#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love

Kelsi Sheren is a veteran, artillery gunner, and founder of Brass
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:50)
- World War II (18:54) - Yeonmi Park, starvation, and mental health
(33:10) - Kelsi's 9/11 experience (36:39) - Becoming a soldier
(43:07) - Artillery: The Hand of God (52:49) - Weapons training
(1:10:35) - Pre-Deployment (1:26:42) - Arrival to Afghanistan
(1:48:55) - Tragic war story (2:13:59) - Feelings after tragedy
(2:17:41) - The Taliban (2:23:17) - Retrospective: 20 years in
Afghanistan (2:39:57) - How war changes people (2:45:18) - PTSD
(3:14:13) - Ayahuasca and mental recovery (3:46:09) - Love
(4:04:12) - Advice for young people (4:07:33) - Death (4:13:22) -
World War II