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Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

VINCENT VARGAS | Defending the US Southern Border (Ep. 528)

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Religion & Spirituality

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we welcome Vincent “Rocco” Vargas to the show. He is a retired US Army Ranger (2nd Battalion of the 75 Ranger Regiment) and former Federal Agent with the Department of Homeland Security. He is also an entrepreneur, actor, writer, producer, and speaker. He is most known for his depiction of the character Gilly Lopez on the show Mayans M.C. (an offshoot of Sons of Anarchy). Additionally, he is the author of the new book Borderline: Defending the Home Front. This book details his time spent protecting the southern border of the United States as a member of the US Border Patrol. In this interview, we discuss why he was interested in becoming an Army Ranger, the long process of becoming a border patrol agent, the day-to-day tasks that border patrol agents perform, why Americans struggle to differentiate between border security and immigration, whether or not the US should build a wall across the entire border, whether or not we should consider militarizing our southern border, what it was like for a hispanic man to work keeping other hispanics from entering the US, what should be done about the “Dreamers”, what it was like transitioning from the Border Patrol to acting, and much more. Let’s get into it…  Episode notes and links HERE. Try out the Relay Recovery app HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm your host Kyle Thompson. This is an Undaunted Life man's podcast.

0:23.4

I'm your host Kyle Thompson.

0:25.0

Let's get into it.

0:27.0

All right guys, we've got a special guest on the podcast today.

0:29.0

His name is Vincent Vargas.

0:30.6

So he's a retired United States Army Ranger. He was in second battalion of the

0:34.2

75th Ranger Regiment and he's a former federal agent with the Department of

0:38.0

Homeland Security. He's also an entrepreneur actor, writer, producer, and

0:41.9

speaker, so he's got a lot of stuff going on, but he's

0:44.1

most known for his depiction of the character Gilly Lopez on the show, Mayans,

0:48.0

MC, which is an offshoot of Sons of Anarchy. In the actual interview, I couldn't

0:51.8

remember the name of the show, but it is an offshoot of Sons of Anarchy in the interview. I could remember the name of the show, but it is an

0:53.4

offshoot of Sons of Anarchy. But he's also the author of a brand new book and it's right here and

0:58.0

it's out now called Borderline defending the home front. So this book actually details his time spent protecting the United States

1:05.3

southern border as a member of the US Border Patrol.

1:08.2

And so the unique thing about this interview is I've obviously read a lot of

1:10.9

military memoirs.

1:12.0

I've had a lot of military, retired military guys on this show.

1:16.0

And what this book is not?

1:18.2

It is not just, okay, here's all the crazy stuff that happens at the border and

1:22.2

then there I was with my M4 and my nods on and blah blah and all that.

1:26.0

And dude, I love those stories, right?

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