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Stan R. Mitchell: The View from the Front

Stan R. Mitchell: The View from the Front

By: Stan R. Mitchell
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 I cover politics, military matters, and hot spots in the world each week. And, I'm a calm voice and an optimist at heart, so I will lower your blood pressure. Finally, I end each show by sharing some Biblical wisdom and spiritual encouragement.

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  • The 10-2-25 edition of The View from the Front podcast.

    The 10-2-25 edition of The View from the Front podcast.
    Oct 2 2025
    Welcome to the show!If you are viewing this on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or any other channel, you can find the full episode with links to video clips, news articles, and source notes at https://stanrmitchell.substack.com. (This is also the best place to learn more about the podcast, and to sign up for free email alerts each week for when the latest episode has dropped.)Timestamps:Timestamp: (0:00). Intro and my base views and personal beliefs (for those new to the show or trying to figure out what I’m really about — trust me, I’m completely transparent).Timestamp: (8:24). Programming note: no episode next week! I’ll be on a cruise.Timestamp: (10:13). About that government shutdown.Timestamp: (16:58). Let’s talk about the Hegseth/Trump meeting with the 800 generals and admirals. My views probably aren’t what you expect on that, and it’s not a view I’ve seen anywhere. (Maybe it’s the Marine in me?)Timestamp: (1:01:36). More about the proposed Israel-Gaza peace deal has emerged, and support for the plan seems to be growing.Timestamp: (1:08:14). How is Europe responding to Russia? And how’s the gasoline shortage in Russia currently going?Timestamp: (1:16:35). Let’s end with some Biblical wisdom and spiritual encouragement.If you’re new to the show, here’s what I’m doing. Each week in my podcast, I cover politics, national security, and obscure military matters outside the news. I also do my best to lower your blood pressure, as I avoid clickbait.Finally, I end each show by sharing some Biblical wisdom. My hope is that you end each show better informed, less worried, and more optimistic (about both our country and your life). Also, huge shout out to those of you whose paid subscriptions make it possible for me to devote time and resources to researching and compiling the news each week. Yes, I work a full-time job and squeeze these podcasts out on my free-time. And yes, I’d like to do this full-time! 🤣If you’d like to help make that happen, you can support the show in several ways.My preferred way is for you to subscribe through Substack: https://stanrmitchell.substack.com/subscribe. You can sign up for free email alerts below if you haven’t already. And if you can chip in some support by subscribing below, I’d be honored. You can also now sign up at Patreon, if you have an account there: https://www.patreon.com/stanrmitchell Finally, you can send tips through:* Venmo (@authorstanrmitchell): https://account.venmo.com/u/authorstanrmitchell* And PayPal: https://paypal.me/StanRMitchell.One final way you can support me is by checking out my books — I’ve written twelve of them (and they’re fast-paced and exciting) on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Stan-R.-Mitchell/author/B0077BNGPG — or, you can rate and review the show on APPLE, SPOTIFY, or wherever you listen. You can listen from this page (in the player above), or you can find the podcast on your favorite channel by clicking the links below or searching for The View from the Front wherever you listen:Have a question? Email me at stanrmitchell2012@gmail.com. Please include at least your first name and city. (Or you can share your full name if you want to get a little famous.)A big preference is shown toward voice memos that are sent in. Keep them short and pithy, and I might just play them!Selected source notes for podcast and transcript above.IMPORTANT PROGRAMMING MESSAGE:No episode next week; I will be on a cruise! U.S. news:Trump’s remarks from 2011.USA Today: Can undocumented immigrants get ‘free health care’ or Medicaid? No clapping?NYTimes: “The Pentagon’s senior military leaders had warned the officers not to react or cheer, per the norms of what is supposed to be a nonpartisan military.”I respectfully think the fears are over-hyped. The Trump Administration is losing steam. They’re afraid to even have the House in session or seat a newly elected Congress member.The American people will never give in to a govt that doesn’t respect their voices.Keep the faith and stay engaged. Middle East news:Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, supports Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza. The deal includes releasing all Israeli hostages and more than 200 Palestinians serving life sentences in Israel, as well as the demilitarization of Gaza. Potential holdouts for the plan include Hamas and far-right religious nationalists in Netanyahu’s government.New York Times Editorial: This Terrible War Must EndThe war in Gaza, now approaching its second anniversary, needs to end.It needs to end for the people of Gaza, more than 60,000 of whom — roughly 3 percent of the population — have been killed. The victims include entire families and thousands of children. Neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble. Most Gazans have been displaced from their homes. Starvation and illness haunt the strip.The war needs to end for the nearly 50 Israeli hostages whom Hamas is still holding in Gaza. Those who ...
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • The 9-25-25 edition of The View from the Front podcast.

