Today is International Women’s Day, Monday, March 8th, 2021.
*TONIGHT ON THE SHOW WE TALK ABOUT DARK ASPECTS OF MILITARY SERVICE: STARTING WITH AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH GLORIA GUILLEN, THE MOTHER OF VANESSA GUILLEN. vANESSA WAS THE ARMY SOLDIER WHO CONFIDED IN HER FAMILY THAT SHE WAS BEING SEXUALLY HARASSED, AND AFTER GOING MISSING, SHE WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN MURDERED BY FELLOW ARMY SOLDIERS. HER MOTHER, GLORIA CALLS OUT THE ENTIRE ARMY CHAIN OF COMMAND FOR CONSPIRACY AND A COVER UP AND IS ADVOCATING FOR ZERO ENLISTMENT.
*WE ALSO WILL ALSO SPEAK TO JENNIFER DANE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE “MODERN MILITARY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, AN AIRFORCE VETERAN, JENNIFER TALKS TO US ABOUT A VERY DIFFERENT, FIGHT, HOW MILITARY AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST LGB AND TRANS PEOPLE WHO ARE OR WANT TO BE SERVICE MEMBERS. AND JENNIFER IS A SURVIVOR OF MILITARY SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
**WE CLOSE THE HOUR IN CONVERSATION WITH EMILY YATES, A 6 YEAR ARMY VETERAN, WRITER AND FOLK SINGER.