Best David Burley Podcasts (2024)

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Episode #60 A Close Call With Death with guest Zac Matthews 1:23:01

5d ago1:23:01

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In this powerful episode, we are joined by Zac Matthews, a miraculous survivor of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the neck that resulted in a total paralysis for many months. Against all odds, Zac regained his feeling and now looks forward to a new life ahead of him. One year ago, in July 2024, Zac attempted to end his life with a bullet to the n…

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Episode #59 A Close Call With Death with guest Jenny Ahlstrom. Blood Cancer Survivor! 56:36

2M ago56:36

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In this session, we talk with guest Jenny Ahlstrom, a true survivor of one of life's most dangerous cancers in our lifetime. I person every 9 minutes is diagnosed with a (Myeloma) Blood Cancer each year and is 10% of all cancers. Jenny tells us of her battle to not only overcome this dreaded disease but she has gone on with her husband Paul to deve…

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Episode #58 A Close Call With Death with guest Elizabeth Howard 17:31

2M ago17:31

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On a ten year anniversary of a near death incident my niece Elizabeth Howard said on this last Father's Day, that she had a desire to share her story and give thanks to her Dad Phil Howard, my brother, for the life saving action he provided to save Elizabeth from plummeting off a 50 foot cliff in Southern Moab Utah National Park. This will be the y…

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Episode #57 A Close Call With Death with guest Kyle Rivera, An experienced Wing Suiter who nearly died in a malfunction to his equipment and plummeted to the earth 150 miles an hour but lived. 1:04:09

3M ago1:04:09

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Kyle Rivera is an action packed character who has sky dived, BASE jumped and Wingsuited hundreds of times from airplanes, hot air balloons, cliffs, buildings, everything you can imagine that test a persons nerves and bravery. On one recent flight, Kyle had a scary malfunction of his equipment causing the lines that operate his Shute to wrap around …

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Episode #56 - A Close Call With Death with Guest - Peter Ballentine - Physician Assistant, Ski Patrol Leader, Overall Good guy and friend to everyone 46:14

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This interview is with Peter Ballentine, a guy who lives life large!!! We get into a terrible crash in his 911 Porsche in San Francisco, Near Death Hypothermia on the Snake River, and a Firey Crash on his BMW Motorcycle when he went through a Black Angus Cow in the dark coming home from Jackson Hole Wyoming!!! Peter is an action hero and should hav…

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The Burley Man 1:06:08

7M ago1:06:08

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The Matrix Reloaded (2003) it’s time for the sequels that James was so sure did not exist, this time we dive into Neo dreaming of electric squids, we meet lots of new forgettable characters and then spend 2 hours trying to find a guy who works at Timpsons. enjoy!By Jake Keightley & James Warner

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Episode #55 A Close Call With Death with guest Stein Rosqvist - Life Flight Nurse Medic Lone survivor of fatal crash in Salt Lake City Fog. 1:17:14

7M ago1:17:14

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Our interview is with the lone survivor Stein Rosvquist, a flight Nurse Medic whose helicopter went down one night in a dense fog over Salt Lake City's western border near Salt Lake City International Airport. Stein suffered a severed lower back and other life threatening injuries and yet survived. The pilot and other medic on board did not make it…

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There is No Spoon! 1:11:28

8M ago1:11:28

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THE MATRIX (1999) We are back, and starting off 2024 with a green tint. Do The Franchise are finally doing the Matrix franchise and will talk all things green and sci fi, robot squids, kung fu in leather and, according to Jake’s Mum, Keanu Reeves turning into an alien.By Jake Keightley & James Warner

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Episode #54 - "A Close Call With Death", with guest Kennedy Littledike, Burley Idaho - Car Crash Survivor and hung 30 feet from a power line for over an hour waiting for rescue! 57:36

9M ago57:36

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Kennedy Littledike, is a miracle! Kennedy was involved in a horrific car wreck that launched her 30 feet into the air and onto a power line in Idaho, breaking her femur and hanging for over an hour waiting for rescue. Two of her friends were also ejected out of the car breaking their necks and backs but lived and are fully recovered. Kennedy tells …

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Episode #53 A Close Call With Death with Guest Ben Gunn - Survivor of a plane crash in Alaska 1:53:32

