Episode 8

Combat Missions, PTSD & Life After War with Danny Eakins

I talk with my friend Danny Eakins — a former Army Major who led more than 300 combat missions in Iraq and now works with Veterans Services helping soldiers and their families. We get into what combat actually does to a person, how PTSD shows up years later, the strange afterlife of military service, dating as a veteran, personal growth, and even Napster. It’s a grounded conversation about war, recovery, identity, and what it takes to rebuild a life once the adrenaline is gone.

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Jef Taylor

Jef Taylor is an editor, filmmaker, and reluctant grown-up. He hosts onefjef, where he talks to people (and sometimes himself) about work, purpose, and the strange ways life unfolds. Before podcasting, he spent years shaping other people’s stories—now he’s telling his own.