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Candid, high-impact conversations with combat veterans, skydivers, and entrepreneurs. Focus on the mindset, grit, and lessons learned from pushing limits—whether on the battlefield, in the air, or in business.
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The Hard Deck with Mark Perna is hosted by Mark Perna. The show has published 20 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "#19 - Jackie Foust: From First Jump to Skydiving Student, What Makes People Come Back" (19 October 2026, 84 minutes), "#18 - Pancho Campo: Skydiving Everest to Confront Fear and Fight Bullying" (5 October 2026, 96 minutes), and "#17 - Omar Alhegelan: Freefly Pioneer, World Champion & Hall of Famer" (21 September 2026, 92 minutes).
The Hard Deck with Mark Perna publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 73 minutes across 20 episodes.
Booking probability for The Hard Deck with Mark Perna is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Hard Deck with Mark Perna requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Hard Deck with Mark Perna's contact route on record: verified email.
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Mark Perna hosts The Hard Deck with Mark Perna, a society podcast with 20 episodes published.
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The Hard Deck with Mark Perna
What turns a first skydive into a lifelong passion? Jackie Foust of Skydive Monterey Bay joins The Hard Deck to talk about the first-jump experience, building trust with people who’ve never skydived before, and what it...
Episode #18
Pancho Campo has coached professional tennis players, captained Chile’s Olympic tennis team, organized international events with some of the world’s most recognizable figures, and completed extreme challenges around the...
Episode #17
Omar Alhegelan has spent more than three decades redefining what is possible in human flight. After making his first skydive in 1993, Omar rapidly emerged as one of the world’s leading freestyle competitors. He became...
Episode #16
Mark Perna talks with Alex Swindle, Arizona Airspeed’s team videographer, competitive wingsuit pilot, 2025 USPA national champion, and U.S. Parachute Team member. Alex shares how he went from teaching AP calculus and...
The Hard Deck with Mark Perna
Mark sits down with Jason Berkowitz, founder of Break the Web, to talk about agency life, SEO, AI, DTC brands, and the strange overlap between business risk and skydiving. Jason shares how he went from personal training...
Episode #14
Alethia Austin has spent more than two decades in skydiving — but her story starts long before the first jump. In this episode of the Hard Deck Podcast, Mark sits down with Alethia Austin, owner and publisher of Skydive...
Episode #13
In this solo episode, Mark Perna reflects on recent skydiving fatalities and the question every skydiver eventually asks: Is it worth it? The conversation expands into life after military service, PTSD, veteran suicide...
Episode #12
Joe Lohmuller—better known as Moab Joe—went from sleeping in his car outside a small Cessna drop zone to becoming a wingsuit coach, competitor, and founder of Tough Turkey. In this episode of The Hard Deck, Joe shares...
Episode #11
World record skydiver, author, speaker, coach, and Highlight Pro Skydiving Team co-captain Melanie Curtis joins The Hard Deck for a powerful conversation about fear, performance, healing, and what it really means to...
Episode #10
Brian Naiman joins Mark Perna on The Hard Deck Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about skydiving, leadership, drop zone ownership, safety, and the future of the sport. Brian is the USPA Pacific Regional Director...
Episode #9
<p>Matt Fry is a world record skydiver, vertical formation organizer, speed skydiver, and one of the minds behind some of the biggest head-down skydiving formations ever built.</p><p></p><p>In this episode of Hard Deck...
Episode #8
<p>Berrick Abramson is a former U.S. Marine, entrepreneur, executive coach, policy strategist, and Commissioner on the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. He is also the host of the Living Life All In podcast...
Episode #7
<p>Raymond Adams didn’t come into skydiving photography as just another jumper with a camera on his helmet. He came from the fashion world — lighting, composition, style, attitude — and brought that eye straight into...
Episode #6
<p>In this episode of Hard Deck, I sit down with Angie Aragon — USPA National Director, newly appointed Latin America representative, founder of USPAcourses.com, tandem and AFF examiner, FAA senior rigger, and one of...
Episode #5
<p>In this episode, Mark Perna sits down with legendary skydiver, aerial stunt coordinator, and freefall cinematographer Joe Jennings.</p><p></p><p>Joe is a pioneer of camera flying and competitive skysurfing, a World...
Episode #4
<p>Mark sits down with Tim Jedrek of Right Rudder Marketing to talk aviation, digital marketing, flight schools, and the strange overlap between teaching people to fly and hucking people out of airplanes. Tim shares how...
Episode #2
<p>Danny Velez is a Navy veteran, former SARC (Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman), and the owner of Music City Skydiving. In this episode, Danny shares his story — growing up as an Army brat, entering the Navy...
Episode #3
<p>In this episode of <b>The Hard Deck</b>, Mark Perna sits down with <b>Jeannie Bartholomew</b> — record-setting canopy pilot, <b>USPA National Director</b>, co-owner of the <b>United States Canopy Piloting...
Episode #1
<p>In the first episode of Hard Deck, Mark Perna reconnects with his friend and fellow former Marine infantryman <b>Trevor Cichosz</b> — <b>two-time World’s Toughest Mudder champion</b>, ultra-endurance athlete, and...
The Hard Deck with Mark Perna
<p><b>What is The Hard Deck?</b></p><p></p><p>The Hard Deck is a podcast about people who live and operate close to the edge — skydivers, veterans, athletes, entrepreneurs, and high performers who’ve pushed past their...
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