Gulf War Side Effects
Hosted by Kevin Simon and Wade and Kevin · Kevin Simon
5.0from 30 ratings
- 268
- Episodes
- 124
- Transcribed
- 30
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 85K
- YouTube views
About Gulf War Side Effects
Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kevin-simon2/subscribe (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kevin-simon2/subscribe) Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/kevin-simon2/subscribe (https://anchor.fm/kevin-simon2/subscribe) A podcast to spread awareness about Gulf War illness and the side effects faced by the veterans that were involved in the conflict. The goal is to provide information, exchange stories, and help unite veterans.
- Publisher
- Kevin Simon
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 17 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
124 of 268 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Karl on Becoming a Shellback and the Navy’s Wildest Tradition
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ron Brown on Gulf War Illness, VA Claims and the Fight for Recognition
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rus Currie on 37 Years in Uniform, Iraq and a Lifetime of Service
Inside a recent episode
Karl on Becoming a Shellback and the Navy’s Wildest Tradition
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And it is the longest crawling position you'll ever do in your lifetime. And it hurts because it's on non-skid. Now, Carl, you want to add anything? Well, I mean, I was on the USS America and Like I said, we had to do the flight ops the night before. So if you work the night shift, you had to stay up the rest of the day for that. But it was an all-day festival. I think we started in our shop and they basically, the shellbacks came and got us out of our compartment. I mean, we barricade ourselves for a while. But then they take us down to the hangar bay. And that's when you start to do the polywog shuffle. […]
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- Karl
- Ron Brown
- Rus Currie
- Tony Corzo
- Kevin Carey
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 84,550
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 19 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 11 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100
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- Quality
- 86
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 71
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Questions about Gulf War Side Effects
Who hosts Gulf War Side Effects?
Kevin Simon and Wade and Kevin host the show. Published by Kevin Simon.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Gulf War Side Effects take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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