Chris and Jay talk about growing up with your dad as a small town police officer and how Chris joined the Army in response to 9/11. Chris talks about his years in Afghanistan, how he saw the US Army as mostly a pacifist organization. The good they tried to do in country and why our efforts, apparently, largely failed.

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  • 0m: Musical intro by Skytrekg! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional (oil, guache, etc) artist, guitarist, and singer.
  • 38m: Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning
  • 41m: 1992 Los Angeles riots
  • 48m: “WEIRD Societies” (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic)
  • 49m: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
  • 1h 3m: Illegal Firearm Possession: A Reflection on Policies and Practices that May Miss the Mark and Exacerbate Racial Disparity in the Justice System