The Boardwalk

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.
_________________________________________
Buy Kyle's Book Here

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify 

Pandora: https://b...

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.
_________________________________________
Buy Kyle's Book Here

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit...

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/

_________________________________________
Buy Kyle's Book Here

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/th...

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.
_________________________________________
Buy Kyle's Book Here

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify 

Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 

Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya 

Amazon Mu...

Ian Fritz, author of "What the Taliban Told Me," joins The Boardwalk to talk about his experiences in Afghanistan as a Dari/Pashto linguist.

Ian's Website - To Purchase the Book

_________________________________________

 Buy Kyle's Book Here

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify 

Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 

Google Podcasts: https:/...

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.

Buy the novel HERE
_________________________________________

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify 

Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 

Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya 

Amazon Music: https://amzn...

Foreign Area Officer, writer, and professor Jason Criss Howk joins us to discuss Pakistan's role in the Afghan War and the way forward for Afghanistan. Jason is also the founder and director of the Global Friends of Afghanistan (GFA), a US-based non-profit organization that educates people about the history, culture, and current events affecting Afghanistan.

To learn more and to contribute to the Global Friends of Afg...

This is Kyle and my novel "Bottled in Bagram" will be released January 2, 2024. Pre-orders are up now for the digital version with paperback to follow:

Pre-Order Here

Read Chapter One on my Substack!

David Ryan is an intelligence analyst working on board a small reconnaissance aircraft in the final years of the Afghan War. On a routine approach into Bagram, his aircraft is attacked and the camer...

We are honored to have Yousuf Sediq join us to tell a few stories from his time in the Afghan War as an interpreter and a soldier. You can purchase his book "5000 Days of War" here: https://bit.ly/40PmqIm
_________________________________________

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify 

Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 

Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya 

Am...

 Massoud Hossaini is a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist who covered the entirety of the Afghan War. We are honored to have him join us. As a warning, this conversation gets heavy and dark toward the end and deals with feelings about the war and life in general. 
_________________________________________

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify 

Pandora: https://bit...

We are honored to talk to Bill Roggio of the Long War Journal. Bill is a legend in the open source intelligence community and we are honored to finally chat with him. Bill and his organizations can be found on Twitter/X at:

https://twitter.com/FDD
https://twitter.com/LongWarJournal
https://twitter.com/billroggio

Foundation for Defense of Democracy: https://www.fdd.org/

FDD's Long War Journal...

We are honored to have Colonel Naweed Kawusi, a former ANA officer and former Director of the Police Support Directorate within GIRoA's MOI, on this week to discuss reforming the police and corruption in Afghanistan. You will not want to miss this interview.
_________________________________________

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify 

Pandora: https://bit.ly/3...

Stephan Jensen joins The Boardwalk crew to talk about his time as an adviser in Northern Afghanistan with the Norwegian army. 
_________________________________________

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify 

Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 

Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya 

Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ 

Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3AQNadj  

iHeart Radio: http...

William Maley and Ahmad Shuja Jamal join The Boardwalk to discuss their new book "The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan."


The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan available here: https://bit.ly/3N3AgR0
_________________________________________

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify 

Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 

Google Podcasts...

This is totally a filler episode for this week as we line up more guests for the last part of the season. We discuss various, non-Afghanistan related, matters, new Taliban stuff, and our favorite episodes. Hope you enjoy a laid-back conversation once in a while.
_________________________________________

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify 

Pandora: https://bit.ly/3x...

Air Force officer Will Selber joined us to talk about the wide ranging areas of responsibility he had over his four deployments to Afghanistan and the efforts he undertook to get friends and translators out of the country after the fall of Kabul. 
_________________________________________

Where to Listen:

Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple 

Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify 

Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 

Google Po...