This is a quickly thrown together episode on the evenst going on in Eastern Europe.

The editing and audio are not what a regular episode would be. 

Here are some of the links we spoke about at the end of the episode:

www.icrc.org

www.savethechildren.org

www.mercycorps.org

www.americares.org

www.internationalmedicalcorps.org

www.novaukraine.org

CHM030- The Battle of Bunker Hill

Summary:

The Revolutionary Wars most casualty producing battle for the British was not Yorktown or Trenton but took place on a hill at the Charlestown Peninsula on July 17, 1775. This episode we go over the mislabelled Battle of Bunker Hill. The lead up, events and personalities involved. 

Links:

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/bunker-hill

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-story-of-the-battle-of-bunker-hill-36721984/

Books:

The Battle of Bunker Hill

By: Scott Waldman

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Battle_of_Bunker_Hill/YjExqouBnnoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=battle+of+bunker+hill&printsec=frontcover

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CHM029- First Platoon (Interview with Author Annie Jacobsen)

Summary:

Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen’s new investigative work has profound implications for democracy. First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance (Dutton, 2021) reveals the full account of the platoon of young soldiers sent to Afghanistan whose experience ended abruptly in tragedy under 1st LT Clint Lorance. The larger part of the story, one never comprehensively reported before, is how the platoon was unwittingly involved in a shadowy Defense Department program to capture biometrics. Jacobesn also reveals details on how flawed data was used to make a case for Clint Lorance’s Pardon. Author Annie Jacobsen joins Jeff for an in depth interview on the events and untold details of how this was much more than just a war crime. 

Links:

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/14/956705029/first-platoon-examines-how-war-on-terror-birthed-pentagons-biometrics-id-system

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/624446/first-platoon-by-annie-jacobsen/9781524746667

Books:

First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance

By Annie Jacobsen

https://www.amazon.com/First-Platoon-Modern-Identity-Dominance/dp/1524746665

Other Works By Annie Jacobsen:

Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H28Z9LL/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HZFB2T0/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i5

The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RTY0GEA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BAXFBI2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1

Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004THU68Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4

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