Host Orli Matlow sits down with former Marine Lyle Jeremy Rubin, author of the memoir Pain is Weakness Leaving The Body: A Marine's Unbecoming, to talk everything from Afghanistan to The Music Man. Lyle opens up about his politics going into the military and his politics after, the accountability crisis in American politics (George W. Bush is not a cutie patootie!), and the theatricality of war and military culture. They cover such radical ideas as gun control, being thoughtful, and having empathy.

Lyle's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/pain-is-weakness-leaving-the-body-a-marine-s-unbecoming-lyle-jeremy-rubin/39a2d54c496323ab

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