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Incoming

by So Say We All

Produced by So Say We All, a 501c3 literary and performing arts nonprofit, Incoming showcases the raw, honest voices of people who have served in every capacity and branch of the military, journalists, and military family members. Surprising, at times hilarious, and always original, this is an opportunity to meet America's military in a way they've never had If you're interested in learning more and sharing your story, visit the show's website at www.incomingradio.org, or learn more about So Say We All visit www.sosayweallonline.com. Email us anytime at [email protected].

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Episodes

  1. Episode 23: Youngblood - Matt Gallagher

    We meet author and Army Veteran Matt Gallagher to talk about his novel "Youngblood" as well as his experience live-blogging the Iraq war while he fought it.

  2. Episode 22: New Traditions - Delia Knight

    Playwright Delia Knight brings a beautiful duet of stories from the perspective of a sister, waiting for her best friend and Marine brother to come back home after multiple combat deployments. About the Show: Incoming showcases the true stories of America’s military veterans, told in their own...

  3. Episode 21: Plenty of Time When We Get Home - Kayla Williams

    In this episode of Incoming, author and Army veteran Kayla Williams talks with us about serving in Iraq as the most forward-deployed woman of the war at her time. She faced breakdowns in communication and morale both in-country, and then upon returning home in her marriage to a fellow soldier...

  4. Episode 20: Duffel Blog - Paul Szoldra

    Today we talk with Marine Corp. veteran Paul Szoldra, founder of the wildly popular satirical website Duffel Blog, the military equivalent to The Onion, beloved by service members from boots, all the way up to James Mattis, for its ability to hilariously speak truth to power. About the Show:...

  5. Episoe 19: Comedy And Trauma - Allison Gill

    Musician, comic and Navy veteran Allison Gill invites us into her alchemy of metabolizing trauma through comedy. About the Show: Incoming showcases the true stories of America’s military veterans, told in their own words, straight from their own mouths. Produced by So Say We All, a 501c3 literary...

  6. Episode 18: Invictus – Nathan Fletcher

    Our guest today is Marine Corps veteran, professor of political science, and former California State Assembly Speaker Nathan Fletcher. Nathan very publicly switched from Republican to Democrat after giving a speech in favor of repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and allowing all persons to serve…

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  7. Episode 17: Matt Komatsu And Veterans Respond

    This episode is split between two conversations–both about many things–but sharing the theme of protecting others and how that relates to one’s identity. In the second half of today’s show we’re going to be talking with two members of Veterans Respond, which mobilizes veteran volunteers to areas…

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  8. Episode 16: We Gotta Get Outta This Place – Doug Bradley

    Today we’re going to be talking with Doug Bradley, Army veteran and author of We Gotta Get Outta This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War. I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that some of the insights Doug dropped on me about music and war and inter-generational conflicts changed my entire...

  9. Episode 15: Real World Experience – Roy Scranton And Chef Geoff Cole

    On today’s show we’re talking with two enlisted veterans who rose to the top of their respective fields in civilian life: Navy veteran Chef Geoff Cole, and Army veteran and author Dr. Roy William Scranton. Contributors: Roy Scranton and Chef Geoff Cole

  10. Episode 14: Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children (USMC) – Brian Simpson And Dan Lopez

    We have two of the most entertaining, self-made, grunt-ass Marines on today’s show. Their upbringings made them perfect candidates for the United States Marine Corp, the USMC, an acronym Marines will often repurpose when referring to themselves as Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children. Veteran and...

  11. Episode 13: Labels – James Seddon

    We’re spending this hour with our friend, writer, performer, and veteran Navy officer, James Seddon. James is one of the founding members of So Say We All’s Veteran Writers Program, is published in the first Incoming anthology, and has performed his writing all over San Diego. Though he’s been...

  12. Episode 12: Everything Is A War – Vance Voyles And Natalie Lovejoy

    “Everything Is A War,” focuses on stories about how serving in a war zone can stick to a person, so deeply that traces of it will magically appear months, years after a service member returns home. And it doesn’t just impact service members, but the friends, lovers, and family of those connected…

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  13. Episode 11: Eat The Apple – Matt Young

    We’re spending this episode with Iraq war veteran Matt Young. Matt’s debut novel Eat the Apple chronicles his journey as an aimless 18-year-old who enlists in the Marine Corps after driving drunk into a fire hydrant. It was a jolt that convinced him that he needed to find direction in his life,...

