American Veteran: Unforgettable Stories is a ten-part podcast series tracing the veteran experience through individual stories.
Each episode of the podcast revolves around the direct testimony of a single veteran – from a Coast Guard gunner’s mate who manned a landing craft at Omaha Beach on D-Day, to an Army cook in Iraq who became the first Black American woman held as a POW; from an Army nurse in Vietnam who struggled to do her part, to a satellite technician who served as a gay man during the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era. This collection of riveting first person stories provides a compelling portrait of the veteran experience over multiple generations.
The series is hosted by Phil Klay, a Marine Corps veteran featured in the “American Veteran” television series and author of the National Book Award-winning collection of short stories, “Redeployment.” It was produced and released October-December 2021
LISTEN HERE: “American Veteran: Unforgettable Stories” drops on Tuesdays, October 19 – December 14. Published by PRX, the series is available free to listeners across all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Amazon Music, and on the American Veteran podcast site.
Scheduled Podcasts:
- Episode 1 : “That Day” featuring Shoshana Johnson
- Episode 2: “She Never Knew” featuring Frank DeVita
- Episode 3: “My Boys” featuring Edie Meeks
- Episode 4: “My Double Life” featuring Brandon Anderson
- Episode 5: “It Was Just Too Exciting” featuring Edward Field
- Episode 6: “The Reaper” featuring Nick Irving
- Episode 7: “No, I’m Not Good” featuring Clifton Hicks
- Episode 8: “The Shadow Side” featuring CJ Scarlet
- Episode 9: “Get Me Airborne” featuring Harold Brown