About this time every year, our attention turns to the solemn anniversary of 9-11.

It's a moment when we all take time to reflect on those who gave their lives that day,

seems weird for those of us who remember it.

What we promised ourselves we would do, those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the years to come,

those who went to war, how are we treating them, defending our liberties in places like Afghanistan and Iraq?

And now here we are 18 years later, we find ourselves seemingly in a state of permanent war.

We're warned that the Islamic State is poised to make a comeback.

We watch as the crescent of Iranian influence extends its long shadow and in Afghanistan.

Our leaders are now negotiating the terms of peace with the Taliban, which I thought we had wiped out at one point.

Well, I want to tell you about a new film that is out, ties all of this together. It's called Mosul.

It is the story of the last battle of the Iraq War documenting the 2016-2017 fight against ISIS

interacts second largest city. It's directed actually by a CIA officer, Danielle Gabriel.

Mosul is the name of this film. It's much more than a war story. It is a journey that will take you

up the Tigris River right into the heart of darkness of the ISIS caliphate, revealing an apocalyptic

battle against two unyielding enemies. The violent Islamic extremism and the sectarian mistrust and

hatred that will remain long after all of the politicians declare victory. It's available now on

iTunes, Amazon, Vimeo, just visit www.mosulhashfilm.com

Today's podcast guest has chalked out a reputation as an unrelenting conservative voice in media.

At a time when conservative voices are routinely exiled from the media. He does a lot of work with

us at the Blaze and you might have seen him on Blaze TV. He's been exiled. That's why we have him

we're kind of the island of misfit toys. In 2018 he was hired at the Atlantic only to be fired

three days later for a tweet he posted or something he said in a speech in 2014. It was taken out

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