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Send us a textJoin us in an interview with Retired Army Sergeant Major and former EOD Tech and Delta Force Operator Mike Vining, and former Air Force EOD Officer and bestselling nonfiction writer Brian Castner and learn about their exciting careers and their post EOD adventures where they each reinvented themselves.   You will also learn about their efforts to make the EOD History Path a place where all members of the EOD Family will feel at home while learning about the dangerous and rewarding career field of EOD.  Support the showClick here to support Behind the Warrior Podcast today! https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E110509&id=354

Un accord de l'Union Européenne acquis hier, jeudi, à Bruxelles, malgré l'opposition de la Hongrie... Un petit miracle ? Pas vraiment, raconte die Welt, selon lequel le chancelier Olaf Scholtz a eu une « brillante idée ». « Avec un sourire malicieux », raconte le quotidien allemand, « le chancelier a suggéré à Viktor Orban, de quitter la réunion un instant, pendant que tous les autres pays de l'UE voteraient sur la question controversée de l'adhésion. Et en effet : Orbán (...) s'est levé, il a lentement quitté la salle et s'est de fait abstenu lors du vote ».« Les 27 prennent une décision historique », titre, de son côté, El País qui commente ainsi l'attitude du Premier ministre hongrois : « il a béni l'accord par son silence et son absence ». Le journal espagnol évoque une « chorégraphie inventive qui a permis de parvenir à cet accord, une chorégraphie très inhabituelle, sans précédent, selon plusieurs diplomates ». Un accord tout aussitôt commenté par le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky, qui parle d'une « victoire pour toute l'Europe ». Un bémol, toutefois, précise El País. « Il n'y a eu aucun progrès, hier, vers un accord pour une nouvelle bouée de sauvetage économique pour Kiev ».  Et c'est d'ailleurs sur ce point précis, que Le Temps, en Suisse, a choisi de faire sa Une : « La Hongrie », dit-il, « bloque le soutien de 50 milliards d'euros de l'Union Européenne, à l'Ukraine ». Car selon Libération, en France, « Orbán menace de bloquer s'il n'obtient pas le déblocage de la vingtaine de milliards d'euros que l'Union européenne refuse de lui verser à cause des atteintes qu'il porte à l'État de droit dans son pays. »Révélations du Washington Post sur la guerre à GazaLe journal se fait l'écho d'une « évaluation des renseignements américains », selon lesquels Israël utilise des bombes « stupides », des bombes « non guidées », dans près de la moitié des frappes sur Gaza ». Un ratio qui, selon certains experts en armement, contribue à expliquer l'énorme nombre de victimes civiles du conflit (près de 19 000 selon le ministère de la Santé à Gaza). Révélation qui survient, remarque le Washington Post, « alors que les responsables américains font pression sur Israël, pour qu'il adopte une approche plus ciblée de sa campagne militaire ». Le quotidien américain a interrogé Brian Castner, enquêteur sur les armes à Amnesty International, pour lequel Israël « utilise des armes très, très lourdes »... « Et donc, lorsque vous les utilisez dans une zone densément peuplée, explique-t-il, même si vous touchez votre cible militaire, vous avez beaucoup plus de chances de tuer des civils à proximité ». Plusieurs hauts responsables américains, se sont rendus ou vont se rendre en Israël. C'est le cas notamment de Jack Sullivan, le conseiller à la Sécurité nationale de Joe Biden, qui, selon un député démocrate, devait informer « Netanyahu qu'il est allé bien trop loin, et que les bombardements doivent être considérablement limités, sinon Israël se retrouvera sans son dernier véritable ami ».Le Soir et la villa des époux TshisekediLe quotidien belge titre sur la « fastueuse villa secondaire des époux Tshisekedi, à Uccle » dans la région bruxelloise. Selon le Soir, « le couple présidentiel congolais loue (depuis deux ans) pour 20.000 euros par mois cette villa uccloise de prestige, dont le propriétaire n'est autre que Robert Levy, fondateur et président d'une des plus grandes banques de République démocratique du Congo ». Le Soir publie la photo d'une belle et vaste demeure entourée de verdure, avec même un petit étang devant sa porte. « Denise Nyakeru, l'épouse du président congolais, y résiderait de façon régulière en compagnie des cinq enfants du couple, scolarisés à Bruxelles ». Mais le montant du loyer, 20 000 euros par mois, donc, risque de faire grincer des dents... au moment où, Félix Tshisekedi s'apprête à se présenter pour un 2ᵉ mandat, lors de l'élection présidentielle de la semaine prochaine. 

Mason (10-3 in 2022), a Division I regional semifinalist last season, has to also replace some important positions due to graduation. "The product that we put on this field - the community should be proud every Friday night," Mason coach Brian Castner said this summer. Castner, who enters his 14th season as the Comets head coach, joined the podcast to discuss the expectations for the Comets, who open the season against visiting Gahanna Lincoln Aug. 18. He also reflected upon the tradition at Mason and how important it is to the school community. Senior linebacker Kai Woolfolk, senior defensive end/tight end Liam McManes, senior left tackle Vaughn Johnson and senior tight end Quinn Brown also joined the discussion for the Comets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With 15 Greater Cincinnati high school football teams in the Ohio regional semifinals this weekend, the stakes are even more significant this Friday night. The WCPO High School Insider podcast looks at some of the top matchups and speaks with some of the area's top coaches entering Week 13 of the season. You will hear from Mason coach Brian Castner as the Comets (10-2) prepare to play Moeller (11-1) in a Division I regional semifinal Friday night. Mason is making its first regional semifinal appearance in program history, according to the school's athletic department. Kings coach Alex Garvin explains how the Knights are preparing for their second matchup with Winton Woods - this time in the regional semifinal. Western Brown coach Nick Osborne reflects upon the Broncos' memorable rally in the final home of the season in a Division III quarterfinal. McNicholas coach Mike Orlando discusses how the Rockets' difficult regular-season schedule has prepared the young team for the regional semifinals. More at https://wcpo.com/highschoolinsider   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Mason High School football program is all about unity this season. The Comets (3-1, 3-0 Greater Miami Conference) have certainly fulfilled that theme the first half of this regular season. "They wanted to become the tightest team in Mason history," Comets coach Brian Castner said. "They want to be able to have the legacy of 'Man, that team had phenomenal chemistry because they loved one another and they wanted to be tight.'" Castner was a featured guest on this week's WCPO High School Insider podcast as he discussed how his team bonded this summer, including how it addressed mental health, leadership and other lessons that set the foundation for the team to thrive on the field the past four weeks. "I've always said I'm going to make you a better person before I make you a better player," Castner said. "And this program is going to make us better people before it make us better players. Chemistry is huge." Castner said he was emotional after the Comets' first win over Colerain in program history Sept. 9. "I can't say enough good things about them," Castner said. You will also hear from Milford coach Tom Grippa about the Eagles' first 4-0 start since 1977. Woodward coach Jeremy Pflug discusses the Bulldogs' third consecutive win including two offensive stars - junior quarterback Armoud Seals (1,426 yards passing) and junior wide receiver Donte Ferrell (839 yards receiving). Madeira coach Chris Stewart reflects upon the Mustangs' 4-0 record and why he enjoys coaching at the Cincinnati Hills League program in his fifth season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amnestys våbenekspert Brian Castner interviewer øjenvidner og graver sig igennem ruinerne i Ukraines ødelagte byer for at finde bomberester, der kan dokumentere krigsforbrydelser. 

The War in Afghanistan was Canada's longest war. More than 40,000 Canadian troops served. And countless Canadian civilians went to work in the country. But after twenty years, billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lives lost, Afghanistan is worse off than before. When the Taliban marched into Kabul last August, the world watched as Afghans clung to planes in an attempt to escape. We bring you the true story of the end of one of the forever wars through the eyes of the people who were there.   Featured in this episode: Wasai Rahimi, Ghousuddin Frotan, Brian Castner, Mohammed Sharif Sharaf, Matthieu Aikins   To learn more:   “Inside the Fall of Kabul” by Matthieu Aikins in New York Times Magazine “Escape from Afghanistan” by Mark MacKinnon in The Globe and Mail “Horror at Kabul's gate to freedom” by Nick Paton Walsh, Sandi Sidhu, Julia Hollingsworth, Masoud Popalzai, Sitara Zamani, Abdul Basir Bina, Katie Polglase & Gianluca Mezzofiore in CNN   Additional music from Audio Network   This episode is brought to you by Rotman's Risk Management Program, Oxio, Escaping Denver, and Ground News   If you listen on Apple, subscribe to Canadaland Politics for $2.99/month for ad-free episodes of COMMONS, Wag the Doug and The BackBench. https:/apple.co/3wjxaRW   Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests include: Peter W. Singer of New America (at the 1:43 mark); Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley (7:56); Greg Jackson of the U.S. Army Special Forces (12:24); Habib Hassan, former Afghan interpreter (17:15); Retired Army Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule (22:41); Dr. Edda Fields-Black of Carnegie Mellon University (28:15); Brian Castner of Amnesty International (36:38); And Defense One's Patrick Tucker (39:58).

