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Lucky Charms And The Long Road Back (Jim Bennett)
Jun 20, 2026
2h 46m 31s
From Combat Zones To Clean Water (Mike Carie)
Jun 16, 2026
1h 19m 06s
What Does A Second Chance Really Cost (Tod Smith)
Jun 16, 2026
47m 52s
From A Michigan Farm To Vietnam Supply Lines (Robert Tvorik)
Jun 2, 2026
1h 19m 27s
From Munitions To Microchips (Bruce Davenport)
May 21, 2026
49m 54s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/20/26 | ![]() Lucky Charms And The Long Road Back (Jim Bennett) | Send us Fan Mail A full-ride scholarship, a Pentagon internship, and a clear military track should have meant a smooth launch. Jim Bennett did the opposite. He chased the Appalachian Trail, learned what it means to “hike your own hike,” and then carried those lessons into the Michigan Army National Guard as 9/11 turned weekend service into a new era of war and responsibility. We talk through the moments that shaped him: Hurricane Katrina relief in the Gulf, the grind of leadership trai... | 2h 46m 31s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | ![]() From Combat Zones To Clean Water (Mike Carie) | Send us Fan Mail War stories usually end with the homecoming. Mike Carie’s don’t, because the hard part kept going after the uniform came off. We talk with Mike, a US Army veteran who grew up bouncing from place to place, joined through the delayed entry program, and learned fast what basic training and real-world readiness demand. From Fort Knox to Fort Bliss, he explains how the military can take a drifting teenager and build capability through pressure, repetition, and pure commitment.&nbs... | 1h 19m 06s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | ![]() What Does A Second Chance Really Cost (Tod Smith) | Send us Fan Mail One decision after high school can change the whole arc of your life, especially when it sends you farther than you ever expected. We’re joined by Tod Smith, a Lansing, Michigan native who joins the United States Navy looking for a reset, only to get rerouted by a colorblind test, pushed through boot camp at Great Lakes, and then surprised with orders to Japan. Along the way, Tod shares what it feels like to arrive overseas as a young sailor, how engine room crews become fami... | 47m 52s | ||||||
| 6/2/26 | ![]() From A Michigan Farm To Vietnam Supply Lines (Robert Tvorik)✨ | Vietnam Warmilitary logistics+4 | Robert Tvorik | United States Army | VietnamCleveland | Vietnam WarRobert Tvorik+5 | — | 1h 19m 27s | |
| 5/21/26 | ![]() From Munitions To Microchips (Bruce Davenport)✨ | military serviceVietnam War+4 | Bruce Davenport | United States Air Force | Michigan | militaryAir Force+6 | — | 49m 54s | |
| 5/8/26 | ![]() Bass Players Get No Respect Until They Do (Brad Foss)✨ | military servicepersonal growth+3 | Brad Foss | United States Army | Janesville, WisconsinFort Jackson+1 | Brad FossUnited States Army+6 | — | 1h 40m 54s | |
| 4/24/26 | ![]() What Do You Owe A Country That Raised You (Doug Thorne)✨ | military servicepersonal adaptation+3 | Doug Thorne | United States Air Force | Michigan | Doug Thornemilitary service+3 | — | 27m 53s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() What If We Saw One Another As People (Takura Nyamfukudza)✨ | military servicepersonal journey+3 | Takura Nyamfukudza | U.S. Army | ZimbabweUnited States+1 | Takura NyamfukudzaU.S. Army+5 | — | 50m 28s | |
| 4/22/26 | ![]() What If Your Life Is A Gift You Have Not Unwrapped Yet (Pamelajune Anderson)✨ | servicepersonal growth+3 | Pamelajune Anderson | — | Columbus, Ohio | serviceidentity+3 | — | 52m 46s | |
| 4/20/26 | ![]() I Came For The Free Army Flashlight (Judy Fryover)✨ | military healthcarewar zone medicine+3 | Judy Fryover | Army Reserve | Portland, Michigan | military healthcareArmy Reserve+5 | — | 1h 45m 54s | |
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| 4/18/26 | ![]() From Paper Routes To Sea Routes (Bill Atkinson)✨ | veteran storiespersonal history+3 | William “Bill” Atkinson | General MotorsUnited States Navy Reserve | Lansing, MichiganI-496 | veteranLansing+6 | — | 1h 22m 36s | |
| 4/18/26 | ![]() What If Your Life Improves Only When You Decide It Must (Charles Thomas)✨ | personal growthdetermination+3 | Charles Thomas | — | Willow RunDetroit | personal growthbasketball scholarship+3 | — | 44m 36s | |
| 4/18/26 | ![]() Jim Clark Shares How Service And Skill-Building Shaped His Whole Life✨ | life storymilitary service+3 | Jim Clark | — | West VirginiaPortland+1 | Jim Clarkmilitary service+3 | — | 49m 35s | |
| 4/14/26 | ![]() From The Great Migration To Global Leadership (Harold Pope)✨ | Great MigrationAmerican history+4 | Harold Pope | NAACP | MississippiAlbany, New York | Great MigrationHarold Pope+6 | — | 1h 21m 06s | |
| 4/14/26 | ![]() From Foster Care To The Marine Corps (Calvin Jones)✨ | foster caremilitary service+3 | Calvin Jones | United States Marine Corps | LansingParris Island | foster careMarine Corps+3 | — | 1h 26m 46s | |
| 4/14/26 | ![]() Thom Miller Shares How Travel And Service Built His Values✨ | travelservice+3 | Thom Miller | United States Army | MichiganFlint+1 | Thom Millermilitary+5 | — | 1h 09m 24s | |
