Best Brad Chester Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 18: I love a rainy Knight (with Brad Chester) 1:05:54

24d ago1:05:54

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial and Chaos Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. In this episode Steve is joined the legendary Brad Chester - former pizza king of Toledo, Ohio, celebrated top 40k player, former member of team USA, and long ti…

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Episode 88 - Imperial Fists pt 2 - post Heresy Fists, Crimson fists, and Sigismund 1:02:07

1d ago1:02:07

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On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the imperial fists, sort of. We open with the conclusion of the Siege of Terra and how it wrecks Dorn. From there we go into the 2nd founding of the Imperial fists (Dorn was not about it), and dorns death (maybe). After that we spend time talking about the legacy of the Imperial Fists post Dorn and how th…

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Episode 87 - The Imperial Fists pt 1 - The Rise of the 7th legion. 1:11:48

8d ago1:11:48

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On today’s cast we begin our coverage of the 7th legion the Imperial Fists. We open with their origins during the Unification Wars. From there we talk about their role in the emperor’s crusade as the ultimate conquerors. Ater that we bring Dorn into the picture and his changes to the legion. We then spend time talking about how Dorn interacts with …

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Presidents v. World, with Jonathan Stokes 44:51

15d ago44:51

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April 2025 will be remembered as the month when President Donald Trump declared war against the entire world -- a trade war to be exact. Whatever one thinks about his decision, it was a bold move that few chief executives would be willing to do. But he's far from the only president to take such drastic action. In this episode, attorney Jonathan Sto…

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Episode 86 - Emperor's Children pt 2 - the Horus Heresy to Modern Era 1:24:04

15d ago1:24:04

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On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the 3rd legion of the Space Marines, the Emperor’s Children. We open with Fulgrim having to clear his possession by the daemon blade. From there we move over to the Fulgrim’s ascension to Daemon Prince. After that we cover the descent of the legion into just partying in the warp. From there we move to the…

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Episode 19: A strange Knight in Australia 1:22:12

20d ago1:22:12

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial and Chaos Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. This is a massive episode! Adam Camilleri went to an 87 player event with a REALLY left field list and won the whole thing, going 6 and 0. We talk about the list…

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Julia Sand and Chester Arthur: How A Random American Woman Influenced A President, with Destry Edwards 37:33

22d ago37:33

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Few presidents entered office more distrusted than America's 21st chief executive, Chester A. Arthur. But one American, Julia Sand, believed that he could rise to the occasion. What ensued was one of the most surprising and unlikely episodes in presidential history -- one that is the basis of a new documentary from the Competitive Enterprise Instit…

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Episode 85 - Emperor's Children pt 1 - The Rise and Fall of the 3rd Legion 1:23:38

22d ago1:23:38

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On today’s cast we cover the 3rd legion of the Space Marines, the Emperor’s Children. Starting with their founding from the conquered nobles houses of terra to their exemplary actions earning them the right to wear the Aquilla on their armor. We then spend time talking about the loss of their gene-seed and the presumed dooming of their legion, unti…

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Bonus episode- A great discussion with John & Brad with Tom from Robots Radio. 1:17:51

26d ago1:17:51

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Surprise! Today we have an extra episode available for all of you. This is not a podcast on Warhammer lore, but rather an episode to announce us joining an amazing group of Lore podcasts called Robots Radio. Is a collection of podcasts devoted to the lore of the gaming and nerd culture. In preparation we jumped on with Tom the head of the network a…

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Why the 2024 Presidential Election Was the Wildest Election of Our Lifetimes, with Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes 39:35

29d ago39:35

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A president in cognitive decline. A beleaguered Vice President. A party in shambles. An ex-president on the verge of the greatest political comeback in American history. And a lot of cat and dog memes. The 2024 presidential election featured all this, and more. In this episode, Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes take us behind the scenes in some of the…

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Episode 84 - The Age of Strife 1:08:12

29d ago1:08:12

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On today’s cast we cover the transition from Age of Technology into the Age of Strife. We open with mankind’s unification into the federation. Then we cover the mass appearance of psychers across the galaxy, and how they began to cause chaos into the federation. But then things get massively worse as the men of iron rise up in the cybernetic rebell…

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Episode 17: Good Knight, and Good Luck 52:28

1M ago52:28

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial and Chaos Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. In this episode Steve is joined by not one, but two of the best Imperial Knights players in the world! We go through every other army in the Imperium and ask Bri…

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Episode 83 - The Golden Age of Technology and mankind's expansion into the galaxy. 1:11:43

