Podcasts about Tikrit

Jason JohansenBuilt from the Ground Up: Real Estate, Resilience, and Doing the ImpossibleIn 2001, I was a young soldier stationed in Columbia, South Carolina when a late-night infomercial stopped me in my tracks. Real estate. Wealth. Freedom. I had no background, no mentor, no plan—but something lit a fire. I dove into books, learning everything I could about investing. It was the first time I saw a way out.Then came the knock—deployment to Tikrit, Iraq. I had enlisted three days before 9/11, told I'd never be sent to a war zone. Suddenly I was packing up, leaving behind the dream I had just started to chase.Want to be a guest on Book 101 Review? Send Daniel Lucas a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/17372807971394464fea5bae3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Bill talks with Army Veteran and Purple Heart Recipient, John Wilson. We talk about the woods being his happy place and how it prepared him for Army Recon, Chardon Football Coaches, why Samarra Iraq sucked, things going Boom in Tikrit and why it took 20 years to share a story with his […] The post #330 Today's Boondoggle -with Purple Heart Recipient John Wilson first appeared on Domain Cleveland.

In this episode Bill talks with Army Veteran and Purple Heart Recipient, John Wilson. We talk about the woods being his happy place and how it prepared him for Army Recon, Chardon Football Coaches, why Samarra Iraq sucked, things going Boom in Tikrit and why it took 20 years to share a story with his superior officer, working with civilians and dealing with first world problems. We also talk about the RPG attacks on his convoy in Balad and earning his purple heart, losing so many of our brothers and sisters to PTSD, how the Sheepdog PATH program has changed his life, still getting into THE SHIT at Rotor Rooter, time as a corrections officer, the dark humor that most civilians won't understand, soft times creating weak men, plus so much more. Today's Boondoggle fans can receive 10% off their orders at dreemnutrition.com by using the promo code BOONDOG10 at checkout. Today's Boondoggle fans can receive 10% off their orders at TNT-Health.com by using the promo code BOONDOGGLE at checkout. So kick back with your headphones and cold one for this latest episode. Enjoy our additional segments featuring music from the Flo White Show and Stories from the VFW Hall. Please Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. Please subscribe to our YouTube, Rumble, Odysee, Brighteon, and Bitchute channels, and hit the notification button. As well as seen on Wowza TV on Roku. Remember Boondoggle Listeners Matter, so e-mail us at todaysboondoggle@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts so we can read them on air. Tweet us @2daysBoondoggle and Follow us on Instagram @todaysboondoggle as well as on Facebook. Please subscribe and give 5 stars and review. Every review we receive on either Apple Podcast or Google Music we will mention you on a future episode and our Social Media pages. Follow Today's Boondoggle also on DomainCle.com and on Anchor.fm Today's Boondoggle logo designed by Stacy Candow. Intro music by Rich Stadtlander and Valor. Intro Video by Paul Travers and Big Picture Media. Additional music by Evan Crouse Also please consider financially supporting us at Todays Boondoggle using Venmo, our GoFundMe, or sponsoring us on our Anchor.fm page, so we can continue to provide you with quality entertainment. Today's Boondoggle Podcast Domain Cleveland Entertainment LLC

En décembre 2003, la capture de Saddam Hussein, l'ancien dictateur irakien, marque un tournant décisif dans l'histoire mouvementée de l'Irak. Retracez avec nous les étapes de cette traque qui a tenu le monde en haleine, du raid américain dans son village natal de Tikrit jusqu'à son procès et son exécution trois ans plus tard. Découvrez les réactions contrastées de la population irakienne face à la fin d'une époque, entre joie et inquiétude pour l'avenir. Explorez également les conséquences à long terme de la chute de Saddam Hussein, avec l'émergence de nouveaux groupes terroristes qui prendront le contrôle de régions stratégiques du pays. Notre équipe a utilisé un outil d'Intelligence artificielle via les technologies d'Audiomeans© pour accompagner la création de ce contenu écrit.

(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Nicholas Irving 'The Reaper' is an American author and former soldier. He was a special operations sniper in the 3rd Ranger Battalion for the U.S. Army. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey GUEST LINKS BOOK 1: https://www.amazon.com/Reaper-Autobiography-Deadliest-Special-Snipers/dp/1250080606 BOOK 2: https://shorturl.at/jypu0 IG: https://www.instagram.com/officialreaper33/ X: https://x.com/irving_nicholas LISTEN to Julian Dorey Podcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/5skaSpDzq94Kh16so3c0uz Apple ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trendifier-with-julian-dorey/id1531416289 ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 - Nick Irving Background, Born in Germany & Military Parents, Shooting Guns & Hunting 07:58 - What's it Like Killing Someone, Failing Navy SEAL Eye Exam, Too Dumb to Quit Mentality 19:17 - Nick Growing Up with Drug Dealers/Prisoners/Dead People, Hardest Part of Ranger School 25:37 - Ranger School Going from 98 lbs to 155 lbs, Meeting His Wife 34:25 - 1st Deployment in Afghanistan, Afghanistan Bizarre Culture/People, First K1ll in Iraq Story 46:51 - Nick's Relationship w/ Father, Special Forces Working w/ Each Other (CIA, Navy SEALS, etc.) 53:13 - Nick Young Teen, Propaganda Machine of US News & Conspiracy Theories 01:04:12 - Post September 11th & Warzone Impact, Tikrit -> Mosul -> Baghdad Tours 01:16:35 - Becoming a Sniper, Intense Sniper Training 01:23:11 - 1000 Yard Shot, Physics of Bullets & Factors to Consider, Longest Sniper Shot (Canadian) 01:33:23 - Sniper Routine Before Taking Shot, Most Boring Job in Military, Meditative States Before Shooting 01:41:39 - Feeling of Taking the Shot, All Sniper Suffer From This, Nick's Gun 01:51:54 - Why Nick was Obsessive w/ Painting Gun, Mark Cunningham (Military Comrade) 02:00:03 - Nick's Challenge of Deploying & Being Married, Afraid of Death, Nick's Mushroom Trip CREDITS: - Host & Producer: Julian D. Dorey - In-Studio Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@alessiallaman Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 253 - Nick Irving Music by Artlist.io

The gang is back together - and things get a little hairy before our guest arrives. THE INTERVIEW In his role as PACT Act Transitional Executive Director for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Army veteran Steven Miska serves as the senior advisor to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs – providing oversight on the development, adoption and implementation of the PACT Act. Miska talks about his military experience, the journey that led him to his role at VA, his work in the veteran non-profit space and his involvement with resettlment of interpreters from conflict zones. SCUTTLEBUTT New documentary by Army veteran highlights the struggles faced by homeless veterans in Los Angeles. Years into civilian jobs, vets struggle with networking, resume skills Navy SEAL astronaut doctor Jonny Kim will blast off into space next year Special Guest: Steven Miska.

In this short one act play by Rosemary Parrillo, a lone soldier recounts times back home in Lafayette, while waiting for someone from his unit to meet up with him in the middle of... wherever this is. After the performance by Patrick M. Doneghy, we speak with the playwright and ask her to well... sell herself. Find the author. Find the voice actor. Instagram: @patrick1019

Dans le centre de l'Irak, la province de Salaheddine est touchée chaque hiver par une grave pollution au pétrole. Les terres agraires sont détruites. Tout a commencé, selon les habitants et les autorités locales, lorsque Daech s'est emparé des champs de pétrole qui se trouvent dans les proches montagnes de Hamrine. Dans ce premier épisode, RFI part à la rencontre des agriculteurs à bout dans cette province où, cette année, cela fera bientôt dix ans que cette calamité se répète. « Regardez dans la ferme un peu en hauteur, ils cultivent des légumes, mais moi, je ne peux rien cultiver, je n'ai rien. Qu'est-ce que je peux planter ? Quelle plantation survivrait ici ? C'est de l'asphalte. » Celui qui se lamente ainsi s'appelle Abdullah Jassim et il est agriculteur à Al-Alam, à quelques kilomètres de Tikrit, au pied des montagnes de Hamrine en Irak. La saison des pluies vient de s'achever. Il devrait travailler dans son champ, mais les inondations hivernales ont charrié des litres de pétrole sur ses terres.« Pendant que vous marchez avec moi, est-ce que vous voyez des plantes ? Tous les ans, nous plantons 10 à 15 ou 20 tonnes de graines, et rien. J'ai perdu mon argent, j'ai perdu mes plantations, j'ai tout perdu », se désole-t-il. Sous le premier soleil d'été, les sols se sont solidifiés et ont emprisonné les hydrocarbures qui proviennent des champs pétroliers d'Ajeel et Alas, situés plus haut dans la vallée. Sur ses 60 hectares, cinquante ont été touchés, comme chaque année depuis neuf ans.« Avant d'être dans cette situation, je produisais 200 à 300 tonnes. explique l'agriculteur, avant d'accuser l'État islamique. Quand Daech est arrivé ici en 2014, ils ont pris le contrôle des champs pétroliers et ils ont commencé à prendre le pétrole, alors il y a eu des fuites et le pétrole descend maintenant vers nous, emporté par les torrents de pluies. Je perds chaque année 10 à 15 millions de dinars irakiens. » Soit 7 000 à 10 000 euros par an englouti sous une couche de pétrole.Abdullah Jassim est désespéré. Son voisin, lui, est inquiet. Hassan Muhhabar al-Obeidy est éleveur de chèvres et de moutons. À l'entrée de sa maison, un large trou a été creusé dont les gravats, de couleur noire, forment un monticule de deux mètres de haut. « On avait un autre puits là-bas. Il y a du pétrole dedans. Donc j'ai ramené des pelleteuses et j'ai creusé un trou. Mais le niveau de pétrole descend à plus de 50 centimètres de profondeur. Et ça, c'est tout le pétrole qu'on a pu sortir. Vous voyez, que du pétrole », nous montre-t-il.Difficile de savoir si le pétrole a déjà contaminé les réserves d'eau souterraines, mais le risque inquiète les autorités locales et les habitants. Prudente, la famille d'Hassan n'utilise plus l'eau des puits. « Notre santé va toujours, mais le pétrole est nocif, s'alarme-t-il. Il est nocif pour eux, comme mon fils qui se salit, et couvre ses vêtements de pétrole. J'ai même un de mes moutons qui est tombé dans du pétrole, ensuite, il est mort. C'est acceptable, ça ? Depuis dix ans, nous souffrons. Nous exigeons une compensation et qu'une solution soit trouvée. »Ici, une quarantaine d'agriculteurs subissent cette calamité chaque année. Quelques digues et barrages de sable ont été érigés, mais ne suffisent pas. Cette année encore, les deux agriculteurs n'auront pas assez pour payer leurs charges.À lire aussi«Notre vision change»: En Irak, des citoyens bénévoles nettoient les rues de Bagdad

Dans le centre de l'Irak, la province de Salaheddine est touchée chaque hiver par une grave pollution au pétrole. Les terres agraires sont détruites. Tout a commencé, selon les habitants et les autorités locales, lorsque Daech s'est emparé des champs de pétrole qui se trouvent dans les proches montagnes de Hamrine. Dans ce premier épisode, RFI part à la rencontre des agriculteurs à bout dans cette province où, cette année, cela fera bientôt dix ans que cette calamité se répète. « Regardez dans la ferme un peu en hauteur, ils cultivent des légumes, mais moi, je ne peux rien cultiver, je n'ai rien. Qu'est-ce que je peux planter ? Quelle plantation survivrait ici ? C'est de l'asphalte. » Celui qui se lamente ainsi s'appelle Abdullah Jassim et il est agriculteur à Al-Alam, à quelques kilomètres de Tikrit, au pied des montagnes de Hamrine en Irak. La saison des pluies vient de s'achever. Il devrait travailler dans son champ, mais les inondations hivernales ont charrié des litres de pétrole sur ses terres.« Pendant que vous marchez avec moi, est-ce que vous voyez des plantes ? Tous les ans, nous plantons 10 à 15 ou 20 tonnes de graines, et rien. J'ai perdu mon argent, j'ai perdu mes plantations, j'ai tout perdu », se désole-t-il. Sous le premier soleil d'été, les sols se sont solidifiés et ont emprisonné les hydrocarbures qui proviennent des champs pétroliers d'Ajeel et Alas, situés plus haut dans la vallée. Sur ses 60 hectares, cinquante ont été touchés, comme chaque année depuis neuf ans.« Avant d'être dans cette situation, je produisais 200 à 300 tonnes. explique l'agriculteur, avant d'accuser l'État islamique. Quand Daech est arrivé ici en 2014, ils ont pris le contrôle des champs pétroliers et ils ont commencé à prendre le pétrole, alors il y a eu des fuites et le pétrole descend maintenant vers nous, emporté par les torrents de pluies. Je perds chaque année 10 à 15 millions de dinars irakiens. » Soit 7 000 à 10 000 euros par an englouti sous une couche de pétrole.Abdullah Jassim est désespéré. Son voisin, lui, est inquiet. Hassan Muhhabar al-Obeidy est éleveur de chèvres et de moutons. À l'entrée de sa maison, un large trou a été creusé dont les gravats, de couleur noire, forment un monticule de deux mètres de haut. « On avait un autre puits là-bas. Il y a du pétrole dedans. Donc j'ai ramené des pelleteuses et j'ai creusé un trou. Mais le niveau de pétrole descend à plus de 50 centimètres de profondeur. Et ça, c'est tout le pétrole qu'on a pu sortir. Vous voyez, que du pétrole », nous montre-t-il.Difficile de savoir si le pétrole a déjà contaminé les réserves d'eau souterraines, mais le risque inquiète les autorités locales et les habitants. Prudente, la famille d'Hassan n'utilise plus l'eau des puits. « Notre santé va toujours, mais le pétrole est nocif, s'alarme-t-il. Il est nocif pour eux, comme mon fils qui se salit, et couvre ses vêtements de pétrole. J'ai même un de mes moutons qui est tombé dans du pétrole, ensuite, il est mort. C'est acceptable, ça ? Depuis dix ans, nous souffrons. Nous exigeons une compensation et qu'une solution soit trouvée. »Ici, une quarantaine d'agriculteurs subissent cette calamité chaque année. Quelques digues et barrages de sable ont été érigés, mais ne suffisent pas. Cette année encore, les deux agriculteurs n'auront pas assez pour payer leurs charges.À lire aussi«Notre vision change»: En Irak, des citoyens bénévoles nettoient les rues de Bagdad

Chris Kidd, Associate Professor, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island is our guest. Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), Kidd was commissioned in the Infantry from the USMA in 1992. Col Kidd served in numerous troop leading and staff positions while assigned to multiple battalions during his career. His deployments include a peacekeeping mission in Sinai, Egypt as well as combat operations in Tikrit, Iraq, Samarra, Iraq, and Maiwand, Afghanistan.  Along the way we discuss Family Service (1:50), Mount Yonah (11:35), aide-de-camp duties (15:40), West Point (21:15), Fear of Failure (27:50), and the Military's Future (31:30).   Intro and outro music from the brilliant riffs of Kenny Kilgore. Low Riders and Beautiful Rainy Day.   

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Here are some major historical events that happened on December 13:1642: Abel Tasman becomes the first European to reach the island of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania).1937: The Nanjing Massacre begins during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japanese forces captured the city of Nanjing, leading to mass killings, rapes, and other atrocities against Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers.2000: The Supreme Court of the United States, in its decision in Bush v. Gore, effectively ends the recount of the presidential votes in Florida, determining the outcome of the 2000 presidential election in favor of George W. Bush.2001: The Parliament of India is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, and many are injured in the incident.2003: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his hometown of Tikrit by the United States Army.These events highlight a range of historical occurrences, spanning from explorations and discoveries to significant moments in wars and political history.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/a-to-z-this-day-in-world-history-december-13th/Social Media:WeChat account ID: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Piano_Rolls_from_archiveorg/ScottJoplin-RagtimeDance1906/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It almost took until the end of the year for what was possibly one of the biggest news stories of 2003 to break but Saddam Hussein is found hiding in a spider hole in Tikrit and captured by US forces. At the same time there's terrosim in Moscow when Red Square is bombed in a Chechan suicide attack.In popular culture, and almost as horrific, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson provide colour commentary for the American Billboard Music awards, thankfully we're saved by Kelis, whose Milkshake still brings all the boys to the yard. At the movies Tom Cruise has a crack at taking on The Last Samurai, Russell Crowe becomes Master and Commander and a live action remake of Peter Pan creeps everyone out. Plus we wish a happy birthday to the most famous woman in the world right now!  Hang with us on socials to chat more noughties nostalgia - Facebook (@tminus20) or Instagram (tminus20podcast). You can also contact us there if you want to be a part of the show.

