
A Matter of Conscience: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War
by Willa Seidenberg | Bill Short
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A Ferocious Place: Long Binh Jail
Jun 24, 2026
35m 43s
War is Hell: In Country Resistance, Part 2
May 28, 2026
43m 54s
The Quiet Mutiny
May 14, 2026
39m 42s
BONUS EPISODE: First person with Peter Hagerty
Feb 18, 2026
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Breaking the Chain of Command
Feb 11, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 | ![]() A Ferocious Place: Long Binh Jail | Long Binh Jail — nicknamed LBJ — was the U.S. Army's largest prison in Vietnam, and many soldiers feared it more than the battlefield. Overcrowded, brutal, and seething with racial tension, it held men imprisoned for resisting an increasingly unpopular war — going AWOL, defying orders, refusing to fight. In the summer of 1968, that tension exploded. Black inmates rose up, overwhelmed the guards, and took control of the stockade. In this episode of A Matter of Conscience, we go inside LB... | 35m 43s | ||||||
| 5/28/26 | ![]() War is Hell: In Country Resistance, Part 2 | In this powerful episode of A Matter of Conscience, veterans of the Vietnam War bear witness to the unthinkable — and reveal the moral courage it took to refuse complicity. From infantry soldiers surviving ambushes, to a military intelligence officer who risked his life to stop the torture of prisoners, to a whistleblower threatened into silence after reporting war crimes, these are stories of young men — barely out of their teens — confronting the darkest extremes of warfare. We’ll also hear... | 43m 54s | ||||||
| 5/14/26 | ![]() The Quiet Mutiny | In this episode, we take you to the battlefields of Vietnam, where many young soldiers faced a moral conflict while just trying to stay alive. This is the first part of our look at resistance on the battlefield. GIs, like George Silver and Roy Barrington, practiced “search and evade” tactics where they would avoid engaging with the enemy. And, the military had to confront the prevalence of drug use fundamentally driven by a collapse of morale amongst troops. Warning: this episode has disturbi... | 39m 42s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 | ![]() BONUS EPISODE: First person with Peter Hagerty✨ | Vietnam Warmilitary resistance+1 | Peter Hagerty | Navy | Vietnam | Navy ROTCcourt-martial+1 | — | 18m 01s | |
| 2/11/26 | ![]() Breaking the Chain of Command✨ | military resistanceVietnam War+2 | Charlie ClementsJohn Kent | U.S. Air ForceU.S. Navy+1 | — | Vietnam Warmilitary officers+2 | — | 46m 36s | |
| 1/7/26 | ![]() BONUS EPISODE: Interview with John Boyko✨ | Vietnam WarCanadian history+2 | John Boyko | The Devil's TrickA Matter of Conscience: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War+2 | Canada | The Devil's TrickCanada+1 | — | 43m 14s | |
| 1/6/26 | ![]() BONUS: The Intrepid Four✨ | Vietnam Wardesertion+3 | Rogelio Vargas-Rodriguez | the USS IntrepidBeheiren+1 | Japanthe Soviet Union+1 | USS IntrepidBeheiren+2 | — | 30m 23s | |
| 1/6/26 | ![]() Leaving America Behind: Deserters and the War✨ | desertionVietnam War+2 | Mike WongGerry Condon+2 | A Matter of Conscience: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War | AmericaCanada+1 | CanadaSweden+2 | — | 46m 26s | |
| 12/3/25 | ![]() Fighting Two Wars✨ | Vietnam WarBlack soldiers+3 | Sam Black | — | U.S.Vietnam | GI resistancemilitary history+2 | — | 47m 13s | |
| 11/12/25 | ![]() BONUS EPISODE: First person with Alan Klein✨ | Vietnam Warmilitary resistance+2 | Alan Klein | Air ForceA Matter of Conscience+1 | — | protestmilitary+1 | — | 17m 13s | |
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| 8/15/25 | ![]() Join the GI Movement✨ | GI Movementanti-war movement+3 | Susan SchnallAndy Stapp+1 | the GI MovementGI+2 | Hollywood | demonstrationslabor organizing+2 | — | 42m 28s | |
| 7/30/25 | ![]() We Shall Overcome: The Presidio Mutiny✨ | Vietnam Warcivil disobedience+2 | Members Of The Presidio 27Their Lawyer | Armythe Presidio 27+1 | San Francisco’s | Presidio Stockadeanti-war protest+1 | — | 41m 16s | |
