Left Face

36:13

Generals Out, Drones In: Hegseth's Plan for the Military

Left Face ·

2026/10/03

Adam Gillard and Dick Wilkinson start with the congressional hearing featuring former special counsel Jack Smith. They argue it was performative clip-hunting ahead of the midterms that buried what Smith actually said about January 6th. They also cover the senator whose "gotcha" text messages fell apart when it came out that Smith was at an Iowa Hawkeyes game, not in Atlanta.Most of the episode breaks down Secretary Hegseth's annual State of the Forces address, delivered this year to E-6s and O-3s

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26:26

LIVE from COATI: Why Veterans Check Out of Elections

Left Face ·

2026/10/02

In this live episode recorded at COATI, Adam Gillard and Dick Wilkinson talk about a contradiction in military life. Service members risk their lives to bring voting to other countries, but veterans and active-duty troops often vote at lower rates than the public they serve.The hosts share their own stories. They talk about checking out of local politics while moving between duty stations, voting absentee in home states they no longer followed, and not realizing that the Colorado they'd retire to

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30:49

Wedding Gifts, Ballot Grabs, and a Showdown at the UN

Left Face ·

2026/09/27

Adam Gillard and Dick Wilkinson cover three stories this week. First, three Republican senators, including John Cornyn, are calling for an investigation after reports that a Russian oligarch with ties to Putin paid for part of Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration. The hosts compare it to the Hunter Biden coverage and to a House ethics filing that let Rep. Jeff Crank accept wedding-related gifts from donors without itemizing them.Next, Dick gets on his soapbox about a Northern California sheriff

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37:07

The Strait of Hormuz Chaos Comes to the Pump

Left Face ·

2026/09/19

Adam and Dick record on backup equipment at Plan B Studios and cover a lot of ground. The episode opens with the Project Taurus town hall, where supporters and a bipartisan group of opponents spoke and City Council voted to delay its decision until a week after the next election instead of adopting a moratorium. Adam, who spoke at the meeting, and Dick, who has built data centers, dig into the military and classified-data sales pitch, the noise claims, and the push for an April moratorium ballot

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33:50

Boot-Licking Diplomacy and Bribing the Midterms

Left Face ·

2026/09/13

Hormuz and the Red Sea heat up as tankers burn and a Saudi pipeline goes dark. Witkoff and Kushner cozy up to Putin in Moscow. The GOP's midterm convention delivers culture-war theater and Trump's out-of-nowhere $5,000 bribe. Plus: the reflecting pool scandal nobody saw coming.

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32:10

Institutional Knowledge Under Fire: The Leadership...

Left Face ·

2026/09/05

Adam and Dick break down a rough stretch for military leadership and election security. The Secretary of the Army just resigned amid friction with Pete Hegseth, following the ousting of the Army Chief of Staff and roughly 80 general officers pushed out or sidelined — more than half of them women or people of color. They talk through what that institutional knowledge loss actually costs, and where AI-driven weapons systems are already outpacing the ethical debate around them. Then: the Supreme

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33:03

The Platner Problem: Is the Democrats' Best Hope Also...

Left Face ·

2026/06/14

This week on Left Face: the Graham Platner saga in Maine takes center stage, breaking down the SS death's-head tattoo controversy, the womanizing allegations from a Republican lobbyist with timing that raises eyebrows, and what it means when a populist grassroots phenomenon becomes a national liability for Democrats. Then it's Hormuz Watch, where Adam and Dick try to make sense of the on fire status of the Strait, a wild story about an Apache crew rescued by an unmanned drone boat, and whether

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44:31

Staring Into the Cistern: Iran Stalemate, Conspiracy...

Left Face ·

2026/06/01

Adam and Dick open with this week's Hormuz Watch — the strait is still closed, the news cycle is exhausted, and the administration has no endgame beyond getting back to where things were before. Then it's the debut of Conspiracy Corner: the Lone Star tick, Alpha-Gal syndrome, and the theory that Bill Gates bioengineered a meat allergy to save the planet (as explained by a sitting congressman on Joe Rogan, naturally). From there, the guys break down the Texas Senate Republican primary — Ken Paxton's

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37:07

Polis, Peters, and Political Favors

Left Face ·

2026/05/24

A naval blockade letting every ship through, a clemency that may have been a political trade, a $1.8 billion fund of questionable legality, and one Kentucky libertarian willing to torch his career over Epstein. This week on Left Face.

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37:32

The Strait is Ajar & Redistricting straight to 1984

Left Face ·

2026/05/09

The Hormuz situation has a third status now — not open, not closed, just barely cracked. Adam and Dick break down the asymmetric threat keeping ships from moving, the 90-day war powers shuffle, and why we're headed for Obama's deal with Trump's signature and a lot of dead people in between.Virginia let the people vote and the Supreme Court threw it out anyway. A Supreme Court nominee won't commit to the 22nd Amendment. And an untrained guy with a gun almost did the unthinkable because a cop didn't

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40:19

The War That Isn't: Dangling Keys, Distraction, and...

