{"podcast":{"title":"The Victory Degree","slug":"the-victory-degree-6691239","podcast_index_feed_id":6691239,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/nVQwFaIo","website_url":"https://thevictorydegree.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/61e6bd4f-cf8b-4339-9a6b-539fdc58025b/3e09b53a-2475-44dd-96cd-388248973840/3000x3000/the_victory_degree_youtube_podcast_cover_1.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Nik Atanackovic","episode_count":115,"summary":"On a mission to interview the world's greatest athletes.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T06:17:01.888955+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-victory-degree-6691239"},"episode":{"title":"Navy SEAL: \"Pain Is The Path To Becoming Unbreakable\" - David Rutherford","slug":"navy-seal-pain-is-the-path-to-becoming-unbreakable-david-rutherford","published_at":"2026-06-22T01:44:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-victory-degree-6691239/navy-seal-pain-is-the-path-to-becoming-unbreakable-david-rutherford","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-victory-degree-6691239","url":"https://thevictorydegree.simplecast.com/episodes/david-rutherford-RLhM0aC2","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/3a08482c-08e2-452c-84c2-5f32d1e58189/3c863156-97fe-4d30-8ddf-e9bff4191377/episodes/audio/group/e39e7395-63a9-4910-a89d-fe96d71f2f14/group-item/c7ea6608-b20d-4b19-b3a3-f1c967a54eae/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=nVQwFaIo","summary":"Former Navy SEAL medic and instructor David Rutherford has spent 30+ years studying what drives people to perform — and what makes them quit — in the most extreme environments on earth. From the SEAL teams to Blackwater to the CIA, and now working with elite sports organizations and the world's top performers, David has built a career around one question: how do you restructure your relationship with pain to unlock what you're truly capable of? In this conversation, we get into delusional self-belief, the truth about fear, the \"40%\" most people never explore, and the stories and lessons that have stuck with David long after he left the battlefield. We also talk about what war really does to a person — the parts nobody warns you about — and how the same principles that carry operators through combat apply to anyone chasing a goal. This one goes deep. David holds nothing back.","meta_description":"Former Navy SEAL medic and instructor David Rutherford has spent 30+ years studying what drives people to perform — and what makes them quit — in the most…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9687,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-victory-degree-6691239/episodes/navy-seal-pain-is-the-path-to-becoming-unbreakable-david-rutherford/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-victory-degree-6691239/navy-seal-pain-is-the-path-to-becoming-unbreakable-david-rutherford.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}