Tara Maclachlan is a HM Forces SNCO veteran who, before transitioning from male to female, served 15 years with the RAF Regiment deploying on various operations including Op Banner in Northern Ireland and on Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm during Gulf War 1.
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Veteran Trees, The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Chantelle Taylor is the author of “Battleworn: the memoir of a combat medic in Afghanistan”. She is credited as the first British female soldier known to have killed in combat.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battleworn-Memoir-Combat-Medic-Afghanistan/dp/1491725281
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Veteran Trees, The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Andrew Marr is a retired Special Forces Green Beret, Warrior Angels Foundation cofounder, and the best-selling co-author of “TALES FROM THE BLAST FACTORY: A Brain Injured Special Forces Green Beret’s Journey Back from the Brink”. His book has been turned into an award-winning full feature documentary titled Quiet Explosions: Healing the Brain by EMMY and Academy Award winners.
https://www.warriorangelsfoundation.org/
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Veteran Trees, The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Dr Mark Gordon is a pioneer in effective treatment for the impacts of traumatic brain injuries resulting from physical and non-physical events. His research is significantly influencing the approach to prevention and treatment around the world, particularly in contact sports such as Rugby and American Football and also in military personnel.
https://millenniumhealthstore.com/
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Veteran Trees, The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Keith served with The Parachute Regiment in Afghanistan. When he left he experienced mental ill-health and after attempting to gain help via conventional treatments, Keith travelled to Peru to seek a cure via psychedelics’. He now enables access to psychedelic therapy via Heroic Hearts UK and is also a personal resilience coach.
https://www.heroicheartsuk.com/
https://www.keithjabraham.com/
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Veteran Trees, The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Andy McGrillen is the host of That UFO Podcast, which brings some of the best, most credible guests from around the world of UFOlogy, UAP’s & associated subjects. (No tinfoil hat needed).
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Veteran Trees, The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
John is a former paratrooper who now undertakes daring stunts to increase mental health awareness and inspire ex-military personnel. His most recent feat involved the world record attempt for the highest jump from a helicopter into water during which he suffered a fractured sternum, fractured coccyx and fractured wrist.
https://www.instagram.com/johntheflyingfishbream/
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Unmanned Air Veterans, The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Biljana Hutchinson was a humanitarian aid worker when her team’s base in Kunduz, Afghanistan was attacked by the Taliban. Several people including Biljana were shot and injured and four members of her security team were killed, including former British paratrooper Shaun Sexton.
Biljana is now a plant-based nutrition coach. https://www.facebook.com/ThePlantCamp
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Unmanned Air Veterans, The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Dave Harding-Prior is the host of the Reorg podcast, which captures the combat experiences of former HM Forces personnel. He previously served in Afghanistan with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-reorg-podcast/id1523260199
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Unmanned Air Veterans, The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Nikki Scott’s husband Lee was killed in Afghanistan in 2009 while serving with the Royal Tank Regiment. Since Lee’s death, Nikki has established a charity focusing on the welfare of bereaved children of HM Forces personnel – Scotty’s Little Soldiers.
https://www.scottyslittlesoldiers.co.uk/
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Unmanned Air Veterans, The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
At 31yrs old, Aaron Bartle left a successful career in the oil and gas industry to become a submariner in the Royal Navy. He served on multiple boats including HMS Triumph. Following an accident at sea, in 2019 he was medically discharged and has since setup his own company – Intemperance Knives, specialising in making high performance blades for tactical application.
https://www.intemperanceknives.com/
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
“Ebola” Ian Hancock began work as a microbiologist in the 1980’s with the Ministry of Defence. He is now a lecturer of infection control at the London Metropolitan University and is currently working in a Covid19 surveillance laboratory. Ian is also a volunteer with Re:Act Disaster Response (https://www.re-act.org.uk/).
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Paul served 26 years with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and is now an expert in disaster response operations and disaster risk reduction, working as the Operations Response Manager at Re:act Disaster Response (https://www.re-act.org.uk/). In 2020, along with his colleague Lizzie Stileman, he was awarded an MBE for his support to the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Staff Sergeant Jamie Ferguson served as a combat medic with the British Army, deploying to multiple operational theatres including Iraq and Afghanistan. He also spent a significant period of his career supporting Special Forces. On 18th June 2020 he took his own life. His widow, Sammi, requested to appear on this podcast in order to help others avert, or cope with, the most severe impacts of mental ill-health.
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Paul is a former Irish Guard and creator of the Grappling with Physio Podcast (formerly “Primary Physio podcast”). He is a keen BJJ practitioner and physiotherapist.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPxzyOfZCjbkmRbkjRC6qbQ
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Simon Harmer is a former Combat Medical Technician who is now a freelance speaker, business consultant and co-founder of Mike Alpha – a company dedicated to helping the UK Armed Forces community learn digital marketing skills. During his military service he deployed to Bosnia, Iraq, the Congo and Afghanistan. He lost both his legs to an IED strike during his final deployment in 2009 to Afghanistan.
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by The Aardvark Group, and Rugby4Heroes.
Charlie Guenigault GM is a Metropolitan Police Officer who was off-duty and returning from an evening with friends when he encountered three terrorists on a killing spree at London Bridge on 3rd Jun 2017. Unarmed, he fought the three men, during which he was stabbed in the head and back multiple times. He was awarded a George Medal for his actions. During their attack, the terrorists killed 8 people and injured 48 others.
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Aardvark Clearmine, and Rugby4Heroes.
James Hook is a former Welsh rugby union and British & Irish Lions player. Hook has won 81 caps for Wales and is Wales’ fourth highest all-time points scorer. Most often playing as a fly-half, Hook is known as a utility player, and has also played as a centre, wing and fullback. He began his club career with Neath, from 2004 to 2006 and also played for Gloucester, Perpignan and Ospreys. He is now retired from playing professional rugby and has begun authoring children’s books with a rugby theme. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chasing-Rugby-Dream-Book-Kick/dp/0957507674
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Aardvark Clearmine, and Rugby4Heroes.
Gareth Walsh is a former member of The Parachute Regiment who formed the Sin Eaters Guild during his military service. He now dedicates his full time to promoting the brand and supporting the community of civilian and military personnel that has formed around it.
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Aardvark Clearmine, and Rugby4Heroes.
Chris Vosper served as a helicopter pilot, flying Apaches and Pumas for the Army Air Corps and Royal Navy, the former during Op Herrick in Afghanistan. Since leaving the military Chris has start up V-Force Training – a company which combines motorsport and extreme sports into one action-packed experience. https://v-forcetraining.com/
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
This episode was sponsored by Aardvark Clearmine, and Rugby4Heroes.
