Show Notes
Amy Do and Blender Bluid join me to unpack the lengthy, complicated story of Pat Tillman. For a typically facts-dense podcast about corporate wrongdoings, this episode is decidedly more opinionated -- this isn't a single business for which we can dig up public reports, lawsuits, etc. Rather, this episode dives into the general misuse of someone's memory so that a variety of folks can milk ad revenue on Youtube and sell tee shirts. Plain and simple, I think that sucks!
I've never been in more physical pain recording an episode nor have I taken so many L's in the leadup to it. Thanks for your patience on letting me take a week off before dropping this one! Once I get everything fixed up we should be back to a normal schedule.
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SOURCES:
- Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman, Mary Tillman, 2008
- Pat Tillman Awarded the Silver Star, Billy House, USA Today, 2004
- REMEMBER HIS NAME, Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated 2006
- PRO FOOTBALL; Tillman Leaves N.F.L. to Join Army, Mike Freeman, New York Times, 2002
- New Details on Tillman's Death, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press, Feb 2007
- After Pat’s Birthday, Kevin Tillman, Truthdig 2006
- TACKLING PAID PATRIOTISM: A Joint Oversight Report, John McCain and Jeff Flake 2015
- "THINGS HAVE CHANGED BUT THINGS AREN'T BETTER", Gary Joyce, Sportsnet
- The NFL, The Military, and the Hijacking of Pat Tillman’s Story, Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept 2017
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse
- Richard Tillman on Bill Maher, clip from funeral 1:00-ish in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwsy8FEL0ls&ab_channel=DenaliMutt
