About the show
Join us for vibrant camaraderie, playful joking and hot takes on current events, interesting trends and quirky stories of interest to the military and veteran community.
The weekly podcast is produced by The American Legion.
For more stories and videos please visit www.legion.org/tangoalphalima
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Episodes
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Episode 236: Tango Alpha Lima: Burn Pits 360 Activist Danielle Robinson
October 22nd, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 13 mins
advocacy, american legion, apache, area 52, blackhawk, burn pits, cancer, chinook, community, gaffers' tape, gorilla tape, gwot, iraq, kosovo, legislation, military, pact act, post-9/11, service, state of the union, top secret, toxic exposure, uct tape, va disability rating, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 235: Tango Alpha Lima: Blue Star Families Founder and CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet
October 15th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 6 mins
american legion, beetlejuice, blue star, capitol hill, childcare, community, dark humor, financial security, gwot, halloween, homeless, lobbying, love, marine corps, mental wellness, military, military family, military lifestyle, military spouse, pcs, post-9/11, service, total family force, tropic thunder, veteran, virginia, welcome week
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 234: Tango Alpha Lima: Stronghold Food Pantry CEO and founder Monica Bassett
October 8th, 2024 | Season 5 | 42 mins 1 sec
american legion, anonymity, asking for help, bravo zulu, bz, clean your plate, community, compassion, empathy, financial stability, food insecurity, food pantry, food stamps, gwot, junior enlisted, logistics, military, military families, navy, networking, post-9/11, sasquatch, service, stigma, supply shortage, veteran, veteran non-profits, wic
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 233: Tango Alpha Lima: Exit 12 Dance Company co-founder and Artistic Director Román Baca
October 1st, 2024 | Season 5 | 59 mins 52 secs
american legion, art therapy, arts, ballet, bravo zulu, breakdancing, choreography, community, creative, dance, gwot, homeless veterans, hope, iraq, joy, korean war veteran, marine, military, military family, navy, olympics, post-9/11, raygun, scandal, service, spirituality, veteran, wifi
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Tango Alpha Lima Be The One EP14: Green Star Mother and Veteran Suicide Prevention advocate
October 1st, 2024 | Season 5 | 39 mins 10 secs
abu ghraib prison, american legion, anti-psychotics, be the one, community, green star family, green star mother, gwot, mental health, mental wellness, military, military family, post-9/11, prescription, psychiatric drugs, ptsd, service, suicidal ideation, suicide prevention, va, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 232: Tango Alpha Lima: VA Pact Act Transitional Executive Director Steven Miska
September 24th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 17 mins
accredited service officers, afghan interpreters, agent orange, american legion, astronaut, budget shortfalls, c&p exam, community, disability claim, fallujah, flight surgeon, gwot, homelessness, ied, inter-generational effects of exposure, international space station, iraqi interpreters, issues-based, local national partners, military, military transition, mustache, naval aviator, navy seal, non-partisan, pact act, post-9/11, presumptive conditions, professional development, service, service dog, siv, tikrit, toxic exposure, unhoused veterans, va secretary, vba, veteran, veteran employment, vietnam veteran, vso, west la va, west point
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 231: Tango Alpha Lima: "The Littlest" Navy SEAL David Brown
September 17th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 11 mins
007, american legion, arine, author, buds, civic duty, community, election, epa, freedom, gwot, hell week, ied, interpreter, iraq, jacques cousteau, memoir, military, navy seal, ncis, politics, post-9/11, service, special agent, two-party system, udt frogmen, veteran, veterans issues, voting, white house
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 230: Tango Alpha Lima: Marine Corps veteran, author and adventurer Akshay Nanavati
September 10th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 29 mins
