The Lost Art Project: Veterans’ Voices

🔥 #747 FireSide Chat w/ the Crew — Leadership: Military Lessons That Still Work Today Recorded October 11, 2026 The uniform comes off, but the leadership lessons—and the friendships—stay with us. Join Andrew “AJ” Cox, Vick Ney, and Jess Kindelspire for an honest, often hilarious conversation about carrying military experience into civilian life. From workplace disagreements to accepting uncomfort...

🔥 #746 FireSide Chat w/ Douglas Kaluhiokalani & The Crew 8 October 2026 | The Lost Art Project: Veterans’ Voices How safe are you in today's digital world? And how much information about you is already available to someone who wants to use it against you? In this episode of FireSide Chat, host Andrew “AJ” Cox and the crew welcome Douglas Kaluhiokalani, a United States Air Force veteran and cy...

🎙️ #745 James Walsh — Air Force Veteran In this episode of The Lost Art Project: Veterans’ Voices, host Andrew “AJ” Cox sits down with James Walsh, a United States Air Force veteran whose lifetime of service, education, and leadership took him from the enlisted ranks to the officer corps and ultimately to decades of continued service supporting Airmen and their families. James entered the Air Forc...

🔥 #744 FireSide Chat w/ Barry Morris of Mission Roll Call & the Crew In this episode of The Lost Art Project: Veterans’ Voices, host Andrew “AJ” Cox and the FireSide Chat crew welcome Barry Morris, Marine Corps veteran and Communications Director for Mission Roll Call, for a conversation about something that should matter to every veteran: making sure our voices are actually heard. Barry begi...

🎙️ Episode #743 — FireSide Chat w/ the Crew | Saddleback Leather Raffle Drawing This episode of FireSide Chat w/ the Crew brought plenty of laughs, current events, veteran conversation, and one moment everyone had been waiting for — the LIVE drawing for our Saddleback Leather Co. Flight Bag raffle! The crew covered a wide range of topics, from unusual stories making headlines and military news to...

Veteran Story | Keith Wiesman — United States Marine Corps Veteran In this Veteran Story, The Lost Art Project Historical Archivist Christopher Campbell sits down with fellow Marine and Marine Corps League member Keith Wiesman to preserve the story of his service in the United States Marine Corps. A Tulsa, Oklahoma native and 1975 graduate of Nathan Hale High School, Keith recalls how a summer job...

#741 FireSide Chat w/ the Crew — Why Veteran Stories Matter September 27, 2026 | Live from the Oklahoma-Arkansas State Fair in Fort Smith, Arkansas AJ joins the crew from The Lost Art Project’s booth at the fair for a conversation about why veteran stories matter—even the experiences veterans may think are too ordinary to tell. The crew talks about the voices missing from military history, how ora...

FireSide Chat with the Crew | Episode #740 Sometimes the best FireSide Chats are the ones where there is no agenda and no telling where the conversation is going to go. In this episode of The Lost Art Project FireSide Chat, AJ Cox is joined by fellow Marine veteran Mike McNany for an open conversation about veterans, the growth of The Lost Art Project, old Marine Corps memories, family, getting ol...

Episode 739 — A Commandant’s Reflection: TJ Morgan Looks Back on His Term Guest: TJ Morgan — 66th National Commandant, Marine Corps League Host: Andrew “AJ” Cox — Founder / Executive Director / Host, The Lost Art Project After two years serving as the 66th National Commandant of the Marine Corps League, TJ Morgan joins AJ for a special look back at the journey—the good, the difficult, the memorabl...

#14 – Jarhead Jabber: A Conversation with VA Acting Under Secretary for Benefits Margarita Devlin 21 September 2026 Episode Description Episode 14 of Jarhead Jabber — The Official Podcast of the Marine Corps League brought veterans directly into the conversation with the Department of Veterans Affairs. AJ Cox and co-host Carlos were joined by Philip Du, National Director of Veteran Service for the...

#738 – FireSide Chat w/ the Crew: Things the Military Made You Weird About for Life 20 September 2026 Episode Description What happens when you spend years—or decades—in the military and then try to convince everyone else that you're completely normal? In this episode of The Lost Art Project FireSide Chat, AJ is joined by the crew along with Ira and Chaz from Bravo Mission Radio for a conversation...

FireSide Chat with the Crew — Raffles, Football, Military Memories & Whatever Comes Up Sometimes the best conversations are the ones without a script. In Episode #737, AJ Cox sits down with Mike McNany and Jess Kindelspire for another FireSide Chat with the Crew. What starts as a simple check-in quickly turns into the kind of conversation you’d expect when a few veterans get together — plenty...

#736 FireSide Chat w/ the Crew — Military Families Serve Too 13 September 2026 Host: AJ Cox Crew: Aaron Davis, Mike McNany & Jess Tonight’s FireSide Chat takes on a part of military service that doesn’t always get the recognition it deserves — the families who serve alongside us. AJ and the Crew have a candid, funny, and at times serious conversation about marriage, spouses, relationships, dep...

