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• Ep. 62 • Dave Maynard • 50 Years Behind The Gun: SEAL Teams in the 70's, Blackwater, GRS, & Everywhere In Between. 28.05.2026 4ч 3мин

  On this episode of the Liberty Risk Podcast, the boys sit down with one of the oldest (but not old!) Teamguys we've had on the show - Dave Maynard. Dave went through UDT/SEAL training in 1972 before BUD/S was even called BUD/S, back when the Teams were still figuring out what modern special operations would eventually become. From old-school training stories and early Team culture to Iraq, Blackwater, CIA work, and even the notorious Hurricane Katrina, this episode covers 50+ years of adventures & chaos behind the gun. Dave shares what SEAL training looked like in the early '70s - when Hell Week was briefly shut down, instructors had zero interest in your feelings, and somehow the solution to almost every problem involved more running, colder water, or explosives. The conversation eventually shifts into Dave's time doing CIA GRS work in Iraq, including a massive firefight in Basra where his team got trapped in an ambush against a huge militia force. Shot up vehicles, malfunctioning weapons, taking a round in the helmet without realizing it, and a wild hero story at the end - the kind of story that sounds ridiculous until you remember these guys actually lived it. We also get into: • The origins of modern VBSS ship boarding tactics • Hallucinations during Hell Week and demo accidents at San Clemente • Blackwater operations during Hurricane Katrina • The breakdown of New Orleans after the storm • CIA contracting, leadership failures, and combat in Iraq • Divorce, rebuilding life later in life, and starting over from nothing • Veteran suicide, purpose after service, and staying connected Same Liberty Risk format - engaging conversations, dark humor, nonstop side quests, and stories you usually only hear around last call after a long night with the boys, if ever. This one feels less like an interview and more like sitting around hearing stories from a man who's spent the last 50+ years doing things in real life that most people only hear about in books. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about Dave at the links below! ✖️ Dave's Website - https://maynardgunfighting.wixsite.com/maynard-gunfighting  ✖️ Dave's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/howtogunfight  Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc 
• Ep. 61 • TJ Webb • "Stripper Cop" Shot 6 Times, & 19 Years of The WILDEST Police Stories! 🇺🇸 21.05.2026 3ч 11мин

  On this episode of Liberty Risk, the guys sit down with TJ Webb - former K9 officer, US Marshals Task Force Officer, SWAT operator, author of Just One More, and a man whose law enforcement career sounds like a mix of all the best cop movies you grew up with. This dive into some crazy territory here, with some WILD new stories! TJ tells the story of responding to a house full of Russian women who mistook him for a male stripper and started ripping his police uniform off at the door - til they found out he was a real cop.  A naked guy covered in Vaseline sprinting through Section 8 housing with a cell phone shoved up his 🍑 (apparently this was his hobby). Officers hosing down a drunk guy behind the police department with a garden hose before his girlfriend arrived. Pranking a fellow cop by putting his car on blocks while he was snoozing and then initiating a "shots fired" call.  😂 And somehow… those aren't even the craziest stories in the episode. Beneath all the chaos and dark humor is the night TJ was shot SIX TIMES during a fugitive warrant operation in 2020 - a gunfight that nearly killed him and taught him the meaning of what it means to FIGHT for your life - both during and after the bullets are flying. TJ breaks down the mistakes, the adrenaline, the recovery, and the mindset that carried him through nearly two years of rehab, surgeries, and rebuilding himself from scratch. Along the way, the conversation dives into: US Marshals fugitive operations and undercover narcotics work. SWAT, K9, and old-school policing stories. Getting shot six times and surviving against the odds. Mental health, resilience, and recovery after trauma. What he learned from David Goggins, Jason Redman, and the power of the "Just One More" mindset. Whiskey-fueled side quests and over the top cop stories Like every Liberty Risk episode, it's hilarious, profane, unfiltered, and all over the place - yet somehow finds a way to balance the raucous & outrageous stories with genuine human connection and camaraderie.  One minute you're laughing at the "stripper cop" story, the next minute you're hearing what it sounds like when someone refuses to die. Thanks for being a part of what we're trying to build here, we appreciate you hanging out & spending your time with us! 👊🏼🏴‍☠️ 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about TJ and his Podcast & book at the links below! ✖️ TJ's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thetjwebb  ✖️ TJ's Podcast "Change Catalyst" Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/changecatalyst_podcast  ✖️ TJ's Podcast "Change Catalyst" Website - https://changecatalystpodcast.com  ✖️ TJ's Book "Just One More" - https://hamptonsbookpublishing.com/products/just-one-more-soon    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc   
• Ep. 60 • Todd Sharbutt • A Warrior Finds His Way: From Desert Storm To DevGru, To Life Beyond The Teams 13.05.2026 3ч 24мин

