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. _________...

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, b...

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...

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...

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. _________________________________________

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__________...

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

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-base...

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

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

 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 ...

We are honored to talk to Bill Roggio of the Long War Journal. Bill is a legend in the open source intelligence community and we are honored to finally chat with him. Bill and his organizations can be found on Twitter/X at:

Curtis and Luke from the highly respected Panjwai Podcast come out of retirement to joke around with The Boardwalk guys and discuss Afghanistan two years after the US withdrawal.

The Boardwalk WILL Return! We are moving to a monthly episode release schedule for the immediate future starting in August or September. Thank you for your support and we will see you soon!

We are honored to have Colonel Naweed Kawusi, a former ANA officer and former Director of the Police Support Directorate within GIRoA's MOI, on this week to discuss reforming the police and corruption in Afghanistan. You will not want to miss t...

Stephan Jensen joins The Boardwalk crew to talk about his time as an adviser in Northern Afghanistan with the Norwegian army. _________________________________________ Where to Listen:Apple:

William Maley and Ahmad Shuja Jamal join The Boardwalk to discuss their new book "The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan." The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan available here: https...

This is totally a filler episode for this week as we line up more guests for the last part of the season. We discuss various, non-Afghanistan related, matters, new Taliban stuff, and our favorite episodes. Hope you enjoy a laid-back conversatio...

Air Force officer Will Selber joined us to talk about the wide ranging areas of responsibility he had over his four deployments to Afghanistan and the efforts he undertook to get friends and translators out of the country after the fall of Kabu...

LTG Sami Sadat is a decorated Afghan military commander. General Sadat commanded the 215th Corps in Helmand province and was commander of ANASOC, the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command, that consisted of some of the most effective ...

National Defense University Distinguished Professor of International Relations Dr. Hassan Abbas joined us to discuss his new book The Return of the Taliban, which chronicles the events that led to the Taliban's return to power in Afgha...

Dr. Schroden joins us again to discuss remarks made by the Biden Administration and a new white paper about the Kabul evacuation. _________________________________________ Where to Listen:Apple:

Twitter pseudonym Peter Wrangel joins The Boardwalk for a look back on a thread regarding disillusionment with the military. _________________________________________ Where to Listen:Apple:

We are joined by Justin Baker and Jesse Wilkes, two Defense Language Institute grads, to discuss life as a military linguist. Kyle, Justin, and Jesse share stories while Stu and Zach mock them for being nerds.___________________________...

Bill Bee is a former Marine and the subject of one of the most famous firefight photos taken during the GWOT. Bill joins us to talk about the photo, his time in the Marines, and navigating the VA and head trauma. The Shot by