The Stage

My dad is back for his second episode. We discuss some of his childhood and the tricks they pulled, a funny fight he was in, and a story about his dad that is my favorite story of all time. As always it was great having my pops in studio, hope you all enjoy it!

This episode I talk with Courtney Hunt, he is a retired Gunnery Sergeant/USMC. We discuss his childhood, Okinawa, being a drill instructor, a dog handler and some of his time in the middle east. Was an honor to have this outstanding Marine on the show. While talking about our time in Okinawa we talk about some barracks shenanigans, we mention a fellow brother Joel Gorniak. Joel we learned passed a...

If cussing isn't your thing or words hurt you....id skip this one. This episode I talk with Anthony Hernandez and Chaz Mayes, We talk about our time in Okinawa together and how they were together since training. I didn't get into much detail about their lives because an in-person episode is coming. Chaz can't make it Anthony's retirement, so this was on my list of episodes that needed to happen. T...

This episode I interview Ed Kugler, he is a Marine scout sniper who served in Vietnam, he is also the author of multiple books. His book Dead Center (my favorite) is most of the topic for this interview. Ed is the original of a group nicknamed the Rouges, who spent most of their time on small sniper patrols in Vietnam. Ed is a Mount Rushmore for me for The Stage, it was an honor to spend a couple...

This episode I talk with my brother Dusty Lindley. We discuss growing up together, school/sports, and the wreck that would change our lives forever. We had a blast doing this and continued to talk for a long while after I stopped recording. I'm looking forward to him come back on The Stage. This is the last episode recorded on the old equipment, excited to see how the upgrade sounds.

For the last episode of the year, I wanted to thank everyone who has been a part of The Stage. I want to tell you about future podcast and also record for the first time with the upgraded equipment. I hope 2025 is the best for you all yet, thank you for listening!

We stroll down memory lane with two of my favorite people. These guys are my cousins and we always laugh a ton together. This episode was edited by Kevins son, Blake. He is 12 years old and has an extremely bright future.

This episode I talk with Crystal Henson, we discuss some of our time in school together, being a nurse during the pandemic, and a near death experience. Crystal is my first female guest, who's episode was semi hijacked by cats.

In this episode I give an update on my life and the direction of the podcast through the holidays.

This episode I talk to one of my best friends Shane Dodd. We discuss our long friendship, us going to bootcamp together, and what I believe is his calling....being a foster parent.

This episode I talk to Marine Corps veteran Bill Long. We discuss his time in the Corps, his time as a police officer, and his insane love of Halloween......and me crawling through the woods finding my phone, that I didn't put there.

I talk with my cousin and one of my best friends Brett Aday, also unfortunately nick named Diddy. We talk about our friendship, how we found out we are related, and his recent medical diagnosis. Note: we talk about something from 20 years ago that I wouldn't do today:)

This episode I talk with Tyler Thomas. We talk about our quick friendship, his time in the ARMY National Guard and his will to be successful and his beautiful family.

This is my first ever recorded episode, before the podcast had a name. In this episode we talk very briefly about the night before recording, which was wild and didnt want to get to detailed about. we also talk about a deployment in the middle east, our time in Okinawa, and Stan catching our friends hair on fire.

In this episode we discuss how Brooks leadership changed when being put in his first field unit, also we talk about an unfortunate situation that happened in Jungle Warfare Training and very bad tattoo choice.

We discuss Gunny Finley's 22 year Marine Corps career, his journey from being a young Marine to an outstanding leader and now leader/mentor for his students. Semper FI Note: we recorded this in front of an audience, there are a couple 4 letter words than you can hear from them, as said before i want to keep this as raw as possible

We talk about what to expect from the podcast and its future. I tell a very brief story of my life, its the most raw ive ever been.

I talk with my Dad briefly about his life. A small buisness owner, a writer and most importantly a father. We discuss his drug addiction and alcoholism, and what led him to change.