VetStory

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Vet stories are more than just war stories. They're stories that changed our lives, stories of hope, loss, and sometimes the laughter where no one else can find it. This is VetStory.

  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    Are You Ready for Your Next Emergency?

    While we're producing the next season of VetStory, we're happy to introduce you to one of our podcast partners "Team Room Talk with Chris Mcphee". Host Chris Mcphee is a retired Green Beret who has some amazing and candid conversations with his guests that range from entrepreneurs to elite military operators. I think you're really going to like this show.

    Go to ConnectingVets to learn more or go to Team Room Talk with Chris Mcphee

    5 February 2020, 9:36 pm
  • 22 minutes 52 seconds
    Radio Diaries presents "Prisoners of War"

    VetStory is proud to present "Prisoners of War", from the Radio Diaries podcast. This is the untold story of US service members who did time in an American military prison during the height of the Vietnam conflict.

    *Discretion is advised*

    This story was produced by Sarah Kate Kramer for Radio Diaries, with help from Joe Richman and Nellie Gilles [GILL-es] and was edited by Deborah George and Ben Shapiro. To hear more stories from Radio Diaries, subscribe to their podcast. Use your podcast app of choice or visit www.radiodiaries.org. Radio Diaries is part of the Radiotopia network from PRX.

    30 January 2020, 6:00 am
  • 15 minutes 39 seconds
    An act of defiance that saved Jewish-American soldiers

    In No Surrender, Chris Edmonds tells the unforgettable story of his father, Roddie Edmonds, an American POW, and the acts of defiance against his Nazi captors that saved hundreds of Jewish American soldier's lives.  

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    Visit us at ConnectingVets.com!

    27 December 2019, 2:00 pm
  • 29 minutes 33 seconds
    Betrayal in Berlin: A Cold War CIA Spy Thriller

    George Blake was a member of the Allied Secret Intelligence Service and one of the most notorious Soviet spies of our time. Author Steve Vogel takes us inside the Berlin Tunnel, one of the greatest espionage operations of the Cold War to tap and record KGB communications, and the spy who almost brought it all down.

    19 December 2019, 7:21 pm
  • 34 minutes 25 seconds
    From NYPD Cop to Interrogator in Iraq

    Christopher Strom's new book Brooklyn to Baghdad tells his story from former NYPD cop to being part of the elite counterinsurgency group "Phoenix Team". Chris takes you on a harrowing journey from stopping terrorists in a post-911 New York to working alongside Special Operations taking down insurgent leaders. All that and more...

    11 December 2019, 8:05 pm
  • 12 minutes 20 seconds
    Depression: Can magnetic therapy reboot the brain?

    Combat veterans can often suffer from anxiety and depression.  Whether it's from post-traumatic stress or other issues, Army veteran, Dr. Geoffrey Grammer, Chief Medical Officer and Bill Leonard, President / CEO of Greenbrook TMS NeuroHealth Centers, discuss how electromagnetic stimulation works and if TMS can successfully treat brain regions directly associated with mood regulation.

    3 December 2019, 5:13 pm
  • 59 minutes 24 seconds
    He Jumped On A Grenade...and Lived! Kyle Carpenter, MoH Awardee

    Kyle Carpenter earned the Medal of Honor for his actions in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2010. In this VetStory we talk about his new book "You Are Worth It; Building a Life Worth Fighting For" where he takes us back to that fateful day, his long road to recovery, and why you are worth it.

    20 November 2019, 5:34 pm
  • 16 minutes 21 seconds
    Bloody Lane ... and Sounds of the Dead

    Antietam National Battlefield is the sight of the deadliest day in Civil War history.  23,000 men were killed, wounded or missing in action. We talked about the legend of Bloody Lane and heard actual paranormal recordings shared by researcher Angela Sounders, author of Ghosts in Sight.

    29 October 2019, 7:00 pm
  • 25 minutes 49 seconds
    The Marine behind the scenes of NBC's This Is Us

    NBC's hit show "This Is Us" has shown us the Vietnam veteran's experience. This season it adds a Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan. The realism of her emotional scenes is due in part to a real Marine, James LaPorta.  We talked with James about his infantry days, the hidden tributes he built into the show, and how he went from combat to become an acclaimed writer for Newsweek and The Washington Post.   

    23 October 2019, 2:48 am
  • 36 minutes 11 seconds
    Former VA Secretary Shulkin sounds off! From Congress to Cannabis

    Is there a plot to privatize the VA? Why won't they speed up resaearch on medical marijuana?  Why was he ousted from his job?  These are just a few things we asked former Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. David Shulkin, as he discussed his new book, "It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country."  

    21 October 2019, 3:34 pm
  • 19 minutes 22 seconds
    Sean Spicer talks "Dancing With the Stars"

    Sean Spicer had to do some serious tap dancing as the White House spokesperson. But when we recently caught up with him, it was all fun as he told us about being a Navy Reserve Public Affairs Officer, and a contestant on ABC's Dancing With the Stars.  Plus the behind the scenes stories of the incredible veteran charities he's dancing for.   

    14 October 2019, 7:21 pm
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