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TRANSITION 2025 Year in Review.

Reflections, Ahead in 2026 , and My Favorite Responses From This Year's Interview Guest.
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TRANSITION INTERVIEW #23: Captain(Ret.) Brad Geary.
Thoughts on the current generation of service members, leadership in the face of risk, and the problem with the way our military often responds to…
 • Benjamin Davis and Bradley Geary
TRANSITION INTERVIEW #22: Sarah Damoff.
A conversation on writing what's true, the weight of addiction within families, and her debut novel The Bright Years.
 • Benjamin Davis
TRANSITION INTERVIEW #21: Cory Richards.
A Discussion on Starting Over, Mental Health Culture, Psychedelics, and a Longing for Risk Amidst Everyday Life.
 • Benjamin Davis
Changing Perspective.
The limits of introspection, and the possibility that a better perspective allows.
 • Benjamin Davis
TRANSITION INTERVIEW #20: Phil Klay
On Writing What's True, The Nostalgia For War, and How Two Decades of War in Iraq and Afghanistan Changed the Way America Views Military Service
 • Benjamin Davis
What We Already Know.
Why Intuition Often Outperforms Data During Life’s Most Defining Periods.
 • Benjamin Davis
Outlasting Depression: What Makes it Difficult and Why You Should Do It Anyway.
The Illusion of Control and and the Harm in Constant Prevention.
 • Benjamin Davis
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Essays, ideas, and dialogue on navigating life’s turning points.
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