    The 9-25-25 edition of The View from the Front podcast.
    Sep 25 2025
    Welcome to the show!If you are viewing this on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or any other channel, you can find the full episode with links to video clips, news articles, and source notes at https://stanrmitchell.substack.com. (This is also the best place to learn more about the podcast, and to sign up for free email alerts each week for when the latest episode has dropped.)Timestamps:Timestamp: (0:00). Intro and my base views and personal beliefs (for those new to the show or trying to figure out what I’m really about — trust me, I’m completely transparent).Timestamp: (8:31). Some thoughts of mine on the future direction of the show, as far as length and going against the trends of our modern-day norms.Timestamp: (14:36). President Trump tried to cancel Jimmy Kimmel — but the American people have spoken, and they’re not having it.Timestamp: (30:11). Russia threatens NATO and President Trump has finally seen the light on what’s actually happening inside Ukraine, as far as Russia’s war effort.Timestamp: (50:09). There’s some great news on the Shahed drone front situation in Ukraine.Timestamp: (51:48). President Trump threatens to go back into Afghanistan — a war he helped end. Trump wants to re-take/re-control Bagram Air Base.Timestamp: (1:00:39). Gaza gets more recognition, and could the war be closer to ending?Timestamp: (1:04:01). The United States has positioned more military assets in the Caribbean. Is Venezuela closer to being a possible target?Timestamp: (1:05:37). Let’s end the news portion by covering two cool tech stories you probably haven’t seen.Timestamp: (1:11:18). Let’s end with some Biblical wisdom and spiritual encouragement.If you’re new to the show, here’s what I’m doing. Each week in my podcast, I cover politics, national security, and obscure military matters outside the news. I also do my best to lower your blood pressure, as I avoid clickbait.Finally, I end each show by sharing some Biblical wisdom. My hope is that you end each show better informed, less worried, and more optimistic (about both our country and your life). Also, huge shout out to those of you whose paid subscriptions make it possible for me to devote time and resources to researching and compiling the news each week. Yes, I work a full-time job and squeeze these podcasts out on my free-time. And yes, I’d like to do this full-time! 🤣If you’d like to help make that happen, you can support the show in several ways.My preferred way is for you to subscribe through Substack: https://stanrmitchell.substack.com/subscribe. You can sign up for free email alerts below if you haven’t already. And if you can chip in some support by subscribing below, I’d be honored. You can also now sign up at Patreon, if you have an account there: https://www.patreon.com/stanrmitchell Finally, you can send tips through:* Venmo (@authorstanrmitchell): https://account.venmo.com/u/authorstanrmitchell* And PayPal: https://paypal.me/StanRMitchell.One final way you can support me is by checking out my books — I’ve written twelve of them (and they’re fast-paced and exciting) on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Stan-R.-Mitchell/author/B0077BNGPG — or, you can rate and review the show on APPLE, SPOTIFY, or wherever you listen. You can listen from this page (in the player above), or you can find the podcast on your favorite channel by clicking the links below or searching for The View from the Front wherever you listen:Have a question? Email me at stanrmitchell2012@gmail.com. Please include at least your first name and city. (Or you can share your full name if you want to get a little famous.)A big preference is shown toward voice memos that are sent in. Keep them short and pithy, and I might just play them!Selected source notes for podcast and transcript above.U.S. news:Heather Cox Richardson wrote:In Strength in Numbers, G. Elliott Morris noted that as measured by internet searches for “Cancel Disney+,” the boycott against Disney, the parent company of ABC, is now four times as large as any similar search of a boycott over the past five years. Since ABC suspended comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s show—allegedly for his comments about MAGA Republicans’ search for someone to blame, although he frequently skewers Trump and the administration—Disney’s stock has dropped 2% although the market in general is up nearly 1%.Morris observes that “a lot of powerful people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is.” He explains that while polls show Trump is deeply unpopular, many people confuse voters with consumers. That is, while polls frequently measure how voters feel about the president, only about 64.1% of American adults eligible to vote went to the polls in 2024. Figuring that number into Trump’s popularity shows that only about 32% of American adults voted for Trump in 2024, while 53% of adults currently disapprove of his performance in the White House, with 48% strongly opposed. So ...
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • The 9-18-25 edition of The View from the Front podcast.

