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Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast

The Hey Chaplain podcast is where cops encourage each other by sharing their wisdom and experience with the Chaplain. On Hey Chaplain you"ll hear from dispatchers and federal agents, Sheriffs and US Marshals, as well as local detectives and patrolmen. From the LAPD to Scotland Yard, the guests on Hey Chaplain deliver advice and insights so that police officers everywhere can survive and thrive. The host, Jared Altic, has almost 30 years of experience serving and counseling military and law

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37:01

A Comedian, a Retiree, and a Path Forward: Follow Ups...

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2025/05/26

Text a Message to the Show This episode marks our fourth anniversary and I wanted to go back and do follow ups and business checks, checking in on some of our past guests to get updates. In this episode we get an update from Vinnie Montez, Compassion Alliance, recently retired detective Stuart Littlefield and previously unaired excerpts from recent guests Kelly Enos and Joe Smarro. Links and resources: Vinnie Montez - Ep 092: https://vinniemontez.comJohn Little, Compassion Alliance - ...

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113 - Frontline Chaplains Stories - Kids, Animals,...

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2025/05/19

Text a Message to the Show Today's guest is chaplain Mark Femmel. Mark is a friend of mine who is a chaplain in St Louis, Missouri. I brought Mark on today because he's a kindred spirit and I know he has a lot of great experience to share. Today we're talking about chaplaincy generally and how it's the same and different between St Louis and Kansas City. We're also talking about the trauma police endure when confronted with innocent victims like children and animals. ...

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36:12

A COPS Mom: Cheryl Railsback, surviving mother -...

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2025/05/12

Text a Message to the Show This is both our annual salute to mothers in the law enforcement family and also another episode on the Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS). Cheryl Railsback is the surviving mother of Deputy Shane Detwiler, EOW July 13, 2009. Her story of loss, grief, and her path back to helping others is a story you need to hear. Concerns of Police Survivors website: https://www.concernsofpolicesurvivors.org Music is by the Westerlies Hey Chaplain Podcast Bonus Episode 41 T...

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112 - Crisis Cop: Joe Smarro

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2025/05/05

Text a Message to the Show Today's episode should probably have a sensitive content warning but it would take me too long to list all the ways our guest might upset you… and frankly the reason I brought this guy on the show was to hit every sensitive topic he could and then drop a truth bomb on us… so… our guest today is Joe Smarro. You might recognize him from the award winning HBO documentary Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops. This documentary and Joe's work at the San Antonio Police...

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23:22

Reaching in to Help: The Mailbag (w/ Stephen Smith)

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2025/04/28

Text a Message to the Show It's mailbag time! Use the link above to leave a comment or a question and we might use it on a future show! Music is by LesFM Hey Chaplain Update Episode 2Q 2025 Tags: Mailbag, Chaplaincy, COVID, Debriefs, Fire, Internal Affairs, Isolation, Police, Relationships, Suicide, Update, Wellness, Kansas City Support the show Thanks for Listening! And, as always, pray for peace in our city. Subscribe/Follow here: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...

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32:35

111 - From Cruiser to Classroom, Deputy to Dean:...

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2025/04/21

Text a Message to the Show Today our guest is Kelly Enos and he's here to talk about making a successful career change from law enforcement to teaching criminal justice and police science at the college or university. Kelly made that very career change unexpectedly less than ten years into his career but he found success in academics as his second chapter and he wants to share with you how to make that change. I don't know if teaching in the local community college is in your future, bu...

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31:00

110.5 - BTK - Meeting Evil Face to Face: Dana Gouge,...

Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast ·

2025/04/14

Text a Message to the Show This is the second part of our story of Detective Dana Gouge, who handcuffed the BTK serial killer, Dennis Rader. If you haven't heard part one which told the story of a narcissistic serial killer who couldn't stop talking… then what are you doing?! Go back and listen to Ep 110 right now! We left off with Detective Gouge putting the handcuffs on Dennis Rader before the task force took him to be interviewed. Dana is going to tell us a bit about tho...

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37:07

110 - I Handcuffed the BTK Serial Killer: Dana Gouge,...

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2025/04/07

Text a Message to the Show Today is a crime history episode on the BTK serial killer, Dennis Rader. Rader is known to have committed at least ten murders between 1974 and 1991, communicating with the media about his crimes but not getting caught. He called himself BTK, for "bind, torture, kill," and had disappeared for 13 years when suddenly he began communicating with the media and the police again. This is the story of how he got caught. My guest today is Dana Gouge, who w...

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32:06

109 - We Will Stay On the Line With You: Carmine...

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2025/03/31

Text a Message to the Show Today we are talking about the hotline for police officers called COPLINE. COPLINE provides 24/7 confidential services to active and retired law enforcement officers and their loved ones. Today's guest is Carmine Czapla, who is a veteran and a retired cop, and is one of the active listeners on the other end of that life-saving phone call. In this episode Carmine, who goes by the nickname Chops, talks about the calls he receives and the why serving ...

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19:32

A Quick Guide to Bagpipe Tunes - Bonus Ep 40

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2025/03/24

Text a Message to the Show This is your Quick Guide to Bagpipe Tunes. I'm anticipating that there will be two distinct camps among my listeners, those who love bagpipes and those who don't yet. But please give this a chance. First, this is fairly short, and there's not a single tune here that lasts more than 2 minutes. Second, I really do understand. I'm not naturally drawn to this music, I had to be invested in it first, through my chaplaincy work with the polic...

