Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Mike Drop, hosted by former Navy SEAL and bestselling author Mike Ritland, is a no-holds-barred platform that dives deep into the stories and experiences of extraordinary individuals. Known for his candid and unfiltered approach, Mike interviews guests ranging from special operations veterans and elite athletes to renowned authors and thought leaders, offering listeners a exclusive glimpse into the human side of those who have excelled in their fields. Whether it's discussing the intense challenges of combat or the resilience required to overcome personal adversity, Mike Drop provides a space where real conversations happen.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Mike Drop episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Mike Drop for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Mike Drop episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

SEAL Team Officer In Charge Sean Glass | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 211

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10/28/24 • 167 min

Sean Glass is a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, combat leader, and now a leadership instructor with Echelon Front. Sean spent 13 years in the SEAL Teams with three combat deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Eastern Africa. He led five SEAL platoons in Iraq against Islamic State forces during some of the most dynamic and demanding environments where he saw first-hand the power of leadership on the battlefield. Sean returned from Iraq to serve as Officer-in-Charge of training for all West Coast SEAL Teams where he spearheaded the development of leadership training and personally instructed and mentored the next generation of SEAL leaders.

Sean left active duty in 2019 and became the Chief Operating Officer of a successful venture capital backed construction technology startup, where he helped scale the company’s growth and established a highly successful decentralized, team-first culture. He also joined Echelon Front, a SEAL-led company that offers online and in-person training as a leadership instructor, along with helping to found Primal Beef, a farm-raised American beef company that offers dry-aged hand-cut locally sourced all natural delivery straight to your door.

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21-Year Green Beret Johnny MF Glenn | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 209

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10/14/24 • 176 min

Johnny MF Glenn is a former Green Beret with over a dozen combat deployments - more than 21 years of back-to-back, nonstop, kinetic action in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and parts unknown. He's seen gunfights, IED's, combat dressings, and human shields - he's been blown up five times, shot once, and had two cracks in his frontal lobe, all over the course of a career that's dotted with wild tales of 'organized' chaos that only a veteran operator could know.

But for Johnny, organized chaos isn't just a way of life - it's a mantra; a fundamental belief that when good people do good things, good things happen regardless of the circumstances. So how's a farm kid in southwest Georgia go on to become a Green Beret? What keeps someone coming back, deployment after deployment, returning to the combat zone? And when you've served as long as Johnny has, what does the cost of human life really mean?

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Episode 1 | Q&A

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02/18/22 • 73 min

Shop https://www.mikeritlandco.com for Performance Dog Food, Treats, Apparel & more!Welcome to the first Q&A session here on Mike Drop! Today Mike answers viewer's questions for YouTube, Instagram and even Facebook. Have a question for Mike comment below and maybe he will answer your question on the next Q&A show. I hope you enjoy this episode of Mike Drop, if you don't, you know what to do. Sponsored by @teamdog.pet. ----------Table of Timestamps:0:00 - Intro1:30 - Tell us a little bit about your Tattoos2:55 - F*** one, marry one, Kill one3:14 - What's your favorite EDC handgun? 4:19 - What was the scariest mission you have been on 5:10 - Having a stubborn dog issue 7:51- How many times have you choke yourself 7:59 - Have you ever had any equipment fail on you? 8:45 - What is mike like? 9:51 -What's the best life advice you have got from someone? 10:40 - Did you have dogs growing up or get them after the military 11:27 - Would you rather be immortal or be able to read peoples thoughts? 12:10 - What's your take on the Mark Owen interview?12:40 - If you had to pick one candy for the rest of your life?12:50- What's the best lesson you learned the hard way14:38- If you didn't go to the seals what job do you see yourself doing15:17- What do you really think is going on worldwide17:05- You usually ask people how a certain issue affect them 23:28- Do you believe being fully dedicated to a job25:17- What do you think about rottweilers 27:56- How do seals avoid being deployed29:28- If you had the time what would you want to learn to do 30:47- What do you like to do 31:00- If you could have stay in the teams would you have done a full career31:37- How many dogs would you give away for free to get on Joe Rogan 32:10- What's the biggest similarity between humans and dogs33:47- What are my three favorite moments when you were in35:34- What are your Strategy 37:08- Do you think the job get watered down38:29- What kind of jeans do you wear 39:07- what do you want to be when you grow up40:00- Are there examples of you doing something dumb on the teams
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MARSOC SERE Instructor Christian Holloway - Part Two | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 143

