Zero Limits Podcast

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...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I sit down for a chat with Damien Thomlinson former 2nd Commando Regiment Operator, Author, Actor, Speaker and double amputee IED survivor. Inspired by the military history of his Grandfather, Damien joined the Australian Defence Force and at the age of just 24 achieved his dream of becoming a Commando. This elite group is tasked with the most physically demandi...

On todays Zero Limits Podcast we chat with Dave “Boon” Benton, former US Marine Scout Sniper and Central Intelligence Agency Global Response Staff contractor, and Sarah Adams former Central Intelligence Agency Targeting Officer, as they recount their experience working in Benghazi, Libya and discuss the attacks on the American Diplomatic Compound and the nearby CIA Annex that killed four Americans...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast Matt has a face to face chat in the studio with Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU & Australian Federal Police SRG. Semps grew up in Newcastle and a few years into a local job he decided to apply for the NSW Police Force. Upon completion of police academy he was posted to the Sydney region. in 1998 after a short time on the job, semps and two fellow officers...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat with owner of Origin K9 former 3RAR and 2nd Commando Regiment operator Thomas Brown. Growing up in Sydney Tom set his sights on joining the army which he decided he'd join the reserve forces. After two years he realised that he wanted more and want to transition to the fulltime army as an infantry soldier. After the career transition he was posted t...

On today's episode I sit down for a face to face chat with "Mick" former 1RAR,  2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment and 2nd Commando Regiment Special Forces Operator. Growing up in central Queensland Mick did terribly at school which he ended up leaving in year 10and shortly after he joined the local Army Reserve unit in his area serving two years before applying to enter the fulltime arm...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat with Matt Williams OAM aka Willy Beating Cancer Australian Army 7RAR, Current Public Speaker and Freelance Conflict Media Producer. Willy served in the Australian Army as an infantry soldier with the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. with a deployment to Afghanistan. Upon return on his 22nd birthday, he received a diagnosis of terminal brain cance...

Today's podcast we chat with former SASR operator Dan Cooper. After underperforming at school,  Dan joined the Army and 3 RAR deploying to Timor in 1999. A short time later Dan attempted SASR selection in 2001 and successfully completed the selection course.   After Reo and 9-11, Dan (qualifying as a water operator) deployed straight away on the 2nd rotation to Afghan in 2002. Dan served in a...

On today's podcast we chat to a current serving Australian Federal Police Agent "Officer B. Before joining the Federal Police, Officer B spent some time in the Royal Australian Airforce both as a photography and as a reservist airbase security. During this time he joined the Victorian Police Force in 1996 and then in 2013 laterally transferred to the Feds. On 23 September 2014, 18-year-o...

On the today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat with Damian Porter former NZSAS Commando, WA Police Officer and current WA Firefighter / Health and Wellness Coach. He was one of the first Personal Trainers in the world and has been professionally involved in the health and wellness space for over 28 years.  During his younger years Damian was heavily involved in bodybuilding and the fitness indust...

 On today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat with Mike Mullane Vietnam Veteran and NASA Astronaut completing a total of 356 hours in space. Colonel Mullane was born September 10, 1945 in Wichita Falls, Texas but spent much of his youth in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he currently resides.  He was a child of the space race and in the late 1950’s embarked on his own rocket experiments in the deser...

On today's Zero Limits Podcast we chat to Jeff Ottele a current serving Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician Petty Officer 1st Class US Navy. Born in 1987 in Westlake, Ohio moving to Washington State growing up before being offered to play American Football at the University of Idaho as a defensive end in 2006. Spent 2 years playing football and studying Exercise Science before...