MOTW #2:The "State of the Military" with Toby Nunn
Mind Of The Warrior
Dr Mike Simpson
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2019
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Doc talks with Toby Nunn, combat Infantryman, host of “The Stew and the Nunn” podcast, and director of operations of the nonprofit Veteran Outdoors..
Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician.
Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars with Tim Kennedy on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.
Toby Nunn
Twitter: @tobynunn
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stewandthenunn
Website: http://stewandthenunn.com
Veteran Outdoors: http://veteran-outdoors.com
Email Doc at: hoplonmedical@gmail.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody welcome back to mind of the warrior first and foremost I just got to say wow I was inundated with emails after the |
| 0:16.7 | rebranding episode and I cannot tell you just a heartfelt appreciation for me at the outpouring of support from you guys in |
| 0:26.1 | support of the re-branding the re-branding going back to the roots just means a lot to |
| 0:31.4 | me I can't tell you how much. On the subject of emails I do, I field questions every day |
| 0:37.8 | quite a bit. At this point I think I've vetted every Jiu-Jitsu gym in North America and about six or seven overseas as well. |
| 0:46.7 | So what I want to start doing is formalizing this. |
| 0:49.2 | I'm always happy to respond to your emails, always happy to reply back in confidentiality with long-form |
| 0:57.7 | answers to things that you've got going on. |
| 1:01.1 | But what I'd like to do is another fan question episode. |
| 1:05.0 | And you know what, I hate using the word fan question, |
| 1:07.8 | but that's kind of the best way to say it. |
| 1:09.8 | Because I don't think of you guys as fans, |
| 1:11.5 | I think of you guys as co- creators of this |
| 1:13.0 | podcast you guys are stakeholders in this just like I am I just happen to be the guy in |
| 1:17.4 | this side of the microphone but what I want you to do on the subject of |
| 1:20.4 | fan questions is I want you to put that specifically in the |
| 1:24.4 | subject line of your emails so I know that you are submitting that question |
| 1:28.5 | specifically for me to answer on air in an upcoming episode. |
| 1:33.4 | And keep those, they don't have to necessarily be brief, |
| 1:36.6 | but keep them kind of entertaining a little, |
| 1:38.4 | maybe a little bit less personal if you want to ask questions |
| 1:40.4 | about medicine, questions about my career in SF, how I compared Ranger School to SF-QC, what my |
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