Silly Goose Gang

This is very much an episode of 2 halves (and oh if we'd recorded the 90 minute conversation after we hit stop...)
We're joined by Hannah Cunliffe, one of the top female sprinters in the World
We begin by chatting through her training regime, before pivoting to a cause close to Hannah's heart: the safeguarding of children.
This isn't a standard SGG ep, and we dig into some really serious issues.

To follow Hannah and find out more about her, search for @hannahmc5 on IG

Ian Smith of Atilis Gym joins us for a short, but fun, episode. We discuss personal responsibility, standing up for what believe in, and running for Congress against career politicians. You can find out more about Ian on IG at @iansmithfitness and @theatilisgym

For our 75th episode we're joined by 10th Planet black belt Nathan Orchard. Nathan is a 1st degree black belt under Eddie Bravo, a 3x CJJ (Combat Jiujitsu) Worlds finalist, and a 6 time veteran of EBI. We chat Jiujitsu, philosophy, and how Jiujitsu has changed over the years. To follow Nathan on IG go to @nateorch10p and to support the podcast please subscribe and follow our IG at @sillygoosegangpodcast

Andy joins the Gang for an awesome chat in this episode. Andy talks through his concept of Abandon Modern Culture, mental health and why he launched Norse Fitness. To find out more about Andy and his work find him on IG at @andyclifflewis and @norse_fitness

Some people may say this is the most controversial podcast we've done!

Dr. McCullough MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FASN, FNKF, FNLA, FCRSA is an internist, cardiologist, epidemiologist managing the cardiovascular complications of both the viral infection and the injuries developing after the COVID-19 vaccine in Dallas TX, USA. Since the outset of the pandemic, Dr. McCullough has been a leader in the medical response to the COVID-19 disaster.

He has 51 peer-reviewed publications on the infection and has commented extensively on the medical response to the COVID-19 crisis in TheHill, America Out Loud, and on FOX NEWS Channel. On November 19, 2020, Dr. McCullough testified in the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Dr. McCullough has two years of dedicated academic and clinical efforts in combating the SARS-CoV-2 virus and in doing so, has reviewed thousands of reports, participated in scientific congresses, group discussions, press releases, and has been considered among the world's experts on COVID-19.

Owen joins the Gang in this ep. Owen is a Commonwealth gold medalist in Judo, and a brown belt in jiujitsu. We discuss his unique style, combining judo, jiujitsu and wrestling, and what it takes to be an elite athlete. You can find Owen on IG at @owenLivesey and his club at @carlsongraciehull

Marcus is back! Without a doubt one of our all time favourite guest makes a triumphant return for 2022. We go deep into Marcus's philosophy, and why sometimes you just need to "Be Nice" And Marcus will tell you when it's time to not be nice. And that'll include the time he kicked and smashed Hitler. Yeah, seriously. Listen to the ep to find out how that happened. You can follow Marcus on IG at @MarcusTorgerson.

Best laid plans.
Last minute change so we recorded an episode of us just talking about anything and everything.
Expect swearing and nonsense as we celebrate Chris's birthday.

Bo Sandoval serves as the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the UFC Performance Institute. Sandoval leads the development and implementation of all strength and conditioning aspects within the UFC Performance Institue in Las Vegas. We discuss the 7 fundamental movements that all athletes should master. Bo also explains how he evaluates the UFC athletes that arrive at the Performance Institute. To learn more and to follow Bo on Instagram look for @bo.sandoval.

Jeff Bosley is a film and television actor with an extensive background and training originating on the stage where he was nominated, and won, many awards and accolades including the 'Theatre Recognition Award', the 'Theatre Service Award' and 2 nominations for 'Best Actor'.
His current work and projects have earned him major roles transporting him to international movie sets and Cannes Film Festival Screenings. Proud theatre geek turned Army Special Forces Green Beret, turned 'Medal of Valor'-earning firefighter and now back to actor, Jeff has put in every ounce of life experience he can which translates to all he does on screen as an actor and behind the camera as a director and producer. And we had an awesome chat on this episode and I hope the fun and laughs we had translate to the podcast. To support the podcast visit IWA Active and use code SILLY10 to save 10%

Bob Hamer retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation after 26 years as a Special Agent. He worked organized crime, gangs, terrorism, and child exploitation. Much of his career was spent undercover. In assignments lasting anywhere from several days to more than three years, Bob successfully posed as a drug dealer, contract killer, residential burglar, fence, pedophile, degenerate gambler, international weapons dealer, and white-collar criminal.
He worked undercover against such diverse groups as the La Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian, Mexican, and Russian mafias, Asian organized crime groups, and Los Angeles based street gangs. His successful infiltration of NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) resulted in the arrest of eight members of what one defendant called the organization's "inner circle".
Bob received numerous awards throughout his career including the coveted FBI Director's Award for Distinguished Service, five United States Attorney Awards for Distinguished Service, and numerous letters of commendation including one from then US Attorney Rudy Giuliani.