9M ago1:53:32

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This episode is with guest Ben Gunn who 20 years ago experienced a tragic plane crash into the frigid waters of the ocean in Alaska on his way with his family to Anchorage for go fishing. Ben and his five family members went down into 42 degree ocean waters losing four of his family that day and only he and his brother in law survived. Tune into th…

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“Game Over!” - Halloween Special 2023 57:20

10M ago57:20

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We are back for Halloween and starting a new chapter of Do The Franchise! this week we will be discussing our favourite spooky pics for Halloween night and revisiting a cult classic.By Jake Keightley & James Warner

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Episode #52 A Close Call With Death with guest David Osmond - Relaunch of episode #31 54:24

10M ago54:24

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This episode we re-launch episode #31 with David Osmond who wrote the new music for our podcast series A Close Call With Death, with the song "Last Day" from the Reflected Album. David's lyrics in this song truly reflect the meaning of the podcast series with looking at our survival stories with the eye of living life like it just may be the last d…

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Episode #51 - A Close Call With Death with Guest John Knab - John Suffers from Obesity, near death health condition and a fight back to life 1:00:15

11M ago1:00:15

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John Knab, "Life is Moving At A 2x Pace: not sure how to slow it down!" John comes to the show with a close call with death due to a change in physical condition impacted by long corporate travel internationally reaching a status of Diamond Medallion 2.7 million miles in the air and with that plus work stress and weight gain, John experienced many …

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Episode #50 A Close Call With Death with guest - Moka Best!, Triathlete, Olympic hopeful, Ultracompeititve athlete, Wife and mother to four and faced with a chronic life threatening disease! 1:04:20

1y ago1:04:20

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Moka Best. Super cool name to go with someone who has been the best in many athletic events. Moka accomplished many goals in sports and actually reached a level of professionalism in the world of triathlon and became an Olympic hopeful for the United States. But, a deadly disease fell upon Moka called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Postural Ortho…

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Episode #49 A Close Call With Death - Guest Mark Webb - Cancer Survivor and warrior 1:15:47

1y ago1:15:47

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Mark Webb, active guy, sports enthusiast, golfer, motorcycle enthusiast, family man with a wife and four kids, and fighter.... Mark suffers with Stomach Cancer and this month celebrates a two year period of fighting for his life. Mark has found over the last two years more about life, what is life, how fragile it can be, and what next? How is Mark …

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Episode #48 " A Close Call With Death " with Guest Mark Haley - Survivor of a devastating fiery drag car crash 55:52

1y ago55:52

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Mark Haley, Survivor of a tragic hot rod crash that caught fire and burned Mark over much of his body and nearly leaving him dead in the cockpit. First responders sped to Marks aid to pull him unconscious and on fire from his wreck. Mark suffers a majority of his body having to be skin grafted back together, the loss of his left arm and all the fin…

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Episode #47 A Close Call With Death with Guest JR Celski - Bronze medalist and US Olympian Speed Skater that experienced life threatening accident on the ice that nearly cost JR's life. 1:01:28

1y ago1:01:28

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JR Celski, a phenomenal Olympic star and team mate to famous Apollo Ono has won many national and international competitions including winning the Bronze medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Canada. He has won many silver and bronze medals over this career and at the top of this game he had a terrible accident on the ice qualifying for th…

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Episode #46 "A Close Call With Death" with guest Darren Ewell - survivor of a massive Widow Maker Heart attack - See Youtube video Hero Nurse Saves Softball Players Life During Game viewed 1.7+million 44:24

1+ y ago44:24

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Darren Ewell's life was spared when a fast action hero nurse came to his rescue and started immediate CPR on Darren after suffering cardiac arrest! Darren was playing softball one night in Murray Utah when suddenly he fell onto the playing field without a heart beat and unconscious. Darren had complete blockage to his heart and it stopped. Immediat…

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A Tale of Two David’s 58:40

1+ y ago58:40

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Alien Covenant (2017) This is the long awaited prequel sequel remake thing that is Alien Covenant, working title "Prometheus II" We discuss all things alien and sci fi, how many Fassbenders is too many, and whether or not Ridley Scott is trying to build a shared universe out of all his movies.By Jake Keightley & James Warner

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#45 A Close Call With Death with Guest Matt Blanchard - Survivor of TWO auto accidents that has left him paralyzed and he brings us just how HE provides HOPE to seemingly hopeless situations. 56:36

