Episode 23

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22nd Nov 2023

Kevin Wilson: How Important is Pop Culture to the Military?

Show Notes:

This week, I talk with the witty and erudite Kevin Wilson and Havok Journal owner Charlie Faint about the importance of pop culture to the military. We talk deployment shows, movies and TV that influenced us to join, why The Hurt Locker is so disappointing to Charlie and Kevin. This was a fun one. If you don’t understand pop culture’s role in the military, you don’t understand the military.

Show Alibis: 

A little explainer on this week’s Easter egg. I thought HJ writer Kerry Patton was going to join us. After ten minutes of small talk, Charlie mentioned that Kerry wasn’t going to be there and I realized that Charlie and Kevin had really just been humoring me, waiting for me to start recording. So you missed all the hilarious and insightful comments that usually would make an Easter egg, but that’s why.

This podcast was recorded when Charlie Faint was on active duty. He is now retired.

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Episode guest: Kevin Wilson and LTC (R) Charlie Faint

Host: Christopher Paul Meyer

Edited by: Michael Neal and Richard Gash

Music: "King Around Here" by Alex Grohl (courtesy of Pixabay)

Sponsored by: The Epoch Times, in conjunction with The Havok Journal

Contact email: havokjournal@havokmedia.com

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Battlefields
From the front lines to the home front, America’s military veterans and first responders are committed to serving our nation and our community, protecting our way of life.
The Epoch Times’ “Battlefields” project, in partnership with The Havok Journal, gives voice to America’s service community and highlights its members' successes and struggles, their triumphs and tragedies.

In their own words, and from their own hearts, these are their Battlefields.

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