From Combat to Conservation Part 1 with Jimmy Armel

Barely Famous

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🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of war, PTSD, suicide, addiction, self-harm, and graphic violence.

Jimmy from Knot Lucky joins Barely Famous in part 1 of this conversation for a raw and emotional conversation about life before, during, and after serving as an Army Ranger in Iraq and Afghanistan. What starts as a discussion about his nonprofit taking veterans offshore fishing quickly turns into a deeper conversation about combat, PTSD, addiction, brain injuries, and surviving some of the darkest moments of his life.

Jimmy shares how fishing became the one thing that kept him going, eventually leading him to create Knit Lucky a nonprofit helping veterans heal while honoring fallen service members through great white shark tagging and research. The episode also dives into propaganda, media narratives, misconceptions about war, and the realities many veterans face after coming home.

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0:00.0	Okay, guys, we're back.
0:01.6	You asked for it and we're delivering.
0:03.9	Killer is going on tour.
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0:16.2	And if you want early access to information and announcements, head over to Patreon because you might get it before
0:20.9	everyone else.
0:26.0	Welcome to the shit show.
0:29.2	Things are going to get weird.
0:30.8	It's your fay villain, Kail Lowley.
0:32.7	And you're listening to Barely Famous.
0:45.2	All right, y'all, welcome to Barely Famous Podcast.
0:50.0	Today I'm sitting with someone new and different, and you may not have even had any idea that this was a thing.
0:51.5	I'm sitting with the owner of Not Lucky.
0:53.7	This is a nonprofit and also a ship where he shark tags. And welcome to Barely Famous. Thank you. Jimmy. Okay. So you own Not Lucky, which is a boat. And then you also own the nonprofit for Not Lucky, but is it all about sharks? Are both things all about sharks? The Not Lucky Boe and the
1:11.1	nonprofit? No. No. No. That's just kind of like our headline thing, if you will, like the attention
1:16.4	grabber. For sure. For sure. Okay. So can you tell us what you do exactly? So fishing is the front
1:22.6	door. So Not Lucky takes any veteran or active duty service member offshore fishing free of charge. Okay. Mm-hmm. So they can bring immediate family. Okay. Kids, wife, obviously, like that kind of thing. We love having the kids out. Okay. And then if they, and you don't have to have PTSD or anything to get on the boat, that's like a huge misconception. Okay. You can just come fish.
1:45.2	If you're in town, give us a call. So you're in town, give them a call. Not lucky. So you don't have to have, you know, a disability or something like that from being a veteran. You can just be a veteran or active duty service member. Yes, ma'am. Okay. I love that. And it's not just sharks. It's just deep sea fishing in general?
2:00.9	Yes, and then during the wintertime, we have great white sharks come through the southeast. Okay, I love that. And it's not just sharks. It's just deep sea fishing in general?
2:04.9	Yes. And then during the wintertime, we have great white sharks come through the southeast.
2:14.0	And then we started a program where we satellite tag them and name them after veterans that are no longer with us either through combat or suicide.
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