The Smoke Shack Podcast

08/20/2025

Sorry for no recordings. Just a lot of personal, professional, and VA stress. My career path may be changing soon for the better, heres hoping. And VA is... well the VA 😆. But throwing the idea around of doing some occasional gaming streaming just to relax maybe once a week or every other. Especially since i got internet from work now. And figured if anyone wanted to chat or prompt stories out of me, shoot the breeze, we'll it'd be nice to hang out with everyone. And clearly as you can see, I could do modern games or the o so Glorious Game that is Zelda Ocarina of Time.

The good news is if certain career paths work out, ill be able to settle some things going on in life and hopefully get back to releasing episodes again frequently. I know i miss it and were not getting any younger 😅. I'm very technically unsavvy so we'll see how it goes

05/25/2025

For anyone who might have a rough go this Memorial Day weekend, feel free to post, comment, remember, reach out, do whatever you need to do on here or to the messenger app and even my personal if you have it. Remember the bois we've lost whether to external conflicts or the ones inside.

01/09/2025

Just putting it out there, would love to have some people put their name in to come on. Would love to give the Navy some love. And you know what, they work hard and we've all seen The Guardian, some Coasties are always welcome. Some point we will abandon all hope and bring on everyone's favorite problem child and get some Marines.

12/21/2024

Not saying I got you guys a Christmas present..... but i got you guys a Christmas present.

06/12/2024

Looking for:
Early GWoT, pre 2008 and preferably enlisted before 9/11, vets willing to talk on the podcast. Combat and non combat MOSs. A lot of hard questions for vets from that time.

Foreign military English speaking vets.

If you know anyone down to talk, send me a message on here or to [email protected].

06/11/2024

So we still enjoying the improv unscripted format and interviews? Anything you'd like to see added or changed? Let us know below.

06/02/2024

Give Lucas a Smoke Shack welcome and head over and listen to his episode, or save it for tomorrows commute, whatever your listening routine may be!

Tame Is Lame: The Clark and Sally Story

Introducing first timer Luke Clark in am in person interview, we get to hear about how Papa Bear became Sally, the mindset to make it in a hostile environment, dumb luck, and the another POV of the St Patty's Day Massacre and Taliban Underground Presents. Hard episode to hear but worth the listen.

06/02/2024

New episode currently uploading. Should be available tomorrow evening, 2 June. Starring Papa Bear and never before recorded guest, Luke Clark! It'll be his introductory episode.

There... be happy ya goons.

03/10/2024

Besides first hand accounts from veterans what else would you be interested in hearing?
Famous Battles?
Medal of Honor Awardees?

Let me know down below

11/12/2022

Happy veterans day to all. I know, its been a hot minute since something has been released, but hopefully these wonderful bedtime stories will make the wait worth it. Love you all, and I know, at this point GRR Martin is more likely to finish a book than I release an episode 😅.

Happy veterans day everyone. Grab yourself some cocoa, or perhaps sit in a comfy chair with a blanket, or maybe just snuggle up in bed, relax on this Veterans Day to the bedtimes stories written by your favorite E4 Ever, Spc Rogen

07/11/2022

And its out!! Also no there was no better title for this, I genuinely now wish I had gone Air Force 😆

https://anchor.fm/erik-johnson52/episodes/Should-Have-Been-Air-Force-Sr-Air-Patterson-e1l2hv3

On this episode of the smoke shack podcast, we're with a good friend of Papa Bear, Mr. Patterson, an F15E maintainer with some great insight as to why you should never join anything but the Air Force... they get lobster on Wednesday.

07/10/2022

Tonight, will be recording the new full length episode of TSSP w/ an Air Force vet! Looking forward to it and hope you all are as well! Episode of course will be delivered to all your podcast services tomorrow!

https://anchor.fm/erik-johnson52/episodes/Should-Have-Been-Air-Force-Sr-Air-Patterson-e1l2hv3