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Wartime Allies
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Telling the stories of those who served shoulder to shoulder with America during its wars.
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The Lucky Few
Oct 10, 202100:58:04Tap to summarizeMatt and Janis visit with a group of interpreters who were fortunate to make it out during the evacuation and now reside in a camp at Fort Pickett, VA. The Afghans share their incredible experiences and their fears for the fate of those who remain left behind.
Transcribe →Behind Enemy Lines - Sakhi
Aug 15, 202100:15:51Tap to summarizeSakhi, an Afghan wartime ally who served for 5 years, shares what life is like inside Taliban held Mazar-I-Sharif and his grim prospects for the future.
Transcribe →Behind Enemy Lines - Milad
Aug 13, 202100:10:00Tap to summarizeMilad, an Afghan wartime ally, who served with coalition forces for over four years, contacted us to let us know he’s now trapped in the city of Qala-E-Naw, the capital of Baghdis province (some 800km west of Kabul). The Taliban now rule the city and are going door to door hunting down our wartime allies, enforcing their brutality upon all in their reach.
Transcribe →Afghan Update - 13 AUG 2021
Aug 13, 202100:19:40Tap to summarizeMatt gives an update on the latest Taliban offensive and explains how they are now at the gates of Kabul, poised to conquer the country once and for all.
Transcribe →Welcome Home
Aug 13, 202100:51:37Tap to summarizeSeason Two kicks off with Usman, our first wartime ally who was evacuated as part of Operation Allies Refuge. He has been in the United States for 72 hours and his relief is palpable. He shares his incredible journey of what it was like to leave his home and family in Afghanistan seemingly forever, pack his two bags, and journey to his new home in America. He takes us on the flight to freedom and shares what it was like to finally arrive safely in the United States and his dreams for the future. Finally, Matt provides a crucial update as the Taliban conquest of Afghanistan has their forces knocking on Kabul’s door.
Transcribe →Attacked By The Taliban
Jul 28, 202100:25:48Tap to summarizeJan, an Afghan interpreter served with US special forces for 8 years. Now he is left behind. The Taliban attacked him a few days ago. He fought them off and barely escaped with his life. Now, even his own neighbors are telling him they hope the Taliban kill him when they take over.
Transcribe →An Inflection Point
Jul 23, 202100:49:12Tap to summarizeChris Purdy, an Iraq war veteran & Director of Veterans for American Ideals and Kim Staffieri, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Association of Wartime Allies, join Matt to give an overview of the mission & effort to save our Afghan wartime allies via the largest airlift since the Berlin airlift in 1948. They share the latest updates pertaining to Operation Allies Refuge and give the story of how advocates convinced the Biden administration that only an evacuation would save these people.
Transcribe →Pinned Down
Jul 16, 202100:49:05Tap to summarizeWardak, an Afghan wartime ally, joins the podcast live from an undisclosed location in Afghanistan - the barn in which he’s hiding with livestock. He shares how the Taliban is 5 min away from him at every moment - always hunting him. He’s desperate to try and escape, but he’s pinned down with no where to run. Kristen Babicki from the Association of Wartime Allies also joins to share the latest in the advocacy to save our Afghan allies. Matt and Janis discuss the Operation Allies Refuge and the failure of the Biden administration to thus far save our wartime allies.
Transcribe →No Way Out
Jul 15, 202100:12:22Tap to summarizeShareef contacted us to let us know he had returned to Kandahar to try and get the documents (his ID, passport, etc.) that he left behind when he fled the Taliban gunman who attacked his home, killing his dad. He retrieved the documents, but as he tried to make his way to the airport, the Taliban attacked and surrounded the city, cutting off access to the airport. Caught in the crossfire, Shareef got injured. Now he plans to disguise himself as a woman and attempt to try and sneak out of the city - it’s his only option. He’s surrounded by his killers with no way out.
Transcribe →The Fight to Save a Life
Jul 9, 202100:59:52Tap to summarizeHemi, an Afghan wartime ally who served as an interpreter for US forces for 10 years, and Adam Malaty-Uhr, an US Army veteran and Afghan war veteran who served with Hemi, share their incredible story of the fight to get Hemi his visa and save his life. Janis and Matt discuss the disaster of a press conference by President Biden and the effort to convince the administration to evacuate our allies to Guam.
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