Night Shift: Afghanistan

In 1938, with the world on the brink of war, Americans anxiously tuned their radios, fearing an attack from a foreign power. But on the night before Halloween, the most terrifying broadcast reported an invasion not from across the ocean, but from across the stars, as a chillingly ...  Show more

The war in Ukraine has turned vast swaths of the country into a modern-day wasteland, where the constant threat of death hangs in the air. For soldiers enduring this brutal reality, the line between the living and the dead has begun to blur, as they share chilling stories of spec ...  Show more

A USMC veteran shares his experiences during the evacuation efforts in Afghanistan in August 2021. If you have a unique story you'd like to share on We're All Insane, send a message to wereallinsanepodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices L ...  Show more

Women’s and girls’ freedoms and opportunities have eroded at an alarming rate in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power there three years ago. But there is little agreement internationally or even among Afghans on how to reverse that trend. Intense ethnic and ideological divi ...  Show more

At eighteen, Ian Fritz joined the Air Force out of necessity and was soon selected to become an Airborne Cryptologic Linguist in the war in Afghanistan. Over the course of two tours, Fritz listened to the Taliban for hundreds of hours, all over the country night and day, in momen ...  Show more

Twenty years after 9/11, the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is moving faster than expected, and so is the Taliban’s takeover. The Taliban have already taken more than 50 of the country’s 400 districts since May, with the US intelligence community predicting that the Afghan govern ...  Show more