Liberty Risk
Mostly true tales of barroom brawls, bad decisions, and near misses. From former Navy SEALs to your average badass, every story walks the line between chaos and comedy. It's the stuff that happens when the uniform comes off and the liberty clock starts ticking. Some made it out clean. Some barely made it out at all. Either way, it’s one hell of a ride. Pull up a stool. This is Liberty Risk.
Episodes
Jon Wechter grew up around Philly in a conservative household, which laid a strong foundation for him to explore and question many things as he finds his own path.
As a child, Jon was a little goofy, but even at that young age he knew he wanted to join the military, the Rangers specifically. His dad had been a great role model of service, and as the oldest son, Jon could think of no higher service than joining an elite unit and pro...
Growing up in Edmond Oklahoma, Austin had a classic Americana childhood, riding bikes around town and playing paintball in the woods with friends.
Getting into a little trouble with some fights during high school ended up fast tracking his life long decision to join the military, where the judge told him he could join the Marine Corps or go to jail.
From there Austin had an interesting path...
In one of our most wide ranging episodes to date, the 3 founders sit down without a guest to share some stories and explore the deeper meaning of life and the paths we all walk.
We touch on a wide variety of topics, but a common theme that kept popping up was the subject of navigating growth and change.
Change can mean a lot of different things, from changing schools as a kid, to changing j...
Mike Moriarty is a 1st generation American, the youngest of 8 kids from 2 Irish Immigrants. Growing up in Boston, he didn’t see much of a future for himself hanging out in the neighborhood, so he joined the Navy in 1992 at 17 while still a senior in high school.
Like a lot of our guests, he saw the movie Navy SEALs with Charlie Sheen, but just thought SEALs were a made up Hollywood unit, it wasn’t until ...
Johnny Collins grew up the oldest of 3 siblings in a small town in Maryland. Moving from a Christian school as a child into 3 different high schools (after being kicked out of 2), there was a lot of chaos as a kid, but it was sports that kept him connected with a strong friend group.
We normally don’t go into BUD/S stories too much on here, but Johnny’s journey was different, having gone through 3 Hellwe...
In this episode we dive into the world of First Responders with Firefighter Cody Shea.
Cody comes from a long line of fire fighters. His parents met in the Fire Academy in ’84 and Cody grew up in Tacoma Washington hearing the stories of First Responder life in Seattle; calls responding to famous musicians OD’ing, even the details of Kurt Cobain’s suicide were a part of his life from an early age.
Taylor Cavanaugh is the only known person to be a Navy SEAL, and also join the French Foreign Legion. His story is unique, but the man himself has always been a Main Character, and we're excited to bring you this conversation.
Growing up in San Diego, Taylor Cavanough has been walking the line between 2 worlds and living a life of extremities even as a youth. In this episode we dive into some of his back...
Billy Helmers has been a steady hand helping to guide NSW for 20+ years, in this episode we dive into a lifetime of overcoming challenges, and navigating storms, both literal and figurative.
From the oil fields of West Texas to the shores of Coronado, Billy grew up riding bulls, but he never expected to become a SEAL, he just wanted a way out of the small town life he left behind.
Traveling...
With a 25 year career in NSW spanning everything from SDV’s to platoons on both East & West coasts and multiple tours as an Instructor, Ivan Krusic has seen a lot of history unfold in the SpecWar community, and he’s been an active part of it as well.
In this episode we dive into some of the legendary stories in our community, and uncover what really happened by hearing it first hand from guys who were th...
In this episode, Ryan and Nick sit down with Mitch Aguiar—a former SEAL who turned his passion for fighting into a pro MMA career, and then leveraged that into building the Smashin’ Frog empire.
From pushing a lawn mower in 5th grade for ice cream money, to chartering jets and leading companies, Mitch shares some raw stories of triumph and failu...
Liberty Risk Episode 7 with Dave “Gut” Gutierez
If you’re a West Coast Teamguy, no doubt you’ve heard of Dave “Gut” Gutierez, he’s been famous in our community for a variety of reasons, but mostly because of his huge…. PERSONALITY. You’ll see what we mean when you listen to this episode.
As a brother, as a friend, mentor, Te...
On this episode of Liberty Risk, Ryan & Nick sit down for a wild ride with fellow Former SEAL, Tim Speer.
Tim & Nick went to high school together so we start by diving into his early days growing up as a trouble maker, run ins with the law and how focusing on athletics got him through high school while dealing with turmoil & sleeping on friends couches.
Tim talks about almost not even being allowed into the military because of his ...
We split our sit down with Sean into 2 episodes, this is the second half. In this episode we discuss the highly successful tactics recruiters use to get young men to commit significant portions of their lives to doing dangerous activities (hint: it involves hot women).
Why San Diego is sometimes referred to as “Man Diego”, better bring your A game. The crew tries smelling salts, which leads to a story about a neighbor making moonsh...
From East Coast to West Coast, Submarines to SEAL Teams, scuba adventures to skydiving mishaps, and a 1.9 High School GPA to finishing a rigorous degree program from Columbia University, this man has lived a lot of life.
In this episode, Sean Stokes walks us through his early adventures starting with learning his recruiter was full of shit, to spending time in the...
Episode 3:
All 3 first episodes were filmed back to back, so the boys are starting to get a little sloppy by this point, now we’re getting to the real stuff! 🥃
Kevin & Nick talk about what it's like behind the scenes of hollywood and dealing with big personalities.
The technical accuracy of different tactical films, which ones are legit, and the details of what makes them leg...
Episode 2: The meaning of Liberty Risk.
Why the term “He’d make a great neighbor” is one of the worst things you can call a Teamguy.
Motley Crue & Charlie Sheen’s perspective on hookers.
Nick’s story of Calvary Scouts in Germany who brought absinthe but not food to camping trip so they killed & roasted some local wildlife to the horror of passer’s by the next morning. Police c...
Mostly true tales of bar room brawls, bad decisions, and near misses. From former Navy SEALs to your average badass, every story walks the line between chaos and comedy.
It's the stuff that happens when the uniform comes off and the liberty clock starts ticking. Some made it out clean. Some barely made it out at all. Either way, it’s one hell of a ride.
Pull up a stool. This is Liberty Risk.
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Episode 1 starts with an intro and bac...
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