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The Mind of a SUB DRIVER-John Poindexter (The Cost of Pure Obedience)
John Poindexter: The Sub Driver (Dec 30, 2025) — 1:04:18Episode SummaryIn today’s installment of Kingdom People in the Pages of History (through the lens of The Nightingale’s Song by Robert Timberg), Matt turns the spotlight on John Poindexter—brilliant, disciplined, emotionally contained, and shaped by the silent world of submarines and systems.This episode asks a piercing question: What happens when a man trained to live by instruments and protocol is asked to navigate moral terrain? Through Poindexter’s rise (Naval Academy, Rhodes Scholar, high-level national security roles) and his role…
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