Fortress On A Hill (FOH) Podcast

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The United States has become synonymous with empire and endless war, American troops sit in 70% of the world's countries, and yet, most Americans don't know that. The military is joined disproportionately by a 'warrior caste’ whom carry this enormous burden, making a less diverse force and ensuring most of society doesn't see their sacrifice. And American tax dollars, funding hundreds of billions in unnecessary spending on global hegemony, are robbed from the domestic needs of ordinary Americans. We aim to change that. Join Henri, Keagan, Jovanni, Shiloh, and Monisha, six leftist US military v...

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Fortress On A Hill (FOH) Podcast

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Stone and Sjursen Part 4 – Ep 77 05.09.2020 1:08:21

Danny’s final discussion with Oliver Stone is here!!! The discussion includes how Oliver expressed his angst with his parents’ divorce through the stories of Elias and Barnes in Platoon, boot […]

Mike Monetta, National Director of Wolf-PAC – Ep 76 01.09.2020 1:03:12

Mike Monetta, National Director for Wolf-PAC, stops by the podcast to discuss his organization’s vision of fighting money in politics amid a sea of political corruption, how progressives and those […]

The buck does not stop here – the murder of Vanessa Guillen – Ep 75 27.08.2020 1:14:29

The murder of Vanessa Guillen has struck a violent, but unsurprising chord among the progressive community, anti-war veterans as a whole, and the many victims of military sexual trauma, as […]

Waking Up On The Appalachian Trail w/ N.B. Hankes – Ep 73 03.08.2020 1:27:16

N.B. Hankes stops by the podcast to discuss his new book, “Waking Up On the Appalachian Trail: A Story of War, Brotherhood, and the Pursuit of Truth.” We discuss Nate’s […]

Stone & Sjursen Part 2 – Ep 72 02.08.2020 1:16:02

Part 2 of Danny’s discussion with Oliver Stone is here!!! Danny and Oliver discuss differences between their combat experiences, the unabashed hero worship of modern military movies, the productions of […]

Stone & Sjursen Part 1: The Unbearable Violence of Being American – Ep 71 25.07.2020 1:13:40

(click here to see the video version of this episode.) America’s military industrial complex and multiple presidential administrations have funnelled several generations of soldiers through unwinnable wars from Vietnam to […]

Ben Cohen (of Ben & Jerry’s) – Ep 70 12.07.2020 1:13:33

Ben Cohen (of Ben & Jerry’s) stops by the podcast to discuss his many philanthropic efforts, his long standing friendship with Bernie Sanders, his new project with Danny called the […]

Memorial Day live stream (audio only) – Ep 69 20.06.2020 2:16:27

Memorial Day has become a holiday that is farcical and cheap; while it may honor deceased veterans in a NFL playoff game sort of way, what does all the fanfare […]

In memory of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor – Ep 68 14.06.2020 1:35:40

This week, we are reflecting on the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, along with the shooting murder of Breanna Taylor during a no-knock […]

Larry Wilkerson – Ep 67 10.06.2020 1:43:08

Powerful. That’s how I’d describe today’s episode. A deep dive into the mind of COL(R) Larry Wilkerson, his career as a U.S. Army officer to include combat in Vietnam, his […]

Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance – Ep 66 06.06.2020 1:14:56

Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance stops by the podcast to discuss his path to becoming an activist during protests in the 60’s and 70’s, what he’s learned from Ralph Nader, […]

Gareth Porter – Ep 65 29.05.2020 1:32:38

Gareth Porter stops by the podcast to discuss his long standing work on the Vietnam war, his thoughts on COVID-19 via the USS Theodore Roosevelt along with his previous work […]

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz – Ep 64 18.05.2020 2:27:56

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, legendary activist and author of An Indigenous People’s History of the United States, stop by the podcast to discuss her journey to studying and writing about indigenous history, […]

Rebecca Gordon and American Nuremberg – Ep 63 09.05.2020 1:45:33

Rebecca Gordon, a TomDispatch regular and author of American Nuremberg: The Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post 9/11 War Crimes, stop by the podcast to discuss torture and moral […]

Robert “Bob” Scheer – Part 2 – Ep 62 01.05.2020 1:25:20

Robert “Bob” Scheer, famed journalist, interviewer, activist, and editor-in-chief of TruthDig.com, stops by the podcast to discuss his career, his interviews with presidents from Nixon to Clinton, and his radio […]

Robert “Bob” Scheer – Part 1 – Ep 61 24.04.2020 1:22:42

Robert “Bob” Scheer, famed journalist, interviewer, activist, and editor-in-chief of TruthDig.com, stops by the podcast to discuss his career, his interviews with American presidents from Nixon to Clinton, and his […]

America: The Farewell Tour w/ Chris Hedges – Ep 60 15.04.2020 1:03:49

Chris Hedges is a columnist, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a New York Times best-selling author, a professor in the college degree program offered to New Jersey state prisoners by Rutgers […]

Coronavirus and the U.S. military – Ep 59 09.04.2020 1:28:50

The outbreak of the coronavirus in the United States has presented a unique catastrophe that is targeting members of the American military as much as the average citizen. Here, we […]

Breaking The Silence w/ Avner Gvaryahu – Ep 58 14.03.2020 1:38:39

Avner Gvaryahu, the executive director of Breaking The Silence (BTS), sits down with us to discuss the organization’s mission of collecting Israeli Defense Force (IDF) veterans’ testimonies on operations in […]

The foreign policy history of Senator Bernie Sanders – Ep 57 03.03.2020 1:26:06

As the 2020 Democratic primaries move onto Super Tuesday, the time has come to discuss the record of Bernie Sanders in all things foreign policy. The good, the bad, and […]

The assassination of Qassem Suleimani – Ep 56 07.01.2020 1:05:19

This is a different sort of episode from what you’ve come to expect from us. The three of us are in utter shock at the brazen, cowardly, illegal assassination of […]

Jack Ryan w/ Tom Secker – Ep 55 01.01.2020 1:20:57

Tom Secker joins us for an in-depth discussion on the Amazon Original Series “Jack Ryan”, discussing its abhorrent take on Venezuela and America’s true role in Central & South America. […]

Afghanistan papers & The Report w/ Ryan Keen – Ep 54 26.12.2019 1:34:27

This week, Ryan Keen stops by the podcast to discuss the recent Washington Post bombshell titled the Afghanistan Papers. We also discuss the Amazon Prime film The Report, which discusses […]

Protests in Iraq & Iranian influence, veteran homelessness, and war criminal pardons – Ep 53 10.12.2019 1:50:24

After an extended break, we are back!!! We discuss the recent protests in Iraq and their relationship to Iranian influence, the current state of veteran homelessness, and the recent pardons […]

Marking 18 years of war in Afghanistan – Ep 52 09.10.2019 1:02:33

Ryan Keen stops by the podcast and joins our discussion on Speaker Pelosi moving forward with impeachment proceedings against President Trump, the militarization and direct surveillance of the U.S.’s southern […]