Sebastian Junger Talks War, Tribalism and Honoring Our Vets

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🗓️ 28 May 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Journalist/documentary filmmaker Sebastian Junger (Restrepo, The Perfect Storm) talks about the new PBS Memorial Day special Going to War and his experience as an embedded reporter covering the War in Afghanistan. He recalls his first close call with an I.E.D. in the Korengal Valley, the fear and exhilaration of first arriving in the combat zone, and how war taps into something primal in all of us. He discusses his own struggle with PTSD, how sharing war stories helps our soldiers reintegrate to civilian life, and why so many men and women in uniform feel uncomfortable when someone says “thank you for your service.” Going to War airs Memorial Day, May 28, at 9PM ET/PT on PBS. Visit https://www.pbs.org/show/going-to-war/ to learn more. Keep up with Sebastian Junger at www.sebastianjunger.com and follow him on twitter at @sebastianjunger. Today’s podcast was sponsored by The Brave podcast, Dollar Shave Club, PolicyGenius, and Lightstream. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:45.0	The terror, the exhilaration, the soldiers feeling combat, it's been part of war since the first humans.
1:54.0	War is heroic, it's scary, it's horrifying, there's courage and loyalty and brotherhood and sisterhood and all these things that have made humans human for a very long time.
2:07.0	We like to think that war is an aberration, but there's scarcely been a culture or a time when we've not been a war.
2:14.0	It's universal.
2:16.0	We try really hard to keep combat at a distance.
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