Jocko Podcast 139 w/ Echo Charles: In Darkest Times, Start Walking (Bataan Death March)

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  • Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
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    0:00:00 - Opening
    0:02:50 - James Bollich, "A Soldier's Journal"
    Get The Book Here: amzn.to/2wjmW3h
    2:07:38 - Final Thoughts and Take-aways.
    2:21:30 - Support.
    2:49:58 - Closing Gratitude.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 191

  • @matthewleckrone7158
    @matthewleckrone7158 5 років тому +74

    One of the highlights of my week is either Jocko making me smarter or telling me to get my sh*t together.

  • @markthemovieman
    @markthemovieman 5 років тому +132

    Sir, your podcasts are always the perfect antidote to 1st-world, 21st-century self-pity.

    • @robsonvonbrum1618
      @robsonvonbrum1618 5 років тому +12

      Can I like this twice?

    • @mattybee1856
      @mattybee1856 5 років тому +5

      Solid.

    • @nickcitron2369
      @nickcitron2369 4 роки тому +4

      Well said sir, it's a damn privilege to hear these stories

    • @steventhompson399
      @steventhompson399 3 роки тому

      Whenever you think about complaining that your silly normal life sucks, the windshield wipers are either too fast or too slow, the Amazon delivery took 6hrs longer than expected, you missed a 15% off sale for your favorite junk food, your girlfriend's menstruation started earlier this cycle and you were looking forward to sexy time, most things that bother people on a daily basis are nothing compared to what guys on bataan went through after surrender, a sense of perspective can minimize the bullshit

    • @AndrewPureMI
      @AndrewPureMI 3 роки тому +5

      We need to send antifa and BLM over there to s place like this and then ask them how opressed rhet are over here in the great states of the US OF A?!?!??!!??!? Fuck those sot boy pieces of shit!!!!!

  • @huh4346
    @huh4346 5 років тому +95

    This is why we can’t complain

  • @jdhsingi
    @jdhsingi 5 років тому +38

    I currently am retired living in the Philippines. There are memorials to these brave men and women on both Corregidor and in Bataan. Powerful places. A friend of mine's father was a POW in the Bataan death march. True heroes one and all. Thank you for sharing a bit of their story. Semper Fi.

  • @nicolasvillamil7523
    @nicolasvillamil7523 5 років тому +21

    This makes me grateful for something as simple as having the strength to pull the sheets over yourself.

  • @joaquinkline3191
    @joaquinkline3191 5 років тому +17

    My wife's grandmother in a Filipina who lived there during Japanese occupation. She says they once stood a young girl up in front of the whole neighborhood naked and plucked every one of her public hairs out with a pair of pliers. Anyone who didn't like the use of US nukes should consider the utter savagery of the Japanese at that time towards their enemy, and their absolute worship and reverence towards their Emperor. I'm hoping to go to the Bataan memorial death March in New Mexico this year. Last year there were only a couple of survivors left. Incredible what these people went through.

    • @steventhompson399
      @steventhompson399 3 роки тому

      Oh good grief that's bizarre how does someone even think to do that wtf pulling out a girls pubic hair what on earth that is just sadistic and weird

  • @THEpower924
    @THEpower924 4 роки тому +14

    1:55:10 until the end gets me. All that time spent in that camp, and finally making it out; and still dying in the end is an absolute tragedy to me. To be so close to coming home, and still not making it. Rest In Peace to all these men.

  • @toms3898
    @toms3898 5 років тому +9

    God bless the souls of those men. I’m listening to this podcast from the comfort of my bed feeling gratitude. Thanks for reading this. I was recently driving through northern France with my daughter. We drove past the Ardenne and the Somme. You could see the landscape with memorials to the fallen. It went on and on for miles. I couldn’t help thinking about the men, my ancestors, that fought, suffered and died in land around me. I remembered them as I drove with my daughter. Again, with gratitude. Remember the fallen 🙏

  • @firehorse_44alpha-omega
    @firehorse_44alpha-omega 5 років тому +14

    Once again this podcast has me moved.......
    Come away feeling " I am never going to bloody complain EVER again ..... "
    Thank you Jocko and Echo for sharing a portion of this hero's experiences.....
    Ne Oblie - NEVER FORGET ......

