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EPISODE · Aug 15, 2022 · 1H 13M

E44 - The Masculinity that Made America Great with Jonathan T. Gilliam

from Pod Bless America · host Dan Wilkinson Jr, Knucklehead Media Group, Jim Larkin

The issue of power has been at the forefront of many discussions lately. Who has it? Who wants it? Who should have it? These are valid questions with no easy answers. With the military and political problems that exist in America today, how can the power of unity be back in the hands of the people?In this episode, Jim Larkin and Dan Wilkinson Jr. are joined by Jonathan T. Gilliam. Jonathan is a US Navy SEAL, FBI Special Agent, Federal Air Marshal, Security Contractor, and best-selling author of Sheep No More: The Art of Awareness and Attack Survival, and the host of The Experts Podcast. Jonathan talks about the problem that exists in the military today, his perspective on fixing America's military and political problems, and his thoughts about school and mass shootings.Enjoy!In This Episode01:58 - Backstory of Jonathan T. Gilliam10:27 - Jonathan's training in the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL program (BUD/S)17:05 - A problem that exists in the military today23:07 - General Flynn and the Q movement28:34 - Jonathan's perspective on fixing America's military and political problems37:29 - What the January 6 protest implies49:08 - How Jonathan feels about school shootings58:46 - Psychotropic drugs and shooters1:06:25 - A few of the things Jonathan is currently working onFavorite Quotes04:31 - "There are police departments in this country where McDonald's workers will be making more than their police officers working in that city. There are police officers in this country who are making $14 an hour." - Jim Larkin22:19 - "If we continue to tell our young people not to enter the military, then the military and the intelligence arena will be completely compromised." - Jonathan T. Gilliam22:49 - "The only way you can take the military back is to do it from the inside out. The only way you're going to do that is if you have raised good kids who realize that they will rise to a level where they're going to have to make these decisions, and they're going to have to stick to them."- Jonathan T. Gilliam27:58 - "The whole Q movement, the way that many of these individuals are in this orbit, is causing more problems for this nation than it is good."- Jonathan T. Gilliam34:03 - "If you want to see evil and where these 33 million demonic forces are and where Lucifer is, all you have to do is turn the television on and look at the rank structure of all the things happening."- Jonathan T. Gilliam45:57 - "They want to perpetuate the lie that if the American people rise up, they're going to get in trouble. And the reality is if the American people rose up in a uniform way and did it together, it'd be done in a day." - Jonathan T. Gilliam1:03:40 - "The whole world is living in a dysmorphia type of mindset where they don't understand reality." - Jonathan GilliamEngage with Jonathan GilliamLinkedInInstagramWebsiteFollow the Pod Bless America Podcast on GETTRSubscribe to Freedom Square to know moreEngage with Pod Bless America PodcastEmail: [email protected]: [email protected] to more episodes of the Pod Bless America PodcastApple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts 

The issue of power has been at the forefront of many discussions lately. Who has it? Who wants it? Who should have it? These are valid questions with no easy answers. With the military and political problems that exist in America today, how can the power of unity be back in the hands of the people? In this episode, Jim Larkin and Dan Wilkinson Jr. are joined by Jonathan T. Gilliam. Jonathan is a US Navy SEAL, FBI Special Agent, Federal Air Marshal, Security Contractor, and best-selling author of Sheep No More: The Art of Awareness and Attack Survival, and the host of The Experts Podcast. Jonathan talks about the problem that exists in the military today, his perspective on fixing America's military and political problems, and his thoughts about school and mass shootings. Enjoy!

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