After serving as a military police officer in the United States Marine Corps, Kurt Shrout began setting up tours of UFC fighters to visit American troops stationed abroad, often teaching hand-to-hand defense tactics seminars.
 He is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and has won medals at the Pan Ams, US Nationals, and Master Worlds Championships and is currently pursuing his PhD in political science and writes for smerconish.com and mediaite.com. Kurt drops by to talk about how he got involved with Tour For The Troops, his time in the marine corps, learning how to learn, the state of politics today and chaos and order.Connect with Kurt:Twitter | https://twitter.com/kurtwshrout?lang=enInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/kurtshrout/Show Noteshttps://smerconish.com/https://www.mediaite.com/Connect with Kyle Kingsbury on:Twitter | https://bit.ly/2DrhtKnInstagram | https://bit.ly/2DxeDrkGet 10% off at Onnit by going to https://www.onnit.com/podcast/Connect with Onnit on:Twitter | https://twitter.com/Onnit        Instagram | https://bit.ly/2NUE7DWSubscribe to Human Optimization Hour  Itunes  | https://apple.co/2P0GEJuStitcher  | https://bit.ly/2DzUSypSpotify  | https://spoti.fi/2ybfVTY