  14. Episode 10: The Undesirables – Lisbeth Prifogle And Anthony Moll

    Today’s show is titled, with our tongues lodged firmly in our cheeks, “The Undesirables,” because it features two wonderful veteran voices who speak on the subject of having to hide aspects of their personal identities which–at the time–could have been viewed as obstacles to their military…

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  15. Episode 9: All That’s Really Worth Doing – Brian Turner And Mariah Smith

    Today’s episode takes its name after a quote by Lewis Carrol, “All That Is Really Worth Doing is Worth the Doing is What We do for Others,” and we chose it because our two contributors, Brian Turner and Mariah Smith of the US Army, have stories and poems that echo that sentiment. Mariah, because...

  16. Episode 8: Unstuck In Time – Benjamin Busch And Sierra Crane

    Navigating the present, alongside past and future. Today’s show, “Unstuck in Time,” is titled after the opening line in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse Five, one of our favorite descriptions about Post Traumatic Stress. Vonnegut uses it in reference to his main character, where he writes,...

  17. Episode 7: The Abyss Also Gazes – Andrew Szala, Rolf Yngve, Gill Sotu, Elizabeth Washburn And Dan Lopez Of Combat Arts

    Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you. – Fredrick Nietzsche. Friedrich Nietzsche’s quote reminds me that there are certain individuals who have unique insights about the process of staring…

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  18. Episode 6: Aftershocks – Casondra Brewster, Sam Abel, Lt. Cmd. Liam Corley

    On today’s show we’re talking about, “Aftershocks,” both literal and figurative, related to events that came back to shake us after their initial detonation. We have three great contributors, whose stories deal with how the quickest moments can have the longest effects. Contributors: Casondra...

  19. Episode 5: What’s Lost at Sea – Tenley Lozano And Kurt Kalbfleisch

    “I was much further out than you thought, And not waving but drowning.” –Stevie Smith. Today’s episode is titled “Lost At Sea,” for two reasons: firstly because we’ll be hearing from service members who spent a lot of their time bobbing on the water, Kurt Kalbfliesh of the Navy and Tenley Lozano…

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  20. Episode 4: Invasions – Francisco Martinezcuello And Sammi S.

    “Tell me a Story!” He said. “I’ll tell you a story.” Invasion can be both psychological and literal. We’re very lucky to be able pair up two contributors who dealt with invasion and actually served together at the same time in Iraq, but from very different places. Our contributors are Francisco...

  21. Episode 3: Time Is A River – Brooke King, Kelli Hewlett, And Zack Dryer

    The past doesn’t go anywhere. Time is a river, and you are standing in it. – Utah Phillips Today’s show is split into three parts and three different veteran writers, each focusing respectively on periods before the country went to war after 9/11, during deployment downrange in Iraq, and the...

  22. Episode 2: Souvenirs – Brandon Lingle, Alex Flynn, And Brent Wingfield

    What happens overseas comes home with you, and can find a way to reappear back into your life when you least expect it. Today’s episode is titled, “Souvenirs,” which in the context of the stories you’re about to hear is a little tongue-in-cheek, a little bit of that dark humor people under stress...

  23. Episode 1: Our Reasons – Adam Stone And Jesse Goolsby

    Less than one percent of the entire country serves in the military at any given time nowadays, which is perfectly fine from a national security perspective, according to experts on the matter, but that situation becomes problematic on other fronts once we consider how it might affect our…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Produced by So Say We All, a 501c3 literary and performing arts nonprofit, Incoming showcases the raw, honest voices of people who have served in every capacity and branch of the military, journalists, and military family members. Surprising, at times hilarious, and always original, this is an opportunity to meet America's military in a way they've never had If you're interested in learning more and sharing your story, visit the show's website at www.incomingradio.org, or learn more about So Say We All visit www.sosayweallonline.com. Email us anytime at [email protected].

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