The Panjwai Podcast
The Panjwai Podcast is an interview-based podcast series documenting the experiences of combat veterans in the Panjwai District of Kandahar, Afghanistan. The series seeks to explore a human, emotional, and accurate retelling of veterans’ experiences. Guests range from enlisted privates, to senior leaders, helicopter pilots, special operators, support personnel, engineers, EOD, medics and other forces that supported or witnessed combat in the Panjwai District. Military history buffs will relish in the detailed descriptions of terrain and the history of the area, and fans of Serial and other documentary style podcasts will appreciate the attention to detail and highlighting of the human aspect of warfare on young soldiers.
The Panjwai Podcast is the story of the grunts fight in a true Infantry battlefield.
Episodes available weekly.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 87 minutes
- Episodes
- 60
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Bonus Episode 4 - The Panjwai Podcast Talks TV
Join us for another Bonus Episode of The Panjwai Podcast, as we talk about the portrayal of military service on television.
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Bonus Episode 3 - The Fall of Panjwai
In our 3rd Bonus episode of our between season releases, we bring you our discussion from early July 2021 just after Panjwai fell, and prior to the subsequent fall of Kandahar and Kabul. We were righ…
Bonus Episode 2 - Rendering Safe
As part of our efforts to release FREE additional content while we are on our production break, we will releasing some of our LIVE episodes as Bonus episode from now until January. Be sure to check t…
Bonus Episode 1 - Scouts Out!
Our very first Bonus Episode is a LIVE interview with author Ryan Robicheaux discussing his Book "Scouts Out!" a memoir of his times as a Scout Helicopter pilot in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2013. Ryan …
Episode 35 - A Voice From Afghanistan
This is the final episode of Season 2 of The Panjwai Podcast, and we wanted to do something a little unique and more impactful than some sort of close out.
This week we are featuring the voice of a…
Episode 34 - Death From Above
This week on the podcast we are joined by CW3(R) Keith Knicely. Keith is a former Infantryman turned Apache pilot, just like Curtis, except Keith did his transition much earlier. After the invasion o…
Episode 33 - Medusa
This week on The Panjwai Podcast we are privileged to speak with @OpMedusa himself, Russ Knight. Russ was a LAV driver in 2006 at the tip of the spear in Operation Medusa, part of a column of LAV’s d…
Episode 32 - Rendering AId
This week on The Panjwai Podcast we are privileged to have Thomas Underhill join us. Tom was a Combat Medic assigned to 1-5 Infantry out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and served in Dand District and Pa…
Episode 31 - Man‘s Best Friend
This week on the podcast we are proud to bring in TSGT(R) Leonard Anderson of the United States Air Force. Anderson served as a Military Working Dog Handler on multiple deployments to Afghanistan, mo…
Episode 30 - The Mechanic
This week we talk to a unique guest, SFC Jon Orebaugh. Jon is and was a wheeled vehicle mechanic, and served with B Company 1-64 Armor at COP Sperwan Ghar in 2012. Jon talks to us about his previous …
Episode 29 - Taking Sperwan
This week we are exceptionally excited to bring you the story of Operation Medusa, from within the ranks of the Special Forces task force that seized Sperwan Ghar. Thomas Young joins us to talk about…
Episode 28 - The Canadian
We are extremely excited this week to welcome our very first Canadian Armed Forces veteran, former MCPL Chance Burles. Chance, who also hosts the podcast Tools for the Toolbox, joins us to talk about…
Episode 27- The Tanker
On this week’s episode we sit down with former 19K and Bayonet Company veteran Adam Uhre. Adam has the distinction of being a member of the 2nd Platoon, B/1-64 at Sperwan Ghar in 2012. 2/B/1-64 were …
Episode 26 - The Brotherhood
On this episode of the Podcast, we are joined by U.S. Army Infantry Veteran Brent Buffington. Brent served as a counter-IED specialist and rifleman for Alpha Company 1-23 Infantry, Earth Pigs, at COP…
Episode 25 - The IED Game
On this week's episode, we sit down with a legend of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal community, Master Sergeant Russ Ho. MSG Ho served as an EOD Technician on multiple deployments, ultimately servin…
Episode 24 - Supporting the Warfighter
This week we are joined by U.S. Army Major Emily Tucker, former Logistician and current Information Operations Officer. In 2012, then Lieutenant Tucker commanded a security convoy running missions in…
Episode 23 - The Humble Medic
We welcome another Medic to the podcast this week, as US Army Sergeant First Class Brandon Ruedi joins us to discuss his time serving as the Company Medic for B/1-64 at COP Sperwan Ghar in 2012. SFC …
Episode 22 - The First Lieutenant
Major Christopher Persons, U.S. Army Infantry, joins us this week to talk about his time serving as the Platoon Leader for 1st Platoon Bayonet Company 1-64 at COP Sperwan Ghar. Major Persons also giv…
Episode 21 - Breaking Points
In this episode, we have a deep conversation with former US Army Combat Medic Alex Burner, who served as the Platoon Medic for 3rd Platoon, B/1-64 at COP Sperwan Ghar in Panjwai, Afghanistan in 2012.…
Episode 20 - Aftermath of a Massacre (Part 3 of 3)
In the final part of our three part series, Brandon and James talk us through the aftermath of the shootings as they returned to the United States and attempted to live out their lives. Then, they de…