invasion of Japan.
A painstakingly researched, cinematic sonic thrill ride - War Daddy brings you as close to the action as you'd ever want to be...
Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name, Credential] about the theological implications of the current administration and its perceived anti-Christian agenda.
25 Mar 2026
The Sacred Wound - War With Iran
War with Iran : What does "unconditional surrender" mean to a martyrdom cult?
2 Apr 2024
Bloody Winnie : A gin-soaked crash-course history of Sir Winston Churchill
An audacious sonic celebration and gin-soaked crash-course history of Modern Britain’s most legendary character : Sir Winston Churchill
30 Dec 2020
Digging Deeper : The Unique Insight of Historian, Professor and Author Jared Frederick
Digging deeper into topics raised in "Monuments and the American Soul", I sit down with Historian, Professor, Author and former Historical Guide at the Gettysburg Battle Site, Jared Frederick. This wide-ranging discussion touches on the battle over the memory of historic sites, the current state of military reenactments, Showtime's new adaptation of the John Brown story, "The Good Lord Bird", as well as teaching history at the College Level.
These new "Digging Deeper" episodes will further explore previous topics by way of candid discussions with experts.
28 Oct 2020
Digging Deeper : Teaching the Truth of the American Past
To dig deeper into the topics raised in "Monuments and the American Soul", I sit down with History Teacher Josh Kabrel, who finds himself on the front lines in the battle to teach the truth of America's past to future generations.
These new "Digging Deeper" episodes will further explore previous topics by way of candid discussions with experts.
11 Oct 2020
MONUMENTS AND THE AMERICAN SOUL
Monuments and the American Soul is a globe-spanning meditation on shrines, statues and monuments that explores how our memory of the past not only created the flash-point moment we inhabit - but shapes the understanding that future generations will inherit.
This deep-dive knits together a constellation of controversies, starting with Emperor HiroHito’s American-abetted escape from the hangman’s noose, the poisoning of the American memory of the Civil War, all the way to Thomas Jefferson’s Slaves and culminating with the 2020 mass-protests currently raging at the foot of Robert E. Lee’s Statue in Virginia.
Born as an OpEd article (currently available on Medium) this conversation has been given new sonic life, rendered in that gripping, immersive style only WarDaddy can deliver.
16 Dec 2019
EPISODE VI - OBLIVION
The Greatest Battleship ever to exist - The Imperial Japanese Flagship Yamato - Set sail on her grotesque, one-way Kamikaze Mission on April 7th 1945. This is the Final Act in her Death Saga. Witness the soul-shaking culmination of Yamato's Epically Doomed Suicidal Banzai Charge.
1 Oct 2019
EPISODE V - The Final Battle
This is it. April 7th 1945. The Kamikaze Battleship Yamato steams unstoppably towards Glory and Oblivion. The sky fills with vengeful US WarBirds, hellbent on fulfilling her Death Wish. The Final Battle is at hand...
Witness the insane culmination of Battleship Yamato's epically doomed suicide mission - Told though a molar rattling, pulse pounding soundtrack. This is Military History like you've never heard it before.
Including a special forward from the legendary Steven Downes, the voice of Halo's Master Chief.
16 Apr 2019
EPISODE IV - Enter the Death Swamp
The Greatest Kamikaze Attack of All Time is unleashed. The Most Fearsome Battleship ever launched sets sail. The American Juggernaut prepares to answer the Death Wish of her fanatical foe. The God of War smiles. An unstoppable force.. an immovable object..
Yamato's Epic One-Way-Mission towards Death and Glory is at hand.
21 Sept 2018
EPISODE III - Divine Wind
What does it take to make a man consider his mortal flesh a weapon? In Episode 3, we trace the roots of the Japanese Kamikaze Pilots of WW2 back to their ancient lineage of ritual suicide known as Hara-kiri and Seppuku. Following this gory path through the ages is the only way to truly understand how to make a Kamikaze.. Raw, fast paced and painstakingly researched, let WarDaddy take you on a sonic cinematic experience into the dark heart of warfare.
4 Jun 2018
EPISODE II - The Sun Also Sets
Episode 2 sets the stage as the Suicide Battleship Yamato embarks on her epically doomed final Banzai charge...
30 Mar 2018
EPISODE I - A Glorious Way To Die
When you think of the mythic Kamikaze, you probably picture a stoic Japanese warrior, bowing to the rising sun, a sip of sake before climbing into his bomb laden Zero on a one way trip to eternity.. and that’s all true...
But in the death throes of the Japanese Navy - the coup de grace expression of the Kamikaze spirit came in the form of the suicide Battleship, Yamato. By focusing on the Yamato’s epically doomed final Banzai charge, we will pull back the veil on everything Kamikaze.
Season One reaches deep into the history of Bushido, Seppuku and all the ancient fables and battles that allowed this most terrible tactic of war to take hold - A tactic that brought America to its most monstrous form.
Through first had accounts, final letters home and a uniquely cinematic storytelling style, War Daddy gets you as close to the action as you'd want to be - and one step closer to understanding what it takes to climb into that cockpit, knowing that carrying out your mission will ultimately extinguish your life.
Then, we'll go a step further and dissect the apocalyptic would-be outcome that could have happened had the American war machine executed Operation Downfall, the invasion of Japan.
Take a deep dive into the dark heart of warfare an history - all the gory details, nightmarish battles and incredible acts of heroism, told though a rich and vivid soundscape.
Inside a recent episode
They Don't want Jesus. They Want a Caliph.
Published 14 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Joseph Ark burned at the stake. The apostles, every single one of them tortured and killed rather than compromise. 1200 years of martyrs, of saints, of people who chose death over accommodation. And Sean Hannity quits because the Pope chose Jesus over Trump. Christianity is the costume. Trump is the religion. The proof being, when the actual leader of their actual stated faith stood up and said, in the most gentle, most theologically precise possible terms, what you are doing is not what Jesus taught. They didn't pray on it. They didn't struggle with it. They didn't go to confession. They quit. […]
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