Best Greg Walsh Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 1589 - Robby Hoffman 1:23:20

11m ago1:23:20

1:23:20

Robby Hoffman knows she comes in too hot. But that kind of in-your-face enthusiasm helped her go from being one of ten kids in a Hasidic Jewish family to a burgeoning standup comic and television writer. Robby tells Marc about the challenges of her upbringing, including the socially hazardous way she was publicly outed as a teen. They also talk abo…

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Episode 1588 - Mo Mandel 1:16:24

6m ago1:16:24

1:16:24

Mo Mandel would like you to enjoy his new comedy special, see him perform live and, if you’re a studio executive, greenlight one of his scripts. But Mo also wants to make sure he doesn’t become too successful, otherwise he’ll lose the sweet deal of essentially being a stay-at-home dad. Mo tells Marc about adapting to his OCD, giving up on self-impr…

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Episode 1587 - Billy Corben 1:44:04

4d ago1:44:04

1:44:04

Filmmaker Billy Corben got an early taste of show business as an aspiring child actor. That aborted career path eventually turned into a new vocation as a maker of documentary films, including celebrated projects like Cocaine Cowboys and The U. Billy and Marc talk about the persistent connection to Florida in Billy’s work and how his latest film, F…

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Becoming a Knight Of Malta (Protector Nation Podcast 🎙️) EP 108 27:07

2d ago27:07

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BECOMING A KNIGHT OF MALTA (PROTECTOR NATION PODCAST 🎙️ EP 108)⚡Enjoy the full podcast at 👉 https://bit.ly/pn-podcast-108⚜️ In this episode of the Protector Nation podcast, I revisit and reflect on my induction into the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Yes, I am crazy proud and honored but I want to give some insight to this amazing organization …

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Episode 1586 - Robert Patrick 1:32:21

7d ago1:32:21

1:32:21

The world learned who Robert Patrick was when he showed up as the T-1000 in Terminator 2, but prior to that break out, Robert saw himself as a failed athlete and alcoholic who was lucky to get a chance at success with this acting thing. Robert tells Marc how his personal struggles continued after T2, how being cast in The X-Files and The Sopranos t…

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Episode 1585 - Keith Urban 1:27:10

11d ago1:27:10

1:27:10

Keith Urban may seem like an outsider who conquered Nashville, but as he tells Marc, he was an outsider in his home country, too. Coming from what he calls an oddball family in Australia who owned American cars and played American country music, Keith’s journey to international superstardom was not without its roadblocks, some due to the industry, …

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Episode 1584 - Robert Zemeckis 1:19:53

14d ago1:19:53

1:19:53

Many films in the career of Robert Zemeckis, including his new one called Here, involve some form of time travel. As Robert explains to Marc, nothing does time travel better than movies. Robert talks with Marc about becoming a filmmaker thanks to Jerry Lewis, his partnership with Steven Spielberg, his collaborations with Tom Hanks, and the making o…

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Episode 1583 - Al Pacino 1:51:00

18d ago1:51:00

1:51:00

Al Pacino created indelible memories for generations of moviegoers. But while he was writing his own memoir, Sonny Boy, Al kept coming back to mental scenes of his days in the South Bronx, running around the streets with friends, enjoying the small things in life. Al talks with Marc about his growth as an actor from the stage to the screen, his for…

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Episode 1582 - Joe Boyd 1:31:45

21d ago1:31:45

1:31:45

Joe Boyd is part of the music industry in so many ways, as a producer, label founder and more, that his new memoir And The Roots of Rhythm Remain also serves as a history of global music, a political roadmap of popular music trends, and an education in traditional music forms. Joe talks with Marc about music as a way of piercing the past, including…

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S5: E7: A Nostalgic Lens: Photographs & Essays from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with Peter Wurdock 1:11:31

19d ago1:11:31

1:11:31

Season 5: Episode 7 --The UP Notable Book Club presents Peter Wurdock speaking about his book "A Nostalgic Lens: Photographs & Essays from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula." The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. Fo…

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Episode 1581 - Langston Kerman 1:24:31

