# Mike Drop Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606.md RSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WWO3543350987 Official site: https://www.mike-drop.com/ Author: Mike Ritland Episodes: 390 ## Resource 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. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mike-drop-63606 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606.md ## Episodes - [From Force Recon to the Medal of Honor: Major Capers on Vietnam's Bloodiest Missions | Ep. 295 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/from-force-recon-to-the-medal-of-honor-major-capers-on-vietnam-s-bloodiest-missions-ep-295-pt-2) — 2026-06-11T08:00:00+00:00 - [DECLARED DEAD IN VIETNAM: Force Recon Legend Finally Gets the Medal of Honor | Ep. 295 | Pt 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/declared-dead-in-vietnam-force-recon-legend-finally-gets-the-medal-of-honor-ep-295-pt-1) — 2026-06-09T08:00:00+00:00 - [Venezuela, Ideology, and Why We Keep Fighting Unwinnable Wars | Ep. 294 | Pt. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/venezuela-ideology-and-why-we-keep-fighting-unwinnable-wars-ep-294-pt-3) — 2026-06-05T08:00:00+00:00 - [11 Deployments, a Downed Chinook, and the Grief That Broke Him Open | Ep. 294 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/11-deployments-a-downed-chinook-and-the-grief-that-broke-him-open-ep-294-pt-2) — 2026-06-04T08:00:00+00:00 - [Green Beret Exposes the Government's Chinook Shootdown Cover-Up | Ep. 294 | Pt. 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/green-beret-exposes-the-government-s-chinook-shootdown-cover-up-ep-294-pt-1) — 2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00 - [Ibogaine, Iran, and the Epstein Files: A Recon Marine Gets Unfiltered | Ep. 293 | Pt. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/ibogaine-iran-and-the-epstein-files-a-recon-marine-gets-unfiltered-ep-293-pt-3) — 2026-05-29T08:00:00+00:00 - [When Leadership Fails in Combat: Lessons from Helmand Province | Ep. 293 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/when-leadership-fails-in-combat-lessons-from-helmand-province-ep-293-pt-2) — 2026-05-28T08:00:00+00:00 - [Recon Marine Exposes the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps for Stolen Valor | Ep. 293 | Pt. 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/recon-marine-exposes-the-sergeant-major-of-the-marine-corps-for-stolen-valor-ep-293-pt-1) — 2026-05-26T08:00:00+00:00 - [Life After SAS & Training America’s SWAT Teams | Ep. 292 | Pt. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/life-after-sas-training-america-s-swat-teams-ep-292-pt-3) — 2026-05-22T08:00:00+00:00 - [From SAS Selection to Storming the Iranian Embassy | Ep. 292 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/from-sas-selection-to-storming-the-iranian-embassy-ep-292-pt-2) — 2026-05-21T08:00:00+00:00 - [SAS vs. P Company: Inside British Tier One Selection | Ep. 292 | Pt. 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/sas-vs-p-company-inside-british-tier-one-selection-ep-292-pt-1) — 2026-05-19T08:00:00+00:00 - [Nuclear Power, $39 Trillion in Debt, and a Broken VA: Adam Schwarze's Senate Blueprint | Ep. 291 | Pt. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/nuclear-power-39-trillion-in-debt-and-a-broken-va-adam-schwarze-s-senate-blueprint-ep-291-pt-3) — 2026-05-15T08:00:00+00:00 - [From Ship Boardings to the Senate Floor: Adam Schwarze on Iran, COVID, and Running for Office | Ep. 291 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/from-ship-boardings-to-the-senate-floor-adam-schwarze-on-iran-covid-and-running-for-office-ep-291-pt-2) — 2026-05-14T08:00:00+00:00 - [WAR With Iran Would Be a DISASTER... And Nobody Wants to Admit It | Ep. 291 | Pt. 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/war-with-iran-would-be-a-disaster-and-nobody-wants-to-admit-it-ep-291-pt-1) — 2026-05-12T08:00:00+00:00 - [We Suck at Combatives: How One SEAL Chief Rebuilt the Teams' Fighting Program | Ep. 290 | Pt. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/we-suck-at-combatives-how-one-seal-chief-rebuilt-the-teams-fighting-program-ep-290-pt-3) — 2026-05-08T08:00:00+00:00 - [Was It Worth It? A SEAL's Honest Reckoning With Combat, Sacrifice, and Afghanistan | Ep. 290 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/was-it-worth-it-a-seal-s-honest-reckoning-with-combat-sacrifice-and-afghanistan-ep-290-pt-2) — 2026-05-07T08:00:00+00:00 - [Survived Hell Week 4 Times & Built the Combatives Program That Changed NSW Forever | Ep. 290 | Pt. 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/survived-hell-week-4-times-built-the-combatives-program-that-changed-nsw-forever-ep-290-pt-1) — 2026-05-05T08:00:00+00:00 - [SOG One-Zero School, Post-War Reflections & Views on Vietnam, Iran & Modern Conflicts | Ep. 289 | Pt. