Live Courageously with John Duffy

Rudy Gonzalez is a Former Reconnaissance Marine and Police Officer turned Pastor. He trains equips and leads teams to seek and save those who are lost, lonely, hurting, afraid and trafficked.

As the Founder and Director of SERT Ministries he has helped facilitate the recovery of hundreds of exploited men, women and children on five Continents and in nearly every State across our Nation.

It is the desire of SERT Ministries to rescue persons who are missing and/or held against their will or who think it is impossible to get out of the trapped circumstances they have found themselves in.

As a force multiplier, SERT Ministries is made up of Operators from Military and Law

Enforcement backgrounds. They often stand in the gap between families in crisis and

local or federal Law Enforcement. They are ready and willing to deploy 24/7 with their

specific skill sets when and wherever help is needed. They are preparing for a Super

Bowl Rescue on Feb 14th.

If you can discern between right and wrong would you please do what is right before

they are called to step in to take your place.

Michelle Mras CEO Mras Inc, Global Award-Winning Keynote & TEDx

Speaker, Executive Speaker Coach, co-Host of two podcasts: Denim &

Pearls and Amplifluence. Host of Livestream TV show MentalShift on

The New Channel (TNC), Philippines and ZondraTV. Recording Artist.

She’s a multiple Best-Selling Author and co-Founder of Amplifuence -

Amplifying the influence of Coaches, Authors and Speakers. Story

Advisor for Perfect Publishing.

Michelle is a survivor of multiple life challenges to include a Traumatic

Brain Injury and Breast Cancer. She guides others to recognize the

innate gifts within them, stop apologizing for what they are not and step into who they truly are…

Unapologetically.

She accomplishes this through one-on-one and group coaching, Training events, Keynote talks,

her books, and talk shows. Michelle earned her PhD in Entreprenology and has graced the TEDX stage. She was awarded the first Survivor’s Award from NOW, the Inspirational Women of Excellence Award from the Women Economic Forum, New Delhi, India; the John Maxwell Team Culture Award for Positive Attitude; Winner of the Ultimate Speaker Competition and has speaking parts in a few SyFy movies check the IMDB.com database for her; has been featured on hundreds of Podcasts, radio programs, magazines, quoted in books and has a habit of breaking out into

song. She has a music album releasing November 2023.

Michelle’s driving thought is that every day is a gift. Tomorrow is never promised. Every moment is an opportunity to be the best version of you… Unapologetically!

Chuck Slavin Actor - New England Board Member SAG

Chuck Slavin is a member of SAG-AFTRA, IBEW, and IATSE. Chuck serves

on the SAG-AFTRA New England Board, He was first elected as a National

AFTRA Delegate to the 2011 AFTRA Convention held in Seattle, WA.

Chuck continues his service into 2023 as a Local Board Member, with a

consistent record of being overwhelmingly duly elected by his peers.

Slavin is a tenacious advocate for the New England Film Industry. He is

President and founder of New England Talent & Crew an online resource

for the entertainment industry and administrates over 20+ fb groups for

film & talent advocacy.

He has appeared in Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket as the Police Chief and The Families Feud as Skunk. Recently Slavin became in a plaintiff in a lawsuit over breach of fiduciary duty by SAG-AFTRA in relation to the COVID-19 Return to Work vaccination mandates.

John Frankman was a Captain in the US Army who served as a Green Beret assigned to 7th Special Forces Group. On July 1st, he voluntarily separated from active duty after 8 years due to difficulties surrounding the COVID 19 Vax mandate. Before going on active duty, he spent four years in the Catholic seminary studying for the

Archdiocese of Washington and the Military. Archdiocese before discerning that God had different plans for him. He entered active duty as an Infantry Officer and completed the Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course, Airborne School, and Ranger School. After serving as an Infantry Officer, he was selected to attend the Special Forces Qualification Course where he also completed SERE school (Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape) and completed the Military Free Fall Course. Of all of his military accomplishments, he considers refusing the immoral and illegal COVID Vax his proudest moment. Since leaving the Army he completed his M.A. in systematic theology. He has also been fighting for accountability for those responsible for the mandates and restitution for affected service members.

Episode 58 John’s guest was Xi Van Fleet. Xi Van Fleet grew up in Mao’s China. She spent her entire school years in the turmoil of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. After high school, she, along with all the urban youths, was forced to work in the fields for 3 years to be re-educated by the peasants. She was able to go to college only after Mao’s death. In 1986 she came to America as a student to pursue her graduate studies. She holds master degrees in English and Library Science.

In the past 30 years she worked in the field of Information Management. As a private

citizen, she has never been politically involved. Like many Americans, 2020 has become a turning point for her. Compelled by her personal experience under Mao and the realization that the Chinese Cultural Revolution she lived through is taking place here in America, she has committed herself to the mission of educating American people about the horror of Socialism/Communism, and warn them of the danger of Cultural Marxist Woke Revolution that is threatening our country.

