Matt “Willy” Williams: On the Frontlines of the War in Ukraine
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Jack Carr
4.9 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2023
⏱️ 179 minutes
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Summary
Today’s guest is Matt “Willy” Williams.
Matt is an Australian Army veteran, independent journalist, and content creator.
He served in the Australian Infantry with the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment from 2014-2021. At the age of 22, after returning to Australia from deployment in Afghanistan, Matt was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
Following being discharged from the Australian Army, Matt discovered a passion for content creation. In 2022, he spent six and a half months as an independent war correspondent documenting the war in Ukraine. His YouTube Channel @willyOAM contains insider analysis and interviews with those on the frontlines of the conflict.
He started his Instagram page @willy.beating.cancer to document his physical and mental journey.
Matt is a Queen’s Order of Australia Medal recipient and a 2020 SA Young Australian of the Year nominee.
To learn more about Matt, follow him on Instagram @willy.beating.cancer and subscribe to his YouTube Channel @willyOAM
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Danger Closed Podcast, an ironclad original presented by Navy Federal |
| 0:21.5 | Credit Union. |
| 0:22.7 | My guest today is Australian Army veteran, Matt Willie Williams. |
| 0:27.8 | Having had deployments Afghanistan, he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. |
| 0:32.7 | After chemo treatments, he embraced a passion for journalism and traveled to Ukraine where |
| 0:36.8 | he reported extensively from the front lines. |
| 0:39.7 | You can follow his journey on Instagram, at willy.beating.cancer, and watch his extremely |
| 0:45.6 | informative YouTube videos on Ukraine at willy.om and now, without further ado, Matt |
| 0:54.0 | Willie Williams. |
| 0:59.9 | You might see that I collaborate with ironclad on a lot of different projects. |
| 1:03.6 | In fact, I have worked with them on my book trailers, this podcast, as well as a few other |
| 1:07.8 | exciting endeavors that are currently in development. |
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| 1:22.9 | hesitate to reach out through their website. |
| 1:25.4 | This is ironclad.com and make sure you follow them on all major platforms at this is iron |
| 1:32.4 | clad. |
| 1:33.4 | Oh, man. |
| 1:34.4 | Do you have so glad we're getting to do this? |
| 1:38.3 | It's, you know, we've kind of connected, gosh, a while ago, bro, I'm fucking stoked |
| 1:44.2 | on this. |
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