Zero Limits Podcast

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with James Koens former Australian Army soldier, spending a few years in the Royal Australian Armoured Corps and then transferring to The Australian Army Aviation Corps (AA Avn) as a loadmaster. James has an extensive background in government and defence. After 15 years service with the Australian Army, James is now a Training and Checking Aircrew Officer...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Nick Kaldas APM former NSW Police Deputy Commissioner and Chair for the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.  Nick Kaldas held two of the most senior roles in the New South Wales Police Force, serving as Deputy Commissioner for almost a decade and, prior to that, Assistant Commissioner (Counter Terrorism and Special Tactics). He relieve...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Ric Prado retired CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer.  Ric witnessed a firefight at seven in Cuba during Fidel Castro's revolution. After his family fled, they relocated to Miami. Prado would go on to serve as an elite Pararescuemen in the Airforce and spent 24 years at the CIA, retiring at the rank of Senior Intel Service-2, the Major General...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I have a chat with Paul Warren former 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment infantry soldier.  Paul 'Warlord' Warren was an Australian Muay Thai kick-boxing champion who was used to the physically punishing world of martial arts at its highest level.  But nothing could prepare him for the torment he would face in the Australian army. One month after...

The Debrief hosted and moderated by Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris. Today's panel guests are Shaun O'Gorman former  Queensland Police K9 Unit Police Officer and Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU, Australian Federal Police SRG and Private Security Contractor. Today's discussion we have set a time limit of 1 hour to chat about all things Police. We chat about the idea that pol...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast all the way from Brazil, I chat with Nico Seedsman former Australian Special Forces operator from the Special Air Service Regiment better known as SASR. Nico set his sights on the SASR at a young age however he enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy as a electronic technician. He sent roughly two years in the navy and then attempted and passed Special Forces Entr...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sit down for a chat with Declan Redmond former Australian Special Forces 2nd Commando Regiment operator.  Decland joined the Army in 2000. After completing IET’s he was posted to 1RAR. Declan deployed with the battalion to East Timor in 2001. In 2003 he was posted to the ADF school of languages to learn Farsi/Dari. Declan returned back to 1RAR in 2004 and appl...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio guest Brett Pennell former NSW Police TOU sniper. Sgt Brett Pennell, or "Fassi" to his mates, reflects upon a 20 year career spending majority of his career with the NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit as a sniper. In February 2001, police shot and killed Jim Hallinan after a 36-hour stand-off on a remote property at Adjungbil...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with former Australian Army Special Forces, 2nd Commando Regiment, Warrant Officer Nick Hill. Nick served in Malaysia, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan as well as being deployed to other countries including Egypt, Israel and the United States of America. Nick spent his twenty-five-year career (1989-2014) predominately in the 2nd Commando Regiment. Nick wa...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sit down with Andrew Murphy aka Raptor 13 former NSW Police Officer.  Murphy spent just over 20 years serving as a NSW Police officer with multiple secondments to different sectors within the Police which includes general duties, operational service group (OSG), water police, highway patrol, licensing and strike force raptor. Murphy was involved in a serious v...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Dean Stott a former British Special Forces Soldier. After making it through the Special Forces gruelling 6 month selection process, Dean became one of the very first army members to join the SBS (Special Boat Service). Throughout his esteemed military career, he has conducted deployments to overseas hostile environments and been involved in Counter T...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast Matt Pepper a former Australian Army Officer and NSW Ambulance Intensive Care/Special Operations Paramedic shares his life sotry. Matt served seven years in the Australian Army, working across a number of combat corps roles, graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon and the Australian Defence Force Academy. In 2006 he transitioned to emergency service...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat to Dave Parker former 2nd Commando Regiment operator. Dave joined the army reserves in 1999 and whilst at Kapooka he decided to join the regular army within the infantry and was posted to then 4RAR later becoming the 2nd Commando Regiment. Dave completed his reinforcement cycle in 2003 with the unit still establishing a special forces capability. Dave de...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sit down for a chat with Luke Smith former Australian Army veteran serving in both the Royal Australian Infantry at 2RAR and Royal Australian Armoured Corps 2nd/14th Light horse Regiment and 2nd Cavalry Regiment. During his military service Luke deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2011 he applied for the Queensland Fire Service for a position as a firefighter...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat with Joe Piersante a 23-year veteran of the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration and provides presentations on overcoming adversity. During his time with the DEA, Special Agent Piersante was assigned to complex narcotics investigations, clandestine laboratory investigations and deployed with a DEA’s Foreign Advisory Suppor...

On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Dustin Osborne current Queensland Police Officer and Co-Chair of the Law Enforcement Officer Medical Working Group at Australian Tactical Medical Association. Dusty has spent roughly 15 years as a police officer spending most of his time posted to the Fortitude Valley Police Station. Fortitude Valley is the smallest policing division in Queensland but has...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast we have a very special co host  Andrew Murphy aka Raptor 13 former NSW Police Officer, Murph aka Raptor13 aka Jug Head has known today's guest for quite sometime working alongside him in the NSW Police. Today's guest is Matt U'Brien former NSW Police Officer / NSW Fire & Rescue Retained Firefighter, he spent majority of his policing career wit...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Damien "Beatdown" Brown former 2RAR Afghanistan Veteran and UFC Fighter. Damien was born in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. He was is a veteran of the Australian Army serving as an infantry soldier, who was deployed to Afghanistan in 2007, post service he became a correctional officer.  After return from military service from Afghanista...

The Debrief hosted and moderated by Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris. Today's panel guests are Shaun O'Gorman former  Queensland Police K9 Unit Police Officer and Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU, Australian Federal Police SRG and Private Security Contractor. Today's discussion we have set a time limit of 1 hour to chat about all things Police. We go over what was spoken abou...

On today's episode I sit down with the NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit Officer Ben Besant also known as "Officer A".  He was the TOU officer who killed the Lindt Cafe terrorist and he tells us about the moment he came face-to-face with the killer who terrorised Sydney and how he also expected to die also airing his frustration as senior police hesitated while a hostage was execu...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sat down with Andy MacFarlane a former NSW Police Officer. We spoke about his life and times over a 20 plus year roller coaster ride in policing that stretched across undercover roles in various agencies including the NSW Crime Commission, NSW Drug Enforcement Agency, CT Command and Australian Federal Police then finishing up in Dignitary Protection which leve...

The Debrief hosted and moderated by Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris. Today's panel guests are Shaun O'Gorman former  Queensland Police K9 Unit Police Officer and Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU, Australian Federal Police SRG and Private Security Contractor. Today's discussion we have set a time limit of 1 hour to chat about all things Police. We chat about the recruitment a...

On todays Zero Limits Podcast Matt chats with Liam Haven former Australian Infantry soldier from the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Liam was deployed to Iraq as an infantry soldier and combat medic. He had been in Iraq for six months operating as part of the Overwatch Battle Group (West) - 4. When his Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle was on patrol near An Nasiriyah, in southern Iraq...

On today's podcast Matt chats with Eddie Gallagher a retired Navy SEAL that served for 20 years  served as a Navy Corpsman, Marine Scout Sniper and Navy SEAL  completing 8 deployments, including tours to both Afghanistan and Iraq.   On his last combat deployment to Iraq in 2017, Eddie led a platoon to successfully defeat ISIS in Mosul. For his performance and leadership, he was highly commend...

The Debrief hosted and moderated by Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris. Today's panel guests are Shaun O'Gorman former  Queensland Police K9 Unit Police Officer and Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU, Australian Federal Police SRG and Private Security Contractor. Today's discussion we have set a time limit of 1 hour to chat about all things Police. We dive specifically into the c...