Matt and Janis visit with a group of interpreters who were fortunate to make it out during the evacuation and now reside in a camp at Fort Pickett, VA. The Afghans share their incredible experiences and their fears for the fate of those who rem

Behind Enemy Lines - Sakhi

Aug 15th, 2021 15m 51s

Sakhi, an Afghan wartime ally who served for 5 years, shares what life is like inside Taliban held Mazar-I-Sharif and his grim prospects for the future.

Behind Enemy Lines - Milad

Aug 13th, 2021 10m

Milad, an Afghan wartime ally, who served with coalition forces for over four years, contacted us to let us know he’s now trapped in the city of Qala-E-Naw, the capital of Baghdis province (some 800km west of Kabul). The Taliban now rule the ci

Afghan Update - 13 AUG 2021

Aug 13th, 2021 19m 40s

Matt gives an update on the latest Taliban offensive and explains how they are now at the gates of Kabul, poised to conquer the country once and for all.

Welcome Home

Aug 13th, 2021 51m 37s

Season Two kicks off with Usman, our first wartime ally who was evacuated as part of Operation Allies Refuge. He has been in the United States for 72 hours and his relief is palpable. He shares his incredible journey of what it was like to leav

Attacked By The Taliban

Jul 28th, 2021 25m 48s

Jan, an Afghan interpreter served with US special forces for 8 years. Now he is left behind. The Taliban attacked him a few days ago. He fought them off and barely escaped with his life. Now, even his own neighbors are telling him they hope the

An Inflection Point

Jul 23rd, 2021 49m 12s

Chris Purdy, an Iraq war veteran & Director of Veterans for American Ideals and Kim Staffieri, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Association of Wartime Allies, join Matt to give an overview of the mission & effort to save our Afghan wartim

Pinned Down

Jul 16th, 2021 49m 5s

Wardak, an Afghan wartime ally, joins the podcast live from an undisclosed location in Afghanistan - the barn in which he’s hiding with livestock. He shares how the Taliban is 5 min away from him at every moment - always hunting him. He’s despe

No Way Out

Jul 15th, 2021 12m 22s

Shareef contacted us to let us know he had returned to Kandahar to try and get the documents (his ID, passport, etc.) that he left behind when he fled the Taliban gunman who attacked his home, killing his dad. He retrieved the documents, but as

The Fight to Save a Life

Jul 9th, 2021 59m 52s

Hemi, an Afghan wartime ally who served as an interpreter for US forces for 10 years, and Adam Malaty-Uhr, an US Army veteran and Afghan war veteran who served with Hemi, share their incredible story of the fight to get Hemi his visa and save h

Trump’s Immigration Ban

Jul 2nd, 2021 1h 59m

Munther, an Iraqi wartime ally, shares his story of service and survival. He had been issued a Special Immigration Visa and was on the plane to America when Trump signed the Muslim ban, immediately causing him and his family to be deported back

The Cost of American Friendship

Jun 25th, 2021 48m 43s

“Shareef,” an Afghan interpreter, served with US military special forces (to include SEAL Team 6) for 7 years. During that time, the Taliban murdered his mom and brother in an attempt to get him to quit working with Americans. Last week, the Ta

Trapped

Jun 19th, 2021 46m 32s

Kim Staffieri (cofounder of the Association of Wartime Allies) returns and is joined by “Sayed” - an Afghan who served as an interpreter with the US Army for 11 years. Last week, he found out the US government denied him a Special Immigration V

Blacklisted

Jun 11th, 2021 50m 34s

Kristen Babicki (Air Force Veteran and Visa Advocate for the Association of Wartime Allies) and Miraj (an Afghan interpreter currently left behind in Afghanistan) join the podcast to share the plight of the “Blacklisted” - wartime allies who lo

The Engineer

Jun 4th, 2021 51m 5s

Kim Staffieri (cofounder of the Association of Wartime Allies) and “Abdul” join the podcast to tell the epic tale of Abdul’s service with US forces. As an engineer, he helped build power plants, water treatment facilities, military bases, and e

On The Run

May 28th, 2021 1h 4m

Afghan war veterans Spencer Sullivan (US Army) and Abdulhaq (Interpreter) share their incredible friendship & journey to save Abdulhaq’s life. Matt and Janis discuss the latest updates in the movement to evacuate our Afghan wartime allies to Gu

Brother

May 22nd, 2021 41m 37s

Afghan war veterans Matt Zeller (US Army) and his interpreter (Janis Shinwari) share the latest in the effort to evacuate Afghan wartime allies ahead of the US withdrawal. Janis shares why people choose to serve with American forces despite the

Our Mission

May 21st, 2021 4m 9s

US Army & Afghan war veterans Matt Zeller and Janis Shinwari are on a mission - save the thousands of wartime allies who served with US forces. This episode previews the entire podcast to come. Each week we will tell the stories of those who se

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