Pete Koch is a professional actor, voice actor, former NFL player, and a fitness guru. Pete A. Turner and Pete Koch #ThePetes discuss what an actor needs to become professional. Also, how tiny details of professionalism make all the difference. Getting a SAG card is a critical hurdle for any actor...Pete got his by crashing and booking a truck ad.

Pete explains the details of what it means to be a football player and what qualities can football players translate into acting.

#AlbumFight between U2's masterpiece, Joshua Tree against the Beatles hit-laden monster Magical Mystery Tour. 

Joshua Tree is U2's album that changed things for them. It made them the band of the 80's, 90's and 00's. The 11 track beast matches up against the Beatles, who are the fucking Beatles,  in a battle of two legendary bands at their very best. 

With songs like Strawberry Fields Forever, I Am the Walrus and Penny Lane, Magical Mystery Tour is packed full of tracks fans refer to as their #1 favori

Chad Cole is a writer and a Marine from the 3rd Battalion 1st Marines. 3/1 deployedin “Operation Peacemaker” to Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. 3/1 deployed again during “Operation United Shield” in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Pete A Turner and Pete Koch get together #ThePetes

Chad tells talks about those deployments but also tells many

other stories about life in the Marines. They get into the

differences and similarities between being deployed abroad

and domestically.

Joe Musselman comes from a long line of military warriors. Wanting to live up to the honor, Joe worked to become a SEAL. It wasn’t meant to be, Joe was tough enough, strong enough and for sure smart enough…but his challenge was to do something more, something impossible. Joe started the Honor Foundation, an industry-leading transition program for special operators.

Instead of simply getting SEALs their next job in the security arena, the Honor Foundation works to truly bridge the gap.

Glenn Banton is an entrepreneur and CEO of OSD a non-profit veteran ecosystem designed to help and enhance the lives of all active and retired military personal.

Pete A. Turner and Glenn Banton discuss the challenges of leading companies in the veteran service space. Also, they talk about what it takes to run a non-profit; the strength and mental agility the process.

Glenn discusses the importance of the charitable work organizations do, & how a well-executed charity can change, improve and enhance lives.

Dr. David Vacchi joins Pete A Turner and Erik Kleinsmith. Coincidentally, both Dr Vacchi and Erik published books right before we recorded this episode. David is a powerful advocate for advanced education for veterans. His book is a collection of articles by fellow student veteran experts that advocate for greater quality of Veteran-Friendliness; rather than the lip service. 

Pete, Erik and David share thoughts on culture, education, the Army and a variety of musings from their past. T

In this amazing episode, Pete A. Turner has the honor to have a conversation with Chet Rohn, a World War 2 veteran. While winning the war, Chet and his units fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and freed concentration camps. 

Chet Rohn was a machine gunner on a 1/2 track in the 11th Armor Division of General Patton’s Third Army. But perhaps the most horrifying experience he shares with us, is when he participated and lived through the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Vanessa Otero, a patent attorney, decided to put her nerdy skills to work and analyze new sources. Her work led to hear founding Ad Fontes Media an interactive source for news media analysis. There's also an educational edition to give teachers the ability to teach students how to better analyze the news. Funny, our co-host is Erik Kleinsmith who's Pete A Turner's former commander. As a spy, Erik is always looking for a way to unseat his adversary; and brings us Vanessa's story.

Today’s guest on the show Eli Crane is a former Navy SEAL, an entrepreneur and CEO and founder of “Bottle Breacher” company. Eli's concept survived and became a true win from the folks at Shark Tank. You know you've got a hell of an idea when two of the investors, Kevin O'Leary and Mark Cuban invest. 

In this episode, Pete A. Turner and Eli Crane are joined by their friend Jason Piccolo where they discuss all of it, combat, politics, and entrepreneurial demands.

Ambassador Robert Hunter - President Clinton's Top Man at NATO - Dr Robert Hunter is a true master of statecraft. HIs experiences date back to the Johnson administration. He's written over 1000 articles for all of the top journals and magazines. He's advised presidents and ultimately was Pres Bill Clinton's ambassador to NATO. Pete A Turner met Ambassador Hunter at Troy University's NATO conference in fall of 2019. Robert recognized the quality of Dr Rich Ledet and Pete's work and beelined to our heroes.