Cleared Hot
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Cleared Hot
It is safe to say that I have wandered a bit. I served in the military, flew some jets, jumped out of most, climbed mountains (I jumped off of them too), taught fitness, owned a gym, and have spent the last few years speaking to organizations and leaders. It has been a journey, and in all honesty,...
Episodis Recents
758 episodis
Cruise Ships, Cover-Ups, and Cow Killers | Negligent Discharge Friday | 5.8.2026
Michael and I get into it on this one. Hantavirus headlines, the Doomsday Clock, wind turbines, the Epstein note, and a guy on YouTube paying his bill...
The Cost of Telling the Truth | John Kiriakou | Ep. 446
John Kiriakou spent 14 years at the CIA. He started as an analyst, went operational, and eventually ran counterterrorism work in Pakistan that led to...
Learning To Suffer Well | Full Auto Friday | 5.01.2026
Four questions this week. The kind that don't have clean answers.
A guy whose father murdered his mother is asking how to get back to who he was...
Bonus Episode - Drownproof Chapter 1 - Be the Author of your Life, not the Victim of it
Today's "episode" is the audiobook first chapter of my book: Drownproof. Thank you to everyone who helped make the launch such a tremendous success.
Working for Kanye, Building "Items" for Delta Force | Justin Klahn | Ep. 445
Justin Klahn is hard to put in a box. Twenty years inside Nike Innovation. Years embedded with JSOC units building gear that had to actually work. Tim...
Bladder Control and Geopolitics | Negligent Discharge Friday | 4.24.2026
Michael, my dad, and me. Three generations arguing in one room. That's the format today.
My dad watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon live at...
How Fast and Furious Buried an FBI Agent | John Shipley | Ep. 444
John Shipley spent fourteen years carrying an FBI badge. Army aviator first — commissioned by his own father, a retired Vietnam-era lieutenant colonel...
Windshield, Not the Rearview Mirror | Full Auto Friday | 4.17.2026
Week one of the book being out in the world, and I still don't have the vocabulary for the support. Thank you. Genuinely. If you read it, an honest Am...
Giving It All Back Before the Clock Runs Out | John Dudley | Ep. 443
John Dudley is a decorated professional archer, two-time IBO National Champion, World Field Championship medalist, and the founder of Nock On Archery....
350 Ops, 200 Bites, and the Future of Healing | Bill Clark & Dr. Bob Harmon | Ep. 442
Bill Clark is a former DEVGRU military working dog handler — one of the first brought into the program when it launched around 2002. He grew up in cha...
Fake ManBoobs, Foreign Policy, and the Dildo of Consequence | Negligent Discharge Friday | 4.10.2026
Another week where nothing happened and everything was totally fine.
Kristi Noem's husband Byron has been living a secret life involving cross-d...
A Mushroom Cloud Over Small Town America | Adam B. | Ep. 441
Adam B. is an active-duty police officer in Ohio, a 17-year military veteran, and a former M1 Abrams tanker who deployed to Iraq and Korea. He grew up...
The Biggest Lie Women Were Told | Casey Stumpf | Ep. 440
Casey Stumpf is a nurse practitioner with 18 years of clinical experience spanning emergency medicine, military family health at Camp Pendleton, hospi...
42-Year-Old Privates in the Army and the Purpose of Struggle | Full Auto Friday | 4.3.2026
The Army just raised their max enlistment age to 42. I don't know exactly why, but I'd like to. I'm hearing from a lot of people who were considering...
Ride it Until the Wheels Fall Off | Travis Pastrana | Ep. 439
Travis Pastrana is a 17-time X Games gold medalist, multi-discipline motorsport champion, and the founder of Nitro Circus. He grew up in a Maryland co...
Jack Reacher, Blow Darts, a Quadruple Amputee Murder Case | Negligent Discharge Friday | 3.27.2026
Negligent Discharge Friday. Michael and I run through the week's headlines and somehow end up exactly where you'd expect.
We kick it off with a...
Schools, Cover-Ups, and the Epstein Files | Rich Hy | Ep. 438
Rich Hy is a police detective in the Special Victims Unit in Buffalo, New York, an Army Reserve drill sergeant, and the creator behind Angry Cops, a Y...
The Monster Might Be a Sock Puppet | Full Auto Friday | 3.20.2026
Full Auto Friday to round out the week!
A listener flew from San Diego to Kalispell to tell a woman she was his person. He laid it all out on a...
