Gary Sinise Talks Forrest Gump, His Son Mac & Helping Veterans | Unsubscribe Podcast 257
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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What is Gary Sinise's connection to military service?
I was cleaning the floor with a microfiber cloth. Could it have been dog poop? What about this new vacuum cleaner and window cleaner? Yeah, it's been a day of cleaning. But let's just take it easy. Hey, how did you get in? Well, that's a pretty good story. Because in fact... In fact, you can find useful tools in Viltema.
How did Gary Sinise land his role in Forrest Gump?
It was a question of your own or a friend's project. In fact...
You were in Forrest Gump? I was the guy with no legs. Oh, that guy. What's Forrest Gump? Hollywood got very anti-war, anti-Iraq. I have a role to play here in supporting the folks that are serving out there. I'm sure you've had to deal with a lot of politicians in your life.
A fair amount. I'm going to go ahead and guess every one since the movie Forrest Gump came out. Yeah.
I'm among friends here now.
Say hi to Eli. Hi, everyone.
Welcome to the Unsubscribe podcast. I'm joined today by Eli Doubletap, Fat Electrician, our very special guest, Gary Sinise.
What insights does Gary share about community support for veterans?
We're in his office. We're his guest, honestly. Brandon Herrera, myself, Donut Operator. Thank you so much for being here.
Mr. Gary, holy crap. We've been excited for this one for months now. Like since last year, I think we've been trying to set something up and finally everything worked out and now we are here and we are stoked because I mean. Cody's upset. He's got more challenge coins than all of us.
I'm a little upset by it. I thought I had the biggest challenge coin collection in the world. And then I walk into here and I told Gary, I'm like, dude, you have so many challenge coins. He said, well, you haven't seen the other room full of challenge coins.
we have to have some place to put them all yeah well you know thanks for coming eli's being extra respectful when he's not swearing intentionally i don't even curse right now you're probably used to it thanks for coming guys absolutely so for a quick i don't even know how to start this one because you've done so much work in the veteran space and that's what is awesome to see from all our ends. It's just the sheer amount of work and good you do and how to change the lives. Tell the people what got you on that journey, because I think that's a super important one. Because you have a family, you come from like a line of veterans in your entire family history, right?
Yeah, that's where it would start with me. I mean, that's my dad right there. uh he was in the navy during korea uh navy guy up up there that's my uncle jack he was a navigator on a b-17 bomber and in world war ii and this is my uncle jerry on the left uh he was uh in the navy during world war ii my grandfather right there who served in the Army during World War I. And I've got a great uncle, cousins, all this stuff, lots of military in the family.
What is the significance of the Gary Sinise Foundation?
And then my wife also, on her side of the family, Vietnam veterans. Her two brothers served in Vietnam. Her sister's husband served in Vietnam. Her sister served in the Army, married a Vietnam veteran.
How does Gary Sinise engage with USO trips during the Global War on Terror?
They had a son. He was in the Army. He's now a cop up in Washington State. A lot of service. I would say that that's kind of the family history that kind of laid the groundwork for me getting so involved. But then there's a series of things that happened over the years that just got me more tuned up and more invested and more active with all of it.
Because I mean, I don't know if it's an exaggeration to say, but your work specifically, I think you're probably the biggest veteran advocate as far as dollars raised in the country's history. I mean, I can't think of anybody bigger. I mean, what is it now, 400 million?
We're over $650 million in the 15-year history of the foundation. We're in our 15th year right now. So started with one donor, and then we started branching just as the foundation got more Busier and more well-known, people started hearing about it. The donor base grew and we have a tremendous philanthropy team. We're operating many different spaces now and so we're able to raise a good amount of money. That's a fair amount there.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
What is Gary Sinise's connection to military service?
0:04–0:25
3
How did Gary Sinise land his role in Forrest Gump?
0:25–1:20
4
What insights does Gary share about community support for veterans?
1:20–3:18
5
What is the significance of the Gary Sinise Foundation?
3:18–3:32
6
How does Gary Sinise engage with USO trips during the Global War on Terror?
3:32–5:00
7
What impact has Gary Sinise had on veterans' lives through his foundation?
5:00–6:23
8
How does Gary Sinise honor his late son Mac through music?
6:23–1:47:00
Speakers
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