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The Pilot Network Podcast — 150 episodes

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TPNX 2026 Recap: Pilot Hiring Wins, Spirit Support, and What’s Next for TPNTalent

2

TPNX Dallas Prep Guide: Meet & Greets, Dress Code, Travel Tips, and Pilot Networking Advice

3

Pilot Health and Fitness Tips Every Aviator Needs with Lashae Bacon

4

Health, Fitness, and Life on the Road: Why Pilots Must Prioritize Wellness

5

Aviation Career Pathways: Real Pilot Advice on Hiring, Networking, and Staying Ready

6

Choosing the System Over the Job

7

From First Solo to Career Success: A Pilot’s Solo Career Path

8

Career Pathways Aren’t Linear: How to Keep Moving When Aviation Gets Weird with Dave Jesurun

9

Skill Stacking for Aviators: Build Capability, Not a Résumé

10

What’s Happening in Our World and How Skill Upgrades Can Fast-Track Your Aviation Career

11

Smart Pilots, Dumb Mistakes: What 100 Safety Reports Taught One Airline Captain About Flying Safer with Jeffrey Madison

12

Why “Good Enough” Isn’t Good Enough Anymore: The Truth About Pilot Interview Prep with Bill Sims

13

Let’s Close the Change Loop: How to Know If Your Life or Career Shift Is Actually Working

14

What No One Tells Pilots About Changing Careers with Nik Fialka

15

Changes....Optimizing Your Year with TPN!

16

Navigating Pilot Finances: Expert Tips with Alex Tapia

17

Reflecting on 2025: TPN Growth, Challenges, and Holiday Wishes

18

Inside the Diamond: Leading the Thunderbirds with Colonel ‘Sheik’ Malafa

19

From F-16s to Founders: Raj Shah on Building the Future of Defense

20

What is The Pilot Network? Carolynn Kitchen explains what Adam cannot!

21

TPNx Episode 3: Fitness at Altitude - Lashae Bacon on Pilot Wellness and the Mile High Health Club

22

Don't be a Moron! Let's discuss how I messed up...and other, more important, stuff from the Network

23

TPNx Episode 2: Exploring Metrea and Slim Morgan!

24

TPNx Episode 1: Mentorship, Aviation Apparel, and Finding Purpose with Lindsay Auerbach

25

Recovery: Embracing the Suck

26

I'm Exceptional Zed: Building Confidence and Overcoming Adversity in Aviation

27

Ouch! Adam had Surgery

28

TPNx 2025 Recap and What's Ahead for 2026

29

It's Here! How to Crush TPNx

30

AI Dogfights & Augmented Reality Combat: How Daniel Robinson & Red 6 Are Rewriting the Rules of Air Combat

31

Aviation Reinvented: Natilus and Aleksey Matyushev’s Aircraft Revolution

32

Ejection at Mach 0.95: The Unbreakable Spirit of Kegan Gill

33

John 'RAIN' Waters from The Afterburn Podcast chats on Aviation Journeys and Beyond

34

TPN's first ever AI News brief with Artificial Adam...what do you think?

35

Navigating Aviation with 'A Chick in the Cockpit' author Erika Armstrong

36

TPN 2024: The Year in Review

37

TPNP's Audio Card!

38

Tax Strategies and Financial Planning for Pilots with Mike Rey

39

Green Dot Aviation's creator Emmet Feerick joins TPNP!

40

Honoring Jason Depew: Dedication, Passion, and a Legacy of Giving Back

41

Mark McCowan: From Boom Operator to Out of the Game to Flight School Instructor

42

Navigating Airport Standby: Productivity, Planning, and Other Tips with Adam

43

Tammy Barlette: Elevating Pilot Performance with Mental Training and Resilience

44

Oscar Celli: Repping the Latino Pilot Association (LPA)!

45

Ivan Rodriguez: From Nursing to Flexjet Pilot and the Journey in Between

46

TPNx Live #5: Gary Rose from Hawaiian Airlines on Military Transitions, Networking, and the Aloha Spirit!

47

TPNx Live #3: Civilian Tankers and Metrea Strategic Mobility, brought to you by Slim Morgan

48

TPNx Podcast #1: Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Division join the pod

49

Dena Payne Smith: American Airlines Senior Manager Pilot Hiring, Flight Ops

50

Captain Larry Radford: United Airlines Program Manager, Pilot Hiring

51

TPNx Update: Meet and Greets

52

Slow downs, pauses, and hiring...oh my!

53

2023 FAA Reauthorization Act Snapshot...sort of

54

Voluntary Return to FUN!! Adam Rants...

55

James Onieal of Raven Careers delivers! We get an industry update that sets the world straight

56

Commuting - A quick, and probably boring, story for y'all

57

TPNx 2024! The First 'Official' Announcement

58

Pilot talking Money Alex Tapia joins TPNP

59

Don't be a dumb-dumb and some Q&A

60

TPNx 2024 with a rambling Adam

61

The PAPA Experience: Shaz Widhani, TPN volunteer, tells us all about the Professional Asian Pilots Association

62

Matt (FINALLY!) and Adam recap 2023, whilst looking ahead to 2024

63

Courtney Compton from Women in Aviation International

64

Tait Talks Quarter 1

65

Space Lasers, The Experience Evacuation and Inspiring the Next Generation With David Cohen

66

Alicia Godfrey: The life of an artist and pilot spouse

67

Adam Answers Your Questions

68

Solo show: Adam delves into his personal side...

