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The Vanguard Wall Podcast

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The Vanguard Wall is a long-form interview podcast rooted in the world of combat veterans, special operators, and first responders — the people who did the hard things and carry them home. The host — himself an Army and law-enforcement veteran — sits down with them to talk about what they did, what it cost, and what they carry.The show goes deep on the moments most podcasts skip — the call you made under fire, the teammate you lost, the door you walked through that you can't walk back out of, and the long quiet work of putting it back together. Past guests include Green Berets and Rangers, MACV-SOG veterans, Marines from the Battle of Fallujah, Delta Force operators, Air Force pilots, CIA case officers and Ground Branch, and the law enforcement and emergency responders who do the work most never see.It doesn't stop at the uniform. The Vanguard Wall also brings on the builders, storytellers, and experts whose lives speak to the same audience — entrepreneurs and founders, filmmakers and actors, and voices in health, human performance, and resilience — because hard-won wisdom and a story worth telling are worth hearing wherever they come from.Topics: combat operations, special operations, training and selection (Q Course, Ranger School, BUDS), leadership under stress, PTSD and trauma recovery, health and human performance, entrepreneurship, storytelling, family, faith, and the transition to civilian life.For warriors. For the families who love them. For anyone who wants to understand what service — and grit — actually demand.New episodes every other week. Long-form video on YouTube. Audio on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere podcasts are heard. — CONTACT / OWNER EMAIL — admin@thevanguardwall.com

Chart trend

Position in the Documentary chart (US), last 90 days.

#48
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1
day in the top 50 since Aug 2026

Latest episodes

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25 Years in Tech, a Dozen Patents — and He Says You've Been Told Two Lies About AI | Shawn Ennis

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve read the news in the last three years, you’ve been handed two stories about AI — and they can’t both be true. Story one: the machines are comi

Aug 31
3 h 39 min

The Kid Nobody Bet On Who Became a Green Beret Colonel | Max Krupp

Send us Fan Mail Colonel (r) Max Krupp will be the first to tell you he doesn’t tell war stories — you have to pull them out of him. Over 28 years he became the first Te

Aug 12
6 h 52 min

The Marines Said No. He Retired a Command Sergeant Major. | CSM Mac McAlister

Send us Fan Mail The Marine Corps turned him down at eighteen. Twenty-four years later, CSM (Ret.) Donald "Mac" McAlister retired at the very top of the enlisted ranks —

Aug 3
7 h 45 min

Chris McCoy: He Served With Pat Tillman, Then Left War for the Deadliest Job on Earth

Send us Fan Mail Chris McCoy served in the 75th Ranger Regiment alongside Pat Tillman and speaks plainly to the cover-up of how Tillman died. He recovered bodies inside

Jul 16
6 h 50 min

Man of War Director William Kaufman on Ukraine, LaMonica Garrett, and Films That Don’t Lie

Send us Fan Mail Director William Kaufman brings Man of War to The Vanguard Wall — a grounded military action thriller set on the opening morning of the Russian invasion

Jul 10
52 min

Inside Canada's SWAT: An RCMP Tactical Leader & Sergeant Major | Seb Lavoie

Send us Fan Mail Seb Lavoie is the most decorated operator most people have never heard of. Over 20 years he went from a French-Canadian kid with no childhood memories t

Jul 2
6 h 44 min

The Most Dangerous Flying Job in Vietnam | Hugh Mills

Send us Fan Mail Hugh Mills flew the OH-6 “Loach” as a low-level aeroscout in Vietnam — statistically the most dangerous flying job of the war. Shot down 16 times, three

Jun 19
7 h 05 min

Marine to Green Beret to Delta to CIA: The Man Who Hunted bin Laden | Gary Harrington

Send us Fan Mail At Tora Bora in December 2001, Gary Harrington sat on one of the closest American observation posts to Osama bin Laden — close enough, he says, to watch

Jun 7
7 h 47 min

Air Force PJ: He Was Told to Stand Down. Cole Condiff Was Never Found. | Aaron Love

Send us Fan Mail Senior Master Sergeant Aaron Love — Air Force Pararescueman, 22 years, five combat deployments — is the first PJ ever on The Vanguard Wall. Fewer than 5

May 22
8 h 16 min

From Selling Plasma to 8 Figures: Marine Vet Johnny Raushi's American Comeback

Send us Fan Mail Marine vet Johnny Raushi joined the Corps at 17 for a free skateboard sticker. Four years later he came home broke, picked up change in a gas station pa

May 8
7 h 05 min

The Last Plane Out of Kabul: Air Mission Commander Reveals What Really Happened | Col(r) Alex Pelbath

Send us Fan Mail The last C-17 lifted off Kabul's runway at 11:59 PM on August 30, 2021. The man who gave the order — and made the radio call "Math Safe" that offic

Apr 27
6 h 45 min

They Said "We've Been Fine Without You." He Proved Them Wrong. | Dr. Nick Barringer

Send us Fan Mail Thinking about buying a home or refinancing? Nuwave built a dedicated page specifically for Vanguard Wall listeners so you can connect directly with the

Apr 8
4 h 31 min

MACV-SOG | How One Man Built the Most Dangerous Training Program in Vietnam | Travis Mills

Send us Fan Mail Thinking about buying a home or refinancing? Nuwave built a dedicated page specifically for Vanguard Wall listeners so you can connect directly with the

Mar 30
5 h 45 min

Kyle Steiner: Korengal Survivor, Green Beret, and the Fight to Be a Good Father

Send us Fan Mail Thinking about buying a home or refinancing? Nuwave built a dedicated page specifically for Vanguard Wall listeners so you can connect directly with the

Mar 11
7 h 05 min

He Survived Fallujah… Then Walked Away From Everything | Eric Shelvy (Part 2)

Send us Fan Mail He fought in Fallujah at 21. He carried a diplomatic passport in Moscow. He investigated explosives for the ATF. And then he walked away from all of it

Mar 8
4 h 25 min

He Refused to Be Put in a Box | Marine, Diplomat, Then Gone | Eric Shelvy (Part 1)

Send us Fan Mail On November 22nd, 2004, a photograph appeared on the cover of Time Magazine — a young Marine, 21 years old, face locked in a primal scream in the middle

Feb 22
5 h 15 min

From Failing Middle School to Special Forces Commander | LTC Chane Jackson

Send us Fan Mail Chane Jackson was told he'd never make it past eighth grade. A teacher gave him an "H" on a paper because an F wasn't low enough. He never mad

Feb 9
7 h 39 min

Special Forces Officer Reveals Why He Chose Seminary Over the Military | Evan Perperis

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to go from a self-described "nerdy drama club kid" to leading Green Beret teams in Iraq? And what kind of man walks away from a 20-yea

Jan 29
6 h 57 min

Navy Veteran Opens Up About Depression, Faith & Hollywood | Cody Bobay

Send us Fan Mail 🔥 This is the story Hollywood doesn't want you to hear. Cody Bobay went from being an alcoholic 13-year-old in a broken home to encountering God i

Jan 19
4 h 36 min

Breaking Addiction & Building Desert Plunge: Matt Kuiper's Recovery Journey

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when you've lost everything—your family, your future, your will to live? For Matt Kuiper, founder of Desert Plunge, the answer came

Jan 2
3 h 32 min

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