The American Grit Podcast

Meet retired Green Beret Travis Wilson, a Special Forces operator with 21 years of honorable service and an addiction to serving others. Health and fitness are what keep our special operations combat ready, but after a near death parachuting accident Travis used his rehabilitation phase to rebuild his body and his mindset. Prior to retiring from service, Travis started his sports nutrition brand A...

When you enter the Russian prison you’re immediately absorbed by the Russian Mafia, if you resist the government, you're seen as a hero. Meet U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Trevor Reed, a former Russian mob member and political prisoner held hostage by the FSB for 985 days. On this episode Trevor speaks of the Biden Administration coordinating his prisoner swap, the insane processes within the Russian...

Grunt Style's Co Owner, Tim Jensen addresses a panel of M.S.T. subject matter experts, survivors, and advocates in a different format than usual. Included are Navy veteran Janae Sergio, Navy veteran Stephanie Gattas, and Mayra Guillen (sister of Vanessa Guillen.) This roundtable discussion went in-depth into the current state of advocacy and the future of the struggle for reform within the halls o...

Retired Col. Don Christensen served in the Air Force J.A.G. for over twenty years. In that time, he went from a prosecutor and defense advocate to lead prosecutor of the whole damn Airforce and a Judge. Now he’s President of Protect our Defenders, a non-profit providing legal services to Military Sexual Trauma survivors. Think it’s too late for justice? Think again. Don is still fighting the battl...

Alright, y’all, this one might start a few fights. Still, like a lumberjack walking into an environmentalist bar – we knew fists would fly before we walked through the door. Meet Janae Sergio; first, the good– she is a Navy Veteran, a loving wife and mother, best selling author, and a genuinely creative person with her own fashion brand.  Now let's speak to the silent weapon of war... unfortu...

Men are in crisis across America. We are killing ourselves, taking new and deadlier drugs, resorting to theft, murder, and violence in broad daylight, and sexually assaulting Women in public spaces and dark alleys. All of this is happening in record numbers. “Toxic masculinity,” someone is screeching in the background, probably a man so neutered he can’t comprehend the simple truth. The problem is...

Have you ever wondered how mail got around Afghanistan? Bet you didn’t think about it once while you were downrange. As it turns out, that, like many other things we took for granted, traveled through hell. Meet Ed Ford and Alan Chiasson – both Veterans and co-writers of one of the craziest stories put to words. “Postcards through Hell” will be on sale on October 21st and will give you a newfound...

Meet Moughenda Mickala, the first Bwiti Shaman to take the psycho-spiritual alkaloid Ibogaine to the mainstream. Not only is this compound an “experience,” it is showing results in the fields of opioid addiction recovery, trauma, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress. If the VA, conventional, and general practice have failed you, why not try this holistic and unconventional medicinal treatm...

Suresh is the founder and CEO of 221B Tactical. His gear has kept tens of thousands of first responders and tactical minded patriots safe for years since the founding of the company. As he says, “We invent and manufacture the gear you’ll wish you had when the shit hits the fan.” About the American Grit Podcast American Grit hosts tough and often avoided conversations with people of influence that...

CW4 (R) Greg Coker served 22 years in the U.S. Army, 15 years as an AH-6 “Little Bird” attack helicopter instructor pilot who was specially recruited, assessed, and selected in the Army’s only Special Operations Helicopter unit, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. “Gravy” recently finished writing a book, Death Waits in the Dark — Six Guns Don’t Miss, the story of a special operations atta...

General Flynn was the 24th National Security Advisor, 18th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army. In this conversation, he explains the myriad of intelligence challenges our country faces and the many storms building on the horizon. China is the most significant looming threat, he asserts. Find out why.

"There are a lot of tough guys out there, but without discipline, they will not stay on top forever." These are the words of Royce Gracie, who asserts that mental and emotional discipline and training will overcome raw strength in most instances. With an impressive lineage (Gracie BJJ) and a rich history of overcoming "tough guys" (go check his record)  -- we think he's definitely on to somet...

Cortland Sykes: Businessman, Navy Veteran, Politician and Patriot. In this conversation we cover the long-term breakdown of American society, the rising threat of China, and what comes next in this great “American Experiment.” About the American Grit Podcast American Grit hosts tough and often avoided conversations with people of influence that look to illuminate our listeners by sharing informati...

Kash Patel is the former chief of staff to the Secretary of Defense. Kash also served in the National Security Council as a counter-terrorism prosecutor for the D.O.J. and served in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Tim and Kash discuss everything from the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan to the inner dysfunction of the D.O.D and the many challenges facing the military co...