Anchored Podcast Ep. 167: Chad Brown On Battling PTSD With Fly Fishing

Anchored with April Vokey

Anchored Outdoors

Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Chad Brown is a decorated US Navy veteran who struggles with PTSD. A failed suicide attempt eventually led Chad to found a non-profit organization called Soul River Inc. Soul River brings together at-risk youth and veterans who act as mentors. Together they visit threatened wild spaces and embark on mission-driven experiences based around advocacy and outdoor education. In this episode of Anchored, Chad and I discuss his remarkable story, the realities of PTSD, and what it’s like to be a black man in fly fishing. Team up with Soul River here. You can donate to Soul River here. Outline of This Episode [3:15] Fishing came later in his life [8:22] Fish more was his new prescription [17:33] Joining the military was the beginning of the roller coaster ride [19:54] Chad describes PTSD [26:45] PTSD looked different in each different war era [36:57] He didn’t even know what fly fishing was [42:07] How did Soul River start? [49:47] How does a troubled youth find Soul River? [1:00:22] How can people help? [1:03:44] Should we see colour? [1:13:19] How to get involved without tokenizing the situation? [1:20:25] What is the best way to connect on the river? [1:25:27] A challenge for the listener Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm April Voki and you are listening to Anckered. My chance to speak with some of the most
0:19.1	influential people involved in the outdoors today. Join me as I sit down with my guests to learn more about their careers, opinions, history, relationships, and life both indoors and out.
0:30.0	Chad Brown is a decoration. out.
0:33.0	Chad Brown is a decorated U.S. Navy veteran who struggles to this day with PTSD.
0:39.0	A failed suicide attempt eventually led Chad to found a nonprofit organization called Soul River, Inc.
0:46.0	Soul River brings together at-risk youth and veterans who act as mentors.
0:50.8	Together they visit threatened wild spaces and embark on mission-driven experiences
0:55.9	based around advocacy and outdoor education.
0:58.9	In this episode of Ancred, Chad and I discuss his remarkable story, the realities of PTSD, and what it's like to be a black man in flyfishing.
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1:56.7	Chad Brown. Wow, you've been on my list for, you've been on my list since I started this
2:05.0	podcast. Totally serious. Yeah, you're, you're, this is long overdue.
2:11.1	We were scheduled in May actually this year when I was supposed to be in Oregon, but then COVID hit and we decided to push it back until I was going to be back in America because I hate doing this remotely.
2:25.8	But, Chad, I'm just going to jump right into it. You are a black man and there's a lot to talk about right now, but I really really need you to be patient with me and I want to start with your story because when I reached out to you last year to do this podcast, we were always going to talk about diversity.
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