Phil Klay: Marine Veteran, Award-Winning Author of Redeployment, Host of American Veteran: Unforgettable Stories Podcast

Team Never Quit

Marcus Luttrell

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.9 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Everyone has a story to tell, but in the case of this week’s guest, Phil Klay has the inherent gift of conveying his collection of insights and perspectives in short story form. His writings bring deeper meaning to life as they engage a broad audience. Phil is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and his short story collection Redeployment has won multiple national book awards.

Listen in as he joins Marcus & Morgan to tell of his military and personal life experiences.

In this episode you will hear:

• I’ve always believed in public service.

• National service is a standard that everybody should serve in some way.

• When I feel like I’ve almost died, it inspires me to convey that intensity in a novel.

• Throwing in people together, who are different from each other, but all trying to achieve something in the service of the country, would be almost spiritually healthy.

• It’s stupid to climb off trail when there’s no one around.

• When you try to figure out how you feel about something, put it in a story.

• There are some things that need to be communicated. It’s important to communicate that to people.

• The Marine Corps is a very complicated thing.

• I started writing about my experiences, outside of the mold of typical conversation.

• It’s not that our life experiences themselves are very interesting, it’s that you should reflect on them. It forces you to think more deeply about life.

• When you think of your limits, know that there’s a mental component to that.

• If you think you can’t, you can always take another step.

Transcript

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0:00.0	So, will it be skiing?
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0:46.0	Team Never Quip.
0:52.0	All right, everybody. Welcome back to the TNG Podcast.
0:56.0	I'm your host, Marcus LaTrell.
0:58.0	Every week it's my job to fire you up to ignite the legend inside of you
1:02.0	and to push you to your greatness.
1:04.0	Join me every week as I tape you into my briefing room with some of the most art
1:08.0	charged with people on the planet.
1:10.0	They're going to show you how to embrace the stuff of life,
1:12.0	teach you the values of working your ass off,
1:14.0	and charge through whatever life throws at you.
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