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033 - Kevin Flike - Green Beret (Ret)

Glorious Professionals

Release Date: 01/13/2021

059 - Michael Easter - Best-Selling Author of The Comfort Crisis & Scarcity Brain show art 059 - Michael Easter - Best-Selling Author of The Comfort Crisis & Scarcity Brain

Glorious Professionals

recently visited HQ for a book signing and party. Before the big ruck, Jason and Emily talked with Michael about the search for happiness and his new book, . Michael is an author and journalist who wrote and . Writing books takes him around the world to wild places to learn about physical and mental health and how we can live better. He lives on the edge of the desert in Las Vegas and rucks often with his wife and two dogs. Links: Learn more about

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058 - Pete Blaber - Author & Former Delta Force Commander show art 058 - Pete Blaber - Author & Former Delta Force Commander

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Jason and Rich discuss risk and leadership with , former Delta Force Commander and author of the books and . Pete Blaber commanded at every level of one of the most elite counter-terrorist organizations in the world during most of recent history’s most significant military and political events (Panama, Colombia, Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq). In 2006 he retired from the military and transitioned from leading elite combat teams around the globe, to leading elite corporate teams for one of the world's largest and most innovative Biotechnology Companies. Links: Learn more...

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057 - William Ostan - Wounded Warrior Advocate & Founder of Arc of Justice show art 057 - William Ostan - Wounded Warrior Advocate & Founder of Arc of Justice

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For this Memorial Day episode of Glorious Professionals, Jason & Emily are joined by Will Ostan to discuss his work as a wounded warrior advocate, the problem with the term “disabled veteran,” and how you can get involved to help better the current veteran benefits system. William J. Ostan is a medically retired U.S. Army Major and combat veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the Founder and President of Arc of Justice, a nonprofit organization that advocates for wounded warriors still on active duty. Will is currently spearheading the Wounded Warrior Bill of Rights...

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056 - The GORUCK Games with Cadre DS & Mocha Mike show art 056 - The GORUCK Games with Cadre DS & Mocha Mike

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Jason and Emily are joined by Cadre DS and Mocha Mike to discuss the first-annual GORUCK Games that took place at the recent Sandlot JAX Fitness Festival.  The GORUCK Games are a competition of grit worth $50K in prize money. Special Forces training tests athletes across a broad array of activities to ensure well-rounded strength, agility, and endurance. GORUCK harkens back to those roots in a 2-Day competition of grit that features an obstacle course, rucking, weighted challenges, running, sprinting, jumping, rowing and sandbag work. Links:

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055 - Sandlot JAX Fitness Festival show art 055 - Sandlot JAX Fitness Festival

Glorious Professionals

Jason and Emily are joined by Cadre DS and Mocha Mike to discuss the first-annual GORUCK Games that took place at the recent Sandlot JAX Fitness Festival.  The GORUCK Games are a competition of grit worth $50K in prize money. Special Forces training tests athletes across a broad array of activities to ensure well-rounded strength, agility, and endurance. GORUCK harkens back to those roots in a 2-Day competition of grit that features an obstacle course, rucking, weighted challenges, running, sprinting, jumping, rowing and sandbag work. Links:

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054 - Dr. Mike Roussell, PhD - Nutritionist and Author show art 054 - Dr. Mike Roussell, PhD - Nutritionist and Author

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“My advice is to always find a way to take a good step forward.” To kick off 2022, Dr. Mike Roussell joins Jason for Episode 054 focusing on nutrition. Dr. Mike consults on health, nutrition, and performance for a range of clientele from professional athletes, to celebrities, to Fortune 500 executives. “With a passion for nutrition rooted in sport,” he is a speaker, podcaster and author who breaks down complicated nutrition ideas and principles to easily digestible, immediately actionable steps.  While he is a “diet agnostic” Dr Mike lays out early his six pillars of...

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053 - GORUCK Cadre Dan Plants on 10 years of Challenges show art 053 - GORUCK Cadre Dan Plants on 10 years of Challenges

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“The lessons you learn at GORUCK events, they’re applicable to everything in life.”

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052 - Sara Wilkinson and CHAD 1000x - Founder of the Step Up Project and Gold Star wife of Navy SEAL Chad Wilkinson  show art 052 - Sara Wilkinson and CHAD 1000x - Founder of the Step Up Project and Gold Star wife of Navy SEAL Chad Wilkinson 

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“Everyone wants someone to care about them right? And that is what we are trying to do.”

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051 - Malaika Underwood - USA National Team Baseball Player and Senior VP of Licensing at OneTeam Partners show art 051 - Malaika Underwood - USA National Team Baseball Player and Senior VP of Licensing at OneTeam Partners

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Malaika Underwood joins Jason and Emily for a very friendly Episode 051 to talk about her athletic career and the future she hopes to see in youth and professional sports. Born and raised in San Diego, playing freely with neighborhood kids, Malaika says baseball -- not softball -- found her and became a lifelong love. The conversation covers a lot of ground in sports from large personalities to the history of softball, and throughout there is a love of the game and appreciation for the power of team sport.

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050 - Jaala Shaw - Teacher, Trainer, and Humanitarian, English Language Fellow in Afghanistan show art 050 - Jaala Shaw - Teacher, Trainer, and Humanitarian, English Language Fellow in Afghanistan

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Episode 050 is a conversation Jason and Emily had with Jaala Shaw about Afghanistan, recorded on Friday August 20th. Jaala lived outside the green zone as a State Department Fellow and Specialist teaching at Kabul Education University and working with teachers and students in the public school system in Kabul from 2010-2012. Her role was to develop relationships with an understanding of history and culture and she has maintained strong ties to the region.

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Medically Retired Green Beret Kevin Flike joins Jason and Rich for Episode 033. Kevin tells the story of his life of service up to and after his second tour as a combat engineer in Afghanistan in September 2011 when during a 10+ hour firefight he was shot in the stomach. He suffered a fractured hip, damage to his femoral nerve and was paralyzed on his left side. He medically retired and he, along with his wife Kimberlee, have fought ever since to recover and build a life worthy of his teammates.

“Ask for help. Receive help. Give Help.”

Kevin shares how his work ethic, drive and ideals of service and sacrifice were founded at an early age working for his father and playing football. He explains how these convictions led to his decision to join the Army at a time of war and earn his Green Beret. Since retiring from the Army, as part of his recovery, he’s earned degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the MIT Sloan School of Management. He talks about the hard transitions -- between deployments and through recovery and grad school. He describes his search for ways to live a life of service to others even when struggling in the darkest of places. Once a recipient of their help, one of the ways he currently gives back is on the Board of Directors of the Green Beret Foundation. Be sure to stay tuned for some surprised special guests who pop into the conversation -- proof that the journey has been worth it and also continues.

“A life that’s easy, in my opinion, is not a life worth living.”

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