Choices Not Chances Podcast

Ryan Rogers, Matthew Charette

Booking Overview

This is a veteran-focused interview podcast centered on combat experiences, military-to-civilian transition, veteran support, families, and related therapies; its external guests are primarily veterans, retired military leaders, and professionals serving the veteran community. Agencies could credibly pitch retired service members, veteran advocates, transition or mental-health professionals, nonprofit leaders, and authors with relevant military or veteran-support expertise, with booking difficulty likely low.

Metrics

Episodes: 116

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.4k subscribers

Instagram: 2.7k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

choicesnotchancespodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Ryan Rogers - Author of “Lions of Marjah” and host focused on military experiences, veteran transition, and the lives of veterans and their families.

Matthew Charette - Podcast host associated with a veteran-oriented program covering combat experiences, military service, and veteran support.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Military veterans—especially former service members with combat, leadership, or transition experience—as well as veteran-support professionals, nonprofit leaders, educators, coaches, authors, and therapy or advocacy specialists.

Required Achievements:

Combat or deployment experience, Senior military leadership or specialized service, Veteran advocacy or nonprofit work, Relevant books, coaching, education, or professional expertise

Recent Guest Discussions

John Dailey - Military Service, Combat Experience, Authorship, Veteran Community Leadership, And Executive Coaching.

Matthew St Pierre - Fallujah Firefights, Combat Leadership, Cpl. Jason Dunham, And The Loss Of Major Gannon On The Syrian Border.

Kaedy Molley - Military Service, Deployment, Education, Veteran Transition, And The Warrior-scholar Project.

Aubrey Wrenn - Marine Corps Service, Combat Deployments, Leadership, Education, Veteran Transition, And Life After Military Retirement.

Recent Topics

Veterans, Military, Combat, Transition, Therapy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Choices Not Chances Podcast

Choices Not Chances Podcast Episode 107 Ben Van Horrick - Major/USMC Project Dynamis

August 24, 2026

Benjamin is a writer and has been published in The War on Rocks, The Connecting File and others. He has had a career not often found on this show, and I am excited to share the chat with you. Please enjoy this listen and learn with me as we listen to Benjamin Van Horrick.

Choices Not Chances Episode 105 -John Dailey (MSgt. USMC Ret.) MARSOC, Afghanistan and Iraq Part 2

July 25, 2026

In this episode John returns to the podcast to catch up on life. The publishing of his book "Tough Rugged Bastards", his Substack Ruck The Fuck Up (RTFU) and executive coaching. John continues to be a wealth of knowledge to the community and the people around him.

Choices Not Chances Podcast Episode 104 - Jo Patti X on child trafficking

March 03, 2026

Jo Munisteri has been on the show 2 times before and joins us today to talk about the world of good versus evil. A world that was seemingly so dark, I wouldn't believe most of it. But, with the revelations of the E. files, many of the conspiracies are not conspiracies at all. Jo spent time working around the world on behalf of different NGOs. Some of this work was dangerous, and some of the key players in command were just as corrupt as you would imagine. This is one of the more intense s...

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