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Two new episodes every week. Long-form interviews on Mondays. Listener Q&A on Full Auto Fridays. Available everywhere you listen.

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Air Traffic Control Is Running on Windows 95

Dan Rickert graduated from West Point and commissioned into the cavalry, running Bradleys and gun trucks through Iraq in 2008 before going to selection and finishing his nine years in uniform on a Special Forces team with 10th Group. He left the Army in 2015 and spent the next eight years at Pala...

09.14.2026
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25 Years Later - Be Worthy of the Sacrifice

This one airs on the 25th anniversary of September 11th. I'm not dedicating the whole episode to it. I don't tell people how to think or how to feel. But I do open with where I land on it now, a quarter century later, and why the reverence fading for people who didn't live it doesn't surprise me ...

09.11.2026
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New Book

Drownproof

A motivational guide to success and leadership based on the author's experience as a Navy SEAL. Drawing from his extensive military career, renowned Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf shares his hard-earned wisdom by reflecting on his own journey and offering advice to empower readers to avoid costly mistakes and navigate the complexities of life with confidence and purpose.

From the grueling training programs to intense combat situations, Stumpf recounts the highs and lows, the challenges he faced, and the pivotal moments that shaped his leadership abilities. How can you take the toughest situations in your life and make them the most formative moments you've ever had? How do you take a leap of faith in your life? How can you combat fear when it comes to crush you? How can you build discipline in your life instead of building regrets? In his down-to-earth, sometimes humorous but always honest voice, Stumpf addresses these questions and more in Drownproof.The lessons that don't come from a classroom. What 25 years of doing hard things taught one person about surviving the worst life throws at you.

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The Operator Code

Know the Standard

Seven pillars. Zero fluff. The Operator Code is the framework for building a complete life, not just a successful one. Whether you served or you didn't, the standard doesn't change.

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