69

Re-Release: Richard McSpadden: AOPA Air Safety Institute Sr. Vice President and former Commander of the USAF Thunderbirds

70

John McFarlin is saving USAF pilot recruiting all by himself!

71

Shane Platt - Airline Apps

72

Adam and Anthony (our amazing correspondent!) debate sleep protocols

73

Back again! Tait Duryea brings the knowledge about markets, money, and management

74

Mental Health with Keith Roxo of Wingman Med

75

TPNx Live 3: Pilots, Piedmont, and All-Americans featuring Grace Wilson

76

TPNx Live 2: James Szydlowski…That Coffee Dude

77

TPNx Live 1: DALPA’s Mike Bell’s Union 101

78

Cory Glenn - Director of Pilot Recruiting and Development at American Airlines Lays it Down!

79

United Airlines - Captain KP Kirpatrick

80

Delta Air Lines with Captain Ashish Naran

81

Avelo Air - Scott Hall

82

VA Disability, Your FAA Medical, and Managing Health Concerns with Dr. Keith Roxo

83

Raven Career Development - James O'nieal

84

Safety First

85

TPNx 2023: The Best Job Fair Out There for Pilots

86

Myth Busting and Mathematics with Dr. Catherine Cavagnaro

87

Intercepted by the Soviets, Thoughts for Young Pilots, and VA Benefit Challenges with Prof Tom Peterson

88

Will Raising the Retirement Age Solve Staff Shortages?

89

New Hires Going Straight to Captain Positions?

90

Let's talk age 67... (and Joe hosts his first show!)

91

New Voices of TPN - Introducing Joe Sacco

92

Major General Craig Wills - 19th Air Force Commander

93

Turbine Capital's Tait Duryea: Passive income is more than a possibility!

94

Keith Roxo - Wingman Med

95

Cockpit2Cockpit eLearning Course

96

Airline 101 Lecture 3

97

Airline 101 Lecture 2

98

Airline 101 Lecture 1

99

Adam Waxes Poetic

100

FLYING MAGAZINE - Craig Fuller

101

All Call: Podcast Correspondants

102

Bill Sims - From fighter pilot to entrepreneur to airline captain

103

So frustrating! A tiny look at why TONS of flights cancel...

104

Can I get a letter? How not to suck at asking for letters of recommendation

105

Charlie Venema and Adam talking apps... delicious, delicious apps

106

Jason Depew and Nick Narbutovskih - Authors, Pilots, Storytellers!

107

Thoughts on Afghanistan

108

Evey Cormican CEO and Founder of VTR (Visionary Training Resources)

109

Adam and Matt - 10 Things to Do Today To Start Your Airline Career

110

Jeff Nielsen - The Airline Pilot Guy

111

Dave Jesurun - High Country Air Service and Skillbridge

112

Pete Larrabee - DoD Skillbridge Program

113

The Dangers of Automation with Jack J. Hersch

114

BONUS: Pat And Adam Are Scared!

115

Pat, RPA Operator

116

CW Lemoine, Author of The Spectre Series

117

Zero Emission Aviation with ZeroAvia

118

Talking Real Estate with Bill Stainback

119

Talking with Kim and Chris about new features at MilKEEP

120

The Pilot Network Podcast - 2021 Giveaway

121

Jeffery Van Orsow | Alternate Route: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Pilot in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserv

122

UK CAA – Nick Goodwyn

123

Buck Windham, Author of Hogs in the Sand: A Gulf War A-10 Pilot’s Combat Journal

124

Rob Wright from Pilot Pipeline

125

TTT3 – Should Pilots Learn Jiu Jitsu

126

TTT2 – Taking Care Of Your Fellow Pilots

127

TTT1 – The End of Human Fighter Pilots?

128

Brett Schnake from NBKC Bank

129

Richard McSpadden: AOPA Air Safety Institute Sr. Vice President and former Commander of the USAF Thunderbirds

130

Ty Manegold from ROAM Fitness

131

Marc Himelhoch from Cockpit2Cockpit

132

Mike Bourget from ACM Warbirds of Canada

133

PreFlight Camp’s Scholarship Winners

134

TORGOEN: Established by aviation enthusiasts for quality, and classic aircraft design

135

Talking with Robert Sanchez of Miracle Flights: The Cure for Distance

136

Bobby Quinn, Raven Spatial, and your future as a Drone Operator(?)! That’s right…

137

Talking with David Heimbach from JetSeam

138

Talking with Warren Curry about how ICON Aircraft elevates the way you experience aviation

139

Charlie Venema checks in with a little wisdom and the 4 Steps

140

Pilot Math Treasure Bath with TPN’s very own Jason Depew

141

Science of Success host Matt Bodnar drops some knowledge on the Network!

142

Ross Franquemont takes us on a journey to the edge of space…and back – Part 2

143

Ross Franquemont takes us on a journey to the edge of space…and back

144

Charlie Venema, Founder of Checked and Set, lays down the law!

145

Want a job? Jet Linx is hiring!

146

BogiDope is helping to navigate the stressful process of transitioning from the active duty to the Guard or Reserv

147

Mortgages, money, and how to keep more of it with Brett Schnake

148

Talking with Dave Jesurun from High Country Air Service about contract flying and entrepreneurship

149

Talking with Justin and Chloe: Solving the Crash-Pad nightmare with UpgradeStay

150

Talking with Tyler Allerding: Solving Aircrew Scheduling with ProFlyt Blue