Sebastian Junger joins Preston and Sayre today on the podcast. Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM, FIRE, A DEATH IN BELMONT, WAR, TRIBE and FREEDOM. Junger is also a documentary filmmaker whose debut film RESTREPO, a feature-length documentary (co-directed with Tim Hetherington), was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. It was a privilege for us to speak with Sebastian as we are both personal fans, having watched and read his work over the years. We discussed our commonalities and perspectives from experiencing combat in Afghanistan, and how it relates to how American society seems to feel today. We also discuss the challenges faced by young men in our ever-progressing society. Finally, we discuss the important work Sebastian spearheads as the founder and director of Vets Town Hall. Vets Town Hall works to facilitate events in local communities where veterans of any era who served in any capacity have the right to stand before their community and speak for up to ten minutes about what it was like to serve their country. These community events aim to establish greater understanding between local veterans and the friends and neighbors they served. Finally we’d like to mention the name Sayre couldn’t recall is Eugene Goodman–the former Strike Soldier who safeguarded the Capitol on Jan. 6.

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