#300 - Rowing Across the Atlantic - Brian Chontosh

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Society & Culture, Comedy

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🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 144 minutes

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Summary

This week on the BRCC Podcast Evan hosts Brian Chontosh. Brian is a retired United States Marine Corps officer, Navy Cross Recipient for his heroic efforts during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Brian also started the Big Fish Foundation (BFF), an organization with a mission "to enhance Veteran’s lives by reconnecting them to fundamental principles of service in order to reemphasize accountability towards each other through shared common purpose in a campaign to improve psychological wellness, effectively manage post traumatic/combat stress, and prevent suicide. In order to spread awareness for the Big Fish Foundation. Brian and 3 Navy Seals rowed across the Atlantic Ocean in just 33 days. Watch and listen as Chontosh gets into the details of rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, his military service, and the importance of the Big Fish Foundation and helping manage PTSD and preventing suicide. Find more about Brian Chontosh and the Big Fish Foundation in the links below https://www.bigfishfoundation.org/

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0:00.0	Like sign me up, I'm ready to do something stupid.
0:02.0	And I was thinking that we were going to create something.
0:06.0	Oh, we're going to hike across the Rocky Mountains in the middle winter.
0:09.0	We're going to run across the U.S.
0:11.0	We're just going to come up with something stupid and design it.
0:13.6	And it wasn't until I got on a phone, a video call with the fourth member of the team,
0:18.8	Chris Smith, who Chris and I have been running mates for 15, 16 years and I realize like Taco gave up his name too and we're on the same call together like hey we're on this team to do something and then Brian and Jim introduced like have you ever heard of the Talisker Whiskey Challenge?
0:34.0	What's that?
0:36.0	Talasker Whiskey sounds interesting.
0:38.0	Well, we're going to row in a rowboat across the Atlantic Ocean.
0:44.3	And I was like, rule.
0:45.3	The Black Rifle Podcast starts now.
0:51.3	Yeah, I can't get over that much for that.
0:54.0	Yeah, he's gnarly.
0:56.0	He's like...
0:57.0	Yeah, 448.
1:00.0	He's a well-fed animal.
1:04.0	I got mad. I got mad one, he's in because I missed every fucking elk.
1:10.0	What do you mean you miss?
1:13.0	And I, uh, three?
1:15.0	Fucking miss three.
1:17.0	Oh, shooting or just bed timing, just got they spooked.
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