Left Face ·

2026/05/05

Adam and Dick break down the administration's Iran war messaging — from the 60-day war powers clock getting "paused" by a tweeted ceasefire, to Hegseth's belligerent non-answers before Congress. They unpack the marijuana reclassification as a shiny distraction, dig into the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act and what Louisiana's governor did within 48 hours, and get into a genuinely interesting debate about whether racial gerrymandering — even the remedial kind — was ever the right

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42:21

Hormuz Watch: Congress, Corruption, and a Very Ballsy...

Left Face ·

2026/04/26

Dick and Adam break down a chaotic week in American politics — four congressional departures in seven days, from Swalwell's swift fall to a Texas Republican who only left when the margin gave him no cover. They dig into the soldier who bet on his own classified mission in Venezuela, what it reveals about the dangers of betting on anything, and why the genie is very much out of the bottle. Plus: Kash Patel's lawsuit against The Atlantic, a cabinet secretary who took her staff to a strip club, and why

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41:31

Ranching While Black; The Outgroup always expands

Left Face ·

2026/04/19

This week Adam and Dick are joined in studio by Pablo Capistrano — 20-year Navy veteran, local activist, and co-founder of Civic Shield, a firearm safety program serving vulnerable communities in the Colorado Springs area.In this episode:We start close to home with the story of Freedom Acres Ranch — a Black-owned farm in Yoder, Colorado run by CW and Nicole Mallory. What began as a fresh start after Hurricane Harvey became a years-long campaign of harassment, a bogus felony stalking charge from El

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42:45

Supreme Court Week: Winners, Losers, and Children in...

Left Face ·

2026/04/11

Adam and Dick break down a chaotic week in American politics, law, and foreign policy through a veteran lens from Colorado Springs.Topics covered:Trump's unprecedented appearance at Supreme Court oral arguments on birthright citizenship — and his Truth Social meltdown afterwardThe SCOTUS conversion therapy ruling out of Colorado Springs: what it actually decided, what it deliberately avoided, and why Justice Jackson's dissent cuts to the heart of itICE arresting a soldier's wife outside Fort Polk

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43:19

Death Is a Reasonable Solution: Veterans on Guns,...

Left Face ·

2026/04/04

An honest conversation about military culture, what basic training actually does to your worldview, and why arming troops on base might get people killed. Iran was built for a long war and only has to survive to win. The guys break down why the administration's victory claims don't add up — and what the real endgame looks like.

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43:15

The Cyclops's Eye: Iran, Airports, and the Chaos...

Left Face ·

2026/03/29

AdamandDickopenwithtwolocalitems—NoKings3hittingColoradoSpringstomorrowandSyracuseUniversity'sveterancandidatetrainingprogram,nowwithanideationtrackforfolksstillonthefenceaboutrunning.Fromthere,theygetintoColoradoSpringscitycouncilbanningvehiclecampingandwhythatsaleisdeadonarrivalwiththecurrentcouncil,contrastedwiththeSanJosetinyhomemodelthatactuallyworkedbydroppingthesobriety-firstrequirementsandjustopeningthedoors.Onthefederalside:ICEgetsdeployedtoairportswithnocoherentmission,noshiftbriefing,andno

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39:16

From Iran to César Chávez: Power, Abuse, and...

Left Face ·

2026/03/21

Dick and Adam open with Iran's public execution of protesters — including a 19-year-old wrestler — as a deliberate message of state terror, then pivot to Pete Hegseth's $200 billion war funding request and what the quadrupling of that number actually signals about U.S. military strategy. The conversation shifts to the Time Magazine investigation into César Chávez, the allegations of sexual abuse against him, and how Dolores Huerta and the Chávez family have responded. The guys also touch on Cuba's

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38:19

From the Strait of Hormuz to Your Front Door:...

Left Face ·

2026/03/14

Iran's decentralized military structure means no single target stops the drone and missile threat. Meanwhile, lone-wolf attacks are ticking up stateside. Adam and Dick connect the dots between foreign escalation, domestic terrorism, eroding civil liberties, and an administration that treats every crisis as an opportunity to grab more power.

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37:56

Faith, Power, and War: How Religion Is Creeping Into...

Left Face ·

2026/03/07

Left Face Podcast — Pikes Peak Region Politics Through a Progressive Veterans LensThis week on Left Face, Adam and the team unpack a chaotic week in American politics and global conflict. From cabinet shakeups in Washington to a rapidly escalating war with Iran, the conversation dives into the deeper forces shaping today’s political landscape.The episode begins with the firing (or “lateral move”) of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and what it says about the current administration’s governing style—one

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00:43:38

VA Backtracks on Bad Rule after Backlash

Left Face ·

2026/02/21

The Left Face podcast discusses the dramatic week in veterans news, focusing on the interim rule that impacts veterans' benefits. The conversation delves into the responsibility, reaction, and details of the rule, as well as its insulting nature and political affiliations. It also covers the Supreme Court ruling, potential conflict with Iran, and the formation of new alliances. Additionally, it addresses the lack of oversight and accountability in the administration, as well as advocacy efforts at

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