The boys discuss a Qatari Airbase, a Gaza Ceasefire, and lessons learned by the US since the Korean War. _________________________________________ 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: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3AQNadj iHeart Radio: https://bit.ly/3y0Vfdw TuneI...

The boys discuss the Department of War, Hegseth's Warrior Ethos, and the sheer insanity of the DoD's summer. _________________________________________ 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: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3AQNadj iHeart Radio: https://bit.ly/3y0Vfdw T...

The guys are back to talk about things that aren't politics or Afghanistan. We discuss movies, nostalgia, and nothing at all. _________________________________________ 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: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3AQNadj iHeart Radio: https:/...

Journalist Beth Bailey of the Afghanistan Project Podcast joins us to talk about women in Afghanistan, protections for refugees, and Afghanistan's future. _________________________________________ 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: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3AQNadj  ...

Max Kabachenko returns to discuss updates in the Ukrainian War and what he's been up to helping veterans and refugees of the ongoing conflict. We also get into the Trump Administration's new hobby: investing in American companies. _________________________________________ 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: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon...

In today's episode, we discuss the concerning situation in Gaza, solve the Israel/Palestine conflict, and go over the most influential events from GWOT courtesy of a listener request. _________________________________________ 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: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ Stitcher:...

This week, we discuss the numerous conflicts of interest that have arisen in the first six months of Donald Trump's second term as president, and we attempt to determine what to make of the controversial new advertisement encouraging Westerners to visit Afghanistan. _________________________________________ Buy Kyle's Book Here Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 Google Pod...

The boys are back to discuss whether Congress should be given intelligence briefs, whether or not the big, beautiful bill is beautiful or not, and are happy to report Epstein didn't do anything wrong. _________________________________________ 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: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZX...

We're back to discuss recent happenings in Iran and draw on years of US experience in the Middle East to caution against war. We also discuss the evil of deporting Afghan refugees who risked their lives to help us back to a country that will kill or hurt them. Finally, we make fun of the military parade. _________________________________________ Buy Kyle's Book Here Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify Pandora: ...

We're back. Nothing gets us excited like another regime change, and we predict everything will turn out just fine for Syria now that al-Assad is gone. Join us in our retrospective of all the fun regime changes we've lived through. _________________________________________ 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: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazo...

Join us as we reflect back on the podcast and what may lie in store for the future. This episode will end The Boardwalk in its current format and for the foreseeable future. We are working on some projects that we hope will be higher quality, but far less frequent. For now, goodbye. _________________________________________ Buy Kyle's Book Here Where to Listen: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 ...

Indiana University Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Nazif Shahrani sat down with Zach to discuss the National Trust Movement of Afghanistan. Professor Shahrani and others worked to create a document outlining the issues Afghans face today and their proposals to resolve those issues. You can read the National Movement of Afghanistan's proposal here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11y55TAIhPa5qkZLGWY05sqkKUQOir0T3/view?usp=drive_link _________________________________________ Buy Kyle's Bo...

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: Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify Pando...

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: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ Stitcher: http...

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 Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ Stitch...

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/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3AQNadj ...

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 the Global Friends of Afghanistan mission, please visit GFA at https://www.globalfriendsofafghanista...

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 the camera operator, Sam Stokes, is wounded. While the crew works to conceal their whiskey smuggling oper...

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 Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ St...

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/theboardwalkspotify Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 Google Podcasts: h...