1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Tutor Dixon Podcast. It is Memorial Day, 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:08,559 Speaker 1: and I am saying we are celebrating Memorial Day because 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 1: it's a day when we can celebrate our freedoms and 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: thank the people who made the ultimate sacrifice to give 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: us those freedoms. This morning, I was with my girls 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: in the car and I said, this is Memorial Day, 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: So what are you guys thankful for on Memorial Day? 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: And my eleven year old said, I'm thankful for the 9 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: people who chose to go over and fight and give 10 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: their life so that I can live in this country 11 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 1: for free. And I was like, yes, you get it. 12 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,279 Speaker 1: I was so happy, and I want to share that 13 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: with everybody today because I think that it is a 14 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 1: day to honor and memorialize the folks who did that 15 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: for us. And so we have someone with us today 16 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: who's going to help us do that. His name is 17 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: Chad Connelly and he is a former Green Beret and 18 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: Army Master Sergeant who served our country for twenty years 19 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: with multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. And he started 20 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: an organization that I think is pretty awesome. And I 21 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: saw this because you guys have seen Jennifer Say on 22 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: this program. She runs a clothing organization called xx x Y. 23 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: You can see it on his hat there if you're watching, 24 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: and if you want to watch, you can check this 25 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: out on YouTuber rumble. But I just want to say 26 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: that I saw that you are partnered with them and 27 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:24,559 Speaker 1: you have an organization called fifty for the Fallen. So Chad, 28 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: welcome to the podcast, Tody. 29 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 2: Thank you. Happy Memorial Day to you and to the 30 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 2: people that are going to listen and watch this. First off, though, 31 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 2: happy belated Mother's Day. I don't I have a wife 32 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: and I have a little girl, and the work you 33 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 2: guys put in is tireless, it's thankless, and I want 34 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 2: to say thank you because y'all don't get it enough. 35 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: So well, thank you for that. And honestly, we feel 36 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: like we get to do that in this country because 37 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: of the people who do and have done what you've done, 38 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: and we thank you for that. And I think that 39 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: you know, a lot of people say Memorial Day is 40 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: about the people that we've lost, but I think no 41 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: one feels it more than certainly the families of those 42 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: who have served and given the ultimate sacrifice for us, 43 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: but also the men and women who served alongside those 44 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: that they lost. And I know that that's your story 45 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: and that you started this organization because you realize that 46 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: there were a lot of people that were struggling, right. 47 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, myself included. It was May of twenty twenty. There 48 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 2: had been a spate of suicides going through special operations 49 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 2: and where I was at the unit I worked with, 50 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 2: and I went out for a walk during that time 51 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: when everything was just chaotic. You had the George Floyd incident, 52 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 2: in the riots starting to kick up, you had all 53 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 2: of COVID starting, and everyone was separated, and I went 54 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: to for a long walk to connect and say goodbye 55 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 2: to some friends who had died. Turned out to be 56 00:02:57,919 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 2: fifty miles and I walked in on my own that 57 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: day and just did it. And that's where it started. 58 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: I actually had a breakthrough going up a hill and 59 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 2: started missing a friend of mine. Got to the top 60 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,519 Speaker 2: and just sat down and let it out, and it 61 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: felt great because I was actually able to say it bye. 62 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 2: That's propelled us now to doing events all over the nation, 63 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 2: working with a bunch of them, making amazing organizations, meeting 64 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 2: amazing people like Gin and now yourself and others. And 65 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: that's where that's where the Lord's put us now. So 66 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: it's pretty amazing to see where we are from me 67 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 2: just clearing my. 68 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: Head that I mean. Okay, so let's start from the beginning, 69 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: because you have a really interesting story in general. The 70 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: clearing your head is kind of the point that you're 71 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: at now and starting this organization and helping other people 72 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: to get there. And as you're saying that there's so 73 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: many things that go through my head, I'm like, man, 74 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: I would love to go take you. You're like, I 75 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: went to take a walk and it ended up being 76 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: fifty miles. I'm like, no, No one says that that's 77 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: a very long walk, but so needed. And that's that time. 78 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: This is something that you know, years ago, it would 79 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: have been pretty normal to say I need to clear 80 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: my head, I need time, I need space. And now 81 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: we're in this environment where you don't feel like you're 82 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,239 Speaker 1: allowed fifty miles. You don't feel like you're allowed that time. 83 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: You do fifty miles in eighteen hours. 