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Iran Prepares to Strike the US As Tensions Escalate in the Middle East | Ep. 287 | Pt. 1

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

News, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Politics

4.96.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Joe England—aka Stoic Viking—shares his incredible story of survival, resilience, and purpose. After a near-fatal car accident that changed everything, Joe opens up about rebuilding mentally and physically, his drive to serve, and the mindset forged through adversity. The conversation also dives into hard geopolitical realities, including a raw discussion on Iran, global conflict, and what many are missing about the threat landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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slash setup we went to a party on the south side of Seattle and I remember a

0:33.7

point in the drive and then I woke up in a hospital bed there There was a drunk driver going down the wrong way of I-5.

0:41.3

The only reason I actually survived was because they were already chasing him.

0:45.3

I was told by the college that I could resume my scholarship if I did one quarter of community

0:49.3

college to prove that I had mental faculties to recontinue.

0:52.3

I dropped out within a week. I was coming back physically,

0:56.2

but the most frustrating part was I had no timeline on how I would mentally recover. And there was

1:02.6

no guarantee that I ever would. I just needed to leave. So I was like, you know what, I'm going to join.

1:07.0

So about six months after the car accident, I went to the recruiter and, you know, John Wayne, Green Berets.

1:11.6

I was like, and I heard there was this 18 x-ray program, I can be go straight to Green

1:15.6

Berez, you know, sign me up. So I went through that process, only to find out that my spleenectomy

1:20.6

disqualified me. Luckily, the recruiter told me that there was a back route.

1:25.6

Iran is a problem. The Islam Republic has one

1:29.7

goal and that is death to Israel and death to America. I think it's naive of us to not

1:35.9

believe them that this is their intention. So how do you go about this and this is

1:40.5

really the question? I believe that we... Since the Civil War, dogs have stood alongside our military,

1:56.0

proving to be indispensable partners.

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