EP 053 with Roger Sparks

Crude Conversations

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 152 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2019

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Cody and guest host Whitney Branshaw have a conversation with retired marine and pararescueman Roger Sparks. In 2010, Roger was part of operation Bulldog Bite 2 Charlie, a heavy firefight with insurgents in the Watapur Valley in Afghanistan. The fight was, as Roger puts it, surreal. He talks about how, after the fight, he was in such disbelief that he checked Wikipedia for proof that the fight actually happened. For his part, he was awarded the Silver Star, one of the highest awards for valor in combat you can receive from the United States Armed Forces. After a 25-year-long career in special forces, Roger is now a tattoo artist and author. It’s taken him a long time to be where he is now—with the understanding and the self-analysis that comes with soul searching. His perspective is a reflection of a life spent in uncomfortable situations, be it as a Recon Marine, an Air Force pararescueman, or a tattoo artist. Because, as he puts, “if you’re risking virtuously, it leads to better and more things.”

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1:02.0	Sean I have a conversation with retired marine
1:05.2	and pararescu men Roger Sparks. In 2010, Roger was part of Operation Bulldog Bight to Charlie.
1:15.2	A heavy fire fight with insurgents in the Water Pree Valley in Afghanistan. The fight was, as Roger puts it, surreal. He talks about how, after the fight fight he was in such disbelief that he checked Wikipedia for proof that the fight actually happened.
1:28.0	For his part, he was awarded the Silver Star.
1:31.0	One of the highest awards for valor in combat
1:34.1	you can receive from the United States Armed Forces.
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