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Deadliest Battle of Afghanistan War Inspires Hope For Marine and His Interpreter

Bold American Pod

Barstool Sports

Government & Organizations

4.63.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Tom Schueman and his interpreter Zak join ZBT to talk about their combat experiences and the rescue effort that got Zak and his family to the United States FOLLOW TOM @kill.z0n3 on Instagram and get their book ALWAYS FAITHFUL! SUPPORT THE SHOW! WhistlePig Whiskey - Get your bottle at https://barstool.link/WPZBT or at a local retailer. Rocky Boots - Go to https://barstool.link/RockyBootsBSS and enter the code ZBT at check out for 25% off your next pair of boots. Cross Country Mortgage - Go to https://barstool.link/crosscountrymortgageBSS so CrossCountry Mortgage can take care of you through the buying process


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0:00.0

Hey, zero block 30 listeners, you can find us every Tuesday and Friday on Apple podcasts,

0:05.0

Spotify and YouTube. Pride members can also listen ad free on Amazon music.

0:09.9

Revely, Revely, Revely!

0:11.7

Welcome back to another edition of Zero Block 30 today. It's going to be a super special edition.

0:31.3

We're going to have Zach and Tom Schumann who are part of the book. You see right here.

0:36.2

It's called Always Faithful. They talk about their story of Afghanistan, the ventures

0:41.5

that they have. I don't want to say adventures, but the horrific events that they experience

0:45.5

in 3.5 and how they overcame that and how Zach came to America. All of that is going to be brought

0:50.6

to by our good friends at Whistle Pig. You're going to see us drinking it throughout the whole show

0:54.8

luckily because I can't get through it. If you look at my eyes right now, they're a little bit

0:58.3

tear-stained because I'm a pussy. But I am a pussy that is drinking Whistle Pig piggyback

1:03.8

rye. If you haven't just tried it yet, it is absolutely delicious. It is 100% rye. It's 96.5%

1:10.3

proof. Try it out. It's absolutely wonderful. They're our presenting partner and check it out.

1:14.4

Pickleback by Whistle Pig. Unbelievable. All right. Now, Zero Block 30. I'm privileged. I'm so

1:20.9

excited to do this. It feels like it's a year or something in the run. It's been a long time.

1:26.0

One, I'm glad to meet Tom and person. We've got his here and obviously Zach is here too.

1:30.8

So we're here to talk about, I guess it was a year ago, almost a year ago, that after the

1:36.0

withdrawal in Afghanistan, you guys were one of the main stories that came out that was essentially

1:42.4

a feel-good people story after the result was done. I'm sure it didn't feel that way at the time,

1:47.8

but seeing the success of Zach and his family coming to America, it felt like it's a success story,

1:54.2

but things don't happen easily, when the government is concerned, especially when you're talking

1:59.3

about war and things like that. But in order to set the scene time, I wanted to talk to you about

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