Ty Bruner invites listeners on a nostalgic, unvarnished journey through Generation X — from sunlit Saturday mornings on big wheels and mixtapes that shaped young hearts, sunrises at sea, cinematic lessons in grit, and the dizzying shift from rotary phones to smartphones. With a storyteller’s eye, he threads humor, loss, and hard-earned wisdom into a narrative about loneliness turned connection, cinematic heroes that taught resilience, and the quiet stewardship Gen X now holds between older and younger worlds. This episode is a personal, reflective ride: intimate scenes, sharp images, and a steadying call to remember the bigger picture while showing up for the people and planet that matter.

On this fascinating episode, former A-10 pilot Dale Storer pulls listeners into a razor-sharp narrative that moves from Air Force bases and childhood memories to the thunder of Desert Storm. A routine mission turns into chaos—an unseen impact, a low-altitude ejection, and an immediate, brutal descent into captivity—each moment told with the quiet clarity of a man who lived it.

Ty Bruner’s interview unfolds like a tight film scene: the heat of Saudi Arabia, the scramble to targets, the clatter of interrogations, and the small, human details that anchor the story—a shared date, a whispered name, a reporter in a neighboring cell. Tension builds and loosens, and the episode balances action with reflection.

Short, vivid, and deeply humane, this episode is about survival and resilience. It’s a front-row seat to courage under fire, the complicated aftermath of war, and the slow, hopeful road back home.

From the rail yards of Spokane to the cold English countryside, this episode follows Charles "Chuck" Gumm Jr., a Rogers High kid turned P-51 pilot, whose ordinary upbringing met an extraordinary moment in midair. Against the roar of engines and the pressure of war, one failing Merlin engine forced a decision that would ripple across an ocean.

This episode shares a moment in history that never made the books, but it made a difference.