Carlson’s War: Part 1
Podcast: Up First from NPRRating: Explicit Published On: Sun Nov 09 2025
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/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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