84 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 2: Correct, Oh, it's a prescribe, yes, ma'am. We make fifty 85 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 2: miles in eighteen hours. We do stops every ten miles, 86 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 2: we do foot checks, medical, we go through food, water, 87 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: and all that. But it makes the people communicate because 88 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 2: you're walking slowly and having a conversation at this you know, 89 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 2: pretty much pace here that we're talking. You can have 90 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: that while you walk. 91 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: I love that because I do think it's hard to 92 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: convince ourselves to slow down. Yeah, and that's when I 93 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: think that all of the things that haunt you get 94 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: worse because you just don't have the time to face 95 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: it and for you to have done this on your 96 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: own and to realize that, hey, I could do this 97 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: with a lot of people and help them. But your 98 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,679 Speaker 1: story is interesting from the very beginning because I'm reading 99 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: that you were like one of the east blue haired 100 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: guys with big gauge earrings, and then something happened nine 101 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: to eleven, like change your life or what happened. 102 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, So I grew up in southern Ohio, a very 103 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 2: poor little Ohio. 104 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: I'm a Michigan girl. So we have to be rude 105 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 1: to you. 106 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 2: That's okay, I'll break for you right now, go bucks. 107 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 2: But no, So, yeah, I grew up that way. My 108 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 2: dad was very sick, you know, he had passed, and 109 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 2: I was finding myself and all this so blue hair, 110 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 2: the earrings, other stuff, that'll you know, just hey, look 111 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 2: at me. Pretty much is what it is. And you 112 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 2: use an ego to edge God out. That's what I 113 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 2: was doing. But I found my way to the recruiter 114 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 2: after nine eleven and I was looking for a sense 115 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 2: of purpose. I walk in. The Navy guy looks at 116 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 2: me and goes nah, and he just turns around and 117 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 2: walks back in his office. The Marine Corps guy actually 118 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 2: laughed at me. He didn't even get it from his desk. 119 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 2: He just started laughing. The Army needed people. Next thing, 120 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 2: you know, they flowed this eighteen X ray contract in 121 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 2: front of me, and you know, it was what I needed. 122 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 2: You know, I was put there for that reason and 123 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 2: said yes, and then had an amazing career in Special Forces. 124 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 1: That's so interesting because we think now, I mean, and 125 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: today is obviously a different story because they they need 126 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: recruits and I look at the people that are there today. 127 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 1: We just see these videos recently where when Biden was in, 128 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: it was like these men who were doing recruitment videos 129 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: and then it would be from them in their uniform 130 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: to them in drag. So imagine getting pushed out when 131 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: you walk in with earrings and blue hair, you know, today, 132 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: It's like they were under Biden. They would have been like, 133 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: you're perfect, could you put a skirt on? 134 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, that would have been a different world. I'm glad. 135 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 2: I'm glad I came and what I did. But those 136 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 2: are interesting times. I'm glad I can say now that 137 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 2: I'm out, I'm retired, I'm glad. We're looking at a 138 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 2: different future now. 139 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: But you went in. I mean, and you spent a 140 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: lot of time. It wasn't we hear that story of 141 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: you know, the kid that went to military school and 142 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: then the parents sent him off to the military, like 143 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: you're going to shape up. But you went on your own, 144 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: which I think is impressive for someone who said at 145 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: the statement you made about it was ego edging out God. 146 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: That is big at that age to say I need something. 147 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: I gotta be a part of something bigger than me. 148 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 2: I'd spent a lot of my life. My dad was 149 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 2: very sick when I was young, so I helped to 150 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 2: raise my sister, and I at that point took a 151 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 2: moment back and said, okay, what you know, and I 152 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 2: was praying about it. It was alling me. Then I found 153 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 2: my way in there and it was like it was 154 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 2: what I need, and I was looking for the National 155 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 2: Guard recruiter, but I ended up going to the active 156 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 2: duty full time. And you know, little did I know 157 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 2: that would be a twenty year career. 