{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fself-wife.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep19-OhbD5ELk","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Draft Vs. My Dad | SELFWIFE Podcast | Episode 19","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/cc1b5b2e-ffcf-4b12-ba50-28e1b793caeb/3fe47419-77fb-42ba-9bc5-38dc14e2d23d/img-4001.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/9179ff2c-b0cf-4ecf-986c-b088829d116a\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Draft Vs. My Dad | SELFWIFE Podcast | Episode 19\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"as Israeli airstrikes continue to surge in Gaza, i'm seeing jokes about a new draft pop up all over the internet and i wondered all day about what that would look like these days. then i took the opportunity to ask my dad, who served in Vietnam as a Seabee from '68 to '71, what it was like being drafted as a teenager into a war he didn't believe in. he actually maintains that he *wasn't* drafted because he enlisted just before 18 so he could choose which branch he wanted to serve in. way to take the reigns, dad. i have a clearer picture of who he was when he was young and of his tender heart. he talks about \"the buddy system\", the guys with a death wish who tried to be macho, and he calls himself a \"wheeler dealer.\" oh and he cries and so do i. \ni hope you get something from this episode 𓇢𓆸\n"}