The Vanguard Wall Podcast

From a Youngstown Mob Town to the Army's Sleep Lab | Dr. Allison Brager

1.8K views · 19h ago · 5:37:34

Guest: Dr. Allison Brager

We cover the caffeine research driven by a real operational need, after Ranger Instructors died when one fell asleep at the wheel driving down from the mountain phase of Ranger School, why 200 mg is the ceiling, what a single concussion does to sleep, why women sleep deeper than men, and what your wearable can't see.

Topics: How we met · Meet Dr. Allison Brager · Growing up in a Youngstown mob town · A gunman locked her dad in a meat freezer · Pole vaulting in Ohio · A family of athletes

📖 Mentioned book: Meathead: Unraveling the Athletic Brain

Shot by His Own Side and Paralyzed, This Bomb Tech Walked Again

3.3K views · 6d ago · 17:57

Jeff Dawson was sitting in a ditch on a night raid in Afghanistan when he saw a laser behind him. Then it felt like he'd been hit in the head really hard. He looked down at his legs and couldn't feel them. The round came in through his right arm, went through his chest, fractured his left shoulder blade and exposed his spinal cord from T1 to T8.

Topics: 92% illumination · A barricaded shooter · Straddling the ditch · "I think I got shot" · What the bullet did · Struggling to breathe

▶️ Mentioned videos: Full episode with SFC (Ret.) Jeff Dawson

After Objective Ares: Four Killed, a Ramp Ceremony, and a Medal That Can't Bring Them Back

3.2K views · 1w ago · 28:08

Guest: After Objective Ares

Four people were killed by IEDs on Objective Ares, IEDs Jeff Dawson says he was the only one on the ground there to find. This is what came after. Jeff talks about the Cultural Support Team and 1st Lt. Jennifer Moreno. He talks about reaching Sgt. Joseph Peters while he was still breathing, and his first ramp ceremony. Back at the strike force, the Rangers met him with handshakes and hugs.

Topics: "That award isn't really yours" · 1st Lt. Jennifer Moreno and the Cultural Support Team · How well he knew Jenny Moreno · Sgt. Joseph Peters was still breathing · His first ramp ceremony · One of the most complex attacks

▶️ Mentioned videos: Full episode with SFC (Ret.) Jeff Dawson