The Shard Climber, Base Jumping & Free Solo #319

The Shard Climber, features George King who came to fame after he climbed London’s Shard Tower and has base-jumping down to a fine art.

The Shard Climber, Base Jumping & Free Solo

The Shard Climber, features George King, who came to notoriety when he climbed London’s Shard Tower. He was duly arrested & served six months in prison. He has gone on to climb and jump off many famous buildings. His base jumping and train surfing is the stuff of Hollywood movies.

Transcript from ‘The Shard Climber’ podcast

George – I do a lot of what what I do solo, because I have like a competitive little demon inside me. Where if I’m with people, then maybe I might switch my desires a bit, so I I tend to do everything solo. If I do do base jumps with people, I want to make sure they’re a much higher sort of skill level than me, because I I don’t want to feel any sense competition. It’s something which I want to put completely away because I think ego kills. It’s one of the biggest killers with this kind of stuff.

Chris – Sticking on this subject, I want to go back to the beginning. Obviously because your story is just incredible mate for those of us that have done a bit of parachuting and skydiving. Am I right in thinking when you parachute, you’ve got no reserve?

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Veterans’ Anger As Government Deny Suicide Rates #318

Veterans’ Anger As Government Deny Suicide Rates, features former Royal Marines Commando and Falklands veteran, WO2 Jeff Williams.

Veterans’ Anger As Government Deny Suicide Rates

Veterans’ Anger As Government Deny Suicide Rates, features former Royal Marines Commando, Jeff Williams. After a long service in the corps and as a Falklands veteran, Jeff finished his career as a Warrant Officer Class 2.

Transcript from ‘Veterans’ Anger As Government Deny Suicide Rates’ podcast

Jeff – One of our brothers took his life and I was just shocked. As you can probably remember from your service Chris, it was something that was never happened. All of a sudden, a royal marine has commited suicide. I was quite taken back by it, so I did a bit of backroom research. I found out it was more commonplace than I thought, especially in the aftermath of Afghanistan. The toil that that took out of our troops, across the board. I spoke to a few veteran friends and said, you know what’s going on and it seems like we’ve missed something here. There’s a key and it’s really important to the veterans community. On the back of that conversation, myself and Simon Marion started Veterans United Against Suicide.

It’s a group of like-minded people whom want the best for veterans. To try and reduce the losses which are astronomical. We challenge the government to get their viewpoint on it with any statistics that we could tap into. We don’t keep any statistics on veterans, only on the serving side. Once you leave the military, so many people will testify, you lose your identity somewhat. So many people have slipped through the net.

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Public Enemy Number ONE #317

Public enemy number one, features Jason Wilson, who is the son of a drug dealer once named public enemy number one, by British police.

Public Enemy Number ONE

Public enemy number one, features the story of Anthony Spencer. He was a successful business man and then he robbed his first bank. After many years in prison and a shoot-out in Amsterdam, Spencer was back behind bars. He was eventually freed after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Jason’s book, ‘The Old Man and Me’, chronicles a childhood of dealing with such an infamous father.

Transcript from ‘Public Enemy Number ONE’ podcast

Jason – So within the year we had all these businesses everywhere. He built slowly and he was just constantly expanding. Me and my brother would go to work with him on Saturdays and there’d be all these guys visiting him and calling by for advice. We’d go out in the car with him and meet people in pubs and in car parks. Sure enough he’s still a city villain but he’s mostly a businessman and straight.

Later on when I wrote the book, I’d meet one of the guys from CID. They became mates after he’d left the force and he used to visit my dad. He used to say to my dad, you need to knock this villainy on the head because you’ve got it made now.

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Britain’s Nuclear Regiment | British Army Vs Russia #316

Britain’s Nuclear Threat, features Michael ‘Spud’ Taylor, a veteran of the cold-war and charged with taking out Russian assets.

Britain’s Nuclear Threat | British Army Vs Russia

Britain’s Nuclear Threat, features Michael ‘Spud’ Taylor, a veteran of the cold-war. Mick served with 50 Missile Regiment Royal Artillery. Stationed in Germany as part of the BAOR, they used the Lance missile system, to eliminate Russian targets who had invaded NATO territory. It was estimated Mick and his colleagues would have been wiped out within 30 minutes if the cold war heated up.

Transcript from ‘Britain’s Nuclear Threat’ podcast

Mike – I wanted to be a mechanic to be honest and that was the best way of getting qualified. 50 was the only new British nuclear regiment in the British army. I was in 51 Battery and I’ll say hello to all the lads if they’re watching. 51 Battery came from 24 Missile Regiment, which was based in Dortmund and they basically took it down and just made the one regiment. I think which was just 50. It was the only nuclear regiment in the British Army and I only recently learned that we had a 30-minute lifespan. I don’t know true this was. The Soviets at the time had special units to come and take us out.

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