In this episode of The Ask, Malia K. Du Mont, Dumaine William, Danielle Riou, and Anwen Hughes join us for an urgent conversation about the detention of Bard College student and asylum seeker Ali Faqirzada, and what his case reveals about escalating enforcement and immigration policy shifts under the second Trump administration. Our Episode Guests:…
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It was a pleasure speaking with Malia K. Du Mont, VP & Chief of Staff at Bard College; Dumaine William, Vice President for Student Affairs at Bard College; Danielle Riou, Associate Director, Human Rights Project; and Anwen Hughes, Director of Legal Strategy for Refugee Programs at Human Rights First about the detention of Bard College student and aslyum…
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In this episode of The Ask, several extraordinary guests join us for a discussion about the long, winding road ahead for America and the rest of the world in the wake of Donald J. Trump’s election to a second term as President of the United States of America. For this episode, we have been undeservedly…
In the aftermath of the terrible shooting at former President Trump’s rally, I am reminded of my conversation on The Ask podcast with New York Times Opinion columnist and bestselling author David French about his book, Divided We Fall. A poignant mediation on a possible future United States plagued and ruined by politically fueled violence.…
In this episode of The Ask, award-winning author Elliot Ackerman discusses his work on Halycon. From pivotal elections to crumbling marriages, from the Civil War to the Battle of Saipan, Halcyon is a profound and probing novel that grapples with what history means, who is affected by it, and how the complexities of our shared future rest on the dual…
It was a pleasure speaking to New York Times bestselling author Elliot Ackerman about his latest book here on The Ask podcast: Halcyon … now available via Penguin Random House at digital stores and bookstores everywhere; we look forward to sharing our interview together very soon.
In this episode of The Ask, award-winning photographer Tony O’Brien takes us into the storm of the First Gulf War, from his perspective as a foreign correspondent for LIFE magazine. Our Episode Guest: Over the course of his decorated career as a photographer, Tony O’Brien has documented the lives of drug addicts on the streets…
Dear Listeners. Here we are at the tail end of April 2023. How’d we get here? I apologize for the long, extended silence since the 20th episode of the podcast with author and columnist David French in December of last year. Prior to this episode, I had been pretty good about putting out one episode…
In this episode of The Ask, award-winning author David French discusses his work on Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation About the book: Our Episode Guest: A graduate of Harvard Law School and a constitutional lawyer long devoted to taking on religious liberty cases, David French has long been a leading conservative…
Read more Episode 20 – Divided We Fall: America’s Session Threat And How To Restore Our Nation
It was a pleasure speaking to New York Times bestselling author David French about his latest book: Divided We Fall America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation … now available via Macmillan at digital stores and bookstores everywhere; I look forward to sharing our interview together very soon.
Tomorrow we have the honor and privilege of speaking with the senior editor of The Dispatch and contributing writer for The Atlantic, David French. In the wake of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his book Divided We Fall reads less like speculation and more like a glimpse into a dangerous and uncertain future.
Read more Episode 20 Preview – David French on Divided We Fall
This September, together with my Co-Host Cliff W. Gilmore, we have the honor and pleasure of hosting senior editor at The Dispatch, columnist for Time magazine, and New York Times bestselling author David French. Our discussion will explore his latest book: Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. From the…
In this episode of The Ask, award-winning author Elliot Ackerman discusses his work on The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan About the book: The Fifth Act is an astonishing human document that brings the weight of twenty years of war to bear on a single week, the week the war ended. Using the dramatic rescue efforts…
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Episode 19, with author Elliot Ackerman about his latest book The Fifth Act: America’s End – soon.
This August together with my Co-Host Cliff W. Gilmore, I have the honor and pleasure to host award winning author and former Marine Corps Special Operations Team Leader, Elliot Ackerman, to discuss his next book, The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan available everywhere via Penguin Random House this coming August 9th, 2022. Using the dramatic rescue…
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In this episode of The Ask award-winning author and US Marine Corps veteran Phil Klay discusses his work on Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War About the book: From the National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment and Missionaries, an astonishing fever graph of the effects of twenty years of war in…
Read more Episode 18 – Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War
Friends & Colleagues. As some of you may know, a few days ago, Cliff and I interviewed award-winning author Phil Klay about his latest book Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War on The Ask podcast. We look forward to sharing that interview with you soon. In the meantime, we would like…
Read more America Kills Its Enemies in Our Name. And Then Keeps It Secret – Phil Klay
It was a pleasure speaking to author Philip Klay about his work Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War – now available at Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop | Indiebound and elsewhere, I look forward to sharing our interview together with my Co-Host Cliff W. Gilmore very soon.
At the end of last year, my Co-Host Cliff and I had the privilege of speaking with journalist and writer Behrouz Boochani about his almost decade imprisonment in the Australian-run Manus Island detention center in Papua New Guinea and the book he wrote about that experience: No Friend But the Mountains. Days ago, filmmaker Simon…
This month together with my Co-Host Cliff W. Gilmore, I have the honor and pleasure to host U.S. Marine Corps veteran and award-winning author Phil Klay to discuss his important work Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War. A book that looks at our the endless, invisible conflicts of the post-9/11 world…
Read more Episode 18 Preview – Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War
Dear Friends & Family. It is my great pleasure to welcome aboard my friend and colleague Cliff W. Gilmore as an official co-host for The Ask podcast. For several episodes of The Ask Cliff and I have collaborated speak with celebrated activists like Behrouz Boochani for his book No Friends But the Mountains, courageous journalists…
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In this episode of The Ask Peabody and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Doug Shultz discusses his work on THE LINE. About the film: U.S. Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher stood accused by his own platoon in the biggest war crimes trial in a generation. Now a new, four-part docuseries will examine the case and the blurred line…
Episode 17, with filmmaker Doug Shultz talking about his work on THE LINE – soon.
It was a pleasure speaking to filmmaker Doug Shultz about his work THE LINE, now available on Apple TV+ I look forward to sharing our interview together with my Co-Host Cliff W. Gilmore very soon.
Since Cliff W. Gilmore and I interviewed Anna Myroniuk on The Ask, she has emerged to become a fierce voice for the Ukrainian people as they desperately fight off a Russian invasion. And here she is again in The Washington Post. Reflecting on how the Ukrainian people and the rest of the world have seen…
Friends & Colleagues. As some of you may know, a few days ago, Cliff and I interviewed The Kyiv Independent journalist Anna Myroniuk about the threat of a Russian invasion on The Ask podcast. This morning, she writes in The Washington Post about what is like waking up to explosions in Kyiv: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/kyiv-explosions-putin-invasion-divided-family/ For those…
In this episode of The Ask we to speak to journalists Igor Kossov and Anna Myroniuk about their careers as journalists, the shocking changes at the launch of the Kyiv Independent in the aftermath of the turmoil at the Kyiv Post. And the looming Russian threat on the borders of Ukraine. About the Kyiv Independent:…
Read more Episode 16 – The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine and Russia
Episode 16, with Anna Myroniuk and Igor Kossov – soon.
It was a pleasure speaking to Co-Founders of The Kyiv Independent, Anna Myroniuk (@AnnaMyroniuk) and Igor Kossov (@IgorKossov) about what happened at the Kyiv Post, the independent and critical journalism work they continue to do at the Kyiv Independent, and their perspective on Russia’s ongoing threats against Ukraine. I look forward to sharing our interview…
In this episode of The Ask we to speak to Peabody awarded journalist, bestselling author and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sebastian Junger about his latest book: FREEDOM. About the book: In part based on an epic trip Sebastian undertook with three friends to walk the rail lines from Washington DC to Pittsburgh, Freedom is a deep dive…
It was a pleasure speaking to New York Times bestselling author @sebastianjunger about his latest engrossing non-fiction book: Freedom, on @theaskpodcast, together with my friend and guest Co-Host Cliff W. Gilmore. I look forward to sharing our interview very soon. 🙂
This month together with my guest co-host Cliff W. Gilmore, I have the honor and pleasure to host journalist, New York Times bestselling author and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sebastian Junger to discuss his work on his latest book: FREEDOM. Inspired by a year on the road with three close friends— a conflict photographer and two Afghan…
At the top of 2022 I want to take a moment and look back on the second year The Ask Podcast. For the inaugural episode of 2021, I sat down THE EDITOR, my friend Mirwais Amiri – to talk with him about the hard choices that forced him to leave Afghanistan and seek safety and…
In this episode of The Ask award-winning author, activist and journalist Behrouz Boochani discusses his work on his debut novel NO FRIENDS BUT THE MOUNTAINS: WRITINGS FROM MANUS PRISON. About the book: In 2013, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. This book…
Read more Episode 14 – No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison
It was an honor speaking to @BehrouzBoochani about his landmark debut novel No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison on @theaskpodcast, together with my friend and guest Co-Host Cliff W. Gilmore. I look forward to sharing our interview very soon. 🙂
This month together with my guest co-host Cliff W. Gilmore I have the honor and pleasure to host journalist and author Behrouz Boochani to discuss his work on his monumental book: NO FRIENDS BUT THE MOUNTAINS Over the course of 10 seemingly never-ending years of imprisonment on Manus Island, on a smuggled mobile Behrouz and…
In this episode of The Ask award-winning filmmaker Michael Tucker discusses his work on THE MEANING OF HITLER. About the film: Famed Nazi hunters and top scholars lead an urgent interrogation of our culture’s fascination with Hitler and Nazism, set against the backdrop of the current rise of white supremacy. Our Episode Guest: Born in…
Welcome to The Ask. It is the 20th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Episode 12 of the Ask is a roundtable discussion about Afghanistan after America. This episode draws together several extraordinary people, Afghans and Americans with strong connections to the modern story of Afghanistan and the Afghan people, to discuss what has and…
On the 20th anniversary of 9/11 On The Ask: Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Karzai, Homayra Ludin Etemadi New York Times Istanbul Bureau Chief Carlotta Gall Soldier & Author Elliot Ackerman Director of MOBY GROUP Channels in Afghanistan Massood Sanjer The Reluctant Propagandisthttps://longreads.com/2019/08/27/the-reluctant-propagandist/ In Afghanistan, a radio call-in show…
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