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Brian Castner about his book Stampede. This is one of those stories we all know something about, the question is, how much do we actually know and is that accurate. The Alaskan Gold Rush is the stuff of legend and stories abound regarding this moment in history. Castner takes us on a journey back in time and introduces us to the people who made this journey and risked their lives to strike it rich. You better bundle up, because you will feel the chill of the bitter Alaskan wind while reading this.

This episode is broken into three parts: 'No front line,' with former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer Brian Castner (at the 1:59 mark); The Weight, with Marine Corps Infantry officer Walker Mills (at 15:09); The Future, featuring Army Maj. Gen. Ross Coffman, director of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team; Deputy Program Executive Officer for Army Ground Combat Vehicles, Jim Schirmer; and Mike Cadieux, director of the Army's Ground Vehicle Systems Center (starting at 24:02). Extra reading: "Projected Acquisition Costs for the Army's Ground Combat Vehicles," Congressional Budget Office, April 2021 (PDF); Read Mills' take on the JLTV (from Sept. 2020) at the Modern War Institute, here; Watch "Pentagon Wars" on HBO, here; or find the book on Amazon, here. Find a transcript of this episode here.

When gold was discovered in the Yukon, 100,000 people desperately tried to make it to a small patch of land in one of the most remote environments on the continent. Few made it all the way.  The Klondike Gold Rush was many things: a media conspiracy, a ponzi scheme, a land grab. But above all, it was a humanitarian disaster that stretched over much of the Pacific Northwest.   Featured in this episode: Brian Castner, Deb Vanasse   To learn more: Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike by Brian Castner Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack and the Klondike Race for Gold by Deb Vanassse Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rushby Pierre Berton   Additional music from Audio Network   This episode is sponsored by Rotman's Executive Leadership Online, Douglas and Dispatch Coffee.  Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Konflikt gör en resa från Afghanistan, där hungersnöd och rädsla nu breder ut sig, längs en flyktväg mot EU där gräns efter gräns är stängd. Medverkande: Haji Nader och Mahnaz, invånare i Mazar-e-Sharif, Ahmed, Kabulbo som flytt till Tadzjikistan, Kalina Czwarnog från den polska hjälporganisationen Fundacja Ocalenie, Bogdana Bogdan, invånare i polska gränsbyn Krynki, Ruben Andersson,  professor i socialantropologi på universitetet i Oxford, Juma Lomani, hazaraktivist i Stockholm, Brian Castner, krigsbrottsutredare på Amnesty International mfl Programledare: Ivar Ekman ivar.ekman@sr.se Reportrar: Nanna Muus Steffensen, Johanna Melén, Lubna-El-Shanti, Naila Saleem Tekniker: Mariette Parling Producent: Anja Sahlberg anja.sahlberg@sr.se

20 de septiembre | Nueva YorkHola, maricoper. Otra de drones asesinos.Bienvenido al maricoffee, una columna y dos titulares de actualidad para empezar bien informado la semana —con podcast narrado.Si te gusta el formato, puedes recibir entregas similares los martes, miércoles y jueves con una suscripción premium con la que apoyarás el proyecto periodístico independiente de La Wikly:Leer esta newsletter te llevará 4 minutos y 34 segundos.Power Rangers. Bienvenido a La Wikly.💥 “Este horrible error”Por Anita PereyraEl secretario de Defensa estadounidense, Lloyd Austin, admitió en un comunicado que Estados Unidos cometió un error cuando lanzó un ataque con drones contra presuntos militantes del Estado Islámico Korashan en Kabul durante los días de evacuación de Afganistán."Ofrezco mi más sentido pésame a los familiares sobrevivientes de los asesinados. […] Pedimos disculpas y nos esforzaremos por aprender de este horrible error", dijo Austin.Las disculpas llegan casi 20 días después de un ataque que dejó un saldo de diez muertes civiles, incluyendo a siete niños. Te hablamos de las informaciones preliminares en esta otra newsletter.La operación del 29 de agosto fue originalmente defendida por el Departamento de Defensa como un "ataque justo" contra un sospechoso organizador de ISIS-K que conducía un vehículo por un barrio de Kabul cercano al aeropuerto internacional donde se estaban llevando a cabo las operaciones de evacuación.Según reconocieron las autoridades, el conductor, Zamarai Ahmadi, era un trabajador humanitario que llevaba varios años trabajando para un grupo con sede en EE.UU. y que transportaba latas de agua para su familia.“Ahora sabemos que no había conexión entre el Sr. Ahmadi e ISIS-Khorasan, que sus actividades ese día fueron completamente inofensivas y no estaban relacionadas en absoluto con la amenaza inminente que creíamos que enfrentamos, y que el Sr. Ahmadi era tan inocente como víctima, al igual que los demás trágicamente asesinados“, dijo Austin.El ataque con misiles se produjo días después de que un ataque suicida en el aeropuerto de Kabul se cobrara la vida de al menos 170 afganos y 13 militares estadounidenses, lo que probablemente contribuyó a generar una sensación de “urgencia'' entre los oficiales militares.La escena que describió a The Washington Post un vecino que presenció la escena es muy diferente a la primera versión oficial ofrecida por militares estadounidenses: los cuerpos de tres adultos y siete niños, que pertenecían a una sola familia extendida, cubiertos de sangre y metralla.Incluso cuando medios de comunicación como Al-Jazeera reportaron la muerte de civiles, la versión oficial estadounidense mantuvo que el ataque fue justo.El general Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, que encabeza el Comando Central de EE.UU. y supervisó la misión de Afganistán hasta el final, reconoció que los informes publicados por algunos medios de comunicación jugaron un papel en determinar los errores de los militares."El ejército de Estados Unidos solo se vio obligado a admitir su fracaso en este ataque debido al escrutinio global actual sobre Afganistán", apuntó Brian Castner, principal asesor del programa de respuesta a crisis de Amnistía Internacional.McKenzie reveló que Estados Unidos está considerando una compensación financiera "ex gratia" para las familias de las víctimas, pero señaló que ahora es difícil llegar a la gente en el terreno en Afganistán.En entrevistas para distintos medios de comunicación, los familiares de las víctimas pidieron una disculpa “cara a cara” además de la compensación económica.Emal Ahmadi, cuya hija Malika, de 3 años, está entre los fallecidos, pidió que los supervivientes fueran reubicados en EE.UU. u otro país considerado seguro."Hoy fue una buena noticia para nosotros que Estados Unidos admitiera oficialmente que había atacado a civiles inocentes. Nuestra inocencia ha sido probada", dijo Ahmadi.Más información en  The Washington Post.🛂 Abren las puertasLa Casa Blanca anunció este lunes que pondrá fin a las restricciones de viajeros internacionales a partir de noviembre. Eso incluye a visitantes provenientes de países de la zona Schengen que tenían vetado el acceso a EE.UU. desde hace año y medio.La medida tomará efectos “a principios de noviembre” y requerirá que todos los viajeros tengan la pauta de vacunación completa y se hayan hecho un test negativo de COVID-19 en los días previos a su visita.Queda por confirmar qué vacunas aceptarán como buenas. En EE.UU. solo están aprobadas para uso de emergencia las de Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna y Johnson & Johnson/Janssen.El anuncio encaja en un momento de relaciones diplomáticas dañadas entre Europa y los EE.UU. de Biden, especialmente por parte de Francia, dolida por el acuerdo entre Reino Unido, Australia y EE.UU. para hacer frente a China.Más información en The New York Times.🇷🇺 Putin mantiene poderEl partido de Vladimir Putin, United Russia, se aseguró una nueva y abrumadora victoria en las elecciones parlamentarias celebradas esta fin de semana en Rusia.Tras el primer escrutinio del domingo, las fuerzas opositoras parecían haber recortado terreno a Putin, el suficiente como para hacerle perder la supermayoría parlamentaria al partido del mandatario ruso.Pero el recuento de los votos online anunciado el lunes despedazó las ventajas de los candidatos de la oposición, que terminaron perdiendo en decenas de distritos electorales donde hasta hace unas horas llevaban ventaja.El historial electoral de Rusia no es precisamente el mejor de una supuesta democracia, pero este año la represión contra la oposición ha sido dura en multitud de frentes: detenciones, presiones a los gigantes tecnológicos, sospechas de pucherazo…Este hilo es perturbador.Más información en The Wall Street Journal.En otro orden de cosas, este lunes estuve en Twitch hablando de las elecciones en Rusia, del acuerdo AUKUS entre Australia, Reino Unido y Estados Unidos, y de la erupción del volcán en Canarias, entre otras cosas.Tienes el stream completo aquí.Si quieres apoyar este proyecto, y de paso tener acceso a nuestra comunidad de Discord, los eventos exclusivos que organizamos allí y recibir contenido exclusivo tres veces a la semana, puedes apuntarte a La Wikly Premium aquí:Feliz semana, This is a public episode. 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Enjoy the interview with CMSgt (RET) Linda Cox who was the first female EOD Technician in the military.  A native to both Oklahoma and Texas, Linda enlisted in the Air Force in 1971.  Several years into her Air Force enlistment, a fellow airman dared her to apply for EOD School and the rest is history! Linda gives great perspective on fate, accomplishments and philosophy on life.  She is close to officially retiring after over 40 years of service both in EOD and UXO career field. Her life long love of  learning and curious nature will continue to fill her cup, long after she retires!   Resources: Blowing up the Glass Ceiling: The Untold Story Of  The Military's First Female Bomb Technician by Brian Castner  https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briancastner/they-couldnt-very-well-turn-me-downAncient Inventions by Peter James and Nick Thorpe Support the show (http://weblink.donorperfect.com/BehindTheWarrior)

