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Apr 16
#296 Meg Appelgate - Why Parents Are Being Lied To About Teen “Treatment”
Meg Appelgate is the Founder and CEO of Unsilenced, a nonprofit organization launched in January 2022 to support past, present, and future victims of institutional child abuse. A survivor of the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI), Meg was abducted from her bed at age 15 and confined in ... Show More
2h 23m
Apr 13
#295 Samuel Reineberg - First-Hand Account of the Old Dominion Terrorist Attack
Prior-enlisted in the U.S. Army, he began his military career as an 88K (Watercraft Operator) at Fort Eustis, Virginia, where he served aboard the Logistics Support Vessel (LSV-5) and later became the first Leading Seaman of the Maneuver Support Vessel Light (MSVL). In 2023, he w ... Show More
1h 51m
Apr 6
#294 Pete Blaber - Part 2: Delta Force Commander on Pablo Escobar, Takur Ghar, and Pat Tillman
Pete Blaber is a retired Delta Force commander renowned for leading elite counter-terrorism and special operations teams across the globe, now applying his battle-tested leadership principles to corporate environments, authorship, and innovative security solutions. Born and raise ... Show More
6h 59m
Aug 2021
'My Heart Is Broken’: An Afghan Pastor Grapples with the US Withdrawal
Earlier this year, Joe Biden announced that after close to 20 years, the United States would be withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan. Last week, as the military began its exit, the Taliban was ready and within days had seized control of the country. The ascent sparked widespre ... Show More
43m 40s
Aug 2021
America’s Final Hours in Afghanistan
<p>On Monday night, after a 20-year war that claimed 170,000 lives, cost over $2 trillion and did not defeat the Taliban, the United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan. </p><p>As the last of the American forces left under the cover of darkness, there was celebratory ... Show More
23m 36s
Aug 2021
Afghanistan’s President flees his country
8m 24s
Aug 2021
G7 tries to salvage Afghanistan crisis
9m 52s
Aug 2021
America’s Miscalculations, Afghanistan’s Collapse
<p>The last few days in Afghanistan have been chaotic as the Taliban retake control of the country.</p><p>The debacle can be traced to a number of assumptions that guided the execution of the U.S. withdrawal from the country after two decades of war.</p><p>How could those assumpt ... Show More
23m 58s
Aug 2021
Life under the Taliban: ‘Herat is now like a ghost city’
9m 46s
Aug 2021
The Fall of Afghanistan
<p><i>This episode contains strong language. </i></p><p>On Sunday, the president of Afghanistan fled the country; the Taliban seized control of Kabul, the capital; and the American-backed government collapsed.</p><p>One outspoken critic of the Taliban — a 33-year-old Kabul reside ... Show More
23m 52s
Aug 2021
Tuesday, August 17, 2021: 10,000 Americans Still In Afghanistan
The Pentagon attempts to speed up evacuations for as many as 10,000 Americans still in Afghanistan, with the aim to airlift 5,000 to 7,000 passengers out per day. The Pentagon revealed in a briefing a short time ago they are in regular communication with the Taliban. Today the Ta ... Show More
40m 23s
Nov 2021
Hunger crisis in Afghanistan
Is it time to stop the freeze of the country's financial assets and donor aid or will that just legitimise the Taliban? Ed Butler speaks to John Sifton, the Asia advocacy director for the campaign group Human Rights Watch, who says the west should ease up on its sanctions to help ... Show More
18m 11s
The United States withdrew the last of its troops from Afghanistan in August of 2021, signaling the end of a nearly 20 year conflict that cost 8 Trillion dollars and the lives of 900,000 people, including over 7,000 U.S. Service Members. The U.S. exit from Afghanistan resulted in the Taliban reestablishing armed control of the country and created a refugee c ... Show More
<p><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b1e7f141-e281-4bee-81e3-b11eaf9d767d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/b1e7f141-e281-4bee-81e3-b11eaf9d767d</a></p><br><p>Afghanistan’s pr ... Show More
<p><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f23d324d-b17e-4f6a-bacd-dad8fed54493" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/f23d324d-b17e-4f6a-bacd-dad8fed54493</a></p><br><p>At an emergency ... Show More
<p><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3e727154-099c-4af8-b3a0-5aa2742bcdca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/3e727154-099c-4af8-b3a0-5aa2742bcdca</a></p><br><p>US military offi ... Show More