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	Podcast:		Up First
	Episode:		Carlson’s War: Part 1
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:26:37
	Publish Date:		2025-11-09 08:15:00
	Description:		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/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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