Dean Stott is The Frogman: one of the UK’s premier adventurers and motivational speakers. A former soldier in the British Special Forces, Dean helps ordinary people develop the ability to adapt, survive and thrive in any situation. Now a professional adventurer and renowned motivational speaker, he recently set a new Guinness World Record, cycling the entire length of the Pan-American Highway faster than ever before. You can find out more by following Dean on IG at @deanstott and at deanstott com Also, visit @iwaactive and use code SILLY10 to receive 10% off sitewide.

CJ Ortiz, the Metal Motivator and co-host of the University of Badassery joins the Gang. Genuinely, this podcast will light a fire under you. We cram a load of info into this 65 minute episode! To find out more about CJ and his work follow him on IG at @metalmotovator Also visit IWA Active and use code SILLY10 to save 10% storewide and support the podcast and an excellent Company.

Caroline joins the Gang all the way from Peru. We have a cool chat covering spirituality, Caroline's journey that led her to the Peruvian rainforest, and her plans for the future for her cacao company. You can follow her on IG at @thebodylovebabe and her cacoa company is @junglecacaoperu. Caroline is launching a 7 day body love activation course on 26 April, and it's FREE! Head to the link in her bio to find out more and to register.

A short 15 minute episode where me and Chris just mess around and try out our new recording platfrom for year 2 of the Silly Goose Gang.

What an episode! We're joined by Dean Hepburn from Primitiv.Evolve. Dean is an exercise physiologist, and free thinker. We spent time discussing a wide variety of topics. This episode definitely didn't go where we expected it to, but was a better episode for that! To find out more about Dean and his work, find him on IG at @Primitiv.Evolve

The Gang are joined by Kaedrich Olsen.

This isn't a standard SGG ep and we had a lot of fun recording this.

Kaedrich is a shadow worker and Norse Runic scholar, and published author.

We go on a thought provoking journey around spirits, seances, energies, and how awesome Scotland is.

I think you'll enjoy this ep as much as we did.

To find out more about Kaedrich visit Kaedrich com or follow him on IG at kaedrich_olsen

We're joined once again by our good friend Barry Gibson.

Barry is an elite Sambo practitioner and Champion, and was one of the first true MMA strength and conditioning Coaches in the UK.

We do a deep dive into Barry's training methodologies, and why he feels there are still some outdated practices.

Barry explains why he became a strength and conditioning Coach and the importance of generslly being strong and active.

When you listen to this episode you'll hear the fun we had recording it, and you'll also learn some real knowledge around conditioning.

To find out more about Barry, and his workouts follow him on IG at @grapplefit, and for his Sambo club follow @redstarsambosunderland

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Anthony Diehl is a professional strongman who won the prestigious America's Strongest Man in 2020.

He joins us for a chat about strongman training, how he prepares for competion, why he recently started training Brazilian JiuJitsu, and a few other fun topics.

As always, we had a blast on our podcast.

To find out more about Anthony, follow him on IG at @anthony105kprostrongman

And if you enjoyed this episode, please like, share and subscribe and follow @sillygoosegangpodcast on IG to keep up to date with future episodes.

Claire joins the Gang in an early Sunday morning recording for this episode. Claire is an accredited Strength and Conditioning coach and we had an interesting chat about a wide range of topics. If you're interested in finding out more about Claire's work, follow her on IG at @claire_tracey_coach.

Wil Willis joins the Gang.

Wil is a former US Army Ranger and US Air Force pararescueman, and was the host of the International hit Forged in Fire.

This is a wide ranging discussion and we cover some amazing ground, that we're pretty sure hasn't been covered in any podcast that Wil has been involved in previously.

To find out more about Wil and his upcoming documentary Grow Together follow him on IG at @whiskey2whiskey

It's a Basic Dude Stuff chat episode. Pat McNamara joins the Gang for an energy filled episode.
Pat spent 22 years in the US Army, and his entire career was spent in Special Forces.

We discuss Basic Dude Stuff, planning and the importance of it to getting stuff done, being average at a lot of stuff and good at a few things and why that's important.

Pat is an inspirational guy, and if you're not feeling fired up by the end of this episode you might want to check your pulse!

You can find out more about Pat and the topics he touched on at his IG @tmacsinc and at the @universityofbadassery

Matt Vincent, CEO of HVIII brand joins the Gang for a fun chat.

We cover some interesting ground on this podcast.

Matt discusses his ayahuasca experience, how it helped him come to terms with the end of his athletic career. We discuss the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people, running a brand and Matt's philosophy of Universe Creation.

Matt also blew our minds with his knowledge of Fife towns from his days on the professional Highland Games circuit.

Overall, this was another excellent podcast. Hell, we even ended up discussing bidets!

To find out more about Matt check out his umso podcast, and you can follow him on IG at ihviiimattvincent

The Gang are back for 2021!

And we kick the year off with Iris Gardner.

Iris is a farmer, horse wrangler, mother, wife, and all round badass!

