CrossingTheLine with Katie&Jacket

Send us Fan Mail This weeks guest, Kim Brandenburg, is a local Nurse Practitioner at Columbus Medical Center. Kim joined us to talk about her journey in her professional career as well as discuss new advancements with the healthcare field in general. This was such a fun podcast...and not surprising, Jacket and I got the giggles again that I was scared we weren't going to come back from.  List...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks guest was none other than one of my very best friends, Kendra Knopik! Kendra talked to us about her experience working as a dental hygienist, about how she learned she was going to be a mother when she never planned to be one, about why she chose not to vaccinate her daughter, about learning her Dad had stage 4 cancer and how she helped him change his lifestyle/outcome,...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks guest, Jeff Thomas, joined us to chat about various interesting stories he's accrued throughout his lifetime!  Stories about participating in civil war reenactments, transporting prison inmates that resulted into him getting his very own traumatic brain injury, being an extra on famous movies, and finally cleaning up crime scenes! (True crime Katie was VERY excited...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks guest, Kirk Westring, joined us to talk about various life changing events that lead him to where he's at today; owning and running a small town hardware store in Humphrey, Nebraska!  I don't want to give too much away here, so in short, we discussed how he helped recover Brett's body from the river, how he got in a bad accident while racing in a hobby st...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered what your massage therapist is actually thinking about when you're laying on their table for 30, 60, or 90 minutes?  This weeks guest, Chrissy Robb, joined us to tell us all about it! Chrissy has been a licensed massage therapist for 16 years!   Several lines were crossed with the obvious questions people may have always wondered or joked about, but Chrissy answ...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks guest, Clint Leifeld, taught us a thing or two about what broadcasting should actually look like! Clint has been a professional radio DJ for Nebraska's hit station, US92 for a combined 10 years, and has worked in the radio business for 14 years. Join us for your "drive at 5" to hear all about the ins and outs of the radio business and some other fun surpr...

Send us Fan Mail Return guest, Brandyn Berlin, joined us to tell us how his whipple surgery went and update us on how the recovery process is going.  Brandyns surgery was actually delayed a few weeks due to an unfortunate accident with burning spray foam....you'll get to hear all about that as well!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Just when she got through the tragedy of losing her older brother in freak accident, tragedy struck again.....and then again. This weeks guest, Becky VanWinkle, is no stranger to tragedy and grief.  Becky shares her story of how she survived losing both of her brothers and a second father figure in her life, all in a matter of a few short years. She tells us what helped her cope a...

Send us Fan Mail In a split second on the evening of September 20th, 2013, everything in Craig Engels life changed drastically after an automobile accident left him in a coma for 20 days, fighting for his life.  Craig tells us about the accident and what life was like following having to learn to live with a Traumatic Brain Injury.  Craig is truly an inspiration, and we are so happy he sat down wi...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks guest, Tiffany Preister, walks us through her journey of catching covid when she was 27 weeks pregnant with her 4th child. Her condition took a dive for the worse very rapidly and eventually landed her in the ICU fighting for her life. After 34 days on a ventilator with 22 of those days being sedated/paralyzed, Tiffany was on the road to recovery. Hear her heroic story...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder what it would feel like to put your hand through a meat grinder? This weeks guest, Josh Rathje, joined us to tell you all about it! At the young age of 9, Josh had the unthinkable happen while helping his family butcher a cow on his farm in Iowa.  Josh tells us how that experience helped to shape his life and career into what it is today!  Plus a few bonus "Jacket...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone truly has their own story. This weeks guest, Debbie Clement, has experienced plenty of hardships in her life that most of us wouldn't wish on their worst enemies.  Debbie was in an out of foster homes up until the age of 15, when her boss at the time saw something more in her applied to be a foster parent to take her in.   Later in life, Debbie married a marine and t...

Send us Fan Mail Back by popular demand, our return guest, Darrell Choat joined us again last night! We picked his brain about the recent events that happed in Pennsylvania at the presidential rally last weekend. And while that revolved around politics which I do NOT like talking about, we actually kept things very neutral and not that political at all!  We really enjoyed these discussions with Da...