158 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: The twenty years, multiple tours, you have seen every aspect 159 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: of combat. You come back and it's twenty twenty something 160 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: none of us have ever experienced. I mean, you know, 161 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: I can say why I haven't experienced active combat. None 162 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: of us had experienced being as vulnerable as we were 163 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: during the pandemic. Because you're in the situation where you 164 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,959 Speaker 1: don't know whether you can see your parents, your grandparents, 165 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: You're being locked away, the government's taking control. We've never 166 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: been in that situation before. But it was also I mean, 167 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: I can step back and say, there was a lot 168 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: of fear over who's going to get sick and die? 169 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,719 Speaker 1: Because I know people now will say, oh, if I 170 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: get COVID, it's no big deal. But when COVID initially hit, 171 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 1: there were people in our families that we were losing 172 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 1: because their their immune system couldn't handle it. There was 173 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: a lot of fear. There was a lot of vulnerability, 174 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: and then you say, all of a sudden, there is 175 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: this division in the country, with the George Floyd riots 176 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: and did that Do you think that combination of factors 177 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 1: was what kind of brought you to that point of saying, 178 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: I need, I need to deal with some things. 179 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 2: It absolutely was. We went through through something as a 180 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 2: family before that that really affected me, and then when 181 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 2: the everything kicked off, it was just like, I got 182 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 2: to get out of here and go for a walk. 183 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 2: And I told my wife and she was like, Okay, 184 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 2: she's used me doing silly, stupid things, so you know, 185 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 2: it's part of the job being in the military. Sometimes 186 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 2: you just got to go get out there. But I 187 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 2: just I said, I got to go do this. So 188 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 2: I went out and went for the walk, and through it, 189 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 2: I found a lot of myself because when you get 190 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 2: you know, tired and beat up, at some point you 191 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 2: can't hold up that ego because physically you're holding yourself 192 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 2: up to keep it together. And through that time you 193 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 2: have a little bit of just realization of who you are, 194 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 2: what's going on, and you are able to say, Okay, 195 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: what do I need to deal with here that really matters? 196 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 2: And some friends' death came up and I got to 197 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 2: address that, I got to say goodbye, I got to 198 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 2: do that. Since doing that, I've had one friend of 199 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 2: mine do three of my events walk one hundred and 200 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 2: fifty miles to say goodbye to a friend who committed suicide. 201 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 2: And it took him one hundred and fifty miles to 202 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 2: do that. And it was We were in Pearl Harbor 203 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 2: December of twenty twenty two for this event, and we 204 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 2: had walked from Kenaoa to Pearl Harbor to be there 205 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 2: the morning of December seventh to pay honor and you know, 206 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 2: just to say thank you to the veterans that were 207 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 2: there and those that you know survived and defended Pearl Harbor. 208 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 2: But he stood up in front of everyone was like, 209 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 2: here's what I went through. Here's me saying goodbye to 210 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 2: a friend who I can finally do. And that's what 211 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 2: we do these events now is you're gonna get people 212 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 2: that come out. They're gonna walk a mile, they're gonna 213 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 2: walk fifty and we don't care what you do. Just 214 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,080 Speaker 2: be involved. There's no phones, there's no music, it's just 215 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 2: you and the people with you, and that connection opens up. 216 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 2: So it was big, you know, and you mean you 217 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 2: think like today with Memorial Day, we've done this on 218 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 2: Memorial Day in twenty twenty two, we went to Washington, 219 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 2: d c into a fifty mile or starting in Walter Reed, 220 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 2: walked down to Mount Vernon, came back up when we're 221 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:19,559 Speaker 2: on the mall, and finished at Arlington to say goodbye 222 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 2: to our friends there. And we need to take Memorial 223 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 2: Day and understand that, yes, it's a somber day. It's 224 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 2: a day to say thank you and goodbye and I 225 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 2: will see you again and I love you to our 226 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 2: friends who are gone, but it's also a day to 227 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 2: celebrate their lives. And that's something that we like to 228 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 2: do with our events is I make everybody run it 229 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 2: in at the end, So like the last quarter mile 230 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 2: to tenth of a mile, depending how tough it's been, 231 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 2: we're all sprinting in and going for it. The event 232 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 2: I bring up for Memorial Day of twenty two, we 233 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 2: are getting halfway across the bridge to Arlington and at 234 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 2: that point I'm like, all right, let's go, and everyone 235 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 2: starts running and I'm like, oh no, this is much 236 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 2: longer than I thought. So we're and then we're like 237 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 2: our tank is just depleting. We're getting so beat up. 238 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 2: But we came in and there were a lot of tears, 239 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 2: a lot of I misuse, a lot of talking to 240 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 2: our friends who aren't there, but they're you know, we're 241 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 2: looking at their headstones and saying goodbye. Section sixties just 242 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 2: riddled with friends. And every time I go to DC, 243 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 2: I find my way there say goodbye to some people, 244 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 2: but or to say hi or I'll see you later. 