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

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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.

Komentáře • 187

  • @markthemovieman
    @markthemovieman Před 5 lety +131

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

    • @robsonvonbrum1618
      @robsonvonbrum1618 Před 5 lety +12

      Can I like this twice?

    • @mattybee1856
      @mattybee1856 Před 5 lety +5

      Solid.

    • @nickcitron2369
      @nickcitron2369 Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @steventhompson399
      @steventhompson399 Před 3 lety

      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 Před 3 lety +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!!!!!

  • @matthewleckrone7158
    @matthewleckrone7158 Před 5 lety +73

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

  • @huh4346
    @huh4346 Před 5 lety +94

    This is why we can’t complain

  • @nicolasvillamil7523
    @nicolasvillamil7523 Před 5 lety +21

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

  • @jdhsingi
    @jdhsingi Před 5 lety +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.

  • @joaquinkline3191
    @joaquinkline3191 Před 5 lety +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 Před 3 lety

      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 Před 4 lety +13

    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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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 ......

  • @aikonatsumi5611
    @aikonatsumi5611 Před 5 lety +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!

  • @CotaLax3o3
    @CotaLax3o3 Před 5 lety +36

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

  • @robdodd8008
    @robdodd8008 Před 5 lety +7

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

  • @isaac10231
    @isaac10231 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +1

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

    • @TrempBoy2
      @TrempBoy2 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @bullbythehorns808
      @bullbythehorns808 Před 5 lety

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

    • @sgtsmithy100
      @sgtsmithy100 Před 4 lety

      "good"

  • @1974heathinn
    @1974heathinn Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +1

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

    • @andersbjorklund2623
      @andersbjorklund2623 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @GorillachipsTV
    @GorillachipsTV Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @feign.o
    @feign.o Před 5 lety +47

    good evening everyone

  • @0S0MAFI0S0
    @0S0MAFI0S0 Před 5 lety

    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.

  • @eriktred
    @eriktred Před 5 lety +5

    Thank you for educating me.

  • @LiseLareau
    @LiseLareau Před dnem

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

  • @tysonrobertson8824
    @tysonrobertson8824 Před 5 lety

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

  • @Frank79811
    @Frank79811 Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @nataliagabrea
    @nataliagabrea Před 5 lety

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

  • @DUDERZ_
    @DUDERZ_ Před 5 lety +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.

  • @susieq8008
    @susieq8008 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @robwalters8478
    @robwalters8478 Před 5 lety

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

  • @mariarobin5489
    @mariarobin5489 Před 5 lety

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

  • @terrykelsey2472
    @terrykelsey2472 Před 11 měsíci

    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

  • @Piexus_
    @Piexus_ Před 5 lety +3

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

  • @falkaa88
    @falkaa88 Před 5 lety

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

  • @donfrance3
    @donfrance3 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @whitesugarsm
    @whitesugarsm Před 5 lety +3

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

  • @kemalatayev
    @kemalatayev Před 5 lety +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.

  • @Gtrip420
    @Gtrip420 Před rokem

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

  • @jefflangholz
    @jefflangholz Před 5 lety +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.

  • @timmcclymont3527
    @timmcclymont3527 Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @ivanc9231
    @ivanc9231 Před 5 lety

    The opening to the podcast tremendous

  • @jackmermigas9465
    @jackmermigas9465 Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @NoEdits704
    @NoEdits704 Před 4 lety

    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.

  • @penguasimo2177
    @penguasimo2177 Před rokem

    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

  • @doodlez2439
    @doodlez2439 Před 5 lety +8

    I always love the intro Good evening Echo

  • @ADGO
    @ADGO Před 5 lety

    beautiful emotive poem

  • @liljimmygreen
    @liljimmygreen Před 5 lety

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

    • @huh4346
      @huh4346 Před 5 lety

      liljimmygreen does he always tell stories?

  • @vanBooven
    @vanBooven Před 9 měsíci +2

    Shane n the dawgs sent me

  • @ndc10162262
    @ndc10162262 Před 5 lety +9

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

    • @falkaa88
      @falkaa88 Před 5 lety +1

      Not yet, but getting after it!

    • @ericb2409
      @ericb2409 Před 3 lety +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. 👍

  • @Heinrick192
    @Heinrick192 Před 5 lety

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

  • @christophercassells8665

    START WALKING!

  • @psudoctor3336
    @psudoctor3336 Před 5 lety +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.

  • @adamgardener9082
    @adamgardener9082 Před 3 lety +1

    Back to the book!

  • @vanderfordconan
    @vanderfordconan Před 2 lety

    Thank you

  • @jacobgutierrez2471
    @jacobgutierrez2471 Před 4 lety

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

  • @mikialchoboian4943
    @mikialchoboian4943 Před 5 lety

    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.

  • @timmcclymont3527
    @timmcclymont3527 Před 5 lety

    Geeze. Powerful stuff.