1+ y ago56:36

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Matt Blanchard is most likely one of the only human beings on the planet that have experienced TWO near death experiences that resulted in two head on wrecks, being extracted TWICE from the scenes with Jaws of Life equipment from his first responders, TWICE LifeFlighted to the emergency room nearby and TWICE Paralyzed...... Seriously a unique exper…

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#44 - "A Close Call With Death", with Guest, Peter Vidmar - USA Gymnastics Gold Medalist and All Around Champion with a near death experience! 55:32

1+ y ago55:32

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Peter Vidmar! Peter is one of the most decorated American gymnasts in Olympic History. The winner of numerous national and international titles, he finished his successful career at the 1984 Olympic Games. As the USA men's gymnastics team captain, he led his teammates to America's first ever team gold medal, with their stunning upset victory over t…

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Promethequal Prequel Sequel 53:56

1+ y ago53:56

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Prometheus (2012) This time, we are reviewing an absolute classic, we discuss what makes a true prequel, poor choices by ignorant scientists, and the Prometheus school of running away from falling spaceships!By Jake Keightley & James Warner

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Episode #43. - A Close Call With Death with guest, Neal Middleton, artist, song writer, composer of amazing lyrics, and member of the band @Royal Bliss 58:01

1+ y ago58:01

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Neal Middleton is our guest on the podcast series, A Close Call With Death, and Neal comes to us from an intro from my daughter Adrienne who sends me some of the most amazing touching stories on the planet. Adrienne knows Neal and his wife who he talks about very lovingly in the interview. Adrienne said "You have to talk with Neal! He has a close c…

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Episode #42 A Close Call With Death with guest - Lori Higbee 1:03:56

1+ y ago1:03:56

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This week we sat down with another miracle story of survival and A Close Call With Death for Lori Higbee. Back in 1994 Lori was 16 years old and had plans to spend some fun in the sun on Utah Lake with her friends. While out Jet Skiing, a storm blew in and created dangerous conditions that ultimately stalled the craft her and her friend were on and…

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It’s just in time for Christmas 2022! 1:10:56

1+ y ago1:10:56

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The Christmas special is here, this time we put to bed an argument on what defines a Christmas film, we discuss how many movies have other Christmas movies within them, and James shares his disappoint with modern franchises! Merry Christmas EveryoneBy Jake Keightley & James Warner

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Deep Blue Sea in Space 50:08

1+ y ago50:08

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Alien: Resurrection (1997) Do not watch this movie! listen to this podcast, it’s much shorter We discuss how resurrecting a franchise isn’t always good for the franchise, comparisons to Jaws the Revenge and we are sure that Apple wishes they had patented Breath ID. Enjoy!By Jake Keightley & James Warner

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Episode #41 A Close Call With Death with guest - Leslie Hubrich. Leslie tragically plumitted to earth after a mechanical failure of her Power Paragliding in California. 43:13

1+ y ago43:13

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Leslie Hubrich, what an inspiration of incredible power and upbeat attitude that came fiercely from this small super strong 5 foot nothing human being! Leslie Hubrich was out for the day doing what she loves and that is extreme sports with her husband Dan in southern California. Suddenly the Powerglider she was flying had mechanical failure and she…

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Episode #40 A Close Call With Death with Guest Wayne Roberts. Life threatening ski accident in Utah leaving him with 21 bones broke including a broken back, broken neck, broken arm, 4 broken ribs 54:27

2y ago54:27

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Wayne Roberts. Miracle. It was mind blowing to meet Wayne. I was told he had a tragic ski accident just a couple of months prior to a meeting with him and he was walking, talking, and mixing with a group of people without much physical impairment or any mental impact. Wayne looked normal as can be and yet, Wayne had wrecked while skiing at Solitude…

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Episode #39 A Close Call With Death with Guests Amie, Mike and Abby Mathis who were tragically burned in a propane explosion that engulfed their trailer while camping. 51:42

2y ago51:42

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This episode is a true miracle where the Mathis family was engulfed in flames when the trailer they were sleeping in while camping and deer hunting had a slow propane leak and filled the space with explosive gas. It took three clicks of Mike Mathis's lighter to cause a huge explosion that burned the whole family leaving Mike, Amie and their three c…

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Halloween Special 2022 1:52:32

2y ago1:52:32

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This Halloween we have decided to take a different route, rules are simple enough... 1 horror/thriller that has won a major award. 1 horror/thriller that is underrated and never won any awards (but probably should have) let us know your choices in the comments! Enjoy.By Jake Keightley & James Warner