Brian Castner - Former EOD Officer, Author and War Crimes Investigator Brian Castner wanted to be an astronaut in the Air Force but landed himself in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) community. He said he would't trade it for the world. His experience during his multiple deployments shaped him as the writer he is today. He has written two military books, one about his own combat experience in Iraq and the other about a friend who died in Afghanistan. After writing these books Brian wanted to write something different. He loves history and travel and pursued that genre with Disappointment River. A book about Alexander Mackenzie, a fur trader and his attempt to cross North America 14 years before Lewis and Clark. His most recent book, Stampede, gives a glimpse into the true realties of the history of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. In addition to an author, Brian is a War Crimes Investigator for Amnesty International. Spending recent time in Afghanistan to investigate civilian casualties. Brian continues to write in both avenues and is currently looking for ideas for his next book. Stay tuned for what's to come. Learn More Website: https://briancastner.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/briancastnerwriter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/brian_castner VeteranCrowd Network Our "forever promise" is to build the veteran and military spouse community a place to connect and engage. VeteranCrowd is simply a national network of veterans, veteran led businesses and the resources they need to prosper. Subscribe to stay in touch, or consider if Individual or Corporate Membership in the Network is a fit for you.   About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and private capital formation. He founded the VeteranCrowd Network to bring veterans and veteran-led businesses together with each other and the resources they need to prosper.    

Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky high school football begins this week in a much-anticipated return. The 24th annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown will highlight several of the Cincinnati area's top teams throughout this season.In-Game Sports president Tom Gamble, the longtime Showdown organizer, joined the WCPO High School Insider to discuss the event's rich history with talented players and team along with the outlook for this season. Gamble, who is also the Greater Catholic League South division commissioner, also discussed the upcoming school year in all sports for the conference. You will also hear from St. Xavier athletic director Brian Reinhart about the much-anticipated Showdown game with Lakota West at St. X Friday night and Mason coach Brian Castner discusses a 60th anniversary celebration of Comets' football. Find more at https://wcpo.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, we talk about: Savage Country by Robert Olmstead (https://bit.ly/3fAus19) The Long Walk by Brian Castner (https://bit.ly/3xtBriE) Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (https://bit.ly/3CoCrbC) and Dear Everybody by Michael Kimball (https://bit.ly/2TYoXBY) We also mention but don't get too deep into: Heartland by Sarah Smarsh (https://bit.ly/3AlCNhw) Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession (https://bit.ly/37EP3xj) The Call by Yannick Murphy (https://bit.ly/3AlRQr8) and The Meadow by James Galvin (https://bit.ly/3jv1PUp) We also briefly mention Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne (https://bit.ly/3CqQY6I)

https://www.alainguillot.com/brian-castner/ Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. His latest book is Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3BvPqrk

Today, I speak with Brian Castner about his new book Stampede, which follows the Klondike Gold Rush. It is a historically-accurate story about the people who made the Klondike what it was, and how the Klondike changed all of them forever.  Find his book here: https://www.amazon.ca/Stampede-Fever-Human-Disaster-Klondike/dp/0385544502 Support: www.patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx  

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. In Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (Doubleday, 2021), author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich. Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor's Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. In Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (Doubleday, 2021), author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich. Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor’s Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. In Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (Doubleday, 2021), author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich. Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor’s Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-west

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. In Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (Doubleday, 2021), author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich. Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor’s Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. In Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (Doubleday, 2021), author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich. Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor’s Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. When newspapers announced that gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks, tens of thousands of them were embarking towards some of the harshest terrain on the planet, in the middle of winter, woefully unprepared and with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. Today’s guest is Brian Castner, author of STAMPEDE: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike. We discuss a number of characters who joined the Gold Rush, including Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold; Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves; the notorious gangster Soapy Smith; goodtime girls; Skookum Jim; and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich.

Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. His most recent book is Stampede, a new history of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor's Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. In March 2018 he joined Amnesty International as a Senior Crisis Advisor.Brian can be reached at BrianCastner.com***Follow the Greg Krino Show here...GregKrino.comYouTubeInstagramFacebookTwitterLinkedInIf you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a short review on your podcast app. It takes only a minute, and it really helps convince popular guests to join me.If you have comments or ideas for the show, please contact me at gregkrinoshow@gmail.com.

S6 E26: In this episode, meet co-authors Mike O'Toole and Hugh Kennedy, film critic David Thomson, and journalist Brian Castner. Whether you are a business buff looking for a jolt of inspiration, a film buff seeking behind-the-screen secrets, or a history buff questing after untold stories, you'll want to hear more about each of these author's new audiobooks. Plus, get the inside scoop on what it was like for them to record their work. The Unconventionals by Mike O'Toole and Hugh Kennedy: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/675613/the-unconventionals/ A Light in the Dark by David Thomson: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/653769/a-light-in-the-dark/ Stampede by Brian Castner: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/598588/stampede/

Author and journalist Brian Castner joins us for the news of the week and to discuss his upcoming book Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike (it's a good one, folks). Stampede is out 4/13/2021 but you can preorder now. Buy the book at Talking Leaves and definitely not anywhere else: https://www.tleavesbooks.com/book/9780385544504 Brian's on Twitter @Brian_Castner Find us at: Facebook: www.facebook.com/squarepod Twitter: @squarepodbuff Jim: @JamesTamol Ryan: @darealryansteel Riy: @GFY

