Showing results by author "James Farrell" in All Categories

Justifiably Proud Productions is a podcast that recognizes life, leadership, and legacy. Focusing on the first responder world, Jim shares experiences of leadership, life, challenges, successes, mixed with some humor. Justifiably Proud Productions helps promote positivity in today's ever-changing life, and career environment sharing what seems to work, and what is not even worth trying. Co-hosted by Lauren (Jims Daughter), Justifiably Proud Productions works to achieve hope, and enthusiastic creativity among its listeners.

Bruce Lee famously said, "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." We are 2 lads who will be practising different kicks each week from history, travel, gossip, economics... you name it...we might just discuss it.

On Saint Patrick’s Day 2016, Jim Farrell received a surprising email: an M-1 rifle engraved with the name M. Teahanhad been discovered in Normandy 72 years after its owner, Martin (Matty) Teahan, Jim’s uncle, had been killed in the June 1944 D-Day invasion of France. A young private in the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Matty had been laid to rest beside his fellow heroes in the Normandy American Cemetery, but now French Army General Patrick Collet was writing to inform the family that Matty’s rifle had been recovered and was safe in his possession.