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Eyyûbîler Devletinin kurucusu. 1137'de Tikrit'te doğdu. Yirmi beş senelik vezirlik ve sultanlık hayâtı, hep İslâmiyete hizmetle geçmiştir. Onun zamânında, Şam medreselerinde ders veren altı yüzden fazla fıkıh, din, şeriat ilminin üstâdı vardı. Selâhaddîn Eyyûbî, komutan ve memurlarıyla bir arkadaş gibi samîmî olarak konuşur, yumuşaklıkla muâmele ederdi. Bundan dolayı herkes, fikrini ve arzusunu çekinmeden söylerdi. Zamânında yetişen âlimlerden İmâdüddîn el-Kâtib, onun hakkında şöyle demektedir: “Sultan ile oturan bir kimse, onunla oturduğunun farkına varmaz, bir arkadaşıyla oturuyor zannederdi. Anlayışlı, dînine bağlı, temiz, hatâları affeder, kusûrları görmemezlikten gelir ve kızmazdı. Asık suratlı durmaz, dâimâ tebessüm eder vaziyette olurdu. Bir şey isteyeni, boş çevirdiği görülmezdi. Herkese çok nâzik davranır, kimseye kaba hareketlerde bulunmazdı. Söz verdiği zaman yerine getirirdi. Mısır ve Kudüs'ü fethedip, hazînelere sâhip olduğu hâlde, ömrü boyunca bir asker gibi yaşamıştır. Parayı zarûrî ihtiyaçlara ve askerî malzemelere sarf ederdi. Öldüğü zaman cebinden bir altın ile birkaç gümüş para çıktı. Baştan başa çelik zırhlarla kaplı olan Haçlıları, göğsü açık, îmânlı bir grup askeriyle perişan ederdi. Hattâ bir defâsında da; “Et iken demirle çarpışıyoruz, yüz olursak, karşımıza bin düşman çıkıyor, kaleler ateş saçıyor, denizler düşman kusuyor.” demekten kendini alamadı. Yaptığı bütün harplerde, askerlerinin sayısı, düşmandan dâimâ azdı. Haçlılar tarafından saray hâline getirilen Mescid-i Aksâ'yı yeniden câmi hâline getirdi. Mihrâbını ve birçok kısımlarını mermer ve mozaiklerle kaplattı. Selâhaddîn Eyyûbî, 1193 kışı Şubatında hastalandı. On dört gün hasta yattı. 4 Mart 1193 târihinde, Şam'da vefât etti. Kabri Şam'da Medresetü'l-Aziziye'dedir. (Yeni Rehber Ansiklopedisi, c.17, s.297-298)

In this episode, we discuss: -What drew Col Reynolds to studying history    -The value of history for the military professional   -Avoiding traps and pitfalls in studying and using history   -Studying at Oxford   -German General Ludwig Beck   -Doctrine in the German army (1914-1945)   -How the Marine Corps used history while Col Reynolds was a company-grade officer   -His time as a student at The Basic School (TBS)   -The state of the Marine Corps in the mid to late 1970s   -The decision to leave the Marine Corps and transitioning   -Col Reynold's time in the Central Intelligence Agency   -His experiences at TBS as an individual mobilization augmentee   -How TBS had changed since his time as a student   -Tactical decision games (TDGs) and sand table exercises as intellectual revelations   -Writing good TDGs   -Col Reynold's contest-winning article, “Turn on Your Lights!”   -Criticisms of studying and drawing from the 20th-century German military tradition -Researching and writing Just Cause and A Skillful Show of Strength   -Serving as the officer-in-charge of Marine Corps Field History in Operation Iraqi Freedom-I   -Interviewing Marine and Coalition leaders in Iraq   -Writing Basrah, Baghdad, and Beyond   -Areas where Marine forces in Iraq could have improved   -The relief of Colonel Joe Dowdy, the commander of Regimental Combat Team-1   -The turnover of Tikrit from Task Force Tripoli to the US Army's 4th Infantry Division   -The U.S. failure to adequately prepare for Phase IV (stability) operations   -How Marine Corps historians seem less critical of Marine leaders compared to Army historians writing about Army generals   -The controversy and conversation surrounding Force Design 2030  Links Colonel Reynold's website: https://www.nicholasreynoldsauthor.com   "Turn on Your Lights!" by Major Nicholas E. Reynolds, USMCR, Proceedings, November 1991 Fighting Power: German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945 by Martin van Creveld   Just Cause: Marine Operations in Panama, 1988-1990 by Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas E. Reynolds, USMCR A Skillful Show of Strength: US Marines in the Caribbean, 1991-1996 by Colonel Nicholas E. Reynolds, USMCR   U.S. Marines in Iraq, 2003: Basrah, Baghdad, and Beyond by Colonel Nicholas E. Reynolds, USMCR (Rett)   Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961 by Nicholas Reynolds Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence by Nicholas Reynolds --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damien-oconnell/support

Nikki is in Vienna, her first stop in Europe with her bestie Anya Marina, her boyfriend Chris Convy while Brian is allegedly in Tikrit. Brian once spent New Year's Eve on a plane and was annoyed that there was no celebration. Sharing adventures from Europe, Nikki fessed to crying in front of German men before her performance. They talk about performing in front of friends vs strangers. Chris shares a hack to save face abroad. Starbucks in Europe did not pass the heat test but has a naked TV show that Nikki is obsessed with. Nikki doesn't care about germs and was shocked that Chris saw her eating a lollipop that fell on the floor. Brian once had to have an intervention with a friend who had bad body odor. Nikki found comfort when she realized that she moves like Conan. In Reddit Dump, we learn that being on top isn't so easy and why acting aloof gets you in a relationship.  ——— Watch this episode on our Youtube Channel: The Nikki Glaser Podcast Follow the pod on Instagram for bonus content: @NikkiGlaserPod Leave us your voicemail: Click Here To Record Nikki's Tour Dates: nikkiglaser.com/tour Anya's Patreon: patreon.com/anyamarina Brian Frange: brianfrange.com More Nikki: IG More Anya: IG More Brian: IG More producer Noa: IG  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It has been 20 years since the United States and its allies invaded Iraq in their “war on terror” amid claims that the country's dictator, Saddam Hussein, possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction. Along with Baghdad, the dictator's birthplace Tikrit, was quick to fall. But what has become of Tikrit, once a rich and flourishing town, in the 20 years since the invasion? FRANCE 24's Lucile Wassermann reports.

En avril 2003, Tikrit, la ville natale de Saddam Hussein, a été prise par l'armée américaine, marquant la fin de son règne. Au mois de décembre 2003, c'est tout près de là que le dictateur déchu a été capturé avant d'être exécuté trois ans plus tard. Qu'est devenu Tikrit, 20 ans après ces évènements ? C'est le sujet de ce "Billet Retour à Tikrit", un reportage de Lucile Wassermann.

In this episode Joe is joined by Army Veteran and entrepreneur William Morden. William shares the challenges he faced as a young Veteran during his transition from Active Duty and how he eventually ended up as a freight broker. It was after William started his own car shipping business that he noticed a need to help military families with the cost of moving. Along with Mike Feuerhelm, he founded Transport for Troops, a nonprofit offering assistance to military families to help cover out of pocket PCS expenses. Learn more about Transport for Troops and how you can help here.      About Our Guest   William joined the Army in 2003 and served in Iraq from 2004-2005 with the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment as a 60mm mortar gunner. During his deployment, 1/14 traversed the entire country serving as QRF for areas ranging from Najaf, Tikrit, and Samara in the south to Kirkuk, Mosul, and Tallafar in the north. After 14 months, he returned stateside and was honorably discharged in 2006. He stated a car shipping business in 2011 where he provided thousands of military families with assistance in their PCS moves in the form of discounted rates. In 2013, he met Mike Feuerhelm, and together, they started what would become Transport for Troops. In 2018, Transport for Troops received its 501(c)(3) determination from the IRS, and to date, they have helped 335 families cover the costs of shipping their POVs.   . Join the conversation on Facebook! Check out Veteran on the Move on Facebook to connect with our guests and other listeners. A place where you can network with other like-minded veterans who are transitioning to entrepreneurship and get updates on people, programs and resources to help you in YOUR transition to entrepreneurship. About Our Sponsors Navy Federal Credit Union  Navy Federal can help you get started on your next home improvement project. They offer a home equity line of credit with convenient access to funds when you need them at a variable rate. You can also get a fixed-rate equity loan that has set monthly payments for large purchases. Consolidating debt with a home equity loan could also streamline and lower your monthly payments. Learn more at navyfederal.org.  At Navy Federal, our members are the mission.       Want to be our next guest? Send us an email at interview@veteranonthemove.com.  Did you love this episode? Leave us a 5-star rating and review!  Download Joe Crane's Top 7 Paths to Freedom or get it on your mobile device. Text VETERAN to 38470. Veteran On the Move podcast has published over 460 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane. The podcast features people, programs, and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 7,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, iTunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) is a badass who flew 30 combat missions more than 30 combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom in the skies above Baghdad, Fallujah, and Tikrit. Now a congressman, Garcia confronts a greater adversary as a member of the House GOP's China Accountability Task Force. He joins Peter and Eric on the most recent episode of The Drill Down to give us a preview of what the new majority will be focused on starting next year with respect to America's “peer threat,” the People's Republic of China.

In this fascinating discussion, Eric Maddox shares why he enlisted in the U.S. Army where he was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, a jumpmaster, and graduate of Ranger School. In 2003, he was sent to Tikrit, Iraq where he joined a Delta Force team who was searching for high value targets on the infamous Deck of Cards. After five months and over 300 interrogations, Eric was able to track down and eventually give the team the exact location of the spider hole in which Saddam hid. For this, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, the Defense Intelligence Agency Director's Award, and the Bronze Star. Eric has successfully transitioned his technique of empathy based listening to teach business leaders across the globe on how to follow the breadcrumbs that lead to the stage of the person you are negotiating with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COL (Dr.) Horvath is a veteran of the US Army Reserve Medical Corps, having served in three deployments to Iraq. He is an internal medicine physician specializing in occupational medicine and pulmonary disease. His first deployment to Iraq was at the age of 56 after a 26-year break in military service, having served as a U.S. Navy officer earlier in his career. He returned to the military, in part inspired by his two sons, whom both joined the Navy following 9/11. During his last deployment in 2011, he served as the Task Force Deputy Commander and Chief of Clinical Services for a combat hospital near Tikrit, Iraq, and was responsible for the medical care of over 20,000 U.S. soldiers in the northern half of Iraq. His civilian career has ranged from serving as the Medical Director for major corporations such as BP and General Electric to now serving as a primary care physician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Cleveland. In this episode, he discusses the role of Occupational Health and Preventative Medicine in war zones. He describes why he was drawn back to the military at the age of 56. We then dive into his clinical roles during his deployments and what it was like providing care for detainees at Abu Ghraib. We discuss how serving in the reserves differs from active duty and how he stayed clinically prepared to provide combat casualty care for each deployment. He discusses some of his most traumatic cases and how this has impacted his mental health upon returning. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of serving as the leader of a combat hospital for a yearlong deployment. We also learn about why mentoring is so important to him and how he fosters these relationships. He finishes by describing why he wrote a memoir about his experiences as a deployed physician titled “Good Medicine, Hard Times.”   Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com           Honoring Military Medicine's Past to Improve Healthcare's Future   The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm Good Medicine, Hard Times: Memoir of a Combat Physician in Iraq by Edward Horvath available on Amazon- https://amzn.to/3A3I9jL WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you. WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.         Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast  

El 13 de diciembre de 2003, en la Operación Amanecer Rojo , Saddam Hussein fue capturado por las fuerzas estadounidenses después de ser encontrado escondido en un agujero en el suelo cerca de una granja en ad-Dawr , cerca de Tikrit. Quizás alguién lo delató y desveló su escondite secreto.

