Burn the Boats

Intimate Conversations with America’s Change-Makers

Burn the Boats is an award-winning podcast featuring intimate conversations with change-makers from every walk of life. Host Ken Harbaugh interviews politicians, authors, activists, and others about the most important issues of our time.

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Dr. Kathleen Belew: Their Plan is Violence

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Dr. Kathleen Belew, an expert on the modern white power movement, explains how extremists groups have continued to grow, and what their plans are ...
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John Cohen: Combating Domestic Terrorism

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Terrorism expert John Cohen talks about the rise of domestic terrorism, and how law-enforcement is attempting to counter it....
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Charlie Sadoff: Right-Wing Extremism

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Charlie is the director of Against All Enemies, an award-winning documentary which tracks the rise of violent extremism in the US, and the role so...
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Dave Troy: Russia & the Religious Right

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In this interview, Dave Troy explains how Putin has slowly aligned himself with America’s religious right by using disinformation & Trump....
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Award-winning host Ken Harbaugh interviews politicians, authors, activists, and other change-makers about the most important issues we face today.

The title for this podcast, Burn The Boats, is inspired by an order given by Alexander the Great to his Navy in 332 BC. Upon landing his forces on the shores of Persia, he told his commanders to “Burn the boats.” The message was clear. Alexander’s Army would either win by advancing, or die on the beaches. There would be no turning back.

America today is at a crossroads. What will define us, in the crises we currently face and for generations to come, are the choices we make when failure is not an option.

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The Team

Ken Harbaugh

The Host
A former US Navy Pilot & past president of Team Rubicon Global; served as a commentator for NPR; a host on Crooked Media; & a contributor to The NY Times & The Atlantic.

Declan Rohrs

Producer
Declan (He/Him) was born and raised in Lakewood, Ohio. At Evergreen, he has assumed various roles, including Producer, Editor, and Email-Signature Guru.

Sean Rule-Hoffman

Engineer
Sean hails from Orange Village, OH. He earned a degree in Music Technology with a minor in Electronic Media and Film from Capital University in Columbus, OH.