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Built by Fire Podcast

Hosted by David Burnell · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 44 episodes

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Episodes
44
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82m
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31
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About this podcast

A personal record of a life lived in service—told honestly and preserved intentionally. First-person stories of faith, leadership, self-defense, and resilience forged through real-world experience. builtbyfire.substack.com

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About the host

David Burnell hosts Built by Fire Podcast, a society show with 44 episodes published.

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Haiti Run (Audiobook)

Feb 28, 20261h 0m0

When the earth breaks, the rules disappear. In January 2010, a catastrophic earthquake shattered Haiti—flattening cities, collapsing hospitals, and stripping law and order from a nation already on the edge. Into that cha

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Defensive Handgun (Audiobook)

Feb 28, 20261h 35m0

Owning a defensive handgun carries responsibility long before it ever needs to be used. Defensive Handgun is not about bravado, speed, or tactics borrowed from movies or social media. It is about judgment, discipline, an

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Quick Defense (Audiobook)

Feb 28, 20261h 17m0

Violence rarely looks like a movie scene.It starts with distance closing, instincts firing, and seconds disappearing. Quick Defense is a reality-based guide to surviving sudden, close-range threats—when avoidance has fai

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Before It Happens (Audiobook)

Feb 28, 20262h 15m0

Most violence does not begin with an attack.It begins with a shift. A glance that lingers too long.A step that closes the distance without permission.A quiet internal warning that something isn’t right—followed by the da

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Behind the Lines (Audiobook)

Feb 28, 20262h 23m0

Air Force Special Operations has shaped modern warfare in ways few outside the profession fully understand. Operating in secrecy, denied environments, and the margins of conventional conflict, specialized airpower has en

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After the Wave (Audiobook)

Feb 28, 20261h 47m0

In March of 2011, after a massive earthquake and tsunami shattered Japan’s northeastern coast, David Burnell did not wait for an assignment, permission, or a perfect plan. He bought a ticket, packed his gear, and went al

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Kin, Land, and Steel (Audiobook)

Feb 28, 20261h 25m0

The Scottish clans were not symbols.They were systems. Long before centralized law and authority reached the Highlands, Scotland’s clans governed land, loyalty, and violence through kinship and obligation. In a landscape

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IN THE BLACK (Audiobook)

Feb 28, 202654m0

Most leadership advice is written for perfect conditions—clear information, stable markets, and predictable outcomes. IN THE BLACK is not. This series explores leadership when visibility is limited, information is incomp

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Bad Gods (Audiobook)

Feb 25, 20262h 12m0

This isn’t fiction. It isn’t polished for TV. It’s a straight account of what it took to protect people in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake—and what it cost. In January 2010, Haiti went dark. Buildings fell. Hospitals col

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The Burma Mission (Audiobook)

Feb 25, 20261h 16m0

This book is a true account of a humanitarian mission into Burma—now Myanmar—during a long and largely forgotten war. It is not a political argument, a tactical manual, or a story about combat for its own sake. It is the

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Combat Ready (Audiobook)

Feb 25, 20261h 46m0

Combat Ready is not a book about tactics, weapons, or war stories. It is a book about human performance under pressure—how people think, decide, communicate, and lead when stress, uncertainty, and time compression strip

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The Quiet War (Audiobook)

Feb 25, 20262h 18m0

Not every war is loud. Some are fought in silence—behind closed doors, inside windowless buildings, over secure lines that never sleep. Some wars leave no parades, no headlines, and no obvious wounds. They linger instead

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Gravity and Grace (Audiobook)

Feb 25, 20261h 29m0

Gravity and Grace is a faith-centered audiobook that helps you learn to hear God clearly when life feels heavy, uncertain, or overwhelming. After more than four decades serving alongside youth, first responders, rescuers

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Built by Fire (Audiobook)

Feb 25, 20265h 16m0

Built by Fire: Hearing God in the Middle of the Flames is not a memoir of comfort—it is a witness forged under pressure. In this audiobook, David Burnell recounts a life shaped by service, danger, faith, and the unmistak

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Built By Fire Legacy: Epilogue

Feb 25, 20262mEp. 28S1

If you’ve made it this far, then you’ve walked through fire with me—step by step, chapter by chapter. You’ve seen the moments I stood tall, and the moments I fell flat. You’ve heard the roar of battle, the silence of hea

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Built By Fire Legacy: Conclusion

Feb 25, 20261mEp. 27S1

Fire changes everything. It reveals what’s weak, strengthens what endures, and leaves a mark that can’t be faked. The missions, losses, rescues, and quiet mercies in these pages were not the end of anything; they were th

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Built By Fire Legacy: What We Leave Behind

Feb 25, 20266mEp. 26S1

We spend our lives building—missions, careers, families, companies, movements. Some of us build empires of influence, others forge paths in silence, quietly offering their strength to those in need. But no matter how gra

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Built By Fire Legacy: Lessons From The Fire

Feb 25, 20264mEp. 25S1

Fire refines. It burns away what doesn’t matter, leaving behind only what is strong enough to endure. Looking back on the journey that led to these pages—missions, failures, victories, grief, brotherhood—I see that the m

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Built By Fire Legacy: Thy Will Be Done

Feb 25, 20266mEp. 24S1

There comes a time in every warrior’s life when the fight within becomes louder than the battle outside. When all the armor we’ve worn—duty, training, resolve, rage—starts to feel too heavy to carry alone. We were traine

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Built By Fire Legacy: Reforged in Faith and Purpose

Feb 25, 20269mEp. 23S1

In the silence of loss, I began to hear hope whisper There are moments in a life built by fire when the flames no longer come from combat or catastrophe—but from within. After the collapse of my marriage, I found myself

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To pitch Built by Fire Podcast, visit https://builtbyfire.substack.com/podcast for contact information, then craft a tight one-paragraph hook that ties your expertise to a gap in their recent society coverage.

Who is the host of Built by Fire Podcast?

Built by Fire Podcast is hosted by David Burnell. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 44 episodes.

How many episodes does Built by Fire Podcast have?

Built by Fire Podcast has published 44 episodes.

What topics does Built by Fire Podcast cover?

Built by Fire Podcast regularly covers society, culture, personal. It sits in the society category, with a culture focus.

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Is Built by Fire Podcast currently accepting guest pitches?

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How long are Built by Fire Podcast episodes?

Episodes of Built by Fire Podcast average 82 minutes, giving guests a long-form format with plenty of time to expand on their expertise.

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