1M ago1:11:43

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On today’s cast we dive into the Golden age of technology. We open with the Age of Terra and some new lore about the Emperor and his battles with the Cognitae. From there we dive into the mankind conquering and terraforming Sol in preparation of launching into the galaxy. We then talk (briefly) about the men of gold, men of stone, and the expansion…

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Episode 16: Canadian Knights 1:09:32

1M ago1:09:32

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial and Chaos Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. In this episode Steve is joined by Ben Hauser in Canada. Ben is an experienced Imperial Knights player who recently went to a teams event at which he couldn't ta…

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America's Fallen Savior Part 2 | Herbert Hoover Troubleshoots America 1:00:42

1M ago1:00:42

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Herbert Hoover emerged from World War I with a reputation as the greatest living humanitarian. He would spend the 1920s applying his brilliance and organizational abilities to transforming the American economy. In this episode, we cover Hoover's superhuman efforts during the Roaring Twenties. JOIN PREMIUM Listen ad-free for only $5/month at www.bit…

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Episode 15: The Dogs of Knight 1:18:16

1M ago1:18:16

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial and Chaos Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. This epsode is Chaos. Ratnu Vaidya is the number 1 Chaos Knights player in the world by ITC rankings. He went 5 and 0 and helped his team to a win in Newcastle o…

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Episode 82 - Knights pt 2 - Discovery by the imperium and addition to the fold 1:05:35

1M ago1:05:35

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On today’s cast we complete our coverage of Knights in 40K. We open with the great crusade and the re-discovery of the knight worlds. We then take a quick turn to cover the titantica on mars, that kind of lost their mind when discovering the knight worlds. From there we talk about the knight worlds joining the imperium (really the mechanicus) and h…

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Episode 14: Friday Knight Lights! 1:02:19

2M ago1:02:19

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial and Chaos Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. In this episode Steve is joined by Oliver Campbell in Newcastle, England. Oliver came 9th out of 212 plasyers at the Sheffield Super Major - going 4 and 1 and pu…

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Episode 81 - Knights - their origins and survival of the long night 56:35

2M ago56:35

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On Today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Knights of 40K. We start with their origins in the Golden age of technology from the early colonists heading out into the galaxy with their STC’s. From there we talk about the Age of Strife separating the colonists from the rest of human civilization, but with a focus on how the Knight worlds survived. W…

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Episode 80 - Ynnari pt3 - Cawl and Guilliman save the Imperium 1:18:22

2M ago1:18:22

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On Today’s cast we finalize our coverage, for now, on the Ynnari story ark. This time we are focusing in the events of the imperium at this moment. We open with a back story on Belasarius Cawl, his birth and rise through the ranks of the Mechanicum and ad mech. More importantly we talk about his Soul Merging technology and the tasks given to him by…

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Episode 13: To-knight's the Knight! 1:03:15

2M ago1:03:15

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial and Chaos Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. In this episode Steve and special guest Jind Singh answer questions from the dioscord covering topics like when to spend CP, how to utilise reserves, the way to …

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Episode 79 - Ynnari pt 2 - Yvraine grows her forces and Slaanesh realizes the threat that is Ynnead. 1:12:32

2M ago1:12:32

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On Today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Ynnari with the further adventures of Yvraine. We open with her and the Ynnari’s arrival on craftworld Ulthwe, where they have to contend with a seer council who are suddenly no longer cool with Eldrad just doing whatever he wants with their craftworld all the time. We then cover their search for the …

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Clash of the Titans: American Presidents vs America's CEOs, with Tevi Troy 46:22

2M ago46:22

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Few people are more powerful than the president of the United States and the CEOs of America's biggest companies. In this episode, presidential historian Tevi Troy explains what happens when they go head-to-head. THE POWER AND THE MONEY: THE EPIC CLASHES BETWEEN COMMANDERS IN CHIEF AND TITANS OF INDUSTRY https://www.amazon.com/Power-Money-Clashes-C…

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Episode 78 - The Ynnari pt 1 - Ynnead, Yvraine, and the battle of Biel Tan 1:26:23

2M ago1:26:23

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On today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Ynnari. We start with a recap events of Demesnus to waken Ynnead. We then jump to the Yvrain and he becoming imbued with the god of death and her flight from the dark city. We then take a quick break to laugh at the original gameplay rules of the Ynnari (Soulburst for the auto-win!). After that we jump t…

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Episode 77 - Harlequins pt 2 - Harlequins moving the storyline along 51:10

3M ago51:10

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On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Harlequins. Today we focus more on how their interact with the 40K universe lore. We open with, of course, the Black Library and how it steers all of the actions of the Harlequins. From there wego into their reemergence in the galaxy and how they interact with the beings of the galaxy. From there we t…

