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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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Episodes
  • Delta Force EOD Operator | Taamir Ransome

    Delta Force EOD Operator | Taamir Ransome
    Jun 13 2026
    Taamir Ransome joins The Team House to discuss his path from the 82nd Airborne to EOD, the 75th Ranger Regiment, and eventually Delta Force, including deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. He also opens up about getting blown up repeatedly, the toll of the job, writing Mind of a Soldier, and the brutal reality of transitioning out of the military after a career in special operations.
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    "Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio"
    00:00 — Start
    01:08 — Growing up, wanting to be a rapper, and joining the Army
    03:20 — Radar repair, the 82nd Airborne, and signing up after 9/11
    06:15 — Deploying to Fallujah and getting attached to the battalion commander’s PSD
    10:47 — Trying for Special Forces, failing land nav, and finding the EOD path
    13:15 — EOD school, explosives training, and why it was the hardest school he attended
    18:04 — An 18-month EOD deployment in Mosul during the height of the IED fight
    21:15 — Standing up the 28th EOD Company to support the Ranger Regiment
    25:01 — First deployment with Ranger Battalion and learning SOF EOD on the fly
    28:51 — Afghanistan, mountain warfare, booby-trapped rooftops, and Ranger casualties
    31:30 — Getting blown up, warning the commander, and clearing a path for the medevac
    35:40 — Helicopter shot down in Kandahar and taking fire after the crash
    39:20 — Selection for Delta Force and the EOD role inside the unit
    43:18 — In-extremis EOD training, hostage rescue, and going through OTC
    50:22 — Life inside the unit, combat deployments, Syria, ISIS, and booby-trapped warfare
    01:15:03 — Writing Mind of a Soldier, leaving the military, and struggling with transition
    01:20:01 — The VA, veteran mental health, suicide, and being “functionally messed up”
    01:35:04 — Helping enlisted veterans transition, hiring bias, TBI, and service dogs


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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • Your Phone Is Targeting You | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS

    Your Phone Is Targeting You | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
    Jun 11 2026
    Mike Yeagley joins me to break down how mobile devices, ad tech, commercial location data, and data brokers create major OPSEC risks for service members, case officers, and anyone working in national security. He explains how adversaries can buy or exploit pattern-of-life data, why privacy settings often don’t go far enough, and what the future of tradecraft looks like in an age of ubiquitous technical surveillance.
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    "Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    00:00 — Start / Mike Yeagley joins Eyes On Geopolitics
    00:25 — Mobile devices, ad tech, and the OPSEC risk to operators
    03:14 — Commercial location data and how adversaries can target U.S. personnel
    04:57 — Why privacy settings don’t actually protect your data
    07:12 — Ad IDs, GPS toggles, and how apps still resolve your location
    10:33 — Could Iran use commercial data to target U.S. troops?
    14:19 — How adversaries buy data through brokers and proxies
    19:25 — Why regulating the data economy is so difficult
    22:10 — How commercial data erodes tradecraft and operational ambiguity
    29:24 — What case officers and operators can do to reduce digital exposure
    36:17 — Ubiquitous technical surveillance and the future of human intelligence
    41:45 — Russia and Iran using gaming platforms, crypto, and gig-style tasking
    47:24 — Near-real-time data buys, pattern-of-life tracking, and final thoughts


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    58 mins
  • Iran War, Israeli Spying, and the ODNI Shakeup | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS

    Iran War, Israeli Spying, and the ODNI Shakeup | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
    Jun 8 2026
    Mick Mulroy and Jonathan Hackett break down the latest on the Iran war, including the stalled ceasefire talks, the Strait of Hormuz crisis, Israel and Hezbollah, sanctions, and whether the U.S. air campaign has created more strategic problems than it solved. They also dig into Israeli spying concerns, the ODNI shakeup after Tulsi Gabbard’s exit, and how Russia and Iran are using gaming platforms, crypto, cyber, AI, and new tech to reshape modern intelligence work.
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    "Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    00:00 — Start / Eyes On crew checks in and the Iran war remains in a holding pattern
    01:22 — Iran ceasefire talks, the Strait of Hormuz, and what the U.S. can’t give away
    04:39 — Iran’s survival mode, internet access, China, Russia, and waiting out the U.S.
    07:29 — Israel, Hezbollah, Lebanon, and why no side may actually want the same deal
    08:45 — The blockade, Iranian capital flight, and why sanctions may hit the people more than the regime
    12:16 — Was the Iran air campaign a strategic mistake?
    16:24 — Why America keeps winning battles but losing wars
    21:15 — Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and the consequences of bad policy objectives
    24:59 — Ceasefire rumors, weak negotiations, and Iran’s experienced diplomatic team
    30:27 — Could covert action and unconventional warfare bring regime change in Iran?
    37:14 — DIA raises concern over Israeli spying on the U.S.
    46:16 — Tulsi Gabbard out, ODNI shakeup, and whether intelligence could be politicized
    55:46 — Russia and Iran recruiting teenagers through gaming platforms and crypto
    58:00 — Cyber, AI, quantum computing, and the future of intelligence work
    01:07:38 — Whitefish Security Summit, Patreon, and closing thoughts

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    1 hr and 14 mins
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