  • @CotaLax3o3
    @CotaLax3o3 5 років тому +36

    Stories like these make me understand just a little bit more why we resorted to atomic bombs.

  • @robdodd8008
    @robdodd8008 5 років тому +7

    Life is truly humbling. The pain keeps coming and so does the strength. Wow

  • @adamgardener9082
    @adamgardener9082 3 роки тому +2

    Back to the book!

  • @aikonatsumi5611
    @aikonatsumi5611 5 років тому +33

    I use your podcasts to motivate me to take each extra step when I climb mountains. I've also listened to your Tim Kennedy podcast four times I hope you get him back some time!

  • @isaac10231
    @isaac10231 5 років тому +29

    Having a bit of a shit day, didn't do good in a final exam, among other things... I always like listening to the podcast because I realize how trivial my "problems" are.

    • @alcestedeambris4027
      @alcestedeambris4027 5 років тому +1

      No problem is trivial, they are meant to be solved.

    • @TrempBoy2
      @TrempBoy2 5 років тому +2

      The mosquito-in-your-bedroom part made me laugh, because it's so true. One mosquito in my bedroom at night and my night is "ruined".

    • @TrempBoy2
      @TrempBoy2 5 років тому +2

      True, but most aren't worth getting genuinely upset/angry over. Just fix them and move on.

    • @bullbythehorns808
      @bullbythehorns808 5 років тому

      Agreed. Quite hard to think of anything in my life non trivial in relation to things like this. Cure for complaining.

    • @sgtsmithy100
      @sgtsmithy100 4 роки тому

      "good"

  • @feign.o
    @feign.o 5 років тому +47

    good evening everyone

  • @1974heathinn
    @1974heathinn 5 років тому +8

    What an amazing story of survival and triumph of the human spirit. The "trials" of daily life are but minuscule inconveniences by comparison.

    • @markthemovieman
      @markthemovieman 5 років тому +1

      Points both for a pertinent comment and also for the all-too-rare correct spelling of 'minuscule'.

    • @andersbjorklund2623
      @andersbjorklund2623 2 роки тому +1

      I got pissed this morning because I didn’t have time for Dunkin’ Donuts. Really puts life in perspective.

  • @DUDERZ_
    @DUDERZ_ 5 років тому +5

    I occasionally like to listen to podcasts when i cant get to sleep and more times than not i end up falling asleep halfway through but this story of James and all the men involved in the Bataan death march was one of the most intense stories I’ve ever heard, officially had no sleep but after the few hours i will get I’m going to wake up and start walking. Much respect to Jocko and every veteran for their sacrifices.

  • @kemalatayev
    @kemalatayev 5 років тому +5

    As soon as Jocko mentioned snow I had an uneasy feeling that it might somehow connect to Unit 731. My stomach dropped when he that about 5 minutes later.

  • @eriktred
    @eriktred 5 років тому +5

    Thank you for educating me.

  • @GorillachipsTV
    @GorillachipsTV 5 років тому +5

    This is one of the best I've heard.... wow ... geezus that was impactful

  • @0S0MAFI0S0
    @0S0MAFI0S0 5 років тому

    These podcasts give me a different perspective on my life. Hearing all the things other people have gone through makes me become motivated to do better.

  • @LiseLareau
    @LiseLareau 26 днів тому

    Wow...
    Just Wow
    I am in tears
    Thank you for this reality check

  • @terrykelsey2472
    @terrykelsey2472 Рік тому

    Thank you Mr. Bollich for your sacrifices and my freedom and thank you podcast team for the motivation to do construction with a broken rib. God bless everyone

  • @nataliagabrea
    @nataliagabrea 5 років тому

    Heard this on the podcast. Thank you sir for bringing these stories to our attention. Thank you!

  • @donfrance3
    @donfrance3 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for this.
    Don France, 2nd Marine Division Captain, also survived by escaping during the Bataan Death March and weighed 98 lbs. The next Korean War took his life.

  • @ledfarmer100
    @ledfarmer100 5 місяців тому +3

    I miss when Jocko used to read war books

  • @tysonrobertson8824
    @tysonrobertson8824 5 років тому

    Thank you for sharing and for your comments. It all starts with one step. Very powerful!