20d ago1:24:31

1:24:31

Langston Kerman named his new Netflix comedy special Bad Poetry, harkening back to his time as a high school teacher. But as someone with an MFA in poetry, Langston knows enough about the dividing line between the bad and the good in both poetry and comedy, two things which are forever connected in his life. Langston and Marc talk about his days as…

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Warrior jewelry – Anvil's Cache (Protector Nation Podcast 🎙️) EP 107 1:09:05

24d ago1:09:05

1:09:05

WARRIOR JEWELRY – ANVIL'S CACHE (PROTECTOR NATION PODCAST 🎙️ EP 107)⚡Enjoy the full podcast at 👉 https://bit.ly/pn-podcast-107⚜️ For this episode of the Protector Nation podcast, we have as our guest Paul Anvil Okeefe @anvils_cache_ founder of Anvil’s Cache. We discuss his AMAZING and detailed art of warrior jewelry, a must 👀 watch and 🎧 listen!🤜 M…

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Episode 1580 - Sebastian Stan 1:33:58

23d ago1:33:58

1:33:58

Sebastian Stan believes creativity is the best therapy. So even when he's playing an unappealing person, like Jeff Gillooly in I, Tonya or Donald Trump in the new film The Apprentice, Sebastian knows there's always something to learn about humanity through his performances. Sebastian talks with Marc about fleeing from his home country of Romania at…

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Episode 1579 - Connie Chung 1:33:30

27d ago1:33:30

1:33:30

Connie Chung’s consummate professionalism and journalistic rigor worked against her as she put together her new memoir. Her impulse is to report the facts, but her editors told her she needed to include other things this time, like feelings and emotion. But as Marc finds out, Connie was able to thoroughly explore not only her past, but her family, …

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Episode 1578 - Kaitlin Olson 1:24:40

1M ago1:24:40

1:24:40

It’s all a combination of old and new for Kaitlin Olson. She’s just finishing up shooting the first season of her ABC detective series High Potential and is now about to begin shooting the seventeenth season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Kaitlin and Marc talk about the show that changed her life, not only because of the steady work it provi…

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Episode 1577 - Kathleen Hanna 1:41:05

1M ago1:41:05

1:41:05

Kathleen Hanna’s life and career exist at the nexus of punk rock, outsider art, photography and feminism. Now that she’s been able to put it all into her memoir, Rebel Girl, Kathleen talks with Marc about her upbringing in the Pacific Northwest, the music scene in Olympia, Washington, her time fronting the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, her solo p…

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Episode 1576 - Elizabeth Olsen 1:29:10

1M ago1:29:10

1:29:10

Marvel fans around the world know Elizabeth Olsen as The Scarlet Witch, but Elizabeth says she has a different alter ego inside of her— that of an elderly New Yorker living on her own in the big city. Elizabeth talks with Marc about this fantasy and how it has something to do with a lifelong desire to avoid the trappings of fame. They also talk abo…

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Episode 1575 - Jason Ritter 1:36:18

2M ago1:36:18

1:36:18

As a kid, Jason Ritter felt a lot of pressure as the son of a beloved actor who audiences felt like they knew personally. He didn’t feel pressure from his parents, but rather pressure from the world, believing he had to live up to being John Ritter’s son. Jason talks with Marc about how that insecurity, as well as his struggle to find his own ident…

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Greg Walsh - Wolf Brigade - Everything is TRAINING(Protector Nation Podcast 🎙️) EP 106 1:16:00

2M ago1:16:00

1:16:00

EVERYTHING IS TRAINING WITH GREG WALSH OF WOLF BRIGADE GYM (PROTECTOR NATION PODCAST 🎙️ EP 106)⚡Enjoy the full podcast at 👉 https://bit.ly/pn-podcast-106⚜️ For this episode of the Protector Nation podcast, we have as our guest Greg Walsh of the Wolf Brigade Gym [facebook.com/wolfbrigade]. We discuss all things training, a must 👀 watch and 🎧 listen!…

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Episode 1574 - Eric Roberts 1:15:49

2M ago1:15:49

1:15:49

While putting together his new memoir, Eric Roberts developed a fuller understanding of his life as an actor. As someone whose parents did not help him establish a sense of self, his journey through various roles and personality types was part of figuring out who he was. Eric and Marc compare notes on revelations about parents and Eric looks back o…

