Silly Goose Gang

Joining the Gang is Philip Folsom, for probably the most powerful conversation we've ever had on the podcast.

Phil is an Anthropologist, Culture Development expert and president & CEO of Wolf Tribe. In addition, he is the co-founder of VALOR, a PTS and resiliency program for warriors and first responders. Philip is known for his unique adventure programing and Tribe workshop that focuses on the primary culture components of building healthy and high performing teams.

Philip Folsom’s reputation in the team development world is legendary. His in-person events, seminars, and experiences, have dramatically improved the lives of over 500,000 people teaching the importance of peace, power, and sacred purpose. Philip is a regular contributor at the USC Marshall School of Business and sits on the High Performance Board of Red Bull. His work is regularly featured on television and podcasts around the world. Philip’s current clients include Microsoft, Apple, Snapchat, Space X and Riot Games.

You can find out more about Phil and his work at mywolftribe.com

Joining the Gang is Nick Lavery.

Nick is an active duty member of The United States Army Special Forces. Commonly known as Green Berets, the Special Forces perform critical missions including counterinsurgency, unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, and special reconnaissance. In 2013, on Nick's second combat rotation to Afghanistan, he and his Detachment fell victim to an insider attack ultimately resulting in the loss of his leg.

Following a year of surgeries and initial recovery including the use of a prosthetic at Walter Reed National Medical Military Center, he returned to his unit. Refusing a military medical retirement, Nick set his sights on returning to operational status. In 2015, at the conclusion of a challenging, comprehensive assessment designed to evaluate Nick's abilities to operate, he returned to his Detachment and was subsequently deployed once again to Afghanistan conducting full spectrum combat operations. Nick is considered to be the first Green Beret to return to combat as an above the knee amputee.

Nick is currently serving the United States citizens as a Special Forces Warrant Officer / Assistant Detachment Commander and is widely recognized as an experienced subject matter expert in special operations, intelligence fusion, and mission planning and execution across all operational continuums. A former Special Forces Weapons Sergeant, Nick is Airborne and Combat Diver qualified, holds instructor certifications in Modern Army Combatives (MACP) and Special Operations Combatives (SOCP) programs, and is a graduate of both the Network Development Course and Unconventional Warfare Operational Design course. Nick is the first amputee to complete the Special Forces Warrant Officer Technical and Tactical Certification course, the SOCP Instructor course, and the Combat Diver Qualification course in military history.

Nick's awards include the Silver Star, three Purple Hearts, two Bronze Stars, Bronze Star with “V” for valor, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, two Meritorious Service Medals, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and the Special Operations Command Excalibur Award. An extensive world traveler, Nick provides training and motivational speeches to private sector corporations, schools and universities, sports teams, and a variety of different non-profit organizations. In his TED Talk ‘Living by an Ethos,’ Nick speaks about the Warrior Mindset and the importance of sacrifice, determination, and selflessness.

Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Nick is a husband, father, athlete, student, and author. He speaks multiple languages including Dari, Farsi, and Russian and has earned a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

You can find out more at machinenick.com

Phil joins the Silly Goose Gang. Phil Daru is a world renowned strength and conditioning coach and is the founder of Daru Strong, a brand dedicated to helping one’s performance, life, longevity, personal growth, and becoming the best versions of themselves. Phil also owns and operates the Daru Strong Performance Center in Boca Raton, Florida. 

For years, Phil has worked with some of the most elite athletes and fighters in the world such as: Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Dustin Poirier, Jr. Dos Santos, King Mo Lawal, Tecia Torres, Colby Covington and over 80 Pro fighters each week. Phil’s resume also includes World renowned celebrities, NFL players, World Champion Boxers, UFC fighters and Olympic athletes. For over 10 years, Phil has been training the top athletes because of his ability to improve performance such as power, strength, speed, agility, mobility, and endurance.

His resume includes World renowned celebrities, NFL players, World Champion Boxers, UFC fighters and Olympic athletes. When it comes to combat sports training along with strength and conditioning, Phil is truly the best in the industry.  Phil and his methodologies have been seen on ESPN, Fox Sports, The Luke Thomas Podcast, Spike TV, The Schmo, Fighters Only Magazine, UFC embedded, Mark Bell’s Power Podcast, Espn +, Elliott Hulse’s Strength Camp, The NFL Network, Joe Defranco’s Industrial Podcast Show and in many books around the world. By watching, listening and following Phil’s training methods, you will be able to truly dominate all of your training goals at the most elite level.

Mark is a Royal Marines Commando who has an incredible story to share.

Mark suffered life changing injuries on Christmas Eve, 2007 which resulted in him becoming a triple amputee.

Mark shares his story with the Gang, as well as his love of jiujitsu and how that's helped him, the mindset that drives him on, and we finish with Mark telling the story of the incident that left him injured.

This is a massively important episode.

To learn more about Mark visit markormrod.com and follow him on IG at @markormrod.

Mark Valenti is a retired professional Highland Games athlete, and joins us for a chat about training, drinking, and setting the World to rights.

This was a fun conversation, and Mark certainly lives up to his IG handle of RefinedSavageActual.

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Mike is an interesting dude! a real life treasure hunter!

We talk about Mike's life in Panama, why he got involved in looking for lost Spanish galleons, and how long he's been diving for.

We discuss mutual friends, and his love for sharks.

You can find out more about Mike on IG at @silenthunter_pty

What an episode! We're joined by Marcus Torgerson from Range Time.

Marcus is a self defense expert but this chat goes way deeper than that.

We discuss what's wrong with the World, and Marcus's take on what needs to be done to sort this out

We chat about the "offended" culture, and why it needs to change.

Marcus is a hard driving dude, and we need more people like this is the World!

You can follow him on IG or Twitter at @marcustorgerson

Gail Emms, MBE joins the Gang for a really fun chat.

We discuss why an Olympic silver medal sometimes isn't as great as it sounds, what it takes to be an elite athlete, the importance of strong femalenrole models,why Gail changed her diet, and what did Chris say that shocked Gail so much? You'll need to listen to find out.

To find out more about Gail, search @gailemms on IG or Twitter.

Robbie Schmittner joins the Gang from the Yucatan Peninsula.

Robbie is a World renowned cave diver and mapped and linked over 300Km of underwater caves!

We discuss technical and cave diving, the unique geography of the Yucatan, Robbies future projects, why he abseiled into a pyramid to access a cave, and a close encounter with a Jaguar!

You can find Robbie on Twitter and IG by searching for @robbieschmittner

He also maintains a website at robbieschmittner.com

You can also view a project Robbie is passionate about on this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-xunaanha-expedition

The Gang are joined by Ryan Michler from Order of Man.

Ryan is a former National Guardsman who now runs the hugely successful podcast Order of Man, where he interviews succesful men.

He kindly agreed to join us, and we had a great chat about why he felt compelled to start Order of Man, how we all have the same 24 hours in a day but don't fill those 24 hours the same way, and jiijitsu.

To find out more about Ryan please visit orderofman.com/battleready and listen to his podcast, Order of Man.

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