The Boardwalk
Join three former intelligence professionals as we discuss the trials and tribulations of the War in Afghanistan and its legacy.
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With a New Year comes a new destabilization effort by the US Government.
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The boys kick off Festivus with the Airing of Grievances. Mitch Chahalis joins us to celebrate the holiday.
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The boys are joined by frequent contributor Mik Lopez to answer reader questions about elections that could have been, running for office, and to settle which Christmas movies are best. This was a fun one.
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The boys once again discuss meddling in the affairs of foreign countries, sketchy drone strikes, and the shutdown.
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The boys discuss a Qatari Airbase, a Gaza Ceasefire, and lessons learned by the US since the Korean War.
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The boys discuss the Department of War, Hegseth's Warrior Ethos, and the sheer insanity of the DoD's summer.
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The guys are back to talk about things that aren't politics or Afghanistan. We discuss movies, nostalgia, and nothing at all.
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Journalist Beth Bailey of the Afghanistan Project Podcast joins us to talk about women in Afghanistan, protections for refugees, and Afghanistan's future.
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Max Kabachenko returns to discuss updates in the Ukrainian War and what he's been up to helping veterans and refugees of the ongoing conflict. We also get into the Trump Administration's new hobby: investing in American companies.
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In today's episode, we discuss the concerning situation in Gaza, solve the Israel/Palestine conflict, and go over the most influential events from GWOT courtesy of a listener request.
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This week, we discuss the numerous conflicts of interest that have arisen in the first six months of Donald Trump's second term as president, and we attempt to determine what to make of the controversial new advertisement encouraging Westerners to visit Afghanistan.
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The boys are back to discuss whether Congress should be given intelligence briefs, whether or not the big, beautiful bill is beautiful or not, and are happy to report Epstein didn't do anything wrong.
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We're back to discuss recent happenings in Iran and draw on years of US experience in the Middle East to caution against war. We also discuss the evil of deporting Afghan refugees who risked their lives to help us back to a country that will kill or hurt them. Finally, we make fun of the military parade.
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We're back. Nothing gets us excited like another regime change, and we predict everything will turn out just fine for Syria now that al-Assad is gone. Join us in our retrospective of all the fun regime changes we've lived through.
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Join us as we reflect back on the podcast and what may lie in store for the future. This episode will end The Boardwalk in its current format and for the foreseeable future. We are working on some projects that we hope will be higher quality, but far less frequent. For now, goodbye.
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Indiana University Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Nazif Shahrani sat down with Zach to discuss the National Trust Movement of Afghanistan. Professor Shahrani and others worked to create a document outlining the issues Afghans face today and their proposals to resolve those issues.
You can read the National Movement of Afghanistan's proposal here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11y55TAIhPa5qkZLGWY05sqkKUQOir0T3/v...
Phil Halton is the author of several novels set in Afghanistan including This Shall Be a House of Peace and Red Warning. He joins us to talk about his time in the Canadian army and his inspiration for writing about Afghanistan. You can buy his books and learn more about him at his website: https://philhalton.com/
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Lucas Webber and Riccardo Valle of Militant Wire and The Khorasan Diary join the Boardwalk to discuss Afghanistan and other current events in the now-discontinued War on Terror.
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Ian Fritz, author of "What the Taliban Told Me," joins The Boardwalk to talk about his experiences in Afghanistan as a Dari/Pashto linguist.
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Happy New Year! Kyle's novel "Bottled in Bagram" just DROPPED! We are giving away a copy to two people who DM us on X or Twitter @theboardwalkpod.
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