Apr 28, 2022
This week, Francis speaks with defense journalist and subject-matter expert on drone warfare Kelsey Atherton (@athertonkd) to discuss the history of drone warfare, its current manifestations, and what new sorts of machines we can expect to see as the technology of distributed, long-distance warfare becomes more and more...
Apr 21, 2022
This week, Francis speaks to military dot com reporter Thomas Novelly about his recent article covering post-9/11 veterans’ experiences with the VFW and similar organizations. Thomas makes the point that, after his piece ran, he was inundated with email from younger veterans whose experiences had been almost all...
Apr 14, 2022
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Nate and Francis discuss whether or not it’s a good idea to even attempt to save old veterans’ social organizations and fraternal orders. We read a very ill-advised statement from the American Legion’s commander in 2020 where he compared the Black Lives Matter protests to covid-19, discuss...
Apr 8, 2022
This week, Francis and Nate are joined by our former cohost Adrian Bonenberger (twitter.com/AdrianBonenber1), who's been reporting from Ukraine for years and recently traveled there to help evacuate his family. We speak about what he experienced there, the narratives surrounding the war, the lessons we can learn from...
Apr 8, 2022
In the first episode for this week, Nate speaks with Sam Asumadu of Media Diversified (@WritersofColour) about far right in places like Ukraine, Myanmar, and the militaries of countries like the UK and US. She's currently researching an article to try and thread the needle of all these stories, and we hope you enjoy...