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The Smoke Pit is a live, unscripted conversation space inspired by the military tradition of the smoke pit; an informal place where people gather, speak candidly, and connect beyond rank or title. Each episode brings together veterans, leaders, and guests for real, no-talking-points discussions that cut through the noise and get to what people actually think, believe, and experience. Expect honest dialogue, diverse perspectives, and a setting where respect and authenticity come first. The Smoke Pit is a 50501 Veterans initiative, hosted and produced by Crayon Eater Media.
Unknown Host hosts The Smoke Pit, a news show with 17 episodes published.
American elections are infrastructure. Like any infrastructure, they have an attack surface, a set of failure points, and people whose job it is to defend them. This week the Smoke Pit runs a threat assessment on the who
Brit Robinson is running for Congress in Florida's 4th District (FL-04). She joins The Smoke Pit to talk policy: where she stands on veterans' care, the war powers question around Iran, and the money driving congressiona
Brit Robinson is running for Congress in Florida's 4th District (FL-04). She joins The Smoke Pit to talk policy: where she stands on veterans' care, the war powers question around Iran, and the money driving congressiona
Veterans and military families are joining forces for a mass march in Philadelphia on July 4th, and on this episode of The Smoke Pit, the organizers tell you exactly why. Katie Chorbak (50501 Veterans), Hanna Lafko (Comm
Veterans and military families are joining forces for a mass march in Philadelphia on July 4th, and on this episode of The Smoke Pit, the organizers tell you exactly why. Katie Chorbak (50501 Veterans), Hanna Lafko (Comm
Ceretta Smith has been planning this run since 2015. That was the year she walked into her congressman's office in Washington, D.C., leading a union delegation on veterans' and federal worker issues, and got a polite tha
IN THIS EPISODE The Saturday crew dives into a week that felt ripped straight from a dystopian screenplay. Katie, Carl, and Bryan cover the $250 Trump bill, the collapsing White House fair, the UFC fight on the people's
What happens to veterans who get deported from the United States? On this episode of The Smoke Pit, host Katie Chorbak sits down with Dee James, an Army veteran and deported veterans advocate who served six and a half ye
On Memorial Day 2026, the Smoke Pit paused the news cycle to do something simpler: remember. Our members shared the names of those they served with who never came home. Army veteran Katie Chorbak traced the history of Bl
In this episode, we're not talking about maps. We're talking about power: who has it, who's being engineered out of it, and what veterans are doing about it. From Bloody Sunday and the Voting Rights Act to the Supreme Co
The White House just released a new counterterrorism strategy that labels left-wing extremism, including anti-fascist ideology, anarchism, and transgender ideology, alongside narco-terrorists and Islamist movements as ma
Veterans are trained to follow lawful orders — but they're also taught that just following orders is never a complete moral defense. So where does obedience end and complicity begin? This week on The Smoke Pit, Katie bri
Military sexual trauma (MST) affects hundreds of thousands of service members—yet it remains one of the most underreported, under-prosecuted, and systemically buried issues in the U.S. armed forces. In this episode, host
When does presidential behavior cross the line into incapacity? In this episode of The Smoke Pit, we break down one of the most uncomfortable questions in American politics: how do you determine if a president is no long
Money drives modern politics. But at what cost? In this episode of The Smoke Pit, veterans from across the political spectrum sit down with Mayhem , co-founder of Money Out of Politics, to break down how campaign financi
Veterans from across the political spectrum break down what’s really happening in the escalating Iran conflict—and why the lack of information should concern every American. In this episode of The Smoke Pit, the panel re
Veterans from across the political spectrum come together in The Smoke Pit to break down the latest U.S. troop movements, rising tensions with Iran, and the real risk of another forever war. This unfiltered conversation
Do constitutional rights apply to everyone in the United States, or only to citizens? In this episode of The Smoke Pit, veterans debate due process, ICE enforcement, and what their oath to the Constitution actually deman
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