The Program Podcast

Kap sits down with JR Butler. JR co-founded Shift Group in 2022 and serves as its CEO. Shift helps companies find top-quality candidates by connecting athletes and veterans with career opportunities. https://www.shiftgroup.io/

Eric and Brady discuss the "back brief." The back brief is an effective communication tool that all Program teammates challenge our clients to implement. It is a highly useful but utterly underutilized tool to ensure team transparency, clarity, and alignment.

Brady & Jamey discuss the debrief. A debrief should occur at the end of any operation, where an organization discusses who and what went well and who and what needs to improve. It is the single best way an organization improves. And typically, it fails to occur.

Kap sits down with Nancy Frates. Nancy is an advocate and thought leader in the ALS community and the mother of Pete Frates, the inspiration of and the man who helped the Ice Bucket Challenge become a global phenomenon. Nancy’s Ted Talk has amassed over 1 million views on Ted.com, Nancy works closely with organizations that support and provide care to those living with the condition, and is an ALS...

Kap sits down with his son, Axel. "I asked Axel to join me because I wanted to hear how I am doing as a teammate and leader from, along with his Mom and sister, my most important teammate."

Welcome to The Program's new Corporate short-form podcast, The Debrief. Kap sits down with Brady; they discuss "A leader's greatest mistake."

Program Founder and CEO, Eric Kapitulik discusses “Effective Communication” with Naval Aviator and Program Corporate Lead Instructor, Brady Turnage.

Eric Kapitulik, The Program Founder and CEO, sits down to speak with Coach Rand Pecknold, Head Coach of Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey, the 2023 NCAA Men’s Champion.

The Program Principal and Lead Instructor, Jake MacDonald, sits down with Eric Kapitulik, CEO and Founder, to discuss Physical, Mental, and Emotional Toughness on Mt. Everest and how to apply those same lessons learned in the world's highest altitudes to our daily lives. https://theprogram.org/our-team/ https://theprogram.org/letters-on-leadership/

Kap & Sam sit down to discuss Sam's life as portrayed in section 5 of The Program Book "No Excuses."

Mac & Omri discuss the development of leaders/captains on a team.

Omri & Sam discuss excuses, how to combat them, and how Sam rates his days to ensure he stays on the attack.

Omri & Mac discuss emotional toughness in the third episode of a three-part series on toughness.

Mac & Omri discuss mental mistakes, and how to develop mental toughness. 

Omri and Mac discuss toughness.  https://theprogram.org/our-team/ Operation Spartan Shield Situation: You are operating in 2 man sniper/spotter teams near Karbala, Iraq. Intel has identified an IED-making factory inside the city. The exact location is unknown Mission Two-man sniper teams will insert covertly at various points in the city. When locating the target, teams will neutralize with p...

Mac & DJ Dolan discuss The Power of Gratitude 

Mac & Omri discuss three common phrases we hear from coaches that we believe to be misconceptions. 

In this episode, Kap hosts; Rob Hale, co-founder and President of Granite Telecommunications, LLC , a communications company headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts. Established in 2002, Granite has grown rapidly and consistently and now supplies over 1.75 million business lines, has annual revenues exceeding $1.7 billion, and employs over 2,300 people. He is an owner of The NBA's Boston Celtics an...

In this episode, Omri Rachmut & Jake "Mac" MacDonald discuss standards and how they help shape our team's culture. 

Jake “Mac” MacDonald graduated in 2000 with a degree in English from Tufts University, where he was a four-year starter and Captain of the Varsity Football team. After graduating, Jake was commissioned as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps. While on active duty, Mac completed two combat tours to Iraq as a Light Reconnaissance Platoon Commander. He continued to serve his country as a Majo...

Jake "Mac" MacDonald and Omri Rachmut discuss accountability. What it means, how to create a culture of it, and what are some of the best ways to develop it.

Coach Reilly has coached Connecticut High School basketball for the past 27 years, 22 of them at state powerhouse East Catholic in Manchester CT. During that time, he has amassed a career win-loss record of 428-208. His teams have won 4 State Championships; in 2014, 2016, 2019, and this past season in 2022. 

Jamey joined the United States Marine Corps at the age of 17 and was a member of the elite special forces team DET 1. During his time with the USMC, he participated in five combat deployments on either a two-man sniper team or as part of a 40-man raid team. He is a skydiving Jumpmaster and qualified in High-Altitude Low-Opening (HALO) skydives, and has served as a Combative Diver, Explosive Instru...

Kap, sits down with Rana el Kaliouby, an Egyptian-American scientist, entrepreneur, investor, author, and an AI thought leader on a mission to humanize technology before it dehumanizes us. She is the Deputy CEO at Smart Eye and formerly, Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva, an MIT spin-off and category defining AI company. She is an executive fellow at the Harvard Business School where she teaches abo...

Sami Jo Small is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. As a member of the Canadian national team, she was a three-time Olympic medalist and four-time World Championship medalist. In this episode Kap and Sami, discuss her journey as an elite level athlete as portrayed in her book "The Role I played".