Episode 16 - Jesse Driscoll (Part Two: ”True Tales from the Five-Sided Wind Tunnel”)

After taking a year off from podcasting, the first of a two-part "What Did You Do In 2022?" series. Driscoll discusses a year of participant observation on the Joint Staff, working in the Europe/NATO/Russia division as a Ukraine Desk Officer. A candid reflection on a disorienting year, as a micro-conflict scholar re-reads Thomas Schelling, signs NDAs, befriends both 'Russia Hawks' and 'Russia Understand-ists', and learns to write in the voice of the Pentagon. http://archiveraiders.weebly.com/