The Raven Report Podcast

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Jonathon Burton is behind the brand @thebeardedburton. He teaches survival courses and bush crafting skills throughout the US. In building his business, he leveraged social media to connect with people and build community. He talks to us about survival skills, the outdoors, music, and more in this episode. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ravenreport.substack.com

This episode of the Raven Report podcast interviews the Instagram sensation @TomtheRomanHelmetGuy. Tom produces short videos highlighting battles and individuals who made a difference throughout history. From these short clips, we can extract battlefield tactics, character attributes, and a sense of adventure that we want to emulate ourselves and instill in our Soldiers. You can connect with Tom at @tomtheromanhelmetguy on Instagram. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ravenreport.substack.com

1LT Jacques van Rooyen is a former member of the 81st SBCT. Upon his return from a deployment to Poland with the Dark Rifles, he entered the US Air Force as a chaplain. Prior to serving in the 81st, he spent a considerable amount of time as a teacher in China. In this episode, he provides us with a street-level perspective of the changes discussed in our previous two episodes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ravenreport.substack.com

Jeremy Goldkorn is co-host of the Sinica podcast and editor-in-chief of SupChina.com. He moved to China in 1995 and became managing editor of Beijing's first independent English-language entertainment magazine. In 2003, he founded the website and research firm Danwei, which tracked Chinese media, markets, politics, and business. He has lived in a workers’ dormitory, produced a documentary about African soccer players in Beijing, and rode a bicycle from Peshawar to Kathmandu via Kashgar and Lhasa. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2015 and is a board member of the Tennessee China Network. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ravenreport.substack.com