#369 - “Sickening!” - Navy SEAL on Military Corruption, Charlie Kirk & Religion | Mike Ritland

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🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 162 minutes

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WATCH MY PREVIOUS PODCAST w/ MIKE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3DwbyHh13igCPVSx3Aa5uV?si=nceziBn2RWCsBAKLlqF6Ig (***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Mike Ritland is a former 12-year Navy SEAL Team 3 member, world-renowned dog trainer, NYT-Award-Winning Author, & YouTuber. Ritland saw significant action in Iraq and later became one of the Navy SEAL’s first dog trainers. MIKE's LINKS - YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@MikeRitland - IG: https://www.instagram.com/mritland/?hl=en - X: https://x.com/MRitland - MIKE WEBSITE: https://mikeritland.com/ FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 – Intro 01:23 – YouTube Titles, Algorithm, Culture, Populism, Zohran 10:04 – Trump Comparisons, Distraction, Comfort, Service 20:13 – Military Life, Purpose, Discipline, Balance 30:06 – Complacency, Self-Governance, Stoicism, Gratitude 40:42 – Stoicism, Meditations, Entrepreneurship, Mindset 51:35 – Human Nature, Morality, If Religion Disappeared 01:01:45 – Iraq War, Power, Money, Military-Industrial Complex 01:11:42 – Politics, Corruption, Accountability, Protests 01:22:02 – Rule of Law, Government Failure, Founding Principles 01:31:42 – Extremism, Authority, Israel–Palestine 01:34:29 – Emotion, Judgment, Roman Empire, Movies 01:43:43 – Christopher Nolan, Interstellar, Storytelling 01:50:55 – China, Social Collapse, Nuclear Family 02:02:09 – Hardship, Comfort, Discipline 02:10:55 – Charlie Kirk 02:23:31 – Polarization, 2016 Election, Charlie Kirk Symbolism 02:40:47 – Mike's Work CREDITS: - Host, Editor & Producer: Julian Dorey - COO, Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ - In-Studio Producer: Joey Deef - https://www.instagram.com/joeydeef/ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 369 - Mike Ritland Music by Artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Throughout your Navy SEAL career, you at different points fought against literal term.
0:05.0	You and I can both agree that they were evil people, right?
0:08.0	Yeah.
0:09.0	If I could pinpoint in essence of the SEAL team, don't tell me how to be a good team guy.
0:13.0	Can show me how to be one.
0:15.0	But when I look back at Iraq as an example, 17, 18 years of Afghanistan, I think a lot of it was a state and fast
0:22.0	forward now you have Israel Palestine Ukraine it's like what role are we actually
0:26.2	actively playing in creating this problem so we're talking about huge GDPs
0:31.1	obviously the largest of which is China Communist Party leadership that rules
0:35.2	with an iron fist place that does mass surveillance on us.
0:38.6	If you were pointing at your number one list of concerns over the next 10 to 15 years, is China still at the top of that list?
0:46.9	Maybe. Maybe. I'm more worried about...
0:51.9	Hey guys, if you're not following me on Spotify, please hit that follow button and leave a five-star review. They're both a huge huge help. Thank you. Anyway, it is great to have you back, Mike.
1:11.7	We did episode 2.15 together.
1:14.1	And then I was just down in Texas recording with you.
1:16.8	So I'm looking forward to hopefully not sounding like an idiot when that comes out.
1:21.0	I really enjoyed our conversation, you know.
1:23.4	And I'll reiterate the sentiment of, you you're you have such a unique I think both
1:31.3	background and perspective contrasted with all the people that you've had on your
1:36.5	show and it makes for to me one of the most well-rounded perspectives out there
1:41.0	really yeah I mean and so to me it's it's always nice to,
1:46.0	you know, one talk to fellow, I don't know, show hosts, I guess, that have had a lot of the same
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