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Behind The Shield

Bringing the greatest minds in mental and physical wellness to the men and women who serve our communities.

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38:22

Bethany Hamilton (Overcoming Trauma, Conservation and...

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2025/09/27

Bethany Hamilton is one of the world's most elite surfers, despite losing an arm at age 13. She is an author and the subject of her new documentary "Unstoppable". We discuss discovering her passion, overcoming physical and mental trauma, pregnancy, motherhood, chasing excellence and much more.Bethany Hamilton has become a source of inspiration to millions through her story of determination, faith, and hope. At the age of 13, Bethany lost her left arm to a 14-foot tiger shark, which seemed to end her

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95:01

Tom Hewitt II (Elevating Communities Through Surfing,...

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2025/09/25

Tom Hewitt MBE, is founder and CEO of Surfers Not Street Children. He has worked in the field with street children in Africa for over 28 years. In 1998 he founded the Durban Street Team which went on to be renamed Surfers Not Street Children in 2012. Tom was awarded and MBE by HRH Queen Elizabeth II in 2011 for his work with street children in Africa.Tom is perhaps most well known for his successful advocacy campaign to end the forced removals of street children in Durban, South Africa. These

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87:36

Dr Ben Sessa II (The Psychedelic Renaissance, MDMA...

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2025/09/24

Dr Ben Sessa is a psychiatrist, author and one of the world’s leading researchers into the potential benefits of psychedelic drugs in a clinical or therapeutic setting. In this second conversation, we discuss the success of MDMA assisted psychotherapy, the psychedelic renaissance, British knife crime, the fiscal benefits of preventative healthcare and so much more.As a medical doctor, Dr Sessa provides psychiatric consultation through Bristol-based Mandala Therapy Limited, while his research focuses

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151:07

Aaron Heller II (Motivating the Next Generation of...

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2025/09/21

Aaron Heller began his fire service career in 1984. He recently retired as a Deputy Chief in the Hamilton NJ Fire Department assigned to oversee the Training Division. He previously served as the Fire Chief for the Hamilton Township Fire District #9. Deputy Chief Heller is a NJ Level 2 instructor and NJ fire official. He is a past chief of the New Egypt Volunteer Fire Company, where he currently serves s a fireman. He is a past chairman of the Plumsted Township Board of Fire Commissioners. Heller is

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72:32

Nimsdai (Ghurka Warrior Courage, Breaking...

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2025/09/20

Nimsdai is a former Ghurka, member of the British SBS, record breaking mountaineer and author. We discuss his powerful journey into the special forces, Project Possible, mountain rescues, his new book "Beyond Possible",, environmentalism, forging an indomitable spirit and so much more.Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja MBEBorn in Nepal, Nims had a distinguished 16-year military career, of which he spent 6 years as a Ghurka and 10 years with the UK Special Forces (SBS). He has since become a truly historic

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148:06

Dr John Sullivan (Clinical Sports Psychology, Forging...

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2025/09/18

Dr. John P. Sullivan is a Clinical Sport Psychologist and Sport Scientist who currently serves as the Head of Psychology at High Performance Sport New Zealand. With over 30 years of clinical, academic, and applied experience, he is internationally recognized for his contributions to the integration of psychology, neuroscience, and human performance. From 2000 to 2016, Dr. Sullivan served as Director of Sports Science and Clinical Care with the New England Patriots (NFL), playing a key role during

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130:15

Carl Mackenzie (Filmmaking, Military Homecoming and...

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2025/09/16

Carl Mackenzie is an award winning Writer & Director, who is passionate about creating commercially accessible stories with a social commentary. We discuss his journey into filmmaking, veteran mental health, knife crime and so much more. Carl is a member of Directors UK and BAFTA. In 2016, Carl made his directorial debut with short film 'The Interrogation of Olivia Donovan'. The film screened at a special showcase at BAFTA 195 and was also awarded the Jury Special Mention for Outstanding UK Film

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104:06

Harry Turner II (Saving the Amazon Rainforest,...

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2025/09/14

Harry Turner is an Emmy winning filmmaker, with his film and life story – Wildcat. He deployed with the British Army at 18 and returned home with severe PTSD. With his life forever changed and not knowing what the future held, he left everything behind and fled to the Amazon rainforest. There, Harry found the peace his mind so desperately needed, but it opened the door to so much more healing. He had the opportunity to also heal two orphaned ocelots, and it awakened something indescribable in him

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156:11

Jules and Gédéon Naudet ( Eyewitness Accounts of...

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2025/09/13

Jules and Gédéon Naudet are the French brothers behind the documentaries 9/11, November 13 and Notre Dame to name a few. We discuss their childhood in Paris, studying film in NYU, what took them to the FDNY, their accounts of September 11, the heroism at the 2015 Paris attacks, saving Paris' most treasured landmark and so much more.Jules and Gedeon Naudet, brothers and filmmakers, shot, produced and directed the iconic documentary 9/11, which has been compared, for its historical significance, to

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64:56

Aye Hood (Using Comedy to Unite America) - Episode 1135

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2025/09/12

Aye Hood is a former rapper turned comedian from Shreveport. We discuss his childhood in Louisiana, the power of parenting, what pulls our youth into gangs, using social media for good, drug prohibition and so much more.