  On this episode of the Liberty Risk Podcast, the crew sit down with Todd Sharbutt - retired Navy SEAL Master Chief, DEVGRU veteran, BUD/S instructor, and one of the true OGs of Naval Special Warfare. Todd's career spans the full evolution of the Teams. From punk rock clubs in Los Angeles and silk-screening shirts for bands like the Dead Kennedys… to Desert Storm… the early days of DEVGRU… 9/11… Afghanistan… Iraq… Hollywood… and ultimately veteran advocacy. And somehow, the stories are every bit as wild as you'd expect. Todd brings a rare firsthand look into old-school SEAL culture, Green Team in the 90s, BUD/S leadership, and life inside the command before and after the Global War on Terror. Along the way, there's no shortage of side quests - from sneaking into Kuwait City post-Desert Storm to behind-the-scenes film industry chaos on projects like Iron Man and The Last Ship. This one is loaded with: SEAL Team 3, DEVGRU, and BUD/S leadership Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Iraq, and early GWOT operations Old-school Naval Special Warfare culture and legendary Team stories Hollywood military advising, filmmaking, and industry absurdity Punk rock roots, outrageous stories, and decades of perspective But beneath all the humor, chaos, and incredible stories, this episode goes deeper. After decades of war, loss, and the invisible weight so many veterans carry, Todd opens up about ibogaine treatment, psychedelic therapy, PTSD, TBI, and why he's become a passionate advocate for helping veterans find real healing outside the broken conventional system. Like every Liberty Risk episode, it's hilarious, brutally honest, and completely unfiltered - but at its core, this is a powerful conversation about service, sacrifice, reinvention, and continuing the mission long after combat ends. From punk rock kid… to SEAL Team legend… to healing advocate. Todd's story covers it all. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about Todd at the link below! ✖️ Todd's IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8700312/?ref_=fn_t_1   Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc 
• Ep. 59 • Moe Jeudy-Lamour • Morocco Adventures, Movies, & Hollywood Shenanigans 06.05.2026 2ч 50мин

  On this episode of the Liberty Risk Podcast, the guys sit down with Moe Jeudy-Lamour - actor, writer, former football player, and Kevin's previous co-star on Jack Ryan - for a conversation packed with Hollywood stories, personal transformation, and enough behind-the-scenes chaos to make this one unforgettable. Moe's path is anything but typical. From growing up in Montreal as a chronically sick kid, to completely rebuilding himself after becoming obsessed with Terrell Owens, to eventually sharing the screen with some of the biggest names in film and television - including a surreal full-circle moment where T.O. himself looked straight into camera and reminded Moe, "I'm the real T.O." 😂 Along the way, it gets ridiculous. Kevin unexpectedly showing up at Moe's hotel in Morocco just as he's heading for poolside drinks - only to drag him straight into desert combat training. A cast member pulling a 24-hour vodka marathon through Ramadan before wandering a belly dancing restaurant in Marrakesh introducing himself to strangers. Real Navy SEALs dropping the Hollywood act mid-scene when things went sideways during filming. Kevin accidentally losing his son in the Louvre. And somehow… that's just scratching the surface. Beyond the humor, this episode dives deep into: Jack Ryan behind-the-scenes stories and military tech advising Ted Lasso, acting, and surviving Hollywood Football, discipline, and total personal reinvention Stress response, high-performance training, and mindset AI, entertainment, and the future of storytelling Like every Liberty Risk episode, it's hilarious, unfiltered, and loaded with side quests - but underneath all the laughs is a real conversation about resilience, adaptation, and what it takes to evolve when life keeps changing the mission. From football fields… to film sets… to Moroccan deserts. This one's got it all. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about Moe at the links below! ✖️ Moe Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/moethursdaylove  ✖️ Moe's IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3907801    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc 
• Ep. 58 • Jon Wechter Returns! • Blackwater, Bachelor Parties & Ranger Battalion 🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ 29.04.2026 3ч 41мин

  On this episode of the Liberty Risk Podcast, former Army Ranger Jon Wechter returns for round two - and if you thought his first appearance was wild, this one somehow goes even further. After one of our most talked-about episodes covering everything from Ranger Battalion, spirituality, psychedelics, and the search for truth, Jon is back - a little older, sharper, and with even more chaos, perspective, and hard-earned lessons. As always, nothing stays in one lane. From absurd Coronado mushroom-fueled adventures, Ranger Regiment stories, and military culture deep dives… to Blackwater, Afghanistan, healing, mentorship, and the deeper realities of life after years spent chasing intensity. Jon breaks down lessons from his time in 2nd Ranger Battalion, the brutal standards of Regiment, leadership, identity, and what happens when you finally step back and start asking bigger questions about purpose, growth, and who you actually are beyond the mission. This episode is packed with exactly what you'd expect: Ranger Battalion culture, RASP, and life inside Regiment Blackwater and Afghanistan withdrawal stories Wild military side quests, bachelor party disasters, and Coronado chaos Special Operations mentorship and preparing the next generation Psychedelics, healing, spirituality, and long-term transformation Like every Liberty Risk episode, it's hilarious, profane, completely unfiltered, and loaded with enough side quests to make your head spin - but underneath it all is a deeper conversation about brotherhood, self-discovery, and the constant evolution of identity after service. Jon's story has always been about growth, perspective shifts, and pushing boundaries. This time, we go even deeper, come hang with us! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about Jon & his adventures at the links below! ✖️ Jon's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bebadfitness  ✖️ Jon's Website - https://bebadfitness.fit    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc   
• Ep. 57 • Tyler Hoover • Controversy, Cop Stories, And Building A Life Behind The Mic 🎙️🏴‍☠️ 23.04.2026 3ч 28мин

