The Veterans Project Podcast

Host Tim K. sits down in Lexington, South Carolina with Bert Sorin, the Co-Owner and President of Sorinex. Sorinex is considered the gold standard strength brand for professional teams, colleges, high schools and some of our most elite military units. On the podcast Bert discusses the company’s mantra “Be Legendary,” his path to being a highly successful athlete, and wearing the mantle of being th...

This is part two of a two part series. Host Tim K. sits down in Jacksonville, NC with the legendary Major James Capers Jr. a veteran of Vietnam and nominee for the Congressional Medal of Honor. On the podcast, Major Capers discusses growing up as the son of sharecroppers, his path to the Marine Corps, his time in Vietnam, and persevering against all odds. Capers was the first black Marine Recon of...

This is part one of a two part podcast. Host Tim K. sits down in Jacksonville, NC with the legendary Major James Capers Jr. a veteran of Vietnam and nominee for the Congressional Medal of Honor. On the podcast, Major Capers discusses growing up as the son of sharecroppers, his path to the Marine Corps, his time in Vietnam, and persevering against all odds. Capers was the first black Marine Recon o...

A combined five combat tours and 20 years of combat experience between the two of them, Vinse Edwards and Will Struckman truly lived the dream of the Army combat infantryman. Our host Tim K., sat down with them in Fayetteville, North Carolina for the podcast where they discussed the volatility of being on the frontlines in some of the harshest parts of Iraq. The three also speak on the value of fi...

Host Tim K. sits down in Colorado Springs, Colorado with Tu Lam who enjoyed a 23 year career in the Army, with 18 of those years in a Special Operations capacity. He went on to start an extremely successful tactical company known as “Ronin Tactics.” On the podcast Tu discusses his journey to positive mental health after decades of serving in some of the hottest spots in the world. Lam also speaks...

Founder and host, Tim K., sits down with Bison Union’s Bert Kuntz in Sheridan, Wyoming at their bustling Main Street coffee shop. In the 2016 timeframe, Tim met up with Bert, a former Special Forces Medic (18 Delta) who had just left the military and was working for $10 an hour as a ranch hand. At the time, Bert was not only working the ranch but had with the help of a few friends and family, star...

This is the first podcast in our special collaborative series with our mental health partner, HeartSupport. Host Tim K. sits down in Spring Hill, Tennessee to speak with Matty Mullins, the frontman of the highly-acclaimed metal band, Memphis May Fire. Metal is widely known as one of the most listened to genres in the veteran world, and Memphis May Fire is one of the most prolific bands of that gen...

In this episode of the podcast, host Tim K. sits down in Parker County, Texas with one of the co-founders of Bison Union, Buster Frierson. Buster competes in ranch rodeos frequently each year all over the country.  He's been to the WRCA World Finals eight times where he’s been awarded Top Hand, Top Horse, and his team was named Reserve World Champions in 2009. Buster was one of the original master...

In this episode, host Tim K. sits down with Trinidad Garcia, the founder of Trinidad 3 Jeans. Marine, Devil Dog, the first to fight, hard charging, dragon slaying, elite killer to…. Fashion designer? It may not be the typical transition for a veteran but then again there is absolutely nothing typical about the veteran community. The beauty of the individual American serviceman’s (or woman) diverse...

Tim K. sits down with Retired Command Sergeant Major Donald McAlister in Western Massachusetts, while on set of an upcoming psychological thriller called “The Curse of Sinchanee.” Don first served in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, already a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army, then subsequently thereafter deployed to Afghanistan three times. He served in the Army for 24 years, and his most dif...

Host Tim K. Sits down in Starkville, Mississippi with Jacob Phillips, who served as a Captain in the United States Army and deployed to Iraq. His service to this country is a usual marker for the servant minded attitude of the entire Phillips household, but so was his path in the arts. Although he didn’t follow the most conventional route to get there, his vocal talents have now taken him to telev...

Host Tim K. sits down in Austin, Texas with fellow San Antonio native Jeff Gonzales. Jeff enjoyed a prestigious career as a U.S. Navy SEAL where he served around the world as both an operator and instructor. The two talk about Jeff’s time on the teams, his experiences in South America combating the cartels (some of those stories are harrowing and some humorous) and his present position as a world-...

With me on this episode of the podcast is a legend of the Vietnam War who served in the United States Army’s famed 1st Cavalry Division in a position he couldn’t have even imagined for himself, an OJT Door Gunner on a Huey Gunship. Some, including Johnny, will tell you that the lifespan of a Door Gunner in Vietnam was right around six seconds. Regardless of whether or not this is the factual decid...

