AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast

AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast


Latest Episodes

An Exclusive Sneak Peek: What Does the Next Generation of Army Leaders Think? - Part II
August 09, 2023

Check out a sneak peek of our next episode, the second in our two-part series talking with top cadets. What do our future leaders think about climate change? Army recruiting? A.I? And social media? Tu

What Does the Next Generation of Army Leaders Think? : Part 1
August 02, 2023

Many of todays Army leaders started out as cadets in ROTC or JROTC. Well, what do the youth in the program today think about the Army and the world itself? In todays episode the first of a very sp

From Draft to All-Volunteer: A Celebration
July 19, 2023

In July, 1973 then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird announced the U.S. military would fill its ranks with volunteers, not draftees. In the last fifty years over 11 million volunteers have sig

Who Will Win This Army Cooking Competition?
July 05, 2023

Most people know Robert Irvine as a celebrity chef and television host. But not everyone knows he got his start in the British Royal Navy at age 15, that he runs 11 businesses employing over 5,000 peo

Pop Quiz: Did the U.S. Army Fight in the Asia-Pacific War?
June 21, 2023

John McManus, one of the most prolific chroniclers of Army history, has just completed an acclaimed trilogy of books about the Asia-Pacific battles in World War II. Hosts LTG (Ret.) Leslie C. Smith an

Set up for Failure? These WWII Black Women Warriors Overcame
June 07, 2023

In early 1945 a predominantly all-black, all-female battalion was sent to Europe to do the impossible: ensure delivery of 17 million pieces of mail to aid morale across the continent. They succeeded,

Finding Purpose in Hunting War Criminals and Honoring Heroes
May 24, 2023

MSG (Ret.) Darrell Utt has overseen many brave missions in his life, from ones as a young child that put food on his familys table to tracking down war criminals as a Green Beret. Today he oversees t

What’s in a name? Well, everything.
May 10, 2023

When the Department of Defense decided to examine the renaming of its bases in 2020, it turned to Brigadier General (Ret.) Ty Seidule to vice-chair its Naming Commission. Not only is BG (Ret.) Seidule

Love, Art and an Inspired Baby Name
April 26, 2023

Actress Jill Wagner (Teen Wolf, Wipeout, numerous romance films), was raised in a military family, and reunited with an old boyfriend, Major David Lemanowicz, while on a USO Tour in Afghanistan in 201

Lessons on Being Bold from the Next Generation
April 12, 2023

What does the next generation think about the world today? About service? About their own anxieties? Well, perhaps the best place to start is to chat with this years Boys and Girls Clubs of Americas