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130:24

Mike Binney (Firefighter Sleep Research, Shift...

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2025/09/09

Mike Binney is a Battalion Chief at West Metro Fire Rescue in Lakewood, Colorado, with over 15 years of operational experience. He holds a Master of Public Administration in Emergency Management and Policy from the University of Colorado and recently earned his Master of Public Health in Health Informatics from Yale University, where he also served as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Bioethics. His research focuses on firefighter health and wellness, leveraging biometric data and predictive

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105:00

Jim Poole II (Saving Lives with NuCalm, Brain Injury...

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2025/09/07

Jim Poole is Chairman, President and CEO of Solace Lifesciences, Inc., maker of NuCalm® which is a neuroscience technology designed to relieve stress and improve sleep quality without drugs. In this second conversation, we discuss NuCalm's new Stress Assessment, cancer prevention, shift work, brain injury and so much more.Mr. Poole is an accomplished business executive with extensive experience in the healthcare, biotechnology, dental, market research, and IT industries. He manages the strategic

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108:09

Johann Hari (The Healing Power of Community,...

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2025/09/06

Johann Hari is the author of "Chasing the Scream" and "Lost Connections", two of the most powerful books ever written on addiction and mental health. We discuss his childhood trauma, the mental health crisis, the history of drug prohibition, the failure of the "War on Drugs", learning from other countries and much more.Johann Hari is the author of two New York Times best-selling books. His first, ‘Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’, is currently being adapted into a

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132:56

Mitch Aguiar (War Propoganda, Jiujitsu in Law...

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2025/09/04

Mitch Aguiar is a 10 year Navy SEAL Veteran, Professional MMA Fighter and Entrepreneur. In this conversation, we discuss his journey into the military, war propoganda, the industrial military complex, teaching BJJ to law enforcement, juice fasting and so much more. His non-profit needs our support. Please consider donating to help make law enforcement safer for all. Mitch joined the Navy in 2008 and went straight to BUDS (Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL) training and graduated with BUDS class 273

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103:05

Doug, Raul and Chris (Organizational Betrayal, the...

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2025/09/02

Doug Monda, Raul Rivas and Chris Fields are co-hosts of the 'Trauma Behind the Badge Podcast' and part of the 'Survive First' Family. We discuss the crushing impact of organizational betrayal on first responder mental health, the national recruitment crisis, courageous leadership and much more. Doug MondaDoug is a retired narcotics agent, is a leader in the field of mental health advocacy for first responders and their families. After his own personal struggles with depression and a failed suicide

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73:22

Joel Salatin III (How to Actually Make America...

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2025/08/31

Joel Salatin is a world renowned holistic farmer, author and speaker. In this third conversation, we discuss how to truly make America healthy again, changing the food in our schools, the takeways of the pandemic, home cooking and so much more. Joel calls himself a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Others who like him call him the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture, and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. Those

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98:50

Dave Grossman II (The Mulitple Factors Contributing...

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2025/08/30

Lt Col Dave Grossman is a retired Army Ranger and author of several books including "On Combat", "On Killing" and "Assassination Generation". We talk about being a Sheepdog, the increase in school murders and much more.Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, and speaker who is one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime. Col. Grossman is a former West Point psychology professor, Professor

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134:06

Shawn Downs (The Potomac River Aircraft Crash,...

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2025/08/28

Shawn Downs is a 25 year veteran of the fire service, currently serving as Deputy Fire Chief of Operations in the District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department. We discuss his journey into the fire service, 9/11, their 24/72 shift schedule, the January 6th Capital Attack, the response to the Potomac River arcraft crash, DC's wellness initiatives and so much more."Throughout my career, I have undertaken several initiatives to enhance firefighter safety and health. My team was able to enhance our

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99:39

Katie Hansen (Wingsuit Freeflying, Hollywood Stunts...

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2025/08/26

Katie Hansen, a passionate and talented skydiver and BASE jumper, has been active in the sport since 2003. Her journey began with a jump the day before her high school graduation in Bremerton, WA. Katie's expertise spans wingsuit flying, freeflying, and canopy swooping. She has wingsuit BASE jumped worldwide, including Baffin Island, and competed in events like the World Wingsuit League (WWL) base races and Red Bull ACES. Her level-headed approach and continuous learning make her a standout in the

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87:08

Julien Pineau VI (The Pandemic, Destruction of the...

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2025/08/24

Julien Pineau is a world renowned movement specialist and innovator. Julien specializes in getting athletes out of pain my identifying muscle imbalances and correcting them with functional movements. In this sixth conversation, we discuss the damage the pandemic had on the world's health, the fitness industry, influencers, wokeism, his training philosophy and so much more. Sports have been a part of Julien’s life since he was young and he’s been a state and national champion in a number of sports

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