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108 - The Saddest Tune at the Funeral: Jim Higgins,...

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2025/03/17

Text a Message to the Show Today we have a returning guest, Jim HIggins. Jim plays the bagpipes and teaches police officers and firefighters to play the bagpipes for our ceremonies and parades. Jim often plays with them and is obviously an accomplished musician and expert in all things bagpipes related. I was pleased to get Jim to come in and talk to me about the bagpipes, the tunes that they play, and the police ceremonies, parades, and funerals that he participates in. R...

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29:46

107.5 - When to Move on from the DEA: Todd Hixson,...

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2025/03/10

Text a Message to the Show On Today's episode we are continuing our conversation with retired DEA agent Todd Hixson. If you haven't listened to part one, episode 107, then stop this episode and go listen to that right now! Today Todd is going to talk about his career and some of his travels, or at least the parts he's allowed to talk about. But just like in part 1 where we talked about going Fed, this week he's going to also talk to us about retiring from a a federal agent ...

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107 - Pros and Cons of Going DEA: Todd Hixson

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2025/03/03

Text a Message to the Show On Today's episode we're talking to retired DEA agent Todd Hixson. Todd has a tremendous wealth of experience as a DEA agent and we're definitely going to hear some of those stories, working both domestically and on foreign assignment. But I'm going to split this interview into two parts that are both really compelling. First, we have the pros and cons of going Fed and how Todd navigated the DEA both for himself and his family. On the next ep...

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24:46

106.5 - Rising From the Ashes: Ken Anderson, Part 2

Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast ·

2025/02/24

Text a Message to the Show Today we have part two of our conversation with a medically retired police officer from the United Kingdom, Ken Anderson. After a brief recap of the life-saving encounter he had on an edge of cliff in the moment before he would take his own life, we'll rejoin the conversation with Ken and talk about the aftermath and his new mission to de-stygmatize the conversation about mental health. This episode contains discussion of depression that leads to a suicide a...

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106 - On the Precipice: Ken Anderson

Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast ·

2025/02/17

Text a Message to the Show Today we're talking to a medically retired police officer from the United Kingdom named Ken Anderson. Ken was a patrol officer, an instructor, and also a firearms officer in Leeds, England. But an accident on the job set him down a path that would eventually lead to him standing on a sea cliff, ready to end his life by throwing himself over the edge. In part one, we're going to get to know Ken, talk about his career, the accident, and the attempt to take his life. I...

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20:24

Does a Chaplain Need a Degree? The Mailbag (w/ Kaleb...

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2025/02/10

Text a Message to the Show It's mailbag time! Use the link above to leave a comment or a question and we might use it on a future show! Music is by PineApple Music Hey Chaplain Update Episode 1Q 2025 Tags: Chaplaincy, Bible College, Chaplains, Clinical Pastoral Education, CPE, Education, Law Enforcement, Mail, Preparation, Seminary, Theology, Training, Kansas City, Kansas Support the show Thanks for Listening! And, as always, pray for peace in our city. Subscribe/Follow here: Apple P...

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33:29

105 - An Unrecognized Retirement: Anthony Baumgart

Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast ·

2025/02/03

Text a Message to the Show Today we're talking to Anthony Baumgart; he's a former local and state level narcotics agent who worked in California. Tony had almost 30 years in law enforcement, but when it came for his last day at work, he experienced a failure in leadership that sometimes happens in law enforcement. You risk your life and give decades of hard work, only to be shown the door… almost like they're glad to be rid of you. Today we talk about working at a state agen...

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28:09

104.5 - Critical Incident Aftermath: Deborah Green,...

Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast ·

2025/01/27

Text a Message to the ShowToday we're talking again to Deborah Green; she was a California dispatcher for almost 30 years and in Part 1 of this interview she told about how she dispatched her deputies to a middle of the night call at a marijuana grow in the forests of California where they were ambushed by drug cartel gunmen. Make sure you go listen to Part 1 to hear how it all went down. In this second part of the interview we will look at the aftermath of the shooting and what the fal...

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104 - Deputy Down: Deborah Green, Dispatcher

Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast ·

2025/01/20

Text a Message to the ShowToday we're talking to Deborah Green; she was a California dispatcher for almost 30 years and has a compelling story to tell. She dispatched her deputies to a middle of the night call at a marijuana grow in the forests of California where they were ambushed by drug cartel gunmen. The story itself is remarkable but I wanted you to hear this one because it's told from the point of view of the dispatcher. In part two of the interview we will look at th...

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23:02

The Wisdom of Police Sergeants - Bonus Ep 39

Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast ·

2025/01/13

Text a Message to the ShowOn this special Bonus Episode we are revisiting the interviews I did last fall with three sergeants from the department that I serve. They collectively have 70 years of combined service and every time I asked another question, they just kept dropping more wisdom that I knew you'd want to hear. The officers interviewed are Master Sgt Angie Joyce, Senior Sgt Paul Simonich, and Senior Sgt Kyle Hickerson. Part 1 of this interview was Bonus Episode 38 in...

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