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Camp Gagnon

By: Mark Gagnon
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  • Home to the most interesting conversations on the internet.

    I'm Mark Gagnon and welcome to Camp!

    © 2024 Camp Gagnon
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Episodes
  • TRUE STORY: War Hero Survives Taliban Bomb and Reveals Dark Future of America
    Apr 30 2024

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    Joey Jones worked as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (bomb) Technician, deploying to both Iraq and Afghanistan on separate tours. During his last deployment to Afghanistan, Jones was responsible for disarming and destroying more than 80 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and thousands of pounds of other unknown bulk explosives. It was during that tour he stepped on an IED, resulting in the loss of both of his legs above the knee and severe damage to his right forearm and both wrists.

    00:00 Intro
    1:41 Raised in Georgia, Father’s influence + community
    07:51 Not growing up religious + difference in Whites
    10:44 First job & racing
    13:48 Insecurities growing up
    15:44 Dumbest questions people ask him + other physical impacts
    21:42 Any benefits from this? Duality of mindset
    28:55 Why join the Marines? Re-enlisting into EOD + adrenaline junkies
    40:08 Bomb disposals in war
    42:40 IEDs in Afghanistan v Iraq
    45:20 1st experiences with IEDs + growing false “confidence”
    52:45 The day that changed everything
    1:05:33 Waking up in hospital + “render safe”
    1:13:13 Recovering & rehabilitation
    1:17:10 Mentality & support, Not understanding PTSD + “culture and mission”
    1:27:26 Finding purpose now + What is masculinity?
    1:32:45 Relationship with his wife + How he proposed
    1:37:38 Biggest sacrifices were losing friends, Afghan withdrawal + disunity now
    1:44:57 Being optimistic about America

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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • Comedian Explains NYC Slang & Kai Cenat Life Changing Advice
    Apr 18 2024

    VBoogie is one of my favorite comedians on IG. He's a true New Yorker from the Bronx, and explains hood slang, how he linked with Kai Cenat, and the Ice Spice cosign. WELCOME TO CAMP

    00:00 Intro
    1:06 Hood pet names + When to pause? Vboogie’s real voice
    4:08 The Bronx, “Nice legs” is pause worthy + having nice buns
    10:02 Mark’s type, BBLs + confusing down there, Touch & Bust
    15:31 Learning to talk dirty + Mark is a freak
    23:21 Enhancing your meat + Poland Sprung
    25:34 Fighting in the Bronx, excuses when you lose + SMD
    35:09 Mark’s never been in fight, fight videos + fight record
    43:18 Basketball for the baddies, being blunt + being fired up
    48:27 Seeing refs hit blunts + Vboogie loves his lips [pause]
    52:20 Substances, choosing own path + getting out
    58:28 Befriending roaches & rats + pigeons getting smarter
    1:05:13 Mentality always been there + being an outsider
    1:12:27 V-card, f these apps, best Race + Japan gonna get rinsed
    1:21:02 Vboogie really is too cool for school + clubs are dumb
    1:23:09 Mark teaching about incels + find a weird b***h
    1:27:12 Fatties best at slurping
    1:30:45 Dropping college, wanting to act + NBA players don’t care
    1:35:40 Best White Movie, “Get Out” is white
    1:41:25 Acting masterclass: “Jimmy is dead” + “Vboogie + Mark’s sis”
    1:48:53 Mark had cornrows, getting waves + durags allows the funny
    1:57:33 Sketches based on real life + girls with no swag
    2:02:31 Mark favourite music + Mark raps + g4y bars
    2:05:53 Vboogie has music coming + we love Ice Spice here
    2:12:36 Mark would? Acting, auditions & gatekeeping
    2:18:46 Cam’ron posting him + Kai Cenat + Washington Park nonsense
    2:24:40 Being consistent, Whiteboards for motivation + Kai Cenat’s advice
    2:30:23 Not overthinking + longer skits to show range

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    2 hrs and 36 mins
  • Hitlers Secrets, Oppenheimer & The Nuclear War Explained by a WWII Expert
    Apr 16 2024

    Benjamin Hett is a historian, author, and college professor specializing in World War 1 and 2. I don't know anything about WW2, so today he came on to explain the whole conflict to me. He revealed what happened to Hitlers body, how nuclear war happened, and the future of global conflicts. WELCOME TO CAMP!

    00:00 Intro
    01:21 Biggest misconceptions about WW2
    04:16 Why Soviets were responsible for winning the war
    07:00 Soviet incompetence, Siege of Leningrad + Holodomor
    11:30 Americans’ fondness for WW2 because it didn’t impact domestically
    14:20 US economy - from the Depression to being 50% of world’s GDP
    19:09 Why does World War 2 start?
    24:45 Rise of Fascism + difficulty defining “fascism”
    35:06 Imperialism birthing modern-day racism
    42:22 What is an Aryan?
    45:32 Germany post-WW1 + extreme hyperinflation
    50:19 Fascist regimes enacting expansionism + ramping it up in 1930s
    1:02:15 The Munich Conference + Camps existed in the 30s
    1:08:28 Germany invading Czechia + Poland was the redline
    1:14:14 What was Soviet Russia’s position? Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
    1:19:26 Poland’s invaded + “Speak for England” + shadow of WW1
    1:27:01 UK & France waiting for German collapse + German economy reorientation
    1:33:50 1940 - The rise of Winston Churchill + France’s collapse
    1:48:08 Churchill needs the US for victory
    1:53:27 Antisemitism turning into the Holocaust
    1:58:04 Why did Pearl Harbor happen? Japan + German alliance
    2:08:37 Invading the Soviet Union + German realising the inevitable
    2:13:37 Why would Soviets blockade Japan?
    2:16:10 Italy’s “effort” + African front
    2:18:54 Last 3 years of the war - Allies had so much resources
    2:20:50 D-Day was the beginning of the end
    2:25:09 North Atlantic secured, Air supremacy + P-51 Mustang
    2:29:58 AH’s suicide + Soviet’s have his skull/teeth + Who gets Berlin?
    2:34:47 Italy had surrendered in 1943 + Liberation of camps
    2:37:07 Allies knew about the Holocaust + why not bomb the railway lines?
    2:40:34 Operation Paperclip - Nazis took us to the moon
    2:42:10 Using nuclear bombs on Japan

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    2 hrs and 49 mins

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