We talk to Wicked's own Elphaba, Jackie Burns!FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited):0 (2s):Hello? Hello. Hello survivors. How I've missed you. I've missed talking to you boss. And I took quite a number of weeks off. Well, I did. She, she actually continued to record for at least one week while I was gone. And she's got a great interview. We've got a great interview coming up. She talked to Jackie burns, little Jackie burns on Broadway, wicked playing Elphaba. No big deal. Actually. She has a big deal and she's great. And so were all of you. I am heartened because even though we've taken all this time off, we've continued to grow our listenership.0 (47s):So thank you to you for listening, for continuing to listen for being a first-time listener. If you are thank you for being here, it's a privilege actually, to be able to have a platform to speak one's mind is truly a privilege. And one, I hope we do right by. We're going to be right back into the swing of things with interviews, regular weekly interviews in the fall. So stay tuned for that. And in the meantime, please enjoy this interview with Jackie burns and I'm Gina Kalichi3 (1m 34s):To theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand.0 (1m 38s):20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it all.3 (1m 43s):We survived theater school and you will too. Are we famous yet?2 (1m 56s):Here's the thing. Jackie burns. Congratulations. You survived theater school and you also survived this hellish trying to get you on. So squad quest squad cast, which we usually use is totally wonky this morning. And I was like, no, I, because I'm obsessed with you because I'd been researching you. I'm not a musical theater person, but I am one of these musical theater lovers that has so much reverie. And I think it is a sacred thing to sing and I don't really do it. And so I'm obsessed and you and I have the same birthday, October 4, 10, 4, buddy, ten four. So You're a little younger than me, five years, but that's okay.2 (2m 41s):I'm still, I'm super obsessed. And I also like I, when I watch, so I'm known for like going to high schools and middle schools and watching musical theater of people I'd have no connection to in what I was at when I was in Chicago, because I adore the art form and I don't do it, but I'm obsessed. So anyway, start, start from the beginning. You grew up in Connecticut. How, and then obviously you're a Broadway star. Are you back working in on Broadway? What's happening with you right now?5 (3m 13s):Oh my God. What is happening?2 (3m 15s):Yeah. I looked at your, I looked at all your profiles, but I want to hear it from you. Where are you post sort of pandemic. What is happening with your career? Tell us,5 (3m 27s):Oh God. Well like every musical theater theater,2 (3m 31s):Just say star, just say star, you are a star. You're a musical theater star. Like I understand for someone like I write for TV and I act sometimes, but like I musical theater people when I see them on stage, I'm like, I, the, the, the amount of brilliance it takes and dedication to, I have trouble on set, just moving my body and say, and you sing and move and dance and all the things. Okay. Okay. So what's happening with your career?5 (4m 2s):Oh my God. Well, first of all, Jen, I'm obsessed with you because I wish the rest of the world felt the same way about musical theater people because all of I'm most TV and film people are like, oh, you're not a real actor because you,2 (4m 13s):No, I would love to cast, listen, listen, what I mean? I would love to catch you and all your cohort when I do, because here's the thing. The body spatial awareness of musical theater folks, to know where they are in space translates onto set. So everyone listening, the 10,000 people that have downloaded this podcast that will continue to hire musical theater folks on television and film because they know bodies and bodies. It's not just a head people. So anyway, okay, go ahead. Sorry. I keep interrupting. I'm just like,5 (4m 46s):Nope. I love you. You're like making me feel so good about myself. But as every theater person, all we want to do is get on TV and film.2 (4m 55s):Oh, right. It's that's holds true for musical theater folks too. I assume that's where the dough is. Is that5 (5m 1s):That's where that money is. Because if you think about it, like once the theater show closes, we don't get a back end of it. So like, that's it. Your paycheck's done.2 (5m 9s):There's no residuals.5 (5m 10s):There's no residual.2 (5m 12s):Yeah. Okay. So, okay. So tell me what is happening now? You said you got your insurance back, which is5 (5m 17s):Paula that's hope. It's always helpful. I just did a new musical called a walk on the moon. That was based off the movie. No,2 (5m 27s):No,5 (5m 29s):No. I'll walk in the cloud. Like very similar. No,2 (5m 33s):She's dope. I like to5 (5m 34s):Have her with like Viggo, Mortensen, Schreiber. And when it was like back in the day, it's a good movie. Tony, Tony Goldwyn, like directed it and stuff. And he actually came and saw the musical. Did2 (5m 47s):He give you a compliment?5 (5m 49s):Yes, he was very nice. It was also like super handsome. You're like, hi,2 (5m 52s):I have heard. Yes.5 (5m 54s):You're just like, hello? Oh, you're married Ella and there's no, no, no, no, no. And my boyfriend's gonna listen to be like,2 (6m 6s):No, no, no. That's okay. That's okay.5 (6m 8s):No, he knows. He knows that I'm just joking. I'm just stroking on there. No. And then Pam gray wrote it. Who wrote the, who wrote the script as well? Yeah. And it's really good. And we just closed and they're hoping to bring it to Broadway. So fingers crossed. But the problem is, is that Broadway because it was closed for two years. All these shows have been trying to get theater. So that were like low man on the total whole cause it's like two years worth of shows trying to get to Broadway.2 (6m 37s):Correct.5 (6m 37s):So it's, and we're just like a little show rather than like a big show, so2 (6m 43s):Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. But still worked. You have worked post pandemic, which is a huge thing. Okay. So tell me, were you a kid? Who did you grow up? You grew up in Connecticut. I'm assuming, were you a kid? Like you were five and you were like, just ho like you knew you could sing or what, how did that go? How does that, how do you discover that you can freaking sing?5 (7m 6s):You're so cute. I'm going to like put your pocket. Your energy is like seven. I'm going to be a best friend now.2 (7m 13s):And we'll together. We'll try to, we'll try to have a television show. That's like, I know they did it kind of with glee, but like Glebe, like less sassy and more earnest.5 (7m 23s):Yes. I am interested Jen, get2 (7m 26s):And throwing some murders because I, I write a lot of murder. Yeah.5 (7m 29s):Oh, I love that. That's what2 (7m 31s):Musical murders. Great. Okay. So you, you were a kid and how did this happen? That you were like, dude, I can be on stage and sing.5 (7m 38s):I just like always was obsessed with it. Like, so I started dancing when I was three and then, but like I used to get on like the little like Hutch, you know, like the fireplace such as my stage and sing, sing to like Michael Jackson's thriller. And I just like, yeah. And I used to, when I used to go to dance, like as I got older, we drove like 45 minutes. My mom drove me very sweet to dance class. And I used to sing along with the radio and I was convinced that the DJ could hear me. And it was just like a matter of time before I got recording contract.2 (8m 9s):Listen, here's the thing about that is that yeah. Some people might think it's wacky, but what I think is that bill that shows that somewhere, you envisioned a world where people were listening to you and were going to pay you. And that it was going to be like, even though it was just a fantasy in a car, what it shows is that you had like a sort of an expansive mind as a kid, as a lot of, not every kid is doing, most kids are like, oh, I sound terrible. And I'm never going to make it out of this Podunk town. Like that's, that's where I was at. So you, you were you're on. Okay. And then, so the dancing and singing, and then what about the acting part? Like, cause you could have just been a singer and a dancer.5 (8m 47s):Totally. You know what this is going to be, I'm going to throw so much shade and2 (8m 52s):You5 (8m 52s):Can do it2 (8m 53s):Any way. You want shade, half shade, full shade, whatever you need.5 (8m 57s):I'm going to give full shade just because I think it's funny. But when I went to my dance school, brought us to New York the first time, even though I lived in Connecticut, which is super close to New York, like I live two hours from the city. We never went to the city. So I went to the city for my first time when I was like, I was 15 years old and we went and saw Greece with like Broadway. That was my first Broadway show that I ever saw. And it was with like, kind of was like Brooke shields, like Rosie O'Donnell like crazy. But I, I was kind of not impressed. I was like, wait, I could do this. Like I, you know, I coveted Broadway is like so big. So like that, that I, I realized I was like, everyone sounded really great and who was dancing really great.5 (9m 41s):But I was not impressed with the acting at that point. For some reason, I just kind of was like, oh, it felt very pantomimed me2 (9m 49s):Like presentational.5 (9m 50s):Yes. Yeah. Yes. Which sometimes it's like, and that's when I moved to LA, I lived in LA for like a hot second cause I did wicked in LA and then I met my managers at T grin, I think. Yes.2 (10m 2s):Yes. Oh yes, yes, yes, yes. Tikrit is amazing. Yes.5 (10m 5s):Yeah. He's amazing. And they were like, come move to LA and like, let's get you on TV and film. And then I moved there and then the pandemic happened and I was like, well2 (10m 12s):It was right then. Oh shit.5 (10m 14s):Yeah. I was there for like six months and it was great and it was fun. And like, but the thing that I realized is like, when I first got there and I started got into acting classes there, they were like, yo, you're a musical theater. So you only like color with like two of the crayons in your coloring box rather than all of them. Because you know, it's so far back. So you just have to like, you know, play to the back of the house and it's true. So many times you go see a show and it's like so broad and present presentation. It doesn't like bring, bring truthful. So that's2 (10m 43s):I think, no, I have to say it's like, I wish LA and I'm not, I I'm sure you went to amazing classes, but I wish so. I teach at the theater school at DePaul over zoom now that's where we went. Okay. So I teach there. And so the thing is, I wish we had a better language for saying that to people. So what, for me it is, is not, when I see musical theater actors on all it is, it's not so much for me that they have two colors. What it is is that they were exceptionally built for the, the thing they were doing. Right. And now they're doing something else. So you say like, okay, look, the dope thing about you is we know all that's in there.2 (11m 25s):It's just a matter of, of like super tweaking it and making it niche, niche nuanced. And it's a total teachable skill, which I'm sure they told you to like to oh yeah. Just is like, but the good news is I think I would, you know, I would more say you have all the colors, all the people that do musical theater have all the colors in there, or you wouldn't be able to go broad. And it's just a matter of pivoting to being a more like lasered focused situation. So anyway, all the musical theater people out there, I know we all have many all the colors, but it's true that there was also like in the arts and the late nineties where theater was Uber presentational, like, like, oh my gosh.2 (12m 8s):So you saw that and you were like, okay, I want to act, I could do this. And so then what did you do? Start taking classes or what happened as a kid?5 (12m 16s):So then that's, well, that's what I, I'm a year early from my grade. So I was going into college that next year. You know what I mean? So I just decided to just go to school for straight acting, just for acting rather than musical theater. Cause I felt like if you can sing, you can sing. Obviously you can always get better and stuff like that. But I was like, I really wanted to make sure that cause everything is from a storytelling place. Right. You know what I mean? It's like, so if, if you're a BA, if you know, so anyways, so that's why I went to2 (12m 41s):Wait a minute. So here's the thing about singing? Like, okay. So when you, how do you know like your small and you're doing like, you're standing on the hearth of your fireplace and doing your thing, but like how does one know like, oh shit, I can do this because here's my thing. Like I never tried because my sister was the singer in the family. So I just assumed that that was like, every family gets one and that was her thing later in life, look, I took classes and I'm, but I'm not like a, a hearth singer like yourself. Right. So, but how do you know, do people say to you I'm serious? Do people say to you, oh my gosh, Jackie, when you're young, do you remember people saying like, you can really fucking sing?2 (13m 24s):Not maybe not with the fucking, you know what I mean?5 (13m 26s):No, they said, yeah. They said, Jackie, you can fucking sing. And I was like six and I was like, oh my God, thank you so much. You know, what's so funny is that this now everyone's going to really know our age. When I was, when I was in elementary school, my mom made me do the, what is it called? The talent show. And I sang Peter pans. I won't grow up. She made me like various.2 (13m 56s):I love that. I'm glad she, but I also glad because that could lend itself to comedy. So that's good.5 (14m 2s):Oh. And she gave me all the like, like, like I won't grow up. I had, and she had like a thing like, oh, I don't want to wear a tie. Like she, like, all the parents made a big deal out of me and they wanted to throw a bake sale to send me to star search. It was hilarious. But then all the little girls that I was friends with all hated me after.2 (14m 23s):Well, see here's well, that5 (14m 25s):Was,2 (14m 25s):That happens. I'll I'll all the time, so. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Did you go to star search first of all?5 (14m 32s):No. No. I was too busy, crying every day because I had no friends and wanting to like be homeschooled.2 (14m 37s):So yeah. Yeah. I hear you. I, I, here's the thing about that. It's like, I don't have kids and I'm never going to have kids that ship has sailed thankfully. And so I, it's interesting to think about kids and like, what is it? I wish what I wish. So what I wish never happens. And that's why I say, I wish, I wish that the kids had said, oh my gosh, Jackie, you can sing. Yes. You got attention. Teach us how to do it. Or maybe let's, let's collaborate together, but they're like six and nobody's going to fucking collaborate when they're six, maybe. But like, I wish it had been more collaborative because look, what if you had like put on a production together with the girls that, but instead they ostracize you a little bit.2 (15m 21s):So then did you keep your singing or were you like, fuck you, I'm going to sing anyway. How did that go?5 (15m 25s):Oh, and then, so then, so then I went to junior high and then I actually always said like that it was junior high and the chorus teacher made a big deal out of me. And I like won all these awards and like, got like, like whatever I got all these solos and stuff. And then the parents started complaining to the chorus teacher that why is this little girl getting all the solos and not our daughter's getting solos. So then,2 (15m 47s):Wow. So here's the thing like, look, look, look, I understand that we want things to be equal, but how about then, like if I ran in the world or even had a little part of it, this is what I would do, I would say all right. All right. All right. So Jackie can sing her ass off. She's amazing. But why don't we pivot and turn and also look at what makes little Emily and little Jane amazing. And, and, and, and bolster that instead of trying to damp in Jackie's flame, like, it just doesn't make any sense to me. So like, I have this new phrase in Hollywood and people probably hate me. And when I go to meetings, I'm like, look, we have to collaborate or die.2 (16m 27s):Like that's where we're at agree. Right? Like adapt and collaborate or get the fuck out of the way. And people are like, oh, this crazy bitch. But here's the thing. The collaboration is going to be the only thing that saves us on our planet and in many ways. So wouldn't, it have been great. If they had said I should have my own POS podcast, that's just called wouldn't it have been great because I, I, I feel like I say that so much to people like, wouldn't it have been great if they, the parents had said, oh my God, like, Jackie's dope. But if Jackie can do it, that maybe means like my Susie can tap, dance her ass off or make pottery like a motherfucker. So like, let's focus on those things rather than dampening Jackie's, you know, it's so it's so such, such terrible behavior, but okay.2 (17m 10s):So junior high also, did you, were you like, oh shit. I can sing. And I'm amazing, but these people hate my guts or how did it?5 (17m 17s):Yeah. Yes. And then the caveat is when I went to high school, the junior high teacher told the high school teacher that I was like very special. And like, they should, she should put me in like senior prior. And then that teacher hated me and told me I was flat and told me, I sucked every day to the point I stopped singing. I just,2 (17m 37s):You know what that reminds me of wait, was it, was it a lady teacher? Okay. It reminds me of glee when it's a Dina and, and what's her name and you know, the one people like to talk shit about, I don't know her. Leah, Leah, Leah.5 (17m 55s):Yeah.2 (17m 55s):So they, that exact thing happens. And it's just, it's just, and maybe that's what happened. Maybe it's jealousy. Maybe it's maybe it's like, how dare someone be special? I never got to do the thing or whatever it is. It's not your, you were a kid. It was not your PR, even in high school, your problem to figure that out. So you stopped singing what? That now there's the real travesty, right?5 (18m 16s):Yeah. So then I stopped singing in choir. I would just like lip sync and she would still be like, oh, I hear is Jackie all layers, Jackie sound. It was horrible. Miss Hilton. I'll tell you to say it anyway. She was horrible to me. And then for college, you had to write, she, you had to get a letter of recommendation. And she told me she had nothing nice to say about me and she wouldn't write it. So then the guidance counselor, I had to write it for me. It was so that I could audition for schools.2 (18m 43s):Okay. That lady, that lady is whore. That's a horrible thing.5 (18m 47s):Yeah. I know. And then my brother, this is so funny. My brother, Kevin, my brother is seven years younger than me. And so when he went to high school, he had her too. And the first day of school went through and was like, Joey burns any relationship to Jackie burns. And he was like, yeah, that's my sister. And he was, she was like, yeah, she's still trying to make it on Broadway. And he was like, oh yeah, she's on Broadway in hair actually. And it shut her right up. And then all of a sudden she was like, oh, I've always knew she was going to make it. I was like,2 (19m 16s):Okay, here's the thing like, that is a sad, sad, human being. Like, if you are a teacher of youngsters and you cannot foster them in any way, then, then you, that is not the right fit for you. My friends. And also I I'm, well, it's, it's no shocker. I was a former, I'm a former therapist for, for people when they got up, I got out of prison. So like, all my bent is like on a psychological lens, but like a trauma lens, usually with this stuff. But it's like lady, I understand Ms. Whatever. Hilman, what's her name?5 (19m 50s):Hilton2 (19m 50s):Hilton. Ms. Hilton Paris Hilton. I understand if it was somehow related, I understand that you've got trauma that you haven't worked on, whatever, but that is not the children, the high high-schoolers responsibility, my friend, that is your responsibility. Just like it's my responsibility. And Jackie's responsibility to work on the shit that happened to us. So anyway, oh my God. Well, thank gosh for guidance counselors. I would have been like the guidance counselor. I would have been like,5 (20m 16s):She was the best. Yeah.2 (20m 18s):Ms. Fitzgerald. Thank you, Ms. Fitzgerald. Okay. So then you go to connect. You went to school in Connecticut, right?5 (20m 23s):Yeah. So then my parents were like, and then I, so I graduated when I was 17, so I, and I, because we're October. Yeah. And so what was the youngest class to get our drivers?2 (20m 35s):Yes, but like the best in terms of like, I got to college, I was 17. I was like, Hey, I'm young. And I'm got,5 (20m 41s):Say that same, same, but my so, but I didn't want to go to college. I was like, I'm just gonna move to New York and be a star. And my parents were like, yeah, you're 17. So no, you're not. And I was like, oh, okay. So I didn't put a lot of effort into looking into school. So I only audition for three schools, NYU boss' conservatory and Yukon. My parents were like, you should audition for the state school. Just, you know, whatever. Yeah.2 (21m 2s):It's also cheapest, cheaper, much cheaper. Right.5 (21m 5s):So, yeah. That's what, and that's what my parents said. They were like, listen, you can graduate. They're like, this is how much money we can afford. The rest is going to be loans and on you. They're like, so you're not graduating. And being a doctor like in going into like maybe a work, maybe what we think you'll work. My parents were always very supportive of me.2 (21m 22s):That's awesome.5 (21m 23s):So great. Yeah. They were never, they were, they weren't like, you need a backup plan. They were like, yeah, we think you'll make it. But they were like, you don't go. Right. So like, you know, they're like, you can graduate with a shit ton of debt or you can graduate basically debt free. And I chose to go to school debt free. I was like2 (21m 41s):So smart because let me tell you something. When the sheriff comes to your house, because you don't pay off your grad school loans, Jen Bosworth, Ramirez over here and says, you took out a private loan for your grad school in counseling psych, and you never paid it back. And so now we're here to collect. Literally the sheriff came to my house. I thought to myself, this was a poor choice that I, I did not need to take out this loan that I apparently, I mean, look, fit shit, happens for a reason. But what I'm saying is when I hear these stories, that people that chose to be debt free instead of go to Juilliard and take out $7,700,000 in debt or whatever, or in loans, I'm like, yes, because especially in this career, even if you are brilliant, and even if you are magical and are a star, you it's still, the paycheck is the paycheck right.2 (22m 29s):On Broadway. So, so good for you. Okay. So you up, well, how was your college experience, Jackie? Like, how would you say that was5 (22m 36s):Again also hilarious and the fact that, because I sang and I went to school for just straight acting, they all made fun of me for like sitting. They were like, oh, you want to do musical? That's not real acting. And I always left with laugh and be like, I'm going to actually work. So, you know,2 (22m 53s):Oh, people or any. Okay. So when I was on crew, I was on crew at DePaul theater school and we would do one musical a year, which I was never casting, but5 (23m 4s):Same thing we did one musical a year,2 (23m 6s):I guess. Were you the, I hope you were the fucking star everyone.5 (23m 9s):No. Sometimes no, because the grad actors would be the stars.2 (23m 14s):Oh my God. I bet they're kicking themselves. But anyway, okay. So I was crew and I was on makeup and I think Gina was too. And anyway, w I was on crew and I would literally, and it was into the woods, which is my favorite. And I would sit on the edge of the stage and Rapunzel, this woman, Jen, who was a Rapunzel and reposal, I would watch. And I would be like, oh my gosh. And Brockie, I think it was Brockie who did last midnight. And I just was be like, this is magic. So anyway, okay. So that was like me. And I would like miss my, my job because I would be listening and watching these musical theater people, I just would love, they were, I was like in love.2 (23m 54s):So anyway. Okay. So when you, you wouldn't be the star at Yukon5 (23m 58s):Sometimes, sometimes that like you, like, yeah. Towards the end, I started getting some starring work roles, which was great.2 (24m 4s):What was your favorite role at Yukon?5 (24m 11s):You know what I think it's, I think it was my favorite role. Cause I would never get cast in the real world was Joanna and Sweeney. Todd, because putting me in a bland blonde wig is it's a very unfortunate level. Oh, it's not good.2 (24m 24s):Okay. Okay. So you, Joanna is sweet. Sweet has a rough one.5 (24m 28s):Yeah. And also we love murder, but so like I'm not your quintessential ingenue and you know what I mean? Like, I don't have an ingenue look, you know,2 (24m 38s):You have more of like a fierce, like a fierce, like a warrior villain look.5 (24m 42s):Yeah. I'm a, I'm a Maleficent. I'm not an Elsa. You know what I mean? Like that's2 (24m 48s):Is what it is. It is what it is. I5 (24m 50s):Love it. Yeah.2 (24m 51s):I'm the crazy neighbor. I'm the crazy lady. I love it. I'll take it.5 (24m 56s):Yeah. Save. So it's like, I would never play that in the real world. So I loved that because it was a chance for me. Cause I never get to the icing can sing soprano. Nobody knows that like really well, like I actually prefer seas, but I don't ever sing soprano because,2 (25m 10s):Oh, I didn't understand that. Of course like the way the, the, the, the, the part is written. Yeah. The ingenue is probably our Sopranos.5 (25m 20s):Yeah. This is their soprano. And they're like the little blonde next door.2 (25m 23s):And the earthier grounded tone is more of the villainous to, or like the serious business tone. Okay. Very cool. Very cool. Okay. So also sweetened, I didn't know when I saw it, when I was younger, that what it was about and I saw it and I was like, what the fuck is going out? These meat pies, this is cannibalism. And it was crazy. Yeah. I love it now. Cause I write about that stuff, but like, I was like, why is this, why are they, why is he's cutting his throat? What's happening here. So anyway, I thought it was going to be like wizard of Oz. No, no, like, yeah. I didn't know. So. Okay. So you graduate and then are you like, fuck it, I'm moving to New York right away. Like how did this go?5 (26m 2s):Yeah. And then I moved out into New York to New York, with my best friend from college. We got randomly put together. She was not an actor. I didn't really hang out with any of the acting people. I like hung out with all normal people.2 (26m 13s):That's much better choice.5 (26m 16s):Yeah. And so, and even though going to school for straight acting, I wasn't around music, musical theater, people are a different energy, especially, it's a lot of, you know,2 (26m 26s):And he, you know, it's a lot, but it's also, I got to say like, it's a lot. And as I get older, I really appreciate it more because it's a way of sort of owning your space. But like when you were in high school and college and you sit in a restaurant next to a table of musical theater people, you're like, oh God, may I may lose it. So, yeah. Okay. So you graduate and you and your roommate from Yukon move into Manhattan or what, where do you go to5 (26m 50s):Yeah, we move it. Yeah. We, we lived together for 11 years actually. Yeah. Like we were like common law until I moved in with my ex-husband at the time. Like yeah. Like,2 (26m 60s):Yeah. Okay. And so what happens? You get an agent. How does this work for you? Jacqueline?5 (27m 4s):Yeah. It's so funny. So, well, I, I have such a random way. So I moved and I went to one audition.2 (27m 11s):What was it? Four, four. I5 (27m 12s):Don't even remember. I just remember I was at Chelsea studio. I don't even think that they2 (27m 17s):Do physical theater.5 (27m 18s):It was musical theater. And that was another thing because they didn't go to musical theater school. I didn't have like a2 (27m 23s):Book,5 (27m 25s):Like, so like, you know, I went to this, it was like a cattle call audition with like, you know, as non-union 8 million girls in a room2 (27m 33s):Shit. And they all had books and shit. I don't, I didn't even know what a book was. Cause I, until like last year I was like, she's like, I gotta refresh my book. I was like, yeah, just get a book, any book? And she's like, no girl. No. So, okay. So you show up there and how does it go? Are you nervous? Are you like, no, I can fucking sing. Fuck you.5 (27m 50s):No, I, I, I was there and I was waiting and everybody was wearing like the same dresses. It was like straight up like Jason, Robert Brown, you know, from last five years. And everybody's like talking about what they've done and dah, dah, dah, and their book and what they're going to sing. And I just had a panic attack and I left. I was like, Nope, I'm going. And I didn't audition for like two years. I just like lived in the city and like waitressed and like hung out with my friends. You know what I mean? It just was like a ridiculous,2 (28m 15s):Yeah. Living your life, like living your life. Like, you know what? I, I respect that. Like I, I, okay. The one, oh my God. The one audition girl I had. Oh my gosh. So I had to go to the lyric opera of Chicago because they were, they were, they were supposedly hiring non singers for like, or like just singers, but non, non opera singers for this, this thing that this big New York person was coming in the Merry widow of, I don't know. Yeah. Okay. Fine. So my agent's like, you got, I'm like, you know, I don't sing. They're like, no, no. They're just looking for people that can carry a tune or like, and I'm like, okay. But you know, and she's like, no, just go it's for this non more of an acting funny part.2 (28m 59s):And I'm like, okay, dude, like just learn 12 bars. So I, I learned the Cinderella stepsister song from Rogers and Hammerstein. Like why would a one out of eight? It's like a, it's like the ridiculous. Okay. So I go and I go into the bowels of the opera, the, the lyric opera where there's no cell reception. So I can't like text anyone and be like, I'm fucking in the wrong place. What the fuck? All the women come in, Jackie and they start and I hear them warming up and they're seeing opera opera. And I'm like, okay, okay. So I go to the bathroom, no reception. I'm trying to call my agent. Like I can't do this. And I go out and they're like, Jen, you're up? And I walk in.2 (29m 40s):Yeah, I'd walk in. And I hand my music to the piano player and he, and it's all these people. I never been to a musical theater audition, let alone an opera situation. And the guy on the panel just starts and I blacked out. I don't know what happened, Jackie. I didn't, I, I, I don't know what happened. It was awful. And I, I, like, I like left my body and they walk out and I'm like, and I walk out on the corner in Chicago downtown, and it just opens up. It starts pouring on me and I start crying on the corner and I call my agent. I'm like, I don't think it went so well. And then I tell them, anyway, I have no recollection of the, the, the audition.2 (30m 24s):Like I blacked out. So listen, I understand. And I couldn't sing and you could sing. And you were like, I'm out. So, so, okay. So you left and you for two years, you were a waitress and you were, you were kicking it with your friends. And then how did you work your way? Back in5 (30m 40s):My best friend came in with a backstage. She didn't even really know what it was. And she was like, you have to go to this audition today. Or you can't like hang out tonight. And I was like, she was like, come on, you didn't come. You didn't move here to be a waitress. And I was2 (30m 52s):Like, what was it for5 (30m 54s):Tokyo Disney in Japan?2 (30m 56s):Oh,5 (30m 57s):It was hilarious. And that, and I booked it. And that was my first job.2 (30m 60s):You went to Tokyo and you were worked at Disney.5 (31m 2s):Yeah. It was so fun. And they had this Broadway review. So I did this broad, they had this Broadway review show where I sang like mama rose and Avita. And like, it was hilarious. It was so fun. Yeah. It was so fun.2 (31m 15s):Did you do that Jackie?5 (31m 17s):Because nine months.2 (31m 19s):Oh my gosh.5 (31m 20s):So we2 (31m 21s):Did that. You make good money.5 (31m 23s):Yeah. It was great money. And then, and then I met this guy climbing, Mount Fuji, this Australian guy, and like fell in love. And so then I called my best friend, Rachel, who is just like the coolest person. And I was like, let's go to Australia. I also didn't like New York when I moved there, like, and she was like, okay. So like, we moved to Australia for like a year and like hung out there. And then I w we got kicked out cause our visa ran out, you know? And then, so then we came back to New York and I still hated New York. And I was like, Ugh,2 (31m 51s):What is your waving? And wait a minute. What you hate about it? Like, what did you not like about New York when you moved there?5 (31m 57s):Non-green you talk about Connecticut and the green light. And I live literally in2 (32m 1s):The middle of the middle of that,5 (32m 2s):On the shoreline, in the middle of nowhere, live in like a lake. It's all like, you know, it's like beautiful. And I'm a very outdoorsy girl. So it was just like, it was so ugly, concrete. It was so dirty. And I just was like, I missed the outdoors, you know what I mean? I miss like green. And so I just, I didn't, I just didn't like it, you know, now I love the city, but like, I just, I did not, it took me a while, but then I came back and I was like, that still don't want to be here. So I auditioned for a cruise ship and I got this. So then I went on a cruise ship and I was supposed to be there for nine months. And then four months into the cruise ship. I was like, what am I doing with my life? Like, I don't want to be like singing to old people, sleeping in the audience. Like, you know what I mean? So2 (32m 42s):Listen, it's old people. And then me, I go to those and I'm on the cruise. And I go to the musical reviews and I am like weeping in the audience and share5 (32m 53s): yeah.2 (32m 58s):Yeah. People sleeping. Yeah. No, I was like the one person and I know they were all asleep or like, or like snoring or like maybe a coma and like I, or like dead. And I was like, oh my God, this is the best thing. But I usually was alone in that. Okay. So you got off the cruise ship for months and you were like, Nope.5 (33m 15s):Yeah. And it was hilarious. Cause they, the lady, because with the way the cruise ship worked, like if you just leave, then you have to pay out your contract, which I did not want to do. Cause you, you know, so I was like, yeah, I'm having, I was like, I'm having, I said I was having episodes of like wanting to jump, you know what I mean? Cause like not seeing land for so long is like, and it was hilarious. Cause the lady totally knew the director knew I was lying. Her name's Natalie. And she was like, Jackie, she was like, if, if you say this, you'll never work on a cruise ship again, like you'll never get to come. And I was like, I'm okay with that.2 (33m 48s):So you got off.5 (33m 51s):So then I got off and2 (33m 53s):It's like a, it's like a psychological discharge kind of a5 (33m 55s):Situation. They don't want you to jump.2 (33m 58s):No, no, they don't want that.5 (33m 60s):No. And so then I'm moved back to the city and I was like, all right, I'm gonna audition. And, and so at that point I auditioned for this smokey Joe's yeah, yeah. I'd done like five smoking joints and this vector. Yeah. This, it was like one of my favorites. This cast director was like, Steven dandle is so nice. He was like, I want to help me call me the, after my audition. He was like, I think you're super talented. I want to help you. I want to help you get an agent. And I was like, okay. I was just very lucky. And so that's how I got my first agent. And then I had an audition for hair in the park, in Shakespeare, in the park and books that, so that, and I remember calling my parents when I got that. And I was like, this is, this is like the chicken before the egg type of thing, you know?5 (34m 41s):It's like, it's like, we love you, but you've never done probably before. So we can't give you a better show. And you're like, but how do I get a Broadway show? Unless you give me a Broadway show, you know what I mean? I was like, this is a game changer. And I knew, and it was great. And that's like kind of then from there on like2 (34m 56s):Here, was that, what year was that? The hair in the park here in the park.5 (35m 1s):I want to say it was it 2007.2 (35m 4s):Okay. Okay. Amazing.5 (35m 8s):Yeah. And it was great. And then while I was doing that in the park, all the girls in my dressing room were going in for this new show called rock of ages and, and, and my agents were small at the time, so they couldn't get me. I couldn't get in. And I was like, what the F I'm so right for this show. And then finally at the end I got an audition and there was one roll left the stage swing for like the dancer tracks. And I, at that point hadn't danced since I was 17, had been like, you know, almost 10 years. And I can tell you, I blew that, see dance so bad. Like everyone was going that one way. And I was one of those where it's like, there's no way I'm getting this, but I booked it because the music director fought for me and was like, no, I really want her voice.5 (35m 50s):Like I really want her. And so thankfully2 (35m 53s):We talk a lot about on this podcast and I just talk a lot about it in my consulting and stuff with my clients. It's like, here's the thing. Like, and, and, and tell me your thoughts on this. Like my, my, you know, my new sort of vision for things is look, and the people have told me this and I never listened because I was a fucking idiot. But like, like we're booking the room, we're not booking the job. Right. We're booking the people like that. We're booking our champions. We're making fans of our work everywhere we go. And we just don't know who our champions are going to be. So you might as well, like, just really try to, what is it like you're booking the room, right?2 (36m 35s):Like we're. Yeah. So, so you had these champions early on, not that you didn't have the talent and the fucking work ethic too, but you had champions like the guy who called the casting man who called you and told you, I want to help you. And like, and, and, and then the, the musical director on rock of ages, that's amazing. And I think, and I'm trying to sort of figure out like, and what are your thoughts on Why people want to champion certain people? Is it because that, I guess it's a leading question. What I think is that people are decent humans and they want to champion other decent humans, not just the talented voice or the stunning person, but like the decency inside the human something comes through.2 (37m 23s):Do you think that's, that has any validity to it or am I crazy?5 (37m 27s):No, I do think like you onset or in a, in a, in rehearsal, you're with these people for so many hours, if the person is talented, but they suck as a human, like who wants to be suck on sets with 16 hours or in a rehearsal room for eight hours? You know what I mean? Like,2 (37m 44s):I feel like you are one of those. And I would say yes, because I'm talking to you and I'm good with, I know people, but like what, what do you think it is about you? Like, I'm always talking about this to famous people and to stars and to like, what do you think it is about you that people want to work with?5 (38m 4s):I'm very I'm game to do anything. Like I I've no ego.2 (38m 9s):You're curious. You're humble. You have fond. It sounds like you have fun. You like that?5 (38m 15s):Yes. I think my biggest fault, like is that I am humble to a fault. So therefore I think we tell people how to treat us. So sometimes my humility will come across as a lack of confidence. And that's the problem. Cause you know, it's like, it's a lot of money there. Producers are putting on your shoulders and the person that comes in with the confidence that like, Hey, I'm amazing.2 (38m 39s):Let me tell you something. I'm five years older than you. And I'm just getting it. So I now can walk into a room and first excuse my language, but now I can walk into a room and I can swing my Dick. Yeah. I know I have done the work. I have seen what's out there and I know what I have to contribute and I'm also not. But I spent, and if you listen to it all in the podcast, you know, both Gina and I, we spent our twenties and even my thirties going pick me, choose me, love me on some level. Even if I wasn't saying that it was coming out somehow in rooms. Right. So nobody wants that.2 (39m 20s):Right? Like nobody, that's not, it's not even something it's not even about attractiveness. It's like not even attractive in like a human way. Right? Like in a working relationship kind of way. So now I walk in and I'm like, it's not that. And I think also like, and people say this all the time, like people mistake, humbleness for weakness all the time, but there's also something in us that's projecting this sort of smallness. Even if we're not saying it until now, like it took me until 40, like whatever to say, oh fuck, no, I've seen what's out there. And I know I belong and it's not constant. So do you feel like you're coming into that?5 (40m 1s):Yeah. I think that, I feel like I had figured it out like two years before the pandemic. I really kind of, you know what it was for me. I stood by for Idina Menzel and this show called if then on Broadway. And it was the height of her career. It was when frozen came out and she was on the Oscars. And like everybody she's like, you know, everyone was obsessed with her. They were coming to see her specifically in the show. They weren't coming to see the show. They were coming to see her standing by for her people were viscerally angry when I was on, you know what I mean? Because you know, they came to see like, people have flown in from me. I had this British woman yell at me because like she had flown in from England and to see a Dina and I was on and I was like, I'm sorry, like it's not my fault.5 (40m 45s):You know what I mean? Like, you know, so, but that gave me the comp and I had to like win the audience over, like, you know what I mean?2 (40m 54s):So they don't throw things at you, right?5 (40m 56s):Yeah. Like you could feel the shift. There was a song called what the fuck? And like, I always knew. I'd like, that's like, when I would get the audience, that's your2 (41m 3s):Side5 (41m 3s):Where they'd be like, okay, like it's not a Deena. Like, she's2 (41m 6s):Awesome.5 (41m 7s):But this girl, like, it's not like a terrible name. Right. You know what I mean? Like,2 (41m 12s):But that help, we can't help. But like this lady.5 (41m 14s):Yeah. Like, you know what I mean? Like she's at least like, not bad. So that gave me the confidence. Like I had gotten to the place where I was like, ma I believed in myself because it had to, because nobody else did. Right. So I had to like, be like, okay. And that's, I was in a really good place. And the same thing, like when I moved to LA, like I was doing really well, like getting into like producer session callbacks for like service. Like you don't get like, great. And then the pandemic happened and I'm slowly getting my mojo back. Because like, after having that two years, almost three years of like living in this void, this vacuum of self-tapes where you don't know what's going on, you know, like there's no creativity.2 (41m 51s):Yes.5 (41m 52s):That I'm slowly being like, okay, I do know what I'm doing.2 (41m 57s):Can you tell Tega right. Yes. I see you. And maybe I'll listen to this, send it to them. I feel like if I were an Tikosyn, you'd be like, okay, crazy bitch. You don't know what you're doing, but listen, if I were marketing, you I'd be like, she is the next Rene Russo meets. And I haven't figured out the meats part, but Like, I always have a meats, you know? And it's going to be someone, a little weirder. You know what I mean? Like my cause I always skew weird. So when I, so like, you are like, I can see it, but oh, you're the next Rene Russo. But with a fucking voice, how about that? That's how I would pitch you pitch you with a fucking voice to make the gods weep.2 (42m 38s):That's how I would pitch not a manager, but you know, and I haven't actually heard you sing, although you sang a little bit in, I write in this tape, I can tell, you can tell like musical theater and like people could really sing, even when they're like joking around. It's like, wow, the rest of us are like, what the fuck was that? When I mess around, I'm like, man, you're like, oh, it was just like a little bit like, whoa, what the fuck? So anyway, the point is, you're brilliant. And I could totally, I could see you being like the next bad-ass Rene Russo type. Who's like, you know, in the Thomas crown affair, like that kind of thing. That's how I would T grim5 (43m 14s):T grin. Listen, I tell him, tell him,2 (43m 16s):Tell him. And he's gonna be like, oh, that crazy bitch. So, okay. The thing is now. So we have about 10 minutes left and I want to focus on like, what are your dreams? Like, where do you want to be? What do you want to do? Where do you want to go?5 (43m 31s):So many good questions. I mean, I want to originate. I really just want to be originating roles. Okay.2 (43m 37s):Okay. Tell me more about what that means. Like, I don't even, we don't talk like that in Hollywood. So what does that mean?5 (43m 42s):Well, like, cause you know, Broadway shows, there's like a lot of long running shows, but like originated wicked. So they wrote the show for her. You know what I mean?2 (43m 52s):Okay. So this is great to know because a lot of us don't know this. Okay. So they write for the people. She did not audition for that or she did5 (44m 2s):No, she, no, she auditioned, but then once she got it. Yeah. So it's like all of a sudden if like, oh, you know, like,2 (44m 10s):Okay, I am that's okay. I have a dog I'm at my office, but I have a crazy dog named Doris. Who's insane. So don't worry.5 (44m 18s):I have a puppy. And she's like, she's hit her like, oh yeah. I've been2 (44m 22s):Grab her.5 (44m 24s):Can you come over here please? No. Okay. So yeah like, like with, if then they like, you know, like they changed so many keys for her to like find what is good for her, you know what I know? So that way this is done, but so, you know, I want to originate. I want to be at a place where I'm not replacing, you know, I want to be originating. So that way2 (44m 51s):Originating roles on Broadway.5 (44m 54s):Yes. And I really want to get into TV and film. I like want to be doing2 (44m 57s):So. So yeah. And I don't think there's any reason why not. And it's starting to pick up again. So like I would just put it out there that I, if I were you, I would give I'm giving you totally unsolicited advice To LA for another try another six months out here. And I feel like it's different. What I feel in LA right now. And it's why I moved from Chicago is that there is an expansiveness in Los Angeles that look, it can be full of garbage, of course. But there is an expansiveness and the people I'm meeting are like, especially the younger folks are like creating massive amounts of art and content.2 (45m 40s):And even I'm seeing theater out here and it's amazing. And also film and TV. So all I would say is, I think we're in an age where I, it does feel like in LA a lot of things and people listening like old, old timers listening are probably like, oh, shut up. But like, I do feel like we are coming to the end of where it's oversaturated with content from streamers and people are like, no, no, no, we don't need more. What we need is like very specific shows and movies that are, I think we're good. We're contracting a little bit, which is not bad. So it's going to be more for me anyway, like gritty, heartfelt, smaller stories, which I fucking adore.2 (46m 23s):So all I'm saying is come to LA and we'll be friends. That's what I'm saying, Come to my office and we can hang out and do all the things. But anyway, okay. So you want to do film and TV? Like what kind of roles? Like if I said to you, okay, magic wand. Here you go. Jackie, what kind of roles are you? I know you're like, so game to play anything, but like where do you think you'd really shine in television and film?5 (46m 48s):I think I'd really, that's a good, such a good, really good question. I think I am more of a, like of a quirkier than most people think I am. Do you know what I mean? Like a lot of people, especially like when I straightened my hair and like, they're like, oh, you're like a sexy, like, you know, and I'm like, I'm really kind of goofy and quirky.2 (47m 9s):Yeah. You're like more of an ally McBeal than a like Gina Gershon. Bad-ass like that you have a more quirky quirkiness to it.5 (47m 18s):Yes. And because I looked the way I looked people, I was just thinking about baddest, but I have a softness about me that I can't get rid of. Like I did just, there just is I, and so I am like the funny, but like also I'm going to tell you the truth. Cause I do have like, but in a, not in a, like, I'm going to cut your throat kind of way.2 (47m 38s):It's not aggressive. It's yeah. It's more like Ernest than that. There is an earnest quality.5 (47m 45s):Yeah. So I'm that? I just think like, you know, the best friend that's going to keep it real, but also as kind of a shit show and like, yeah,2 (47m 51s):Yeah, yeah. It's reminds me of like, you could, you could play a lot of things, but like you could play the partner of someone on television who like, who like keeps their partner in line, but it's also funny and sassy, but like is the, is the true north to somebody right. And earnest true north that's totally.5 (48m 15s):Yeah. Yes.2 (48m 17s):I feel like I should have a podcast where people come on and I like help market them.5 (48m 21s):I would, yes. I think that people wouldn't2 (48m 24s):Malarious, I'd be like, you're a real kind of Mike Shannon meats, you know, I don't know, John C. Riley type with a side of Ben Affleck or something like that. But anyway. Yeah. So, okay. So you want to do that and then are you auditioning right now for, is there what's happening on Broadway? What's happening off Broadway that you, that are you excited about? Anything what's happening? That you're excited about? Nothing. Okay, great.5 (48m 50s):I sadly to say it's kind of been really dry. Like I haven't had much additions and it's been a little like brutal.2 (49m 0s):Okay. Good to know. I mean, I look, look, it's better to be honest because here's the thing, like if we, and it also comes across, you know, that like if people come on this podcast or like, I'm talking to someone even in a party and they're like, it's fabulous. I mean, blah, blah, blah. And you're like, I don't buy this because I just don't buy it. My bullshit meter goes off. So it's been brutal. And I have to say like, it's been a really brutal for me too, but like in a, in a, in a, across the board. And I think this is a time. I mean, we're, I'm, I'm a triple Libra. So I have sun moon rising, all Libra, which means that I'm just a bonkers, but it also means I, we, I feel that we are in a huge transition time and as systems, whether that's Broadway, Hollywood, the government, whatever you believe, whatever systems as they sort of start to falter and fall in some ways, which is scary.2 (49m 55s):Cause it's, you know, I don't know. I have my thoughts about capitalism, but like systems are failing a little bit just because of the pandemic because of life, the climate, all this stuff, those of us in positions too are called to really come stand up and say, what do I want? How can I help? How can I be of service? And what do I really want to create? So it's like a beautiful time for artists to say, look, it's brutal too, but like there's opportunity in the brutality of like, wait a minute, who do I want to collaborate with? How do I want to collaborate? What kind of art do I want to make?2 (50m 35s):And what am I willing to do to make a living? And what am I not? And mostly for me, it's been about like, who do I want to align with? Who do I want to make, have partnerships with? And that to me is more important actually than the tasks I'm doing. It's like if I go into a writer's room and the, and the showrunners are fantastic and the writers are like we're crew and a team it's like, that would be I, and I'm all, I'm like totally putting this out into the universe. So I haven't been there yet. So like, I'm pre, but like, I can imagine that that is like more important to me than the actual dialogue or writing. Do you know what I mean?5 (51m 15s):Yes. I2 (51m 16s):Will work on whatever show, if the people in charge and the team are dope as hell, it's sort of not as important, what the it's still important, but it's not like it's more for me anyway. It's more the team, right? It's the team and who gets me and who I get. And at the end of the day, am I willing to go to bat for these people? And are they willing to go to bat for me versus it's like, again, it goes back to like collaboration versus, you know, like pick me, choose me, love me. And so that's what I wish for you is like, is like you find your next team of people that are like your champions that you can champion.2 (51m 57s):And then I think the project will sort of work itself out. Do you know what I mean?5 (52m 1s):Yeah, totally.2 (52m 2s):So listen, casting, listen, listen, people, Jackie burns. Bad-ass not just musical theater star, but musical theater star. And yeah. So what else is happening? Anything else you need to say, like to your, to people listening that they must to know about you or where you are in your life in the world? Because this is like, we talk a lot about in this podcast about legacy. Like I don't have kids, so I don't know. So a lot of people can have their legacy through their children and I don't have that. And I have an asshole dog that doesn't give a shit about legacy and she's not gonna do anything for legacy. So I, my legacy is like this part of it is this podcast, which is going to be around forever until the aliens, you know, whatever.2 (52m 46s):And so, or whoever's taking over, what do you want, what do you have anything to say for posterity? That's like going to be immortalized forever on in the cloud?5 (52m 59s):I think for me, I am, it's all about like work ethic. I am such a, I never take for, I never take for granted. Like a lot of people will talk about, and it's not to say that I don't get tired and I don't get like, there aren't times where I'm like, oh God, this is brutal. But there, it never leaves me in the fact that like, anytime I get to do a show and I get stressed out about, I am definitely, I deal with my own issues with perfection. Like, you know what I mean? Yeah. Like where, but it never leaves me that like, I am so lucky to get to do this. And I am so grateful for the audience. Like, it makes me want to cry. Like I like when people are like, oh, sometimes I go on autopilot where it's like, oh, it's the seventh show of the week. And it's like, but those people in that seven show or eights or a weekend spent so much money to come and see this show that I can't help, but give 180% every time I get out the gate because I am so appreciate.5 (53m 50s):Cause I know if they didn't come, we wouldn't have a job. And also there's like 8 million people that were up for this one role. And somehow I got it. And I'm not saying I wasn't talented enough for it because you know, we all are.2 (54m 4s):Yeah. But you got it. And it's your re there's like a responsibility and a stewardship of the, and a seriousness of the profession and the role and the, and the it's like sacred in a way. Like, it's a thing. I, I totally, I hear that. Okay.5 (54m 20s):I think it's so important. And I think it's so important to give, like, this is like, it's hilarious. Like I don't, unless I can do a certain note, like, unless if I can, if I can't take up a note consistently eight times a week, I won't do it because I don't think it's fair that like, oh, well I can do it like three times a week. So those special three peep, three shows, they get it. And then the other ones get my, like, you know, less than show, like regular show because like they all paid a crap ton of money. So like, for me, I don't know, it's a cuckoo thing. Like I'm not somebody who's like giving you a different vocal show every day, depending on how I feel. I am going to give you the, like, I want2 (54m 60s):You give your best all the time. If you're when possible. And when, and if, and you don't mess around with that, you like, don't try to manipulate what people are going to get. And I, you know, I did a solo show, which was the word, like I loved my solo show in New York, but I did a solo show about cancer. And I worked for Nick cage for years. So that's in my solo show. I have like this crazy life. I was a therapist, all the things. So yeah, I've had a crazy life, but the point is I did this solo show and one night there was one ticket sold, okay. One ticket. And I went to my friend and I was like mother fucker. And I said, I don't do I do this show for one person. And she said, listen to me, who are you not to do the show for one person?2 (55m 40s):What if that one person needs to hear what you have to say? Who are you not to do the show? And I did it. And I, I did the show and I hope they got something out of it. And I, but, but she just said like, that person needs to hear what you have to say. They, they, they need to, and who are you not to give it to them? If that's your gift to offer, you've got to give it. And I was like, oh, and it changed my sort of my idea of like what it means to be in collaboration with the audience and like it, I was like, oh right. One person matters. That matters, right? Like that matters the one person, even if it's one person that got a discount ticket in Idaho that flew it, they matter to see you in wicked or whatever.0 (56m 39s):If you liked what you heard today, please give us a positive five star review and subscribe and tell your friends. I survived. Theater school is an undeniable ink production. Jen Bosworth, Ramirez, and Gina are the co-hosts. This episode was produced, edited and sound mixed by Gina for more information about this podcast or other goings on of undeniable, Inc. Please visit our website@undeniablewriters.com. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Thank you.

