Episode 416: An update on Ukraine from Newsrep writer Jamie Reed

It may be the day after Christmas, but that didn’t stop us from hitting you with a brand new episode. Okay, truthfully, all credit to Newsrep writer Jamie Reed for insisting we give the people an update on the happenings in Ukraine. If not for him, you’d likely be hearing a “best of.” It’s been […]

Episode 415: Blindsided by the Taliban, the story of journalist Carmen Gentile

Carmen Gentile is a journalist who has reported from war zones, embedded with Army units, to get the real story on the ground for the public to learn. In September of 2010 while in Eastern Afghanistan however, his livelihood and passion took a horrific turn when he was hit in the face with an RPG. […]

Episode 413: CJ Ramone Tells His Story of Mastering Fear

If you read Brandon Webb’s book “Mastering Fear,” you may recall an awesome story from Ramones bass player and Marine, CJ Ramone. This is the interview that inspired that story. CJ joined us back on Episode 273, and we split that interview into two. The first half for SOFREP, second half for Brandon Webb’s Power […]

Episode 411: Company wide update from our editors, Nick Coffman & Jack Murphy

Hurricane Group just held our end-of-year meeting for 2018 to brainstorm and discuss what we have coming up in the new year. It’s all very exciting stuff, and I know that many of you, our listeners, have been with us for a long time and feel invested in what we do. So this episode is […]

Episode 410: Thomas Pecora discusses his 24-year career in the CIA, and the early years of Protective Operations Cadre

For most Americans, the deadly attacks by Ansar al-Sharia on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi were their first exposure to anything relating to the CIA’s Protective Operations Cadre. CIA Officer Thomas Pecora, however, was there during it’s inception. With an incredibly impressive resume, he’s been involved in Mogadishu, the resurgence of Abu Sayyaf in […]

Episode 407: J.T. Patten tells us about his new Task Force Orange novel

J.T. Patten is a former counterterrorism intelligence adviser, and his wealth of knowledge and experience is likely a major factor in the praise he’s received as an author in the past several years. That praise has landed him a deal with our friends over at Kensington Publishing with “Buried in Black.” It’s the first of […]

Episode 406: Green Beret Jim Morris talks service after Vietnam and extraterrestrial life

Post-Vietnam service, extraterrestrials, and UFO encounters? Sounds like a strange array of topics there, but Green Beret and author Jim Morris is quite a fascinating man of many interests. Jim was last on Episode 346, where we went pretty in-depth discussing his time in Vietnam among other things, so this episode we got into some […]