  • @susieq8008
    @susieq8008 2 роки тому

    My GOD, The human spirit amazes me in this powerful story. These men more than endured...what a wonderful but simple thing to say...start walking. When life gets tough I've always told myself n my kids to just keep putting one foot in front of the other...POWERFUL WORDS...KEEP WALKING.

  • @vanBooven
    @vanBooven 10 місяців тому +3

    Shane n the dawgs sent me

  • @robwalters8478
    @robwalters8478 5 років тому

    I listen to these podcasts while working. Get so engrossed I forget I am working.
    Thanks Jocko and Echo for what you do !

  • @penguasimo2177
    @penguasimo2177 Рік тому

    Jocko has never had a podcast that missed the mark. I click the video, and before echo and jocko fade in, before any words are said, I hit like. I know it'll be good every time

  • @Piexus_
    @Piexus_ 5 років тому +3

    Great podcast.
    Maybe you could make an excerpt on that "Start walking" part.
    It would be great.

  • @mariarobin5489
    @mariarobin5489 5 років тому

    I live going on very long walks (in England) and your podcasts are perfect to listen to thankyou!

  • @Frank79811
    @Frank79811 5 років тому +2

    Always great to listen to uncle Jocko's podcast while working on computer

  • @ndc10162262
    @ndc10162262 5 років тому +9

    Like If you have also heard all 139 pods! GET SOME

    • @falkaa88
      @falkaa88 5 років тому +1

      Not yet, but getting after it!

    • @ericb2409
      @ericb2409 3 роки тому +1

      Discovered the podcast about 6 or 7 months ago. After listening to several I said ok I need to just start at 1 and listen to all of them from the beginning. Tonight I started 139. I’m steadily working through all of them. 👍

  • @falkaa88
    @falkaa88 5 років тому

    Dear sir, thank you for yet another great podcast. Have a good and productive week.

  • @Gtrip420
    @Gtrip420 Рік тому

    Rest easy to all those lost gone but not forgotten. Thank you for keeping it alive Jocko ❤️🇺🇸

  • @Stevesautopartsify
    @Stevesautopartsify 22 дні тому

    Speechless! 😢

  • @whitesugarsm
    @whitesugarsm 5 років тому +3

    Going on thru my personal catharsis this keeps me in line and appreciative of my life. Thank you sir.

  • @NoEdits704
    @NoEdits704 4 роки тому

    What an awesome podcast, one hell of a story. Holy shit. Listening to this for the second time now. Way to go Jocko and Echo.

  • @ADGO
    @ADGO 5 років тому

    beautiful emotive poem

  • @doodlez2439
    @doodlez2439 5 років тому +8

    I always love the intro Good evening Echo

  • @liljimmygreen
    @liljimmygreen 5 років тому

    New Jacko podcast!! It’s another great day.

    • @huh4346
      @huh4346 5 років тому

      liljimmygreen does he always tell stories?

  • @jefflangholz
    @jefflangholz 5 років тому +1

    Thx, Jocko. That puts things into proper perspective. ALSO, I'm putting the finishing touches on a new book about WW2 Japanese "hellships," like the one you describe in the podcast. It's INSANE what those guys went through.

  • @jackmermigas9465
    @jackmermigas9465 5 років тому +1

    Mr Willink you are an inspiration to me and I'm learning to own my shit. much love

  • @ivanc9231
    @ivanc9231 5 років тому

    The opening to the podcast tremendous

  • @timmcclymont3527
    @timmcclymont3527 5 років тому +1

    James is a real super human person to have lived through all of this.

  • @soccertutorials123
    @soccertutorials123 5 років тому +16

    “I wanted the red Audi not the black one mom!”

  • @vanderfordconan
    @vanderfordconan 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @jacobgutierrez2471
    @jacobgutierrez2471 4 роки тому

    Man... this is deep..Lost with words..

  • @mikialchoboian4943
    @mikialchoboian4943 5 років тому

    Just listened to this today. For some reason I was in a bit of a bad mood today. Monday tired and had to work. Everything was irritating. I started to listen to this podcast and realized what a privileged shit I was for feeling too tired, sore, and irritable. I thank the men and women for serving our country. I thank you Jocko and Echo Charles for giving me the motivation and inspiration every day to channel my inner bitch.

