Participants: John Steppling, Luna Nguyen, EJ Johnson, Hiroyuki Hamada, Cory Morningstar and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: The branding and marketing of US military organizations, the aesthetics and excesses of military and ICE agent uniforms, military propaganda embedded in all entertainment, the mental decline of Donald Trump, Hegseth’s holy war, the struggling U.S. Navy fleet, reactions in Vietnam to the war against Iran, Vietnam’s history of economic reform and dealing with corruption, the impossibility of mythic journeys in a nation of interstate highways. Music track: “Baby Love” by Jack Littman (used with permission).