Military Heroes John McPhee and Jason Redman - Megyn Kelly's "Double Feature" of Fascinating Interviews
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Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at noon east.
Hey, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show and today's double feature episode. To celebrate July 4th, two of our interviews on the show from the archives with American heroes. First, my conversation with John McPhee, the sheriff of Baghdad. He is a true patriot badass. This guy is amazing. And then my lengthy sit down with the inspirational Jason Redman. My God. If you're not inspired by Jason Redman, I can't help you. If he doesn't inspire you to be a better, tougher, greater person, no one will. Enjoy. Have a great rest of your weekend. God bless you and God bless America. And we'll see you tomorrow. We are bringing you the story of a remarkable veteran and what a story this vet has.
Joining me today is retired U.S. Army Special Operations Sergeant Major John McPhee, aka the Sheriff of Baghdad. John served our country for over 20 years, specializing in various special mission units and combat experience across multiple theaters, including Afghanistan and Iraq, where he hunted both Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. John, great to have you.
Thank you.
How you doing?
Pretty good, pretty good. Quite a lead up there.
Well, my God, I mean, you've done a lot.
I've tried, I've tried.
When I say that, when you hear that intro read, given all the time that you spent serving the country, what's the one that you focus on? That's the one thing that really kind of defined the service in my mind.
Man, kind of none of that, I guess. You know what I mean? Like later in the war, as leadership, like... that was a challenge. You know what I mean? Those like the battle of Tora Bora, I was a new guy, like, let's go kill everybody. You know what I mean? And then the war rages on, you learn, you're more experienced. Uh, you just learn as it goes on, you're going to learn different lessons. Everybody's going to do this. Uh, and I think the lessons I learned as a young guy, uh, Weren't the lessons I needed. Really? Yeah. Everybody learns, right?
I thought everyone makes mistakes. When I read your bio, I thought the opposite because you had a very rough childhood and I thought it made him one tough SOB.
Maybe.
Yeah. And you know, capable of doing what needed to be done in like the darkest days of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yeah. And I tell everyone this. I'm a regular guy. I do everything everyone else does. I joined the Army. And I think when 9-11 happened, I was too far in to, like, choose a different life.
Mm-hmm. You know what I mean? Let's start back at the young John. South side of Chicago.
Yeah.
Only white kid in the class.
Yeah. For a long time.
How'd that happen?
I don't know. You get in fights. You go to ding dong. They call it ding dong school. That's where kids that fight all the time. And you end up there.
How did your parents settle in a neighborhood where you would wind up being the only white kid in class?
That's where we lived. It's South Chicago. It's where we lived. You know what I mean? I would say the South Chicago of the 70s, 80s was like a different place.
So I know that you were very badly bullied on the bus every day. I heard you telling our pal Sean Ryan about that. I mean, it was every day they beat you up.
Daily. Well, no, until they got me a cab.
I mean, it must have been bad for the South Side of Chicago school system to get you a cab every day to school.
I think, yeah, yeah. It cost, well, it cost them a lot of money because the police would have to come to the bus on the side of the road. They'd have to break up the fight. And then the seats were broke. A window was broke. And then the school's got to pay for all of that. And then by the time we get to school, school would be over.
How old were you?
I don't know. Sophomore, freshman, maybe sophomore.
I'm so sad. I have a freshman and the thought of that happening to him every day is upsetting. I mean, it's heartbreaking. Your parents never intervened. Did they know?
Oh, they knew.
Yeah. Did they do anything?
What are they going to do?
Get you out of there.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–7:20
2
What challenges did John McPhee face during his childhood?
7:20–19:51
3
How did John McPhee's military career begin?
19:51–1:01:39
4
What experiences did John McPhee have in Tora Bora?
1:01:39–1:06:10
5
What mental challenges does Jason Redman face after his injury?
1:06:10–1:07:12
6
How does Jason Redman describe his recovery journey?
1:07:12–1:08:17
7
What role does Erica play in Jason's recovery?
1:08:17–1:09:01
8
How does Jason Redman address the victim mindset in his talks?
1:09:01–3:01:38
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