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07/02/23 • 135 min

MARSOC - an elite component command of the United States Special Operations Command that comprises the Marine Corps' contribution to SOCOM. Just take it from Christian - he was one of the first Marines admitted into the Corps' elite program. Since his days in deployment, he's pivoted; a turn as a Texas State Trooper on Border Patrol and a police officer in Austin certainly don't hurt his already outstanding resume. But titles are more than just accolades - they're a sterling reminder of the gun fights, close calls, and high-speed chases that can only happen on American highways.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:06 - IED Developments
09:01 - Finding MARSOC
19:32 - The Horn of Africa
33:33 - The Service Limitations Rule
39:09 - ...Underage Drinking?
43:54- Instructing at SERE School
59:16 - The Three Most Important Survival Tips
01:06:53 - A Texas State Trooper on Border Patrol
01:19:18 - Human Trafficking
01:26:55 - Highway Work
01:34:41 - Back at Academy
01:44:38 - A High-Speed Getaway in Austin
01:52:19 - Souped-Up Patrol Cars
01:57:00 - Police Office Politics
02:00:02 - Finance, Finance, Finance
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Episode 62: Angel Cortes - Gang Signs & Ranger Tabs

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08/17/20 • 190 min

I talk a lot about maximizing opportunity as I believe there is no shortage of it in this country. This episode is a prime example of it. I sat down with Angel Cortes - former L.A. gang banger turned Army Ranger, and now studying to be a registered dietician to help the type of communities from which he came from. Lots of great insight into immigration policy as well as rising up in the face of abject poverty and adversity.
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Table of Timestamps:
Breaking the Ice - 2:15
Trouble at Home - 11:00
Morning Routine - 19:45
Illegal Immigration - 30:00
How to Cross the Border - 39:00
Gang Signs - 49:45
Cops and Robbers - 1:00:30
Idols and Superheroes - 1:08:00
Joining the Military - 1:16:30
Boots on the Ground - 1:31:30
How I Got Out - 1:41:00
An Army Story - 1:48:15
Florida Ranger School - 2:04:15
Coming Home - 2:20:20
Diet and Exercise - 2:30:15
A Question for Mike - 2:49:15
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Black Hawk Down Delta Force Operator Tom Satterly | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 153

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09/10/23 • 171 min

As a senior non-commissioned officer of Delta Force, the most elite and secretive special operations unit in the U.S. military, Command Sergeant Major Tom Satterly fought some of this country's most fearsome enemies. Over the course of twenty years and thousands of missions, he's fought desperately for his life, rescued hostages, killed and captured terrorist leaders, and seen his friends maimed and killed around him.
Since then, Tom's found an incredible partner in Jen Satterly, started a nonprofit at The All Secure Foundation, and even kicked off a podcast of his own talking to other amazing veterans about their stories beyond the battlefield, All Secure with Tom & Jen. What keeps this warrior going? Let's hear it from the man himself.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:28 - Arsenal of Hope by Jen Satterly
08:26 - John Cougar Freedom
13:18 - Army Man
19:30 - By The Seat of my Pants
30:06 - DELTA Selection
53:23 - Surviving Somalia - Black Hawk Down
01:16:21- On a Plane for 9/11
01:25:44- Taking C Squadron to Iraq
01:32:16- NAVY Rivalries
01:36:47 - Halloween in Ramadi
01:46:50 - Truth and Regrets
01:51:21 - Dogs in Israel
01:55:17 - Decision to Leave
02:07:02 - Bagging Saddam Hussein
02:12:43 - Deck of Cards Targets
02:22:08 - Looking for Work
02:28:07 - Founding a Nonprofit - The All Secure Foundation
02:33:06 - Therapy, Behavioral Remedies, & DMT
02:44:54 - Opening Up
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Ret. Army Ranger Police Officer Greg Anderson - Part One | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 140

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06/11/23 • 100 min

'No one is coming to save you.' It's not quite as dour as it sounds - to Greg Andseron, it's a phrase that he says all the time at his Electric North Jiu Jitsu Academy in Washington. It reminds him to chart his own course; that you yourself are truly the only person blazing the trail for your own life. And it's perfect for him too - not all that long ago Greg was an Army Ranger with 14 overseas deployments, with an added turn in private contracting and even a brief stint as a national U.S. Marshall. He also served as a Police Officer in Seattle, right up until the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic when he went viral with a video from inside his squad car where he explained that officers like himself have a civic duty to protect and serve the constitutional rights of the American people, consequences be damned.
Safe to say, Greg's got quite a story behind him - one that's still developing, as he continues to speak his mind from his gym, his instagram, and his podcast, Endless Endeavor with Greg Anderson. But it's not always about who you are. Sometimes it's about where you came from.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:10 - Actually, We HAVE Met Before
10:17 - A Most Humbling Jiu Jitsu Story
19:01 - Ten Pages A Day
34:02 - Morning Chaos
39:55 - Growing Up On the Water
50:38 - Getting Into Ranger Regiment
59:09 - Going to Afghanistan
01:08:34 - Joining Triple Canopy
01:20:09 - Friendly Fire
01:25:49 - The August 10th Ambush
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SEAL Team 4 ZeroEyes Rob Huberty | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 124

