Hollie's latest travels have surfaced new world crises - the unspeakable horrors in Sudan, covering U.S. involvement in a number of global conflicts, and having new bioweapon threats through fentanyl-laced weapons in Iran.
Hollie McKay is an Australian born journalist who formerly worked for Fox News. She is a national bureau correspondent covering national and international news from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, Myanmar and Ukraine. She's also a return guest to the Mike Drop Podcast - previously Hollie joined the show on Episode 69 to talk about her time covering the war-torn Iraq/Syria region in the Middle East in her book 'Only Cry for the Living' along with Episode 81, where she walked us through daily happenings of the Taliban as they rapidly gained ground in the Middle East.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
15:25 - When Everything Changed - My Experience in Mexico
37:34 - Where Have You Been? - Catching Up Since Episode 81
01:03:07 - Welcome to Sudan - Stories from My Correspondence
01:13:07 - Why Are We Involved? - Understanding U.S. Involvement
01:24:31 - Everybody Wants Some - Top Three Must-Haves in Sudan
01:36:35 - A New Kind of Bio-Weapon - On Fentanyl-based Weapons in Iran
01:57:52 - Border Security - Taking Conflict to the Edge
02:00:53 - Hot Takes - Regarding the Los Angeles Wildfires
02:32:53 - What's Next?
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Support Hollie McKay -
Check Out Hollie's First Appearance on the Podcast in Episode 69 at https://youtu.be/Z_e_WE-GWZk?si=1DBqjH7MoQAt8xzM
Check out Hollie's Second Appearance on the Podcast in Episode 81 at https://youtu.be/Dijo6uEC6rY?si=B6PsXkdprRqlO9c-
Get Your Copy of Hollie's Books, 'The Dictator's Wife', 'Words That Never Leave You', and more at https://holliemckay.com/books
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