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S5: E5: The Great Seney Fire: A History of the Walsh Ditch Fire of 1976 with Greg Lusk 1:04:20

2M ago1:04:20

1:04:20

The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. For more information please visit the links below www.UPPAA.org www.UPNotable.com www.amazon.com/Great-Seney-Fire-History-Walsh/dp/0578959089 GREGORY M. LUSK, a native Yo…

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Episode 1573 - Ali Macofsky 1:21:00

2M ago1:21:00

1:21:00

Hundreds of WTF guests have show business origin stories, but nobody has one like comedian Ali Macofsky, whose impulsive phone call to Ryan Seacrest live on the radio when she was seven years old got the ball rolling on her career. Ali tells Marc about this event and all the other spontaneous decisions in her early life that led to a failed auditio…

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Tactical Protection Review Compilation (Protector Nation Podcast 🎙️) EP 105 1:27:00

2M ago1:27:00

1:27:00

TACTICAL PROTECTION REVIEW COMPILATION (PROTECTOR NATION PODCAST EP 105)⚡Enjoy the full podcast at 👉 https://bit.ly/pn-podcast-105⚜️ For this episode of the Protector Nation podcast, we have compiled the best posts of our latest Tactical Protection Reviews—a series of real-world scenarios that I give you an analysis of from a professional protector…

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Episode 1572 - Lupita Nyong'o 1:29:25

2M ago1:29:25

1:29:25

She may have won an Oscar for her first film role, but Lupita Nyong’o spent the early part of her life hiding her desire to be an actor. Lupita tells Marc about growing up under autocratic rule, living in a country where creative voices were suppressed, and learning how to speak out even when it’s risky. Lupita also explains why she followed up 12 …

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Episode 1571 - Chris Robinson 1:24:53

2M ago1:24:53

1:24:53

It took Chris Robinson a long time to accept being a rock and roll frontman. Even at the height of The Black Crowes’ success, he just thought they were just a group of dudes from Atlanta playing roots music. Now reunited with the band and touring again after releasing their ninth album, Chris tells Marc why it took time and perspective to realize h…

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Episode 1570 - Drew Lynch 1:21:34

2M ago1:21:34

1:21:34

Drew Lynch never planned on being a comedian. But his pursuit of an acting career got derailed by a traumatic brain injury that left him with a stutter and no career prospects. Drew tells Marc the reason he decided to get on stage and put together a standup act, a decision that made him a finalist on America’s Got Talent and helped him land a recur…

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Episode 1569 - Brendon Walsh 1:25:31

2M ago1:25:31

1:25:31

When the topic of past guests comes up, Marc often mentions Brendon Walsh, a comedian who was on several early WTF episodes as well as Marc’s IFC sitcom. Diving into a full conversation more than a decade since he was last in the garage, Brendon tells Marc about the changes in his life since then, including the break he took from comedy, the tragic…

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Episode 1568 - Greg Fitzsimmons 1:21:29

2M ago1:21:29

1:21:29

Greg Fitzsimmons returns to WTF after a 13 year absence, but his dynamic with Marc remains the same as it was when they were comics starting out in Boston almost four decades ago. With a new comedy special out, Greg talks with Marc about his unhealthy relationship with worry, how he broke the self-destructive cycles of his family, and how his relat…

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Episode 1567 - Paul W. Downs 1:31:20

2M ago1:31:20

1:31:20

Over the past four years, Paul W. Downs has been one of the people responsible for constructing the ongoing story of a lifer standup comic on the show Hacks. Paul talks with Marc about how his comedy background is very different from the fictional Deborah Vance, with his training at the UCB Theater, his days at the vanguard of internet video comedy…

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Episode 1566 - Michael Rooker 1:25:49

3M ago1:25:49

1:25:49

Michael Rooker is known for playing a variety of menacing and intense characters. But menace was something he was always good at, as the protective older brother of six sisters. And intensity is often something people misread because he’s hard of hearing. Michael talks with Marc about growing up in Alabama with no electricity or running water, his …

