{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Silvercore Podcast with Travis Bader","title":"Ep. 177: SBS Special Forces Veteran on Violence, Awareness, and Self Protection","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2de905e9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5810,"description":"Violence arrives fast and leaves a long shadow.Former British SBS Special Forces veteran Sonny Smith returns to the Silvercore Podcast for a grounded conversation on awareness, personal safety, and the realities of physical confrontation.Drawing from experience in UK Special Forces, executive protection, surveillance work, and professional bare knuckle boxing, Sonny talks through how people are selected as targets, how situations escalate, and where confidence drifts ahead of capability. We discuss awareness as a practiced discipline, avoidance as a measure of competence, and the responsibility that comes with force.As the conversation deepens, it turns inward. We explore life after high risk work, mental health, identity, and the weight carried once the external danger fades. Sonny speaks openly about his personal experiences with ayahuasca as part of a broader reflection on trauma, accountability, and integration, without instruction or advocacy.This episode is a clear-eyed look at judgment, restraint, and what survival demands, both in moments of danger and across a lifetime.\nBuy Man Protect Here - https://a.co/d/2C4SVkxFollow Sonny - https://www.instagram.com/sixsightco/Six Sight Training Wing - https://www.instagram.com/sixsight.coSix Sight Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@SixSight\n_____\nSilvercore Club - https://bit.ly/2RiREb4 \nOnline Training - https://bit.ly/3nJKx7U \nOther Training & Services - https://bit.ly/3vw6kSU \nMerchandise - https://bit.ly/3ecyvk9 \nBlog Page - https://bit.ly/3nEHs8W Host Instagram - @Bader.Trav https://www.instagram.com/bader.trav\nSilvercore Instagram - @SilvercoreOutdoors https://www.instagram.com/silvercoreoutdoors____\nTimestamps00:00 – Why most people misunderstand violence\n03:45 – Bare knuckle boxing and reality versus fantasy\n08:55 – Confidence, competence, and dangerous gaps\n13:40 – Awareness without paranoia\n18:25 – How predators actually select targets\n23:10 – Situational awareness beyond buzzwords\n28:00 – Subtle cues...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/B8WTW1_pTQK-2h9DfU1TlgOqrgcmMPFrunfof0Y4JM8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZDM3/YzE1NjU0ZjU4YzY3/ODljOTE3YzY0ZTlj/MmVhZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}