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The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday, Part 2
Echoes of the Vietnam War - July 10, 2024 17:20 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsWe conclude an Honor Flight for Navy SEALs who served in Vietnam by exploring more of the connections between these special warfare operators and the people whose lives they’ve impacted, including each other’s.
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday (Part 1)
Echoes of the Vietnam War - June 21, 2024 15:46 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsOn an Honor Flight full of Navy SEALs who served during the Vietnam War, we learn about the origins and training of the earliest SEAL teams and hear first-hand accounts of some of their triumphs and tragedies in Southeast Asia.
The Long Shadow of War
Echoes of the Vietnam War - June 06, 2024 14:50 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsJune is National PTSD Awareness Month and June 16th is Father’s Day. In this episode we bring you an interview with a father and son who have traveled together on the long road from trauma to healing.
The Transformation of Private Equity with Permira’s Brian Ruder
KindredCast - June 03, 2024 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsListen in for a fascinating exploration of how private equity has evolved over the last few decades as LionTree Managing Director Antal Runneboom sits with Brian Ruder, Partner, Head of Investment Committee and Co-Head of Technology at Permira, a worldwide investment firm with over $80B...
Front Man
Echoes of the Vietnam War - May 23, 2024 15:50 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsBruce Springsteen’s song “The Wall” was inspired, in large part, by a musician he idolized in his youth. Walter Cichon was the front man for a band called the Motifs, who were taking the New Jersey shore by storm in mid-to-late 1960’s. Walter’s voice was forever silenced in Vietnam when he was j...
The Hero in Your Midst
Echoes of the Vietnam War - May 09, 2024 14:44 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsAlfred Coke served 730 days in Vietnam and he estimates that he received enemy fire on 400 of them. He was wounded multiple times, and he has both the scars and the decorations to prove it. He never gave much thought to his own trauma until he formed an unlikely friendship with Allan Danroth, a C...
Cherries Writer
Echoes of the Vietnam War - April 24, 2024 15:07 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsIn 1970-71, John Podlaski spent twelve months in Vietnam — seven with the Wolfhounds of the 25th Infantry Division, and five with the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division. John never dreamed that he’d become a writer, but his first novel, Cherries, led to five more books and a hugely p...
Fortunes
Echoes of the Vietnam War - April 11, 2024 21:02 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsForty-nine years ago this month, thousands of South Vietnamese children were airlifted to the U.S. and other Western countries in a mass evacuation known as Operation Babylift. In this episode, you’ll hear the incredible story of one of those children, including her reunion — 44 years later — wit...
Making an Impact at Home [Remastered]
Echoes of the Vietnam War - March 29, 2024 13:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsNext spring will mark 50 years since Saigon fell, an anniversary that will likely spin up more coverage and conversation about the Vietnam War than we’ve seen in decades. Much of that attention will probably focus on how the war ended. We've decided, instead, to emphasize the countless ways that ...
Di Di Mau
Echoes of the Vietnam War - March 14, 2024 12:36 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsDarren Walton arrived in Vietnam in 1970 and served a full tour on Marine Corps Reconnaissance teams. In this episode, he breaks a 50-year silence to talk about being a Recon Marine, to explain why he hid his Vietnam experience for decades, and to thank the men who routinely risked their lives to...
"People Are Essential" with Lisa Borders
KindredCast - March 03, 2024 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsPowerhouse of the business world Lisa Borders shares her life story from being childhood playmates with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s children, to the roles she's held throughout her storied career including President of the WNBA, Vice President of Global Community Affairs at Coca-Cola, ...
We build. We fight.
Echoes of the Vietnam War - February 28, 2024 15:23 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsTrained for combat as well as construction, the Seabees of the U.S. Navy have been distinguishing themselves with their heroism since 1942. There are 85 Seabees memorialized on The Wall, including one Medal of Honor recipient. In this episode, we’ll hear from two Seabees who served in Vietnam.
Winning When It Counts with Game 7’s Mark Messier and Mat Vlasic
KindredCast - February 19, 2024 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsJoin LionTree's resident sports expert Alex Michael as he breaks bread with Game 7 co-Founders Mark Messier - the NHL legend who boasts a 7-2 record in the titular championship matches - and music industry titan Mat Vlasic. A lifelong fan of Mark’s, and a long-time friend and partner of...
Heart
Echoes of the Vietnam War - February 14, 2024 13:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsA few years ago, Lee Ellis noticed that he and the other POWs who made it home from Vietnam were outperforming the general population in the area of romantic longevity. He looked into the reasons why that might be true, and then he published his findings in a book called Captured By Love: Inspiri...
The 2024 Vision
KindredCast - February 12, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsIn the second and final part of our look-forward at the year ahead, activist, author, and humanitarian Caryl Stern hosts discussions with a few of the company’s thought leaders to uncover how the firm integrates purpose into the fabric of our decision-making. First up, Rosie Kurmaniak d...
The 2024 Outlook
KindredCast - February 05, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsIt’s time for one of our most highly anticipated shows of the year, The 2024 Outlook, where leaders from across LionTree look into their crystal balls to discuss the thematics that will be driving the industry this year. LionTree’s public markets expert Leslie Mallon drills down into se...
