Nick Brown is a former British Army Major who commanded infantry units on multiple operations, including Afghanistan. He is now the Product Marketing and Business Development Director – Defence at Hadean Supercomputing. Hadean provide distributed computing at massive scale. https://hadean.com
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Savannah Thompson is ex Army, now campaigning for better access to mental health support for veterans. She is in the process of developing an app which connects veterans and charities together – with some fantastic charities already lined up to use it – and is completing a Fan Dance Olympic Triathlon in October to raise awareness and funds. In the interim, she has created the Through Veterans Thoughts podcast, solely revolving around veteran mental health. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/through-veterans-thoughts/id1621897865?i=1000568591713
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Christie was just 17 when he passed out of Para depot and deployed weeks after joining 3 Para, to recapture the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, following the Argentine invasion in 1982. After leaving the British Army, Christie became one of the UK’s chosen few Level 1 undercover Police operatives, regularly deploying into some of the most dangerous criminal environments in Britain, fighting serious and violent crime, playing the role of drug dealer, gangster and gun man, contract killer, thief, robber and handler of stolen goods. Early in his career as a UC he took it upon himself to redesign the Level One UCO course, transforming it into arguably the toughest police training programme in the UK. https://www.instagram.com/therealchristievincent/
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Joseph Mitcham served with the British military, in elite and technical units, for over 16 years. His service not only gave him a thorough tactical and technical understanding of some of the techniques and processes employed in his stories, but it also provided him with the opportunity to develop himself, earning a first-class honours degree in business leadership. Find Joseph’s books at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Joseph-Mitcham/e/B0822SRK9H%3F
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Krishna Thapa is ex-22 SAS and Royal Gurkha Regiment. He is a legendary mountaineer who has helped mentally or physically ill veterans and civilians summit some of the most difficult peaks in the world, recently completing a world first by guiding a double above knee amputee to trek to Everest basecamp. Krishna is also the founder of HST Adventures ( https://hstadventure.com ) – a company providing trekking, climbing and mountaineering trips in Nepal and around the world.
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Matt is a former mixed martial artist who now facilitates therapeutic retreats with Heroic Hearts Project UK who facilitate opportunities for healing by connecting military and emergency services veterans struggling with mental trauma to psychedelic therapy options.
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
In this episode, Hugh answers questions submitted by H-Hour patrons and fans of the podcast.
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Dr Jenny Murray is a clinical psychologist with a special interest and experience in working with children and adults with complex needs. This includes people with mental health needs, neuro developmental difficulties and trauma. Dr Murray is also the founder and clinical director of berkshirepsychology.co.uk
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Shay Doyle is a former soldier and police officer who was one of the UK’s chosen few Level 1 undercover operatives deploying into the most dangerous parts of the criminal underworld during his career. Check out his new book “Deep Cover”: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Cover-infiltrated-dangerous-gangsters/dp/152910940X
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Meyli Chapin is a former Google employee who spent 17 hours inside a hotel under attack from al-Shabbab terrorists in 2019. Meyli has since authored a book about her experiences -Terrorist Attack Girl: How I Survived Terrorism and Reconstructed My Shattered Mind. https://www.amazon.com/Terrorist-Attack-Girl-Terrorism-Reconstructed/dp/B09PW8K846
Meyli also founded the app Brace: “Brace is a full, end-to-end program for people who are struggling after a trauma. You do not need to have a therapist to use Brace, and you do not need to have an official PTSD diagnosis. Regardless of your trauma type, or whether you are a soldier or civilian, Brace was designed with you in mind. ” https://apps.apple.com/us/app/trauma-brace/id1575804297
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Dr Jeff Foster is a Men’s Health specialist and one of the founders of H3Health. He is passionate about spreading awareness of men’s health topics, whether by lecturing, writing articles, creating videos and infographics, and of course, seeing patients within the NHS and at his private practice. https://www.h3health.co.uk/
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Ben is a former soldier and the founder of Redeployable, a company providing training and employment for service personnel entering into a career in Sales. https://redeployable.co.uk
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Husband and wife team in British politics: Johnny Mercer is a Conservative MP and a former British Army Officer. Felicity Cornelius-Mercer is a parliamentary staffer and manages Johnny’s constituency office in Plymouth.
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Iain is a former Superintendent of West Midlands Police, author of Tango Juliet Foxtrot and podcast host.
Link to his podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tango-juliet-foxtrot/id1559103724
Link to his book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tango-Juliet-Foxtrot-British-policing-ebook/dp/B09BTP8QQV
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Jamie is the CEO of Flight Beyond Sight – revolutionising training through the use of state-of-the-art VR headset technology. https://flightbeyondsight.com/ Jamie is also an instructor with over 20 years of experience across a wide range of disciplines, both on the ground and in the air, including support helicopter operations, attack, ISTAR, surveillance, VIP tasking and solo pilot operation. As well as operating in the above roles, by both day and night, he has also instructed in all of them worldwide.
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
Adam spent his military career in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, has spent many years in the maritime security industry and is now an officer with the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. In 2022 he will be taking part in “Yompathon” – a 3863 mile march across the United Kingdom visiting over two hundred Military and emergency service establishments, to raise money and awareness for mentally wounded veterans suffering from Mental Health issues. https://yompathon.com
Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )
