Serial 2 Ep. 7 & 8 “Hindsight”

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Serial Podcast Season 2 Episode 7 and 8 – Reflection             In episodes 7 and 8, the podcast explores why Bowe walked off and what was he going through at the time. Bowe grew up being homeschooled and spent a lot of his time in solitude and would explore the 40+ acres he grew up on. Bowe was scared of punishments from his family as they were varied and inconsistent. When Bowe was...

About Me

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 About Me My name is Sydney McCall Roth. I was born in Portland, Oregon and I have a twin sister, Savannah.  My family moved to Massachusetts when I was two and I have lived in Fairhaven since I was four. My mom is a financial advisor and my dad is a city planner. They instilled the importance of education and travel, key values I still have today. In terms of academics, I have loved math and...

POL 103 Serial 2 Ep. 6 “5 O’Clock Shadow”

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Serial Podcast Season 2 Episode 6 - Reflection                       This episode was a more in-depth analysis of what was going during Bowe’s deployment and why he left. Bowe’s platoon mates all repeatedly said that Bowe was an introvert. They noticed that Bowe had his own version of what leadership should be and that he was very disillusioned with the leadership in his unit from...

POL 103 Serial 2 Ep.5 “Meanwhile, in Tampa”

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Serial Podcast Season 2 Episode 5 - Reflection          This episode goes over all of the different organizations and people who had some involvement looking for Bergdahl. The complexity that this episode demonstrates between all the different actors in This search from a family friend to the higher-ups in the CIA and State Department. One thing I noticed is that the FBI got involved...

POL 103 Serial 2 Ep. 4 “The Captors”

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Serial Podcast Season 2 Episode 4- Reflection                 Episode 4 was all about the Taliban and the people that captured and held Bowe during his five years with the Taliban.  Also in this episode, we are introduced to an American journalist who was captured by the Taliban for 7 months and escaped just prior to Bowe being captured. Bowe did not know much about the Taliban and their...

POL 103 Serial 2 Ep.3 “Escaping”

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Serial Podcast Season 2 Episode 3- Reflection                    In this episode, the podcast goes over Bowe’s only two escape attempts.  The first one occurred in week one of his capture. Bowe says it lasted about 15 minutes. He managed to unwrap his wrists, untie his feet and untie the wire latch.  Once Bowe was out of his room he saw three houses and runs past the first two...

POL 103 Serial 2 Ep. 2 “Golden Chicken”

admin September 21, 2018 0 Comments
Serial Podcast Season 2 Episode 2 - Reflection In Episode Two, Sarah Koenig interviews a Taliban fighter and Sami Yousafzai, an Afghan reporter, who interviewed a half dozen people who claimed to be involved with Bowe’s capture or interacted with Bowe. The Taliban fighter Sarah interviewed is Mujahid Rahman which is an alias to protect his identity. The Taliban’s and Bowe’s stories of...

POL 103 Serial 2 Ep. 1 “DUSTWUN”

admin September 13, 2018 0 Comments
Serial Podcast Season 2 Episode 1- Reflection             In June of 2009, Bowe Bergdahl intentionally walked off his army post in Afghanistan. His plan was to walk of his post at OP Mest and run approximately 20 miles to FOB Sharana which was the base. After looking at the fly-over in the Listening Guide, I don’t think it was a very practical plan due to the terrain and the dangers of...
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