The Story of Ricky Slocum

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Ricky Slocum was one of those outsized characters in high school. A lot of people loved him, and a lot of people were terrified of him. He died in Iraq at 19 years old. "I don't remember the holy shitness of that moment"

The war in Iraq has been declared over by nearly every president since the one who started it 20 years ago today. But it’s still not done. At SXSW in Austin, Texas, Sean Rameswaram explained why it’s important we remember.

This episode was written by Sean Rameswaram, produced by Sean and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and mixed by Paul Robert Mounsey.

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