Government Overreach, Lying About Your Service, and Rowing to Hawaii | Greg Anderson | Ep. 437
Greg Anderson is a former Army Ranger and deputy U.S. Marshal with two decades in law enforcement and combat, a 3rd-degree black belt, and the owner o...
Iran, The Draft, and Smuggled Ants | Negligent Discharge Friday | 3.13.2026
Negligent Discharge Friday. Michael now has nunchucks. We're accepting name suggestions. Two names. Because there are two of them.
We got into I...
The Armor on Their Back Is for Their Own Admin | Erica Gaines | Ep. 436
Erica Gaines came into law enforcement as the Knife Girl — selling switchblades at police conferences, making small talk with cops, building relations...
Pack Light, Fight Hard, Say What Needs to Be Said | Full Auto Friday | 3.6.2026
Listener Q and A to close out the week. Topics are heavier than usual, but that's how it goes sometimes.
-What's in the EDC fanny pack and why
Inside Cartel Conflict and the Reality At The Border | Oscar Hagelsieb | Ep. 435
Oscar Hagelsieb is a Mexican-American law enforcement professional known for his lengthy career in U.S. federal service focused on border security, or...
The Lie Of "Stranger Danger" | Full Auto Friday | 2/27.26
Four questions for today's Q and A that all center on responsibility and perspective. We start with a man in a movie theater watching someone try to e...
The Real Generation Kill | Brad Colbert | Ep. 434
Brad Colbert is a retired Marine Master Sergeant with 30 years of military and government service. He served with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion in Afgh...
Negligent Discharge Friday | 2/20/2026
Young Michael dove deep on his internet research for this Friday. We spent an hour discussing a variety of topics, and as usual, he did not disappoint...
Built to Kill: Writing the Gray Man | Mark Greaney | Ep. 433
Mark Greaney is one of the most successful thriller authors working today — a #1 New York Times bestselling writer who built an entire spy fiction uni...
The Cost of "No Quit" | Full Auto Friday | 2/13/2026
This week's Q&A tackles a mindset I respect—but one that can turn on you if you're not careful. Two listeners ask different versions of the same quest...
When War is The Easy Part | Mike Glover | Ep. 432
After two years of legal battles and business upheaval, Mike Glover returns to the podcast with a clarity and perspective few men ever earn. Mike spen...
Tough or Stupid? | Full Auto Friday Q&A | 2/6/2026
This week's Full Auto Friday is a return to listener questions and some uncomfortable but necessary conversations. We talk about the fine line between...
Violence Is Escalating | Caleb Gilbert | Ep. 431
Violence against public figures, politicians, and high-profile individuals is no longer rare or isolated — it's increasing, accelerating, and becoming...
Brand Warfare, Bad Movies, and the Wet Boys | Jarred Taylor | Ep. 430
Jarred Taylor from Black Rifle Coffee is the second guest to sit down in the new studio, and we kicked this one off by talking about branding—what it...
The Raid, The Record, and The Lawsuit | Rob O'Neill | EP 429
Rob O'Neill is a retired Navy SEAL with more than 400 combat missions, deployments with SEAL Team Two and SEAL Team Six, and participation in some of...
How Veterans Rebuild Purpose After Service | Montana Veterans Project | EP 428
In this episode, I sit down with Luke Urick, the Executive Director, and Bryon Gustafson, the Deputy Director of the Montana Veterans Project, a Great...
Why Intimacy Breaks Down in Modern Relationships | Caitlin V | Ep. 427
In this episode, I sit down with Caitlin V, a sex educator and author whose work focuses on intimacy, communication, and long-term relationship dynami...
Law vs Chaos | Full Auto Friday | 1.16.26
In this episode I answer two listener-submitted questions that couldn't be more different. The first is a deep dive into immigration enforcement and t...
He Reported Election Fraud — Then Lost Everything | Erik Holt | Ep. 425
In this episode, I sit down with former federal employee and rural Colorado Fire Chief Erik Holt, who says his career ended after he reported what he...
Negligent Discharge Friday : 1/2/2026
Young Michael dove deep on his internet research for this Friday. We spent an hour discussing a variety of topics, and as usual, he did not disappoint...
Episode 424 | The Mind Behind Jack Reacher | Andrew Child
Andrew Child is the co-author of the Jack Reacher series, one of the most successful and recognizable modern thriller franchises in the world. Working...
Episode 423 -Dan Crenshaw - Insider trading, Public Threats, Silencing Speech, and Questioning Faith
This Episode was recorded 29 Dec 2025. I did not know, nor had no way of knowing that the upcoming Shawn Ryan interview was going to be cancelled the...