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Empire State Base Jump | 565 RLD Para Sigs | #118

Posted on 10 February 202118 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Empire State Base Jump, features Mike McCarthy, formerly with 565 RLD Para Sigs.

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Empire State Base Jump | Mike McCarthy | 565 RLD Para Sigs

In 1986, following active service in the Falklands War, former 565 RLD parachute signaller Mike R.P. McCarthy launched an audacious plan to be the first person to base jump from the Empire State building.

Transcript snippet from ‘Empire State Base Jump | Mike McCarthy | 565 RLD Para Sigs’ podcast

Chris and Mike

C – Mike, how are you brother?

M – Excellent, excellent Chris thank you and thank you for having me on for the chat.

C – Wow, thank you for joining us. I always like a man with a bookcase behind him. Says a lot about you.

M – Lot of cook books!

C – Haha, I thought you were going to say 1984, Brave New World and Wild Swans.

M – They’re in the other room.

C – More importantly did you come tooled up? (Chris shows Micheal a primary colour water pistol!)

M – Yes I did, I’ve got my NERF gun. When you’ve got a son in the house you have to be properly prepared. Like a leopard crawling around the house, clearing rooms. He interrogates me from time to time.

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World Class Ultrarunner | Marathon Des Sables | #120

Posted on 10 February 202118 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

World Class Ultrarunner, Marathon Des Sables, features Captain Tom Evans who is one of the world’s leading competitors in ultrarunning.

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World Class Ultrarunner | Marathon Des Sables | Captain Tom Evans

Tom Evans made his mark on the ultrarunning world in 2017, when he came third in the 251km desert ultra Marathon des Sables (MdS). Despite entering on the back of a bet with a friend, his third-place finish was the best result any European had ever achieved in the history of the race. Evans astounded once again in 2018, when he won the 101km CCC race at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) – the pinnacle of an incredibly successful racing year, which also saw him take the top spot – and break course records – at the Coastal Challenge Costa Rica. At 2019’s Western States 100, a near iconic fixture on the ultrarunning calendar, Evans took third place and even broke the record for the fastest overseas time at the Californian race, clocking 14 hrs 59 minutes in his debut 100-miler. A British Army Captain, Tom Evans was little known to the ultrarunning world until 2017, but is now one of the world’s leading competitors.

Transcript snippet from ‘World Class Ultrarunner | Marathon Des Sables | Captain Tom Evans’ podcast

Chris and Tom

C – Tom, how are you Sir?

T – I’m very well Chris, very well, how are you?

C – Yeah, I’m wonderful and I just want to thank you on joining us on such short notice Tom, I really appreciate it.

T – No, not all, I’m glad you were able to find time in your busy diary to have a chat.

C – Well, I’ve got another thank you for you, which is that you were kind enough to do a quote for my forthcoming book. For people watching it should be up there to the right of my podcast overlay, called State of Mind, which is a Royal Marines slogan. It’s the story of myself running 999 miles, pretty much non stop, sleeping in my tent by the side of the road. Tom very kindly did what we call in blurb terms a quote for the book, so thank you very much mate.

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Dead Drunk to Muay Thai | Podcast #143

Posted on 10 February 202118 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Dead Drunk to Muay Thai, features Paul Garrigan, chatting with former Royal Marines Commando, Chris Thrall.

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Dead Drunk to Muay Thai Podcast

Paul Garrigan is a man with a story worth listening to..

Transcript snippet from ‘Dead Drunk to Muay Thai’ podcast

Chris and Paul

C – … ‘so how much time have I spent in Thailand? Well the first time I was there Paul, I got what was known as an indulgence flight, it’s basically a really cheap flight you can get through the military, so personnel can serve their bases around the world. So I flew to Hong Kong for £40, had a really interesting time there, this would have been around 1992. I was celebrating NYE there, and witnessed a massive crush panic as people began to gather for the midnight celebrations. My second experience there was being almost a witness to Hong Kong gangster Yip Kai Foon on one of his jewellery shop rampages. Its such an insance place.

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US Special Forces In COLD War Berlin | #141

Posted on 10 February 202118 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

US Special Forces In COLD War Berlin, features James Stejskal who was recruited from the 82nd Airborne Brigade, into an elite military special forces unit, the green berets. They operated espionage and reconnaissance hundreds of miles behind the Iron Curtain, in Cold War Berlin.

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US Special Forces In COLD War Berlin

James Stejskal was recruited from the 82nd Airborne Brigade into an elite military special forces unit, the green berets, to operate espionage and reconnaissance hundreds of miles behind the Iron Curtain in Cold War Berlin. In this podcast we discuss the role of US special ops – US Army Rangers, US Navy SEALs, Delta Force, Green Berets – and their UK equivalent – Special Air Service (SAS), Special Boat Service (SBS), the Royal Marines Commandos, etc – as well as James’s unit’s highly covert mission behind enemy lines during the Cold War.

Transcript snippet from ‘US Special Forces In COLD War Berlin’ podcast

Chris and James

C – James, how are you brother?

J – Very well, good morning Chris, well it’s proper afternoon where you are.

C – Hey, the way my head is it could be morning, noon or night?

J – It doesn’t really matter to me at the minute with this Corona thing going on, I’m stuck in the house no matter what.

C – It kinds of bring home the importance of routine.

J – It gives me a lot of time to work on my writing.

C – Of course. I think writing and podcasting are the two disciplines the flourish under these conditions. I call it a fiasco.