During this episode, COL Mike Taylor discusses the US State Department's Global Engagement Center's (GEC) hub & spoke model for directing, leading, synchronizing, integrating, and coordinating the efforts of the Federal Government to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the United States, its allies, and partner nations. Our wide ranging conversation covers the major components of the GEC, its data-driven approaches, and the importance of coordination within the US government and with allies and partners. Links: Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned #99 Roger Carstens on Hostage Negotiations & Diplomacy Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor by Martin Meredith Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by Gen. Stanley McChrystal Al-Mawla Tactical Interrogation Reports: Report A Report B Report C Link to full show notes and resources https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-106 Guest Bio:  Colonel Mike Taylor, U.S. Army, is the Director for Counter-terrorism at the Global Engagement Center (GEC), U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C.  He serves as the principal advisor to the GEC's Special Envoy and Coordinator on countering foreign Violent Extremist Organization's (VEO) propaganda and disinformation (CPD) activities.  In this role he is responsible for overseeing GEC CT operations and planning to include interagency and international coordination such as with the Communications Working Group of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.  Prior to the assumption of this assignment, Mike served as the Director, CJ39 Information Operations (IO), Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Operation Resolute Support (RS) and US Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A). In previous assignments, Taylor served as the U.S. Army's Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations (IJSTO) Force Modernization Proponent Chief and as the U.S. Army Service IJSTO Chief, Operations and Technology Division, Operations, Readiness, and Mobilization Directorate, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, Washington, D.C.; Branch Chief, Deputy Director for Global Operations (DDGO), J-39, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.; Information Operations Field Support Team Chief, 1st Battalion, 1st IO Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and J39 IO Chief, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Balad, Iraq.   Earlier in his career, Taylor served in multiple tactical command and staff assignments to include as military advisor to the G-3, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, OIF, Tikrit, Iraq; Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 24th Infantry Division and the United States Army Garrison, Fort Riley, Kansas; Commander, HHC, 1st Battalion, 34th Armor, 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) “Devil Brigade,” 1st Infantry Division (ID), Fort Riley, Kansas and OIF, Khalidiyah, Iraq; Commander, Cobra Company, 1st Battalion, 34th Armor, 1st BCT, 1st ID, OIF, Iraq; Plans Chief, 1st BCT, 1st ID, Ft. Riley, Kansas; Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (HHT), 3d Squadron, 16th Cavalry (CAV) Regiment, Fort Knox, Kentucky; and Executive Officer and Tank Platoon Leader with 2d Battalion, 72d Armor, Camp Casey, Korea.  Taylor enlisted in the United States Army Reserve and served as Wheeled Heavy Equipment Operator, 892d Transportation Company, Belleville, Illinois and Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Saudi Arabia.  Taylor's awards include the Bronze Star Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal, the Valorous Unit Award, the Meritorious Unit Citation, the Combat Action Badge, Basic Parachutist Badge, and was also awarded the U.S. Armor Association's Bronze Medallion of the Order of St. George.    Colonel Taylor holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer and Operations Management from Eastern Illinois University, a Master's in International Public Policy from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington D.C., and is a graduate of the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff Officer's Course and the U.S. Army Information Operations Qualification Course.  Colonel Taylor was born in Biloxi, Mississippi and is the eldest of three children of a retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant.  Taylor resides in Lake Ridge, VA, married to the former Constance (Connie) Lorraine Bremer, has two daughters Madison (Maddie) and Elizabeth (Ella), and enjoys cheering on the Green Bay Packers. About: The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of information activities, such as influence and cognitive security, within the national security sector and helping to bridge the divide between operations and research. Its goal is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners and policymakers with an interest in this domain. For more information, please contact us at communications@information-professionals.org. Or, connect directly with The Cognitive Crucible podcast host, John Bicknell, on LinkedIn. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, 1) IPA earns from qualifying purchases, 2) IPA gets commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

