E215 Vincent "Rocco" Vargas

15 Minutes to Freedom

Ryan Niddel

Personal Journals, Motivational, Entrepreneurship, Business, Body, Meditation, Society & Culture, Relationships, Journal

3.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

From a military and law enforcement career, to actor, writer, and entrepreneur, Vincent Vargas (better known as "Rocco") has seen a lot. He's lived and lost friends both on the battlefield and in business. Today we talk about whiskey, beards, putting family first... oh, and his number-one hit TV series "Mayans M.C." which can be seen on FX.

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0:00.0	The I'm Ryan Nidell, host of 15 minutes to freedom, your daily action guide to getting shit done. Today I have an incredibly special guest, a guy
0:25.7	that I've literally seen from over the past three and a half years go from really a
0:31.2	very notable and recognizable face to exploding his own personal brand.
0:36.0	He's got TV shows and movies in the works and been on the big screen.
0:40.7	He's a multiple business owner.
0:42.1	This guy's a fucking business owner this guy is a
0:43.0	fucking hilarious guy and a close friend of mine
0:45.2	Vincent Rocco Vargas how are you Rocco
0:47.2	rocko
0:48.0	good man good I don't feel like I can live up to that
0:51.4	gosh should I need to be your hype man buddy I need to come out to Salt up to that. Gosh, I need to come out to Salt Lake
0:54.0	and just follow you around and like announce you
0:55.6	as you walk into places.
0:59.5	So I got to know.
1:00.8	I don't know if I've ever asked you this before.
1:02.4	Why Rocco? Like it's Vincent Vargas, but why? I got a know I don't know if I've ever asked you this before why
1:02.6	Rocco like it's Vincent Vargas but why where did the name Rocco come from?
1:06.6	originally it was just a couple of my buddies I'm always been a kind of a dad
1:11.0	figure and so we went out one night and I'm kind of making sure I was like a bouncer
1:14.5	I was making sure they were safe making sure they're in the car on the last one end counts to get one out and they said I treated him like I was a
1:20.7	bouncer like big old Rocco the bouncer.
1:23.2	And that was it, like my buddies, you know, they kept calling me that and it stuck.
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