245 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: And I think that's the power of this day, is 246 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: that there are so many people who are saying goodbye 247 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: and celebrating, and I think that's important. What you said 248 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: is that this is also a celebration, but there are 249 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: folks who came home and they struggled. Like you talked about, 250 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: it's the same thing you experience. But we've even had 251 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: people on this program who have talked to people who 252 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: have been suicidal, and in times they've lost those people, 253 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: all the times they've been able to bring them out. 254 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: What is that like when you are celebrating a day 255 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: like this and it wasn't somebody who died in combat, 256 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: it's somebody who died because of the wounds of combat 257 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: that didn't go away. 258 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 2: It's a bittersweet moment because you know the person for 259 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 2: who they were at the best moment, and you know 260 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 2: the individual that stood up and said I will defend 261 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 2: this country from threats both foreign and domestic, and got 262 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 2: out there and did it. And then to see those 263 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 2: invisible wounds come back and that bullet to hit or 264 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 2: that person to die, it is it's like sweet poison 265 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 2: and how it hits you because you get to feel 266 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 2: all the good things that goes on from knowing them, 267 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 2: but at the same time, that bitter burn hits you 268 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 2: of saying what could I have done for that person 269 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 2: or what could have been said. To date, we've stopped 270 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 2: four suicides on our rucks. We've had four people come 271 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,199 Speaker 2: to us during and after and say I want to 272 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,839 Speaker 2: kill myself? What can you do? And we've gotten them healthy. 273 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: Hey, guys, stick around. We've got more coming up with 274 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: fifty four The Fallen founder Chad Conley, But first I 275 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: want to take a moment for our partners at IFCJ. 276 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: We are seeing something truly disturbing right now. Anti Semitism 277 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: is on the rise around the world, and sadly, as 278 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: you saw right here in America, Jewish schools are being targeted, 279 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: synagogues threatened, families living in fear. It's something we hoped 280 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: we'd never see again in our lifetime. And let me 281 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: tell you this, silence is not an option. This is 282 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: a moment that we need to take a stand. It's 283 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: not a moment to be silent. That's why I want 284 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: to tell you about the International Fellowship of Christians in 285 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: Jews or also known as IFCJ. You've heard me call it. 286 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: That they are on the front lines. They are providing 287 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: real help where it's needed most. They're giving food and 288 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: shelter to Jewish families under threat, building bomb shelters for children, 289 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: helping survivors of hate rebuild their lives. 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You guys saw it just 300 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: last week. It's so important. Visit IFCJ dot org or 301 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: call eight eight eight four eight eight if CJ right 302 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: now now, stay tuned. We've got more after this. How 303 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: many people have done this? I mean, because it seems 304 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: like it's it's so needed, and you it seems to 305 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: be growing quickly. So tell us about the process of 306 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: when you started it and how people started to learn 307 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: about it and come to it. 308 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 2: More so, we've all seen fight clubs, so it was 309 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 2: kind of the fight club thing of hey can I 310 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 2: join you know, like, and that's really how it started. 311 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 2: I did this and the next year with the twentieth 312 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 2: anniversary of nine to eleven, and some friends of mine 313 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 2: were like, hey, can can I join you if you're 314 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 2: going to do one? And I said, let's go to 315 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 2: New York and I prayed on the next thing. I know, 316 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 2: I'm connected to some amazing people and some organizations out 317 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 2: there that provided us security for that event. And that 318 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 2: was all God. And I'll say it because we were 319 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 2: starting in the Yankee Stadium, fifty miles around the city 320 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 2: at the time, I couldn't shut down the Arizona I 321 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 2: can now, so when we go back, we'll shut down 322 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 2: the Arizona and go from all five boroughs. But for 323 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 2: this event, we start up there next to Yankee Stadium 324 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 2: and we have police escore, you know, blue light and 325 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 2: playing clothes. And then we go into you know up 326 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 2: there and to the Bronx and what do you have. 327 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 2: You have a lot of impoverished people, You have a 328 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 2: lot of ghettos and such, and these gang bangers legitimate 329 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 2: looks ask me like what are you doing here? And 330 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 2: we're very aggressive, and I'm like, hey, I'm taking these 331 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 2: people on a very long walk. We're here because tomorrow 332 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 2: is a twentieth anniversary of nine to eleven? Do you 333 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 2: want to join? Do you want to help out? And 334 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 2: then we had honest to goodness gang security helping us 335 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 2: like make sure we were good on their side. We 336 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 2: have police security, and like we walked it all the 337 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 2: way down. But it all started from people saying I 338 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 2: need that in my life. I need to be challenged, 339 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 2: I need the hard thing today. There isn't it right 340 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 2: of passage from adults or from teenagers and young adults 341 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 2: to adulthood really to say hey, you are now ah man, 342 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 2: you are now a woman now and being a woman, 343 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 2: you do have that biology biologically, you guys have certain things. 