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ZBT #40: Brigadier General Jack Hammond

Bold American Pod

Barstool Sports

Government & Organizations

4.73.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2017

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

This week on Zero Blog Thirty, Chaps and Cons get into Band of Brothers episodes 3 and 4 as part of their ZBT re-watch of the acclaimed HBO show, talk about their experience with spoils of wars and a Chaps grudge. Then Cons interviews Brigadier General Jack Hammond, ZBT's highest-ranked guest yet, to talk about his career commanding two battalions in Iraq, time in Afghanistan, becoming a general, his work now in veteran care and much more. Download, rate and smash that gosh darn subscribe button!


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0:00.0

Hey, zero block 30 listeners.

0:01.5

You can find us every Tuesday and Friday on Apple podcasts,

0:05.0

Spotify and YouTube.

0:06.4

Pride members can also listen ad free on Amazon music.

0:10.2

Guys, gals, it's summer.

0:14.2

And I think one of the best ways to relax, whether you're at the pool,

0:17.2

the ocean or a lake, pick up a good book.

0:20.4

And here is zero block 30.

0:21.8

We want to make sure you're reading good books.

0:24.0

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0:29.7

all the time you guys are asking us, hey, cons, hey, chaps, what's it like to be at war?

0:34.0

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0:39.2

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0:45.1

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0:49.4

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0:54.0

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0:56.1

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1:02.0

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1:07.2

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1:11.6

of the art developments.

1:13.9

Find out more about grunt at Mary Roach.net.

1:17.7

That's Mary Roach.net grunt.

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