The Pen and the Sword

The Pen and the Sword, the podcast of the Military Writers Guild, seeks to examine war and the written word through discussions with service members, veterans, civilian analysts, and writers.

The Pen and the Sword is a society podcast hosted by The Military Writers Guild, with 9 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

The Military Writers Guild hosts The Pen and the Sword, a society show with 9 episodes published.

Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.

• 

  The Pen and the Sword

  Writing as a Community with Nathan Finney

  Aug 3, 202539 minS0

  Today on the Pen and the Sword, we kicked off the reboot of our podcast with a focus on collaborative writing and on informal communities of practice like the Military Writers Guild that advance their missions as volunteer-run organizations. There is nobody better to discuss those topics than Dr. Nathan Finney. Nate is a historian, a Strategist in the United States Army, and the President of the Military Writers Guild. Nate was the editor of the book “On Strategy”, published by Army University Press, and co-editor with Ty Mayfield of the book “Redefining the Modern Military”. We discussed the challenges of editi...

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  The Pen and the Sword

  On remembering war

  Sep 6, 201650 minS0

  In today's episode of The Pen and the Sword, Adin is joined by Randy "Charlie Sherpa" Brown, author of "FOB Haiku" and Barry Alexander, author of "On Afghanistan's Plains." The trio discuss the various ways in which we talk about and remember war, the role of humor in bridging the civilian-military divide, and more.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  The Pen and the Sword

  Guest Episode - War Stories, 1.1

  Aug 22, 201639 minS0

  Today, we're featuring a guest episode of a new project from MWG members Adin Dobkin and Angry Staff Officer. You can find their show, War Stories, at www.warstoriescast.com. In Northern France on July 14th, 1916, a cavalry unit from Hyderabad made what most consider to be the final cavalry charge of World War I before the invention of tanks. The unit, Deccan Horse, represented the last gasp of the old way of battle — a way upended by the grinding slog of the Great War. This is their story.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  The Pen and the Sword

  On The Valley - Book Club Episode One

  Jul 21, 20161h 1mS0

  On the first episode of The Pen and the Sword Book Club, Adin discusses John Renehan's The Valley alongside U.S. Army Officer Luke O'Brien, Carrie Morgan, the author of The Road Back from Broken, and Pauline Shanks Kaurin, Professor of Ethics at Pacific Lutheran University.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  The Pen and the Sword

  On the battle for the narrative

  Jun 16, 20161h 3mS0

  In today's episode, Adin is joined by John DeRosa, a DOD civilian and PhD student at George Mason University, and MSG Sohail Shaikh of the Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group. Adin, John, and Sohail discuss the role of narratives in the fight against ISIS and how the U.S. can build its narrative capacity from groups like the literary community.

  ListenShow Notes

Recent guests on The Pen and the Sword. Study who booked and why before you pitch.

Based on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:

Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.