I can't wait for you to meet my friend Trapper.  He is a woodworker, author, singer/songwriter, triathlete, and all around great guy.  In this episode, we discuss everything from baseball to base ball, long crazy, life changing endurance adventures, health, and soo much more.  There really is something for everybody in this episode.  A few notes from the show:Trapper's Socials:Instagram: @trapperhaskinsFacebook: facebook.com/trapper.haskins.5website: www.trapperhaskins.comBe sure to head to his website and pick up one of his amazing shirts (my favorite is the "do the thing, say the thing" shirt.  Be sure to check out the books he references:1.  Disappointment River by Brian Castner : https://www.amazon.com/Disappointment-River-Finding-Northwest-Passage/dp/1101973161/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&hvadid=78271530283196&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=disappointment+river&qid=1605849060&sr=8-1&tag=mh0b-202.  The Subtle Art of Not Giving a **** by Mark Manson:https://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Art-Not-Giving-Counterintuitive/dp/0062457713/ref=sr_1_2?crid=25NZYAP1QCD6E&dchild=1&keywords=the+subtle+art+of+not+giving+a+fck&qid=1605849188&sprefix=the+subtle+%2Caps%2C182&sr=8-23.  Cycling Home From Siberia by Rob Lilwall:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=cycling+home+from+siberia&crid=AIDX31HBO5W&sprefix=cycling+home+from%2Caps%2C149&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-a-p_1_174.  The Case forJesus by Brant Pitre:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+case+for+jesus&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: New details shed more light on the dangerous negligence that caused the catastrophic Beirut explosion yesterday. Meanwhile, stimulus plan talks stall between Democrats and Republicans, and Biden decides to skip an in-person appearance at the Democratic Convention in Milwaulkee. And lastly, Iowa finally overturns its ban on voting for people with felony convictions. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: The explosion in Beirut yesterday was catastrophic beyond what most of us can imagine. At least 135 people are dead and thousands are injured, to say nothing of the hundreds of thousands of people whose homes were destroyed by the blast. The details coming in paint a pretty damning picture of neglect by Lebanon’s government, which has repeatedly struggled to provide for and guide its citizens through refugee crises, pandemic, economic strife and everyday city management in its largest metropolis. Here’s what we know: the main explosion was caused by a massive store of ammonium nitrate, that had been left lying in a warehouse in Beirut’s port for more than six years. According to the New York Times, port officials made several requests to Lebanese courts to get the stockpile moved, but got nothing back from the government, even when they warned of the danger. The blast has devastated several of the capital city’s most prosperous and lively neighborhoods, causing as much as $3 billion in damage in a country that is already deep in a financial crisis. And the human toll may be far worse than just the casualty numbers. Brian Castner, lead weapons investigator for Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Team said the blast was quote “the biggest explosion in an urban area in decades. The human impact of it is the important thing, and it affected people a dozen kilometers away.” All told, the Times reports that some 300,000 people may be displaced from their homes. That’s a staggering number, considering that roughly 1.5 million, or over 30 percent of Lebanon’s total population are already refugees from the Syrian war and other conflicts. Congress' Stalled on Corona Relief Let’s check in briefly with the government’s response to the coronavirus. We’ll keep it brief, because it doesn’t look pretty. Republicans and Democrats are nowhere near an agreement, as of Wednesday evening. The holdup now appears to be a dispute over funding the Post Office. How the fight is playing out is pretty simple: pandemic cutbacks to the Post Office have resulted in mail delays, for obvious reasons. The GOP is then using those delays to say that the Post Office doesn’t deserve more funding, and simultaneously to cast doubt on mail-in voting. Basically, they’ve crushed the Post Office and are using it to mess with the election. Democrats want $3.6 billion in the new aid package to make sure mail-in voting goes smoothly, but of course the GOP is against it. Congress is also still haggling over an extension to the increased unemployment benefits, which is basically like juggling with people’s entire lives as the jobless rate continues to climb. To top it off, the GOP is also fighting against aid measures that would help state and local governments stop laying off public sector workers. As far as the election itself goes, it’s looking like nothing we’ve seen before. Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he wouldn’t be traveling to Milwaulkee for the Democratic National Convention, and will instead deliver his acceptance speech from his home state of Delaware. Three months to go, people. Buckle up. Iowa Gives Felons Voting Rights There is some good news on the horizon, however! On Wednesday, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, ended the state’s draconian ban on voting rights for felons. Most importantly, it stipulates that people with felony convictions can vote regardless of outstanding fines and fees, one wrinkle that less scrupulous Republicans have used to try to deny voting rights in Florida. Unfortunately, they still don’t get the right back until they’ve completed their sentence and parole, so there’s still work to be done. And the order doesn’t apply to people with felony homicide convictions. Still, it’s a pretty significant step toward justice in a state that’s been without it for too long. The next step, activists say, is pushing to make the order an official part of the Iowa state constitution, so it can’t be undone by another executive order from a more punitive governor. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: Remember the whole scandal at the State Department including investigations into Secretary Mike Pompeo? Well it just got a bit more suspicious: acting Inspector General Stephen Akard is leaving the organization just three months after the Trump administration forced out the last Inspector General. Seems like someone doesn’t want any inspecting going on. Common Dreams reports that watchdogs are up in arms after pharmaceutical giant Moderna announced plans to charge between $32 and $37 per dose for a COVID-19 vaccine it’s developing, after receiving massive amounts of funding from the U.S. federal government. Twitter banned the Trump campaign from tweeting and forced it to delete a post on the campaign’s account that included a link to a Fox News clip claiming that children were quote “almost immune” from COVID-19. Facebook took similar steps, outright deleting the video from its service. Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said that the DHS was quote “moving rapidly to replace” endquote the intimidating camouflage uniforms worn by federal officers during protests in Portland, after widespread backlash against federal cops dressing up like invading soldiers. We’ll see just how rapidly they move to make that change. That’s it for the Majority Report’s AM Quickie today. Stay tuned for the full show this afternoon. August 6, 2020 - AM Quickie HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Jack Crosbie PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

This episode of RightsCast features a panel discussion with senior members of Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Team, who explore a range of issues central to their work, including how to conduct investigations on the ground, how to use remote and open source tools to conduct or support investigations, and how to translate those investigations into effective human rights advocacy. Brian Castner is a Senior Crisis Advisor with the Crisis Response Team, specialising in arms and military operations. He is a former Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officer in the United States Air Force, where he served in Iraq, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. After his military experience, Castner became a journalist, and he has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Scott Edwards is a Senior Adviser for Tactical Research and Analysis. His work focuses on the development of early warning mechanisms for humanitarian crises, as well as the practical use of new methods and technologies for human rights compliance monitoring and evidence collection, especially as it relates to international justice and accountability. He is currently a Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs. Micah Farfour is a Special Adviser in Remote Sensing for the Crisis Response Team. Having received her Master’s in GIS, Farfour developed skills to align open source information with the analysis of remotely sensed imagery to produce visual evidence of human rights abuses all over the world from her home in Colorado. Richard Pearshouse joined the Crisis Response Team in September 2018 as Senior Crisis Advisor (Crisis and the Environment), where he leads work on the intersection of environmental degradation, conflict and crises. Most recently acting as associate director of the environment program at Human Rights Watch, where he worked for 10 years, Richard has undertaken high-level advocacy on environmental issues with national governments, the UN, and multilateral and bilateral aid donors. Donatella Rovera is Amnesty International's Senior Crisis Researcher. Her role involves investigating human rights violations in crisis situations. Working at Amnesty International for 20 years, Rovera has travelled to some of the world's most dangerous conflict zones to investigate war crimes and other gross human rights abuses. Recent field missions include Nigeria, Iraq, Yemen, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Somalia, Syria, Libya, Ivory Coast, and Sudan.