  On this episode of the Liberty Risk, the guys sit down with Tyler Hoover - Army veteran, former Florida cop, and you probably know him best as the founding member of the Anti-Hero Podcast - we dive into a raw conversation that goes way deeper than war stories and police calls. Tyler breaks down how his show took off - viral clips, controversial takes, and calling people out - and why that kind of growth comes with a cost most people don't see until it's too late. Because the audience you build on negativity isn't there for you. They're there for the next target. The conversation turns into a deeper look at audience psychology, long-term brand building, and why shifting direction isn't failure - it's part of figuring out what you're really trying to create.   Of course we dive into some crazy stories along the way! Why Mortarmen are always the weird ones. 😂 Getting your house raided at gunpoint by cops on the 4th of July. Crazy stories from 82nd Airborne and Iraq. Humping mortars 12 clicks into the mountains only to fire exactly zero of them. The WILD things you see as a cop in Florida for 9 years. The homeless woman eating something that made a cop puke on scene. Why beat cops don't arrest the hookers and the open container guys - and why that's actually genius The reality behind "Florida Man," crazy mental health calls, and the moments that stick with you long after the shift ends.   Like every Liberty Risk episode, it's unfiltered, full of side quests, funny anecdotes, and all the shenanigans you'd expect - but underneath it is a real conversation about growth, course correction, and building something with staying power. Thanks for hanging with us, enjoy! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about Tyler & his brands at the links below! ✖️ Tyler's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sucka_free_sundae  ✖️ Anti Hero Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/the_antihero_broadcast  ✖️ Counter Culture Website - https://countercultureincthreads.com    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc   
• Ep. 56 • Tim Speer • The Dark Side of Military Justice: From The Battlefield To The Brig 🔱⚖️🏴 14.04.2026 4ч 14мин

  On this episode of the Liberty Risk Podcast, Tim Speer is back - and this time we go way past how he got to the Teams. If you heard his first episode (way back on number 6!), you already know the origin story. High school chaos, figuring it out the hard way, and forcing his way into the SEAL pipeline when the odds said otherwise. This one picks up after that. We get into Tim's time in BUD/S Class 288 and SEAL Team Five, deployments to Iraq during the height of ISIS, and what it was like operating in Mosul as the fight tightened block by block. The conversation dives into the realities of combat, the unpredictability of deployments, and the guys who didn't make it home. But where this episode really hits home is diving into everything that came after. Tim opens up about his connection to the Eddie Gallagher case, time spent inside the brig, and firsthand experience with the UCMJ - what it is, how it works, and how badly it can go sideways. Pretrial confinement, illegal command influence, and a system that doesn't play by the same rules as the civilian world. From there, it gets personal. We get into a toxic marriage that spiraled, the moment everything broke, and the decisions that led to Tim facing serious charges and a year behind bars. What it's like to go from operating overseas to sitting in a cell, and how fast everything you built can disappear. And then the rebuild. Tim talks through the custody battle for his kids, navigating the system that's stacked against you, and what it took to go from losing control of everything to becoming a full-time single father. The reality of showing up every day, breaking cycles, and figuring out who you are without the Teams. We also get into: Life inside the brig and the characters you meet along the way. The flaws in the military justice system and why so many guys get steamrolled by it. Post-military identity and the struggle to find direction after service. The mental shift from operator to father, and what actually matters when everything else is stripped away. Current work with veteran-focused projects and building something new outside the military. Same Liberty Risk format - long, raw, unfiltered, and exactly how these conversations happen when nothing's off limits. This one isn't about how you make it. It's about what happens when it all falls apart - and how you build it back anyway. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about Tim at the links below! ✖️ Tim's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tim.g.speer  ✖️ Veteran Ink - https://www.instagram.com/veteranink  ✖️ Veteran Ink Website - https://veteranink.com    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc   
• Ep. 55 • Jett Cruzz Lanoha • Frogman Toasts, Bar Brawls & Building Brotherhood After the Teams 🔱🏴‍☠️ 08.04.2026 3ч 59мин

