The Panjwai Podcast
The Panjwai Podcast is an interview-based podcast series documenting the experiences of combat veterans in the Panjwai District of Kandahar, Afghanistan. The series seeks to explore a human, emotional, and accurate retelling of veterans’ experiences. Guests range from enlisted privates, to senior leaders, helicopter pilots, special operators, support personnel, engineers, EOD, medics and other forces that supported or witnessed combat in the Panjwai District. Military history buffs will relish in the detailed descriptions of terrain and the history of the area, and fans of Serial and other documentary style podcasts will appreciate the attention to detail and highlighting of the human aspect of warfare on young soldiers. The Panjwai Podcast is the story of the grunts fight in a true Infantry battlefield. Episodes available weekly.
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Episodes
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Join us for another Bonus Episode of The Panjwai Podcast, as we talk about the portrayal of military service on television.
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Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast
For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai
You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more.
Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast
Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information.
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Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
In our 3rd Bonus episode of our between season releases, we bring you our discussion from early July 2021 just after Panjwai fell, and prior to the subsequent fall of Kandahar and Kabul. We were right about some things, and wrong about others, but this is an interesting perspective on our thoughts just after the fall of Panjwai.
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
As part of our efforts to release FREE additional content while we are on our production break, we will releasing some of our LIVE episodes as Bonus episode from now until January. Be sure to check them out!
On this episode, we chat with several current and former EOD techs about their time in Panjwai and their careers disarming explosives.
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The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government.
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Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast
For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai
You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more.
Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast
Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information.
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Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Our very first Bonus Episode is a LIVE interview with author Ryan Robicheaux discussing his Book "Scouts Out!" a memoir of his times as a Scout Helicopter pilot in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2013. Ryan flew the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior over Panjwai in 2013 and he talks to us about that experience, plus the journey towards writing a book.
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Follow the link above to order your exclusive The Panjwai Podcast/Scouts Out! Book combo!
Use discount code "PANJWAIPOD" to get 5% off the price of a author-signed hardback, PLUS get a free Koozie and Sticker ($15 value!) Absolutely free!
Limited edition green "Spring Break Kandahar" koozies will ONLY be available if you buy the book. Blue koozies of the same design are available in our store now!
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The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government.
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Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast
For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai
You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more.
Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast
Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information.
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Twitter: @panjwaipodcast
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Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
This is the final episode of Season 2 of The Panjwai Podcast, and we wanted to do something a little unique and more impactful than some sort of close out.
This week we are featuring the voice of an Interpreter, in the final days of the US Evacuation, after multiple failed attempts to get through and be evacuated. Despite having a visa, he never made it out on those planes and remains left behind in Afghanistan.
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The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government.
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Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast
For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai
You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more.
Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast
Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information.
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Instagram: @thepanjwaipodcast
Twitter: @panjwaipodcast
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Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
This week on the podcast we are joined by CW3(R) Keith Knicely. Keith is a former Infantryman turned Apache pilot, just like Curtis, except Keith did his transition much earlier. After the invasion of Iraq and a time as a Drill Sergeant Keith made the transition to the Apache in time to fly overhead in Kandahar in 2012. Part of Task Force 2-6, Keith flew over Panjwai, Zharey, and Kandahar as a whole. Keith talks about his time in Kandahar, his time flying with the OH-58D Kiowa community, and the impact that deployment had on him as an Attack Pilot. Keith would later go on to become an instructor pilot at Flight School in Fort Rucker, and guess who was in his very first class? That's right. Your 2nd favorite co-host - Curtis Grace.
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The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government.
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Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast
For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai
You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more.
Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast
Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information.
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Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
This week on The Panjwai Podcast we are privileged to speak with @OpMedusa himself, Russ Knight. Russ was a LAV driver in 2006 at the tip of the spear in Operation Medusa, part of a column of LAV’s directly assaulting “The White Schoolhouse” or OBJ Rugby. Russ talks about Operation Medusa, the rest of his 2006 deployment and the differences between 2006 and 2010, when he returned to COP Sperwan Ghar.
Check out Russ’s Page: @OpMedusa on Instagram
And visit www.shopopmedusa.com for Panjwai themed march and chance to win a sweet Variant One Archangel knife.
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The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government.
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Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast
For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai
You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more.
Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast
Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information.
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Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
This week on The Panjwai Podcast we are privileged to have Thomas Underhill join us. Tom was a Combat Medic assigned to 1-5 Infantry out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and served in Dand District and Panjwai from April 2011 to March 2012. In Panjwai, Tom served at COP Sperwan Ghar where he and his platoon owned the western side of the AO and soon found that the realities of combat in Dand were not the same as the realities of combat in the Horn of Panjwai. Tom does a great job of highlighting those realities and offering some insight from his time as a Combat Medic and as a teammate to his brothers in arms, as well as a breathtaking account of the mass casualty event that sticks with him to this day.
https://buff.ly/3hkfOg5 - The Military Times account of the effort to save Lieutenant Vogt
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Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
This week on the podcast we are proud to bring in TSGT(R) Leonard Anderson of the United States Air Force. Anderson served as a Military Working Dog Handler on multiple deployments to Afghanistan, most recently in 2012 where he served in Panjwai out of FOB Masum Ghar. Leonard talks about his journey to becoming a MWD Handler, his experiences as one, and the day he was struck by a massive IED patrolling outside COP Sperwan Ghar. You will not want to miss this story of perserverance, recovery and the love between a man and his best friend.
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The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government.
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Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast
For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai
You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more.
Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast
Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information.
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Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
This week we talk to a unique guest, SFC Jon Orebaugh. Jon is and was a wheeled vehicle mechanic, and served with B Company 1-64 Armor at COP Sperwan Ghar in 2012. Jon talks to us about his previous deployment to Iraq, how it differed from his experiences at Sperwan Ghar, and the ludicrous events he endured while at Sperwan Ghar in 2012. Jon talks about his team, its' missions, and about his battle with mental health in the aftermath.
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The views expressed by the guests and hosts of this podcast do not represent the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government.
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Check out the video version of the podcast at : https://www.youtube.com/thepanjwaipodcast
For maps, photos and more information about Panjwai go to : https://www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/about-panjwai
You can donate and support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $3.00 a month. visit www.patreon.com/thepanjwaipodcast to learn more. Direct donations can also be sent via venmo @thepanjwaipodcast
Be sure to like, follow, and/or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Youtube, TuneIn, Amazon Music and many more. visit www.thepanjwaipodcast.com/listen for more information.
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