Ep. 245: Writing, Editing and Serving In the Same Unit After Uniform with Dan Pace

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Dan retired from Special Forces and went into working in support of his same unit, as a contractor

We also talk about his upcoming book. 

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Boots to Business - X

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All of Your Friends are Imaginary w/ Gary Stevens

Creativity is not a gentle muse that visits the idle; it’s a relentless force that demands your full engagement, discipline, and honesty. In episode 152, Gary Stevens strips away the romantic myths surrounding creative work and expose its true nature: ideas are raw materials mined from the grind of lived experience, relentless questioning, and the courage to confront failure head-on.

Stevens, a visual artist and the author of All of Your Friends are Imaginary, reveals that creativity flows from the friction of real-world challenges and that the spark of an idea is only the beginning. The real test is in execution: the willingness to distill complex insights into their core components, to pare down the noise, and to shape raw intuition into something others can learn from and use.

The conversation is a masterclass in creative rigor. Stevens describes his process of ruthlessly editing his work, soliciting brutally honest feedback across industries and generations, and refusing to let past failures die unused — salvaging frameworks and lessons from abandoned projects and transforming them into new successes. We emphasize that the work of creativity is not just about having ideas, but about refining them through iteration, feedback, and the humility to recognize what we don’t know. We argue that true creative value comes from making your insights accessible and actionable for others, using our own hard-won lessons as blueprints and warnings. If we want to create work that matters, we must be willing to thicken both our skill and our skin, distill our experience down to their essence, and share it with clarity and conviction.

No shortcuts, no excuses, just relentless execution.

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Just Another Dude w/ Aaron Love | Co-Host of Ones Ready and The War Room Podcast

In this intimate and candid conversation, Aaron Love, a recently retired Air Force Pararescueman, shares his challenging journey transitioning from a 22-year military career to civilian life with his friend Carey Kight. Aaron opens up about the profound mental and emotional shifts required to adapt to a world without the structure, purpose, and camaraderie that defined his military experience. He emphasizes the humbling process of going from being a highly skilled operator and leader to feeling like a novice in his new civilian role, highlighting the importance of managing expectations and being brutally honest with oneself during this transition.

Aaron details his experience with the Special Operations Transition Foundation (SOTF), crediting the organization with saving his life by helping him navigate the complexities of civilian job searches and workplace dynamics. He describes the lengthy interview process for his current position, revealing the stark differences between military and civilian hiring practices. Aaron stresses the need for veterans to recognize that their military accomplishments, while valuable, do not automatically translate to civilian success, and that humility and a willingness to learn are crucial in this new chapter of life.

Throughout the conversation, Aaron and Carey explore the broader implications of veteran transitions, touching on the importance of maintaining connections with the military community while adapting to civilian life. They discuss the responsibility veterans have in accurately portraying both the challenges and rewards of military service to the next generation. Aaron’s parting advice to fellow veterans is poignant: resist cynicism, maintain hope, and actively engage with your local community. His journey serves as a powerful testament to the resilience and adaptability required of those who transition from the highly specialized world of special operations to civilian life.

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Ep. 244: The Startup NCO- Dancing Into Stanford and Why Startups Need Veterans with William Treseder

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William is a former enlisted Marine who hustled his way into Stanford (danced, actually….it’s a whole story) and then started a business that is doing super well. He is a truly smart guy and very plugged into the veteran entrepreneurial community.

He took everything he has learned about startups and why he thinks prior enlisted are especially great in them into a new book, Startup NCO.

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sometimes i go away w/ Steve Callahan | Author at Dead Reckoning Collective

Episode 151 with Steve Callahan, author of sometimes I go away, Dead Reckoning Collective’s latest collection of poetry is a relentless exploration of creativity — not as a gentle muse that occasionally visits, but as a force that demands engagement, discipline, and honest labor.

The conversation explores how ideas arrive, asserting that creativity is a process of dictation and translation: ideas may flash into the mind from mysterious, — even mystical sources — but it is the maker’s responsibility to wrestle them onto the page, to shape and refine them through persistent work. We dissect the mechanics of creativity, drawing parallels between poetry, film, and military service, and emphasizing that the act of making — whether it’s a poem, a screenplay, or a new life after service — requires not just inspiration but the courage to execute, to risk failure, and to keep pushing until the work stands on its own legs.

We challenge listeners to consider the transcendentals — goodness, truth, and beauty — as the pillars that must anchor any creative act. Art is not just self-expression but a responsibility: to communicate with clarity, to wrestle honestly with one’s own moral injuries, and to offer the audience something that is not only aesthetically compelling but ethically resonant. Through candid discussion of military transition, moral injury, and the ongoing challenge of contextualizing painful experiences, the episode insists that our duty as artists is to bridge the gap between the ineffable and the tangible, to translate private wounds into universal language, and to do so with integrity, humility, and a relentless commitment to the good, the true, and the beautiful.

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Screaming Eagles Wings w/ David Rose | Author at Dead Reckoning Collective

In this thought-provoking episode of Veteran Made, host Carey Kight interviews author David Rose about his latest novel published by Dead Reckoning Collective, Screaming Eagles Wings, and delves into the deeper cultural implications of storytelling rooted in personal experience. Rose, a former Marine who served in Iraq, discusses how his book aims to counter the prevailing narrative about the Iraq War by highlighting the heroic aspects and the sense of brotherhood that many veterans fondly remember.

The conversation takes a critical turn as Rose and Kight explore the concept of cultural decline in America. They argue that the current societal shift towards a “victim culture” has negatively impacted veterans, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy of struggle and victimhood. Rose emphasizes the importance of recognizing the extraordinary achievements of their generation and rejecting the notion that veterans are inherently victims of their experiences.

Both Kight and Rose advocate for a return to personal responsibility and reconnection with the broader civilian community. They stress the value of specific, experience-based storytelling as an antidote to the superficial, high-level perspectives that dominate modern discourse. By sharing authentic, deeply personal narratives, they believe veterans can contribute to a more nuanced understanding of their experiences and help combat the cultural decline they perceive.

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