Listen "Carlson’s War: Part 1"
Episode Synopsis
What does it mean to live through war? And can someone who’s experienced
war ever get over it? These are questions NPR’s Quil Lawrence has been
asking himself for years. A decade ago, Lawrence did a story on David
Carlson, a veteran who’d excelled at being a soldier but struggled at
home with PTSD, drugs and finally incarceration. Could Carlson find a
way out or would the trauma of war come to define his life?Listen to Part 2 here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
war ever get over it? These are questions NPR’s Quil Lawrence has been
asking himself for years. A decade ago, Lawrence did a story on David
Carlson, a veteran who’d excelled at being a soldier but struggled at
home with PTSD, drugs and finally incarceration. Could Carlson find a
way out or would the trauma of war come to define his life?Listen to Part 2 here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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