  This one opens the way every great Liberty Risk episode should - with a shirtless man standing on a table, reciting the Frogman Toast from memory. Jett Cruzz Lanoha, former SEAL Team 3 operator, does the thing right, and what follows is a nearly-lost piece of SEAL culture that the old guys had to physically threaten him into learning. From there it only gets better. Cruz's path to the Teams isn't your typical recruiting poster story. Tucson kid, Catholic school K–12, bouncing between working at Fleming's Steakhouse, Home Depot, and FedEx well into his late twenties - until a buddy turned him on to the Army and a recruiter mentioned the SEALs. He failed the ASVAB three times, got tutored by a girlfriend, earned his PST score, and made it through BUD/S at 28. His dad builds custom choppers and runs in biker circles. The apple doesn't fall far. We get into the culture shift - the pirate era Teamguys vs. the new school, what gets lost when you clean up an organization that ran on controlled chaos, and why you actually need both the pirates and the choir boys for a functional team. Cruz came up in the later era and felt every bit of the shift. The hosts came up in the era that needed three DUIs to make chief. Neither side is entirely right. Neither side is entirely wrong. Hotel Platoon at Team Three gets its full due. A crew Cruz calls the best years of his life - Steadfast, elite, and exactly the kind of guys you want next to you when a Hell's Angels affiliate decides the bar belongs to him. Full brawl in Temecula. OIC in flip flops. New guys straight out of BUD/S jumping in without being asked. Everyone escaping in a van ("let's go, Marines!" 😂). Chief handling the fallout. It's a masterclass in what leadership actually looks like when the textbook is on fire. Then as a speciala guest, Cruzz's wife Marissa joins the pod. The one he married during BUD/S, sent divorce papers to while she was ill, and didn't see for eight years. The one he ran into by accident at an LA Fitness during Navy's Week in Phoenix, completely out of nowhere, and eventually remarried. She tells her side and pulls nu pucnhes. It's worth hearing. So is the conversation that follows about what it actually takes to build a partnership when one of you is wired to solve problems and the other one just needs you to shut up and listen. He's also got a brand - Brother Apparel, launched after separating in 2025. Not operator merch. Lifestyle gear with an emphasis on living LIFE with STYLE. If you know, you know. The crew (who run an apparel company) go deep with him on how to actually build it right. And the deployment stories. Dubai. Abu Dhabi. The Maldives - not on purpose. A $4,000 bar tab at Zuma that he didn't pay for. A porta-potty. A kind cab driver. An out-of-body experience at a beach concert that he did not sign up for. Here are a few highlights from this one: Cruzz performs the Frogman Toast - shirtless, on a table, as it was meant to be The ASVAB fail trilogy and the girlfriend who saved his Navy career Temecula bar brawl: Hell's Angels, flip flops, and a van getaway Chief Kyle and the chess move that changed how Cruzz sees leadership The divorce papers. The eight-year gap. LA Fitness. The reunion. Marissa on what it was like to be on the other side of all of it Getting dosed in a porta-potty in Abu Dhabi and the cab driver who saved him The Maldives emergency landing - two days in paradise, completely by accident Brother Apparel: the origin, the wrong partners, the relaunch, and where it's going The nightly debrief walk - the relationship tip that actually works 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about Jett at the links below! ✖️ Brother Apparel Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brotherapparelofficial  ✖️ Brother Apparel Website - https://www.brotherapparel.com    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc   
• Ep. 54 • Kris Groves • WILD EOD Stories Like You've Never Heard! 🦀🏴‍☠️🇺🇸 02.04.2026 4ч 13мин

  You've heard EOD stories before - but NOT like this. In this episode the Liberty Risk crew sits down with Kris Groves - former Navy EOD tech attached to the SEAL Teams - pull up a chair as we start unpacking a life that doesn't follow a normal script. Before the military, he was already making multiple six figures in his early twenties, traveling the world in the weapons industry, working arms shows like SHOT and IWA, living out of a 10,000-square-foot mansion… and walked away from all of it to enlist. No regrets. What follows is a deep dive into a side of the military most people don't understand - and a pipeline that makes even seasoned guys stop and pay attention. From EOD prep to dive school to nine months of blowing things up on land and underwater, Chris breaks down what the pipeline is actually like - and why it's designed to make people quit early. And yeah… the stories get out of control. A guy convincing an instructor that a crab pinching his nuts should cancel 1,500 burpees - and somehow winning that argument. Another guy drinking a full bottle of his own p!ss for a reduction in burpees… while the rest of the class tries not to throw up watching it. And that's just training. Once he hits the Teams, it only gets better. Working alongside SEAL Team Two, Kris gives a rare outsider-insider perspective on the Teams - close enough to see everything, far enough to call it like it is. Then come the deployments and range stories. A French EOD tech in Djibouti smashing a live mortar with a shovel like it's nothing. A rattlesnake coiled inside a soup can… and an Australian EOD tech casually blowing its head off with a blank round. Accidentally turning a training scenario into homemade napalm - melting burning plastic onto a truck with teammates inside. A Hollywood pyro repeatedly hitting a dead switch… then looking directly down the barrel right before it detonates in his face (thought he was a gonner!) And somehow, it still escalates. Fleet Week in New York with zero curfew - six EOD ruffians running around Manhattan in dress whites until 4AM every night. A fast rope demo over a public crowd that ends with a guy vomiting out of a helicopter… and then again onto the rope itself. A near miss on a C-5 movement after an entire platoon gets obliterated at a strip club in Germany. This one doesn't slow down. Underneath all of it - real conversations about the EOD & SpecOps community, working alongside the SEAL teams, risk, stupidity, camaraderie, and the kind of humor that only exists in the veteran world and other small pockets of society. Then the transition. From blowing things up to building a company - Kris breaks down how he co-founded Pass Pass with his brother, scaling it into a massive platform with hundreds of thousands of users, millions of views, and a completely unconventional business model. No clean storyline. No polished version. Just four hours of stories that sound fake… but are crazy REAL. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about Kris at the links below! ✖️ Kris's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/krisgroves_  ✖️ PassPass Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/getpasspass  ✖️ PassPass Website - https://passpass.ai    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc   
• Ep. 53 • Sheriff Chad Bianco • Behind The Badge: The Race To Save California 🇺🇸 27.03.2026 2ч 3мин

