Sebastian Junger nearly died. It was close. Along the way, a bunch of decisions happened to go his way. At one point, during his near death experience, a dark void opened up on his left, it was drawing him closer. His father, who had died years ago, was encouraging him to move towards the void. He, survived, and wrote his latest book about the experience. In his style, Junger teaches us about near death experiences, the science that confounds the scientists and what he thinks about death and dying. This is Sebastian's third visit to the Break It Down Show with Pete A Turner Get Sebastian's book on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3Vo5C95 Joining Pete and Sebastian is Josh Mantz. Josh was shot and killed in Iraq. He was dead for over 10 minutes. When he came back, everything had changed. Josh's understanding of the world beyond the veil is leading towards a PhD. This conversation is something you won't find on any other platform. Josh doesn't speak publicly. Pete was able to convince Josh to sit with him and Sebastian because there is something special in this conversation. Get ready this is going to be good.

Amber Brittain Hale joins Pete A Turner on the Break It Down Show to discuss current events in the world of policy. In this episode of the Break It Down Show, host Pete A Turner interviews Amber Brittain-Hale on policy-focused current events. They differentiate politics from policy, stressing objective analysis over bias and the need for ground-truth insights in decision-making.The core discussion explores transition operations and stabilization in unstable regions, contrasting successful post-WWII cases (Germany, Japan, South Korea) with failures (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya). Key lessons: adapt to local context, prioritize security and basic services, avoid top-down Western impositions, and secure local buy-in.They apply these to Venezuela—a narco-state needing corruption cleanup—discussing potential U.S.-backed economic levers like oil sector reform, asset recovery, and light-footprint stabilization under figures like Secretary Rubio. Tulsi Gabbard is mentioned in the title but deferred for a future talk.The episode advocates pragmatic, adaptive approaches over hubris for effective transitions.