J – It certainly does, I don’t have the technical skills down for this, but I’ve been participating in a lot of Zoom calls, more in this last year than in my whole entire life, which is quite a few!

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Para to Property Investor | Steven Green | #140

Posted on 9 February 202118 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Para to Property Investor, features Steven Green, a former para-trained Royal Engineer in the British Army.

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Para to Property Investor Steven Green

Former para trained Royal Engineer in the British Army, Steven Green is the UK’S leading property coach and mentor, a multi award winning speaker, an Amazon top-selling author. A multi-millionaire Steven has featured on the BBC and Channel 5. He has starred in an award-winning homelessness documentary and holds a world-record for a DOUBLE ironman triathlon.

Transcript snippet from ‘Para to Property Investor Steven Green’ podcast

Chris and Steve

C – Steve how are you brother?

S – I’m very good Chris, and you?

C – Yes mate, other than the fact I’ve got vertigo! For anyone listening, it’s the second time I’ve had it. I get it off the computer screen, I don’t know that hell is causing it. I think it might have something to do with the way the data pulses across the screen, it hypnotises me and it takes about forty eight hours to get rid of it and I’m still in that forty eight hour period. So if it looks like I’m looking all over the place, I’m not being rude, I just can’t stare at the same spot for too long. AJ Roberts we must thank for putting us in contact.

S – AJ yep, good lad.

C – Yep, very good lad

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Bad Lads Army | WO2 Nooky Nauyokas | #138

Posted on 9 February 202118 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Bad Lads Army, features former WO2 Nooky Nauyokas. Richard Carlton Nauyokas is a British television personality, who between 2002-2006 appeared as a military instructor in the Bad Lads Army reality television series which re-created British National Service military training from the 1950s.

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Bad Lads Army | WO2 Nooky Nauyokas

Richard Carlton Nauyokas is a British television personality, who between 2002-2006 appeared as a military instructor in the Bad Lads Army reality television series which re-created British National Service military training from the 1950s. A former professional soldier with the British Army, he now runs a motivational training consultancy called Not All Bad.

Transcript snippet from ‘Bad Lads Army | WO2 Nooky Nauyokas’ podcast

Chris and Nooky

C – Sergeant Major, how are you?

N – I’m alright, it’s been a long time since I was called that.

C – Respect where respects due.

N – Very Kind.

C – Was it hard for your ego in the Bad Lad series where you have to be a corporal?

N – No, not really. I’ve been a military training instructor all my life and you train recruits at the level you train recruits at. I’d actually applied for the role as a Sergeant Major. The guy thought I looked too young to be a Sergeant Major of that era and offered me a part-time corporal role. Which means I went on weekends or on their days off. So I decided it was a bit of exposure in the direction I wanted to go, so I accepted it. It then turned out that the guy who had my original place, was an actor and they wanted someone who’d had a military background. My background gave the qualification I needed to do that job. So they sacked the actor and gave me the job.

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Met Police Senior Dog Handler | Neil Bye | #137

Posted on 9 February 202118 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

Met Police Senior Dog Handler, features Neil Bye who is one of the Metropolitan Police’s most experienced dog handlers and puppy trainers. He has been involved in some incredibly high profile criminal cases, with some ending in tragedy.

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Met Police Senior Dog Handler | Neil Bye

Neil Bye is one of the Metropolitan Police’s most experienced dog handlers and puppy trainers. He has been involved in some incredibly high profile criminal cases … some ending in tragedy.

Transcript snippet from ‘Met Police Senior Dog Handler | Neil Bye’ podcast

Chris and Neil

C – Neil, how are you Sir?

N – I’m very good, very good. How are you?

C – I’m excellent mate, I really apprciate you coming to chat.

N – Do you know what, I genuinely appreciate you asking me to come on. I don’t know if my story is what people wanna hear, but we’ll give it a spin and see how it goes.

C – My approach to podcasting mate is, when am I ever gonna get a chance to approach someone like yourself, someone who knows so much about dog handling and the police, and how it all works.

N – Everybody has their own life experiences at the end of the day.

C – Well you see all these celebrities just telling the same stories on the telly.

N – I haven’t got a face for telly, I’ve got a face for radio!

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British Army To COCAINE Kingpin | Rich Jones | #136

Posted on 9 February 202118 May 2021 by Chris Thrall

British Army to cocaine Kingpin, features Rich Jones who served with the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment. On leaving the army, he became heavily involved in organised crime, until receiving a 15 year jail sentence.

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British Army To COCAINE Kingpin

Rich Jones served with the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment. Upon leaving the British Army he found himself directionless and became heavily involved in organised crime. Eventually his underworld criminal cocaine network was taken down by the police and he received a 15-year prison sentence. Rich left this life behind him and is now an author and a veterans support speaker, teacher, mentor and course creator.

Transcript snippet from ‘British Army To COCAINE Kingpin’ podcast

Chris and Rich

C – So Rich, how are you brother?

R – I’m good Chris, thanks for getting me on.

C – Do you remember Right Said Fred?

R – Yes I do, which one are you?

C – I don’t know they both looked identical to me. I’m too sexy for my podcast. Brother it’s lovely to have you on and you have the esteemed honour, as we have a new producer on the podcast. Hello Ben, if you watch this and you were the first person that Ben said, “Right get this guy on the show”.

R – Really, wow. That’s a privilege then, absolutely.

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