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The Team House

The Team House

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The Team House is a long-form, fiercely apolitical national security podcast hosted by Jack Murphy, featuring special operations veterans, intelligence professionals, frontline reporters, and guests who have never spoken publicly before. It delivers deep-dive conversations on conflict, tradecraft, and the forces shaping the world, alongside the sister show Eyes On Geopolitics hosted by Mick Mulroy, Andy Milburn, and Jason Lyons, focused on breaking down current geopolitical events and what they mean for national security.

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  • Iran’s Trump Card: Hormuz | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS

    Iran’s Trump Card: Hormuz | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
    Jun 22 2026
    We break down the Iran MOU, the fight over the Strait of Hormuz, Lebanon’s role in the deal, and why the panel sees the agreement as a major strategic win for Tehran and a serious problem for Washington.
    We also dig into Iran’s nuclear program, Hezbollah, U.S. military messaging, bad battle-damage assessments, and whether the United States still has any real leverage left in the next 60 days of negotiations.
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    00:00 — Start
    03:26 — Iran’s Strategy After the MOU
    09:16 — Iran’s Resistance Economy and Regime Survival
    14:42 — The Art of a Bad Deal
    19:56 — The Missing NSC Process
    24:49 — Proxies, Ballistic Missiles, and the JCPOA Problem
    31:42 — Verification, HEU, and the Lebanon Fuse
    36:42 — Pentagon “Happy Math” and Bad BDA
    48:12 — A Possible Clandestine Nuclear Program
    54:50 — Iranian Leadership Splits and the Search for Moderates
    01:01:11 — Can the Strait of Hormuz Be Reopened by Force?
    01:07:23 — CENTCOM, Military Advice, and Strategic Failure

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • The Truth About Women in Combat (Cultural Support Team)| Stephanie Rotolo

    The Truth About Women in Combat (Cultural Support Team)| Stephanie Rotolo
    Jun 20 2026
    Stephanie Rotolo joins us to talk about her path from Mortuary Affairs and MP work to joining the Cultural Support Team program and deploying to Afghanistan with Special Operations Forces. She breaks down CST selection, working with Afghan female tactical platoons, going out on missions with ODAs, and how those experiences shaped her later work in Civil Affairs across West Africa.
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    "Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio"
    00:00 Start
    01:43 Stephanie’s origin story and path to the Army
    07:20 Mortuary Affairs and working at Dover
    12:53 ROTC, commissioning, and becoming an MP
    17:04 MP life in Germany and barracks chaos
    25:31 Discovering the Cultural Support Team program
    28:14 CST selection and Ranger-led training
    33:08 Cultural training and preparing for Afghanistan
    38:11 Training Afghanistan’s Female Tactical Platoon
    48:00 Operations with ODAs, Rangers, and JSOC
    58:00 Coming home, reintegration, and CST program gaps
    1:04:36 Smokey the deployment dog
    1:12:10 Switching to Civil Affairs and language school
    1:15:18 West Africa missions in Senegal and Benin
    1:26:30 Naples, the reserves, Altru, and final reflections


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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • Infiltrating Motorcycle Gangs as an Undercover ATF Agent | Frank D'Alesio (throwback episode)

    Infiltrating Motorcycle Gangs as an Undercover ATF Agent | Frank D'Alesio (throwback episode)
    Jun 18 2026
    original airdate - 7/21/23

    Frank retired from ATF in 2014 after 25 years of service, most of it as a Supervisory Special Agent focused on complex investigations and undercover operations. He personally infiltrated three outlaw motorcycle gangs and supported undercover operations targeting the Outlaws MC, Hells Angels MC, Pagans MC, Warlocks MC, and others while also serving in leadership roles across ATF, OCDETF, HIDTA, and the Undercover Branch in Washington, D.C. He later advised USSOCOM, DoD, DIA, and Special Operations Forces on signature reduction, cover, and law enforcement support for domestic training operations.

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    00:00 Start
    01:37 Frank’s Youngstown roots and path to law enforcement
    06:18 Mobbed-up Youngstown and getting hired by ATF
    11:49 Learning undercover work in violent 1990s Columbus
    18:49 What happens when undercover agents get arrested
    24:42 Backstopping, aged cover, and smarter gang vetting
    33:31 Frank’s first biker-gang infiltration
    46:25 Outlaw motorcycle club culture explained
    52:28 Inside the Brothers MC investigation and takedown
    1:05:07 Moving to Las Vegas for the Vagos case
    1:18:49 The home invasion order and undercover boundaries
    1:33:41 ATF’s undercover branch and the Aryan Brotherhood case
    1:43:47 Creating the Order of Blood cover club
    2:13:18 Aryan Brotherhood, prison gangs, and outlaw biker politics
    2:35:59 Listener questions, ATF politics, Waco, Sons of Anarchy, and final reflections

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    2 hrs and 58 mins
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