344 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 2: You're like, oh, hey, I'm and to being a woman. Now, 345 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 2: men we don't have that. So a lot of guys 346 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 2: reached out to me originally and said I need this, 347 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 2: and that's where it started, and then soccer moms joined in, 348 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 2: people from pro sports, other individuals from government. We're just like, hey, 349 00:17:55,240 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 2: I need this, and everyone who's done it you finish, 350 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 2: you're crying, you're laughing, you're hugging people you've just met. 351 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,360 Speaker 2: But in a way, it's a trauma bond because you've 352 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 2: gone through this long thing together and in that long thing, 353 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 2: you found out things about yourself and you've dealt with 354 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 2: things that you've been burying. But when you're so tired, 355 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 2: they just come to the front. You have to address them, 356 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 2: and you're talking with total strangers. But at the end 357 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 2: of it, you're sharing your story. You're saying, what's your 358 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 2: reason for walking such a long period or just being up. 359 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 2: Some of the most amazing conversations come from individuals who 360 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 2: maybe walk a mile total, but they're helping the whole night. 361 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 2: They're setting up our tables, you know, helping with feet 362 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 2: like feet wrapping and medical and all that, and they're 363 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 2: just there and they're just as open and vulnerable, and 364 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 2: they'll say, oh, I can't walk like that. It's like that, 365 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 2: I don't care. Can you be there and be apart? 366 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 2: And in doing such, they give so much of themselves 367 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 2: that they're filled in the end because everyone's hugging and 368 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 2: saying thank you, and everyone walks the end of it. Everybody, 369 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 2: if you've supported or not, hey, at the end, get 370 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 2: out of the truck, the van, whatever, we have, let's 371 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:07,120 Speaker 2: go in together. 372 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:09,719 Speaker 1: How many events do you have and is there an 373 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: ongoing outreach after this or what is it? Tell us 374 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: a little bit about it. 375 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 2: So for the events every year, it varies. In twenty 376 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 2: twenty three we did eight fifty milers around the nation, 377 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 2: with smaller events as well. Last year we did four 378 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 2: major events like long events like we did the Honolulu 379 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 2: Marathon twice. We were in Cincinnati doing what the Sainsny 380 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 2: Bengals had some stuff. Because I'm also the head of 381 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 2: military engagement for Spartan Race, So all the obstacle courses 382 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 2: I take people out there for that I direct I 383 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 2: bring them into the military. I'd love to discuss some 384 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 2: of that with you, I think you find it fun actually, 385 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:53,239 Speaker 2: And this year we've done three smaller events already. We 386 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,199 Speaker 2: have the Chicago Bulls coming up. Or we're doing an 387 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 2: event in the United Center fifty miles inside the United 388 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 2: Center in August, where you're going up and down the stairs. Yeah, 389 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 2: the stairs on the concourse, that's going to be fun. 390 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 2: I'm not looking forward to that one. 391 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: That's going to be a lot of walking. 392 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, if I can't do the event with the team, 393 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 2: if I'm juggling things as well, because I manage it 394 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 2: all as I do it, I'll go out before and 395 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,919 Speaker 2: run the fifty miles do the event myself because I 396 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 2: want to make sure everyone knows, hey, it can be 397 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 2: done because I've done it. So I do that with 398 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 2: all of our events, so I'm always on the ground 399 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 2: with our people walking. So I get to do that one, 400 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 2: and then we'll do one this fall. We're talking a 401 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 2: couple of NFL teams to put one on. We did 402 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 2: one suicide Prevention Rock last year with the Sergeant Major 403 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 2: of the Army, SMA Whimer. That was a great event. 404 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 2: He's an amazing American. But yeah, that's what we've had. 405 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 2: So it's been great. It's been hundreds of folks who 406 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 2: have come out. We get people who will satellite in 407 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,479 Speaker 2: from other locations and they'll be like, hey, I couldn't 408 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 2: join you, so I walked over here, and then we'll 409 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,439 Speaker 2: just keep in contact with them and then when we 410 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 2: finish the ruck of those people need help, we will 411 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 2: get them to the help they need with resiliency, brain 412 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 2: health and Kapel Texas. They do amazing work on brain 413 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 2: mapping and working with individuals and that's that's been a blessing. 