Starliner’s Delay & the Air Force’s New PowerPoint Series (Aug 7 24)

This week on Late For Changeover, the crew gets Olympic-level patriotic as we spotlight military athletes repping the U.S. in the Games—because who else can throw javelins and fix a Humvee in the same day? Then we head back to orbit, where NASA may delay the Crew-9 mission while they figure out how to get the Starliner astronauts back home without duct tape and prayers. It’s a big week in the space news podcast world—because astronauts, like junior enlisted, just want a confirmed ride home.

Back on solid ground, the Air Force launches new “Foundations” courses aimed at enlisted leadership development—because PowerPoint hasn’t finished its reign of terror just yet. Finally, we reflect on two somber anniversaries: the downing of Extortion 17 in Afghanistan on August 6, 2011, and the Hiroshima bombing on August 6, 1945—two moments that shaped military history in ways we’re still reckoning with. It’s grit, grief, leadership, launch delays, and a whole lot of News for Vets with the kind of commentary you won’t find on NPR.