Tarek "Joey Nobody" Kadourah came to the U.S. as a Palestinian Muslim immigrant with no country to call his own, and America was the only one that took his family in. So he tried to give back the only way he knew how: by serving. What followed was one of the wildest careers you'll hear on a veteran podcast, Army interpreter, Contracting for : overseas intel work, a dark-web task force hunting ISIS recruiters, U.S. Marshals fugitive transport, DHS intelligence, and finally the counter-child-trafficking work he now calls his life's calling.

In this Fourth of July weekend conversation with Marine combat veteran and host Ronnie Long, Joey opens up about being bullied and called a terrorist in the barracks, getting pushed out of the Army, landing on an ISIS kill list, what ICE work actually looks like as a Contractor versus the headlines, and the toll all of it takes. It's a raw, funny, and deeply human episode about identity, brotherhood across two very different worlds, mental health, and why, after everything, Joey still calls this the greatest country on earth.

Stories over Stigma. New episodes from Vegas Veteran Voices // a veteran-led media nonprofit telling the stories behind the service.

️ ABOUT THE GUEST

Tarek "Joey Nobody" Kadourah // Palestinian-American, former Army linguist, overseas contractor, and counter-human-trafficking operator.

Follow Joey: @joey.nobody

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