414 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 2: We have now expanded from military to police fire and 415 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 2: ems and we've had a few swats from one LA 416 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 2: swat went through another individual. I apologize, I forget where 417 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 2: he came from, but it was a hey, we need someone. 418 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 2: He's got to go now, okay, but just no questions asked, 419 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 2: get him where he needs to go. So we do those. 420 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: So tell us about you said you have a partnership 421 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,479 Speaker 1: with the Spartan Race. Is that like a warrior dash 422 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: or there's a couple of different types of Is that 423 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: like an obstacle race or what is that? 424 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 2: Yes, ma'am, so Spartan Race incorporated. We have forty four countries, 425 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 2: I believe around the nation, and we're around the world 426 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 2: and we're doing events everywhere. I am the head of 427 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 2: Military Engagement right now, I'm actively working to change how 428 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 2: we focus on our veteran population. And I'll be forty 429 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,199 Speaker 2: read this Christmas. I'm retired, so I am a veteran 430 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 2: it's all, and I'm done, but I'm not done. I 431 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 2: have to continue. I've got at least another forty three 432 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 2: years of life. I have a young daughter who's four 433 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 2: years old, and I have to be there for her. 434 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 2: So I cannot give up now just because I retired. 435 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 2: And I see a lot of our veteran population. They'll 436 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 2: retire and then they'll like distance themselves from the military, 437 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,439 Speaker 2: or they'll let themselves go a little bit. They'll do 438 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 2: these things. When that's your time to burn, Let's go 439 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 2: get the fire going, keep moving, keep moving, and we 440 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 2: take those folks, we get them together. And I'm working 441 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 2: right now with some people in DC to change how 442 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 2: we look at our veteran population and the way we 443 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 2: can better them, which is through staying in a community 444 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 2: and staying fit. And if you're fit and you bring 445 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:51,919 Speaker 2: your family out, you guys do an event together. You 446 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 2: feel better, better moments, make days, make for a better life. 447 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 2: So that's what we're doing at Spartan Race. 448 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: That's awesome, and you personally, it's it's your other organization 449 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 1: that has partnered with Jennifer right with the xxx Y. 450 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 1: So tell us about that partnership, because we have had 451 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: Jennifer say on quite a few times and we've talked 452 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 1: about her organization, and obviously we have been huge proponents 453 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 1: of making sure that women are safe in women's sports 454 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 1: and that girls' sports continue to dominate for girls, and 455 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 1: make sure that biological men are not in girls' sports. 456 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: So how did that partnership ship come about? And what 457 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: does that mean for Memorial Day? What should what does 458 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: that mean for your organization? 459 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, so Jen and I came together because I heard 460 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 2: her on a podcast with Tulca Gabbert and I know Tulsi, 461 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 2: So I hit her up and I said she's awesome, 462 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 2: you know, I said Jen's awesome, Taulci and all this, 463 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 2: and she connected us and that led to Jen and I, 464 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 2: you know, going to lunch and having a very open, 465 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 2: candid conversation. And this was after she left Levi and 466 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 2: we went through all that, and you know, I've seen 467 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 2: this company, Xxxy blossom into where it is now, and 468 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 2: I think it's on the cusp of exploding throughout the 469 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 2: nation and taking on a movement. Because yes, it's a 470 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 2: really good apparel company. They're my favorite workout shorts, you know, 471 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 2: I can say that with confidence. But it's what they're 472 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 2: doing on the other end that I think matters the most, 473 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 2: which is showing girls you matter, that you still matter, 474 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:36,479 Speaker 2: and it's okay to say, hey, this is for the boys, 475 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 2: this is for the girls. Let's have that we fought 476 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 2: so hard, you know, as a nation for Title Night 477 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 2: and actually give girls a voice and let them go 478 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,959 Speaker 2: out there. So to have us now try to retract 479 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,640 Speaker 2: that and be like, oh, actually, let's do this instead 480 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 2: and bring boys into girls' sports. To me, it's lunacy, 481 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 2: I know. 482 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:59,160 Speaker 1: And that's been the crazy part about watching what's happened 483 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 1: just since the election, because it seems like the folks 484 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: on the left side of the aisle are continuing to 485 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: push that. I mean, we see that here in Michigan. 