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Liberty Risk is where real conversation meets real impact.
Each week, we sit down with veterans, operators, entrepreneurs, and everyday legends to talk about the moments that shape a life - the victories, the failures, and the lessons that come from living all-in.
Our listeners come for authenticity and stay for the connection. They’re here for stories that challenge, inspire, and remind them what it means to take risks and live with purpose.
Liberty Risk is more than a podcast. It’s a crew of people who share values of grit, freedom, and curiosity. They show up every week, share what they hear, and carry the spirit of these conversations into their own lives.
Pull up a chair and join the conversation - this is where the good stories live.
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Ep. 54: Kris Groves
You’ve heard EOD stories before - but NOT like this.
In this episode the Liberty Risk crew sits down with Kris Groves - former Navy EOD tech attached to the SEAL Teams - pull up a chair as we start unpacking a life that doesn’t follow a normal script.
Before the military, he was already making multiple six figures in his early twenties, traveling the world in the weapons industry, working arms shows like SHOT and IWA, living out of a 10,000-square-foot mansion… and walked away from all of it to enlist.
No regrets.
What follows is a deep dive into a side of the military most people don’t understand - and a pipeline that makes even seasoned guys stop and pay attention.
From EOD prep to dive school to nine months of blowing things up on land and underwater, Chris breaks down what the pipeline is actually like - and why it’s designed to make people quit early.
And yeah… the stories get out of control.
A guy convincing an instructor that a crab pinching his 🥜 should cancel 1,500 burpees - and somehow winning that argument.
Another guy drinking a full bottle of his own **** for a reduction in burpees… while the rest of the class tries not to throw up watching it.
And that’s just training.
Once he hits the Teams, it only gets better.
Working alongside SEAL Team Two, Kris gives a rare outsider-insider perspective on the Teams - close enough to see everything, far enough to call it like it is.
Then come the deployments and range stories.
A French EOD tech in Djibouti smashing a live mortar with a shovel like it’s nothing.
A rattlesnake coiled inside a soup can… and an Australian EOD tech casually blowing its head off with a blank round.
Accidentally turning a training scenario into homemade napalm - melting burning plastic onto a truck with teammates inside.
A Hollywood pyro repeatedly hitting a dead switch… then looking directly down the barrel right before it detonates in his face (thought he was a gonner!)
And somehow, it still escalates.
Fleet Week in New York with zero curfew - six EOD ruffians running around Manhattan in dress whites until 4AM every night.
A fast rope demo over a public crowd that ends with a guy vomiting out of a helicopter… and then again onto the rope itself.
A near miss on a C-5 movement after an entire platoon gets obliterated at a strip club in Germany.
This one doesn’t slow down.
Underneath all of it - real conversations about the EOD & SpecOps community, working alongside the SEAL teams, risk, stupidity, camaraderie, and the kind of humor that only exists in the veteran world and other small pockets of society.
Then the transition.
From blowing things up to building a company - Kris breaks down how he co-founded Pass Pass with his brother, scaling it into a massive platform with hundreds of thousands of users, millions of views, and a completely unconventional business model.
No clean storyline. No polished version.
Just four hours of stories that sound fake… but are crazy REAL.
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Ryan Williams
MEET RYAN
Ryan Williams spent 10 years in the SEAL Teams, then 8 as a civilian Instructor in the SEAL training pipeline (SQT).
During that time Ryan started his journey into entrepreneurship, launching his first clothing brand in 2007. Over the last 18 years, Ryan has worked behind the scenes with hundreds of brands & businesses.
Currently his companies, Industry Threadworks, and Archive 3PL, produce and fulfill apparel for a variety of brands.
Nick Betts
MEET NICK
With 47 months in combat as a sniper and a degree from the Los Angeles Film School, he bridges the worlds of warfare and storytelling.
His career spans global operations with the CIA, State Department, and DoD, followed by over 15 years in marketing and creative leadership.
From helicopters to film sets, he's built a reputation on precision, adaptability, and a relentless drive to get the shot - whether behind a rifle or a camera.
Kevin Kent
MEET KEVIN
Chief Special Warfare Operator Kevin Kent (BUD/S Class 200) spent 21 years in the SEAL Teams, mostly with Team 5, completing 9 combat deployments across war zones while racking up a medal haul that’d make a North Korean general jealous - though he somehow dodged the Good Conduct Medal (red stripes say it all).
After retiring, Kevin pivoted to Hollywood as an actor, stuntman, weapons trainer, and military advisor on productions like Fast X, Netflix’s Obliterated, and Jack Ryan.
He founded K-Squared Productions, directed award-winning short films, and runs high-risk executive protection gigs when he's not behind a camera. Based in San Diego, he’s a proud husband of 22 years and father to three grown kids - still thriving in the chaos, just with better lighting.
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