| 7/23/25 | ![]() BONUS EPISODE: Free Speech Today✨ | free speechVietnam War+2 | Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez | GIUT Dallas | the United StatesGaza | GI newspaperscoffeehouses+1 | — | 47m 51s | |
| 7/16/25 | ![]() Nine for Peace | In this episode of A Matter of Conscience, you’ll hear how churches and chains made an anti-war splash in 1968. Nine young men announced their resignation from the military by chaining themselves to church clergy during a 48-hour service to protest the Vietnam War. In their words: "They could not be a part of or support the oppressive and dehumanizing activities of the American military machine." We'll hear from two of the Nine for Peace participants: Keith Mather and Oliver Hirsch.&nb... | 30m 49s | ||||||
| 7/12/25 | ![]() Misunderstandings, Lies and Whiskey | If you don’t know much about the U.S. war in Vietnam, we’ve got you covered! This episode delves into Vietnam’s struggle for independence and the political influence of figures like President Lyndon Johnson to decipher exactly how we got into the Vietnam War. Through personal accounts from Vietnamese citizens and U.S. veterans, you’ll learn about how the war was waged. | 44m 54s | ||||||
| 6/26/25 | ![]() By and For GIs | What do newspapers and coffeehouses have to do with the Vietnam War? It turns out they were critical tools in the GI anti-war movement. You’ll hear the stories of GIs who got around military restrictions to publish 300 anti-war newspapers, often having to distribute them covertly. The episode also highlights the role of GI coffee houses as safe havens and organizing centers for soldiers. GIs, and their civilian supporters faced intimidation, legal challenges, and violence from military and lo... | 41m 18s | ||||||
| 6/12/25 | ![]() I Quit! | The Green Berets, the special forces branch of the U.S. Army, figures into the stories of two early and well-known GI resisters: Dr. Howard Levy and Donald Duncan. Both men made strong public stands against the war, and both worked tirelessly for the GI anti-war movement after they were discharged from the Army. We’ll hear how Duncan gave up a promising lifelong military career because of the tactics used by the United States in the Vietnam War. And, Dr. Levy recounts his jo... | 42m 57s | ||||||
| 5/28/25 | ![]() BONUS EPISODE: Extended Interview with Historian Chris Appy | Episode 3 gives listeners a brief overview of the history of the war in Vietnam. If you want to get more detailed information, listen to this extended interview with Chris Appy, a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, and director of the Daniel Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy. Chris gives his thoughts on the history of Vietnam's occupation by foreign powers, the re-education camps run by the communist government after 1975, and the more details on the stud... | 1h 17m 49s | ||||||
| 5/14/25 | ![]() It Was All A Lie | This episode explores how men of the Vietnam generation were primed for war based on the experiences of their fathers and uncles in World War II, and how that patriotism turned to disillusionment when soldiers were confronted with the realities of Vietnam. Hosts Bill Short and Willa Seidenberg take listeners on a tour through Bill’s red bag of personal war mementos and introduce us to Marine veterans Paul Atwood and Steve Spund. They were two working-class kids who acted on instinct dur... | 43m 23s | ||||||
| 5/1/25 | ![]() The War Against the War | A Matter of Conscience uncovers a story of the Vietnam War the U.S. government and the military would like to bury. Hosts Bill Short and Willa Seidenberg draw from firsthand experience to reveal a hidden chapter of the war—one shaped by resistance from within. In this opening episode, we set the stage for the rise of the GI anti-war movement, spotlighting acts of courage and defiance by soldiers who faced internal conflicts between their duty and their conscience. Historian Chris Appy unpacks... | 33m 12s | ||||||
| 4/3/25 | ![]() A Matter of Conscience Trailer | Coming at the end of April 2025! A Matter of Conscience: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War. Listen to our trailer! | 2m 57s | ||||||
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