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Abby Boretto, Film Producer (The Ring and The Mountain)

SOFREP Radio

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Entertainment News, Government, News, History

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this week's podcast episode, Abby brings us a story nothing short of a movie. Abby Boretto is a resilient advocate for community, volunteerism, and storytelling. Raised in a historic Connecticut town with deep family roots, she developed a lifelong dedication to service and making a positive impact. For 25 years, Abby dedicated herself to raising her three children in California, becoming a pillar of her community while balancing parenting, civic activism, community volunteering, and bold personal reinvention. She held the title of Mrs. California All-Star United States, became a trailblazing silver-haired model, and most recently, produced The Ring and The Mountain, a powerful documentary exploring legacy, connection, and grassroots nation-building. Through every endeavor, Abby continues to inspire, proving that reinvention and purpose have no limits!

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0:00.0

Bruteforce. If it doesn't work, you're just not using enough.

0:25.9

You're listening to Soft Rep Radio, Special Operations Military News,

0:47.7

and Straight Talk with the Guys in the Community. Hey, what's going on? This is Rad, your host for Soft Rep Radio, and I have a super cool guest today.

0:53.8

But before I introduce you to her, I want to tell you about our merch store. So you go to soft rep.com forward slash merch and go check out

0:56.1

our branded items from soft rep, all the guys and gals in the special operations community, picking

1:01.3

out all this cool stuff, branding it with soft rep, and you guys tag us on the internet. We love that.

1:06.2

So keep that up. And also, I want to talk about our book club. that's soft rep.com forward slash book hyphen club

1:13.5

that's book hyphen club go check it out there's always new books being added into our library

1:19.2

for you to enjoy and just be a reader okay go out there read a book open your mind and explore

1:24.7

what's in here already it's all in in your head. So go read a book.

1:28.7

Now, this next guest is kind of like a fun, sad story to talk about, okay? Because it happened

1:36.7

50-something years ago, but it's still very fresh to my guest, Abigail Barreto, who, it goes

1:43.7

by Abby.

1:44.5

And so welcome to our show, Abby.

1:47.2

Thank you so much for having me today. Thank you.

1:49.7

And not to just jump the gun, but I mean, it happened about 50 years ago what we're going to talk about.

1:54.7

And that is the ring in the mountain, the story of your father and his, I don't want to call it a training accident,

2:02.6

but please go ahead and go into a little bit more detail about what we're going to talk about.

2:07.6

Okay, well, at the core of this is a story about a daughter meeting her father for the first time

2:13.6

possibly through the lens of those who knew them.

2:16.6

So back in 1972, during a NATO training mission, first time posthum through the lens of those who knew them.

2:17.5

So back in 1972, during a NATO training mission,

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