  • @fabioviniciusnovaesvieira2766

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

  • @sdbling
    @sdbling Před 5 lety

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

  • @soccertutorials123
    @soccertutorials123 Před 5 lety +16

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

  • @ericharrower207
    @ericharrower207 Před 5 lety

    What a great story.

  • @TOShorts
    @TOShorts Před 5 lety

    Powerful

  • @idontno0
    @idontno0 Před 3 lety

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

  • @cookiecrusher0875
    @cookiecrusher0875 Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @daviddeleon3154
    @daviddeleon3154 Před 5 lety

    Got my Victory shirt on today 🤪

  • @marshall731
    @marshall731 Před 5 lety +1

    I'm not crying, you're crying

  • @truebornsonofliberty554
    @truebornsonofliberty554 Před 5 lety +5

    Oh boy. BRB. Heading to the store for 🍿

  • @0S0MAFI0S0
    @0S0MAFI0S0 Před 5 lety

    Awesome. Out.

  • @josephconnor8112
    @josephconnor8112 Před 3 lety

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

  • @evanallison8790
    @evanallison8790 Před 5 lety

    One of the few times ive seen Echo Charles completely speechless

  • @AusDenBergen
    @AusDenBergen Před 2 lety

    That would be an awesome metal song.

  • @kaiserahmed5624
    @kaiserahmed5624 Před 5 lety

    seize the day

  • @charlesmcgrosky2324
    @charlesmcgrosky2324 Před 5 lety +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.

  • @sethrich5032
    @sethrich5032 Před 5 lety +1

    A good lesson about never surrendering

  • @kennithunderwood1086
    @kennithunderwood1086 Před 5 lety +2

    Get Don Shipley on he has to have some get stories

  • @davidh1927
    @davidh1927 Před 5 lety

    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.

  • @ledfarmer100
    @ledfarmer100 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I miss when Jocko used to read war books

  • @fljosh12
    @fljosh12 Před 5 lety

    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...

  • @Lifeb4Death101
    @Lifeb4Death101 Před 3 lety

    2:06:45-2:08:45 “Start Walking”

  • @ayara8157
    @ayara8157 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @mohithrai5696
    @mohithrai5696 Před 3 lety

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

  • @thefinalgrind
    @thefinalgrind Před 5 lety

    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.

  • @Admiralcrunch1111
    @Admiralcrunch1111 Před 5 lety +1

    Waiting on my mug

  • @luckyscriddle
    @luckyscriddle Před 5 lety +1

    I can't find the poem anywhere...

  • @BozonWoz
    @BozonWoz Před 5 lety

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

  • @JS-bk4pn
    @JS-bk4pn Před 5 lety +13

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

    • @jimdevalk
      @jimdevalk Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @mrwayofwarrior7853
      @mrwayofwarrior7853 Před 5 lety +9

      why is his knees so skinny?

    • @ironmarshmallow5362
      @ironmarshmallow5362 Před 5 lety

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

  • @brandonfell8284
    @brandonfell8284 Před 5 lety

    When will 140 be added?

  • @beelow84
    @beelow84 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @bullbythehorns808
    @bullbythehorns808 Před 5 lety

    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

  • @originalsuccessjournal8723
    @originalsuccessjournal8723 Před 5 měsíci

    Hello jocko and echo

  • @damaniskateboarding6948

    Does anyone else listen to them talk at the end?

  • @jimdevalk
    @jimdevalk Před 5 lety

    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.

  • @stansmith4853
    @stansmith4853 Před 3 lety +3

    Shane Gillis sent me here

  • @christophercassells8665
    @christophercassells8665 Před 5 lety +2

    2:08:32

  • @You1TubeExaminer
    @You1TubeExaminer Před 5 lety +3

    Back to the book

  • @YngolSonofYsgramor
    @YngolSonofYsgramor Před 5 lety

    #JockoNicholson
    I love it. Lol

  • @zacharymckay9019
    @zacharymckay9019 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @originalsuccessjournal8723
    @originalsuccessjournal8723 Před 5 měsíci

    So, Shock Wave is at Alton Towers i think.

  • @doyou7004
    @doyou7004 Před 5 lety

    Countries judging countries what to do

  • @aphysique
    @aphysique Před 5 lety

    Echo looking swol as fooooook!

  • @UltamateSacrifice
    @UltamateSacrifice Před 5 lety

    Jocko ASMR

  • @tombuckley91
    @tombuckley91 Před 5 lety

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

    • @tombuckley91
      @tombuckley91 Před 5 lety

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

  • @jandabom5393
    @jandabom5393 Před rokem

    Hey guys

  • @brandonstanley9125
    @brandonstanley9125 Před 5 lety

    I have been listening to the podcast on iTunes. Good stuff. Like a bookclub laced in testosterone with some good advice from an ex-Seal. It is weird seeing how jacked Echo is, considering his voice.

  • @iamawuss
    @iamawuss Před 5 lety

    Echo is enormous. How?