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Jocko Podcast

Retired Navy SEAL, Jocko Willink and Director, Echo Charles discuss discipline and leadership in business, war, relationships and everyday life.

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566: Leading Through Chaos. Lessons From the Battle of Ramadi with The 1st of The 506th Band Of Brother. With General Ron Clark
Nov 2026 · 4 books
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Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink
“You got Extreme Ownership, Discipline Equals Freedom, Field Man was actually awesome”
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Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
Jocko Willink
“You got Extreme Ownership, Discipline Equals Freedom, Field Man was actually awesome ... first book that he ever read full on his own. Yeah. was Des Windows Freedom field manual”
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Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual
Jocko Willink
“Leadership strategy and tactics field manual”
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Way of the Warrior Kid
Jocko Willink
“there's a series of books called Warrior Kid ... The books are came first. The stories are great”
565: Faith, Courage, and Standing for What Is Right. With Jim Caviezel
Nov 2026 · 3 books
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The Bible
Various Authors - Compiled by Mark T
“The Only way I would have done it is if it had to be what was in the Bible”
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Henry Fielding
“I read this book In college. Mm. Called Tom Jones”
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Way of the Warrior Kid
Jocko Willink
“November twenty fifth, you got a little movie called Way of the Warrior Kid. Which is based on the Way of the Warrior Kid book series”
Jocko Underground: If You're a High Performer, You Might Still Be Holding Yourself Back.
Nov 2026 · 1 book
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink
“in extreme ownership I wrote a about Um the two guys that got fired. From a task unit”
564: Overcoming Fear, Making Movies, and the Way of the Warrior Kid. With McG.
Oct 2026 · 6 books
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The Way of the Warrior Kid
Jocko Willink
“turning The way of the warrior kid. From books Into an amazing movie”
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The Psychology of Military Incompetence
Norman Dixon
“There's a great book. It's called The Psychology of Military Incompetence. It's a great book. It's written by a guy that was in World War Two, who was a British guy”
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Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey
“Wrote a great book”
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Mikey and the Dragons
Jocko Willink
“Check out Mikey and the Dragons”
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Put Your Legs on
Rob Jones
“Check out Put Your Legs On by Rob Jones Packard”
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Need to Lead
Dave Burke
“Check out Need to Lead by Dave Burke”
Jocko Underground: Turn an Inferior Mindset Into an Iron Mindset
Oct 2026
563: The 3 Traits Every Great Leader Must Have According to Gen. Matthew Ridgway
Oct 2026 · 10 books
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The American Concept of Leadership
Sherman L. Kaiser
“This view is ably developed by Colonel. Sherman L Kaiser, US Army retired in his book, The American Concept of Leadership”
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Generals and Generalship
Archibald P. Wavell
“And his expounded In his published lectures. In general's. And generalship”
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink
“I guess we wrote a book about that, extreme ownership. Readiness to accept responsibility, wrote a book about that, extreme ownership”
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The Dichotomy of Leadership
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
“Wrote about this in Diacotomy Leadership”
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Soldier: The Memoirs of Matthew B. Ridgway
Matthew B. Ridgway
“I've recounted the incident in some detail in my book Soldier”
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Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
Jocko Willink
“when I wrote Discipline equals freedom Field manual”
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Way of the Warrior Kid
Jocko Willink
“We got the Way of the Warrior Kid books”
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Put Your Laces On
Rob Jones
“Put Your Laves On Put Yes On by Rob Jones”
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Need to Lead
Dave Burke
“Need to Lead by Dave Burke”
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Leadership Strategy and Tactics
Jocko Willink
“Leadership, stretching tax, we've got a bunch of books”
Jocko Underground: Issues With Training Jiu Jitsu with Women Partners.
Oct 2026
562: The Deadly Cost of Bad Leadership. Lessons From Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. With Bing West
Oct 2026 · 13 books
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The Village
Bing West
“He has authored and co authored. A dozen bucks. Including the village”
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No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
Bing West
“No true glory. The strongest tribe into the fire with Dakota Meyer, which we covered on this podcast, episode one fifteen”
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The Strongest Tribe
Bing West
“The strongest tribe into the fire with Dakota Meyer, which we covered on this podcast, episode one fifteen”
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Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
Bing West
“The strongest tribe into the fire with Dakota Meyer, which we covered on this podcast, episode one fifteen”
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Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Jim Mattis
“Call sign chaos with General Jim Mattis”
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Small Unit Action in Vietnam
Bing West
“Uh eventually out of that came the training manual that was called Uh Small unit action in Vietnam”
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By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs
Ben Milligan
“My friend uh Ben Milligan wrote this book called By Water Beneath the Walls”
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The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan
Bing West
“you write a book called The Wrong War”
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One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War
Bing West
“you write another book called One Million Steps, which is a really Uh interesting title”
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The Snake Eaters
Owen West
“your son Owen. Um again, he authored a book called The Snake Eaters about his time as an advisor in Iraq”
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Sharkman Six
Owen West
“He also wrote Sharkman Six and Four Days to Veracruz, some great books”
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Four Days to Veracruz
Owen West
“He also wrote Sharkman Six and Four Days to Veracruz, some great books”
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About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
David Hackworth
“the old school about faces, there's like The papers. Just like so thin”
Jocko Underground: When You're Ready For a New Chapter | Battling Fatigue In Life
Oct 2026
561: The Art Of Command. Action, Initiative, and Judgement.
