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Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast

David Hindle & Neil Jeffers

The truth is, the most extraordinary feats are often accomplished by ordinary people – real folks just like you and me. In "Ordinary to Extraordinary," HEMS pilot Neil Jeffers, and HEMS doctor David Hindle chat with these everyday heroes, peeling back the layers to reveal the grit, passion, and unexpected twists that fueled their journeys. Get ready to be inspired, empowered, and maybe even a little bit braver to chase your own extraordinary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:52:39

Dr. Phillip Lee: Choosing the Hard Path: A Story of...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2025/09/20

Dr. Phillip Lee is both a general practice doctor, and also a former Member of Parliament for Bracknell. He served as Parliamentary Under‑Secretary of State for Victims, Youth and Family Justice (Ministry of Justice) under U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May from July 2016 to June 2018.For almost 20 years he served as both a doctor and politician, until in 2019 he famously crossed the floor of the House of Commons whilst PM Boris Johnson was delivering a statement, to leave the Conservative Party and

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1:39:06

Zoran Stojkovic: Mental Performance Coach to Elite...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2025/08/29

Zoran Stojkovic is a certified Mental Performance Coach and founder of Kizo Performance. He blends evidence-based mental skills with practical tools for confidence, focus and resilience. He has worked with over 2,000 clients, and has 10 years of experience as a Mental Performance Specialist helping amongst others, military aviators, professional athletes and executives.We continue our journey of discovery into this important profession and Zoran leaves us all with some tools we can use in our

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1:56:05

Payar Pasha: Packing Your Own Parachute....

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2025/08/07

Payar Pasha is both a Perfusionist at UW Health in Wisconsin where he is a vital member of the cardiovascular surgical team, and also an expert skydiver, wingsuit pilot and BASE Jumper, with over 1100 jumps.In today's episode, we explore the human factors that allow him to excel in both of these high stakes, high consequence and high stress environments. He will break down his approach to dealing with risk, stress, fears and skill development, and give us all a glimpse of the pure joy he gets from

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1:19:37

Hudson Brown: Policing the Streets of Memphis. From...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2025/07/17

Hudson Brown is the author of Landing Gear Down (publ. Newman Springs 2020), a gripping thriller that follows Graham Stone, a young detective in the Memphis Police Department’s Violent Crimes Task Force.Before turning to writing, Hudson served as a police officer himself with the Memphis police department until after 7 years of service he suffered a career ending injury. His firsthand experience as a police officer lends authenticity and depth to the high-stakes investigations and emotional

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2:11:10

Jonathan Viscosi: Professional Soccer Player, Sports...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2025/06/23

Jonathan Viscosi is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Valour FC in the Canadian Premier League.He began his career with Ottawa South United before playing college soccer at the University of Rio Grande and later the University at Buffalo.Since then Jon has played for numerous clubs from the UK to Sweden, Finland and the USA.Jonathan earned a Master’s degree in Emotional Psychology from Mid Sweden University as he begins his career in Sports and Performance

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1:48:34

Dr. Richard Harris: 2018 Thai Cave Rescue

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2025/05/29

Dr. Richard Harris is an Australian anesthetist, aeromedical specialist, and expert cave diver with over 35 years experience.In 2018, Dr. Richard "Harry" Harris was getting ready to embark on a diving holiday, when he was urgently requested by the Thai government to assist in the rescue mission of 12 Thai schoolchildren and their soccer coach, who were trapped deep within the Tham Luang caves by sudden monsoon rain and flooding.Dr. Harry's role was pivotal - he helped devise a sedation strategy to

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2:04:18

Josh Sweeney: Rtd. Marine Corps Scout Sniper & 2-Time...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2025/04/08

Josh Sweeney enlisted in the military after high school, joining the United States Marine Corps. After earning the esteemed title of Marine Corps Scout Sniper, he was deployed with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines to Nowzad, Afghanistan, where he sustained life-altering injuries from an IED on October 28, 2009. Undeterred by this setback, Josh discovered a new passion for Paralympic sports, quickly rising to prominence as a member of the USA Sled Hockey Team. In 2014, he played a pivotal role in

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1:19:33

Dr. Ron Roessler: "The Pitt" to The Colosseum:...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2025/03/17

Dr. Ron Roessler is both a board certified emergency medicine physician and CEO and Founder of “Elite Latin Coaching”. After graduating from Princeton University he embarked on his medical career, and has now over 20 years experience working in a busy urban emergency department.His roots though lay in the study of The Classics and teaching, and in his spare time he has been instrumental in developing the Latin curriculum at his local high school for it to become one of the top 5 programs in the

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1:37:17

Paula Reid: Adventure Psychologist - Going Knowingly...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2025/02/24

"Adventure Psychology helps people and organizations survive, cope and thrive during change, challenge and uncertainty."https://www.paulareid.com/Paula Reid is the world's first Adventure Psychologist. She has skied to the South Pole, sailed around the world, "the wrong way", canoed up the Mekong River in a dugout canoe, and cycled across the breadth of Europe. And that's just scratching the surface of her over 120 awe-inspiring adventures. Paula has learned to develop the mindset to thrive and