  Behind the badge with Sheriff Chad Bianco. 30+ years in law enforcement. Current Sheriff of Riverside County. Now running for Governor of California. But this isn't a campaign speech - this is what it sounds like when you put a career cop who's seen everything across the table from guys who understand the intricacies of living a life on the line - and let it run. We start where most people wouldn't - standing guard over a murder scene, watching the sun come up while birds pick apart what's left behind… and the kind of stories that never leave you, even if you learn how to laugh about them later. From there it turns into something bigger. The similarities & the differences between what military and law enforcement deal with in their careers - short bursts of chaos vs. 30 years of accumulation… and what that actually does to people behind the badge, or the flag. The old-school era of policing - chain smoking, broken marriages, zero support - and how sometimes culture has to change the hard way. But also what happens when you try to fix it. Mandatory counseling. Anonymous mental health access. And why some guys never come back after certain experiences… and why that might be the right call. Then we get into the part no one avoids. California. Why the state might be disqualifying the exact people it needs most - pushing out military veterans in favor of candidates who look better on paper but freeze when it matters. What actually happens inside Sacramento. Why a supermajority only works until people start paying attention. And why he doesn't care about being liked - only about getting the job done. The Palisades fire and the moment wealthy California finally felt what everyone else already knew… when money stopped being a shield from bad policy. CEQA. The Coastal Commission. Environmental red tape that sounds good until you're the one stuck in it. Then energy. Shutting down nuclear. Importing oil from overseas. Letting water flow to the ocean while calling it a drought. And the question that keeps coming up - is any of this actually about the environment? Immigration & ICE. Where the line really is between federal and local enforcement. And what happens when the system is broken on both sides - for the people coming in, and the people already here. And also: Classic cars and smog laws. Cartels running black market marijuana operations. Sewage dumping into waters Navy SEALs train in. The gap between what leaders say… and how they actually live. No talking points. No script. No effort to clean it up. Just a conversation that goes exactly where you think it will… and then a few places you didn't expect. This is Liberty Risk, welcome to the show! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about Sheriff Bianco at the links below! ✖️ Sherif Bianco's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sheriffbianco  ✖️ Sheriff Bianco's Website - https://biancoforgovernor.com    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc   
• Ep. 52 • Andy Stumpf • Beyond The Trident: A Life of Curiosity. 🔱🏴‍☠️ 20.03.2026 3ч 40мин

  You've heard the stories, you know him: Former Navy SEAL. DEVGRU operator. Host of Cleared Hot Podcast. But this isn't the highlight reel. This is 3.5 hours of the stories behind everything you think you know. This is what it sounds like when he's sitting across from guys who actually know him - his former teammate from SEAL Team Five and Sniper school classmate - and the conversation plays out as you'd expect. In true Liberty Risk fashion we dive into the stories you don't usually hear, and the lessons learned from some adventures gone wrong. The night partying with his platoon in Tucson that almost cost him his Trident - bar fight (not his), running from cops, vaulting a razor-wire fence, climbing rooftops, and ending up in front of his command figuring out how to navigate one of the biggest lessons that would shape his future: the power of OWNING IT. We also talk about what BUD/S is really like behind the chaos - both as a student and later as an Instructor - and why most people misunderstand both sides of it. Of course we talk about Green Team, life at The Command, and what actually gets guys kicked off the Team, both in selection, and after. An unlikely twist of perspective that can only come from hindsight - one of the best things that ever happened to him was getting shot in Iraq. Catching a round to the hip, pinned under a car watching muzzle flash & getting pulled out by a friend - and the different path that event put him on. And then it keeps going. The unspoken rules inside the Teams. The realities and dualities of loyalty - it's a two way street, and how giving it to the wrong people can burn you - fast. After the Teams - business deals that go sideways, getting gaslit by people you trust, and learning the hard way that not everyone sees the world the same way you do, and also what to do about it. Stories about how half the things in his life weren't planned - skydiving, flying helicopters, jiu-jitsu - and the value of just following curiosity and letting life unfold as you go. We also talk about the hard realities of losing friends - why he walked away from wingsuit base jumping, & the stories behind the headlines. Figuring out when to push, when to pull, when to hold on, and when to simply (and gracefully) say "NO". We dive into his new book: Drownproof - and the context behind the stories hits a lot harder when you hear them told in real time among friends. No filters, no guard rails, no agenda, just the kind of conversation that feels like you probably shouldn't be listening to it… but here it is. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about Aaron & his ventures at the links below! ✖️ Andy Stumpf Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/andystumpf212  ✖️ Andy's Book Drownproof - https://www.clearedhotpodcast.com/book  ✖️ Andy's Website - https://www.clearedhotpodcast.com    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc   
• Ep. 51 • The Power of Tattoos: Pain, Purpose, & Self Discovery with Aaron Della Vedova of Guru Tattoo 05.03.2026 3ч 29мин

