Thomas "Drago" Dzieran is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL, author, and software engineer. Born in Communist Poland, he spent time as a political prisoner before immigrating to the United States in 1984. After becoming a U.S. citizen in 1991, he joined the Navy and served 20 years, including stints with SEAL Teams 2 and 4, and as a BUD/S instructor. Drago deployed t ... Show More
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#243 Steve Robinson - What If China’s Secret Weapon Was Sold at Your Local Gas Station?
Steven Robinson, Editor-in-Chief of the Maine Wire, leads New England’s fastest-growing digital media outlet focused on exposing political corruption and organized crime across local, state, and regional levels. A native of Dexter, Maine, and Bowdoin College graduate in political ... Show More
2h 38m
Oct 6
#242 Pete Scobell - SEAL Team 6 Operator Breaks Down the Hostage Rescue of Captain Phillips
Pete Scobell is a former U.S. Navy SEAL Lieutenant with 17 years of service, including six combat deployments, best known as the real-life member of the SEAL team that rescued Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates in 2009, inspiring the film Captain Phillips. Scobell serve ... Show More
7h 59m
Sep 29
#240 Dr. David Fajgenbaum - Can AI Find Cures to Rare Diseases Using Existing Medicine?
Dr. David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, is a pioneering physician-scientist, tenured professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and national bestselling author who transformed his personal battle with the rare, deadly Castleman disease into a glob ... Show More
1h 41m
Oct 2024
The War in the Pacific: How WWII Changed the World Forever - Dr Robert Lyman
Robert Lyman MBE is a British military historian. A former Major in the British Army, he has published over 16 books on the Second World War in Europe, North Africa and Asia. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, regularly appearing on TV and radio, lectures at organisa ... Show More
1h 13m
Aug 2024
JOHN DAILEY | Becoming a Tough, Rugged B*stard
What does it take to be a tough, rugged, bastard? And, is it something a man should strive to become? My guest today is a retired marine and after spending 20 years in special operations in the Marine Corps, has gone on to lead training for all Marine Raiders (after being disband ... Show More
1h 11m
Dec 2019
#1399 - Pavel Tsatsouline
Pavel Tsatsouline, is the Chairman of StrongFirst, Inc., a fitness instructor who has introduced SPETSNAZ training techniques from the former Soviet Union to US Navy SEALs, Marines and Army Special Forces, and shortly thereafter to the American public. Learn more about your ad ch ... Show More
1h 51m
Dec 2023
Ep. 351 - Ian Fritz (U.S. Air Force / 'What The Taliban Told Me')
At eighteen, Ian Fritz joined the Air Force out of necessity and was soon selected to become an Airborne Cryptologic Linguist in the war in Afghanistan. Over the course of two tours, Fritz listened to the Taliban for hundreds of hours, all over the country night and day, in momen ... Show More
1h 38m
Aug 25
Gregory A. Daddis, "Faith and Fear: America's Relationship with War Since 1945" (Oxford UP, 2025)
In a groundbreaking reassessment of the long Cold War era, historian Gregory A. Daddis argues that ever since the Second World War's fateful conclusion, faith in and fear of war became central to Americans' thinking about the world around them. With war pervading nearly all aspec ... Show More
59m 43s
Sep 2024
John Chapman’s Dark Night
John Chapman is the first member of the Air Force to receive the Medal of Honor since Vietnam. John’s story takes us to a freezing, snowy mountain range in Afghanistan on March 4th, 2002, where he deployed with SEAL Team 6 during Operation Anaconda. His bravery in the pre-dawn ho ... Show More
39m 2s
Jan 2024
Don’t Die Before Your Time - Longevity Expert Gary Brecka
Gary Brecka is a Human Biologist, ‘Biohacker’ and co-founder of 10X Health System. Formerly a mortality researcher for the insurance industry, he now uses his experience to help people optimise the mind, body and spirit through modern science. His system has been credited with ch ... Show More
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Apr 2025
“I’d Die For It Today” - Ex Navy SEALs Reveal Truth About Osama Bin Laden & Future of War | PBD Podcast | Ep. 573
Navy SEALs DJ Shipley and Cole Fackler join Patrick Bet-David to discuss war stories, Bin Laden’s death, Seal Team culture, sacrifice, marriage, and the mental discipline it takes to serve at the highest level. Raw, unfiltered, and powerful insights from real warriors.------Ⓜ️ MI ... Show More
2h 21m
Feb 2025
Episode 375 - Joel Struthers
Joel Struthers spent six years as a legionnaire (and more specifically as a member of the elite Group Commando Parachutistes). The French Foreign Legion, a branch of the French army, is one of the most famous military organizations in the world. Joel is the author of Appel, A Can ... Show More
2h 32m