Trinity Historian David Lesch Breaks Down Middle East Turmoil on The Chuck ToddCast
Lesch reflects on how his unlikely path from baseball pitcher to Syria expert shaped his view of global politics
As a recent guest on The Chuck ToddCast, Trinity University historian and Middle East expert David Lesch, Ph.D., discussed themes from his biography, Dodgers to Damascus, tracing how his early life as a competitive baseball pitcher intersected with his later career studying Syria and regional geopolitics. The conversation blended personal narrative with geopolitical analysis, using baseball as a metaphor for resilience, identity, and cross-cultural understanding. Listen to the entire podcast here.
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