Couple O' Nukes: Self-Improvement For Mental Health, Addiction, Fitness, & Faith
Couple O’ Nukes is a self-improvement podcast that engages difficult conversations to cultivate life lessons, build community, amplify unheard voices, and empower meaningful change. Hosted by Mr. Whiskey—a U.S. Navy veteran, author, preacher, comedian, and speaker—the show blends lived experience, faith, science, and humor to address life’s most challenging realities with honesty and purpose.
Each episode explores topics such as mental health, suicide prevention, addiction recovery, military life, faith, fitness, finances, relationships, leadership, and mentorship through in-depth conversations with expert guests, survivors, and practitioners from around the world. The goal is simple: listeners leave better than they arrived—equipped with insight, perspective, and the encouragement needed to create change in their own lives and in the lives of others.
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Episodes
357 episodes
Celebrating Season 11 Launch & 350+ Episodes (Couple O' Nukes Podcast)
When I started this podcast, the goals were drastically different. The vision was different. There was never any idea of having seasons, let alone ten of them already. There was never any idea of having episodes more than once a week, let alone...
What Tambo "Rice Paddy" Art Reveals About God’s Timing, Perspective, & Purpose
In this solo sermon from the Solo Scripture Samurai Arc, I use the Japanese tradition of tambo art—rice paddy artwork made from different colored rice plants—as a powerful illustration of faith, perspective, patience, and God’s design. From the...
From Alcoholism & Organ Transplant To Building Stronger Relationships: The Monument Method
In this episode, I sit down with Gaylen Wilson to talk about a life that has repeatedly required him to rebuild from the ground up. Mr. Wilson takes me from growing up in rural Colorado and becoming a farmer to devastating crop failures, a care...
From Idea To Industry: Building The Bar Book & Creating Better Social Experiences
For my first interview after returning to America from Japan, I sit down with Mike Waskewhich, a retired Army Sergeant Major who served nearly 24 years before entering entrepreneurship and building businesses centered around technology, communi...
From Trauma To Creativity: David Deane Haskell On Healing, Writing, & AI
For my final in-person international interview from Japan during the summer of 2026, I reconnect with author and professional marching drummer David Deane Haskell—the same guest who happened to become my first in-person international interview ...
Amplifying Veteran Voices Through Podcasting (Military Creator Con Panel 2026)
Recorded live at Military Creator Con 2026 in Arlington, Texas, this special episode features my portions of the Podcaster Panel, including the questions directed to me and my responses. The full panel was moderated by Military Creator Con Foun...
Student Suicides In Japan Are Rising: How AI Is About To Change Prevention & Intervention
In this solo episode, I examine an alarming contradiction developing in Japan: while the country's overall number of recorded suicides has been declining, suicide among children and students has reached historic levels. Japan recorded 19,188 su...
Forget About Your Dry Skin! What Dry Bones Reveal About Your Spiritual Health
In this Solo Scripture Samurai sermon from my Radiating Faith series, I return to Ezekiel 37 and the Valley of Dry Bones after realizing that I had only scratched the surface of this passage during my Biblical Kintsugi sermon. The idea came to ...
The Next Decade Body: Building Strength, Energy, And Health For Life
Nearly two years after our first conversation, I reunite with Thien Wong to talk about just how much can change when fitness becomes something deeper than appearance. Ms. Wong has transformed not only physically, but professionally and personal...
Biblical Kintsugi: Brokenness, Redemption, And New Creation
In this Solo Scripture Samurai sermon from my Radiating Faith series, I explore the Japanese art of Kintsugi—the practice of repairing broken pottery with lacquer and visible gold—and use it as a doorway into one of Scripture’s most powerful re...
The Reality Of Living In Japan As An American: What Tourists Don't See
More than a tourist destination, Japan is a place where people build careers, marriages, families, and entire lives—and in this in-person international episode, I sit down with John Daly to talk about what that reality actually looks like. ...
How I Turned Rejection Into My First International Comedy Show In Japan
In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of how rejection, frustration, faith, and one unexpected conversation led me to create and perform my first international English-led bilingual stand-up comedy show in Yokosuka, Japan:...
