Service Before Party: Ty Pinkins on War, Law & an Independent Run for U.S. Senate

Let us know what you think of the show and what we can do better! A kid from the Mississippi Delta grows up chopping cotton, runs out of money in college, donates plasma to eat, and still believes he can lead. That’s the starting line for my conversation with Ty Pinkins, a 21-year U.S. Army veteran who served three combat tours, traveled the world, and ended his military career as a communications aide to President Obama, a role that sometimes meant sleeping in the White House. His memoir, 2...