Oct 2026 · 8 books
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Leadership
James McGregor Burns
“a guy named James McGregor Burns wrote a book called Leadership, and here's a review of it”
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He Who Would Command
Charles Burnap
“And again, that's from a book called He Who Would Command by Charles Burnapp”
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The Officer as a Leader
S.L.A. Marshall
“In his book, The Officer as a Leader”
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Leadership Strategy and Tactics
Jocko Willink
“I wrote in Leadership Strategy and Tactics, the most underrated skill of leadership is listening”
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Way of the Warrior Kid
Jocko Willink
“we have Warrior, Way of the Warrior Kid books. We've had two of those books on Audible, and now we have all five of the Way of the Warrior Kid books available”
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Mikey and the Dragons
Jocko Willink
“Mikey and the Dragons all available on Audible”
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Put Your Legs on
Rob Jones
“you got Put Your Legs on by Rob Jones”
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Need to Lead
Dave Burke
“You got Need to Lead by Dave Burke”
Jocko Underground: My View on Non-Combatant Military Members | How to Get Your Life Back
Oct 2026
560: Leadership Is A Skill. Train It. With Jamie Cochran.
Sep 2026 · 4 books
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Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink
“the cheapest would b would be to go to the library and get a copy of Extreme Ownership, right”
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The Dichotomy of Leadership
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
“start back over with dichotomy of leadership”
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Warrior Kid
Jocko Willink
“At the end of the Warrior Kid books, Uncle Jake leaves”
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Put Your Legs on
Rob Jones
“Rob Jones, put your legs on”
Jocko Underground: The Reality When Your Boss Sucks and You Don't Respect Him At All.
Sep 2026
559: Turning Unimaginable Loss Into Purpose. The Legacy of Marc Lee. With Debbie Mama Lee
Sep 2026 · 5 books
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The Oxygen Revolution
Paul G. Harch
“read a book by Dr. Harch called The Oxygen Revolution, and it very much made sense to me”
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Unheard Voices, The Fight for Ramadi, A Soldier's Memoir From Combat Outpost Falcon
Miguel Santana
“Unheard voices, the fight for Romadi, written by Miguel Santana. He's on the podcast. We were talking about Pitbull. We were talking about it a little bit today, but it's just a great book”
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Put Your Legs on
Rob Jones
“Also, Put Your Legs on by Rob Jones”
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Need to Lead
Dave Burke
“Also Need to Lead by Dave Burke”
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Way of the Warrior Kid
Jocko Willink
“And then I've written a bunch of books, including the Warrior Kid books, which you heard a little bit about today”
558: What We Can Learn From John Spencer Almost Dying 20 Times.
Sep 2026 · 6 books
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Twenty Times I Almost Died: Life Lessons from the Edge of Survival
John Spencer
“And that right there is an excerpt from a book called Twenty Times I Almost Died Life Lessons from the Edge of Survival, and is written by John Spencer”
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Understanding Urban Warfare
John Spencer
“including Understanding Urban Warfare, which is based on the podcast”
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Connected Soldiers
John Spencer
“Connected Soldiers, which we reviewed last time he was on the podcast”
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Mini Manual for The Urban Defender
John Spencer
“he also authored the mini manual for The Urban Defender, which has been translated into dozens of languages after it became a staple”
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World War Z
Max Brooks
“one of my writing mentors is Max Brooks, the the guy that wrote the book World War Z, just a really creative writer”
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The Gift of Fear
Gavin de Becker
“My favorite book, um, Gavin de Becker's Gift of Fear, there was some processing happening even in my subconscious”
Jocko Underground: This is How to be a Dependable Warrior.
Sep 2026 · 3 books
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink
“That's the first three books that I wrote, right? There's that's Extreme Ownership, Dichotomy of Leadership, and the Discipline Freedom Field Manual”
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The Dichotomy of Leadership
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
“That's the first three books that I wrote, right? There's that's Extreme Ownership, Dichotomy of Leadership, and the Discipline Freedom Field Manual”
Cover of Extreme Ownership, Dichotomy of Leadership, and Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual
Extreme Ownership, Dichotomy of Leadership, and Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual
Jocko Willink
“That's the first three books that I wrote, right? There's that's Extreme Ownership, Dichotomy of Leadership, and the Discipline Freedom Field Manual”
557: Stop Waiting for the Perfect Answer. Go.
Sep 2026 · 4 books
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Warfighting
United States Marine Corps
“war fighting which is their their main manual which is one of the Which is an incredible Piece of literature. I'll call it”
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The Dichotomy of Leadership
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
“That's why we wrote a book called The Dichotomy of Leadership”
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Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual
Jocko Willink
“leadership strategy and tactics. Field manual. I wrote about another decision making process”
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Put Your Legs on
Rob Jones
“plus check out Put your legs on by Rob Jones”
Jocko Underground: The Guy Who Called Out Rener Gracie's Purple Belts and Got Embarrassed.
Sep 2026
556: The World Belongs to the Brazen and The Brave.
Sep 2026 · 4 books
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Maxims on War
René Quinton
“We introduced a book called Maxims on War. by Renee Quentin”
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Mikey and the Dragons
Jocko Willink
“It's like Mikey and the dragons, right? Mikey and the dragons”
PY
Put Your Legs on
Rob Jones
“check out Put Your Legs On by Rob Jones”
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Need to Lead
Dave Burke
“Check out Need to Lead by Dave Burke”
555: The Nature Of Man Is War
Aug 2026 · 3 books
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Maxims on War
René Quinton
“And that right there is a quote from a book called Maxims on War. It's written by a guy. Named Renee Quinton”
PY
Put Your Legs on
Rob Jones
“We also have Put your legs on by Rob Jones”
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Need to Lead
Dave Burke
“And Need to Lead by Dave Burke”
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