  • @ericharrower207
    @ericharrower207 5 років тому

    What a great story.

  • @Heinrick192
    @Heinrick192 5 років тому

    Great episode as always. And nice work on your right arm tats, Echo!

  • @psudoctor3336
    @psudoctor3336 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for this podcast! My grandfather survived the Bataan Death March, in honor of him and all who were there, we remember and honor you. Running the Bataan Death March Memorial Race in 2019 at White Sands Missile Range.

  • @christophercassells8665
    @christophercassells8665 5 років тому

    START WALKING!

  • @cookiecrusher0875
    @cookiecrusher0875 5 років тому +2

    Powerful book!
    Jocko's Jack Nicholson made me laugh so hard! I bet his wife was cracking up!

  • @timmcclymont3527
    @timmcclymont3527 5 років тому

    Geeze. Powerful stuff.

  • @TOShorts
    @TOShorts 5 років тому

    Powerful

  • @fabioviniciusnovaesvieira2766
    @fabioviniciusnovaesvieira2766 5 років тому +1

    Suggested Guests:
    1)John Danaher
    2)Nicholas "The Reaper" Irving
    3)Peter Attia 2

  • @idontno0
    @idontno0 3 роки тому

    What happen to never surrender... No matter what.

  • @sdbling
    @sdbling 5 років тому

    @1:28:00 count on Echo to keep Jocko riveted, hanging every word

  • @CC-fo7tr
    @CC-fo7tr 6 днів тому

    “I start walking”

  • @0S0MAFI0S0
    @0S0MAFI0S0 5 років тому

    Awesome. Out.

  • @AusDenBergen
    @AusDenBergen 3 роки тому

    That would be an awesome metal song.

  • @marshall731
    @marshall731 5 років тому +1

    I'm not crying, you're crying

  • @daviddeleon3154
    @daviddeleon3154 5 років тому

    Got my Victory shirt on today 🤪

  • @josephconnor8112
    @josephconnor8112 3 роки тому

    That las bit sums up Echo "That was a long explanation but just saying...."

  • @JS-bk4pn
    @JS-bk4pn 5 років тому +13

    Why are Echo's biceps so small?!?!?

    • @jimdevalk
      @jimdevalk 5 років тому +2

      Jay Rama you can take biceps out of molk, but how do you take molk out of biceps.....

    • @mrwayofwarrior7853
      @mrwayofwarrior7853 5 років тому +9

      why is his knees so skinny?

    • @ironmarshmallow5362
      @ironmarshmallow5362 5 років тому

      Get a phone with a bigger screen.........

  • @charlesmcgrosky2324
    @charlesmcgrosky2324 5 років тому +1

    I can't say I enjoyed the podcast but I thought it was an important one. There seems to be a revisionist movement in the history departments in universities to recast America and its Allies as the ' bad guys' during WW2 in the Pacific. It seems to have been forgotten that the Japanese Imperial Army basically murdered more than 9 million people in their effort to build their empire in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The sacrifice of the Allied soldiers, airman and naval personnel to stop them and drive them back to the Japanese homeland must never be forgotten.

  • @davidh1927
    @davidh1927 5 років тому

    The tooth thing....I met a Dentist who served in Vietnam- his dad was a dentist and his dad used to practice in him as a kid with no anesthetic. It was a common practice at one time.

  • @evanallison8790
    @evanallison8790 5 років тому

    One of the few times ive seen Echo Charles completely speechless

  • @originalsuccessjournal8723
    @originalsuccessjournal8723 6 місяців тому

    Hello jocko and echo

  • @kennithunderwood1086
    @kennithunderwood1086 5 років тому +2

    Get Don Shipley on he has to have some get stories

  • @kaiserahmed5624
    @kaiserahmed5624 5 років тому

    seize the day

  • @fljosh12
    @fljosh12 5 років тому

    Jesus... I cant even find words.. lice, worms, damn man this podcast weighted heavily on me, makes, you really appreciate life as it is now as your reading this... I'm going to give my sister a hug... fuck.. we need this.
    Life really is a gift. The grit and tenacity these men had should push us to do better honestly guys...