Erin, Radha, and Loren head back to school from summer break, with smiling and shining faces. This week they catch up on some extensive Kabul mayhem, covering recent Taliban forays into Afghan-government controlled cities, the state of possible negotiations among both parties, and how this fits into new changes on command at ISAF and CENTCOM.  Revisiting a topic that's come up since the first episode of Bombshell, the ladies check in on U.S. support to the coalition campaign in Yemen and recent USG and Congressional frustrations with civilian casualties in the region - are we any closer to the end of our rope in enabling Saudi operations there or business as usual? And the enormous growth Chinese harassment of Uighurs in Xinjiang combined with the technological prowess of the Chinese surveillance state has a terrible alchemy that other autocratic states may find attractive. Radha continues her trade segment "It's Aghast" and talks through the current shenanigans with Mexico and Canada as well as a rapid rundown of our many trade tax tools! After some White House mayhem where it's clear that process is still our valentine we delight and quibble over the new Jack Ryan series.   Keeping up Foreign Relations Afghanistan  https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/08/analysis-gen-nicholson-says-us-strategy-in-afghanistan-is-working-despite-the-facts.php http://time.com/longform/ghazni-fight-taliban/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-politics-security/rows-resignations-underscore-afghanistans-security-crisis-idUSKCN1LI0CN Yemen https://twitter.com/Brian_Castner/status/1031961797249646592   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45257631   https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/20/politics/yemeni-bombmaker-dead/index.html https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/yemen-saudi-airstrike-school-bus/567799/ China https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/31/asia/china-xinjiang-uyghur-intl/index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/former-inmates-of-chinas-muslim-re-education-camps-tell-of-brainwashing-torture/2018/05/16/32b330e8-5850-11e8-8b92-45fdd7aaef3c_story.html?utm_term=.0b9c4d3c852f https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/china-surveillance-technology-muslims/567443/ https://www.npr.org/2018/08/31/643736351/u-n-urges-china-to-stop-detaining-uighurs-political-reeducation-centers-reported It's Aghast China tariffs https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2018/08/23/china-trade-war-update-preparing-for-trump-vs-xi/#6bdc310814a0 https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-china-tariff-second-list-of-goods-products-worth-16-billion-2018-8 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/08/24/china-trade/?utm_term=.256b6f1a0647 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-tariffs/trump-ready-to-ratchet-up-china-trade-war-with-more-tariffs-report-idUSKCN1LF2BP NAFTA https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nafta-canada-trump-trudeau-twitter-1.4807836 https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/naftas-economic-impact https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-was-all-set-to-terminate-inside-trumps-sudden-shift-on-nafta/2017/04/27/0452a3fa-2b65-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html?utm_term=.8873dabcb477 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-nafta-trump/trump-says-mexico-trade-deal-near-nafta-hurdles-seen-easing-idUSKCN1LA0H0 https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-mexico-close-to-resolving-issues-holding-up-nafta-talks-1535214739 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/09/01/trumps-playing-tough-with-canadians-he-needs-them/?utm_term=.724c9007d666 White House Mayhem https://www.vox.com/2018/8/28/17790546/north-korea-trump-pompeo-letter-trip https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mccains-funeral-was-a-melancholy-last-hurrah-for-whats-been-lost-in-trump-era/2018/09/01/156784c6-ad46-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html?utm_term=.2369d4ecda58 Pop Culture http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/jack-ryan-amazon-review.html   Music by Future Teens Produced by Tre Hester 

Erin, Radha, and Loren head back to school from summer break, with smiling and shining faces. This week they catch up on some extensive Kabul mayhem, covering recent Taliban forays into Afghan-government controlled cities, the state of possible negotiations among both parties, and how this fits into new changes on command at ISAF and CENTCOM.  Revisiting a topic that's come up since the first episode of Bombshell, the ladies check in on U.S. support to the coalition campaign in Yemen and recent USG and Congressional frustrations with civilian casualties in the region - are we any closer to the end of our rope in enabling Saudi operations there or business as usual? And the enormous growth Chinese harassment of Uighurs in Xinjiang combined with the technological prowess of the Chinese surveillance state has a terrible alchemy that other autocratic states may find attractive. Radha continues her trade segment "It's Aghast" and talks through the current shenanigans with Mexico and Canada as well as a rapid rundown of our many trade tax tools! After some White House mayhem where it's clear that process is still our valentine we delight and quibble over the new Jack Ryan series.   Keeping up Foreign Relations Afghanistan  https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/08/analysis-gen-nicholson-says-us-strategy-in-afghanistan-is-working-despite-the-facts.php http://time.com/longform/ghazni-fight-taliban/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-politics-security/rows-resignations-underscore-afghanistans-security-crisis-idUSKCN1LI0CN Yemen https://twitter.com/Brian_Castner/status/1031961797249646592   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45257631   https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/20/politics/yemeni-bombmaker-dead/index.html https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/yemen-saudi-airstrike-school-bus/567799/ China https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/31/asia/china-xinjiang-uyghur-intl/index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/former-inmates-of-chinas-muslim-re-education-camps-tell-of-brainwashing-torture/2018/05/16/32b330e8-5850-11e8-8b92-45fdd7aaef3c_story.html?utm_term=.0b9c4d3c852f https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/china-surveillance-technology-muslims/567443/ https://www.npr.org/2018/08/31/643736351/u-n-urges-china-to-stop-detaining-uighurs-political-reeducation-centers-reported It's Aghast China tariffs https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2018/08/23/china-trade-war-update-preparing-for-trump-vs-xi/#6bdc310814a0 https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-china-tariff-second-list-of-goods-products-worth-16-billion-2018-8 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/08/24/china-trade/?utm_term=.256b6f1a0647 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-tariffs/trump-ready-to-ratchet-up-china-trade-war-with-more-tariffs-report-idUSKCN1LF2BP NAFTA https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nafta-canada-trump-trudeau-twitter-1.4807836 https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/naftas-economic-impact https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-was-all-set-to-terminate-inside-trumps-sudden-shift-on-nafta/2017/04/27/0452a3fa-2b65-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html?utm_term=.8873dabcb477 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-nafta-trump/trump-says-mexico-trade-deal-near-nafta-hurdles-seen-easing-idUSKCN1LA0H0 https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-mexico-close-to-resolving-issues-holding-up-nafta-talks-1535214739 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/09/01/trumps-playing-tough-with-canadians-he-needs-them/?utm_term=.724c9007d666 White House Mayhem https://www.vox.com/2018/8/28/17790546/north-korea-trump-pompeo-letter-trip https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mccains-funeral-was-a-melancholy-last-hurrah-for-whats-been-lost-in-trump-era/2018/09/01/156784c6-ad46-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html?utm_term=.2369d4ecda58 Pop Culture http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/jack-ryan-amazon-review.html   Music by Future Teens Produced by Tre Hester 

Brian Castner | The Walk On episode 52 of Longest War: The Post-9/11 Veterans Podcast, we talk to former Air Force EOD officer and bestselling author Brian Castner about classified rumors, being EOD cool, the evolution of IEDs, American ego, and acceptance of violence and grief. (This episode contains explicit language or subject matter)   […]

"My book is about a man named Alexander Mackenzie and a journey he took in 1789. He was looking for the Northwest Passage and what he actually found was the Arctic Ocean. Alexander Mackenzie has been lost a bit to history, at least in the United States, and I started writing this book when I discovered that Mackenzie was the first European to cross North America, or the first recorded crossing of North America." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/543135/disappointment-river/

