Episode 4: The military and reproductive health care

In this episode of Military Matters, host Rod Rodriguez spoke with Stars and Stripes reporter Nancy Montgomery and military spouse and Air Force reservist Bari Wald about the issues service members face when they need abortions.

Fast Take: North Korea, Ukraine and ‘upping the ante’ for global conflict

In this Fast Take episode, the Military Matters team looks back at the two-part interview with retired Army Special Forces Col. David Maxwell on North Korea.

Episode 3: Modern-day North Korea, and what a reunified peninsula might look like

Co-host Jack Murphy and retired Army Special Forces Col. David Maxwell continue their discussion in this week’s episode with a look at modern-day North Korea and what a theoretical unified Korean peninsula might look like.

Episode 2: A history of conflict on the Korean peninsula

Korea expert David Maxwell detailed the history of the Korean peninsula since the end of World War II and the ongoing conflict between North and South in part one of co-host Jack Murphy’s interview.

Fast Take: Standing up to Hurricane Ian

In this Fast Take episode, co-host Rod Rodriguez shares his experience with Hurricane Ian in Florida with co-host Jack Murphy.

Season 6 premiere: Veterans lend a hand in Florida after Hurricane Ian

Military Matters cohost Rod Rodriguez traveled to Englewood, Fla., to help out in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian alongside fellow military veteran Ryan Hontz and Matt Ryan.

ICYMI episode: Critical race theory and a ‘woke’ military

Military Matters will return with its Season 6 premiere next week. In the meantime, take another listen to this Season 4 episode on critical race theory and a “woke” military.”

ICYMI episode: Pseudoscience, the occult and the rise of Nazi Germany

While the Military Matters podcast team is in preproduction for Season 6, take another listen to this Season 4 episode on pseudoscience, the occult and the rise of Nazi Germany.

ICYMI episode: The veterans who helped Save Our Allies in Afghanistan

To mark the one-year anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal, revisit this Season 4 episode of Military Matters, in which co-hosts Rod Rodriguez and Jack Murphy talk to two of the veterans who helped evacuate Afghan allies.

Russia invades Ukraine, military housing woes and more: A look back at Military Matters’ 5th season

In this season 5 wrap-up episode of Military Matters, co-hosts Rod Rodriguez and Jack Murphy revisit stories about the war in Ukraine, military housing and more.

Episode 9: NATO, Russia and the threat of nuclear war

In this week’s episode of Military Matters, co-host Rod Rodriguez delves into NATO’s history and the nuclear threat raised by the war in Ukraine.

Fast Take: Bowe Bergdahl, an American cipher

On this week’s Fast Take, co-hosts Jack Murphy and Rod Rodriguez share their thoughts on Bowe Bergdahl, who deserted his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held captive by the Taliban for five years.

Episode 8: The truth about Bowe Bergdahl, the POW who deserted his post in Afghanistan

In this episode of Military Matters, co-host Jack Murphy and author Michael Ames dig into the story of Army infantryman Bowe Bergdahl, who deserted his post in Afghanistan and was held captive by the Taliban from 2009 to 2014.

Fast Take: How could Michael Froede’s suicide have been prevented?

In this Fast Take episode of Military Matters, co-hosts Jack Murphy and Rod Rodriguez discuss Murphy’s story on Army intelligence operative Michael Froede, who took his own life in 2019.

Episode 7: The suicide of Army intelligence operative Michael Froede

In this week’s episode of Military Matters, co-host Jack Murphy looks into the suicide of Army clandestine intelligence operative Michael Froede.

Fast Take: Andrew Milburn, The Mozart Group and contractors in Ukraine

In this week’s Fast Take, co-hosts Rod Rodriguez and Jack Murphy reflect on Murphy’s interview with Marine veteran Andrew Milburn in last week’s episode.

Episode 6: The Mozart Group trains Ukrainian troops on the front line

Co-host Jack Murphy speaks with U.S. Marine Corps veteran Andrew Milburn, former deputy commander of Special Operations Command Central, about his efforts with The Mozart Group to train Ukraine’s fighters.

Fast Take: How does the military solve its housing issues?

In this Fast Take episode of Military Matters, co-host Rod Rodriguez and Stars and Stripes reporter Rose Thayer revisit last week’s episode, in which Thayer provided an update on the tenant bill of rights.

Episode 5: Why the tenant bill of rights still isn’t working for military families

In this episode of Military Matters, host Rod Rodriguez and Stars and Stripes reporter Rose Thayer look into why the tenant bill of rights has failed to help military families.