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DOPE AS USUAL Podcast

Hell on Earth w/ Combat Vet Hector Bravo!

DOPE AS USUAL Podcast

DOPE AS USUAL PODCAST LLC

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

This is one of our most INTENSE episodes of all time!!! Get ready guys, this week we are joined by Combat Veteran and Prison C.O. turned whistleblower, Hector Bravo. Tommy G linked this episode because he knew what an amazing story Hector has, from UNRESTRICTED : ⁠https://www.dopeasusualpodcast.com/unrestricted⁠ DISCOUNT CODES : ⁠https://www.dopeasusualpodcast.com/sponsors⁠ Best way to support the show: Tell a homie! 😄💨Chapters: 00:00 INTRO 03:51 GOING TO IRAQ RIGHT AFTER 9/11   04:15 WILDIN' OUT / ALCOHOLIC   06:13 I HAVE TO SACRIFICE   06:20 THEY ATTACKED US – LET'S GO GET OUR GET BACK   06:59 GUERRILLA WARFARE   07:29 ROADSIDE BOMBS / DEAF IN ONE EAR   07:59 13 MONTHS OF GETTING BLOWN UP   09:09 SEEING A GUY GET BLOWN UP   13:38 THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR CULTURE   15:23 STORY: WANTING TO GO TO WAR / WANTING TO FIGHT   20:55 STARTED TWEAKING WHEN HE GOT BACK FROM WAR   27:15 IT'S A LOT WORSE THAN YOU THINK   28:32 PTSD   30:37 TRUCK WRECK   35:04 DOES ADDICTION EVER GET BETTER   44:19 ELECTRIC FENCE   45:58 WHAT HAPPENS TO A REGULAR GUY IN CALIFORNIA PRISON   47:55 RACIALLY DIVIDED   49:04 S/A IN PRISON   56:43 OVERDOSES   58:47 POLITICALLY CORRECT PRISONS   01:03:14 MEN BEING PUT IN WOMEN'S PRISONS   01:10:37 U.S. MILITARY VS U.S. CITIZENS   01:13:02 TIM KENNEDY STOLEN VALOR   01:15:12 I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY FOR BLOWING THE WHISTLE   01:17:09 EL SALVADOR PRISONS   01:24:31 GETTING DIVORCED   01:24:56 HOSTAGE NEGOTIATOR   01:29:32 STORY: SHOOTING INMATE   01:32:43 INACCURATE MOVIES   01:34:31 STORY: GOT SET UP WITH A BOMB   01:35:38 MARTIAL LAW DURING WAR   01:38:34 PARTYING DURING WAR   01:42:54 STORY: BEING USED AS BAIT DURING WAR   01:44:42 LOSING FEAR OF DEATH   01:46:05 WAS IT ALL FOR NOTHING?   01:47:45 DOCUMENTARY   01:49:31 TREATMENT OF CELEBRITIES IN PRISON   01:57:28 PRISON PODCAST   01:58:14 GAY PRIDE PARADES IN PRISON   02:01:23 HELL ON EARTH   Thank you for watching Hell on Earth w/ Hector Bravo on DOPE AS USUAL Podcast!#dopeasusual #podcast #hectorbravo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.2

Perfect.

0:05.6

Yeah.

0:06.6

Perfect.

0:21.6

Yo, what's up, everybody? Welcome back to the Dope's Usual Podcast. My name is Thomas Dope's Yolo. Whatever you want to call me. This is my co-ist, Marty O'Neill. What's up, guys? What's up, guys? Today, we have a different kind of guest, a guest that I'm very excited to talk to, and I hope we can open up your guys' brains on a different world that you might not know exists. Please welcome Hector Bravo. Thank you for being here.

0:21.4

Thanks for having, man. Appreciate you. Appreciate it, dude. I walk into an elevator. Somebody says, what do you do? In a nutshell? What is it that you do? What do I do? Now I'm on the internet giving positive, like, motivation and real life experience. Trying to help people. That's what I do.

0:55.5

Fulfilling my purpose, my passion. Love it. That was a great answer. I mean, that's it, dude, in a nutshell. I'm the father, you have a seven-year-old daughter as well. So I'm also a dad. Me too. Seven as well? Youngster? Cool. It's great, bro. you guys are on it yeah

0:51.8

oh your hat says dad

0:53.2

okay yeah you're here

0:54.2

oh I didn't even notice but yeah

0:55.4

yeah yeah Junxter? Cool. It's great, bro. You guys are on it. Yeah, I'm good. Oh, your hat says dad. Okay, yeah, you're here. Oh, I didn't even notice, but yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um, so I'm gonna, I'm gonna say the way Tommy talked about you. Okay. Tell me if that's accurate. He says, I have a friend. Real,

1:32.5

real cool guy, tough guy. He's used to be a correction officer. Now he's whistleblowing on the CDC.

1:38.3

Is that pretty accurate what you're doing? Yes. Okay. Yeah, pretty accurate. I mean, that's what people like may seem. I was in the military, went to Iraq, got out, became a prison

1:43.6

guard here in California,

1:44.9

man. California moves different. As you know, L.A. is different. And 16 years of that,

1:50.3

dude, promoting up the chain, officer, sergeant, SWAT team commander, got exposed to a lot.

1:58.9

And no different than government entities and establishments and once i saw

2:03.5

the corruption i bounced dude 16 years 16 yeah i don't know if you want to call it like whistle

2:09.2

blowing but i pretty much just bounced bro and just kind of letting the world know like hey you

2:13.0

should see what they're doing over here man it's freaking corrupt okay so. Okay, so before we get into that, like, I've, my mom married us some, a certain guy. So we were, I went to the prison visiting rooms every weekend. Yeah. And I watched a little thing said you worked at Corcoran. I never did work at Corcoran. Oh, I worked that on. I worked at Corcoran. I worked at Centinella a state prison, which is in El Centro down south, and then the second prison I worked at is at Donovan and San Diego.

2:18.2

Oh, I must have mixed it up. worked that on, you said you worked at Corkran. I worked at Centinella State Prison, which is in El Centro down south.

2:35.0

And then the second prison I worked at is at Donovan in San Diego. Oh, I must have mixed

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