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Alien Cubed 53:20

2y ago53:20

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Alien 3 (1992) in this sequel, no one can hear you yawn, because the soundtrack is really loud. This time we discuss the darker tones, literally. The director who never wants to talk about his film ever again, and comparing the theatrical cut v the assembly cut.By Jake Keightley & James Warner

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Episode #38 A Close Call With Death with Guest Abby Ward. Survivor of a 70 foot tragic fall from Lisa Falls in the Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah 1:15:00

2y ago1:15:00

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Abigail Ward, Abby, survived a terrible fall while climbing to Lisa Falls in Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah with her 15 year old brother. Abby survived this 70 foot fall down the granite lined spout into only 6 inches of ice cold glacier water and rock resulting in afterwards being in a coma for nearly three months! This is only the epic most tra…

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Assholes & Elbows 1:17:20

2y ago1:17:20

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(Aliens 1986) We are back with Aliens, the long awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s masterpiece. We discuss the significant “dollar value”, The crazy perfectionist James Cameron, and quotes quotes, quotes, this movie is SO quotable… “Game Over Man! Game Over!”By Jake Keightley & James Warner

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Episode #37 A Close Call With Death with Guest Ulrick Humes - Survivor of a hostile environment in Belize growing up in an orphanage 47:28

2y ago47:28

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This episode is interesting sitting down with a young man age 22 Ulrick Humes who was in Utah for just a week and then going back to his homeland Belize where he grew up as a boy with 8 siblings and a single Mother who had to leave them in an orphanage to gain the care they needed to live. Ulrick is a shy, happy, kind young man who had the determin…

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Episode #36 A Close Call With Death with Guest Kacey McCallister - Double Amputee of his legs in a tragic accident - Spartan Athlete NOW! 41:26

2y ago41:26

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This episode is an incredible conversation with Kacey McCallister who is a 32 year old Spartan Athlete and international motivational speaker who, as a 6 year old, was struck down by a semi truck resulting in him losing both of his legs. Kacey has proven to himself and all those who come to know him, that he can do anything he puts his mind to. Kac…

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Episode #35 with Guest Isaac Childs. Isaac survived cancer then a shocking episode with a near fatal heart attack 48:55

2y ago48:55

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Isaac Childs sits down with me to discuss his recent as well as a past survival of cancer and then a heart attack that nearly took his young life. Isaac shares with us a very vulnerable story of battling a cancer time of his life then, when working hard to be top physical shape of his life and staying on top of a very demanding schedule as CEO of R…

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Episode #34 - Guest John Brosnan - 75 year old retired Deep Sea fisherman - 6 times washed overboard - 1 near fatal heart issue. 25:45

2y ago25:45

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In this episode my wife Karrie and I were traveling overseas to Ireland to hike the "Dingle Trail" along the gorgeous cliff, beaches and farmland of Ireland. We stayed in Bed and Breakfast Inns along the way between hikes navigating between little villages. On our stay in Dingle Ireland, we stayed at the Brosnan B&B. that is where we met John Brosn…

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Milk, Cheap Caviar, and Onion Rings! 1:23:44

2+ y ago1:23:44

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Alien (1979) A new franchise, this week, in the dead air of Digital space, no one can hear us scream! We are reviewing the original Alien, kickstarting the whole Alien franchise, in this episode we discuss the science fiction genre, robot blood and guts, and long forgotten 7 ft actors in rubber alien costumes.…

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Episode #33. Guest JB Ellison - A Close Call With Death. JB joins us and shares a story of being blown up and becoming an inferno of gasoline and bon fire tragedy! 51:16

2+ y ago51:16

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JB Ellison. One lucky young man who in his teen football hero days of high school, was engulfed by a homecoming bon fire along with friends, and survived. JB was always the epicenter of unintentional mischief and things going bad, and this time, he experienced a "Close Call With Death". Tune into this episode and see how this type of experience can…

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Episode #31 Guest David Osmond - A Close Call With Death - David experiences dark times battling Multiple Sclerosis MS and finding light in the world he loves. 52:29

2+ y ago52:29

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David Osmond, amazing talk with him discussing how cool life can be coming from a famous family of musical artistry and decades of fame being the son of Alan Osmond of the Osmond brothers who performed all over the world and, nephew to Donny and Marie Osmond. David has been a performer at an early age and professionally very busy with music industr…