9/11, addiction, adventuring, alcohol, american legion, antarctica, be the one, blackhawk down, camaraderie, claims processors, community, disability claim, drugs, duality, e-sports, ego, expedition, gaming, gwot, keto, marine corps, medal of honor, military, nature, oklahoma, peer-to-peer, post-9/11, ptsd, regiment gaming, service, south pole, suicide, support, va, valor, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 229: Tango Alpha Lima: Irish bassist and wellness advocate Tanya O'Callaghan
September 3rd, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 5 mins
american legion, animal welfare, bass player, bassist, be the one, caretakers, community, concurrent receipt, disability claim, documentary, foodie, gig, gwot, irish, mental health, military, miss usa, musician, nomad, pact act, pageant, post-9/11, richard starr act, service, suicide, touring, training, unity, va, va benefits, veteran, vietnam veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Tango Alpha Lima Be The One EP13: Golden Gate Bridge jump survivor Kevin Hines
September 1st, 2024 | Season 5 | 38 mins 37 secs
american legion, atlanta, be the one, bipolar depression, brain health, community, despair, food as medicine, functional medicine, golden gate bridge, gwot, healing, hope, i need help now, isolation, listen, mental health, mental wellness, military, normalize thoughts of suicide, post-9/11, ptsd, recovery, self-awareness, service, suicidal ideation, suicide prevention, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 228: Tango Alpha Lima: American Legion 105th National Convention
August 27th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 18 mins
american legion, be the one, burial benefits, cemetery, champva, coin collection, comfort, community, crafting, dental care, fitness, gaming, gravesite, gwot, healing, honor, ketamine, medicare, medicare advantage, mental health, military, military spouse, mint, neuro plasticity, post-9/11, psychedelics, ptsd, public health, quilting, rpg, service, social isolation, stigma, suicidality, supplements, tricare, veteran, wellcare, wellness, wwii, wwii memorial
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 227: Tango Alpha Lima: Wellbeing Think Tank founder Chase Sterling
August 20th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 25 mins
ai, american legion, community, dogs, entrepreneur, exercise science, fitness, gwot, halo, health, inclusivity, k9, marines, military, military dog, military transition, navsea, pentagon, post-9/11, red sky morning, robot, role model, service, spaceballs, supersoldier, swifties, taylor swift, toxic workplace, training, veteran, weightlifting, wellbeing consultant, working dog, workplace wellbeing
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 226: Tango Alpha Lima: Marine Corps Veteran and Comedian Bryson Banks
August 13th, 2024 | Season 5 | 49 mins 19 secs
air force veteran, american legion, be the one, buddy check, camaraderie, coffee chat, comedian, community, crowdwork, f-bomb, fasting, gwot, honor, legion family, mental health support, military, military spouse, pershing park, post-9/11, ptsd, remembrance, service, soldier’s journey, stand-up, veteran, world war i memorial, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 225: Tango Alpha Lima: FOX Sports NFL Insider and MVP Co-Founder Jay Glazer
August 6th, 2024 | Season 5 | 58 mins 10 secs
afghanistan, american legion, be the one, bill rasmussen], celebration, combat veteran, community, douglas macarthur, espn, gwot, herstory, mental health, merging vets & players, military, mma, mvp, nfl, post-9/11, pow, ptsd, purple heart, rescue mission, selflessness, service, shoshanna johnson, survivor guilt, survivor responsibility, teammate, transition, veteran, veteran suicide, veterans portrait project, woman veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Tango Alpha Lima Be The One EP12: Treatment innovations with OSU researcher Dr. Craig Bryan
August 1st, 2024 | Season 5 | 35 mins 48 secs
air force, alternative treatment, american legion, army, be the one, brain injury, coast guard, community, gun safety, marines, mental health, mental wellness, military, navy, patriotic, psycotherapies, ptsd, research, strive, suicide prevention, support, tbi, usa, usaf, uscg, usmc, usn, veteran, veterans strengthening america
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 224: Tango Alpha Lima: Servant Leadership with Retired Lt. Col Oakland McCulloch
July 30th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 9 mins
american legion, code-breakers, community, fdr, gwot, journaling, leadership, marketing, military, military jokes, navy, post-9/11, prayers, president franklin d. roosevelt, rotc, self-reflection, servant leadership, service, training, transition, trust, veteran, vision, waves, west point, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.