Gez and Joe get together to talk reasonably well informed bollocks. On this episode we talk about the west's reaction to the war in Ukraine, witchcraft in Scotland, and more. 

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We're just putting this episode up for a few days before taking it down due to poor audio quality.  

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Neville Johnson is a South African born, British Army soldier, who served in Northern Ireland, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He is a published writer, and now lives with his family in New Zealand.

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Gez and Joe get together to talk reasonably well informed bollocks.

Gez: @grjbooks
Joe: @thebritishrogue_actual

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Neville Johnson is a South African born, British Army soldier, who served in Northern Ireland, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He is a published writer, and now lives with his family in New Zealand.

Neville's instagram account is: @nevillejohnson01
And his work can be found at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NTLRPPD

Gez is: @grjbooks
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Audiobooks available at: https://www.audible.co.uk/search?searchAuthor=Geraint+Jones

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Ed Calderon is a non-permissive environment specialist and writer with operational experience along the Mexican-American border.

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Jack Hearn joined the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the Second World War, and served with them and the RASC in both North Africa and Italy. At 98 years old, Jack is a Judo black belt and a great character. This is Part 2 of our conversations with him, and covers Jack's service in Italy, and more.

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