486 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: They just took a vote on protecting girls' sports, and 487 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: of course all the Democrats voted against. It seems bizarre 488 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: to me that we have this divide, and I don't 489 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 1: really believe that the people who are parents of girls 490 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: or were in sports as a woman themselves believe this. 491 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: I think that that there has become such a cult 492 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 1: like faction to the Democrat Party today that you have 493 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 1: to be a part of it. You have to say, 494 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 1: you have to toe the party line, even if it's 495 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: to the detriment of your own children. It seems shocking 496 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: to me. 497 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree, because if you had those people who 498 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 2: voted no for that, you know, on that side of 499 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 2: the aisle, if you said, Okay, I'm going to put 500 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 2: boys in your little girls sport and they're bigger, faster, stronger, 501 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 2: you're okay with that? Because that's what's going to happen 502 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 2: right now. I would love for them to say, oh, 503 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 2: yes I am and actually follow through with it. You're 504 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 2: not going to see that. You're going to see people 505 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 2: quietly fighting tooth and nail, or they're going to move 506 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:05,479 Speaker 2: their kids somewhere. 507 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: That's what they do. They put their kids someplace where 508 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: it can't happen, and then they fight to make sure 509 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: everybody else's kid is in that position. You know, I 510 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: just saw this video last week and it was my 511 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: own home school district from Illinois. I grew up in Illinois, 512 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: and the school district had parents coming in and they 513 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: were they had you know, they were all seated with 514 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,719 Speaker 1: their I can't remember what the sign said, but it 515 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: was something that was like pro biological males in girls sports. 516 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: And they had their flags and everything. And the mother 517 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: stood up and she and obviously she had a transgender child, 518 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: and she said, for the girls out there that are 519 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: concerned about not winning, this is a good life lesson 520 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: because you're not going to win everything, and she'd get 521 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: used to it now. And I was thinking to myself, 522 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: what a terrible way to speak to girls. You have 523 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,679 Speaker 1: so little chance anyway, you should just get used to 524 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: the bad news. 525 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 2: Can we go back to the eighties in the army 526 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 2: where we just said can you be all you can be? 527 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 1: That's just so right? 528 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 2: Yes, exactly a joke. 529 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: I'm serious here, Can we I know what a great 530 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: slogan that was. 531 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:18,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, can we just all go back to saying, hey, 532 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 2: be the best girl you can be, be the best 533 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 2: boy you can be, and then be the best person 534 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 2: you can be. And what we're doing right now is 535 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 2: we're having an overreaction Olympics and people are going for 536 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 2: the gold trying to make this happen, and it's the 537 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 2: silliest stuff you need to do. There's nothing wrong with 538 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 2: just saying, hey, it's okay to be a girl, it's 539 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 2: okay to be a boy. And we've had for years 540 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 2: toxic masculinity as a catchphrasing slogan, and now they're trying 541 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 2: to do it to toxic. To me, it's like, toxic 542 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 2: femininity is what they're going for, and they're going against 543 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 2: women being women. 544 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 1: It could be more toxic masculinity than a man pretending 545 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: to be a woman and taking her trophy. 546 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, how about we. 547 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,400 Speaker 1: Just take your testosterone muscles out of here. 548 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,439 Speaker 2: Yeah maybe that, Maybe that's a way to do it, 549 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 2: you know, and look at it that way, you're like, wow, 550 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 2: you're such a talk masculinine, toxic guy. Whatever however you 551 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 2: want to phrase it, that you have to come into 552 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 2: women's sports. Good good job, bro. 553 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll continue next on 554 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: a Tutor Dixon podcast. Earlier last week, the women's college 555 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:34,360 Speaker 1: that gave Rachel Levine an honorary degree because you know, 556 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 1: she's such an awesome transgender woman and I think, how 557 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: would you feel if you actually did the work, you studied, 558 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: you paid for the degree, you paid to go there 559 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: for four years. And they're like, you know what, we're 560 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: going to give this guy who dresses in an outfit 561 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: that a woman would dress in, a degree from a 562 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: women's college. And I mean, this is we can't deny it. 563 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: This is what these men are doing. They're dressing and 564 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: dresses and then they're taking the accolades that a woman 565 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: should get and it's this, Oh, we're celebrating the first 566 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: woman who's done this and the first woman who's done this, 567 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: and it's a man. Yeah, And as I have four daughters, 568 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: you have a daughter. I mean, this is the thing 569 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: that I just I want to protect that and I 570 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: want to stand for that. You know, you go into 571 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: the we were just in