  Veteran and icon of the West Coast tattoo world pulls up a chair, pours a bourbon, and starts unpacking one hell of a life story - 3.5 hours with Aaron Della Vedova of world-famous Guru Tattoo. Aaron's path from punk-rock kid in Boulder City, Nevada to Coast Guard veteran to one of the most respected tattoo artists in the country was anything but a straight line. Following his dream he ran into con men selling "tattoo apprenticeships" in Vegas, faced off with a 6'6" biker tattooer who threatened to cut his hands off, and worked under a heroin-addicted "mentor" who once showed up to the shop barefoot, in his underwear, holding a Rambo knife and demanding a "loan". None of it knocked him off course. Aaron stayed steady at the helm of his vision for creating a tattoo culture that was more inclusive, more professional, and built around respect for the craft. Eventually that winding road led him to San Diego, where he opened Guru Tattoo and built it into one of the most respected studios in the country - holding strong for over 25 years in a business where most shops come and go with the seasons. Along the way he's tattooed thousands of clients, including both arm sleeves on longtime friend Joe Rogan. But this episode goes far deeper than tattoo stories. Aaron and the crew break down why people really get tattooed - and why the tattoo chair can become a unique form of therapy. The pain forces you into the present moment, the artwork becomes a permanent record of the chapters of your life you've overcome, and for some people it's a way to reclaim parts of themselves they thought were gone. One client even broke down crying in the parking lot mid-session - not from pain, but from years of pent-up emotion finally letting go. From there the conversation moves through psychedelics, consciousness, the tattoo industry's rise over the last few decades, military hazing culture, parenting, and the importance of focusing on what you can control when everything around you feels like it's falling apart. And because this is Liberty Risk… of course we also get into wild stories, relationships, and why drunkenly tattooing your husband's 🍆 at a wedding might be the ultimate expression of "love forever." Wild stories, unexpected depth, and plenty of laughs along the way.   🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know more about Aaron & his ventures at the links below! ✖️ Aaron Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/aarondellavedova  ✖️ Guru Tattoo Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gurutattoo ✖️ Chats & Tatts Podcast - https://www.instagram.com/chatsandtatts    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc 
• Ep. 50 • Grant Harvey • Surviving Hollywood - Jungle Medivac, Sniper Training & Leprechaun Fight Club 05.03.2026 1ч 45мин

  This episode we sit down with Grant Harvey - actor, adventurer, and living proof that sometimes the craziest stories in Hollywood happen off camera. Grant's path into acting started the way most good stories do: irrational confidence, a couple weird opportunities, and a last-minute decision to drive to LA with no money, no plan, and a mattress he pulled off the sidewalk. Somehow that turned into a career spanning film and television - including roles that required serious tactical training and working alongside real operators. But the wildest part of Grant's story isn't Hollywood. While filming a production in the jungles of Colombia, a simple day of shooting turned into a full-blown medical disaster. What started as heat exhaustion spiraled into toxic shock, ARDS, and a three-and-a-half week coma after a series of medical failures that nearly killed him. At one point doctors told his family he wasn't going to make it. Somehow he fought his way back, woke up after a month, and walked himself out of the hospital a week later. Naturally, the conversation goes everywhere from that near-death experience to sniper training for The Accountant 2, working with military advisors on Taylor Sheridan's new series, and the details that actually matter when you're trying to portray elite units on screen. Along the way we get into Hollywood insanity, getting knocked out by a leprechaun at a bar on Sunset blvd, being chased out of Jumbo's Clown Room with a baseball bat, and why Grant once turned down a potential $40 million lawsuit because he'd rather keep acting than cash out. It's a conversation about survival, authenticity, and the strange road that sometimes leads people from a small town in the Sierras to Hollywood sets, jungle comas, and back again.   🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know Grant more at the links below! ✖️ Grant Harvey Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thegrantest  ✖️ Grant Harvey IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2908492    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc 
• Ep. 49 • Tim Pyles • 30 Years In The San Diego Underground Music Scene 25.02.2026 2ч 54мин

  This week we sit down with Tim Pyles - San Diego's "Mayor of Local Music" - for a long-form conversation that feels less like an interview and more like closing down a bar with someone who's seen every version of this city. Tim walks us through a 30-year run in radio that started with construction jobs and a late-in-life internship, then turned into a career at 91X, FM 94/9, KGB and beyond - all fueled by a genuine obsession with local bands and weird British records. We talk about the early days of The Casbah (local legendary small music venue), Tijuana in the wild '80s when Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins were playing at Iguanas, the mod scooter scene in La Jolla, and the underground rave era where you got an address, a Thomas Guide, and hoped you found the party before sunrise. We get into how deregulation changed radio forever, how "The Pyle Sessions" became a proving ground for local artists, and how Tim somehow survived a DUI, job losses, industry shifts, and still ended up back in the building decades later. Of course, because it's us, the conversation drifts into many side quests. 😂 We go from vandalized parking meters to AI-generated music, conspiracy rabbit holes, media distrust, and whether we're watching the slow collapse of journalism in real time. There are plumbing disasters (more than one), septic tank trauma, rave culture innocence, and a few stories that probably shouldn't have been recorded. At its core though, this one's about culture - how scenes are built, how cities change, and why the weird local stuff matters more than people think. It's part San Diego history lesson, part music nostalgia trip, part unfiltered chaos. Three hours. No script. Just fun stories with fun people. Thanks for being here with us!   🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know Tim & his ventures more at the links below! ✖️ Tim Pyles Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thelocalpyle  ✖️ The Pyle Sessions - https://www.thepylessessions.com    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc 
• Ep. 48 • Ink, Blood, and Brotherhood • Joey Hamilton and Big Ceeze Castaneda 20.02.2026 3ч 38мин

