The Boardwalk

Phil Halton is the author of several novels set in Afghanistan including This Shall Be a House of Peace and Red Warning . He joins us to talk about his time in the Canadian army and his inspiration for writing about Afghanistan. You can buy his books and learn more about him at his website: https://philhalton.com/ _________________________________________ Buy Kyle's Book Here Where to Listen:...

Lucas Webber and Riccardo Valle of Militant Wire and The Khorasan Diary join the Boardwalk to discuss Afghanistan and other current events in the now-discontinued War on Terror. _________________________________________ Buy Kyle's Book Here Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9   Google Podcasts...

Ian Fritz, author of "What the Taliban Told Me," joins The Boardwalk to talk about his experiences in Afghanistan as a Dari/Pashto linguist. Ian's Website - To Purchase the Book _________________________________________   Buy Kyle's Book Here Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9...

Happy New Year! Kyle's novel "Bottled in Bagram" just DROPPED! We are giving away a copy to two people who DM us on X or Twitter @theboardwalkpod. Buy the novel HERE _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9   Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ...

Foreign Area Officer, writer, and professor Jason Criss Howk joins us to discuss Pakistan's role in the Afghan War and the way forward for Afghanistan. Jason is also the founder and director of the Global Friends of Afghanistan (GFA), a US-based non-profit organization that educates people about the history, culture, and current events affecting Afghanistan. To learn more and to contribute to...

This is Kyle and my novel "Bottled in Bagram" will be released January 2, 2024. Pre-orders are up now for the digital version with paperback to follow: Pre-Order Here Read Chapter One on my Substack! David Ryan is an intelligence analyst working on board a small reconnaissance aircraft in the final years of the Afghan War. On a routine approach into Bagram, his aircraft is attacked and t...

We are honored to have Yousuf Sediq join us to tell a few stories from his time in the Afghan War as an interpreter and a soldier. You can purchase his book "5000 Days of War" here: https://bit.ly/40PmqIm _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9   Go...

 Massoud Hossaini is a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist who covered the entirety of the Afghan War. We are honored to have him join us. As a warning, this conversation gets heavy and dark toward the end and deals with feelings about the war and life in general.  _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theb...

We are honored to talk to Bill Roggio of the Long War Journal. Bill is a legend in the open source intelligence community and we are honored to finally chat with him. Bill and his organizations can be found on Twitter/X at: https://twitter.com/FDD https://twitter.com/LongWarJournal https://twitter.com/billroggio Foundation for Defense of Democracy: https://www.fdd.org/ FDD's Long War Journal:...

Curtis and Luke from the highly respected Panjwai Podcast come out of retirement to joke around with The Boardwalk guys and discuss Afghanistan two years after the US withdrawal.

The Boardwalk WILL Return! We are moving to a monthly episode release schedule for the immediate future starting in August or September. Thank you for your support and we will see you soon!

We are honored to have Colonel Naweed Kawusi, a former ANA officer and former Director of the Police Support Directorate within GIRoA's MOI, on this week to discuss reforming the police and corruption in Afghanistan. You will not want to miss this interview. _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardw...

Stephan Jensen joins The Boardwalk crew to talk about his time as an adviser in Northern Afghanistan with the Norwegian army.  _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9   Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya   Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ   Stitcher...

William Maley and Ahmad Shuja Jamal join The Boardwalk to discuss their new book "The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan." The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan available here: https://bit.ly/3N3AgR0 _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pandora: https://bit.ly/...

This is totally a filler episode for this week as we line up more guests for the last part of the season. We discuss various, non-Afghanistan related, matters, new Taliban stuff, and our favorite episodes. Hope you enjoy a laid-back conversation once in a while. _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwa...

Air Force officer Will Selber joined us to talk about the wide ranging areas of responsibility he had over his four deployments to Afghanistan and the efforts he undertook to get friends and translators out of the country after the fall of Kabul.  _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pan...

LTG Sami Sadat is a decorated Afghan military commander. General Sadat commanded the 215th Corps in Helmand province and was commander of ANASOC, the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command, that consisted of some of the most effective Afghan anti-terrorism forces in the country. For more information about the 1208 Foundation, visit: https://www.1208foundation.org/ ________________________...

National Defense University Distinguished Professor of International Relations Dr. Hassan Abbas joined us to discuss his new book The Return of the Taliban , which chronicles the events that led to the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan.  The Return of the Taliban is available now for pre-order https://bit.ly/41FSlKg _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: ht...

Dr. Schroden joins us again to discuss remarks made by the Biden Administration and a new white paper about the Kabul evacuation.  _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9   Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya   Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ   Stit...

Twitter pseudonym Peter Wrangel joins The Boardwalk for a look back on a thread regarding disillusionment with the military.  _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9   Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya   Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ   Stitcher:...

We are joined by Justin Baker and Jesse Wilkes, two Defense Language Institute grads, to discuss life as a military linguist. Kyle, Justin, and Jesse share stories while Stu and Zach mock them for being nerds. _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9   Google...

Bill Bee is a former Marine and the subject of one of the most famous firefight photos taken during the GWOT. Bill joins us to talk about the photo, his time in the Marines, and navigating the VA and head trauma. The Shot by Bill Bee and Wills Robinson: https://bit.ly/3U7xrkU _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit...

Renowned journalist Lynne O'Donnell joins us again to discuss all things Afghanistan and share stories from her time in the country. _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9   Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya   Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ...

Dr. Bruce Hoffman is a tenured professor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. He has studied terrorism for over 40 years and is the author of Inside Terrorism . Bruce joined The Boardwalk team to discuss the Global War on Terror, its legacy, and things we can learn from the last twenty years. Inside Terrorism, 3rd Edition: https://bit.ly/3ZWksoe ________________________...

On this episode we discuss Helmand, what things were like on the ground for the Marines, and other military stuff with Andrew Dyer. Andrew was with the USMC as they worked to secure Helmand from 2010-2012.  _________________________________________   Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple   Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify   Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9   Google Pod...