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1:22:21

Dr. Andrew Petrosoniak: Bringing Coaches to the Bedside

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2025/02/03

Dr Andrew Petrosoniak is an emergency physician and trauma team leader at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Canada. He is also the Medical Director of the Unity Health Toronto Simulation Program.In 2020 Andrew co-founded Advanced Performance HealthCare Design - a company focused on using simulation, behavioural psychology and clinical expertise to enhance high performance teams in healthcare.https://advancedperformance.ca/Dr Petrosoniak is the principal investigator of the TRUST study (Trauma

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1:36:49

Adam Spink: Heathrow Airport Air Traffic Controller:...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2025/01/13

Adam Spink works as an air traffic controller at Heathrow, the busiest 2-runway airport in the world, where he is also an instructor, supervisor, watch training officer and an examiner. He also works in ATC operations, developing new procedures and equipment. Adam represents NATS (National Air Traffic Services) and the UK on the global stage on subjects including low visibility operations, ground radar and GPS navigation systems.Adam teaches CRM (crew resource management), and sits on the UK Human

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18:42

2024 Recap and a Happy New Year!

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2024/12/29

We are so grateful to the 18 extraordinary guests who have helped create our first year of this podcast. We sit down and reflect on a few of the human factors lessons learnt from these incredible people this year, and look forward to more in 2025.2024 Episodes:Introducing Ordinary To Extraordinary - The PodcastNeil LaughtonSupt. Adam GallopProf. Mark WilsonKev SuttonDr. Jason BrooksDr. Claire Park, MBEJames GeeringDr. Dale CarrisonNeil JeffersMartin Withers, DFCCapt. Hutch StilgenbauerDr. Aman

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1:17:56

Dr. Michael Abernethy: Helicopter Doctor: From the...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2024/12/16

Mike Abernethy, MD, DRTM, first joined Emergency Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health as a Med Flight physician and ED attending in 1992. He has been full-time EM faculty, a Clinical Professor, and has served as Chief Flight Physician since 2008. With over 30 years continuous experience and thousands of patient transports, Dr. Abernethy is one of the World’s most experienced helicopter flight physicians.In 2023, Mike was suddenly faced with his own emergent

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1:39:06

Mandy Hickson: First Female Frontline Tornado GR4...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2024/11/25

"Mandy Hickson has over 30 years experience within aviation. She joined the RAF in 1994, and was the first woman to fly the Tornado GR4 on the front line, where she operated in hostile environments, including patrolling the "No Fly" zone over Iraq. Since leaving the RAF, she retrained as a facilitator and coach in human factors where she draws on her experience of calculated risk-taking, decision-making under pressure and the critical role of the human in the system, to transfer vivd lessons from

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1:26:34

Capt. Sam Soderberg: Human Factors from the Cockpit...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2024/11/06

Captain Sam Soderberg is an F-35 pilot with the Wisconsin Air National Guard 115th Fighter Wing. This 5th Generation fast jet is the World's most technological advanced fighter, and requires elite level performance skills to be selected to operate it.In this episode we sit down and talk to Sam about his journey from flying in a Cessna as a kindergarten kid, to joining the Air National Guard and working his way to the iconic F-16, and then onto the F-35. As a pilot of this incredible jet, he shares

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1:10:30

Alan Stein, Jr. : High Performance Lessons from the...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2024/10/16

Alan Stein, Jr. is an experienced keynote speaker and author. At his core, he’s a performance coach with a passion for helping business leaders change behaviors. He spent 15+ years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet (including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and Kobe Bryant). Through his customized programs, he transfers his unique expertise to maximize both individual and organizational performance. Alan is a dynamic storyteller who delivers practical,

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1:50:13

Liz McConaghy: The Highs and The Lows from the...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2024/09/25

Liz McConaghy was the longest serving female crewman on the Royal Air Force Chinook Fleet spanning a 17-year career flying on the aircraft.Originally from a small town in Co. Down Northern Ireland she attended RAF Cranwell on her 19th birthday to begin her exciting career thereafter on Chinook Helicopters. She was the youngest aircrew to deploy to Iraq aged just 21 and also the only female crewman on the Chinook wing for 4 years, so her story is completely unique. Her career saw her amass 2

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1:14:16

Mitchell Daly: Backyard Dreams to College World...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2024/09/04

We all as children have dreams. Many a backyard or neighborhood field will play out a game-winning hit or goal to win World Cup glory. But few go on on to live this moment for real.Mitchell Daly is a professional baseball player, and a recent graduate from the University of Kentucky where he was a starting member of their College World Series baseball team. In Kentucky's first ever appearance in this tournament, Mitchell hit glory, with a 2-out walk-off home run in extra innings to seal victory

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1:42:30

Dr. Aman Hussain: Performance Coach. From the...

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2024/08/14

Dr Aman Hussain is a Performance Consultant, and Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Health at the University of Winnipeg. He travelled with a team of Sports Psychologists to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has a rich knowledge and experience with performance coaching in sports and the performing arts. He is know researching how performance coaches can help those in medicine, and other high-risk, high consequence professions. He received his PhD from the University of

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1:17:39

Capt. Hutch Stilgenbauer, MD, EMT-P

Ordinary to Extraordinary - The Podcast ·

2024/07/25

"What keeps you awake at night?" That was a question asked to Capt. Hutch Stilgenbauer, MD, and one that has fueled his drive and determination to forge his career pathway. Not all routes to extraordinary are straight, and Hutch shares his early experiences of failures and how he overcame them to realize his dreams. Now a paramedic, a former Air Force Tactical Air Control Party, an EM physician, pre-hospital flight doctor, and a member of the Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team, we unwrap the

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