Papa Tango Sierra Delta

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first unedited, single-take recording into the depths of my mind. Hopefully you enjoy the journey... regardless, there will be no refunds. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.si...

Send us Fan Mail Police operations dispatcher. Domestic abuse victim. National paraplegic athlete. Stacey Tetz has consistently found a way to break through each obstacle put in front of her. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatango...

Send us Fan Mail Nathan Kapler, medically-retired Mountie and host of the Ten-Thirty Three podcast, shares his journey from joining the Force at a young age, recognising something was mentally wrong at only two years service, his requests for help, his battle to find sobriety, his twelve years of service, his retirement, and the story behind his podcast, which has been vocalising the realities of...

Send us Fan Mail At 18 years old, Evan Birch began his career with emergency services in Alberta. Twenty years later, after saving countless lives and not yet the ripe old age of 40, he has learned to not only accept his PTSD diagnosis, but how to "run" the gauntlets imposed by the injury.  Evan joins the show to discuss a little about his pre-PTSD journey, with more focus  about his wor...

Send us Fan Mail Patty Smith joined the reg forces at a time there were not many other women in the Army. At 30 years service - experiencing misogyny and traumatic memories of driving amongst land mines in the fields of Bosnia - and just days away from retirement, she was ordered to be assessed for potential mental health injuries. Medically retired, hospitalised as a result of domestic violence,...

Send us Fan Mail At 13 years old, he used cocaine with his drug-addicted dad. In high school, he kicked ass on the football field. Then he joined the United States Marine Corps and later served in Desert Storm (Kuwait), where he witnessed the horrors of war. When he came home and struggled with operational stress injuries, he found God. Meet Greg Munck, a USMC combat-promoted veteran, diagnosed wi...

Send us Fan Mail Shaun Taylor, retired Tier 1 special operations forces assaulter/sniper, retired high-performance race coach and current podcaster on "The Collective", joins the show to talk about the changes in physiology, lifestyle and mindset that are required to not only achieve post traumatic growth, but to also discover the best version of you. ***WARNING: this podcast contains gr...

Send us Fan Mail As a first responder, horrible scenes are often the only places you spend time with first responders of other services. The YXEFRFF committee of five have been changing that reality. Saskatoon police  officer Ang McEwen and paramedic Nathan Rollack, both of YXE First Responders Fitness Festival, speak about their success last year, the money they have raised for mental health and...

Send us Fan Mail Brady Hoffman, a Staff Sergeant with the British Columbia Sheriff Service, shares his journey from mental health decline to suicidal ideations, and his eventual return to work with new found hope and appreciation. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierr...

Send us Fan Mail September Froggley’s personal journey has led her to the conclusion that any hope of curing mental health is not about pills, but rather human connection.  Depression, drugs, disassociation, addiction, stints in rehab, addictions again, suicide, grief, and a culminating attempt to save others.     This is how one amazing woman is fanning the flames of change. ***WARNING: this podc...

Send us Fan Mail They say that all good things must come to end. If that's the case, then by logic, all bad things must also come to an end, otherwise no other good things would happen.  This episode will always be very, very special on account of my co-host... who I'll leave unnamed here.  Just take the time to listen... it's a fairly relaxing, yet transitional journey. ***WARNING:...

Send us Fan Mail The episode starts with Shaun Taylor, a paramedic in Ontario and one of the founding members of I've Got Your Back 911 , at the 2023 World Police & Fire Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It finishes as a collaboration episode with the 911 Strong Podcast. Aram Choe and Kristen Jauregui of the El Monte Police Department in California interview Larry, who also interviews them, fo...

Send us Fan Mail Eric Tung, a Washington State police officer and the host of Blue Grit Radio, breathes & bleeds blue. On this collaboration episode, which is being simultaneously released on Blue Grit Radio and the Papa Tango Sierra Delta podcast, Eric discusses the realities of policing as a career of high stress and high trauma, the difficulties of talking about our experiences, the current...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea & Lawrence Christensen. Husband & wife on the same episode... you get to experience life when one spouse has PTS(D). Lawrence speaks about his time in the Canadian Armed Forces and the scars it left. Andrea speaks about falling in love with a man who bore scars, how she has worked to support him, and what it's like for her trying to do this all on her own witho...