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/sog-one-zero-school-post-war-reflections-views-on-vietnam-iran-modern-conflicts-ep-289-pt-3) — 2026-05-01T08:00:00+00:00 - [MAC-V SOG in Vietnam: Silent Movement, Supply Route Ambushes, and the Night FOB 4 Was Overrun | Ep. 289 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/mac-v-sog-in-vietnam-silent-movement-supply-route-ambushes-and-the-night-fob-4-was-overrun-ep-289-pt-2) — 2026-04-30T08:00:00+00:00 - [Inside MAC-V SOG: The Green Beret Who Ran the Most Classified Missions of the Vietnam War | Ep. 289 | Pt. 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/inside-mac-v-sog-the-green-beret-who-ran-the-most-classified-missions-of-the-vietnam-war-ep-289-pt-1) — 2026-04-28T08:00:00+00:00 - [Rowing the Pacific: 60 Days at Sea, Endurance & Ocean Expedition | Ep. 288 | Pt. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/rowing-the-pacific-60-days-at-sea-endurance-ocean-expedition-ep-288-pt-3) — 2026-04-24T08:00:00+00:00 - [America First Foreign Policy: Isolationism, Israel, Iran & Endless Wars | Ep. 288 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/america-first-foreign-policy-isolationism-israel-iran-endless-wars-ep-288-pt-2) — 2026-04-23T08:00:00+00:00 - [They LIED About IRAN: What Really Happened in the Strait of Hormuz | Ep. 288 | Pt. 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/they-lied-about-iran-what-really-happened-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-ep-288-pt-1) — 2026-04-21T08:00:00+00:00 - [Iran, the Strait of Hormuz & Why Boots on the Ground Would Be a Disaster | Ep. 287 | Pt. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/iran-the-strait-of-hormuz-why-boots-on-the-ground-would-be-a-disaster-ep-287-pt-3) — 2026-04-17T08:00:00+00:00 - [A Tier 1 SIGINT Operator’s View of Delta, DEVGRU & Iran | Ep. 287 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/a-tier-1-sigint-operator-s-view-of-delta-devgru-iran-ep-287-pt-2) — 2026-04-16T08:00:00+00:00 - [Iran Prepares to Strike the US As Tensions Escalate in the Middle East | Ep. 287 | Pt. 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/iran-prepares-to-strike-the-us-as-tensions-escalate-in-the-middle-east-ep-287-pt-1) — 2026-04-14T08:00:00+00:00 - [Boots on the Ground in Iran? Clint Bruce Breaks Down Trump's Strategy in the Middle East | Ep. 286 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/boots-on-the-ground-in-iran-clint-bruce-breaks-down-trump-s-strategy-in-the-middle-east-ep-286-pt-2) — 2026-04-09T08:00:00+00:00 - [Leaving The NFL To Join The SEAL Teams, Trump's Strategy in Iran & More | Ep. 286 | Pt. 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/leaving-the-nfl-to-join-the-seal-teams-trump-s-strategy-in-iran-more-ep-286-pt-1) — 2026-04-07T08:00:00+00:00 - [Leading Special Forces Selection, Media Battles, and the Fight for Veteran Suicide Reform | Ep. 285 | Pt. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/leading-special-forces-selection-media-battles-and-the-fight-for-veteran-suicide-reform-ep-285-pt-3) — 2026-04-03T08:00:00+00:00 - [U.S. Allies and the Human Cost of War | Ep. 285 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/u-s-allies-and-the-human-cost-of-war-ep-285-pt-2) — 2026-04-02T08:00:00+00:00 - [Australian Commando Selection, Iran War & The Future of Warfare | Ep. 285 | Pt. 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/australian-commando-selection-iran-war-the-future-of-warfare-ep-285-pt-1) — 2026-03-31T08:00:00+00:00 - [From Honeypots to AI Grooming: Inside the Fourth Intelligence Revolution | Ep. 284 | Pt. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/from-honeypots-to-ai-grooming-inside-the-fourth-intelligence-revolution-ep-284-pt-3) — 2026-03-27T08:00:00+00:00 - [Iraq Regret, Iran Strikes & Epstein Timing | Ep. 284 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/iraq-regret-iran-strikes-epstein-timing-ep-284-pt-2) — 2026-03-26T08:00:00+00:00 - [Boots on the Ground in Iran? This Ends Like Iraq… | Ep. 284 | Pt. 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/boots-on-the-ground-in-iran-this-ends-like-iraq-ep-284-pt-1) — 2026-03-24T08:00:00+00:00 - [Epstein Leverage, Iran Strikes & AI Warfare: Nick Koumalatsos Unfiltered | Ep. 283 | Pt. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/epstein-leverage-iran-strikes-ai-warfare-nick-koumalatsos-unfiltered-ep-283-pt-3) — 2026-03-20T11:00:00+00:00 - [Nick Koumalatsos on Optimizing Men's Health + Iran Strikes as Distraction? | Ep. 283 | Pt. 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mike-drop-63606/nick-koumalatsos-on-optimizing-men-s-health-iran-strikes-as-distraction-ep-283-pt-2) — 2026-03-19T14:36:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.