This episode is a highlight clip from this week's full episode. To listen to the full episode, see yesterday's episode or use this link: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/50652157/download.mp3Special Ops Interrogator, Eric Maddox shares his method of empathy-based listening that he used in interrogations leading to the capture of Saddam Hussein. KEY TOPICS- Recognizing that multitasking and listening cannot coexist- Removing your personal agenda from conversations- Trust-building and partnership through listening- Seeking to understand the perspective of the individual you're talking with- Giving others permission for vulnerability with you- Gaining clarity on others' feelings to make pure decisionsCONNECT WITH USDecidedlypodcast.comInstagram: @decidedlypodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/decidedlypodcastShawn's Instagram: @shawn_d_smith Sanger's Instagram: @sangersmith Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly decision-making tips: https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001aeU_pPBHJPNJWJBdVbaci6bjGIuEJurH12xHBWDEVT_NxyCadMd7wLSZjcEZglkSjDjehuIbTHD8nABOIdV69ctfYpSzg24RCIytetBUrlIPPKgaGzjGZ8DkM0Wp1LMjbErcYUur7PbZGjeVo4gyXlz821AoJGZRJoin us every Wednesday for more strategies to DEFEAT bad decision-making - one episode at a time!ABOUT ERIC MADDOXWebsite: ericmaddox.comInstagram: @eric_b_maddoxLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmaddoxmba/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricBMaddoxTwitter: @ebmaddox Eric's Podcast “Creating Influence”: https://www.spreaker.com/show/creating-influenceEric's Book “Mission Blacklist #1”: https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Hussein-As-Soldier-Masterminded-Capture/dp/006171447X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=226F373E1JZ1Y&dchild=1&keywords=eric+maddox&qid=1635107112&sprefix=eric+maddox%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1Eric Maddox joined the U.S. Army as an infantry paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division in 1994. After spending three years as a paratrooper, jumpmaster and a qualified ranger, Eric reenlisted as an interrogator and Chinese Mandarin linguist. Since 9/11, Eric has conducted over 2,700 interrogations while deploying eight times in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) to include multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America, Southeast Asia, and Europe. In 2003, while assigned to a special operations task force in Tikrit, Eric conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. As a result, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Defense Intelligence Agency's Director's Award, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement. After being hired as a civilian with the Department of Defense, Eric continued to help fight the Global War on Terror (GWOT) until 2014. In May 2015, he earned his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a private consultant and negotiator and lives in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Special Ops Interrogator, Eric Maddox shares his method of empathy-based listening that he used in interrogations leading to the capture of Saddam Hussein. KEY TOPICS- Recognizing that multitasking and listening cannot coexist- Removing your personal agenda from conversations- Trust-building and partnership through listening- Seeking to understand the perspective of the individual you're talking with- Giving others permission for vulnerability with you- Gaining clarity on others' feelings to make pure decisionsDON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE FULL EPISODE?Check out the 15-minute highlights: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/50663030/download.mp3CONNECT WITH USDecidedlypodcast.comInstagram: @decidedlypodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/decidedlypodcastShawn's Instagram: @shawn_d_smith Sanger's Instagram: @sangersmith Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly decision-making tips: https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001aeU_pPBHJPNJWJBdVbaci6bjGIuEJurH12xHBWDEVT_NxyCadMd7wLSZjcEZglkSjDjehuIbTHD8nABOIdV69ctfYpSzg24RCIytetBUrlIPPKgaGzjGZ8DkM0Wp1LMjbErcYUur7PbZGjeVo4gyXlz821AoJGZRJoin us every Wednesday for more strategies to DEFEAT bad decision-making - one episode at a time!ABOUT ERIC MADDOXWebsite: ericmaddox.comInstagram: @eric_b_maddoxLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmaddoxmba/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricBMaddoxTwitter: @ebmaddox Eric's Podcast “Creating Influence”: https://www.spreaker.com/show/creating-influenceEric's Book “Mission Blacklist #1”: https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Hussein-As-Soldier-Masterminded-Capture/dp/006171447X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=226F373E1JZ1Y&dchild=1&keywords=eric+maddox&qid=1635107112&sprefix=eric+maddox%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1Eric Maddox joined the U.S. Army as an infantry paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division in 1994. After spending three years as a paratrooper, jumpmaster and a qualified ranger, Eric reenlisted as an interrogator and Chinese Mandarin linguist. Since 9/11, Eric has conducted over 2,700 interrogations while deploying eight times in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) to include multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America, Southeast Asia, and Europe. In 2003, while assigned to a special operations task force in Tikrit, Eric conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. As a result, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Defense Intelligence Agency's Director's Award, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement. After being hired as a civilian with the Department of Defense, Eric continued to help fight the Global War on Terror (GWOT) until 2014. In May 2015, he earned his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a private consultant and negotiator and lives in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

