Episode 08 - Brian Turner Part 2

In the second part of my lengthy conversation with the poet Brian Turner we begin by discussing language - in particular pejorative terms like 'Haji'. Turner moves from this, through coining 'otherise', to recall his own experiences in Iraq. 

Our major themes include: 

• what it was like to follow the 'Invasion Troops'
• the effect of Abu Ghraib on the Iraqi people
• Turner's own relationship with the Iraqi people
• life under the threat of roadside bombs
• Donald Rumsfeld and the narrative of 'body counts'
• raids and prisons
• the guilt of putting innocent people in prison
• hypermasculinity and writing about women 
• the military and Turner's family history 
• Turner's homemade war movies
• the allure of warfare - adrenalin, meaning and moment 
• war, beauty and destruction in Mosul
• death and the end of the world

Runtime: 24.39.