Highlights: Introduction: Espionage and Sedition Acts | @00:45 Guest: Mike Shuster “Where Are The Americans?” | @02:15 Feature: Going big on the air war | @06:45 War In the Sky: the “Flying Circus” | @10:15 Feature: The StoryTeller & The Historian - Americans arrive | @12:45 Commission: Memorial restoration matching grant deadline extension | @18:45 Guest: Courtland Jindra - Victory Memorial Grove project profile | @19:50 Q? Who said: “Lafayette We Are Here!” | @27:00 Feature: National History Day prize winners | @28:40 Media: Cylinder recording archive | @32:30 Media: Wonder Woman - Again? | @34:30 Honors: Capt. James Miller - Distinguished flying cross 99 years after | @35:45 Q? What is the Ghost Fleet? | @36:30 Social Media: The 11 soldier sons of Ike Sims3 | @39:30 And much more…----more---- Opening Welcome to World War One Centennial News. It’s about WW1 news 100 years ago this week  - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration. WW1 Centennial News is brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Today is June 21st, 2017 and I’m Theo Mayer - Chief Technologist for the World War One Centennial Commission and your host. World War One THEN 100 Year Ago This Week [sound transition] We have gone back in time 100 years and in mid June 1917 one of the key events here in the United States is the passing of the “Espionage Act”. The law makes it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces’ prosecution of the war effort. The convicted spy is subject to a fine of $10,000 - that is the equivalent of 200,000 in 2017 dollars,  plus a prison sentence of up to 20 years. And within a year, the pendulum swings ever further into autocracy as the espionage act is reinforced by the Sedition act of 1918. It imposed similarly harsh penalties on anyone found guilty of insulting or abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution or the military; agitating against the production of necessary war materials; or advocating, teaching or just defending any of these acts. Both pieces of legislation are aimed at socialists, pacifists and other anti-war activists and are used to punishing effect in the early years and those immediately following the war - It is a chilling attack on the first amendment - that seems incredibly strong and even excessive in today’s terms. We will be following this story and it’s consequences over the coming months. links about the Espionage act are in the podcast notes: link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/espionageact.htm http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/161878079908/espionage-act-passed-emma-goldman-arrested Great War Project Looking over at Europe - we have a running theme for this week, 100 years ago… A theme that is very well set up by our first guest this week We are joined by Mike shuster, former NPR correspondent and curator for the Great War Project blog.  Mike - “Where ARE the Americans?” LINK:http://greatwarproject.org/2017/06/18/where-are-the-americans/ [Mike Shuster] Thank you Mike. That was Mike Shuster from the Great War Project blog. Let’s continue to explore the question of America’s preparations to enter the fray with some articles selected from the “Official Bulletin”, the government war gazette published by George Creel, America’s propaganda chief, under the orders of President Wilson. We are pulling from Volume 1 - Issues 33-38 We’ll begin with follow up on last week’s Liberty Loan bond stories. By Saturday of this week, the tally is in. [sound effect] Dateline Saturday June 23 Headline: “$3,035,226,850 IS SUBSCRIBED TO LIBERTY LOAN BY MORE THAN 4,000,000 MEN AND WOMEN OF U. S.; Success of this Undertaking, Says Secretary McAdoo, Constitutes An Eloquent Reply to Enemies Who Claimed Heart of America Was Not in the War!” That’s probably quite true - In the propaganda war - the fact that the liberty bond program raises 50% more than was offered is sure to be un-nerving to the Germans whose intelligence tells them that America is not enthusiastic or prepared to enter the war. With the ramp up funding for America’s war effort off and running, the government is stimulated into bold thinking. [sound effect] Dateline Monday June 18, 1917 Headline: GREAT U. S. AIR FLEET URGED BY SECRETARY BAKER; MAY TURN TIDE OF WAR FOR HER ALLIES Secretary of War Baker states: "We can train thousands of aviators and build thousands of machines without interfering in the slightest with the plans for building up our armies and for supplying the allies with food and munitions. To train and equip our armies and send them abroad will take time, however, and in the meanwhile we can be devoted to this most important service with vast quantities of productive machinery and skilled labor. [sound effect] Dateline: Friday June 22, 1917 Headline: U.S. AIRCRAFT BOARD PLANS TO CLEAR AIR OF GERMAN FLYERS In this story - Howard Coffin, the chairman of the aircraft production board comments on a report that Germany plans to bring 3,500 airplanes into the fighting line in the spring of 1918 Coffin believes that the report is probably accurate -  going on to state that 3,500 planes next spring might well prove discouraging to the allies. The French and British alone MIGHT (maybe) hold their own against Germany's output. Coffins goes on to state: “Pitted against America's added resources, properly organized, the situation immediately changes. No matter what desperate efforts she makes, it will be a physical Impossibility for Germany to increase her present rate of output to any dangerous extent. If we can carry through our program to produce the thousands of machines planned, the permanent supremacy of the allies in the air is assured. [sound effect] Dateline: Friday June 22, 1917 Headline: CONTRACT FOR NEW FLYING FIELD IN ILLINOIS AWARDED The story reads: The Signal Corps to-day announced the letting of the contract for the fourth new Government flying fields, to be built at Belleville, IL., 23 miles from East St. Louis. It will be a standard, two-squadron field, accommodating 300 student fliers, with the requisite number of officers, instructors, mechanics, and enlisted men, and providing hangers for 72 training planes. Construction of the buildings and the preparation of the field will begin immediately. That’s just focusing on a small slice of the effort -  airplanes We did not even touch on the 16 major army training camps or “cantonements” also being built - as one article explains: “It is like building a city with a population of 40,000 from the ground up in weeks.” Meanwhile there is the production of trucks, food, munitions, draft animals, lumber, clothing, shipping and internal infrastructure - this is creating a challenge and an economic boom unlike anything the country has experienced. If you are interested in logistics - defined as the detailed coordination of a complex operation involving many people, facilities, or supplies… you can follow one of history’s greatest logistics efforts by browsing the daily issues of the Official Bulletin at ww1cc.org/bulletin - explore, exploit, and be amazed as you see how the US geared up to enter the war that changed the world. Link: ww1cc.org/bulletin War in the Sky: For our Great War In the Sky segment… We are going back to the fighting front. This week 100 years ago, introduces - [aside]  actually “formalizes” -  a new German air strategy. Earlier in 1917, it becomes apparent to the German High Command that they will always be outnumbered in air operations over the Western Front. The average Jagdstaffeln or German fighter squadron - could only muster some six or eight aircraft in total for a patrol, and would often face one Allied formation - after another. In order to maintain some impact and “local” command of the air the german fighter wings began - unofficially at first -  to fly in larger, composite groups. a new concept in German air strategy.   This week, 100 years ago the Germany’s Army Air Force brings together four fighter squadrons – Jastas 4, 6, 10, and 11 – to form Germany's Jagd-geschwader eins or better known as JD1 - their first fighter wing. Manfred von Richthofen - the Red Baron - is promoted from commanding officer of Jasta 11 to the commander of JD1. This unit becomes known as the "Flying Circus," thanks to the colorful paint schemes on its aircraft  - It’s also often called “Richhoven’s Circus” and some claim it is so named because the entire wing moves from place to place for its operations like a traveling circus. We put a link in the podcast notes that leads to pictures of this colorful german flying force that came together 100 years ago this week in the great war in the sky. If you are into the air war - we invite you to explore former fighter pilor and author RG head’s detailed timeline of “the war in the sky” by visiting ww1cc.org/warinthesky all lower case. link:http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/germany/jg/jg1.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdgeschwader_1_(World_War_I) Flying Circus Images: https://www.google.com/search?q=richthofen%27s+flying+circus&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfp-zy6M3UAhUN9WMKHURhC2UQ_AUICigB&biw=1680&bih=926 The Great War Channel And if you are into learning more about WW1 by watching videos, go visit our friends at the Great War Channel on Youtube. This week’s new episodes cover a variety of subjects including: -Italian Mountain Warfare - The US espionage Act -Ottoman Soldiers in Europe - Naval Tactics - Officer POWs The link is in the podcast notes or search for “the great war” on youtube. Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar The Storyteller and the Historian We are going to close out “WW1 - 100 years ago this week” with the Storyteller and the Historian - Richard Rubin and Jonathan Braten are going to wrap up that question for us. So where are the Americans?? [run opening] [run segment] That was - the StoryTeller - Richard Rubin and The Historian - Jonathan Bratten talking about the arrival of the first US troops in Europe. Link:  richardrubinonline.com ww1cc.org/maine World War One NOW WW1 Centennial News NOW  - News about the centennial and the commemoration. Commission News We’ll start with some news from the WW1 Centennial Commission and the 100 Cities / 100 Memorials program. This initiative is a $200,000 matching grant challenge to rescue ailing WW1 memorials and the deadline for grant applications was last week. We received a number of requests from potential participants for a short extension because some projects just needed a few more days to pull all the pieces together - The projects can involve many parties including city and county bureaus, American Legion posts, VFW posts, DAR chapters, local historical societies and boards and more. So in a meeting of the program’s executive committee, we decided to extends the submission deadline until midnight - July 10. Also - that means that anyone who already submitted their application can update any of the files submitted - by simply contacting the program management and requesting that their submission be made editable. All that is available at ww1cc.org/100memorials. 100 Cities / 100 Memorials project profile We have a guest with us today who knows all about how these projects come together. Courtland Jindra has been working on a 100 Cities / 100 Memorials project in Los Angeles - the Victory Memorial Grove project, near Dodger Stadium. Welcome Courtland! Courtland - really briefly - can you give us an overview of the project? [courtland reply] A few weeks ago, you had a cleanup event where you brought a bunch of the stakeholders together for some hands-on time - tell us about that. [courtland reply] You held a re-dedication ceremony on Flag day didn’t you? [courtland reply] That was Courtland Jindra - a citizen historian, a long time WW1 commemoration advocate and importantly - the co-director of the managing board for the California WW1 Centennial Commission. Learn all about the program and sign up for the project blog to stay updated on news and events for the 100 cities . 100 memorials project at ww1cc.org/100memorials or by following the links in the podcast notes. link:http://www.ww1cc.org/california http://www.ww1cc.org/100cities Activities and Events From the U.S. National WW1 Centennial Events Register at WW1CC.org/events - here is our upcoming “event pick” of the week: “Families on the WW1 Homefront” is a tour offered at the Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site in Little Falls, Minnesota - every other Saturday beginning July 1st and ending Sept 2nd. Historical reenactors portraying the Lindbergh family and neighbors create the tour, providing insights into the daily lives of Minnesotans at home during WW1. Visitors will hear inside stories about farming for the war effort, assist a Red Cross volunteer and learn about the ways Minnesotan life changed during this period. Check out U.S. National WW1 Centennial Events Register  for things happening in your area, and while you are there, you’ll find a big red button there so you can submit your own upcoming events - making them part of the national archival record of the WW1 centennial - go to ww1cc.org/events or follow the links in the podcast notes. link:http://www.mnhs.org/event/2399 ww1cc.org/events Lafayette, we are here: And if you happen to be in Paris this coming week - we invite you to join The American Battle Monuments Commission at the Cimetière de Picpus for a ceremony in memory of General John J. Pershing's visit to the grave site of the Marquis de Lafayette. The visit was profound 100 years ago -  as it honored the deep ties between the two nations. Lafayette, you may remember, was a key connection with France during the revolutionary war against the British. As Pershing came to the resting place of the french general - It is said that he announced. “Lafayette - We are here!”