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Wingmen Show

Wingmen Show

By: Drew Brown and Paul Thompson
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Two Dope Boys in a Navy jet. The Wingmen Show is a weekly podcast about challenges and opportunities in everyday life. Your hosts are two guys born in Harlem, New York previously unknown to each other. Separately, they became Navy pilots flying high performance jet aircraft on and off of aircraft carriers patrolling the world’s oceans. Their paths did not cross formally until they ended up flying for the same airline after their active-duty military service had ended. They have a wide range of experiences spanning the worlds of basketball and boxing. Drew’s father is Drew Bundini Brown, Muhammad Ali’s Wingman and coined the iconic phrase “Float Like A Butterfly Sting, Like A Bee". Martial Arts and Show Business are also areas of mutual interest. Drew has been featured nationally on television programs such as the Donahue Show and the Today Show. He has also appeared in hundreds of newspapers and magazines. Both are published authors as well as former Navy jet pilots and Commercial Airline Pilots; they retired after having flown the Boeing 777 airliner. The cultural mix of religions, immigrant parents and grandparents from Europe and the Caribbean gives them an uncommon perspective on racial matters. Melding the cultures of New York City, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Memphis, the Caribbean and Atlanta has helped shape their worldview when combined with the life they have seen and experienced having flown extensively to countries throughout the world.They are wingmen to each other, providing advice, guidance and constructive criticism when needed. The goal of the show is to inspire and entertain those unafraid to expand their minds and perhaps learn something new in the hope that the listeners can become wingmen to others. Each one, teach one.© 2023 Wingmen Show Personal Development Personal Success Politics & Government Social Sciences
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  • When is it Time to Switch From Saving to Spending?
    Nov 18 2025

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    Those who resist Artificial Intelligence (AI) are likely to find themselves falling behind their counterparts in a manner similar to those who didn’t believe in computers a few decades ago. It makes more sense to become familiar with the basics this new operating technology that is increasingly becoming part of the foundation of much of the present day world of work. The fear of job-loss from automated intelligence is understandable. Therefore, it is prudent to be on the leading edge of this global reality, instead of making believe it doesn’t exist, and being left in the dust by all those willing to learn.

    We spend all of our working lives earning money for the expenses of life that need to be paid. Those who are prudent set aside a certain portion of their earnings for savings that will hopefully grow in the future. The question at hand is one most of us don’t think of. When is the appropriate time to focus on your money’s distribution instead of accumulation? With advanced age comes reduced mobility, so don’t wait to long to use some of your gains and enjoy your life.

    The pressures in modern life, part of day to day living, can interrupt the flow of positive feelings in us all. With whatever is going on, one needs to have hope, and particularly hope for the future, especially if you are going through a rough patch at the present time. Studies show that hopeful people have better lives overall as well as health outcomes to match.

    Meet a family of wingmen, headed by a now-famous athlete, hailing from humble beginnings that took him from city streets to world-wide fame. This athletic family literally plays together and stays together as they watch over one another.

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    32 mins
  • Get Your Mojo Back, Reclaim Your Spark, Start Popping Again!
    Nov 11 2025

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    Everyone loves the feeling of comfort. But remaining in one’s comfort zone too long has a downside. Never daring to step outside of it may limit possibilities and opportunities you will not have access to any other way than to challenge yourself. Taking a more difficult path may be uncomfortable at first, but rewarding in the long run.

    Stress and fatigue, if not kept in check can degrade you body and spirit. In order to combat this pattern, pay attention to what you put in your mouth and how you treat your body. Regular exercise is a key to almost any type of rejuvenation plan. If you couple that with a time restricted eating, commonly known as intermittent fasting, you will give your body needed internal rest so that it’s free from processing food all of the time.

    Good news is all around us. As an update to a story we covered earlier, the successful discovery of hidden sperm through the use of Artificial Intelligence has resulted in a successful pregnancy for a couple once thought to be infertile by doctors at the Columbia University Fertility Center. Dyslexia is usually associated with a negative outcome, but a young girl in England recently diagnosed with this affliction received more in-depth testing, that revealed she is actually a genius. Consider that the founder of the Virgin Brand, Sir Richard Branson is also dyslexic, a characteristic he attributes to his success in the business world.

    Meet a wingman who came to the aid of a severely injured comrade and helped give him overcome depression and lighting the spark needed for him to reclaim his Mojo. The result was successful rehabilitation from a devastating injury and other successes in life.

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    34 mins
  • Is Your glass half empty or half full? It Depends How Thirsty You Are
    Oct 28 2025

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    During trying times, when facing extreme hardship one may be able to tap

    into an internal higher power that will bring out capabilities to overcome

    challenges that you possessed all along, but just didn’t know it.

    Commander Drew continues to be impressed with the quality of the operation

    of the Virgin Voyages cruise line. While underway at sea, when a cruise

    passenger fell seriously ill, the stricken individual was airlifted from the deck

    of the ship by a rescue helicopter sent to transport this patient to a suitable

    medical facility.

    To show that there are good things in the world, consider that an anonymous

    donor recently contributed almost two million dollars to ease the financial

    burden of repaying a portion of their college loans used for their tuition to

    attend the Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University.

    While it has been popular to say that reading is fundamental, a significant

    portion of the American adult population has a decidedly subpar level of

    literacy according to recent data. This lack of reading comprehension and

    critical thinking ability stands as a threat to the society as a whole.

    When tactical pilots repeat the common phrase, checking your six, they are

    referring to the six o’clock position of their wingman, directly behind, which

    he or she can’t see. The solution is to form a bond where the practice of

    mutual support results in each pilot looking behind the other wingman. Our

    hero in this case kept close surveillance on a colleague who was severely

    depressed, lost hope, and considered drastic actions that would have been self

    destructive. In the end our wingman saved his mate from an irreversible fate.

    Because of that, both are doing fine today.

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    30 mins
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