This episode is a highlight clip from this week's full episode. To listen to the full episode, see yesterday's episode or use this link: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/50505484/download.mp3Special Ops Interrogator, Eric Maddox joins the show to share his story of working though nightly raids, endless interrogations, and top-secret conditions as he sought out to find Saddam Hussein as Lead Interrogator. This episode will provide detailed examples of empathy-based listening in practice within a high-stakes situation. Though not as dangerous as Eric's, you find yourself in high-stakes situations in your business and leadership endeavors every day. How can Eric's empathy-based approach alter the cooperation within your team?CONNECT WITH USDecidedlypodcast.comInstagram: @decidedlypodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/decidedlypodcastShawn's Instagram: @shawn_d_smith Sanger's Instagram: @sangersmith Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly decision-making tips: https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001aeU_pPBHJPNJWJBdVbaci6bjGIuEJurH12xHBWDEVT_NxyCadMd7wLSZjcEZglkSjDjehuIbTHD8nABOIdV69ctfYpSzg24RCIytetBUrlIPPKgaGzjGZ8DkM0Wp1LMjbErcYUur7PbZGjeVo4gyXlz821AoJGZRJoin us every Wednesday for more strategies to DEFEAT bad decision-making - one episode at a time!ABOUT ERIC MADDOXWebsite: ericmaddox.comInstagram: @eric_b_maddoxLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmaddoxmba/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricBMaddoxTwitter: @ebmaddox Eric's Podcast “Creating Influence”: https://www.spreaker.com/show/creating-influenceEric's Book “Mission Blacklist #1”: https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Hussein-As-Soldier-Masterminded-Capture/dp/006171447X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=226F373E1JZ1Y&dchild=1&keywords=eric+maddox&qid=1635107112&sprefix=eric+maddox%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1Eric Maddox joined the U.S. Army as an infantry paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division in 1994. After spending three years as a paratrooper, jumpmaster and a qualified ranger, Eric reenlisted as an interrogator and Chinese Mandarin linguist. Since 9/11, Eric has conducted over 2,700 interrogations while deploying eight times in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) to include multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America, Southeast Asia, and Europe. In 2003, while assigned to a special operations task force in Tikrit, Eric conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. As a result, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Defense Intelligence Agency's Director's Award, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement. After being hired as a civilian with the Department of Defense, Eric continued to help fight the Global War on Terror (GWOT) until 2014. In May 2015, he earned his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a private consultant and negotiator and lives in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Special Ops Interrogator, Eric Maddox joins the show to share his story of working though nightly raids, endless interrogations, and top-secret conditions as he sought out to find Saddam Hussein as Lead Interrogator. This episode will provide detailed examples of empathy-based listening in practice within a high-stakes situation. Though not as dangerous as Eric's, you find yourself in high-stakes situations in your business and leadership endeavors every day. How can Eric's empathy-based approach alter the cooperation within your team?DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE FULL EPISODE?Check out the 15-minute highlights from the episode: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/50567636/download.mp3CONNECT WITH USDecidedlypodcast.comInstagram: @decidedlypodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/decidedlypodcastShawn's Instagram: @shawn_d_smith Sanger's Instagram: @sangersmith Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly decision-making tips: https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001aeU_pPBHJPNJWJBdVbaci6bjGIuEJurH12xHBWDEVT_NxyCadMd7wLSZjcEZglkSjDjehuIbTHD8nABOIdV69ctfYpSzg24RCIytetBUrlIPPKgaGzjGZ8DkM0Wp1LMjbErcYUur7PbZGjeVo4gyXlz821AoJGZRJoin us every Wednesday for more strategies to DEFEAT bad decision-making - one episode at a time!ABOUT ERIC MADDOXWebsite: ericmaddox.comInstagram: @eric_b_maddoxLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmaddoxmba/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricBMaddoxTwitter: @ebmaddox Eric's Podcast “Creating Influence”: https://www.spreaker.com/show/creating-influenceEric's Book “Mission Blacklist #1”: https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Hussein-As-Soldier-Masterminded-Capture/dp/006171447X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=226F373E1JZ1Y&dchild=1&keywords=eric+maddox&qid=1635107112&sprefix=eric+maddox%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1Eric Maddox joined the U.S. Army as an infantry paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division in 1994. After spending three years as a paratrooper, jumpmaster and a qualified ranger, Eric reenlisted as an interrogator and Chinese Mandarin linguist. Since 9/11, Eric has conducted over 2,700 interrogations while deploying eight times in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) to include multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America, Southeast Asia, and Europe. In 2003, while assigned to a special operations task force in Tikrit, Eric conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. As a result, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Defense Intelligence Agency's Director's Award, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement. After being hired as a civilian with the Department of Defense, Eric continued to help fight the Global War on Terror (GWOT) until 2014. In May 2015, he earned his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a private consultant and negotiator and lives in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Saladin was born in Tikrit in present-day Iraq. His personal name was "Yusuf"; "Salah ad-Din" is a laqab, an honorific epithet, meaning "Righteousness of the Faith". His family was most likely of Kurdish ancestry, and had originated from the village of Ajdanakan near the city of Dvin in central Armenia.

Jason talks about his experience leading the construction of a 350-meter-long pontoon bridge across the Tigris River in Iraq near Tikrit during the Iraq war. For photos and a full description of the project, please see https://www.buildbigideas.com/post/how-to-build-a-pontoon-bridge-during-the-iraq-war-ep16 In late September 2003, while in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 555th Combat Engineer Group (TF ABLE) received the mission to construct a bypass around the damaged Tikrit fixed bridge crossing the Tigris River. This bypass would enable the 4th Infantry Division's maneuver units east-west mobility across the Tigris River. The crux of the bypass was the actual crossing of the Tigris. The solution was constructing a 350m bridge, the largest Mabey & Johnson float bridge ever built – capable of trafficking MLC 110 military vehicles. During the 3 weeks of planning and 2.5 months of construction, the 14th Engineer Battalion met with a variety of challenges that forced them to exhibit engineering problem solving skills, developing innovative solutions to complex problems.

This is the first of three episodes in a series regarding the life of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.  This episode explores the creation of the modern state of Iraq (a lawless land meant to divide rather than unite).  Saddam's childhood in Tikrit is examined for insights towards the psychological profile of the man who became the butcher of Baghdad.   The Ba'ath party (and its ideology of Pan Arabism), its rise, and Saddam's role in it will be looked at.  The episode ends with Saddam's role in expanding social services in order to expand his influence/power.  The material in this podcast serves as an introduction to the International Baccalaureates' Paper two topic 10  - Authoritarian States (20th century).

In this episode, Tyler talks with Aurea Franklin about her time in service and what led to her writing her book Silent Freedom. A Memoir of Service with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Iraq.  In this memoir, Aurea details her time spent with the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. She discusses life as a soldier—abroad and at home—and the triumphs and difficulties that come with it.Silent Freedom is a story about love and loss, purpose and faith. It will take you to the darkest corners of the war zone in Iraq while demonstrating how faith and hope for a better future can make a difference.Available on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble.Visit Aurea's website at silentfreedom101st.comMEET AUREA FRANKLINAurea retired from the 101st Airborne Division, Air Assault (AASLT), and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom for four years: two tours with the 101st and two years as a civilian contractor. She received numerous medals and awards, including two Bronze Star Medals for meritorious service in a combat zone. The first Bronze Star was received while she was with Bravo Company, 101st Soldier Support Battalion, serving as a Casualty Liaison Team Leader for AASLT in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in Mosul, Iraq (2003-2004). The second Bronze Star was received for outstanding performance as Human Resources NCOIC, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, COB Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq (2005-2006). She holds three master's degrees: two Masters of Business Administration and one Master of Public Administration. She works in Washington, D.C., and continues to support various veterans programs. She is proud to be a lifetime member of the Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC), previously serving as chairwoman of FAPAC's Mentoring Program and currently serving as Committee Advisor.Aurea believes in the concept of giving back to the community through charity. She is an active participant of the Combined Federal Campaign and believes in showing love to others because her chain of command when she was in the U.S. Army treated her the same way. She is also an active parishioner in her parish in northern Virginia and in Washington, D.C., and serves as a lector. Stay up to date and gain early access to new podcasts and upcoming events by signing up for our newsletter at Coming Home Well NewsletterCheck out our other podcasts: Beyond The Frontline, Be Crazy WellFollow us on IG @cominghomwell_bts and @behindtheserviceFacebook at Coming Home Well or Behind The ServiceLinkedIn at Coming Home WellThank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring today's episode! Coming Home Well listeners can get 10% off by visiting betterhelp.com/cominghomewellSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DPPU22JG5EM6Y)

This article is from the recording in the podcast player above and the video below.Devin: I wonder, Allan, if you would share with us what you see as your superpower.Allan: Well, that is really the magic question. I guess when it comes down to it, I’d have to say that I am always a glass-half-full kind of guy. I’d like to believe that my main superpower is an optimistic outlook on life. I do try to turn lemons into lemonade as the expression goes.Jail TimeIn his memoir, Andean Adventures, Allan J. “Alonzo” Wind shares a profound, if humorous, experience. I asked him to retell it:That's a good reminder of the foolishness of youth. I was in college at the University of Chicago freshman year, a bunch of friends and I all getting alcoholically impaired as the case may be, and somehow we got to the idea of prank phone calls and we made a phone call. I'm not sure I remember exactly where we were calling at this time, but I picked up the receiver and proceeded to try to put on some sort of horrible, phony East African accent, saying, This is Idi Amin and I come from Uganda, and I made some other comments along the lines of probably referring to an atomic bomb or something. But it was just foolishness, freshman year drunkenness. And then we all kind of drifted back to our rooms in Pierce Tower, the nonexistent, thank god, dorm that I was in at that time—they've since torn it down—and got a knock on the door from the resident assistant with the police who had come in and proceeded to march me off to the Cook County lockup for making a bomb threat. Scared the hell out of me. Spent the night in jail in the lockup until luckily I got off the next day with the help of the university lawyers with severe admonishment and really learning never to do that sort of thing again.Superpowers for Good is a reader-supported publication. To support this work, become a subscriber.Peace CorpsAfter palling around politically with Rahm Emanuel in college in the late 70s, Allan felt activated by the environmental movement.Allan says, “I always knew that I wanted to go into the Peace Corps, but my expectation was I would join the Peace Corps, serve two years as a Peace Corps volunteer after college, and then I would return to the United States.”It didn’t work out that way.I went to Peace Corps, and I found the experience of living poor, living with the campesinos, the farmer peasants in rural Ecuador, getting to know their daily routines, trying to help them address the sorts of health and nutrition challenges that came through their lives.Ultimate, he’d spend virtually his entire career in service abroad.While serving in Ecuador in his volunteer assignment, he became known to the Minister of Health of Ecuador. As Allan approached the end of his term, the Minister reached out to Allan’s boss at the Peace Corps to ask if he could extend Allan’s tenure for a year.Acknowledging that he had become a bit of a thorn in the side of his boss, the official response was, “NFW, if you get my drift,” Allan says. (If you don’t recognize that acronym, you likely don’t want to know what it means, so don’t google it.)So, the Health Minister connected Allan to Plan International (then called Foster Parents’ Plan), where he was hired as a local staffer, earning a modest salary that was still much more generous than his Peace Corps stipend. “Peace Corps is really what changed the direction of my life,” he says.Lessons LearnedAdmitting that he learned the critical lesson of his career through the “school of hard knocks,” Allan says it is “the importance of truly listening to people reflecting on what they’re saying and what they’re not saying, appreciating them for where life has taken them and their levels of understanding.”Allan takes some comfort in never having approached his international work in the model of a stereotypical “ugly American” behavior. Still, he admits, “I had probably more than my share of that sort of paternalistic, patronizing. ‘Oh, I’m an American. I know best,’ sort of thing.”“I came to a very different understanding, or at least a more sophisticated, more nuanced understanding, of the importance of really listening to people, joining with them on a journey of growth and development and empowerment,” he says.Even in emergency relief efforts that are sometimes vital for survival following a disaster, he sometimes sees adverse impacts from failing to listen. “Overly paternalistic approaches to addressing those kinds of emergencies can undermine the sorts of structures that you have in communities and delay a true recovery.”In contrast, NGOs can help close gaps that a low-income country doesn’t have the resources to fill by working closely with and listening to locals. These gaps show in infrastructure, systems, education, training, food production and security.Another lesson Allan observes from his career is that our country suffers from not having a national service obligation. Reflecting on the impact of the Peace Corps on his life, he says, “Nothing quite replaces the individual experience and growth from service.” Much of the value of such experiences comes from living, working and socializing with people from different cultural and economic backgrounds.Allan sees how his superpower, an optimistic outlook on life, has positively impacted his career.How to Develop an Optimistic Outlook on Life As a SuperpowerHaving been through various challenges, he says, “I realize that it’s not always easy” to have an optimistic outlook on life. His optimism enables perseverance, something he continues to leverage in volunteer work today.While serving in the Foreign Service at USAID in Iraq, he saw his optimism yield measurable benefits. After an administrative snafu, he found himself looking for a post in Iraq and found or created an opportunity in Tikrit.After some initial success, his military counterparts began to worry he was becoming a “bullet magnet.” A sniper began targeting them when he would visit the Tikrit University School of Medicine or the NGO Federation facility. Still, he was optimistic that if he continued his work, the positive results would combat the sniper. It worked. “We were able to reestablish for Tikrit and for that province a lot of key activities, particularly in the area of farming and food production, which was invaluable,” he says.Allan sees optimism as at least partially innate. Life experiences can help you develop it. The core of his advice is spiritual. I think it requires conscious efforts and a certain amount of internal bravery to open yourself up and to show your vulnerabilities and to try to call out on whatever sort of divine spirit, divine spirituality that you find yourself called to ask for that sort of help. I think that whatever your religious faith, that ability to open yourself up and either through prayer or meditation or other spiritual teachings is really a key towards changing our hearts and allowing ourselves to be able to operate under circumstances we might not easily be able to do otherwise.That thinking reflects in a small way another theme of his memoir, his conversion to the Baháʼí Faith.By following his example and his recommended strategy, you can make an optimistic outlook on life a superpower that will help you do more good. Get full access to Superpowers for Good at devinthorpe.substack.com/subscribe

We have the pleasure of speaking to someone truly fascinating today! Eric Maddox is the person who led the team in the capture of Saddam Hussein. He has had a tremendous impact on the world and has received numerous prestigious awards for his achievements!   In this episode, Eric tells his story, talks about his experiences, shares his methodology for the art of Empathy Based Listening, and discusses how that methodology allowed him to track down the exact location of the spider hole in which Saddam Hussein was hiding.  We hope you enjoy listening to our conversation with Eric Maddox today! Eric Maddox's bio Eric Maddox is an author, motivational speaker, and consultant who teaches audiences worldwide about the art of Empathy Based Listening. He is the author of the book Mission: Black List No.1 (Harper Collins, 2008), which details his lead in the search and capture of Saddam Hussein. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma in 1994, Eric enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, a jump master, and a graduate of Ranger School. He then reenlisted in 1997 as a Chinese Mandarin linguist and interrogator. In 2003, he was sent to Tikrit, Iraq, where he joined a Delta Force team searching for high-value targets on the infamous Deck of Cards. After five months and over 300 interrogations, Eric was able to track down and eventually give the team the exact location of the spider hole in which Saddam hid. For this, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, the Defense Intelligence Agency Director's Award, and the Bronze Star. Following the capture of Saddam, Eric was hired as the first-ever civilian interrogator by the Defense Intelligence Agency, where he went on to conduct over 2,700 interrogations of prisoners from 25 different countries. Having served in the U.S. Army and Defense Intelligence Agency for 20 years, Eric now devotes his work full time to teaching what he learned during that time to audiences worldwide—the art of Empathy Based Listening. Joining the military Eric grew up in Oklahoma. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma in the late 1990s, he joined the U.S. Military, became a paratrooper, signed up to study Chinese Mandarin in the foreign language program, and trained to become an interrogator. He was working as an Intelligence Collection Officer against the Chinese government for the U.S. Military when 9/11 happened, and America went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq.   Unexpected orders Three months into the war in Iraq, Eric received unexpected orders to join a Delta Force team to track down everyone in the infamous deck of cards in which Saddam Hussein was the Ace of Spades.  Interrogating prisoners After joining the Delta Force team, Eric began interrogating the prisoners that were brought in. Even though none of the techniques taught in the military about interrogation worked, Eric was determined to figure out what it meant to be Iraqi, Sunni, and Shiite.  Trust While listening to and communicating with the prisoners, Eric discovered that people subconsciously use communication to figure out how much they can trust one another. The challenge  Everyone has their biases and agendas. The challenge for Eric was to overcome his own biases and agendas, so he could understand the perspective of others and get to know what the world meant to them.  Empathy Based Listening He discovered that engaging with people on that level was empowering to them, and that level of empowerment was the key to making people willing to talk to him and work with him. He calls that Empathy Based Listening. Cooperation As a result of Eric focusing on the prisoners' needs and what he could do for them, the prisoners became extremely cooperative throughout the 300 interrogations with the Delta Force team. Finding Saddam  The cooperation of the prisoners led to the Delta Force team (that Eric was working with) capturing Saddam Hussein's bodyguard. The bodyguard then led the Delta Force team directly to the spider hole where Saddam was hiding.  The first civilian interrogator for the Defense Intelligence Agency As a result of the capture of Saddam, Eric got pulled out of the United States Army. Then, the Defense Intelligence Agency hired him as their first civilian interrogator.  The art of listening Over the following ten years, Eric did 2700 interrogations and eight deployments of prisoners from 25 different countries. In all the interrogations, he focused on the art of listening. A clear picture When you listen to someone's story, remove the biases of how you see their story. Then you will get a clear picture of how they see the world and how the world matters to them. How to listen to someone if you want to sell them something To sell something to someone, let them know that you are listening to them to get them. Once you have established that, they will tell you what they want and need without asking about the price. Eric's Influence Equation Add your value proposition to the level of respect you show someone and the worthiness you see in them. Put that into the power of the empathy-based trust you have built with them, and divide all of it by what you fear in your relationship with them. (We tend to fear not making a connection or not understanding what someone needs.) Eric's process Eric has a six-step process to get to understand people. The first step is to build their trust. Priorities If you are easily distracted, you need to have the priorities to guide your focus, because our brains cannot multitask.  Breadcrumbs (What you need to listen for when talking to a prospect) Listen for and focus on the words and statements in every sentence your prospect most wants you to hear.  Building trust To build the level of trust you need to make people want to partner with you, start your conversation with three minutes of empathy-based listening. Then, start picking up the breadcrumbs. Presentations at events Get to know what kind of overall experience the audience needs to get from the event. Then gear your presentation around that. Zoom Know that there is the potential for building as much trust with someone on Zoom as there is with meeting them face-to-face. Build the right mindset, stay focused, and prevent yourself from becoming distracted while talking.  Connect with Eric On LinkedIn On Facebook On Instagram On Website Connect with Eric Maddox Email Eric: info@ericmaddox.com On his Website

