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Losing Two Young Daughters | Gary Anderson | Bought The T-Shirt #247

Posted on 11 April 202215 April 2022 by Chris Thrall

Losing two young daughters, features security guard Gary Anderson, who tragically lost two daughters to twin-to-twin syndrome.

Losing Two Young Daughters | Gary Anderson

Gary Anderson and his wife were dealt the cruel blow that their daughters were diagnosed with twin-to-twin syndrome. Tragically, baby Alana died within three days of being born and Dana lost her fight for life after 23 days. To find some way of channeling his emotions, Gary decided to write a book entitled, ‘Daddy and the Two Bears’. His book offers hope to all that read it. A must-read!

Transcript from ‘Losing Two Young Daughters’podcast

Gary – I met Michelle on my birthday in 1999 and I was going overseas. My friend was a mercenary overseas and I was going over there and wanting something to put a bullet into my head. My old boss was down there and he was having trouble with drug dealers. We went down to the pub to sort the drug dealers out and Michelle was in the pub. Going into counselling, it didn’t work for me and I was under the psychologist for eight years battling with that.

You know I don’t believe in coincidences, I believe in fate and I think that was. Some people might think it’s a lot of crap but I do believe in that you know?

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Record Breaking Cyclist & World Triathlon Champion | Kate Strong | #246

Posted on 11 April 202211 April 2022 by Chris Thrall

Record breaking cyclist & world triathlon, features Kate Strong who is an Olympic world champion triathlon athlete.

Record Breaking Cyclist & World Triathlon Champion

Kate Strong became the World Triathlon Champion in 2014 after events in her life had spiralled out of control. Financially in debt, she took up running and became the world’s best athlete in her field. Kate became a performance and leadership coach before reaching the summit of Mount Blanc with her 71 year old father. In 2021 Kate undertook three world record attempts in cycling and has no plans for taking things easy. Her positive spirit and podcasts are an inspiration for people who are struggling to push forward in life. In 2023, Kate and her partner will be undertaking a mammoth bike ride to raise awareness of global health. Their journey will take them around the coastline of England, Scotland and Wales, which is approximately 3000 miles.

Transcript from ‘Record Breaking Cyclist’ podcast

Kate – I was running in the blue mountains where I lived in Australia at the time and it was a great way for me to build up that integrity and put myself first. There’s the three sisters and lived very close to there actually in a place called Blackheath. I was in one of those towns very near to the the three sisters and there was a bush fire and it’s just smoke everywhere and I stopped for a bit to have a look.

I was quite pleased to get back in my hire car and bug out of there. Yes it’s very wild and we forget sometimes. I live in Britain now and we forget how wild the world is you know?

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Record Breaking Cyclist & World Triathlon Champion | Kate Strong | Bought The T-Shirt Podcast

Posted on 10 April 202219 December 2025 by Chris Thrall

Falklands War 40th Anniversary | UNTOLD Stories | Bought The T-Shirt

Posted on 4 April 20224 April 2022 by Chris Thrall

Falklands War 40th Anniversary features veterans from the army, navy and marines, who fought to retake the British Islands.

Falklands War 40th Anniversary | UNTOLD Stories

The Falklands War was instigated on April 2nd 1982, when General Galtieri’s Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. 68 Royal Marines who were newly stationed on the islands, fought a determined battle against overwhelming Argentine forces. With little options available, Governor Rex Hunt implimented a ceasefire, asking the Royal Marines to stand-down. Unfortunately for the Argentine forces, Margaret Thatcher’s government was intent on retaking British territory back. Her government quickly set about sending a taskforce over 8000 miles, to take back the islands. In this Falklands 40th anniversary podcast, we hear from the troops who won the battles. Their actions ultimately led to Galtieri’s dictatorship coming to an end.

Transcript from ‘Falklands War 40th Anniversary’ podcast

Ricky – There were not quite 70 of us today and when we come back, we’re bringing the whole corps and there’ll be seven thousand of us. He said, you should have seen him, the guy was crying.

Andy – The company commander had called us in and he told us about the battle of Goose Green. That was the 28th of May. That was the day Colonel Jones was killed with 17 others of his battalion. I was in the first land battle and up to that point, we had no idea it was happening. My mother in Wales knew more about the Falklands war than I did and it came as a complete surprise to discover a battalion attack had been put in. It was a very gutsy thing to do and I’ve got great respect for the paras who were massively outnumbered with none of the support they expected.

To hear their C.O. had been killed along with everybody else was a real shock. The BBC world service told the world, including the enemy that we were about to attack. Colonel Jones said to his own group that he was going to sue the bastards when he got back and obviously he didn’t.