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The Unravelling 8: What's your Story, pt. 1

Jocko Unraveling

Release Date: 10/12/2020

Unraveling 41: Bedlam show art Unraveling 41: Bedlam

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Lunatic asylum. Loony bin. Madhouse. Mental healthcare institutions have a long and checkered history. Beginning in the 1960s, rising public sentiment against compulsory treatment led most to the closure of most state mental hospitals, throwing many desperate patients out of the frying pan and into the fire.

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Unraveling 40: Media & Politics w/Saagar Enjeti show art Unraveling 40: Media & Politics w/Saagar Enjeti

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Jocko and Darryl welcome Saagar Enjeti, co-host of Breaking Points w/Krystal Ball, to discuss how the changes in the media environment have transformed the nature of American democracy.

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Unraveling 39: No Exit show art Unraveling 39: No Exit

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Jocko and Darryl discuss the different perspectives of the Israelis and Palestinians, and whether peace is possible.

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Unraveling 38: The Administration of Savagery show art Unraveling 38: The Administration of Savagery

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The history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is long and complicated, with heroes, villains, and legitimate grievances on both sides. None of that matters now. Jocko and Darryl discuss the recent assault by Hamas in southern Israel, and the upcoming Israeli response.

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Unraveling 37: Battle of Ideas show art Unraveling 37: Battle of Ideas

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Since Elon Musk bought Twitter, we've learned much about how thoroughly the information environment has been corrupted and manipulated by politically-motivated actors in Big Tech and the US government. Does the regime change at Twitter herald a new era, or more of the same?

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Unraveling 36: Winter War show art Unraveling 36: Winter War

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As the war in Ukraine enters its eighth month, both sides are digging in for a long, hard winter. After a series of Ukrainian successes, the Russians have increased the intensity of the conflict, knocking out civilian infrastructure and calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists to throw into the mix. Jocko and Darryl discuss some of the geopolitical implications of the ongoing fight, and try to answer the question: Whose side is time on?

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Unraveling 35: Side Effects May Include show art Unraveling 35: Side Effects May Include

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Columbine. Virginia Tech. Las Vegas. Parkland. Buffalo. Uvalde. America has become the land of mass shootings. Jocko & Darryl discuss what might be behind this, and what, if anything, we can do about it. Link to Atlantic Ditch Run 800 fundraiser for veterans, via the Gary Sinise Foundation: 

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Unraveling 34: Ukraine SITREP show art Unraveling 34: Ukraine SITREP

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The war between Russia and Ukraine has slowed to a grinding pace. The lightning strikes attempted by Russia in the early days of fighting were blunted by a determined Ukrainian defense, and Russia consolidated & refocused its forces to battle the heavily-fortified Ukrainian positions in the eastern part of the country. Jocko and Darryl discuss what's happened so far, and what's coming down the pipe.

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Unraveling 33: Repaid in Full show art Unraveling 33: Repaid in Full

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For most of history, and in much of the world today, there were no effective police, courts, prisons, or states. People and groups protected themselves according to the law of honor immortalized as the epitaph of the Roman consul Lucius Sulla: No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full. Jocko and Darryl discuss honor and vengeance in societies ancient and modern.

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Unraveling 32: Enough Already w/Scott Horton show art Unraveling 32: Enough Already w/Scott Horton

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Jocko and Darryl welcome special guest Scott Horton. Scott is the director of the Libertarian Institute, and the senior editor of . He's also an author of books such as Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terror.

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