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Benefits of the Doubt: Chapter Three: Moleskins, Russian spies and a 40% Fever Dream

August 13, 2026

In this third chapter of a six-part series on the history of veteran benefits,  Benefits of the Doubt explores the high-stakes post–Civil War era. Discover how early administrative hurdles, landmark legislation like the Arrears Act of 1879, and widespread fraud investigations transformed a modest Pension Bureau into a federal powerhouse consuming 40% of the U.S. budget. From the groundbreaking accessibility features of Washington, D.C.'s historic Pension Building to the bustling, 500-acre Nat...

Mindscapes: The Mycelium Network

July 07, 2026

In this episode of the DAV Podcast, host Matt Saintsing sits down with Army veteran and full-time artist Sam Juan to explore the cutting edge of psychedelic-assisted healing and veteran mental health. Juan details her incredible military journey—from navigating her initial service prior to citizenship to operating as part of a pilot Cultural Support Team attached to Joint Special Operations Command and Navy SEAL teams in Afghanistan. Beneath her postwar artistic success, however, lay an unrav...

Benefits of the Doubt: Chapter 2 The Era of Good Feelings (and even better benefits!)

June 23, 2026

From a bullet-shattered future president in colonial garb to the 19th-century equivalent of a viral shame campaign, Chapter 2, "The Era of Good Feelings (and even better benefits!)" of the six-part Benefits of the Doubt podcast series exposes the dramatic turning points that rescued American veteran care from local charity . Host Jonathan Kaupanger details how President James Monroe used a masterclass in political branding—and a heavy dose of Revolutionary War nostalgia—to pass the ground-bre...