She joins the Gang for a chat that covers mindset, confidence, importance of being "strong", jiujitsu, and being a parent.

To find out more about Iris follow her IG at @allthewildplaces.

The Magic Marine joins the Silly Goose Gang.

For the last 10 years Steel has been a Royal Marines Commando, spending the last two years of his service as a medic with the country’s elite amphibious fighting force, the Special Boat Service (SBS). Prior to his decade in the Corps, he was an infantryman in the Army for several years, which included a tour of duty in Iraq aged 20. Sandwiched between the Army and Marines was a year travelling the world.

Steel also starred on Britains Got Talent and is an incredible close up magician.

This is a super interesting podcast, and Steel reveals his plans for 2021

We made it to 50 episodes!
So we thought what better way to celebrate this and Chris's birthday than having a drunk podcast!

We discuss our favourite monents, and plans for 2021.

Not gonna lie, it's a bit of a car crash episode, and we clearly need an intelligent, interesting guest to work off.

What better way to bring up the half century of Silly Goose Gang episodes than bringing back Jason Gardner.

Jason retired as a Command Master Chief in the Navy SEALS and was a guest on episode 27.

This time Jason tells some amazing war stories from his time in the Teams.

If you have half as much fun listening as we did recording this ep will be EPIC!

Please follow Jason on IG at @jason.n.gardner and please also follow @allthewildplaces to see Iris and Jason story.

Mr Jiujitsu joins the Silly Goose Gang.

We talk jiujitsu, why it's important that people keep themselves physically fit and ideally know how to fight.

Mr Jiujitsu is an interesting character, and we enjoyed this chat.

You can find out more about him on IG at @mrjiujitsupage

The Gang are joined by Bert Sorin of Sorinex and Sorinex Outdoors, and 4x Div 1 All American.

This was a fun conversation. Bert spoke about his love for Scotland, and stone lifting and Tennents!
We go deep into chats about the outdoors, the path to self improvement, and a host of other topics.

We discuss some of his hard charging friends like Cam Hanes, and Laura Zerra and how they help motivate Bert.

Bert is an absolute gentleman and this was a really enjoyable episode to record, and we hope you enjoy watching or listening.

You can find out more about Bert, and his Companies at Sorinex.com, SorinexOutdoors.com, and you can follow him on IG at @bertsorin.

Phil joins the Silly Goose Gang. Phil Daru is a world renowned strength and conditioning coach and is the founder of Daru Strong, a brand dedicated to helping one’s performance, life, longevity, personal growth, and becoming the best versions of themselves. Phil also owns and operates the Daru Strong Performance Center in Boca Raton, Florida.
For years, Phil has worked with some of the most elite athletes and fighters in the world such as: Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Dustin Poirier, Jr. Dos Santos, King Mo Lawal, Tecia Torres, Colby Covington and over 80 Pro fighters each week. Phil’s resume also includes World renowned celebrities, NFL players, World Champion Boxers, UFC fighters and Olympic athletes. For over 10 years, Phil has been training the top athletes because of his ability to improve performance such as power, strength, speed, agility, mobility, and endurance.
His resume includes World renowned celebrities, NFL players, World Champion Boxers, UFC fighters and Olympic athletes. When it comes to combat sports training along with strength and conditioning, Phil is truly the best in the industry. Phil and his methodologies have been seen on ESPN, Fox Sports, The Luke Thomas Podcast, Spike TV, The Schmo, Fighters Only Magazine, UFC embedded, Mark Bell’s Power Podcast, Espn +, Elliott Hulse’s Strength Camp, The NFL Network, Joe Defranco’s Industrial Podcast Show and in many books around the world. By watching, listening and following Phil’s training methods, you will be able to truly dominate all of your training goals at the most elite level.

Mark Valenti is a retired professional Highland Games athlete, and joins us for a chat about training, drinking, and setting the World to rights.

This was a fun conversation, and Mark certainly lives up to his IG handle of RefinedSavageActual.
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Mike is an interesting dude! a real life treasure hunter!
We talk about Mike's life in Panama, why he got involved in looking for lost Spanish galleons, and how long he's been diving for.
We discuss mutual friends, and his love for sharks.

You can find out more about Mike on IG at @silenthunter_pty

What an episode! We're joined by Marcus Torgerson from Range Time.

Marcus is a self defense expert but this chat goes way deeper than that.

We discuss what's wrong with the World, and Marcus's take on what needs to be done to sort this out

We chat about the "offended" culture, and why it needs to change.

Marcus is a hard driving dude, and we need more people like this is the World!

You can follow him on IG or Twitter at @marcustorgerson

Gail Emms, MBE joins the Gang for a really fun chat.
We discuss why an Olympic silver medal sometimes isn't as great as it sounds, what it takes to be an elite athlete, the importance of strong femalenrole models,why Gail changed her diet, and what did Chris say that shocked Gail so much? You'll need to listen to find out.

To find out more about Gail, search @gailemms on IG or Twitter.