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Episode 12: Rhythm of the Knight 1:16:47

3M ago1:16:47

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial and Chaos Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. In this episode Brian Jones joins us to talk deployment, AND his massive win at the Cherokee Open in the US. A 300 player event in which Imperial Knights took 1s…

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Episode 76 - The Harlequins pt 1 - Where they come from, who & what they are. 1:28:53

3M ago1:28:53

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On today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Harlequins! We start with the history of the Harlequins (what we know of it) and more importantly their god Cegorach. From there we move onto the masques of the Harlequins and how they interact with greater Eldar culture (Craftworld, Corsair Fleets, Exodites, and Drukhari). Then we dive into the differen…

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Episode 11.5: A little Knight light 31:34

3M ago31:34

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial and Chaos Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. In this small but perfectly formed epsiode Rees Darvill (last season's number 1 Imperial Knights player in the ITC) and Steve get to all the discord questions th…

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The JFK Assassination That You've Never Heard Of, with Brad Meltzer 39:06

3M ago39:06

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Everyone who loves history knows that John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Few, however, know that he was almost assassinated three years earlier. In this episode, bestselling historian Brad Meltzer discusses what he uncovered when investigating this forgotten moment in American history. THE JFK CONSPIRACY: THE SECRET PLOT TO KILL…

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Episode 75 - Blood Angels pt2 - After the Death of Sanguinius 1:12:14

3M ago1:12:14

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On today’s cast we finish out coverage of the Blood Angels legion. We open with the Blood Angles trying to rebuild their devastated legion after the Horus Heresy. From there we talk about the Blood Angles recruitment and their attempts to quell their gene-flaws. After that we take a turn and talk about some of our favorite Blood Angels successor ch…

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Episode 11: One of these Knights 1:26:07

3M ago1:26:07

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial and Chaos Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. In this episode Adam Camilleri joins us to build an Imperial Knights list. We go through the best of the Questoris and Cerastus datasheets and why we like them. …

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Episode 74 - Blood Angels pt1 - The origins 1:14:07

3M ago1:14:07

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On today's cast we begin our coverage of the Blood Angels Chapter. We start with their origins under the unification wars. From there their borderline descent into savagery as they pushed out into the great crusade. Next we jump to their Primarch Sanguinius. First with his arrival on Baal Secundus, and then his growth and rise to be the leader of t…

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Episode 73 - Random Xenos of the Galaxy pt 2 1:10:12

4M ago1:10:12

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On todays cast we complete or coverage of the xenos of the galaxy. Diving again head first into a ton of super random Xenos that GW has written into the game. Although we do start with the Jokaero, so that is awesome! Some others are the Enoulians, Laer, Maug, the Hrud, and others. We also talk a bit more about the times the imperium has made deals…

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Episode 72 - Random Xenos of the Galaxy pt 1 1:16:42

4M ago1:16:42

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On todays cast we begin our coverage of the random Xenos of the galaxy. Our focus is on some of the Xenos that have no codex. Thes are races that appear in stories, codexes, and some of GW’s side games. Many of these races have only a few (very well written) paragraphs on them in the lore, so it is more of a quick rundown on each of the races. On t…

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Episode 10: In Darkest Knight 1:23:59

4M ago1:23:59

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial and Chaos Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. This epsode is Chaos. Ratnu Vaidya went 5 and 0 and finished 8th overall, averaging 92 points per game at the Nottingham super major a few weeks ago. It's a mass…

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Episode 71 - Death Watch pt 2 - Their weapons, tactics, facilites, stories and more. 1:17:44

4M ago1:17:44

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On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Death Watch, the special forces of the Space Marines. We open with some of our favorite weapons and equipment of the Death Watch. Namely we focus on how specialized an borderline heretic their equipment and weaponry are. We also focus on how much of a nightmare it was to play against the death watch a…

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Episode 70 - Death Watch pt 1 - Who are the Death Watch and how does one become one 1:03:54

4M ago1:03:54

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On today’s cast we start our coverage of the Death Watch, the special forces of the Space Marines. We start with a quick overview of what the Death Watch are and then dive a bit into their two different founding stories (one was way better than the other). After that we talk about how a Space Marine joins the Death Watch, both the official and comm…

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Episode 9: Strangers in the Knight 1:17:37

4M ago1:17:37

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40k by Knight is a podcast especially for Imperial Knights players, hosted by Steve and Stig, that focusses on strategy and tactics for those of us who love the big, stompy life. In this episode Steve ansd Stig speak with jid Singh, who has been trying the Questor Forgepact detachment. Juind has 6 gamesd and an RTT under his belt with the new look …

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