Craig Bruce Smith

You Oughta Know: Academic Year in Review Podcast Episode · JAWBone with Dr. J and Dr. Craig · 07/22/2025 · 24m

The JAWBone is back! And since we've started a new year here at JAWS, @slavoshek.bsky.social and I are joined by a recent grad Scott Helminski (USMC) to discuss what new students "oughta know" in an @alanismorissette.bsky.social like fashion.

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There are surgeries now...like in Gattaca #hatm

I admit you have bigger arms, but not by much...which is sad considering all the working out you do ;) #hatm

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You’re always dead tired

Figured it was only a matter of time before this crossover took place.

Good brand names cost more money

Milled around a lot and said things like “hey there Mac, meh” and asked random questions like “been down to the pictures?”

Episode 145: The Running Man with Craig Bruce Smith and Robert Greene II Podcast Episode · Reckoning with Jason Herbert · 07/24/2025 · 1h 16m

Here is episode 145...now plain 45.

@herberthistory.bsky.social, @robgreeneii.bsky.social, & I discuss @schwarzenegger.bsky.social & the #RunningMan

Listen for our historical teams who could survive...unlike Whitman, Price, & Haddad

#hatm #reckoning

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York? If he can do that…

Never heard of them

I'm biased but I liked @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social book on honor and the American Revolution.

That’s a good one

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What temperature was the pool? I assume…cooler

Ha! He does, but at least he’s 6’4

‘Young Washington’ Finds Its Commander-in-Chief in Up-and-Comer William Franklyn-Miller (Exclusive) Wonder Project and Angel Studios' origin story on the first President of the United States goes into production later this summer.

Are we finally getting the big screen George Washington movie we deserve?

#hatm

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Nominees Announced for the 2025 George Washington Prize, One of America’s Most Esteemed Literary Awards Nominees Announced for the 2025 George Washington Prize, One of America’s Most Esteemed Literary Awards

Some great nominees this year

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Not to mention the overtones of WW2, post-war immigration, and how torturous splits can bring families together. #hatm

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It’s a think piece about the coming end of British colonialism and the uncertainty of a post-Mao China juxtaposed against the tension of international diplomacy solved with splits and spinning heel kicks.

#hatm

The NY islanders of generals….great until others figured it out. Then exile.

What Schwarzenegger Knows About George Washington The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not how he exercised power, but how he yielded it.

At the annual naturalization ceremony at Mount Vernon, Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke of George Washington's ability to conceive of leadership not as a pursuit of power, but as civic stewardship. Craig Bruce Smith says this vision matters now more than ever:

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My favorite line that didn't make the final cut for my Atlantic article on Arnold.

When discussing Schwarzenegger being influenced by GW's example:

"After all, who doesn’t remember Arnold giving up power and surrendering the last CPU into molten steel to preserve the liberty of humankind?"

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Sometimes @herberthistory.bsky.social gets it right... #hatm

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You can try ;)

Fair answer, but who wouldn't want to help him?

So do I

What Schwarzenegger Knows About George Washington The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not how he exercised power, but how he yielded it.

What's the first thing @schwarzenegger.bsky.social thinks of when he hears the name George Washington?

Check out my @theatlantic.com article for the answer & more from my exclusive interview w/ Arnold at Mt. Vernon

Spoiler: it's the 1st thing I think of too!

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