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Let Me Tell You About The Time A Book Saved My Life In Iraq

Ok full disclosure this is not as drastic as the time One Tree Hill saved my life in Iraq. However, it was still an impactful moment for me during my deployment and honestly, I didn't realize how much so until about a week ago when I was reflecting in my office.  When I went to Iraq I was 23 years o

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If You're Upset About Michael Strahan "Disrespecting The Military" You're An Enormous Loser

What planet am I on anymore? And today of all days… I woke up so excited for my free Applebees riblets meal and 30% Kohl's discount and this lunacy nearly crushed my vibe. "The great irony is that Strahan is on a ship surrounded by men and women who would willingly sacrifice their lives to defend hi

North Korean Troops Get Sent To Bolster Russia's War On Ukraine, Immediately Begin "Gorging On Pornography"

Imagine for a moment you are a twenty-two year old male halfway through a mandatory, ten-year military enlistment under a brutal dictatorship. You've never had a day off, your work days are generally 5am - 10pm, and instead of 'cool military stuff' you are mostly used as free labor on farms & constr

1,000LB Truck Bombs, Pressure Plates & Rooftop Firefights: Celebrating Chaps' Alive Day

The ZeroBlogThirty podcast has nearly 620 episodes now, and I've been round for most of them. That paired with all the work trips we've taken and time spent together in general and you'd think I'd know Chaps & Cons' stories like the back of my hand, but honestly we don't talk about our own time in s

"No Thanks": North Korea Returns The U.S. Soldier Who Ran Across The DMZ Back In July

Quick refresher:  Back in Fall of 2022 Army Private Travis King got an assault charge for punching a fella in the face at a South Korean club, and then a couple weeks later he got into another conflict & proceeded to cause a bunch of damage to the back of a police car. A classic E-2 tale.  Apparentl

Accomplice In Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen's Murder Receives Max Sentence As Horrific New Details Emerge

Cecily Aguilar has received 30 years - the max sentence - for her part in the horrific murder of Specialist Vanessa Guillén back in April of 2020. Aguilar's then boyfriend, Spc. Aaron Robinson, bludgeoned Guillen to death with a hammer on Fort Hood in an armory, and then Aguilar helped him dispose o

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00:00-01:29 Intro
01:30-19:52 The Last 72
19:53-26:08 Team Mom's
26:09-28:15 The Double Lives Of Suburban Wives
28:16-32:28 White House Ballroom Construction to Continue
32:29-37:12 Mail-In Voting
37:13-40:10 Gambling on Military Operations
40:11-47:38 Enes Kanter
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54:28-54:56 Closing

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Ballroom Construction Continues, Gambling On Operations, and a Controversial Commercial. BA EP 78

All right, welcome back to a brand new episode of Old American Podcast, presented by Barstool Sports. Me and Rob this week tackling the topics of discussion. There's more news to report on the grand ballroom that President Trump is adding to the White House. More hullabaloo. There is discussion abou

00:00-06:44 Intro
06:45-15:35 The Last 72
15:36-19:11 Oil Prices
19:12-26:35 Trump On The Kennedy Center Board
26:36-36:57 USS Abraham Lincoln Record Long Deployment
36:58-49:10 RIP Hayden Panettiere
49:11-56:24 AOC Financial Disclosure
56:25-01:04:46 Post-Show

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Oil Is On The Rise, The USS Abraham Sets A Record, and Hayden Panettiere Passes. BA EP 77

Welcome back brand new episode of the bold American podcast presented by barstool sports. I just got back to my seat. I had to tinkle. Ryan took offense to that. I don't know if it was the fact that I had the use the restroom. I said the word I had tinkle or what, but she was very disturbed. I'm sit

00:00-00:43 Intro
00:43-09:30 Ryan's Bone To Pick
09:31-21:04 Birthday Week
21:05-33:12 The Last 72
33:13-37:10 Bills New Stadium
37:11-38:18 Joint Base Lyndsay Graham
38:19-41:10 More Stadium Talk
41:11-01:09:12 On The Spot Roundtable
01:09:13-01:09:38 Post-Show

On The Spot Roundtable and Ryan's Got A Bone To Pick. BA EP 76

All right. Welcome back to another episode of both American podcasts presented by Barstool Sports. Uh, we got a little bit of a interesting show today. Uh, it's the summer, the news is depressing. So we are going to do an impromptu round table where everyone brings a topic, but the other folks do no

00:00-04:03 Intro
04:04-06:07 The Last 72
06:08-09:32 Iran Strikes Resume and Stop Again
09:33-12:30 Idaho Shooting
12:31-15:00 European Border Crisis
15:01-17:45 VA studying GLP-1
17:46-19:53 Lifeguard Ryder Williams Being Honored
19:54-20:45 Trump Wins Club Championship
20:48-01:06:49 Cornelius Queen Interview
01:06:50-01:07:57 Post-Show

Cornelius Queen Tells Us About The Egyptian American Enterprise Fund and it's Importance. BA EP 75

All right, everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Bold American Podcast presented by Barstool Sports. I'm your man, Cons, Captain Cons, Rob. We'll be on later doing an interview, Ryan out tonight. And we got a whole bunch to talk about. We've got diplomacy that changes by the hour. We hav

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00:00-01:17 Intro
01:18-11:09 The Last 72
11:10-18:07 Lebron To Philly
18:08-37:00 The Last 72 (cont.)
37:01-38:36 95 Billion Dollar Budget Passed
38:37-40:23 Trump Pauses Airstrikes
40:24-41:31 Service Members KIA
41:32-46:03 Katy Perry Mad At The White House
46:04-54:14 Peptides
54:15-55:49 Post-Show

Lebron To Philadelphia, A New War Budget, and Katy Perry's Mad At The White House. BA EP 74

Internet. So I should be rocking and rolling. So fantastic. Right in time for a brand new episode of the Bold American podcast presented by Barstool Sports. That's right. You heard it. Ryan is out of the Stone Age and has Internet once again, despite living in the sticks of Pennsylvania. She has fig

00:00-04:22 Intro
04:23-08:55 The Last 72
08:56-12:44 Service Members KIA
12:45-14:51 Cyclospora Outbreak
14:52-16:45 Canadian Wildfires
16:46-21:33 New Testosterone Testing For Service Members
21:35-23:01 Inmate Impersonating VA Employee
23:02-24:18 Plunkett Makes The Cut
24:19-01:06:26 Zach Bell Joins The Show
01:06:27-01:08:46 Post-Show

Zachary Bell Joins To Discuss Psychedelic Therapy Being Available To Veterans. BA EP 73

Welcome back to a brand new episode of the Bold American Podcast presented by Barstool Sports. It's just me, it's Jess Kahnz. Rob is somewhere in the world doing very cool and exciting things that I hope one day he can share. He may never, but just know that he's doing cool things. Ryan is back in A

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