Part One: Richard Marcinko: The Founder of SEAL Team 6
7/14/202654 min
This week Robert tells Andrew Ti the story of Richard Marcinko, the founder of SEAL Team 6 and patient zero of tacticool "operator" culture.
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First 90 secondsSophie Lichterman· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Coolzone Media.
Robert Evans· Host0:02
[upbeat music] Welcome back to Behind the Bastards, the only podcast that you're listening to right now, unless you have multiple sets of ears or have had some sort of invasive surgery to like add additional like, like hearing organs to your body so that your life is one undifferentiated cacophony of noise. And if you have done that, wh- why? Why would you do that to yourself?
Sophie Lichterman· Host0:28
Okay, I have an answer- Anyway ... because I could produce more podcasts. It would make me- Yeah.
Robert Evans· Host0:31
Sophie, you are the one person who needs that ability.
Andrew Ti· Guest0:34
BrainSet, baby.
Sophie Lichterman· Host0:34
Yeah.
Robert Evans· Host0:35
[laughs] Yeah, BrainSet.
Andrew Ti· Guest0:36
BrainSet.
Robert Evans· Host0:36
That's right. That's right. Wire all of the audio directly into your brain. Speaking of things I wanna wire into my brain, Andrew T.-
Andrew Ti· Guest0:44
Oh ...
Robert Evans· Host0:45
one of my very favorite guests. How are you doing, buddy?
Andrew Ti· Guest0:47
That's available. That c- we could probably make that a product.
Sophie Lichterman· Host0:50
Andrew's hair- If you wanna make that- Andrew's hair is long. It's als- so long and luscious now.
Robert Evans· Host0:54
I know, I know. Andrew Beach Boys T.-
Andrew Ti· Guest0:56
We're at a, we're at a moderate. I know.
Robert Evans· Host0:57
That's right.
Sophie Lichterman· Host0:58
Okay.
Andrew Ti· Guest0:58
[laughs] Yeah, summer- It's great ... it's summer. It's maybe never gonna stop being summer in southern California.
Sophie Lichterman· Host1:03
It's possible.
Robert Evans· Host1:03
That's right. It is, it is always summer [laughs] in southern California.
Andrew Ti· Guest1:06
[laughs] At this point. Um.
Robert Evans· Host1:08
Yeah.
Andrew Ti· Guest1:08
Maybe perpetually. I had- Yeah ... the most distressing thing that happened to me is I went to Santa Barbara, and- Mm ... distressing but not, um, I guess box crab is now very, very readily available in Santa Barbara when it didn't- Mm ... used to be necessarily in such plentiful numbers.
Robert Evans· Host1:26
I'm gonna need you to... B- box crab?
Andrew Ti· Guest1:27
Box crab crab.
Robert Evans· Host1:28
Like, like the animal?
Andrew Ti· Guest1:29
Yeah.