Diagnosed With AuDHD Late In Life: Trauma, Masking, & Finally Understanding Yourself
In this episode, I sit down with Ellie “AuDHD” Capstick for a conversation about autism, ADHD, childhood trauma, masking, identity, parenting, and what happens when someone finally receives answers after spending decades wondering why they feel...
The Political Hydra: Former Congressional Candidate On America's Seemingly Unfixable Problems
In this episode, I sit down with 20-year U.S. Army veteran, former congressional candidate, actor, writer, and speaker Matthew Hasty for an extensive conversation about military service, American politics, political polarization, faith, and whe...
Navigating Law & Legal Powers For Taking Care Of Your Addicted Loved Ones
In this episode, I sit down with behavioral health attorney Mark Astor to discuss addiction, mental illness, family intervention, and the legal options available when someone can no longer make safe decisions for themselves. Mr. Astor has pract...
Raising A Multicultural Family In Japan: Navigating Fatherhood, Marriage, Culture, & Identity
In this in-person international episode recorded in Japan, I sit down with U.S. Air Force veteran and cybersecurity manager Matthew Yard for a wide-ranging conversation about military service, international marriage, multicultural parenting, le...
Scripture And Sumo Wrestling: Footwork, Daily Discipline, & Spiritual Warfare
In this Solo Scripture Samurai sermon, I draw from my experience watching sumo wrestling in Japan to examine spiritual warfare, Christian discipline, and the feet of gospel peace described in Ephesians 6:13–15. While acknowledging the non-Chris...
Preacher To Breacher: Former Pastor & FBI Agent On Society, Faith, Empathy, & Grace
In this episode, I sit down with former FBI Special Agent and Baptist pastor Eric Robinson for a conversation about faith, law enforcement, criminal investigations, and the difficult realities hidden beneath everyday society. After beginning hi...
Two Travelers In Japan Unexpectedly Sit Down To Talk Culture, Marriage, Purpose, & Faith
In my second international in-person interview recorded in Japan, I sit down with Luis, whom I met at Hillsong Tokyo at their grand opening. What began as two strangers sitting next to each other at church quickly turned into a meaningful conve...
Bipolar Is Who I Am: Chris LaFreniere On Mental Illness, Addiction, & Faith
In this episode, I sit down with Chris LaFreniere, author of Bipolar Is Who I Am: A Journey of Transformation, Redemption, and Managing the Chaos Within, to discuss one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses in the world. Mr. LaFre...
Healing The Wounded Inner Child: Addiction, Trauma, And Codependency Recovery
In my first international in-person podcast interview, I sit down with author and professional drummer David Deane Haskell in Japan for an honest conversation about childhood trauma, addiction recovery, codependency, identity, and inner-child h...
The Extraordinary Men’s Network: Sobriety, Accountability, Understanding, & Mental Health
In this episode, I reconnect with Andrew Michael Houghton, founder of the Extraordinary Men’s Network, nearly two years after his first appearance on the show. Mr. Houghton joins me from Korea while I’m in Japan, and we catch up on sobriety, fa...
The "5th Beast" In Daniel Everyone Overlooks & Why It Matters
In this Radiating Faith sermon, I examine what I call “the beast outside the vision”—a startling connection between Daniel’s vision of four beasts and what happened to King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4. Although Scripture identifies only four bea...
The Queen Of Empathy On Emotional Intelligence, Connection, And The Hero Within
In this episode, I reconnect with Karen Hall, known as the Queen of Empathy, nearly three years after we first met at Podcast Movement Evolutions in Los Angeles. Ms. Hall is an emotional intelligence leadership coach, podcaster, speaker, author...
Before Godzilla, There Was Leviathan: Why The Bible's Sea Monster Still Matters
In this Solo Scripture Samurai Arc sermon, I reflect on my journey to Awaji Island, Japan, where I experienced the Godzilla Interception Operation during a typhoon. Standing beneath the towering figure of Shin Godzilla made me think about human...