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Episode 1565 - Blair Socci 1:31:34

3M ago1:31:34

1:31:34

Blair Socci comes from an athletic family with a hardened ancestral backstory involving throat slashing and exile. But despite her exterior toughness, Blair spent her youth enjoying poetry, journaling and creative writing. If she hadn't caught the comedy bug, she intended to become a novelist. Blair and Marc talk about her volleyball prowess, how a…

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S5: E6: Who Am I? with Julie Buchholtz 57:31

3M ago57:31

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Season 5: Episode 6--The UP Notable Book Club presents Julie Buchholtz speaking about her book "Who Am I?." The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. For more information please visit the links below www.UPPAA.or…

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Episode 1564 - Moon Zappa 1:32:02

3M ago1:32:02

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When Moon Zappa was on the show back in 2013, she and Marc started dating shortly thereafter. Now that Moon has just written her memoir, Earth to Moon, she and Marc sit down for their first real conversation since their abrupt breakup. Moon talks about the forensic investigation she did of her life, the emotional damage she took from her mother, th…

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Episode 1563 - Beth Stelling 1:27:47

3M ago1:27:47

1:27:47

When Marc saw Beth Stelling’s Netflix special, he knew there was something he found familiar. It turns out they both have a similar process of making comedy out of trauma. Beth talks with Marc about the childhood event that informed most of the way she addresses difficult subjects in her act and how speaking up about an abusive relationship led to …

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Episode 1562 - Jimmie Dale Gilmore 1:23:47

3M ago1:23:47

1:23:47

One of the reasons singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore didn’t get a solo record deal until he was in his 40s is because he took an extended time away from music to live in a spiritual community. Jimmie and Marc talk about the search for enlightenment in the midst of being a trendsetter for Americana music. They also talk about Jimmie’s band The F…

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Episode 1561 - Anna Akana 1:22:28

3M ago1:22:28

1:22:28

Moving from place to place throughout her childhood was difficult on Anna Akana, but it was growing up alongside the internet that really changed her life. Anna tells Marc how her career as a comedian and actor got going when she turned to YouTube after dealing with the lack of Asian representation in traditional media. Anna also explains how she b…

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Episode 1560 - Wolfgang Van Halen 1:24:08

3M ago1:24:08

1:24:08

For Wolfgang Van Halen, learning the drums, guitar and bass came easier than learning to deal with the trolling and resentment he faced for being the son of Eddie Van Halen. Wolfgang tells Marc how touring as part of Van Halen taught him what to avoid in his career and helped him gain perspective on the type of music he wanted to make on his own. T…

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Episode 1559 - Clare O'Kane 1:27:32

3M ago1:27:32

1:27:32

When two comics are on tour together, one of the best places to get to know each other is in a car while driving between gigs. Clare O’Kane and Marc didn’t have much history together before Clare started opening for Marc, so they recorded their drive from Cleveland to Detroit and talked about their shared experiences with depression, shaving their …

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Episode 1558 - Shalom Auslander 1:29:06

3M ago1:29:06

1:29:06

Shalom Auslander gave voice to something Marc was thinking for most of his life: That he’s been living in a world of Feh. What that Yiddish word means and why Shalom believes it’s an organizing idea that’s been forced on human beings, particularly Jews, for thousands of years is the subject of Shalom’s new book. Shalom and Marc talk about breaking …

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Bob Newhart from 2014 and 2018 2:03:10

3M ago2:03:10

2:03:10

First, hear Marc's 2014 conversation with Bob Newhart from Bob's home in Bel-Air. Then, a follow-up conversation from 2018 where Marc and Bob talked on the phone. Bob Newhart died on July 18, 2024, at age 94. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted o…

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Episode 1557 - Dan St. Germain 1:24:46

3M ago1:24:46

1:24:46

It’s been a long time since Dan St. Germain had his first big gig as an opener with Marc in Sacramento. As the years have gone by, Dan took a few breaks from standup, worked as a writer on several TV series, dealt with the heartbreak of a declining parent, and struggled with sobriety. Dan tells Marc how he managed to pull things together, get clean…