. Turns out that that’s not actually true. - On the occasion Pershing only made some brief remarks - It was the general’s “designated orator,” Colonel C. E. Stanton. Quote: “What we have of blood and treasure are yours,” Stanton intoned. “In the presence of the illustrious dead, we pledge our hearts and our honor in carrying the war to a successful conclusion.” And then the final line of his speech: “Lafayette, we are here!” This from the pages of “Black Jack: The Life and Times of John J. Pershing by Frank E. Vandiver. Back to the event - Representatives of the ABMC, the French government and American government will lay a wreath at Lafayette's grave, in recognition of both Pershing's visit in 1917 and the Marquis's own work in cementing the relationship between the two nations from the -seventeen seventies - to his death in 1834. link:http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/event-map-system/eventdetail/5033/100th-anniversary-of-pershing-s-visit-to-lafayette-s-grave.html Education National History Day WW1 Award Winners A few week ago we were joined by Dr. Cathy Gorn, executive director of National History Day introducing us to their amazing organization and upcoming national event. For our education section - we are pleased to report that Caleb O’Mara, Janelyn Geronimo, Julianne Viernes, and Melissa Takahashi won The World War I History Prizes at the national finals of National History Day. WW1 Centennial Commissioner Dr. Libby O’Connell was on hand in to congratulate these wonderful kids and give them the special award we sponsored. Caleb, a senior student at Keene High School in Keene New Hampshire, was awarded this prize for his paper titled "Eugene Debs and the Fight for Free Speech" - This ties directly into our story today about the first amendment oppression that came with the espionage and Sedition acts. Debs spent 10 years in prison for his opposition to the war - and Caleb’s paper explores the issue. Janelyn Geronimo, Julianne Viernes, and Melissa Takahashi are Middle-Schoolers at Waipahu Intermediate School, on Oahu, in Hawaii. They created a Junior Group Exhibit called "Dada: A Major Modern Art Movement" which won them this award. The beginnings of Dada correspond to the outbreak of World War I. Art is often political and for the Dadaists the birth of the movement was a protest against imperialist, nationalist and colonialist interests, which many Dadaists believed was the root cause of the war. These special World War I History awards are sponsored by The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, and were given in recognition of excellence in the study of World War I and its impact, nationally, internationally and of course as these kids pointed out - socially. We’d like to congratulate these students for their outstanding work, and we thank National History Day for all they do - to bring the study of history to life for our kids! Your are awesome. link:https://www.facebook.com/ww1centennial/posts/791000247741942:0 http://nhd.org/winners Updates From The States Battleship Texas Leaks Now for our updates from the states. From Texas - we have an update on last week’s story about flooding aboard the USS Texas. The battleship USS Texas, ONE -  of only two - US Navy combat ships remaining intact from World War I, had a scare last week. Leaks forced closure of the museum ship - as she began to sink and list - Emergency repairs and fast action stopped the flooding. She is watertight once more, and the 103 year-old ship is again welcoming visitors aboard. Learn more by following the links in the podcast notes. link: http://www.khou.com/news/local/battleship-texas-to-reopen-saturday-following-more-leak-repairs/449619659 https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2017-06-16/battleship-texas-leaks-fixed-retired-ship-reopens-saturday International Report Guildhall exhibition This week in our International Report, we want to tell you about an exhibit that approaches WW1 in a wholly unique way. On view at the Guildhall Art Gallery in London is, “Echoes Across the Century”. The show was created by artist and set designer Jane Churchill. Her influence can be seen in the huge wooden structure that weaves its way between the rooms, creating a trench system which houses the artwork made by local artists and over 240 students. The show focuses on the human impact of the First World War by combining personal stories from the war with the interpretations of modern day children. It’s totally immersive, totally unique and very powerful. The “sky” of the installation is full of planes, and cases of paper moths line the walls, acting as a memorial to those who died at the Front. Apothecaries’ cabinets, tobacco tins and cooks’ matchboxes contain war torn landscapes in miniature, and collaborative collages depict scenes from the trenches. See the wonderful images from the exhibit and learn more about it by following the links in the podcast notes. Link:http://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/trench-forms-centrepiece-of-behind-the-scenes-ww1-exhibition/ https://www.warhistoryonline.com/press-releases/new-ww1-exhibition-guildhall-art-gallery-celebrates-human-stories-behind-war-effort.html https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2017/06/01/extraordinary-ww1-exhibition-at-the-guildhall-art-gallery/ Spotlight in the Media An Archive of 10,000 Cylinder Recordings Readied for the Spotify Era! The University of California, Santa Barbara recently launched a new website for its Cylinder Audio Archive that features over 10,000 cylinder recordings — all available to download or to stream online for free. Before MP3s, before CDs, before cassettes and even before vinyl records …When Thomas Edison first invented the ability to record and play back sound, it was on cylinders. First made of tinfoil, then wax and plastic, cylinder recordings, commonly the size and shape of a soda can, were the first commercially produced sound recordings in the decades around the turn of the 20th century.” UCSB has digitized a wonderful collection of these - giving us a real insight into what people heard as they listened to the very influential songs and popular music during WW1. We’ve included a link in the podcast notes that leads you directly to that collection so you can take a listen for yourself. More than 2,000 cylinders still await digitization. UCSB has launched the “Adopt a Cylinder” program, which allows you to make donations toward cylinders -  that will then be prioritized for digitization. Learn more by following the link in the podcast notes. I personally own a Edison Cylinder player and have a couple of boxes of cylinders  - Now I know what to do with them. Hoorray for the University of California Santa Barbara! Thank you! Link: UCSB - http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/wwi.php https://hyperallergic.com/249190/an-archive-of-10000-cylinder-recordings-readied-for-the-spotify-era/ http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/adopt.php Wonder Woman and Chemical Warfare Also This week in Popular Mechanics - we saw a great discussion of the history of gas and its use in WW1 - The headline reads - The Real Story of the World War I Poison Gas in 'Wonder Woman' The article looks at the use of gas in the new Wonder Woman movie and then compares the film depiction to the actual historical use of the weapon. It’s a great discussion of “truth in filmmaking”, of the role of entertainment in education and of Wonder Woman in general. That aside - What caught our attention was that WW1 is being discussed in Popular Mechanics, that Wonder Woman, much like the video game Battlefield 1, is inspiring conversation about WW1 among and between people who previously had forgotten the war - because after all - it IS the war the changed the world!!. Read the article by visiting Popular Mechanics at the link provided in the podcast notes, but beware of spoilers if you have not seen the movie! link:http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a26769/world-war-i-poison-gas-wonder-woman/ http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/2606-the-real-story-of-wwi-poison-gas-in-wonder-woman.html Articles and Posts Capt. Miller In our Articles and Posts where we explore the World War One Centennial Commission’s rapidly growing website at ww1cc.org - This week in the ww1cc.org/news section is the story of Capt James E Miller, one of the first aviators in the U.S. military and the first U.S. aviation casualty in World War I. Captain Miller was named recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross recently, more than 99 years after his heroic actions over France in 1918. On the 242nd birthday of the U.S. Army, which was June 14th, Miller's great-grandson, Byron Derringer was presented with the Captain’s Distinguished Flying Cross. You can read more about his service during the war by following the link in the podcast notes or by visiting ww1cc.org/news Link:http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/2619-first-fallen-aviator-of-world-war-i-honored-with-distinguished-flying-cross.html ww1cc.org/news Ghost fleet Forty miles south of Washington, DC, off of Maryland’s Charles County shoreline  - near a little town named Nanjemoy, the water-beaten remains of more than two hundred ships lie in their final resting places in the shallow waters of the Potomac River’s Mallows Bay. According to Samuel Orlando, Chesapeake Bay Regional Coordinator at NOA “Mallows Bay is the richest marine heritage site in the United States,”. “In addition to being reflective of America’s emergence as a naval superpower during World War I, the Ghost Fleet provides the structure for a unique marine ecosystem.” Read about how the industrial complex and economy that grew out of World War I led to the fleet’s demise by visiting ww1cc.org/news. I never knew about this site - but having seen the picture - it’s on my list of places to go see on the east coast. It looks amazing. link:http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/2610-the-history-of-the-ghost-fleet-of-mallows-bay.html WWrite Blog In our WWRITE blog, which explores WWI’s Influence on contemporary writing and scholarship, this week's post is: "Echoes of Sassoon: A Conversation with Matti Friedman". The post is written by Brian Castner, co-editor of The Road Ahead - author of - All the Ways We Kill and Die - and the book - The Long Walk. Castner also wrote the foreword for David Chrisinger's book, See Me for Who I Am… Which we featured last week…. In this post, Castner interviews award-winning author and journalist, Matti Friedman, who is both Israeli and Canadian. He wrote and they discuss his  memoir, Pumpkinflowers. As Friedman and Castner point out, more Canadian soldiers died in the Great War than in any other conflict, and its influence can be felt throughout Pumpkinflowers.   This puts Friedman at odds with many contemporary American veteran-authors, who often reach to other conflicts for comparison when writing about their wars. —Vietnam for Iraq, and Korea for Afghanistan, Don't miss this fascinating post about how and why WWI would color a Canadian’s view of a very different war in Middle East at ww1cc.org/w-w-r-i-t-e and if WW1’s Influence on contemporary writing and scholarship is of particular interest to you - sign up for the blog at the same link. Link: http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/articles-posts/2615-echoes-of-sassoon-a-conversation-with-matti-friedman.html ww1cc.org/wwrite http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/articles-posts.html The Buzz - WW1 in Social Media Posts That brings us to the buzz - the centennial of WW1 this week in social media with Katherine Akey - Katherine - what do you have for us this week? First to Fight: The 5th Marine Regiment sets sail An image shows the Marines as they set sail for France link:https://www.facebook.com/ww1centennial/photos/a.290566277785344.1073741829.185589304949709/790571404451493/?type=3&theater Ike Sims A photo from our Instagram feed proves popular Link:https://www.facebook.com/ww1centennial/photos/a.290566277785344.1073741829.185589304949709/792836804224953/?type=3&theater Closing And That’s WW1 Centennial News for this week. Thank you for listening! We want to thank our guests: Mike Shuster from the Great War Project blog on his post “where are the Americans!?” Richard Rubin, Author, Storyteller and self-proclaimed bon-vivan and Jonathan Bratten, Historian and their StoryTeller and the Historian segment on the US troops arriving in France Courtland Jindra, co-director of the managing board of the California WW1 Centennial Commission and project lead on the 100 Cities / 100 Memorials restoration at Victory Memorial Grove in LA. Katherine Akey the Commission’s social media director and also the line producer for the show. And I am Theo Mayer - your host. The US World War One Centennial Commission was created by Congress to honor, commemorate and educate about WW1. Our programs are to-- inspire a national conversation and awareness about WW1; This show is a part of that effort! we are bringing the lessons of the 100 years ago into today's classrooms; We are helping to restore WW1 memorials in communities of all sizes across our country; and of course we are building America’s National WW1 Memorial in Washington DC. We rely entirely on your donations. No government appropriations or taxes are being used, so please give what you can by going to ww1cc.org/donate - all lower case Or if you are listening to the show on your smart phone you can text us a donation - just text  the letters: WW1 to the number 41444. We want to thank commission’s founding sponsor the Pritzker Military Museum and Library for their support. The podcast can be found on our website at ww1cc.org/cn   on  iTunes, google play, and tuneIn - search for ww1 Centennial News. Our twitter and instagram handles are both @ww1cc and we are on facebook @ww1centennial. Thanks for joining us. And don’t forget to share what you are learning here about “The War that Changed the World”. So long. [music]

