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Ep. 22 • RJ Casey - Green Beret to Air Force PJ to Bourbon & Hollywood

Release Date: 08/15/2025

Ep. 45 • Brian Price Part 2 • From Hell Week to Hamlet: a Hard Earned Second Act.

Liberty Risk

If Part 1 was Navajo roots, SEAL Team life, cryptids, and Brian trying to make sense of God and the unseen… Part 2 is where the mission shifts inward. After leaving the Navy, Brian finds himself standing at the edge of an entirely different world, one that has nothing to do with war zones or deployments, and everything to do with rebuilding a life from the ground up. What starts as a random trip to New York turns into a life-altering pivot, when he realizes the next chapter might not be combat at all… it might be purpose. Brian goes from growing up on the reservation to walking into...

Ep. 44 • Brian Price Part 1 • Navajo Navy SEAL on Cryptids, Spirits, & Tracking God.

Liberty Risk

This episode of Liberty Risk goes somewhere we’ve never been before. We sit down with Brian Price, a Native American Indian & former Navy SEAL turned award-winning Shakespearean actor, for a conversation that moves from reservations to war zones, from BUD/S to the supernatural, and from elite military service straight into questions about God, reality, and what exists just beyond what we can see. Brian grew up on a Navajo reservation in Arizona, raised in a deeply spiritual, matriarchal culture shaped by medicine men, ancient traditions, and witnessing firsthand stories most people only...

Ep. 43 • Kevin Macon • 31 Years in Policing - Leaving It All On The Field. 🏈

Liberty Risk

This episode is a deep, unfiltered sit-down with Kevin Macon, a recently retired San Diego Police Department sergeant with nearly 31 years on the job, 19 of them spent working gang units, and a lifetime of stories earned the hard way. Kevin takes us from a Midwest childhood in Michigan to making a reluctant family move to San Diego, where football became his lane. From Patrick Henry High School to San Diego State, he shares what it was like playing center alongside legends like Marshall Faulk, lining up against the real “U” Miami teams, and walking onto the Rose Bowl field for the first...

Ep. 42 • John Wayne Freeman • The Art of Having Fun & Finding Your Lane at 40 🤙🏼

Liberty Risk

This week on Liberty Risk, we sit down with Jonathan Wayne Freeman for one of the most raw, hilarious, and unexpectedly heavy conversations we’ve ever recorded. What starts as jokes and side quests quickly turns into a no-shit, no-filter breakdown of a life built on big swings, spectacular failures, and a late-stage redemption nobody saw coming. Jonathan opens up about stories he’s buried for over 25 years - from washing out of Navy boot camp after a steroid-induced psychotic break, to flaming out of law enforcement and firefighting careers, to spiraling through mental health crashes that...

Ep. 41 • Nik Hawks • From Navy SEAL to Sailing NAKED Through The Panama Canal & Other Adventures

Liberty Risk

This week on Liberty Risk, the crew sits down with Nik Hawks - former Navy SEAL, sailor, entrepreneur, and adventure connoisseur - for an absolutely WILD episode with story after story for almost 5 hours. From bouncing between the U.S. and England as a kid, to questionable high school decisions, to chasing the idea of becoming a SEAL thanks to a larger-than-life uncle, Nik’s path was anything but conventional. He breaks down the realities of BUD/S, platoon life, hilarious bar fights, practical jokes, and the kind of lessons you only learn the hard way inside the Teams. And when the uniform...

Ep. 40 • Peter Lemke • From Party Bus Chaos to Breaking Into Costco. ☕🚀

Liberty Risk

This week on Liberty Risk, the crew sits down with long time friend and fellow entrepreneur, Peter Lemke for a wide-open conversation about business, relationships, risk, and learning things the hard way. Peter walks through his path from Arizona to Southern California, launching a limo bus business that came with equal parts cash flow and complete insanity - one employee even stole a party bus and some cash, they found the bus 24 hours later with the employee and a h00ker in the back. 😂 Between the party-bus chaos, unreliable employees, legal landmines, and the moment Uber and Lyft...

