Oct. 23, 2025
Episode 216: Byron Russell "From CIF Hits to Startup Grit"
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What happens when the war never ends? Marine combat veteran Josh Shores sits down with us to share one of the rawest and most vulnerable conversations you’ll ever hear about mental health, survivor’s guilt, and the price of w...
We like tidy endings. We want to believe that time sands down the sharp edges, that the worst things eventually drift into the rearview. But that’s not what Mike “Mac” McNamara teaches. A Marine officer who has known the blast radi…
When Joshua Shores first set foot in Iraq as a 19-year-old Marine, he carried with him the pride of his father’s service, the weight of his community’s expectations, and the unshakable belief that he was invincible. What he didn’t …
When Chad White joined the military in 2003, he carried the same fire many young men of his generation felt after 9/11 — a restless urgency to serve and fight. What he didn’t yet know was that his path would lead him to one of the heavie…