Red Eagle
Echoes of the Vietnam War - January 31, 2024 20:44 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsRed Eagle Rael’s tour started in February of 1968 in the Mekong Delta. The guys in his unit called him “Chief,” a common nickname for Native Americans serving in Vietnam. Highly decorated, Rael is a kind of living legend in New Mexico. In this episode we visit Picuris Pueblo, where Red Eagle gran...
Listen on Purpose: It’s Not Philanthropy, It’s Business Strategy (with Carol Cone)
KindredCast - January 22, 2024 15:19 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsJoin Rachel Kraus and Caryl Stern as they and examine the intersection of purpose and business. Carol Cone, founder of Carol Cone ON PURPOSE and renowned leader in the world of corporate social responsibility and purpose-driven business talks about how she introduced the idea of melding...
Aloha
Echoes of the Vietnam War - January 17, 2024 18:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsHawaii holds a special place in the hearts and minds of many Vietnam veterans. We'll explore the state’s popularity as a destination for GIs on R&R, and a Vietnam combat veteran -- now living in Hawaii -- remembers the bloody battle that left him with a debt of gratitude that he works every to re...
Getting Metaphysic-al with Generative AI Trailblazer Tom Graham
KindredCast - January 16, 2024 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsJoin Tom Graham, the CEO and co-Founder of generative AI company Metaphysic, as he dives deep with Kindred Media’s Laura Clinton to explore the huge opportunity that this photo-realistic technology enables. A Harvard-trained lawyer turned entrepreneur, Tom is laser-focused on the ethica...
Listen on Purpose: Civic Nation with Kyle Lierman
KindredCast - January 08, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsJoin Rachel Kraus and Caryl Stern as they and examine the intersection of purpose and business. This episode, CEO of Civic Nation Kyle Lierman talks about the importance of advocating for diversity and equality in his personal life, and how that translates to his career in politics and ...
“Progress Begets Progress” - Adobe Chief Strategy Officer Scott Belsky on AI’s Creative Potential
KindredCast - December 21, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsLionTree Managing Director Antal Runneboom checks in with author, entrepreneur and investor Scott Belsky, who serves as Chief Strategy Officer and EVP of Design and Emerging Products at Adobe. Making his second KindredCast appearance, Scott discusses the whirlwind pace of change in the ...
River Rats (Part 2)
Echoes of the Vietnam War - December 14, 2023 19:59 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsIn episode 64, we introduced you to the Mobile Riverine Force, a joint Army-Navy task force that patrolled the brown waters of the Mekong Delta in an effort to disrupt the movement of enemy troops, weapons, and supplies. In this episode, we’ll go a little deeper with stories of enemy engagement, ...
River Rats (Part 1)
Echoes of the Vietnam War - December 01, 2023 17:26 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsCommander Task Force 117 was a joint Army-Navy effort to disrupt the movement of communist troops, weapons, and supplies through the Mekong Delta. It was the first time since the Civil War that American soldiers and sailors operated under a joint command. In this episode, veterans of the Mobile R...
Healing Wounds (Part 2)
Echoes of the Vietnam War - November 17, 2023 16:27 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsDiane Carlson Evans picks a ten-year fight, facing enormous resistance from corners both surprising and unsurprising, resulting in the first memorial on the National Mall to honor the service of women in wartime.
Healing Wounds (Part 1)
Echoes of the Vietnam War - November 02, 2023 16:23 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsAfter her tour as a combat nurse in Vietnam, Diane Carlson Evans came home in 1969 to a country she hardly recognized. In 1982, a visit to Washington, DC started an avalanche that surged inside her for more than a decade, culminating in the dedication of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial thirty years ...
Advising the Ruff Puffs
Echoes of the Vietnam War - October 19, 2023 22:41 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsFrom 1968 to 1972, Mobile Advisory Training (MAT) teams worked alongside the South Vietnamese Regional Forces and Popular Forces — known as Ruff Puffs — who were the units responsible for protecting their local villages and hamlets against communist attacks. Bob Blair, who led MAT Team 44 in 1971...
An Unbreakable Bond
Echoes of the Vietnam War - October 05, 2023 12:36 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsPeggy and Maryann were just little girls when a 1969 helicopter crash in Binh Dinh province changed their lives forever. The stories they heard from the adults around them were less than clear... and a long way from comforting. But kids grow up. And when they do, they write their own stories.
Will AI Devour Hollywood, with LionTree's Alex Michael
KindredCast - October 02, 2023 04:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsAs part of a Kindred Research Report, LionTree’s Co-Head of Growth Alex Michael sits with Kindred Media’s Laura Clinton to discuss the implications of AI for content creators. While Artificial Intelligence technology could theoretically disrupt every industry in the modern economy, nowh...
POSTSCRIPT: Nina and Bubba... and Bubba
Echoes of the Vietnam War - September 27, 2023 14:55 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEver since Mike Stubbs left the Army in 1968, he has been trying to find the family of Luther Smith, who was among 64 infantrymen killed at the Battle of Ong Thanh. In this postscript, you’ll hear excerpts from the first-ever live conversation between Luther’s daughter and his best friend. Visit...
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