Jenn Bennie, a Veteran who flew the SH-60-Bravo Seahawk helicopter during deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, stopped by the Memphis Morning News studios to share some of her experiences and training in SERE. 

Bennie now hosts Walk With History on Youtube and hosts a podcast Talk With History. 

Jenn Bennie, a Veteran who flew the SH-60-Bravo Seahawk helicopter during deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, stopped by the Memphis Morning News studios to share some of her experiences and training in SERE.&nbsp;
Bennie now hosts <a href="https://www.youtube.com/WalkwithHistory">Walk With History on Youtube</a> and hosts a podcast <a href="https://www.talkwithhistory.com/">Talk With History</a>.&nbsp;

Memphis Morning News, weekdays from 6-9 on Newstalk 989. Ditch and Tim talk about the issues and with people important in shaping news and politics in The Mid-South and the country. 

Memphis Morning News, weekdays from 6-9 on Newstalk 989. Ditch and Tim talk about the issues and with people important in shaping news and politics in The Mid-South and the country.&nbsp;

Memphis Morning News With Ditch & Tim

Start your day with the news you need from Memphis and the Mid-South.  Hosts, Ditch& Tim Van Horn engage you with compelling commentary on the issues and speaks with those close to the issues. 

Start your day with the news you need from Memphis and the Mid-South.  Hosts, Ditch&amp; Tim Van Horn engage you with compelling commentary on the issues and speaks with those close to the issues.

Ditch & Tim

SEAHAWK PILOT | Jenn Bennie - The Best & Worst Training I Ever Got In The US Military

County Commissioner Amber Mills - District 1, gave an example of how some of the mayor's grant pool money is used by commissioners.  

Commissioner Brooks presented an item for $65,000 to be granted to a friends consulting firm with no volunteers, no employees for the non-profit listed on the request.  Mills says that Brooks brought the item back up a 3rd time and suddenly there were two volunteers listed and the requested amount was $32,000 and miraculously the grant request passed. 

County Commissioner Amber Mills - District 1, gave an example of how some of the mayor's grant pool money is used by commissioners.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Commissioner Brooks presented an item for $65,000 to be granted to a friends consulting firm with no volunteers, no employees for the non-profit listed on the request.&nbsp; Mills says that Brooks brought the item back up a 3rd time and suddenly there were two volunteers listed and the requested amount was $32,000 and miraculously the grant request passed.&nbsp;

COUNTY COMMISSION | "Mysteriously this non-profit now had two volunteers" 

Do you consider yourself a luddite?  Are you fighting the use AI as the answer to furthering civilizations?  Ditch, Tim & Producer Max took a few minutes to opine on "neo-luddism" and the idea that questioning the rapid advancement of AI may not categorize someone as a luddite. 

Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer Grok calls Memphis home. The facility, Colossus 1 as it's known, was built in an existing Electrolux factory. Colossus 2 is being constructed in Southaven, MS and is part of the massive data center construction boom.   

A "gargantuan" data center has been approved in Utah that would encompass a 62 square mile space and would double the state's electricity consumption. 

Do you consider yourself a luddite?&nbsp; Are you fighting the use AI as the answer to furthering civilizations?&nbsp; Ditch, Tim &amp; Producer Max took a few minutes to opine on "neo-luddism" and the idea that questioning the rapid advancement of AI may not categorize someone as a luddite.&nbsp;
Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer Grok calls Memphis home. The facility, Colossus 1 as it's known, was built in an existing Electrolux factory. Colossus 2 is being constructed in Southaven, MS and is part of the massive data center construction boom.&nbsp; &nbsp;
A "gargantuan" data center has been approved in Utah that would encompass a 62 square mile space and would double the state's electricity consumption.&nbsp;

AI & The Luddites

Ditch and Tim are joined by Andreas Johansson, owner of the Mid-South Monarchs, a new minor league hockey team that is set to debut at the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi, in October 2026.

Ditch and Tim are joined by Andreas Johansson, owner of the <a href="https://midsouthprohockey.com/">Mid-South Monarchs</a>, a new minor league hockey team that is set to debut at the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi, in October 2026.

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