Guest: Pete Turner (@peteaturner)
Host: Robb Pollard (@itsrobbp)
Show: Walk With Me, Brother (@walkwithmebrother)
🎖️ Episode Overview
From counterintelligence missions in Iraq and Afghanistan to battling PTSD, suicidal ideation, and losing his brother to suicide — this is the story of a man who survived the war, but still had to fight to stay alive.
In this raw and emotional conversation, Robb Pollard sits down with Pete Turner, former U.S. Army counterintelligence agent and host of The Break It Down Show, to talk about the cost of service, moral injury, survivor’s guilt, and the power of purpose.
This is not a story about war — it’s a story about rebuilding, healing, and finding a reason to keep walking forward.
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 Introduction — when the mission ends, the real battle begins
02:05 Growing up in California and how a random encounter led him to the Army
05:10 Early deployments and the realities of counterintelligence work
08:30 The first brush with danger and the unseen cost of war
11:55 PTSD, guilt, and how moral injury follows you home
15:20 Coming back to civilian life and realizing no one’s waiting with a roadmap
18:40 “You can’t switch it off” — living with hypervigilance and burnout
22:05 When therapy feels like another battle
26:00 The moment his brother Eric’s struggle became personal
30:15 Losing his brother to suicide and the weight of helplessness
34:00 What veteran families don’t talk about — silence and shame
37:10 How finding purpose through storytelling changed everything
40:25 Building The Break It Down Show as a way to stay alive
44:15 Service, community, and small acts that make the difference
47:05 What he’s learned about resilience, brotherhood, and asking for help
50:10 Advice to veterans and anyone walking through darkness
52:15 Closing reflections — purpose, peace, and staying in the fight
Key Themes
• PTSD and invisible wounds after war
• Survivor’s guilt and moral injury
• Losing a brother to suicide
• Therapy, vulnerability, and resilience
• Storytelling as survival
• Brotherhood beyond the battlefield
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Pete Turner
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• Podcast: @breakitdownshow
• YouTube: The Break It Down Show
• Website: breakitdownshow.com
Walk With Me, Brother
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• Website: walkwithmebrother.com
Host – Robb Pollard
• Instagram: @itsrobbp
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