Send us Fan Mail Tired of death notifications, fatal motor vehicle collisions, and arresting criminals who were released quicker than paperwork could be completed, Chris Whittemore left his gig as a Texas State Trooper in 2004 and returned to the United States Marine Corps. 2005. Ramadi, Iraq. Sniper. 2007: Fallujah, Iraq. Weapons Tech. 2010: Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Crew Chief / Door Gunner...

Send us Fan Mail 2009. Dawson Creek, British Columbia. On day one of work, the unit's first (and still only) female firefighter is pulled aside by her most senior Captain. He said, "There's something you need to know. If you get yourself in any trouble, we're not coming to save you. You're on your own." 14 years later, with 4 shifts remaining until retirement, A/Capt....

Send us Fan Mail While planning to commit suicide, Chad Kennedy dove into a bottle of Captain Morgan rum. Intoxication spilled into social media when he posted a promise to walk the country for post traumatic stress awareness. Rather than abandon the idea when sober, he instead embraced it... and in doing so, Sea to Sea for PTSD was born. Recorded live and on location at Ol' Biddy's Brew...

Send us Fan Mail Derrick May summarizes his journey as a lifelong project. It unarguably has been a bumpy ride on a treacherous road through storm after storm. Despite that, he keeps pushing through until he falls... then he picks himself up and pushes through again. Sexually molested as a child, Derrick chose a life in the Canadian Armed Forces to get away from his hometown of Saint John, New Bru...

Send us Fan Mail Forensic psychologist. Clinical psychologist. Subject-matter Expert in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Author of PTSD Unplugged . Meet Dr. Pamela Hall. During the episode, "Dr. Pam" speaks in understandable language about trauma and how it affects the brain, including intrusive memories, dissociation, nightmares, hyper vigilance, and her insight about misuse of the term...

Send us Fan Mail Daniel Sundahl is well experienced with operational stress injuries. After all, his many years of work as a registered advanced care paramedic led to a plethora of traumatic experiences that eventually cost him his memory, his marriage and his will to live. A team of mental health professionals helped Daniel embark on a journey towards recovery. During the episode, Daniel also spe...

Send us Fan Mail Jan-Pierre (J.P.) Cervantes - decorated Green Beret who, after 17 years of service, retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 from a Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha - is an entrepreneur who uses his military skills and leadership to help others succeed. He is the founder of Nous Defions Group (a business owned and operated by Special Operations veterans providing services t...

Send us Fan Mail Cst. Patrick Tilma, currently posted to the Terrace RCMP Detachment in British Columbia, shares the struggles during his 14 months off-duty due to PTSD... which includes the unavailability of psychologists, culture toxicity, alcohol use as a coping mechanism, lack of support, and his prayers to die while sleeping. Patrick also speaks to the necessities that he required to improve...

Send us Fan Mail REBOOT for military. REBOOT for first responders. REBOOT for everyone. Here, different groups are provided different recovery paths.  Andrea Rider (former police officer) and Scott McPherson (combat veteran; current firefighter & EMT) join the show to chat about PTS(I) and the faith-based trauma healing courses, training, and online community offered by REBOOT Recovery... as w...

Send us Fan Mail As a RCMP dispatcher with the Southern Alberta Operational Communications Centre, Sinead Holstein was told that since she wasn't a police officer, she could never get PTSD.  It didn't take long before she learned otherwise. Medically retired as a Civilian Member, Sinead talks about her 16 years of service in emergency dispatch, which included a plethora of calls for help...

Send us Fan Mail On February 7, 1992, as a 19 year old Navy recruit, she was raped in barracks. She was then charged & dismissed from the military.  On May 25, 1998, she was on the cover of Maclean’s magazine to share her story. Her brutal assault was then buried until 16 years later, when another victim spoke out about being raped while serving. That’s when the walls finally started to crumbl...