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Matt Beaudreau - The Education Battle (Protector Nation Podcast 🎙️) EP 104 1:23:09

4M ago1:23:09

1:23:09

THE EDUCATION BATTLE (PROTECTOR NATION PODCAST 🎙️ EP 104)⚡Enjoy the full podcast at 👉 https://bit.ly/pn-podcast-104⚜️ For this episode of the Protector Nation podcast, I’m super stoked to have as my guest Matt Beaudreau @mattbeaudreau husband, dad, school founder, keynote speaker, @apogeeprogram co-creator of programs for men, young men, women, & f…

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Episode 1556 - Trey Anastasio 1:48:20

4M ago1:48:20

1:48:20

Despite Phish’s enormous following, frontman Trey Anastasio still sees himself as an outsider. Trey talks with Marc about his earliest influences, which were not jam bands, but groups like the Jackson 5 and musicals from Broadway. They also talk about the pressure Phish encountered after Jerry Garcia died, how the party scene surrounding the band s…

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Episode 1555 - Clarence Maclin 1:16:54

4M ago1:16:54

1:16:54

Clarence Maclin was uniquely suited to make his film debut in the new movie Sing Sing, starring alongside Colman Domingo. That’s because the film is based on a real life group of incarcerated men at Sing Sing prison and Clarence plays a fictionalized version of himself. Clarence talks with Marc about how a theater program run by an organization cal…

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Episode 1554 - Stavros Halkias 1:31:33

4M ago1:31:33

1:31:33

Stavros Halkias titled his Netflix special Fat Rascal in part because he doesn’t know any other reality than a life with addictive food issues. Marc is no stranger to addiction or food-based trauma, so he can relate. But both Stavros and Marc can also still get really excited talking about Greek food and their love of diners. Stavros explains the f…

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Episode 1553 - Julianne Nicholson 1:35:15

4M ago1:35:15

1:35:15

Julianne Nicholson came over to the garage at the right time. With Marc deep in the middle of an acting job, it was helpful for both his curiosity and his confidence to talk to an expert actor like Julianne who is so versatile in all her performances, from movies like Black Mass to her Emmy-winning performance in Mare of Easttown. Julianne and Marc…

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Jade Struck - Females and Firearms (Protector Nation Podcast 🎙️) EP 103 1:00:12

4M ago1:00:12

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FEMALES AND FIREARMS WITH JADE STRUCK (PROTECTOR NATION PODCAST 🎙️ EP 103)⚡Enjoy the full podcast at 👉 https://bit.ly/pn-podcast-103⚜️ For this episode of the Protector Nation podcast, I’m super stoked to have as my guest Jade Struck @jadestruck Founder of Struck Society @strucksociety and Firearms Instructor. We speak about all things ladies and g…

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Episode 1552 - Paul Scheer 1:38:06

4M ago1:38:06

1:38:06

When Paul Scheer was on WTF back in 2010, he spoke about things in his past that he never before spoke about publicly. That conversation with Marc started Paul on a journey of self-discovery that continued as he built a family, grew his career and dealt with the relationships in his life that had deeply unresolved issues. All of this culminated in …

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Episode 1551 - Gareth Reynolds 1:31:50

4M ago1:31:50

1:31:50

Gareth Reynolds was struggling in show business as a comic, a writer, an actor, you name it. But not unlike Marc, he finally broke through when he started hosting a podcast along with fellow comic Dave Anthony, The Dollop, where Dave tells stories from history that Gareth knows nothing about. Gareth and Marc talk about what led to the creation of t…

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Tony Blauer – Violence Loves Speed (Protector Nation Podcast 🎙️) EP 102 1:17:47

5M ago1:17:47

1:17:47

VIOLENCE LOVES SPEED WITH TONY BLAUER (PROTECTOR NATION PODCAST 🎙️ EP 102)⚡Enjoy the full podcast at 👉 https://bit.ly/pn-podcast-102⚜️ For this Protector Nation podcast, I’m excited to have as my guest Tony Blauer @tonyblauer founder and CEO of BLAUER TACTICAL SYSTEMS© with over four decades in the martial arts, self-defense, and defensive tactics …

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