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01/15/23 • 150 min

Artificial Intelligence? Nowadays most folks think AI is coming to take their jobs, but Rob Huberty doesn't think so. He's a retired member of SEAL Team 4 with three combat tours under his belt, not to mention a startlingly impressive sniping record at a range of over 1700 yards. Today, Rob's the Chief Operating Officer of ZeroEyes, a bleeding-edge security company that's using AI to detect firearms on existing security cameras in public venues all over the country, and Rob's not alone - he's running ZeroEyes with fellow SEAL Team 4 members CEO Mike Lahiff and CRO Sam Alaimo too. But how does ZeroEyes work? What are the risks involved? And how are a bunch of retired SEAL's going to make it better?
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Last Name Jokes
04:30 - Father of Four
08:15 - Born in Chicago
12:30 - A Good Old-Fashioned Hazing Story
21:00 - Joining SEAL Team Four
25:00 - Deboarding in Baghdad
39:30 - A Pretty Awesome Christmas Party
44:00 - 2nd Deployment in Afghanistan
52:30 - Sam Alaimo's Helo Crash Story
58:00 - The Shakes of the Valley
01:02:30 - Deadly Sniping at 1705 Yards
01:11:30 - Saddling Up for Deployment #3
01:21:30 - Chasing Lima One - Remembering Kevin Ebbert
01:37:30 - Commanding Officer Job Price
01:43:00 - A Dark and Silver Lining
01:46:00 - Mike Lahiff's Wharton Application
01:49:00 - Operations at Amazon
01:57:00 - The Meaning of Life from MDMA and Ibogaine
02:07:00 - Teaching Computers to Recognize Guns
02:13:00 - How ZeroEyes Actually Works
02:17:30 - Working on Existing Security Systems
02:24:00 - Gifts From the Show
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BORTAC Spec Ops Marine Erin 'Jammer' Switzer - Part One | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 145

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07/16/23 • 88 min

Call of Duty. The Terminal List. In the entertainment world, Erin 'Jammer' Switzer is already a stud - and that's without mentioning his service record. Throughout his career, Erin spent 23 years in the special operations community after serving as a Reconnaissance Marine, where he worked alongside several K9 teams and developed a passion for working dogs. Eventually, he adopted Rex, who would eventually land roles Call of Duty, The Terminal List, and more, along with joining him in his work at BORTAC, one of the United States' elite Border Patrol special operations divisions. Safe to say, there's an awful lot to talk about when it comes to Erin Switzer. And that's not all - he brought Rex to the studio, too.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
04:48 - Call of Duty & The Terminal List
09:42 - Morning Routine
19:57 - College Ball
30:42 - Boot Camp to Okinawa
37:41 - Rolled Into Recon
46:12 - A Six-Month Extension
49:44 - Starting in Border Patrol
01:00:10 - Patrol Selection
01:12:16 - BORTAC: Border Patrol Tactical Unit
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MARSOC SERE Instructor Christian Holloway - Part One | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 142

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06/25/23 • 116 min

Christian Holloway was just a mild mannered, all-American, belt-fed marine, right up until he found himself being deployed as infantry to the second battle of Fallujah. It was far from the only time he'd find himself in a tough spot - Christian's got more than one story of close calls, stray squirters, and unexploded rocket-propelled grenades courtesy of Saddam's best and brightest.
Eventually his experiences led him to becoming one of the earliest members of MARSOC, the Marine Special Operations Command that's now known as the Marine Raiders, where he found even more action from an entirely different side of the globe. That's why he's sitting down today to tell us all about it.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:05 - Why Are We Here?
10:08 - David Goggins Can't Hurt Me
17:03 - I Wanted to Fly Planes
23:33 - In Country, Out of Options
37:27 - The Craziest Gunfight I Got Into
47:52 - Everybody's Got a Plan Until First Contact
01:02:45 - They Weren't Pulling Pins
01:14:08 - Searching Bodies for Intel
01:22:47 - Post-Deployment Leave
01:28:32 - Second Deployment
01:47:49 - IED Developments
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