  Two worlds bound by ink.  This week we sit down with Joey Hamilton and Big Ceeze Castaneda - Ink Master Show alumni, black & gray killers, and two men who've lived more life than most people could handle. Joey went from 10 years in the Air Force - tattooing friends and PJs in the barracks - to inking celebrities and Vegas legends, building businesses, raising a family, and proving reality TV didn't define his career. Big Ceeze's story runs a different road. East LA gang life. Abuse. Drugs. Jail. Homemade tattoo machines powered by duct-taped batteries. A near-death overdose. Then a Valentine's Day in 1998 that changed everything - faith, family, and a deliberate decision to break generational cycles. We talk Ink Master chaos, gatekeeping in the tattoo world, the two sides of mentorship, celebrity stories, prison hustle days, and client moments so insane you won't believe they're real. And then it gets wild. Shop serial defecators. Convention disasters. Secret tattoos hidden in plain sight. Tinder horror stories. Clients passing out in ways you can't un-hear. We also get into marriage, redemption, raising sons into men, and why pain is part of earning your ink. Two artists. Two transformations. One wild ride. This is Liberty Risk. Let's go.   🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know Joey & Ceeze more at the links below! ✖️ Joey Hamilton Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joeyhamiltontattoo  ✖️ Big Ceeze Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/biggceeze  ✖️ The Inked Network - https://www.theinkednetwork.com    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc 
• Ep. 47 • Crew Cast No. 3 • Morocco, SHOT Show, & Shenanigans 12.02.2026 3ч 35мин

  This week's Crew Cast is just the three of us back behind the mics - no guest, no guard rails, and no real plan… welcome to the Thunderdome! 😂 We kick things off catching up on the last few weeks - Kevin fresh off a month in Morocco prepping the stage for a major Hollywood production, while Ryan and Nick recap SHOT Show chaos in Vegas - from industry meetups to late-night Circle Bar degeneracy and catching up with some old friends and retelling forgotten stories. From there the conversation goes everywhere it's not supposed to - the collapse of journalism, commentary on what's become a political circus, augmented reality tech, the evolution of night vision, and what the future battlefield (and civilian world) might actually look like as tech keeps blending the digital world with the physical. Kevin pulls back the curtain and tells some behind the scenes stories - working with A-list actors, training stunt teams, and navigating the strange overlap between Hollywood and military culture - while we also trade stories about lost Rolexes, fake designer luggage disasters, overseas drinking culture, and why tequila is sometimes harder to find internationally than night vision. Naturally, it wouldn't be a Liberty Risk episode without touching on some darker topics - deployment memories (both good & bad), the realities of home defense, and the heavier things that stick with you long after the uniform comes off - of course balanced out with the usual bar stories, shooting range shenanigans, and the timeless tradition of talking just enough shit to keep life interesting. No script, no filter - just three bros catching up on life, work, and the strange world we're all navigating.   🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc 
• Ep. 46 • Greg Hake • Skull Surgery to Sniper Ops in Afghanistan: Keep Fighting 05.02.2026 3ч 34мин

  This episode is a long-form sit down with Greg Hake - Nebraska farm kid turned Navy SEAL, senior enlisted leader, and now Corporate Operator. We have some fun unpacking a 22-year career that took him from the conventional Navy all the way to retiring as an E8 in the Teams, with combat deployments across multiple theaters. Greg walks us through his not-so-linear road to BUD/S, including early fleet time that built the grit (and motivation) that ultimately got him through selection. That experience paid dividends later, leading to multiple deployments as a Sniper and JTAC - coordinating air assets in combat, managing everything from infil and exfil to close air support, sometimes juggling more aircraft than most people can keep track of Uber rides. We get into the realities of senior enlisted leadership - carrying responsibility for younger guys, the weight of losing teammates, and what it means to stay operational for over two decades. Greg also opens up about the physical toll of service, including emergency surgery to remove a brain tumor the size of a fist, along with enough orthopedic damage to keep the doc on speed dial - and overcoming it all to battle his way back to an operational platoon and deploy again. Naturally, the heavy moments get balanced out with the stories you'd expect - friendly rivalry between other branch's SpecOps units, instructor chaos, deployment absurdity, and the timeless SEAL tradition of talking just enough shit to create problems that you then have to solve. After retirement, Greg shifted lanes through the Honor Foundation into consulting, startups, and corporate leadership development - translating battlefield leadership into boardrooms and business strategy. It's a conversation about perseverence, reinvention, and staying mission-driven long after the uniform comes off - 22 years of service, senior leadership perspective, and what comes next when the Teams chapter closes.   🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know Greg more at the link below! ✖️ Greg's Official Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fatal.flaw.nation  Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks (screen printing apparel) - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL (fulfillment for E-com brands) - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc 
• Ep. 45 • Brian Price Part 2 • From Hell Week to Hamlet: a Hard Earned Second Act. 23.01.2026 1ч 37мин

