20 Years in War Zones: Timor, Syria, Haiti, Sudan — He Tells It All

Babes, how did you get here · May 1, 2026 · 1h 33m · transcript

From a small New Zealand town with no traffic lights to Antarctica,

East Timor war zones, Syrian roundabouts, and now Cambodia —

this is the story of a simple Māori boy who built a life

everywhere except where he started.

John Cassidy (JC) grew up in Blenheim, New Zealand — population

20,000, zero traffic lights, and enough kids on the street

to fill a rugby team. He worked in a mussel factory, had no

plans for university, and definitely didn't think he'd end up

flying prime ministers, coordinating COVID vaccines in South Sudan,

or living in a tent surrounded by snakes in East Timor.

But life…