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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.

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How to Find Good in Los Angeles, During Their Worst Disaster in History - 2025

January 21, 2025 • Drew Brown and Paul Thompson

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Wealth, in the form of money, is a common aspiration for just about everyone. When you look beyond material possessions and financial metrics, it can be said that true richness comes from intangible, priceless aspects of life that cannot be purchased with money; a prime example is having health and mobility as opposed sickness and disability.

The greatest disaster to strike Los Angeles, California and perhaps the costliest disaster in American history has brought a level of cooperation and mutual support that extends far beyond the borders of Los Angeles County. Fire fighters from Mexico and Canada have joined in a massive effort to mitigate the destruction from the wildfires ravaging vast swaths of the area, devastating the lives of tens of thousands, including those who are wealthy as well as those who are among the poor. An unrestrained inferno affects all equally regardless of station in life.

Take the time feel good. Even if you find yourself down in the dumps, don’t stay there. You can lift your mood quickly in a number of ways. For starters, try a little laughter. Here is a quick example; consider doing a good deed for someone else and focus on someone or something outside of yourself.

Being a so-called Nerd can be a good thing. It’s better to be on a positive path than joining a bunch of people who are headed for self destruction in the long run, even though they may be getting some cheap thrills at the moment.

Meet a group of wingmen who are the angels of the sky, fighting raging fires in Los Angeles by air with a variety of aircraft ranging from helicopters to jumbo jets. They perform a complicated and dangerous mission to help others. Dropping fire retardant and water requires specialized pilot training, flexibility, endurance and courage.