Brian Wood

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week James O'Brien is joined by Brian Wood, a former Colour Sergeant who was awarded the Military Cross, one of Britain’s highest awards for gallantry in combat, following his courageous leadership under enemy fire in Iraq. However, five years later he was wrongly accused of war crimes. In this episode, Brian discusses his love affair with the army, the public enquiry into the Battle of Danny Boy and how his reslience through these experiences led him to becoming a best selling author and public speaker, through sharing his experiences from the battlefield and suggesting ways that the lessons he has learnt can be applied in the corporate world. Full Disclosure is an in depth interview series chatting to the world's most fascinating people, hosted by James O'Brien. Rate and subscribe on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts and connect with James on Twitter: @mrjamesob

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0:00.0	Birmingham.
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0:03.0	One minute, I am an impulsive detective.
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0:28.8	forward slash mobile. This is a global original podcast. Before we begin, this podcast does contain
0:36.3	graphic descriptions of life on the battlefield.
0:39.4	It may well be unsafe for younger listeners.
0:46.0	Hello and welcome to the latest edition of full disclosure with me, James O'Brien,
0:50.9	joined this week by the author and recipient of the Military Cross, Brian Wood.
0:58.5	Brian, I'm glad you're here, and I'm glad you're here quite early in the series, because
1:02.3	I don't think you'll mind me saying you're not quite as well known yet as some of the previous
1:06.4	guests like Tony Blair and Ricky Javais, but I know your story already, and I think that this opportunity
1:14.5	for both of us to get it to a much wider audience is one that we shouldn't pass up. That said,
1:19.9	your book double-crossed has already made the, was it the top two? Three. Top three.
1:25.0	Well, I'm top five, so you've beaten me in the Sunday Times top 10 bestseller.
1:29.3	And as you know, it's a book that not me sideways, as indeed your whole story did.
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