🔥 #735 FireSide Chat w/ Dr. Adena Shaviva Blickstein of Family Mastery Academy & the Crew | 15 Sep 2026 🔥 What happens when we stop asking, “What’s wrong with you?” and start looking at what may be putting a person or family out of balance? On this episode of The Lost Art Project: Veterans’ Voices, AJ is joined by Dr. Adena Shaviva Blickstein of Family Mastery Academy, along with crew member...

#734 Veteran Story — Robert J. Saunders | U.S. Navy Veteran | 9 Sep 2026 On this episode of The Lost Art Project: Veterans’ Voices, Historical Archivist Dee Galvin sits down with U.S. Navy Veteran Robert “Rob” J. Saunders to preserve the story of his military service and the life he built after leaving the Navy. Growing up in Ohio, Rob lived an active childhood and became heavily involved in Scout...

#733 Christopher Campbell — Marine Veteran In this Veteran Story, Andrew “AJ” Cox sits down with Christopher Campbell, a Marine veteran, Oklahoma native, physical therapist, Marine Corps League member, and the first Historical Archivist for The Lost Art Project: Veterans’ Voices. Christopher grew up in Durant, Oklahoma, and initially had his sights set on college rather than military service. But...

#732 FireSide Chat w/ the Crew — Brotherhood & Sisterhood After the Uniform | 6 Sep 2026 What happens to the brotherhood and sisterhood of military service when the uniform comes off? In this episode of FireSide Chat w/ the Crew, AJ and the crew have a candid conversation about one of the most difficult—and deeply personal—parts of leaving military service: finding connection, identity, friend...

#731 FireSide Chat w/ the Crew — 3 Sep 2026 Sometimes the best conversations are the ones that don’t go according to plan. Tonight’s FireSide Chat was originally scheduled to feature Trunnis Goggins of the 4Ps Podcast, but a delayed flight kept Trunnis from joining us. We heard from him during the show, and we’ll be getting him rescheduled for a future FireSide Chat. Instead, AJ Cox, Mike McNany,...

🎙️ EPISODE #730 — KAREN OAKES | U.S. MARINE CORPS VETERAN In this episode of The Lost Art Project: Veterans’ Voices, host Andrew “AJ” Cox sits down with Marine Corps Veteran Karen Oakes for a candid story about service, perseverance, difficult chapters after the uniform, and the lasting impact of becoming a Marine. Karen was born in San Diego and later grew up in the small community of Anacortes,...

FireSide Chat w/ the Crew — Episode 729 What Does Service Look Like After the Uniform? Tonight’s FireSide Chat w/ the Crew tackled a question that hits home for a lot of Veterans: Does your service really end when the uniform comes off? Joining the discussion were Andrew “AJ” Cox, Chris Campbell, Jess Kindelspire, and Vick Ney. The Crew talked about how military service becomes part of who we are...

🎙️ EPISODE #728 — FIRESIDE CHAT W/ THE CREW & SPECIAL GUEST DR. CHARLES RUSSO What happens when technology makes information easier to access—but people stop doing the hard work of thinking for themselves? Dr. Charles M. Russo, retired U.S. Navy Intelligence Specialist, former federal intelligence analyst, educator, author, and speaker, returned to the FireSide Chat for a wide-ranging conversa...

🇺🇸 VETERAN STORY — TED SOSNICKI | U.S. NAVY VETERAN 🇺🇸 Some Veteran stories are about where someone served. Others show just how far a lifetime of service can take one person. In this episode of The Lost Art Project: Veterans’ Voices, Historical Archivist Dee Galvin sits down with U.S. Navy Veteran Ted Sosnicki for Part One of an incredible story spanning two decades of Naval service, extensive te...

🎙️ Veteran Story: Michael “Mikey” Brehm — U.S. Navy Veteran What begins as a conversation between two military musicians who have not seen one another in nearly a decade becomes an honest, funny, and deeply personal look at service, family, ambition, burnout, and knowing when life is calling you in a new direction. Texas native Michael Brehm grew up playing sports and music before discovering jazz...

Episode #725 — Kasey Slaton | U.S. Air Force Veteran For more than 21 years, Kasey Slaton called the United States Air Force home. What began as a 19-year-old becoming the first person in her immediate family to join the military grew into a career that took her around the world, built lifelong friendships, and ultimately shaped the woman, wife, mother, and veteran she is today. Kasey's journey ev...

🔥 FireSide Chat w/ the Crew — Episode #724 What happens when you put a group of Veterans together, give them an open microphone, and let the conversation go wherever it needs to go? You get a FireSide Chat. Episode #724 of The Lost Art Project: Veterans’ Voices brought the crew back together for an evening filled with humor, military memories, leadership lessons, changing warfare, AI, drones, and...