Her book “Mao’s America: A Survivor’s Warning” was just released and is available in

Bookstores and on Amazon.

On Nov 16th John’s guest was Eduardo Go-Go Gomez.

Eduardo grew up in the Mott Haven Section of the South Bronx. He obtained a Masters Degree in Education Leadership and Supervision at Nova South eastern University and a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology and Psychology at Taylor University, He also had future training at Barry University, Miami Florida Master's Study in School Counselling and at the U.S. Secret Service School Safety Course. Eduardo was a Special Assistant, Technical Trainer, NBA and College Professional Athletes at Best Ball Analytics Eduardo worked at the following Institutions: Vice Principal of Schools, Tequesta Trace Middle School, Counselor Miami Jackson Senior High School, Sports Director of the USA National Games, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Vice Minister of Sports R.D. and Gulf & Western Americas Corporation, Sports Program Director.

Eduardo received the following Recognitions and Honors:

• Members of the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame,

• Member Gallery of the Immortals Naco Sports Club

• Athlete of the Century – Basketball Club Deportivo Naco

• Member A.C.D., Sports Writer Association, 1978-Present

• Vice President Florida Sports Union, 2021-Present

• Dominican American National Foundation, Former President

• Recognized Mayor of Baton Rouge Louisiana, Distinguished Citizen

• Mayor of Santo Domingo, Distinguished Son, 1977

• Gold Medal National Team Member, Basket 77 Panama Center

• He represented the DR, Central American and Caribbean Games, Pan American

Games, World Games, Philippines 1978.

Carmelo Berrios grew up in the Mott Haven Section of the South Bronx. He lived through its worst days when The Bronx was Burning. Carmelo was a childhood and life-long friend of the host John Duffy. Carmelo was a survivor who went through

homelessness and drugs and turned his life around. His passion for music led him to playing in many Salsa bands. Carmelo is a husband and continues to play music for his church in Florida.

Live Courageously with John Duffy Episode 54 DENNIS PRICE

Dennis Price is a USMC Force Recon, Scout Sniper, Ranger veteran who has deployed 7 times in the military, and has served as a Private Military contractor as a Sniper/ mobile DDM, OGA, NGO for 6 deployments. Dennis has attended various Special Operations schools, as well as the Head instructor for Field craft and stalking for the Army’s Special Forces Sniper Course. Dennis Price was briefly in a JSOC Tier 1 unit, until his youngest daughter Emilia was born and diagnosed with two rare diseases causing her to be hospitalized for 6 months from birth. After being life flighted from Alabama to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dennis Talked to the doctors about the need probability and frequency of having to be near the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The Doctors said that Emilia will need to be within 1 hour emergency range to her specialized hospital. The doctors said for her two rare diseases there were only two options, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia or the Hospital in Houston. Dennis made the decision to choose family over career and ended his career at just under 15 years. Dennis is a Christian with a very strong faith in God, a loving husband and a father of four beautiful kids. He is a boxing, Muay Thai, and Jiu- Jitsu practitioner, enthusiast, and enjoys competing in various martial arts tournaments. Dennis is the Project Manager for Might Oaks International. Dennis now dedicates his life to Precision rescues by using his Special Operations experience and skills to rescue sexually trafficked children, HVI's, Americans, and help those in need both Domestically and Globally. Dennis continues to be a voice and act upon being a Human Rights activist, Humanitarian crisis specialist, and an Evangelist.

Live Courageously with John Duffy Guest Dan Gordon

Dan Gordon (Hebrew דן גורדון; - born May 5, 1947) is an Israeli-American screenwriter, conceived in Alberta, Canada and is also a television writer, television producer, television director, film producer, novelist, playwright, film director, and reserve duty captain in the Israel Defense Forces. As a screenwriter, he has written films including Wyatt Earp, Passenger 57, Murder in the First, and The Hurricane, and developed the story for Rambo: Last Blood. He has been the producer, screenwriter and story editor for over 200 hours of television, including Highway to Heaven, Highlander, and Soldier of Fortune, Inc. He has also written stage adaptations of Terms of Endearment and Rain Man, and novels based on his screenplays as well as his own experiences fighting in the Gaza War. In 1971, Gordon began directing the film Potluck, based on a screenplay he had written. The film was never finished. F Gordon left to Israel, where Dan Gordon joined the Israeli Army in the early 1970s. He served for almost a decade, including during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. After more than a decade, Gordon returned to Hollywood to continue his screenwriting career in the early 1980s. He served as an escort officer in the Military Spokesperson's Unit during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. He was a reserve duty captain in the Israel Defense Forces Reserves when he was in his 70's when normally the IDF makes you retire at 49. The intelligence and expertise Dan gave to the IDF was valuable.