# Neil Sheehan

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Episode 387 - The Battle of Ap Bac

SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Early during the US War in Vietnam, incompetent American advisors to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), who is also incompetent, get incredibly mad as they attempt to get them to fight the Viet Cong, despite the fact t…

Neil Sheehan Has an Axe to Grind

Neil Sheehan is the President of Vocana, a cutting-edge social music streaming platform designed for indie artists and their fans. Vocana stands out with its user-centric payment model, social engagement features, merch integration, and robust listener data analytics to empower artists and connect …

Beyond the Tip Jar: How Vocana is Democratizing Independent Music

🚀 New Episode Alert! In this episode of SoundBreaker, host Bob Shami sits down with Neil Sheehan, the President of Vocana and a veteran of the music industry with over 30 years of experience. Neil takes us through his incredible journey—from booking metal and punk bands in VFW halls with $900 in h…

Hannah Arendt on lying in politics

Backdrop: The recent events in Washington surrounding Biden and the emerging factions of people trying to either oust him , or ride and hide with him. Below is a relevant excerpt from a 1972 speech by Hannah Arendt on the Pentagon Papers, which may give an insight into what is going on behind the …

Graham Greene: The Novelist Who Never Stopped Spying

The novelist Graham Greene ranks at number 6 on Tim Shipman's infamous Best Spy Writers list — and yet we haven't given him enough airtime on the podcast. Time to put that right. Graham Greene didn't just write about spies — spying was the family business. His uncle founded Naval Intelligence. H…

John Jenkins, "Summer of '71" – Part 1

John A. Jenkins has been a journalist most of his life in the city of his birth, Washington, DC. He says he's never known another summer like the one 55 years ago. His book, "Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America," focuses on well-known names from that era: Daniel Ellsberg, Neil Sheehan, …

BN+: John Jenkins, "Summer of '71" – Part 1

John A. Jenkins has been a journalist most of his life in the city of his birth, Washington, DC. He says he's never known another summer like the one 55 years ago. His book, "Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America," focuses on well-known names from that era: Daniel Ellsberg, Neil Sheehan, …

Ciphered Past Episode 97- Summer of 71 with John A Jenkins

What if the decisions that ultimately brought down Richard Nixon began long before the Watergate break-in? In Episode 97 of Ciphered Past, Tim Gardner and Eli Frame welcome acclaimed journalist and author John A. Jenkins for an in-depth conversation about his book, Summer of '71, and one of the mos…

The Summer of '71? It's déjà vu all over again

Little did veteran journalist John Jenkins know at the time he was given his very first reporting job at Washington D.C.'s  Bureau of National Affairs in the spring of 1971, that he had been handed a front row seat to one of the most consequential periods in American and global history.  In his new…