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Join Adam Gillard and Dick Wilkinson while they talk politics and community engagement in the Pikes Peak region from a Veterans' Point of View..

  1. 1D AGO

    The War That Isn't: Dangling Keys, Distraction, and Doublespeak

    Adam and Dick break down the administration's Iran war messaging — from the 60-day war powers clock getting "paused" by a tweeted ceasefire, to Hegseth's belligerent non-answers before Congress. They unpack the marijuana reclassification as a shiny distraction, dig into the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act and what Louisiana's governor did within 48 hours, and get into a genuinely interesting debate about whether racial gerrymandering — even the remedial kind — was ever the right fix. Plus: the military as an authoritarian proving ground, the "common sense" doublespeak both parties use, and why Democrats need to put the pillows down and actually throw a punch.

    40 min

  2. APR 26

    Hormuz Watch: Congress, Corruption, and a Very Ballsy Bet

    Dick and Adam break down a chaotic week in American politics — four congressional departures in seven days, from Swalwell's swift fall to a Texas Republican who only left when the margin gave him no cover. They dig into the soldier who bet on his own classified mission in Venezuela, what it reveals about the dangers of betting on anything, and why the genie is very much out of the bottle. Plus: Kash Patel's lawsuit against The Atlantic, a cabinet secretary who took her staff to a strip club, and why the CD5 race is finally getting national money for the first time ever. And yes — the Strait of Hormuz is still closed.

    42 min

  3. APR 19

    Ranching While Black; The Outgroup always expands

    This week Adam and Dick are joined in studio by Pablo Capistrano — 20-year Navy veteran, local activist, and co-founder of Civic Shield, a firearm safety program serving vulnerable communities in the Colorado Springs area. In this episode: We start close to home with the story of Freedom Acres Ranch — a Black-owned farm in Yoder, Colorado run by CW and Nicole Mallory. What began as a fresh start after Hurricane Harvey became a years-long campaign of harassment, a bogus felony stalking charge from El Paso County Sheriff's Office, and most recently a drive-by shooting in April 2025. If you want to support them directly, visit their website, buy their meat, book a tour, or share their story: freedomacresranch.com From there we zoom out — to Trump's standoff with the Vatican, JD Vance's theology takes, and what it actually means when self-described Christians tell the Pope he's wrong. Then Pablo breaks down why Orban's landslide loss in Hungary matters for American progressives and what the TISA movement's grassroots strategy can teach us. We close on FISA Section 702, warrantless surveillance, and why a 10-day extension on a spying law should have more people paying attention.

    42 min

  4. APR 11

    Supreme Court Week: Winners, Losers, and Children in the Crossfire

    Adam and Dick break down a chaotic week in American politics, law, and foreign policy through a veteran lens from Colorado Springs. Topics covered: Trump's unprecedented appearance at Supreme Court oral arguments on birthright citizenship — and his Truth Social meltdown afterwardThe SCOTUS conversion therapy ruling out of Colorado Springs: what it actually decided, what it deliberately avoided, and why Justice Jackson's dissent cuts to the heart of itICE arresting a soldier's wife outside Fort Polk while he was in-processing her as a military dependent — and how ICE knew exactly where to beIran, the fake ceasefire, nuclear nonproliferation, and what it means when a nuclear nation threatens a non-nuclear oneThe "Ghost Murmur" technology claim from the downed aviator rescue — real quantum magnetism or a cover story?NATO tensions, Greenland posturing, and Five Eyes intelligence sharing concernsArtemis swings around the moon Left Face is the Pikes Peak regional podcast for veterans and those interested in political issues affecting the military community.

    43 min

  5. APR 4

    Death Is a Reasonable Solution: Veterans on Guns, War, and the Barracks

    An honest conversation about military culture, what basic training actually does to your worldview, and why arming troops on base might get people killed. Iran was built for a long war and only has to survive to win. The guys break down why the administration's victory claims don't add up — and what the real endgame looks like.

    43 min

  6. MAR 29

    The Cyclops's Eye: Iran, Airports, and the Chaos Doctrine

    Adam and Dick open with two local items — No Kings 3 hitting Colorado Springs tomorrow and Syracuse University's veteran candidate training program, now with an ideation track for folks still on the fence about running. From there, they get into Colorado Springs city council banning vehicle camping and why that sale is dead on arrival with the current council, contrasted with the San Jose tiny home model that actually worked by dropping the sobriety-first requirements and just opening the doors. On the federal side: ICE gets deployed to airports with no coherent mission, no shift briefing, and no real plan beyond body count. Democrats pull off a funding maneuver worth something — and then immediately talk about it too much. The Iran situation gets declared over again while 10,000 troops head that way, the Supreme Court press corps ruling sits ignored, and the Strait of Hormuz remains the one real chip on the table. Recorded at Studio 809 in downtown Colorado Springs.

    43 min

  7. MAR 21

    From Iran to César Chávez: Power, Abuse, and Accountability

    Dick and Adam open with Iran's public execution of protesters — including a 19-year-old wrestler — as a deliberate message of state terror, then pivot to Pete Hegseth's $200 billion war funding request and what the quadrupling of that number actually signals about U.S. military strategy. The conversation shifts to the Time Magazine investigation into César Chávez, the allegations of sexual abuse against him, and how Dolores Huerta and the Chávez family have responded. The guys also touch on Cuba's continued grid failures, the erosion of U.S. soft power through tariff politics, Ukraine's drone knowledge-sharing, and why flooding the news cycle might be the whole point. Closing out with a Chuck Norris send-off.

    39 min

  8. MAR 14

    From the Strait of Hormuz to Your Front Door: Operation Epstein Fury Comes Home

    Iran's decentralized military structure means no single target stops the drone and missile threat. Meanwhile, lone-wolf attacks are ticking up stateside. Adam and Dick connect the dots between foreign escalation, domestic terrorism, eroding civil liberties, and an administration that treats every crisis as an opportunity to grab more power.

    38 min
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Join Adam Gillard and Dick Wilkinson while they talk politics and community engagement in the Pikes Peak region from a Veterans' Point of View..

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  • Creator
    Adam Gillard & Dick Wilkinson
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    131
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 Adam Gillard & Dick Wilkinson
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