It's December 14th. This day in 2008, at a press conference in Baghdad, an Iraqi journalist flung his shoes at George W Bush. Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss the incident, why Muntadhar al-Zaidi was moved to fling his shoes, and the many interesting wrinkles to the story — including the massive monument to the shoes that was built in Tikrit. This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.com Get in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypod Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Julie Shapiro, Executive Producer at Radiotopia

Berättelsen om hur Saddam Hussein störtades, dömdes till döden och avrättades genom hängning. Hör om invasionen som tvingade bort Saddam från makten och hur hans arv präglar Irak än idag. I mars 2003 gav USA:s dåvarande president George W. Bush ett ultimatum till Saddam Hussein att diktatorn och hans söner måste lämna Irak inom 48 timmar. Men Saddam Hussein stannade kvar och den USA-ledda invasionen inleddes. Hör om Iraks dåvarande informationsminister Bagdad-Bob som förnekade att amerikanska trupper fanns i landet trots att stridsvagnarna rullade in i Irak. När den forne diktatorn sen hittades i ett hål utanför staden Tikrit var han skäggig, smutsig och ovårdad, långt ifrån den ledare irakier var vana att se med stor mustasch, svartfärgat hår och i välstruken uniform. Under rättegången protesterade Saddam Hussein in i det sista, men han dömdes till döden anklagad bland annat för brott mot mänskligheten. Arvet efter Saddam Hussein Tiden efter Saddam Husseins fall kom att prägas av sekteristiskt kaos och interna strider. Vissa tidigare höga generaler i Saddam Husseins armé anslöt sig till terrorgrupper som IS. Den förre IS-ledaren Abu Bakr al-Bagdhadi är en av många som suttit i ett amerikanskt fångläger. Amerikanernas rykte under ockupationen svärtades framför allt efter tortyrskandalerna i fängelset Abu Ghraib. Snart 20 år efter Saddam Husseins fall finns det fortfarande irakier som lyfter fram Saddam Husseins styre som en tid av stabilitet, medan andra minns hans tid vid makten med fasa. Om Saddam Hussein: Född utanför Tikrit i Irak.Tog makten 1979 och började en blodig utrensning inom det styrande Baathpartiet.Anföll Iran och Kuwait och drev en brutal kamanj mot den kurdiska minoriteten.Avsattes efter den USA-ledda invasionen 2003.Hittades gömd i ett hål utanför sin födelsestad Tikrit.Dömdes till döden och avrättades genom hängning år 2006.Medverkande: Cecilia Uddén och Johan Mathias Sommarström, Mellanösternkorrespondenter, Shaho Mwany som själv upplevde Saddam Husseins angrepp mot den kurdiska staden HalabjaProgramledare: Johar Bendjelloul Producent: Katja MagnussonTekniker: Lisa Abrahamsson

När Saddam Hussein tog makten läste han upp en lista med namn på förrädare som skulle avrättas. Hör om Saddams brutala styre, krigen mot grannländerna och dödliga giftgasattacker mot kurdiska byar. Iraks ledare Saddam Hussein blev ökänd för sitt förtryck av oliktänkande och minoriteter. I Anfal-kampanjen som riktades mot den kurdiska minoriteten bombades byar och tusentals dödades med kemiska stridsmedel. Han ledde landet i krig mot Iran och Kuwait, krig som tros ha kostat miljontals människors liv. Saddam Hussein själv levde i överdåd i gyllene lyxiga palats. Han kändes igen på sin stora mustach, bar ofta en fet cigarr i mungipan och avlossade gevär i luften med en hand på massmöten. Som president förstatligade han landets oljeindustri och ökade levnadsstandarden i Irak men gynnade framför allt den egna sunnimuslimska gruppen. Hans äldste son Uday Hussein beskrevs som en symbol för det brutala styret, han våldtog kvinnor, straffade fotbollsspelare som inte levererade i landslaget och sägs ha haft en egen tortyrkammare. Efter den USA-ledda invasionen år 2003 störtades Saddam Hussein. Trots att många ser Saddams tid vid makten som ett skräckvälde hyllas han än i dag som en stark ledare i delar av Mellanöstern. I del 2 i berättelsen om Saddam Hussein hör du om rättegången mot honom, avrättningen och arvet han lämnade efter sig i Irak. Om Saddam Hussein: Född utanför Tikrit i Irak.Tog makten 1979 och började en blodig utrensning inom det styrande Baathpartiet.Anföll Iran och Kuwait och drev en brutal kamanj mot den kurdiska minoriteten.Avsattes efter den USA-ledda invasionen 2003.Hittades gömd i ett hål utanför sin födelsestad Tikrit.Dömdes till döden och avrättades genom hängning år 2006.Medverkande: Cecilia Uddén och Johan Mathias Sommarström, Mellanösternkorrespondenter, Shaho Mwany som själv upplevde Saddam Husseins angrepp mot den kurdiska staden HalabjaProgramledare: Johar Bendjelloul Producent: Katja MagnussonTekniker: Lisa Abrahamsson

This week, Special Ops Interrogator, Eric Maddox joins the show for part 2 of a 2-part episode. In this episode, Eric shares his story of working though nightly raids, endless interrogations, and top-secret conditions as he sought out to find Saddam Hussein through the process of empathy-based listening.This episode will provide detailed examples of empathy-based listening in practice within a high-stakes situation. He shares effective methods of asking the “right” questions, following conversational breadcrumbs, building trust, and conquering your own relational pitfalls. Though not as dangerous as Eric's experience, you find yourself in high-stakes situations in your business and leadership endeavors every day. How can Eric's empathy-based approach alter the cooperation within your team?MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEValues Exercise: https://www.think2perform.com/our-approach/valuesCONNECT WITH USInstagram: @decidedlypodcastFacebook: @decidedlypodcast or https://www.facebook.com/decidedlypodcastShawn's Instagram: @ampadvisorSanger's Instagram: @sangersmithABOUT ERIC MADDOXWebsite: ericmaddox.comInstagram: @eric_b_maddoxLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmaddoxmba/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricBMaddoxTwitter: @ebmaddox Eric's Podcast “Creating Influence”: https://www.spreaker.com/show/creating-influenceEric's Book “Mission Blacklist #1”: https://amzn.to/3mDNeJd(We receive a small kickback from this link, at no extra charge to you. Thank you for supporting Decidedly!)Eric Maddox joined the U.S. Army as an infantry paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division in 1994. After spending three years as a paratrooper, jumpmaster and a qualified ranger, Eric reenlisted as an interrogator and Chinese Mandarin linguist. Since 9/11, Eric has conducted over 2,700 interrogations while deploying eight times in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) to include multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America, Southeast Asia, and Europe. In 2003, while assigned to a special operations task force in Tikrit, Eric conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. As a result, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Defense Intelligence Agency's Director's Award, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement. After being hired as a civilian with the Department of Defense, Eric continued to help fight the Global War on Terror (GWOT) until 2014. In May 2015, he earned his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a private consultant and negotiator and lives in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.Join us every Wednesday for a new episode as we DEFEAT bad decision-making – one episode at a time!

This week, Special Ops Interrogator, Eric Maddox joins the show to share his story of working though nightly raids, endless interrogations, and top-secret conditions as he sought out to find Saddam Hussein as Lead Interrogator. This episode will provide detailed examples of empathy-based listening in practice within a high-stakes situation. Though not as dangerous as Eric's, you find yourself in high-stakes situations in your business and leadership endeavors every day. How can Eric's empathy-based approach alter the cooperation within your team?ABOUT ERIC MADDOXWebsite: ericmaddox.comInstagram: @eric_b_maddoxLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmaddoxmba/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricBMaddoxTwitter: @ebmaddox Eric's Podcast “Creating Influence”: https://www.spreaker.com/show/creating-influenceEric's Book “Mission Blacklist #1”: https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Hussein-As-Soldier-Masterminded-Capture/dp/006171447X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=226F373E1JZ1Y&dchild=1&keywords=eric+maddox&qid=1635107112&sprefix=eric+maddox%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1Eric Maddox joined the U.S. Army as an infantry paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division in 1994. After spending three years as a paratrooper, jumpmaster and a qualified ranger, Eric reenlisted as an interrogator and Chinese Mandarin linguist. Since 9/11, Eric has conducted over 2,700 interrogations while deploying eight times in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) to include multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America, Southeast Asia, and Europe. In 2003, while assigned to a special operations task force in Tikrit, Eric conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. As a result, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Defense Intelligence Agency's Director's Award, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement. After being hired as a civilian with the Department of Defense, Eric continued to help fight the Global War on Terror (GWOT) until 2014. In May 2015, he earned his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a private consultant and negotiator and lives in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.CONNECT WITH USInstagram: @decidedlypodcastFacebook: @decidedlypodcast or https://www.facebook.com/decidedlypodcastShawn's Instagram: @ampadvisorSanger's Instagram: @sangersmithJoin us every Wednesday for a new episode as we DEFEAT bad decision-making – one episode at a time!

Eric spent three years as a paratrooper, jumpmaster and a qualified ranger in the US Army He reenlisted as an interrogator and Chinese Mandarin linguist. Since 9/11, Eric has conducted over 2,700 interrogations while deploying eight times in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) to include 8 tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America, Southeast Asia, and Europe. In 2003, while assigned to a special operations task force in Tikrit, Eric conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. As a result, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Defense Intelligence Agency's Director's Award and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement. Eric is also the author of Mission: Black List No. 1 https://www.ericmaddox.com https://youtu.be/J3GmlRCc05U

Ali Hussein Kadhim was a new Iraqi army recruit when the Islamic State group first emerged. As the militants approached, he and thousand of other unarmed cadets fled their base in Tikrit, but they were captured and taken for execution. Miraculously, Ali survived, but he was left stuck in enemy territory and needed help. Ali spoke to Outlook's Mobeen Azhar, and his story contains strong descriptions of violence. Photo: Ali Hussein Kadhim, taken from the documentary Once Upon a Time in Iraq Credit: BBC Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com