  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 Columbia University, learning in real time that reinvention doesn't require permission, it just requires a willingness to step into the unknown, and do the work. We talk about the hard transition after service, the quiet discipline of starting over, and how acting became a form of healing… not as an escape, but as a way of reconnecting with emotion, identity, and meaning. From working on Transformers to getting personal advice from Michael Bay that changed his trajectory, Brian's story becomes a reminder that sometimes the most important transformations happen after the uniform comes off. That road eventually leads to LAMDA, one of the most elite classical acting programs in the world, where Brian finds a new brotherhood, a new craft, and a new way to serve through storytelling. This episode is funny, thoughtful, and completely unlike anything else… a SEAL turned Shakespearean actor learning how to live a full life in the second act. Part 2 is here.   We split this 4 hour episode into 2 parts because the conversations in each half were SO different. Part 1 of Brian's episode was released last Friday.   🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is now LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know Brian more at the links below! ✖️ Brian's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/therealbwprice  ✖️ Brian's IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9067705  Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc 
• Ep. 44 • Brian Price Part 1 • Navajo Navy SEAL on Cryptids, Spirits, & Tracking God. 23.01.2026 2ч 24мин

  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 hear whispered about. That upbringing followed him into adulthood and, eventually, into the SEAL Teams. After graduating BUD/S and deploying to Afghanistan, Brian found himself navigating not just combat, but encounters he believes crossed into the paranormal - from unexplained figures & giants in the mountains to rituals and carved symbols that he recognized from his childhood. After leaving the teams, things got darker. Brian opens up about depression, spiritual experimentation, and a terrifying period marked by sleep paralysis, physical attacks, and what he describes as direct encounters with demonic entities. What followed was a complete reckoning. He began a decade-long search for answers, studying world religions, philosophy, and science, eventually landing on a belief system shaped by faith, experience, and a brutal process of elimination. We talk cryptids, skinwalkers, giants, spiritual warfare, the limits of human perception, and the idea that reality itself may be far stranger than we're taught. But at its core, this episode is about identity, purpose, and what happens when someone who's lived in multiple worlds finally tries to make sense of all of them. It's raw, unsettling at times, deeply personal, and unlike anything else we've released. Whether you agree with Brian or not, this is one of those conversations that sticks with you long after the microphones are turned off.   We split this 4 hour episode into 2 parts because the conversations in each half were SO different. We'll be realeasing Part 2 of Brian's sit down with us next Friday as Episode 45.   🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is now LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Get to know Brian more at the links below! ✖️ Brian's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/therealbwprice  ✖️ Brian's IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9067705  Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc 
• Ep. 43 • Kevin Macon • 31 Years in Policing - Leaving It All On The Field. 🏈 16.01.2026 3ч 22мин

  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 time knowing your life just changed. The brotherhood of the locker room, the reality check of seeing & competing with NFL Athletes up close, and coming to terms with the knowledge he wasnt going to go all the way in football. From there, Kevin transitions into policing San Diego, starting in his own neighborhood and eventually spending nearly two decades in gang units. He breaks down what that job actually looks like. Mutual respect with killers, 120 mph pursuits, park shootings with dozens of officers present, surgery rooms where bullets are recovered, and the constant balance between enforcement and coming home alive. It's candid, blunt, and stripped of Hollywood nonsense. The conversation also hits the culture shift after George Floyd, the toll it took on officers and families, and what it means to work a job where you're meeting people on the worst day of their lives. Kevin shares lessons on communication, restraint, and why professionalism kept him complaint-free in some of the most volatile environments imaginable. The crew also compares the many parellels between high stakes police work and the stress of combat deployments and relentless pressue in both professions. Between the heavy moments are classic Liberty Risk stories. Baker to Vegas chaos, being mistaken for Warren Sapp in Cabo, undercover mishaps, Midwest tailgates that restore your faith in people, and the humor that keeps you sane when things get dark. Now retired, Kevin opens up about identity after the badge, learning how to slow down, focusing on family, and what brotherhood really means when the uniform comes off. From football fields to gang units to retirement, this episode is about respect, purpose, and building a life you're proud to walk away from. Raw, hilarious, and grounded in lived experience - this is Liberty Risk at its best.   🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Our Patreon page is now LIVE! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Here you can get exclusive access to the behind the scenes action, the hidden conversations between breaks, a private community chat, and LOTS more, including discounts on Liberty Risk merch as well as some of our partner brands. Come check it out and join the conversation! https://www.patreon.com/LibertyRisk    Macon is currently enjoying the slower pace of retired life and doesn't have social media, or a website, although we're working on getting him to come hang out for the monthly cigar nights on our Patreon channel 🤞🏼🤞🏼 Liberty Risk Hosts: ✖️ Ryan Williams - https://www.instagram.com/invictus5326 ✖️ Kevin Kent - https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinkent ✖️ Nick Betts - https://www.instagram.com/n_betts   Liberty Risk Podcast Sponsored by: ✖️ Liberty Risk Merch - https://www.liberty-risk.com/collections/shop-all ✖️ Industry Threadworks - https://www.industrythreadworks.com ✖️ Archive 3PL - https://archive3pl.com ✖️ Krupto Strategic Media - https://kruptostrategicmedia.com ✖️ K-Squared Advising - https://www.k-squared.cc