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"What Happens After War Follows People Home" with Helen Benedict

Frank Schaeffer talks with novelist and journalist Helen Benedict about Iraq, refugees, military trauma, and the stories Americans avoid hearing.

Helen Benedict joins me for a deeply personal conversation about her novel The Soldier’s House, our June It Has to Be Read. offering, and the realities behind America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We discuss veterans, refugees, military culture, sexual violence inside the armed forces, and the emotional wreckage war leaves behind long after the headlines disappear.

The conversation also turns toward writing itself, journalism, publishing, and what it means to tell difficult truths in a culture that often looks away.

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