Este episodio de Communio Sanctorum es titulado, "Y en el Oriente - Parte 2". En nuestro último episodio, tomamos un breve vistazo a la misión del Apóstol Tomás' a la India. Luego, consideramos la propagación de la fe hacia Persia. Para profundizar nuestro estudio de la Iglesia del Oriente tenemos que volver al Concilio de Calcedonia en el 5º siglo donde el Obispo Nestóreo fue condenado como un hereje.Como hemos visto, el debate acerca de la deidad de Cristo que fue central en el Concilio de Nicea en el año 325 d.C., declaró que Jesús era de la misma sustancia que el Padre. Pasaron otros cien años antes que el error del Arrianismo, que negaba la deidad de Jesús, fue finalmente revocado. Pero incluso entre los creyentes ortodoxos, católicos, que seguían el Credo de Nicea, la pregunta era sobre cómo entender la naturaleza de Cristo. Él es Dios – ¡ok lo entiendo! Pero también es humano. ¿Cómo podemos entender su doble naturaleza? Fue en el Concilio de Calcedonia en el 451, que la cuestión se decidió finalmente. Y la Iglesia de Oriente fue declarada de seguir una posición que no era ortodoxa.El debate fue sofisticado y complejo, y a grandes rasgos decidido más por política que por una preocupación por una teología pura. El perdedor en el debate fue el Obispo Nestóreo, Patriarca de Constantinopla. Para hacer una cuestión compleja mas simple, los que enfatizaban la unidad de las dos naturalezas llegaron a ser llamados Monofisitas = que significa una sola naturaleza. Consideraban a Nestóreo como un hereje porque el enfatizaba las 2 naturalezas como distintas; incluso llegando hasta el punto de decir que Nestóreo afirmaba que Jesús era de 2 PERSONAS. Eso no era lo que Nestóreo decía, pero eso lo que sus oponentes lograron hacer que todos, menos sus más cercanos seguidores, creyeran. De hecho, cuando el Consejo finalmente emitió su declaración y Credo, Nestóreo afirmo que ellos sólo redactaron lo que el siempre había enseñado. A pesar de que el Concilio de Calcedonia declaro al Nestorianismo como herégia, la Iglesia del Oriente siguió aferrada a su punto de vista sobre la doble naturaleza de Cristo, en oposición a lo que ellos consideraban como un punto de vista monofisita aberrante.Al amanecer del 6º siglo, había 3 ramas principales de la Iglesia Cristiana:la Iglesia de Occidente, que miraba a Roma y Constantinopla para el liderazgo.La Iglesia de África, con su gran centro de Alejandría y un nuevo centro en Etiopía;y la Iglesia de Oriente, con su centro en Persia.Como vimos en el último episodio, la Iglesia del Oriente fue impulsada desde Edesa en la frontera del Norte de Siria y Turquía Oriental. La escuela teológica se transfirió a Nisibi en Turquía Oriental en el año 471. Fue dirigida por el brillante teólogo Narsai. De esta escuela salieron miles de estudiantes para dirigir las Iglesias del Oriente. Varios esfuerzos misioneros también fueron lanzados desde Nisibi – de la misma manera que Iona fue una base para impulsar al Cristianismo Celta en el extremo noroeste. La Iglesia Oriental planto con éxito misiones entre la población nómadas del Medio Oriente y Asia Central entre los mediados 5º siglo al final del 7º siglo. Esto incluyo los esfuerzos plantando iglesias entre los Hunos. Abraham de Cascar que vivió durante el 6º siglo hizo mucho para plantar las comunidades monásticas en todo el Oriente.Durante los primeros 1200 años, la Iglesia del Oriente, creció tanto geográfica y numéricamente mucho más que la del Oeste. La razón principal fue porque en el Oriente, el trabajo misionero fue en gran medida un movimiento laico. Desde que Europa se había trasladado a la Edad Media con su estricto sistema feudal, nadie viajaba sin permiso, mientras que, en el oriente, el movimiento de comercio y negocios creció. Esto resultó en el movimiento de un gran número de personas que llevaban su fe con ellos.Otro motivo por el cual la Iglesia del Oriente creció fue la persecución. Como vimos la última vez, antes de Constantino, las persecuciones del Imperio Romano empujo a un gran número de creyentes hacia el Oriente. Entonces, cuando los Sasánidas comenzaron la Gran Persecución de los Cristianos en Persia, esto empujó a gran número de Fieles al sur y más al Este. Tras la persecución que vino bajo Sapor II, otra ronda mucho más grave de persecución estalló a mediados del 5ª siglo que vio a 10 obispos y 153,000 cristianos asesinados en pocos días.Cuando pensamos en Arabia, muchos piensan inmediatamente del Islam. Pero el Cristianismo había echado raíces en la península mucho antes de que Mahoma llegó a la escena. ¡De hecho, un Obispo de Qatar estaba presente en el Concilio de Nicea en el año 325! La Reina Árabe Mawwiyya, cuyas fuerzas derrotaron a los Romanos en el año 373, insistió en recibir a un Obispo Ortodoxo antes de que ella hiciera la paz. Hubo una misión en la región suroriental de Arabia, en lo que hoy es Yemen antes del nacimiento de Mahoma, tanto por misioneros Nestorianos y Monofisitas. Al comienzo del 6º siglo, había docenas de iglesias a lo largo de toda la costa Árabe del Golfo Pérsico.El surgimiento del Islam en el 7º siglo era tuvo consecuencias trascendentales para la Iglesia del Oriente. La capital Persa en Ctesifonte cayó en poder de los Arabes en el año 637. Desde que la iglesia en esa ciudad se había convertido en una especie de Roma a la Iglesia de Oriente, el impacto fue enorme. Los Musulmanes eran en ocasiones tolerantes de las minorías religiosas, pero sólo a la medida en que se quedaran en comunidades de los desposeídos conocidos como "dhimmi". Se convirtieron en ghettos despojados de su vitalidad. Al mismo tiempo que la Iglesia del Oriente estaba siendo desmenuzada por las conquistas Musulmanas, estaba tomando uno de sus pasos mas grandes hacia adelante, llegando a China a mediados del 7º siglo.Mientras que la Iglesia de Occidente creció principalmente por el trabajo de un clero entrenado y monjes misioneros del Cristianismo Celta, en la parte Oriental, muy a menudo, eran los comerciantes y artesanos cristianos, que propagaron la Fe. La Iglesia del Oriente tenia mucho enfoque en la educación y la lectura. Se entendía que generalmente que ser un seguidor de Jesús significaba una educación que incluia la lectura, la escritura y la teología. Cuando los laicos de la iglesia eran educados, esto significaba una abundancia de trabajadores capaces de propagar la fe - ¡y difundirlo lo hicieron! Los Cristianos a menudo encontraban empleos entre las personas menos avanzadas, sirviendo en las oficinas del gobierno, y también como profesores y secretarios. Ayudaron a resolver el problema del analfabetismo al inventar alfabetos simples basados en la Lengua Siriaca que enmarca su propia literatura y teología.Lo que al principio fue una bendición, al final, se demostró en ser un obstáculo. Los primeros misioneros no comprendían el principio de la contextualización; que el Evangelio esta sobre la cultura; trasciende las cosas como lengua y tradiciones. Los primeros misioneros que se movieron rápidamente en el Este de Siria suponían que su versión Sirio-Aramea de la fe era la UNICA versión y intentaron convertir a los que conocían a esa fe. Como consecuencia, mientras que unos pocos aceptaban la fe y aprendían el Sirio-Arameo, unas generaciones más tarde, las antiguas religiones y lenguas se reafirmaron por sí mismas y el cristianismo fue disipado o asimilado en la cultura que ya no reflejaba realmente el Cristianismo Bíblico.La edad de oro de las primeras misiones en Asia Central fue al final del 4º siglo hasta la última parte del 9ª siglo. Después de eso, tanto el Islam y el budismo llegaron a la escena.Al Noreste de Persia, la Iglesia tenía una pronta y amplia difusión alrededor del Río Oxus. A principios del 4º siglo las ciudades de Merv, Herat y Samarkand tenian obispos.Una vez que la Fe fue establecida en esta región, se extendió rápidamente más al Este a la cuenca del Río Tarim, en la zona norte de las Montañas Tien Shan, y el Tíbet. Se extendió a lo largo de esta ruta, ya que fue la principal ruta de las caravanas. Con tantos cristianos trabajando en el área de comercio, era natural que el Evangelio fue rápidamente plantado en las rutas de las caravanas y las ciudades que cruzaban.En el siglo 11 la Fe se comenzó a propagarse entre los pueblos nómadas de las regiones de Asia Central. Estos cristianos eran en su mayoría de los Tártaros y las tribus de los Mongoles de Keraits, Onguts, Uigures, Naimans y Merkits.No está claro exactamente cuando el Cristianismo llegó a Tíbet, pero lo más probable es que llegó para el 6º siglo. El territorio de los antiguos Tibetanos se extendía más al oeste y al norte que la nación actual, y tenían un amplio contacto con las tribus nómadas de Asia Central. Una Iglesia viva, existía en el Tíbet para el 8º siglo. El patriarca de la Iglesia de Asiria en Mesopotamia, Timoteo I, escribió desde Bagdad en el año 782 que la comunidad cristiana en el Tíbet era uno de los mayores grupos bajo su supervisión. Él designó a un Patriarca Tibetano para supervisar las muchas iglesias. El centro de la iglesia tibetana estaba ubicado en Lhasa y la iglesia creció allí hasta finales del siglo 13, cuando el Budismo arrasó con la región. Una inscripción tallada en una gran roca a la entrada del pase en Tangtse, que antes era parte del Tíbet, pero ahora esta en la India, tiene 3 cruces con algo escrito indicando la presencia de la Fe Cristiana. El pase fue uno de las antiguas rutas principales comerciales entre Lhasa y Bactria. Las cruces tienen el estilo de la Iglesia del Oriente, y una de las palabras parece ser "Jesús." Otra inscripción dice, "En el año 210 llego Nosfarn desde Samarcanda como emisario al Khan de Tíbet." Talvez esto no paresca como una referencia al Cristianismo hasta que tomamos un vistazo mas cercano a la fecha. ¡210! Esta sólo tiene sentido en referencia a la medida del tiempo desde el nacimiento de Cristo, que ya era una práctica en la Iglesia.El antes mencionado Timoteo I se convirtió en el Patriarca de la iglesia de Asiria alrededor del año 780. Su iglesia estaba situada en la antigua ciudad Mesopotámica de Selacia, la gemela más grande de la capital Persa de Ctesifonte. Tenía 52 años y esto ya pasaba la expectativa de vida de la gente de esa época. Timoteo vivió hasta los 90's, muriendo en el año 823. Durante su larga vida, se dedicó a la conquista espiritual tan enérgicamente como Alejandro el Magno lo hizo con la conquista militar. Mientras que Alejandro construyó un imperio terrenal, Timoteo buscó extender el reino de Dios.En cada elemento, la trayectoria de Timoteo destruye todo lo que creemos saber acerca de la historia del Cristianismo en ese momento. Él altera las ideas acerca de la distribución geográfica de la Fe, su relación con el poder político, su influencia cultural, y su interacción con otras religiones. En términos de prestigio y la extensión geográfica de su autoridad, Timoteo fue el más importante líder cristiano de su día; mucho más influyente que el Papa de Roma o el patriarca de Constantinopla. Una cuarta parte de los Cristianos del mundo lo miraban a él como un jefe político y espiritual.Ningún historiador responsable del Cristianismo dejaría fuera a Europa. Omitiendo a Asia de la historia es igual de impensable. No podemos entender la historia Cristiana sin Asia o la historia de Asia sin el Cristianismo. La Iglesia del Oriente no le importaba mucho los acontecimientos Europeos. Timoteo I sabía sobre su contemporáneo Europeo Carlomagno. Los gobernantes Francos intercambiaron misiones diplomáticas con el Califato Musulmán, un desarrollo de que el líder de la Iglesia del Oriente hubiera sido informado. Timoteo I sabía también que Roma tenía su propio líder llamado el Papa. Él ciertamente estaba consciente de las tensiones entre el Papa y el Patriarca de Constantinopla sobre quién era el líder del mundo cristiano. Timoteo pensó probablemente que sus peleas eran tontas. ¿No era obvio que la Iglesia de Oriente eran los verdaderos herederos de la iglesia primitiva? Si Roma señalaba su autoridad desde Pedro, Mesopotamia miraba a Cristo mismo. Después de todo, Jesús era un descendiente de esa antigua familia Mesopotámica de Abraham. ¿Y no fue Mesopotamia la fuente original de la cultura y la civilización?, y claro que igual se puede mencionar la ubicación probable del Jardín del Edén. Fue el Oriente, en lugar que el Oeste, que primero abrazó al Evangelio. El hogar natural del Cristianismo era en Mesopotamia y Puntos hacia el Este. Según la sabiduría geográfica de la época, Selacia se ubicaba en el centro de las rutas de comercio y comunicación del mundo, igualmente colocada entre las civilizaciones que veían respectivamente al Oeste y al Este.Sobre todas las tierras de lo que hoy es Irak e Irán, los creyentes construyeron iglesias grandes y perdurables. Debido a su posición cerca de la frontera Romana, pero suficientemente lejos para evitar interferencias, Mesopotamia mantuvo una cultura cristiana poderosa que duró hasta el siglo 13. A través de la Edad Media en Europa, la Iglesia Mesopotámica fue mucho mas una sede cristiana cultural y espiritual que Francia o Alemania, o incluso esa base misionera tan importante de Irlanda.Varias ciudades Mesopotámicas como Basora, Mosul, Kirkuk y Tikrit fueron florecientes centros del Cristianismo durante siglos después de la llegada del Islam. ¡En el año 800 d.C., estas iglesias y las escuelas que tenían eran bibliotecas de la educación clásica de los Griegos, Romanos y Persas a los cuales Europa Occidental no tendría acceso a por otros 400 años!Simplemente, no existió una "Edad Oscura" en la Iglesia del Oriente. Desde la perspectiva de Timoteo I, la cultura y erudición del mundo antiguo nunca se había perdido. Lo que es más importante, la Iglesia de Oriente no vivió ninguna interrupción entre ellos y la iglesia primitiva que se levantó en Jerusalén en el libro de los Hechos de los Apóstoles.Considere esto: Fácilmente podemos ver el contraste entre el mundo latino feudal de la Edad Media Europea con la antigua Iglesia de Medio Oriente arraigado en una cultura que hablaba Griego y Arameo. La Iglesia Medieval de Europa se veía a sí misma como bastante alejada de la Iglesia primitiva. Tanto en el lenguaje y formas de pensamiento, eran culturalmente diferentes y distantes. Pero en el tiempo de Timoteo I, es decir, los principios de siglo 9º, la Iglesia del Oriente todavía habla Griego y Arameo. Sus miembros compartían la misma cultura de Medio Oriente y lo seguirían haciéndolo durante siglos. Tan tarde como el 13ª siglo, todavía se llamaban a sí mismos "Nazarenos", un título que los primeros cristianos usaban. Llamaban a Jesús "Yeshua." El Clero recibia el título de "rabban" que significa profesor o maestro, relacionado con el hebreo - "rabino."Los Teólogos Orientales utilizaban el mismo estilo literario que los autores del Talmud Judío en lugar que las obras teológicas de Europa Occidental. Como dice Philip Jenkins, si alguna vez quisiéramos especular sobre como la iglesia temprana se pudiera haberse visto, si se hubiera desarrollado evitando su alianza con el poder del estado Romano, solo tenemos que mirar hacia el Este.En repetidas ocasiones, nos encontramos con el Patriarca Timoteo I refiriéndose al hecho de que las Iglesias de Oriente utilizaban textos que fueron perdidos o olvidados en el Oeste. Debido a su proximidad a lugares donde se desarrollo la historia judía y cristiana primitiva, los Eruditos Orientales tenían acceso a abundantes textos y escrituras antiguas. Un indicio de lo que estaba disponible proviene de una de las cartas de Timoteo.Escrito en el año 800, Timoteo respondio a las preguntas de un Judío en el proceso de su conversión al Cristianismo. Este Judío le dijo al Patriarca de un reciente hallazgo de una gran cantidad de manuscritos antiguos, tantos bíblicos como apócrifos, en una cueva, cerca de Jericó. Los documentos habían sido adquiridos por la comunidad Judía de Jerusalén. Sin duda, esto fue uno de los primeros hallazgos en lo que más tarde llegó a ser conocido como los Pergaminos del Mar Muerto. ¡Gracias a Dios, que este hallazgo no impulso los cazadores de tesoros para saquear las otras cuevas de la zona! En cualquier caso, como ahora, los estudiosos estaban entusiasmados por el descubrimiento. Timoteo respondió con todas las preguntas adecuadas. Quería saber como el hallazgo podía arrojar una luz sobre algunos pasajes de las Escrituras por los cuales el tenia curiosidad. Él estaba ansioso por descubrir cómo los nuevos textos encontrados se comparaban con los textos de las versiones Hebreas del Antiguo Testamento. ¿Cómo se comparan con el Septuaginta Griega? Timoteo estaba encantado de oír que los pasajes de los cuales quería conocer mas existían realmente en los manuscritos antiguos.Las preguntas de Timoteo son impresionantes cuando se comparan con lo que los eruditos Occidental hubieran hecho con tal hallazgo. No tenían ni idea de las cuestiones planteadas por Timoteo. No podían ni siquiera leer la lengua de los manuscritos antiguos. Sólo un puñado de académicos Occidentales incluso hubieran tenido el conocimiento de cómo sostener los manuscritos: por ejemplo, ¿qué parte era la de arriba? ¿y cómo se leían? ¿de izquierda a derecha o viceversa?La Iglesia del Oriente que Timoteo I dirigió era devota a la educación y la actividad misionera. Mientras que la Iglesia Latina vio al Océano Atlántico como un muro bloqueando la expansión hacia el Oeste, la Iglesia del Oriente vio a Asia como una vasta región esperando a ser evangelizada.La Iglesia Oriental fue dividida en regiones conocidas como Metropolitanos. Un Metropolitano era como un arzobispo, bajo los cuales había varios obispos, a los cuales se reportaban un número de sacerdotes y sus iglesias. Para darle una idea de lo extenso de la Iglesia de Oriente - Timothy tenía diecinueve Metropolitanos y ochenta y cinco Obispos que se reportaban a él. En el Oeste, Inglaterra tenía dos arzobispos. Durante el tiempo de Timoteo como Patriarca, cinco nuevas sedes metropolitanas se crearon cerca de Teherán, en Siria, en Turquestán, Armenia, y una en el Mar Caspio. Arabia por lo menos cuatro obispos ordenados y Timothy uno nuevo en Yemen.Timoteo I fue a la Iglesia del Oriente lo Gregorio I había sido a la Iglesia del Occidente en términos de impulsar un celo misionero. El encargó a los monjes a llevar la fe desde el Mar Caspio hasta China. Informó sobre la conversión del gran rey Turco, llamado Khagan, quien gobernó la mayor parte de Asia central.En nuestro próximo episodio, echaremos un vistazo como el Evangelio alcanzo al Lejano Oriente.Quiero invitarles una vez más a que nos visiten en Facebook - simplemente hagan una búsqueda por la pagina de Communio Sanctorum- Historia de la Iglesia Cristiana, y denle a la página un “like” o "me gusta.” Al mismo tiempo dejen un comentario sobre el lugar donde viven.También quiero agradecer a aquellos suscriptores que han dejado un comentario en iTunes para el podcast. Sus comentarios han sido tan generosa y amables. Muchas gracias a todos. Más que nada, los comentarios en iTunes ayudan a conseguir que la gente conozca sobre el podcast.Y por último, al empezar esta revisión de la temporada 1 de CS y su traducción al Español, nuevos suscriptores escucharán la revisión, pero luego pueden en la versión en ingles llegar a episodios de la versión anterior que no se han traducido todavía. Así, que es posible que escuchen un comentario ocasional que CS no toma donaciones. No lo hicimos originalmente, y no necesitábamos porque yo era capaz de absorber los costos personalmente. Pero como el podcast ha crecido, no puedo lo puedo hacer solo, y ahora estoy tomando donaciones. En serio, lo que sea ayuda. Por lo tanto, si usted desea donar, vaya al sitio web de sanctorum.us y usar el link para donar. Gracias.

The losses of Kobani in Syria and Tikrit in Iraq are being taken as evidence that the so-called Islamic State is in trouble. Its revenue is reportedly drying up, and untrained recruits are replacing experienced soldiers. But ISIS still spreading terror.

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The Jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), alternatively known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has enjoyed spectacular successes overthrowing and controlling territory from northern Syria to the outskirts of Baghdad in Iraq. Previously referred to as Al Qaeda in the Islamic State of Iraq (AQI), the group got its name in April of 2013. For a group estimated to be composed of merely a few thousand militants, the organization has secured astonishing victories over much larger armed forces. [2] The group's first major military success was the conquest of Raqqa in Northern Syria in March of 2013. Since that victory, ISIS has successfully gained control of the Iraqi cities of Tal Afar, Tikrit, Suleiman Beg, and Fallujah. [3] Perhaps their most impressive and shocking achievement to date, and the one that galvanized the attention of the world back to Iraq, was the conquest of Iraq's second most populous city, Mosul. ISIS managed to not only secure this crucial trading post proximate to Syria, but they managed to get hold of weaponry and equipment abandoned when the Iraq security forces fled the city. [4] How is it possible such a relatively small group of rebels could manage to outmaneuver a force presence of 30,000? Michel Chossudovsky of the Centre for Research on Globalization has been tracking these developments. He contends that the rise of ISIS is not a miscalculation on the part of the US-NATO alliance, but is in fact a deliberate strategy to re-engineer the region to advance their imperial aims there. He explains his thesis in part one of the Global Research News Hour. The recent elections in Syria have been described as “meaningless” and “a great big zero” by the US Secretary of State John Kerry. He argues given the state of conflict in the Middle Eastern country that “you can't have an election where millions of your people don't even have an ability to vote.” [5] The final vote posted by the Speaker of the People's Assembly announced that the incumbent President secured a land-slide victory of over 88% with a 73.42% voter turn-out. [6] While a dictatorial power in a time of civil war might have the capacity to gerrymander election results to his satisfaction, is there any indication that this is in fact what happened? Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya is a Research Associate with the Centre for Research on Globalization and a published author. He served as an election observer during the recent Syrian elections and discloses in the second half hour of the Global Research News Hour why he believes the elections were above board, and what role these elections, particularly the perception of them being fraudulent, serves in the broader geo-political context.

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