America at 250: A Veteran's Reckoning

Podcast: Left Face · Adam Gillard & Dick Wilkinson

Opublikowano: 2026-07-12

This week Dick and Adam sit down with Pablo for a change of pace: no headlines, just three veterans reflecting on why they joined and where America stands 250 years in. Each guest walks through their enlistment story, from Adam's post-9/11 decision to Pablo's path through the Sea Cadets to naval aviation to Dick's Army enlistment at 17 with a baby on the way. From there the conversation turns to whether the country is really at its lowest point right now, with Pablo laying out a case that backlash after racial progress (Reconstruction, the 1920s Klan resurgence, the post-Obama years) follows...