Episode 357: John Ondrasik on Why Afghanistan Still Matters
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The tragic withdrawal of Afghanistan is not over. There are many Americans and Afghanis who were left behind. A well-known singer-songwriter has made it his mission to support efforts to bring people home safely. Newt’s guest is Grammy nominated singer-songwriter John Ondrasik, of Five for Fighting. He talks about his docu-music video, Blood on My Hands and why we need to keep working to free the people of Afghanistan from Taliban rule.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Newt. Did you know that you can listen to my Newt's World Podcast on the iHeart app? |
| 0:04.9 | The team at iHeart has created several new features on the app I wanted to share with you. |
| 0:10.1 | You can now auto-download new episodes of Newt's World to your device and also get notified |
| 0:15.9 | when new episodes are published. All you have to do is download the free iHeart app from |
| 0:21.3 | the app store and you can start listening to my Newt's World podcast from anywhere. |
| 0:26.1 | iHeart discover music, radio and podcast you'll love. |
| 0:34.6 | On this episode of Newt's World, I am really pleased to welcome back somebody who is a good friend |
| 0:41.4 | to my family and I think an inspirational figure, John Androssick, five for fighting's Grammy-nominated |
| 0:48.4 | singer-songwriter. John and I last talked in October when his song Blood on My Hands was released. |
| 0:55.4 | That song describes the tragic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, something which I might know |
| 1:00.3 | it I'm very proud that my good friend Sean Hannity begins every program reminding people how many days |
| 1:06.5 | it's been that there are Americans trapped and as we watch the country disintegrate we realize |
| 1:12.5 | just how bad the Taliban has been as a governing force and how big a mistake it was through not |
| 1:18.5 | leaving correctly but leaving the way we did just guaranteed destructive things. |
| 1:24.0 | So I thought John really hit a chord but there's so much more to him than that particular song |
| 1:30.4 | I want him to join us again because he's just released a powerful new |
| 1:34.6 | docu music video for Blood on My Hands and is actively raising funds for Americans for Afghanistan |
| 1:42.1 | through his charity What kind of world do you want? As we enter this new year I'm really pleased |
| 2:00.8 | to welcome you back John and I thank you for this new music video it's a powerful message we cannot |
| 2:07.2 | forget what happened in Afghanistan and we can't forget Afghanistan itself so I'm curious though |
| 2:13.0 | what was the response to your song Blood on My Hands Well thank you for having me again Mr. Speaker |
| 2:19.1 | happy new year you know since we last talked it's been surreal when I played the song live many veterans |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Gingrich 360, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Gingrich 360 and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.