  • @truebornsonofliberty554
    @truebornsonofliberty554 5 років тому +5

    Oh boy. BRB. Heading to the store for 🍿

    • @truebornsonofliberty554
      @truebornsonofliberty554 5 років тому +2

      I’m back bitches. Gettin’ after it!!!!

    • @coltdingus7283
      @coltdingus7283 5 років тому +2

      No brew? Good.

    • @truebornsonofliberty554
      @truebornsonofliberty554 5 років тому +1

      Colt Dingus nope. Just back to the book!

    • @jacobgutierrez2471
      @jacobgutierrez2471 4 роки тому

      Haha one year later, I’ve listened to this podcast while I was at work. It definitely hit differently than other podcasts I’ve listened too.

  • @Admiralcrunch1111
    @Admiralcrunch1111 5 років тому +1

    Waiting on my mug

  • @ayara8157
    @ayara8157 4 роки тому +1

    Haha!!! "The COTTON" Jocko's a legend! 😁

  • @sethrich5032
    @sethrich5032 5 років тому +1

    A good lesson about never surrendering

  • @damaniskateboarding6948
    @damaniskateboarding6948 Рік тому

    Does anyone else listen to them talk at the end?

  • @thefinalgrind
    @thefinalgrind 5 років тому

    Having a horrible molar pulled yesterday...... I can't imagine doing that without the shots. Even though they definitely could've used more numbing shots but it still wasn't a picnic. Makes my balls hurt just thinking about it.

  • @beelow84
    @beelow84 2 роки тому

    A lesser known fact about Army Nurses in pow camps in the Philippines took out loans from companies like GE so they could buy meds and essentials on the black market. Each were required to pay it back after liberation.

  • @luckyscriddle
    @luckyscriddle 5 років тому +1

    I can't find the poem anywhere...

  • @tombuckley91
    @tombuckley91 5 років тому

    Good god, the part on the ship, I can’t even...

    • @tombuckley91
      @tombuckley91 5 років тому

      Ok - never mind the ship, they’ve just ended up in Manchuria (however you spell it), this is absolutely unbelievable.

  • @zacharymckay9019
    @zacharymckay9019 2 роки тому +1

    Space Command....Life March....🌍🌙🧲

  • @mohithrai5696
    @mohithrai5696 3 роки тому

    Boss, would you do an episode on Slaughterhouse five by Kurt Vonnegut?

  • @brandonfell8284
    @brandonfell8284 5 років тому

    When will 140 be added?

  • @originalsuccessjournal8723
    @originalsuccessjournal8723 6 місяців тому

    So, Shock Wave is at Alton Towers i think.

  • @BozonWoz
    @BozonWoz 5 років тому

    Jocko delivers again. Never forget the sacrifices of WWII Pacific veterans.

  • @aphysique
    @aphysique 5 років тому

    Echo looking swol as fooooook!

  • @jimdevalk
    @jimdevalk 5 років тому

    Hallo Jocko. Please make a video only saying “Back to the book.” Thank you, because I will need audio to go with the T-shirt.

  • @YngolSonofYsgramor
    @YngolSonofYsgramor 5 років тому

    #JockoNicholson
    I love it. Lol

  • @Lifeb4Death101
    @Lifeb4Death101 3 роки тому

    2:06:45-2:08:45 “Start Walking”

  • @bullbythehorns808
    @bullbythehorns808 5 років тому

    I have such hard time explaining to others and really myself why I find these fuck'd up horrendous experiences to be such engrossing and memorable stories. But once again solid podcast. #standbytoGetSome #EveryWednesday

  • @christophercassells8665
    @christophercassells8665 5 років тому +2

    2:08:32

  • @stansmith4853
    @stansmith4853 3 роки тому +3

    Shane Gillis sent me here

  • @You1TubeExaminer
    @You1TubeExaminer 5 років тому +3

    Back to the book

  • @jandabom5393
    @jandabom5393 Рік тому

    Hey guys

  • @lukelaessig8435
    @lukelaessig8435 4 роки тому +2

    This makes it impossible to complain about our lives

  • @iamawuss
    @iamawuss 5 років тому

    Echo is enormous. How?