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The Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief. It was released leading up to up to Election Day 2016, starting with George Washington in week one and ending on week 44 with the president-elect. New special episodes in the countdown to the 2020 presidential election highlight other stories from U.S. presidential history that can help illuminate our current momen ...
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Peaches is flying solo and absolutely torching weak leadership in this unfiltered rant from the Ones Ready team room. The story? A Monster Mash at Little Rock AFB was shut down at the last second—after 50 candidates paid their own way—because someone got scared of “bad optics” during a government shutdown. Spoiler: nobody died, but the leadership’s spine sure did.
Peaches tears into risk-averse commanders, lazy optics-warriors, and anyone who hides behind policy instead of taking ownership. Then he spotlights one real-deal hero: Col. Echard, the 19th Airlift Wing Commander who told everyone to “keep pressing” and owned the risk like a leader should.
If you’ve ever wondered why morale tanks or why recruiting struggles, this episode spells it out in flaming detail. Get ready for rants, real talk, and a reminder that courage doesn’t come from PowerPoint slides.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Peaches in the team room, solo and slightly unhinged
02:30 – The Monster Mash disaster: how 50 candidates got burned
05:10 – Government shutdown excuses and the weak “optics” cop-out
07:30 – Risk aversion: the silent killer of military progress
10:45 – Enter Col. Eckerd: one leader who actually leads
13:00 – “Own the risk, keep pressing” – how real commanders operate
15:00 – Peaches unloads on leadership that folds under pressure
18:00 – Lessons from chaos: empathy, ownership, and doing better
20:00 – Shoutouts to the EOD team and recruiters who kept grinding
22:30 – The Ones Ready mission: real training, real risk, real results
24:00 – PMA, TastyGains, and Peaches roasting himself before bed
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