Ep. 39 • Greg Froelick • Running Toward The Storm: a Brotherhood in The Flood. 🔱🇺🇸

Liberty Risk

This week on Liberty Risk, the crew sits down for what may be the biggest and most meaningful episode we’ve ever recorded - a roundtable with six guests bound by military service, Texas roots, and a deep commitment to showing up when it matters most. The episode kicks off the only way Liberty Risk knows how: inside jokes, supporter gifts, custom knives, and the kind of ritualized chaos that comes from real friendships. But it doesn’t take long before the conversation turns heavier. The group shares stories of brotherhood, loss, and remembrance, including a deeply personal account of...

Ep. 38 • Mike Mihalski • No Pants, No Rules, Full Auto Send - This Describes Our Whole Episode 🤘🏼😂🤘🏼

Liberty Risk

This week on Liberty Risk, we sit down with Mike Mihalski - founder of Sons of Liberty 🔫 Works, underground-casino alumnus, walking Texas legend, and the only man we know who partied so hard he changed state law. 🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼 Mike & Ryan have a long history, from meeting in an internet chat room 20+ years ago because of a mutual love of talking shit, to being ghost roommates, to being the best man at Ryan's wedding - what follows is a fast-moving, unfiltered conversation about entrepreneurship, culture, luck, faith, chaos, and the strange places life takes you when you keep...

Ep. 37 • Crew Cast 2 • Aliens, Bigfoot & Bar Fights 🤘🏼👽🤘🏼

Liberty Risk

This week on Liberty Risk, it’s just the crew - no guests, no filters, and nothing off-limits. The guys sit down for a full-send, behind-the-scenes session that feels more like a late-night team room hang than a podcast. From the chaos inside the Patreon chat to the origins of the infamous “bat signal” 🍆🪽🔦 meme, the episode kicks off with pure Liberty Risk energy. The conversation rolls into what the veteran community looks like today: the good, the bad, the hilarious, and the downright weird. The hosts swap funny military stories, wild nights in Mexico, near disasters, and the...

Ep. 36 •. Ernest Emerson • The Godfather of Tactical Knives, Forged in America. ⚔️🇺🇸

Liberty Risk

In this episode, the Liberty Risk crew sits down with Ernest Emerson, the legendary founder of Emerson Knives, for a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation about his life, career, and the evolution of the knife industry over the years. Ernest shares how his upbringing on a Wisconsin farm and his passion for martial arts led him to create his first knives out of necessity, eventually launching a career that would help define the tactical knife genre. Ernest discusses his transition from working as a machinist at Hughes Aircraft to becoming a full-time knife maker, and how mentorship from...

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Some careers are impressive, RJ Casey’s is on another level. From the front lines of special operations to the film sets of Hollywood, he’s lived a life few could even imagine. In this episode of the Liberty Risk Podcast, RJ takes us inside his journey as a U.S. Army Green Beret, Air Force Pararescueman (PJ), OGA Operator, entrepreneur, and co-founder of veteran-led brands Brigands Co and Four Branches Bourbon.

You’ll hear raw, behind-the-scenes stories from the Green Beret and PJ training pipelines, legendary deployments, and high-stakes OGA work. RJ shares the origins of the PJs’ iconic green feet logo, wild moments from global operations, and what it takes to transition from the military into business, film, and television - including working on hit projects like Jack Ryan.

As you’d expect from the Liberty Risk crew, this conversation is loaded with authenticity, humor, and the kind of insight you only get from a life lived at the edge. Pour yourself a glass, settle in, and join us for an epic conversation.

Highlights:

• Growing up as a military brat and finding his way into special operations.

• Contrasts & similarities between the Green Beret and PJ training pipelines.

• The origins the Air Force Pararescue Operators and their iconic green feet logo.

• Pushing through injuries to accomlish the goal.

• High-risk deployment stories and OGA contracting.

• Building a veteran-owned bourbon brand with a mission to give back

• Hollywood experiences on major productions like Jack Ryan

Find out more about Four Branches Bourbon at fourbranches.com and follow RJ’s adventures in service, business, and beyond.

✖️ Personal Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rjcasey1/

✖️ 4 Branches Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fourbranchesbourbon/

✖️ Brigands Co Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brigands_co/