Did you know Sterling Hayden was both a film noir legend and an OSS officer conducting operations against the Nazis in Yugoslavia? Did you know that original Soundgarden guitarist Jason Evermann became a Ranger and a Green Beret, serving for 20 years in the Global War on Terror before returning to be the guitarist for Silence and Light? Did you know George Orwell was wounded in the neck fighting as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War?
It is a rare breed of human that encompasses both artist and warrior. Savage Wonder is a podcast dedicated to them. It features long-form, one-on-one conversations with people who have a foot in both the world of the artist and the world of the warrior.
It is the first podcast produced by the Veterans Repertory Theater, a creative hub for talented veterans and world-class performers to create compelling live theater and events.
We have now launched the trailer as well as the first full episode, featuring one of our VetRep Board of Directors, Charlie Faint.
Charlie - as you probably know from The Weekly Havok - is an active duty Army intelligence officer, the owner of the Havok Journal and founder of Second Mission Foundation. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Modern War Institute at West Point Military Academy.
He served seven tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq and over the course of his career was assigned to units including the 101st Airborne Division, the 2nd Infantry Division, the 5th Special Forces Group, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, and the Joint Special Operations Command.
Widely published in a number of blogs and professional journals, his most recent publication is co-authorship of the book Violence of Action: The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror.
His views expressed on the show are his own, and are not necessarily reflective of the policy of the US Army or the United States Government.
Have a listen here.
Show Notes
Violence of Action: The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror