Changing Hearts & Minds

Jeffrey Adamec
Changing Hearts & Minds

Changing Hearts & Minds is a history podcast. We talk about everything that has to do with the history of warfare. Everything from clandestine operations, battles, and individuals and technology connected to the history of warfare.

  1. 03/27/2021

    CHM029 - First Platoon (Author Annie Jacobsen)

    CHM029- First Platoon (Interview with Author Annie Jacobsen)     Summary: Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen’s new investigative work has profound implications for democracy. First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance (Dutton, 2021) reveals the full account of the platoon of young soldiers sent to Afghanistan whose experience ended abruptly in tragedy under 1st LT Clint Lorance. The larger part of the story, one never comprehensively reported before, is how the platoon was unwittingly involved in a shadowy Defense Department program to capture biometrics. Jacobesn also reveals details on how flawed data was used to make a case for Clint Lorance’s Pardon. Author Annie Jacobsen joins Jeff for an in depth interview on the events and untold details of how this was much more than just a war crime.    Links: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/14/956705029/first-platoon-examines-how-war-on-terror-birthed-pentagons-biometrics-id-system   https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/624446/first-platoon-by-annie-jacobsen/9781524746667   Books: First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance By Annie Jacobsen https://www.amazon.com/First-Platoon-Modern-Identity-Dominance/dp/1524746665     Other Works By Annie Jacobsen:   Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H28Z9LL/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0   Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HZFB2T0/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i5   The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RTY0GEA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3   Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BAXFBI2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1   Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004THU68Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4     CHM Sponsors: El Yucateco Hot Sauce: https://www.elyucateco.com/

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Changing Hearts & Minds is a history podcast. We talk about everything that has to do with the history of warfare. Everything from clandestine operations, battles, and individuals and technology connected to the history of warfare.

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