Washington, d c. With the 572 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: eighth grade class, and you go into the statuary hall 573 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: and you see the statue of the three women that 574 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: fought for women's suffrage and there's a part of that 575 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: statue that is un built, you know, it's unsculpted. And 576 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 1: they say, well, that's for the women who are to come. 577 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: You know, that's representative of the women who will do 578 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: great things. And I think to myself, that statue is 579 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: there because it was so much harder for those women 580 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: to stand up than it was for men. 581 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 2: You know. 582 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: For those women, they broke through, they broke free from 583 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: what they had been holding them back. And today today 584 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: there are people who will stand in front of that 585 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,200 Speaker 1: statue and gladly say they should chisel a man's head 586 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: in there who wears a dress. 587 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's strange times. These are strange. 588 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 1: It makes me so mad because I feel like a 589 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: there is a value to what this country is and 590 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: the freedoms that we have and the power that everybody 591 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: in this company or in this country wields because it 592 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 1: is we the people, and because of you know, all 593 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: the people that we've talked about today, all the people 594 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: who gave their life for this country to continue what 595 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: it is and to continue to hold people up and 596 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: make sure that everybody has the right to be free 597 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: and be involved in sports, or be the CEO of 598 00:30:55,880 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: a company or start their own company. And those thing 599 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: is are being whittled away by radicals. And I think 600 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: this is an important day to sit back and say 601 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,960 Speaker 1: the traditional values of this country and the people who 602 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: fought for those are to be honored and celebrated. 603 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 2: I could not agree more. I mean, our day to day, 604 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 2: if you look at it from what it is, is 605 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 2: just to be grateful for who's common, who's done, and 606 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 2: you know, we need to keep that alive and we 607 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 2: need to keep it sacred and say thank you and 608 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 2: give that moment of honor and that moment of solace. 609 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 2: But we got to do it every day for everyone. 610 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 2: And we have to understand that, yes, we are all 611 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 2: flawed people and today's world, with social media, technology and 612 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 2: everything we have, everyone feels alone when all you got 613 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,560 Speaker 2: to do is put it down, don't look in your hand, 614 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 2: look up, talk to folk and get connected and understand that, hey, 615 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 2: we're not all that different. And it's not that it 616 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 2: has to be right versus left. We don't have to 617 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 2: have this red blue war. It just needs to be hey, great, 618 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 2: let's do what's best for our kids, because that's what matters. 619 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 2: Because that's what we're actually doing, is we're building a 620 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 2: world our kids get to inherit. It's not like we're 621 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 2: going to keep this world and we die. It goes away. 622 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 2: That it seems that way now with how people act, 623 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 2: but make it better for your kids. 624 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, what is American? You know, b what is American? 625 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: I love that. Don't look at what's red or blue, 626 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 1: look at what's red, white and blue. What do we 627 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: see as a country? And I do believe that. I mean, 628 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: there's radicals on both sides, but I do believe that 629 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 1: most of us feel the same way about things. Most 630 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:41,640 Speaker 1: of us want the same things, and maybe there's slight differences, 631 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: but I think for the most part, most Americans are 632 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 1: grateful for the country we live in. They're grateful for 633 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: the freedoms that we have, and they want the same thing. 634 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: They want to be able to leave a country for 635 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,360 Speaker 1: their children that is similar to the country that they 636 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 1: grew up in. So before I let you go, I 637 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 1: enjoyed talking to you, But tell us you're on your 638 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:07,480 Speaker 1: partnership with xxx x Y. What habits can do people buy? 639 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 1: Does do the proceeds go to you? How does that 640 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: help your organization? 641 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,920 Speaker 2: Yeah? 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So 679 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 1: buy some to make sure you help out fifty for 680 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,040 Speaker 1: the fallen Chad Connelly, thank you so much for being on. 681 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:07,440 Speaker 2: It was awesome to be here. Tutor, thank you. 682 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,360 Speaker 1: So much, absolutely, and thank you all for joining the 683 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 1: Tutor Dixon Podcast. For this episode and others, go to 684 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,719 Speaker 1: Tutor diixonpodcast dot com or you can go to the 685 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,520 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. 686 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 1: And remember you can always watch on Rumble at Tutor Dixon. 687 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: Join me next time on the Tutor Dixon Podcast. Have 688 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:26,239 Speaker 1: a blessed day,