    The 9-18-25 edition of The View from the Front podcast.
    Sep 18 2025
    Welcome to the show!If you are viewing this on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or any other channel, you can find the full episode with links to video clips, news articles, and source notes at https://stanrmitchell.substack.com. (This is also the best place to learn more about the podcast, and to sign up for free email alerts each week for when the latest episode has dropped.)Timestamps:Timestamp: (4:14). The assassination of Charlie Kirk continues to dominate the news, and we really need to address the facts regarding whether or not this is one-sided.Timestamp: (25:37). Is Russia trying to see how far it can push against NATO? And isn’t the weakness shown by the West just encouraging Putin to push harder?Timestamp: (46:20). Ukraine has its own plans to end the war.Timestamp: (56:11). Israel launches its new ground offensive into Gaza city.Timestamp: (59:30). Let’s end with some Biblical wisdom and spiritual encouragement.If you’re new to the show, here’s what I’m doing. Each week in my podcast, I cover politics, national security, and obscure military matters outside the news. I also do my best to lower your blood pressure, as I avoid clickbait.Finally, I end each show by sharing some Biblical wisdom. My hope is that you end each show better informed, less worried, and more optimistic (about both our country and your life). Also, huge shout out to those of you whose paid subscriptions make it possible for me to devote time and resources to researching and compiling the news each week. Yes, I work a full-time job and squeeze these podcasts out on my free-time. And yes, I’d like to do this full-time! 🤣If you’d like to help make that happen, you can support the show in several ways.My preferred way is for you to subscribe through Substack: https://stanrmitchell.substack.com/subscribe. You can sign up for free email alerts below if you haven’t already. And if you can chip in some support by subscribing below, I’d be honored. You can also now sign up at Patreon, if you have an account there: https://www.patreon.com/stanrmitchell Finally, you can send tips through:* Venmo (@authorstanrmitchell): https://account.venmo.com/u/authorstanrmitchell* And PayPal: https://paypal.me/StanRMitchell.One final way you can support me is by checking out my books — I’ve written twelve of them (and they’re fast-paced and exciting) on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Stan-R.-Mitchell/author/B0077BNGPG — or, you can rate and review the show on APPLE, SPOTIFY, or wherever you listen. You can listen from this page (in the player above), or you can find the podcast on your favorite channel by clicking the links below or searching for The View from the Front wherever you listen:Have a question? Email me at stanrmitchell2012@gmail.com. Please include at least your first name and city. (Or you can share your full name if you want to get a little famous.)A big preference is shown toward voice memos that are sent in. Keep them short and pithy, and I might just play them!Selected source notes for podcast and transcript above.U.S. news:So it’s NATO’s fault he couldn’t solve the war in a 24 hours? And to me, this reads like he finally found his escape clause, eight months later. He’s done with the war.The Economist: The Kremlin’s plot to kill NATO’s credibilityThe alliance needs an emphatic response to Russian air incursionsThe alliance, and above all America’s president, now face a moment of truth. Unless the response is immediate and unequivocal, weakness is exactly what Russia will surmise. But now European citizens may fear their borders are not safe. And escalation has already come—from Moscow. If NATO signals timidity, the risk of sleepwalking into a larger war will grow.…The task before Mr Trump is simple. He must find the words that have long failed him and declare that America will uphold its treaty obligations, and defend its allies. Anything less will invite further aggression, not only from Russia but from autocrats elsewhere.But maybe if they start with this, they’ll have the guts to keep extending it further and further into Ukraine? That may just be the optimist in me talking, but it’s a start.Middle East news:News analysis from The New York Times: Netanyahu and an Israel Without RestraintLet’s end with some notes on faithAs you know, if you want true peace, I believe you should look to God and the Bible for that — not a country, not a party, and certainly not an earthly leader, such as our President or the leader of whatever political party you prefer.I believe that not only can God give you ever-lasting life, but that He can also give you peace in this life. God is like a good shepherd. He leads you by the still waters. He restores your soul. He guides you out of the death and destruction of sin. If you know nothing about the Bible, but want to test the waters and maybe try it out, check out my resource page here.By the way, if you’re dealing with depression, ...
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    1 hr and 19 mins
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