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The Directors Cut 2: Ridley Scott 44:42

2+ y ago44:42

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This is our second episode of Directors Cut, where we focus on the career and movies of a particular director. We have chosen one of the worlds most famous and most revered directors, Sir Ridley Scott and we will be discussing and choosing our most favourite Ridley movie and our least favourite. Enjoy!…

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Episode #32 A Close Call With Death, with guest - Noelle Pikus Pace! Silver Medalist in the 2014 Winter Olympics!!!!!! "You'll Go where you look!" 52:31

2+ y ago52:31

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Noelle Pikus Pace, US Silver Medalist Olympic Champion in the Sochi Russia 2014 Winter Olympics. Noelle experienced a tragic accident when a bobsled left the track and hit Noelle on the right leg resulting in a compound fracture that took her out of the sport for a period of time and nearly ended her carrier. Noelle has come so far developing her s…

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Episode #30 Guest, Terry Grant, President of Alta Bank. Survivor of a horrific auto accident that resulted in Terry losing his wife. 54:09

2+ y ago54:09

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Terry Grant is our guest in this episode of A Close Call With Death. Terry is a well known dynamic professional in the Salt Lake City Community and currently President of Alta Bank and former President of Key Bank where I first met Terry. Terry and his wife Janet were traveling along a southern route in Utah on a vacation outing when their rear tir…

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Episode #29 A Close Call With Death with Guest Landon Pitcher. Landon survived a terrible high speed crash with 4 other friends from High School and that day changed the way he looked at life. 42:54

2+ y ago42:54

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Landon Pitcher was this cool guy with a huge smile and smart looks that was introduced to me by another friend at an open house for ISO Talent here in Utah. Austin Miller, Owner and President of ISO Talent said, "Meet Landon, he's a high energy business development executive for us and you will like this guy". It only took a moment of business talk…

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Episode #28 - A Close Call With Death with Christian Deputy - Mountain Biker that suffered a fractured neck, resulting in paralysis! 52:19

2+ y ago52:19

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Christian Deputy is our guest experiencing what every outdoor enthusiast fears most and that is, a severe accident that can cause life long physical and emotional trauma on you and how do you live out the rest of your life from that event or in this case, A Close Call With Death. Christian went out one day in the Wasatch Crest mountains of Utah and…

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”Stop, in Chinese Motherf**ker!” 1:00:19

2+ y ago1:00:19

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Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) This week we discuss the final instalment in the Lethal Weapon franchise, we are talking about great characters vs bad plot, Triad marshal arts, comedian turned cop, and whether or not Riggs and Murtaugh really are too old for this shit.By Jake Keightley & James Warner

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Episode #27 - A Close Call With Death - Guest Dave Saljestad a Man who came face to face with Death on the Bearing Sea of the Coast of Alaska 45:45

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Dave Saljestad comes to me as a friend of a friend who over lunch tells me of a story where he faced certain death when washed overboard a fishing boat in the treacherous waters of the Bearing Strait off the coast of Alaska in 15 degree water that instantly froze the decks as they fished throughout the night. Scarey! yes! Dave is alive to tell abou…

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“I’m Chaos and He’s Mayham” 52:06

2+ y ago52:06

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Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) This week we discuss how old they are for this shit, corrupt cops gone wrong, failed housing developments and now easy it would be to shoot a human vs shooting a dog! Enjoy.By Jake Keightley & James Warner

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Episode #26. Season 3 - A Close Call With Death - Guest: Bret Hutchings who is known as "Hutch" Emergency Evac Helicopter Pilot and Rescue. 51:09

2+ y ago51:09

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Bret Hutchings is our guest representing the men and women who risk their lives going out in adverse conditions often to respond to the efforts to save the lives of people in accidents, lost, injured, and need urgent care with a helicopter rescue mission. Bret has been a pilot for The University of Utah Airmed, Intermountain Healthcare LifeFlight, …

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Episode #25 - A Close Call With Death - 2022 Kickoff Session with Bob Howard - Personal Reflection 17:53

2+ y ago17:53

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This session is the first of Season #3, A Close Call With Death, providing some personal commentary and a personal close call as this new season gets kicked off. I wanted to first thank all of our listeners from Season 1 and 2 and growing with us through a recovery year of 2021 where we heard from many people with fascinating stories of challenges,…

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