| 4/3/26 | ![]() A Veteran’s Journey Through War Trauma And Healing (Bill Krieger) | Send us Fan Mail He survived Mosul, but the hardest fight started after he came home. Bill Krieger, a U.S. Navy veteran and Michigan National Guard military police officer, walks us through a life defined by the search for belonging, the weight of leadership, and what PTSD and panic attacks can look like when you don’t yet have words for them. We trace Bill’s path from a chaotic childhood in Lansing to the Navy, where boot camp, technical training, and destroyer life give him structure and a... | 1h 57m 36s | ||||||
| 4/2/26 | ![]() From Army Brat To Intel Officer (Keith Lane) | Send us Fan Mail A HIMARS battalion fires 372 rockets and hits 372 targets. Years later, the same planner is fighting a different battle: drone warfare that gives you 90 seconds to decide if the “lawnmower” overhead is friendly or about to kill someone. That’s the arc of our conversation with Keith Lane, a Michigan Army National Guard veteran whose career moves from college football leadership lessons to military intelligence, civil disturbance readiness, and two deployments that sit right at... | 2h 00m 02s | ||||||
| 4/2/26 | ![]() A Soldier’s Story Of Family, War, And What Comes After (Dave Lewis) | Send us Fan Mail Getting fired after a bar fight is not most people’s origin story for military service, but for Dave Lewis it lands just days before 9/11 and everything changes. Dave grew up in the Flint and Fenton, Michigan area, raised by a mom who never stopped showing up while his dad survived a devastating crash and later a brain tumor. That mix of community, hardship, and loyalty sets the stage for why the structure of the Michigan Army National Guard felt like a pull he could not igno... | 1h 19m 16s | ||||||
| 4/2/26 | ![]() I Enlisted Three Months Before 9/11 And Never Looked Back (Jessica Linna) | Send us Fan Mail A lot of veteran stories get flattened into headlines. Jessica Linna’s doesn’t. She enlisted in the Michigan Army National Guard in 2001, just three months before 9/11, not because she had a perfect plan but because she didn’t. After losing her sister days before graduation, she’s honest about feeling aimless, trying college, working a solid job, and still wanting a direction that actually meant something. We talk through what it’s like to become a combat medic (68W), from F... | 43m 40s | ||||||
| 3/11/26 | ![]() A Soldier, A Teacher, A Lifelong Learner (Jerry Ockert) | Send us Fan Mail A sleigh rescue from a blizzard. Kerosene lamps in a farmhouse without electricity. A young man drafted during Korea who ends up rebuilding Europe’s engines and then, decades later, rebuilding how young Americans learn to drive. Jerry Ockert's 95-year journey is the kind of story you can feel in your bones—practical, principled, and full of turns that make perfect sense in hindsight. We sit with Jerry as he traces a line from horse-drawn fields and Catholic classrooms to fac... | 2h 24m 31s | ||||||
| 3/9/26 | ![]() From Jersey To Jump Wings; A Soldier’s Path (Cedric Davis) | Send us Fan Mail The bus doors swung open at Fort Dix and five drill sergeants stared him down—by 0400, bunks were tipping, cans were banging, and Cedric Davis wondered if he’d made the worst mistake of his life. What followed is a clear-eyed story of fear met head-on, pride earned the hard way, and a life held together by family, friendship, and duty. We walk through Cedric’s Jersey roots and the steady example of parents married for 53 years, then into ROTC, a delayed-entry leap, and the s... | 1h 09m 50s | ||||||
| 3/4/26 | ![]() From Polio To Black Belt: A Soldier’s Unlikely Path (Andrew Glenn) | Send us Fan Mail A draft notice rerouted Andrew Glenn from German beer halls to a rain-soaked tarmac at Fort Campbell, where a drill sergeant’s bark split his life into before and after. What followed reads like a map drawn in pencil and sweat: infantry training, a near-miss with OCS, boredom punctured by juggling rocks, and an arrival in Korea under red alert that replaced comfort with diesel stoves and steel seats in eighteen-below cold. On a base with little to do, he found a doorway: a Ko... | 3h 32m 34s | ||||||
| 2/26/26 | ![]() How One Soldier-Statesman Turned Family, Faith, And Grit Into Community Change (Adam Hollier) | Send us Fan Mail A Detroit childhood two blocks from his parents. Spanish-immersion school, homestays in Senegal and Venezuela, and a front-row seat to how neighborhoods rise or stall. Adam threads those early lessons into a life of service that moves from student government to City Hall, through Detroit’s bankruptcy, and into the dirt—mowing lots, demolishing hazards, and planting 15,000 trees to stabilize a community one block at a time. Then comes the late leap at 30: Army Basic, OCS, air... | 1h 50m 20s | ||||||
| 1/23/26 | ![]() Finding Purpose After 9/11; A Soldier’s Journey (Benjamin Bolen) | Send us Fan Mail A pipe purchase, a recruiter’s wave, and a high school morning watching the towers fall—Ben’s story is a chain of small moments that turned into a life of service. We follow him from a childhood shaped by loss through the discipline of sports and faith, into the U.S. Army as a cavalry scout, and onto the streets of Baghdad where seconds, instincts, and rules of engagement determined who came home. Ben explains what counterinsurgency looks like from a driver’s hatch: evolving... | 2h 53m 41s | ||||||
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