Founder Tim K. sits down to talk about the evolution of the work and some of his most unique projects. He goes into the history of the work and why Carter Chick (USMC, Army, OIF Veteran), Paul Merriman (USMC, WWII Veteran), and Alfred Haws' (Army, WWII Veteran) projects have a special place in his heart. Tim discusses the meaning of Memorial Day and his memories of each project. Although all of th...

Host Tim K. Sits down with Donna Kiernan Carter, a Gold Star Wife who lost her husband Chris Kiernan when he was Killed in Action on May 6, 2007 in Iraq. Donna created the Chris Krossing Foundation in aims of helping those who have also lost a loved one in the line of duty. The foundation is a non-profit 501c(3) organization that relies completely on the generosity of its supporters to host horseb...

Host Tim K., sits down in Southern California at the Vet TV Studios with Donny O'Malley, the Founder of Irreverent Warriors and Vet TV. O'Malley served as a Captain in the USMC deploying to Afghanistan, shortly before being medically retired and ending his career in the Corps. Upon reentry into civilian society, O'Malley wrote the well-received "Embarrassing Confessions of a Marine Lieutenant: Ope...

Our host Tim K. sits down with friend and mentor, Duncan Butler, while he is on the road with Zac Brown Band. Duncan Butler is founder of The Butler Group Atlanta and is the former General Manager of Zac Brown Customs. The Butler Group Atlanta specializes in developing dealers success in the Power-sports industry. Duncan comes to you with over 20 years of in-store dealership experience. He is not...

Our host, Tim K. sits down at the Black Rifle Coffee Company HQ with Logan Stark. Logan was an elite member of our United States Marine Corps Scout Snipers, a group known for its scathing psychological impact on the battlefield. To don the hogs tooth is to gain a singular status as a member of the cream of the crop, the dealers of death from a distance. Although his time of close calls in Afghanis...

Tim K. sits down in downtown San Antonio with Canadian Army Veteran, Brass & Unity Founder Kelsi Sheren, to talk about her work as the visionary of a successful jewelry brand. Her art has been worn by the likes of Michael Bublè, Channing Tatum, Ellen Degeneres, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kevin Hart and many more. On top of a successful line of designer, hand-made wearables, her brand is all about givin...

Host, Tim K., sits down in Starkville, Mississippi to speak with one of his closest friends and fellow artists, Marine Veteran Jesse Phillips. Tim and Jesse met at Sundance Film Festival in 2016, both there as representatives of their veteran-related art projects. The two bonded over a shared sense of humor, their similar backgrounds, love of the greatest generation, affinity for art, and their fa...

“I’ve had the pleasure of serving with several Texans, and they were all born fighters. It must be something in the water down there.” — Major Rusty Bradley, Author ‘Lions of Kandahar.” Sergeant First Class Riley Stephens was born and raised in the sleepy farming town of Tolar, Texas about 45 minutes south of Ft. Worth. Places like Tolar are only further proof that some of our nation’s most elite...

Join us as our host Tim K. (Founder of The Veterans Project and The Caregiver Project) sits down in Austin with Green Beret, Tim Kennedy. Kennedy's resumè includes multiple combat deployments, a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, his time in the octagon as one of the best MMA fighters in the world, host of multiple prime time TV shows, and ownership of numerous, successful business ventures. Tim a...

Our host and founder, Tim K., sits down with President and CEO of the GWOTMF (Global War On Terrorism Memorial Foundation), Michael Rodriguez, to talk about a lifetime of service. "Rod" spent 21 years in service to the nation, with most of it being in a Special Operations capacity. After finally being forced out due to his physical wounds, Rodriguez started a new path as the leader of one of our g...

Our founder and host, Tim K., sat down with Rudy Reyes in Newport Beach, California to speak about his life lately. Rudy grew up in a merciless sequence of loveless behavior, one in which he found himself as a youth defending his brothers on the streets while being shuttled from one relative's home to another. Growing up in a rough neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri with few ways to break the c...

Don Graves is a Marine Corps Veteran who fought in WWII and served in one of our bloodiest Pacific campaign battles, Iwo Jima. He was a member of the 5th Marine Division when he hit those black sand beaches at 19 years old, as a flamethrower. The education he was about to receive was one of a baptism into the inferno of combat, in a place where almost 7,000 Marines were killed and 20,000 wounded i...