The Fire You Carry

In this episode we are talking to Brandon Setter.  We talk with Brandon about leading mission trips to Uganda, sneaking around in the woods at night with Nole when they were kids, how he made the decision to start his own company, working on becoming a helicopter pilot, and about loosing his mother when he was only 26. It's a great conversation and one you will take some good stuff away from....

In this episode we talk about why we are tackling the challenge of doing 400m of walking lunges every day for 30 days. Find out why we take training for mental toughness just as seriously as we do our overall fitness and learn why you should be training the mind and a couple of good ways to go about it.  Big thank you to Facedown records and My Epic for the use of their song "Hail" for o...

In this episode we talk to our good buddy Rich about everything from flirpin' & dirpin' in country music to Socrates, to his podcast and YouTube channel. Rich has a heart to help future firefighters and additionally be a positive mentor for men. He is doing a great job at that over on his channel. We also talk about parenting, cutting back on drinking and even some life lessons throu...

This is a quick recap of our collective experience with the 400 meters of lunges every day for 30 days and a brief explanation of our challenge for the month of October. Somehow we end up talking about Little Debbie snack cakes, you should check it out.  Big thank you to Facedown records and My Epic for the use of their song "Hail" for our intro/outro. 

In this episode we talk to Sean about his journey from being out of shape to running triathlons and Iron Man races, and into his current pursuit of CrossFit. He has some great stories from his time as a school administrator, including a getting into a fight with a guy on pcp, while protecting his students. He shares his drive to always have a side hustle, where that comes from for him and how he a...

In this episode we talk about what it means to have intestinal fortitude, otherwise known as having heart. Nole shares some of his experiences during his time going through the Ranger Indoctrination Program and Kevin shares some of his experiences with college soccer and paramedic school. We will all have times in our lives that will demand more of us than we think we have, and in this episode we...

In this episode Kevin and I talk about the Highland Games, what they are, why we started competing in them and why the wearing of a kilt while throwing heavy objects is something that we think everyone should try, just make sure you're wearing the proper garments underneath your kilt.  Big thank you to Facedown records and My Epic for the use of their song "Hail" for our intro/outro...

In this episode we talk about how we went from taking cold showers once in awhile to sitting in water that is just above freezing almost every day. The health and mental benefits of what we discuss here is fascinating and if you are willing to get a little bit uncomfortable could impact your life for the positive in a powerful way. 

In this episode we talk to our friend and current engineer on our shift at the firehouse (he drives the firetruck) he walks us through his time in combat in Iraq and his journey to get where he is today.  Big thank you to Facedown records and My Epic for the use of their song "Hail" for our intro/outro. 

If you are feeling anxious about the future, about covid, the election, life in general, this conversation helped both Kevin and I personally with all those things and a lot more. This is a deep conversation that also manages to stay light and funny at the same time. We talk about so many things I cannot list them all here but the highlights are as follows: Jeff being mistaken for an active shoote...