Mr Whiskey

I'm a U.S. Navy veteran, speaker, podcaster, preacher, comedian, and author. I created the Couple O’ Nukes podcast as a place where broken dreams, trauma, and transformation collide with truth, humor, and hope. Every episode is rooted in a simple mission: to help people face the darkest parts of their lives and walk out of them with purpose.

I come from a home full of chaos — emotional and verbal abuse, substance addiction, domestic violence, and absurd religious weaponization. That upbringing put me face-to-face with pain early on. It also gave me a radar for what’s real — and what isn’t — when it comes to healing, identity, and survival.

Despite all odds, I became one of the few to complete the Navy's elite Nuclear Training Pipeline and serve as an Electrician’s Mate Nuclear Operator. I was assigned to an aircraft carrier during the longest refuel and overhaul in Naval history — a time marked by a record-setting suicide rate and a toxic command climate that promoted hate, negativity, and caused many to never re-enlist.

Today, I focus my work on suicide prevention, addiction recovery, PTSD, faith, creativity, and rebuilding after collapse. I don’t come with a quick-fix formula. I bring lived experience, spiritual depth, and unique wisdom- combined with the insight of the incredible guests I bring on my show: pilots, scientists, addicts, preachers, military voices, artists, outcasts, and more who’ve been through Hell and decided not to stay there.

I talk about Gen Z and Gen Alpha a lot — because they’re struggling in silence behind curated screens and our future. As an old-soul born into that generation, I challenge them to see beyond the algorithm. I also talk to veterans, young men wrestling with identity, families recovering from divorce or addiction, and anyone who’s felt left behind by the systems that were supposed to help them.

Through all of this — the military, the ministry, the media — I’ve seen what makes people break, and I’ve seen what helps them rebuild. My story is one of a thousand scars, but it’s also one of survival, strategy, and second chances. If you need a guest who can go deep without drowning the room, or who can talk faith, failure, and fortitude in the same breath — I’m here.