Johnny "Joey" Jones seemed to have it all. He was a young, good looking Marine, who had earned one of the most technically difficult, interesting, coolest, and coveted jobs in the U.S. military - that of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician (Think back to Ep. 3 w/ EOD Tech, Brian Castner...). It's also one of the most dangerous jobs in the military, and on August 6, 2010, that danger caught up with Jones when he stepped on a very well hidden IED in Afghanistan, instantly severing both of his legs above the knee and severely damaging his right forearm and both wrists. Lucky to even be alive, Jones headed for a most difficult path to recovery, which he has endured with incredible strength, optimism, and grace. Hear in this episode how Jones went from the top of the mountain, to the bottom, and back to the top again, and how he handled his injuries in the immediate aftermath of the explosion that changed his life forever. Simply put, this is another inspirational story you don't want to miss! www.johnnyjoeyjones.com | www.bootcampaign.org

For several years, Brian Castner performed one of the military's most difficult and dangerous jobs: he was an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician.  Not only was he an EOD tech, but he was also an officer, leading a team of bomb disposal experts, and ultimately responsible for every decision they made in combat.  He served two combat tours in Iraq as the leader of an EOD unit.  But, when he came home from his final combat tour, he began fighting a new enemy within, one he defines as the "Crazy," a jangled mix of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) symptoms.  It has taken time, but Brian's wounds are healing, and he is now an established writer and bestselling author of books that are helping others deal with the scars of combat.  For many, the war continues on once they leave the battlefield...Brian is proof of that.  He is also proof that there is a way to heal from the wounds that so many combat veterans battle each and every day.  This is another great episode you don't want to miss!  www.briancastner.com @Brian_Castner The Long Walk | All the Ways We Kill and Die | The Road Ahead: Stories of the Forever War

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Brian Castner Author of All the Ways We Kill and Die.  Brian Castner is the author of the acclaimed memoir, The Long Walk. An EOD officer in the Air Force who commanded bomb disposal units in Iraq and subsequently trained soldiers prior to their tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he is now a writer and journalist. His stories have appeared in Wired, the New York Times, the Daily Beast, Outside, Foreign Policy, VICE News, and the Los Angeles Review of Books and on NPR. He lives with his family in Buffalo, New York. The EOD—explosive ordnance disposal—community is tight-knit, and when one of their own is hurt, an alarm goes out. When Brian Castner, an Iraq War vet, learns that his friend and EOD brother Matt has been killed by an IED in Afghanistan, he goes to console Matt's widow, but he also begins a personal investigation. Is the bomb maker who killed Matt the same man American forces have been hunting since Iraq, known as the Engineer? In this nonfiction thriller Castner takes us inside the manhunt for this elusive figure, meeting maimed survivors, interviewing the forensics teams who gather post-blast evidence, the wonks who collect intelligence, the drone pilots and contractors tasked to kill. His investigation reveals how warfare has changed since Iraq, becoming individualized even as it has become hi-tech, with our drones, bomb disposal robots, and CSI-like techniques. As we use technology to identify, locate, and take out the planners and bomb makers, the chilling lesson is that the hunters are also being hunted, and the other side—from Al-Qaeda to ISIS— has been selecting its own high-value targets.  

Brian Castner is a non-fiction writer and former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer. He is the author of "The Long Walk", an Amazon Best Book of 2012. The opera adaptation of “The Long Walk” will premiere at Opera Saratoga in July.

Some of our soldiers have come back from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan missing arms and legs. We’ve heard about the phantom pain that often accompanies those losses. The feeling of pain in a limb that is no longer there. In many ways the same is true for mental anguish. For the mind also feels pain. Where once normal life occupied a space, now for many who have long since left the war zone, the psychological pain is all consuming and fills that once peaceful space. This is part of the story of Brian Castner. Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them in Iraq as the head of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit. He’s written about his difficult experiences returning home, in his book The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows My Conversation with Brian Castner:

"My goal in writing the book was to write it as it felt."

The Long Walk