Kennedy Saves Your Literary Longing

Kennedy Saves the World

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4.5 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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On this episode, Kennedy speaks with U.S Navy Veteran, former Navy SEAL, New York Times Bestselling author & author of Final Spin: A Novel, Jocko Willink. Jocko narrates to Kennedy how he creates characters and fictional universes that readers can empathize with, and they discuss their decisions to follow and pursue the full extent of their potential. Later, Jocko reflects on his experience as a U.S Navy Officer. Follow Kennedy on Twitter: @KennedyNation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Coca-Cola Zero, official partner of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
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0:27.9	Peel, sip, collect. Welcome to this episode of Kennedy saves the world.
0:48.5	And today, I will save your literary longings with a man who is not only a decorated author, a New York Times
0:56.1	bestselling writer, mostly of nonfiction. Perhaps you've heard of some of his past titles,
1:02.7	like extreme leadership, extreme ownership, there's all sorts of extremes and ships, because you don't tell a Navy man how to write.
1:14.4	Jocko Willink joins me today.
1:16.7	And he is a phenomenal human, very smart, very driven, dedicated, athletic.
1:22.8	Thank you for your service on this Veterans Day, Jocko.
1:26.2	Thank you for having me, Kennedy.
1:28.0	I wish I was as smart and as athletic as you seem to think I am.
1:32.0	Well, you are.
1:32.7	I mean, you work out every day at 4.30 in the morning.
1:35.0	And you're very driven and obviously literary.
1:37.8	And you write a lot of books.
1:39.4	And you have written a lot of books about taking your training as a Navy SEAL.
1:46.2	You were a SEAL for 20 years?
1:49.0	Yep.
1:49.7	That's unbelievable.
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