Send us Fan Mail Trigger warning times 3 guys! I have had a handful of people tell me they don't like listening to the super sad stories. If you're one of those people-you might want to steer clear of this episode because it had all three of us crying at times talking through Taylors stories. This weeks guest, Taylor Thornton, has been through more tough losses than anyone should've...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks guest was a headlining stand up comedian from Des Moines, IA, Ed Burroughs!  However, a car accident caused Ed to become a paraplegic at the age of 16, so Ed uses the term "Stand up Comedian" very lightly.  Ed's story is incredibly inspiring, informational and as a bonus it will have you laughing along the way! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The man, the myth, the....Extreme Bull Rider?? Andy Johnson, a.k.a. Big Johnson joined us this week to talk about his brilliant idea of riding a Bull at the county fair to raise money for Brandyns fight against cancer.  Join us as we talk about...well a lot of random things! lol Trucking stories, senior pranks, kittens and more!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A parents worst nightmare. Being woken up to find your 9 month old son floating face down in the bathtub.  Kenzie Fielder joins us this week to tell the horrifying story of how it all went down, how her son miraculously survived, and how her nightmare continued the day they were able to come home from the hospital.  Kenzie shares with us how her outlook on life has changed since h...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our first BONUS episode! Sometimes things can't wait a week to be heard.....this is one of them! Since Brandyn's episode about his battle with pancreatic cancer went live....people he had never met in his life are now reunited with him, including his biological father.  Folks.....if you don't get goosebumps at least once listening to this episode...you ar...

Send us Fan Mail Ever talked to someone who went down in a TH-67A Helicopter and lived to tell the tale? Jacket and I can officially say that we have-for two captivating hours!  This weeks guest, Bill Score, talks us through the day of the crash, how it went down, and what caused it to begin with. He also told us about his experiences in his tours overseas, and the hardships he faced serving in th...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks guest was none other than Jackets older brother, Stephen Henn! Stephen shared some fun stories about growing up with Jacket in "The Burg" and tells us the  whole truth on a few of Jackets ticket stories.  Let's just say-Iiii had a ton of fun this episode! Minus learning more about what goes on in hog barns that now goes on in my nightmares instead..... DO...

Send us Fan Mail We took a week to recap our current episodes and record the last episode of our first SEASON! What a ride this has been!  I don't want to give too much away about other topics we talked about....but I will say I had to take a few breaks to get my composure from laughing about yet another REAL story from Jackets past.  And to honor Brett and all of the veterans....I somehow go...

Send us Fan Mail The words no one wants to ever hear. "You have cancer." This weeks guest experienced what it was like to hear just that.  In January of this year, after a few tests, the doctor sat down this weeks guest, Brandyn Berlin, and told him the unfortunate news that he has pancreatic cancer at the age of 45.  Brandyn takes us through his journey of how he found out, what his ini...

Send us Fan Mail Talk about a life story! This weeks guest was Darrell Choat. I thought I knew what to expect when we started recording this episode....boy was I wrong! I learned a lot....up to the last minute when I found out what the harmonica song I picked this week is actually about-which completely blew my mind-make sure you listen to the last second!  It's hard to even summarize the con...

Send us Fan Mail Valentines Day in 2011 wasn't a day filled with love and flowers for this weeks guest, Bob Dodds. Instead it turned into a night of "kill or be killed" that ultimately resulted in one man losing his life.  In this episode, Bob bravely tells us the story of that fateful night, the events leading up to the incident, and what it was like navigating through the aftermat...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks episode features the current Mayor of Genoa, Nebraska-Josh Elm! In this episode, Josh talks about the years that he Mayor......may not have dabbled in narcotics (bet you can't guess which ones) and found himself in a 12 year battle with addiction. One traffic stop, a ride to jail, and a 23 day stay at Valley Hope later, he was on his way to a better life! Support t...