The Readiness Lab
Disaster Tough Podcast
The Disaster Tough Podcast is for emergency managers, by emergency managers. We share stories, lessons learned, and tips to help you make informed decisions. Our host, John Scardena is a former Federal Emergency Response Official with Type 1 response experience. He now leads Doberman Emergency Management, from which this is being recorded. Our guests are also field experts who provide their insights in our conversation based podcast. Discussions with emergency managers revolve around the entire disaster life-cycle. We provide solutions based on training and backed by data. We share experiences...
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Jun 26, 2026
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Director Brian Gard - Office of Emergency Management | University of Tennessee 01.10.2024 35:31
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices -------------------------- “Grow where you’re planted.” This week’s guest in the Disaster Tough Podcast has seen this statement come to fruition in his professi...
EM Specialist Chris Housley | United States Air Force 24.09.2024 27:30
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices A true passion for Emergency Management is best manifested when one has it for the readiness or "front end" side of things instead of ONLY the response side. This...
Senior Manager Kevin Dye | Executive Protection & Threat Assessment Professional 19.09.2024 43:11
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices NOTE: This episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast was recorded soon after the FIRST assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. As such, it does NO...
Security Expert Patrick Kane - Global Security | Travel & Global Risk Management 10.09.2024 32:22
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices While most of us can’t always see around corners to see what risks might await us, thanks to people like Patrick Kane, we don’t always have to. Patrick is recog...
Risk & Resilience Executive David Mitchell, MBA | Financial Services Industry 03.09.2024 31:53
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices Few things change how we live more than a crisis affecting our financial stability. As a result, many experts are ready and able to give sound investment and mone...
Public Affairs Officer Amy Forsythe - U.S. Navy 27.08.2024 40:25
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." This quote from Helen Keller personifies the relationship agencies need to get effective information out...
Lieutenant General Jeffrey Buchanan - U.S. Army (Retired) 20.08.2024 35:28
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices "Unity of Effort: It doesn't matter who is in charge. How can you lend a hand and help?" This is just one of the many pearls of wisdom shared in this week's episo...
Chief Operating Officer Jerome Lebleu - Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) 14.08.2024 32:06
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices "Deliver(ing) immediate response and long-term recovery solutions to underserved communities across the globe" is the mission of the nonprofit, Community Organized...
Senior Director Denise Whisman - Emergency Management, Enterprise Risk & Resilience | ASU 06.08.2024 34:36
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices The charter at Arizona State University says, "We are measured not by whom we exclude, but by whom we include and how they succeed." As the Senior Director of Emer...
Manager Michael Tobin - Emergency Operations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport 30.07.2024 36:47
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices Charlotte, North Carolina is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. As such, its airport continues to grow and adjust to the increased amount of...
Senior Director Sweta Patel | Convergence Threat Intelligence & Business Continuity at Lowe's Companies, Inc. 26.07.2024 40:15
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices "Never stop improving." This tagline from the popular ad campaign for the Lowe's Home Improvement stores describes the process by which the company's Senior...
Here's To Grinding - Bonus Track DTP 17.07.2024 3:44
July 2017: Forms Doberman Emergency Management Group LLC. What is exhaustion? We talk so much about taking frequent breaks, getting burned out, quiet quitting, needing "me time," etc. But I don't think we talk enough anymore about sucking it up, doing your best, keeping your commitments, putting others first, putting the mission first. Stress is good for the soul. A difficult challenge is even be...
Specialist Anisha Borthakur | Emergency Management Specialist, City & County of Denver 16.07.2024 31:45
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices Interoperability, collaboration, and empowerment. These are just some of the principles incorporated by the City and County of Denver Office of Emergency M...
Editor Gwyn Winfield - CBRNe World Magazine 09.07.2024 42:27
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices "Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience," said American writer, Denis Waitley. This...
Vice President Drew Neikirk of JP Morgan Chase 02.07.2024 44:36
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices Emergency Management and disaster readiness is an ever-growing industry, and part of that growth in recent years includes working hand in hand with other maj...
Founder & CEO Nathan Miller - Miller Ink, Inc. 25.06.2024 42:07
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices What do the Los Angeles Dodgers, United Nations, Facebook, and hit TV show "Stranger Things" have in common? All are entities close to the heart of this week...
Director Christopher Godley - Office of Emergency Management, Stanford University 18.06.2024 39:37
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices "You don't need to know everything. You do need to be able to make things happen." This week's guest in the Disaster Tough Podcast, Christopher Godley has b...
Director Lee Nelson - Ambipar Response Training Center 11.06.2024 33:55
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices “It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Get used to acting outside the box.” This quote attributed to renowned entrepreneur and investor, Tim Ferris d...
Asst. Special Agent in Charge Chip Cooke, US Drug Enforcement Administration 04.06.2024 43:58
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices One of the main goals of the Disaster Tough Podcast is to stay current regarding issues facing the world of emergency response, and overall leadership. Today's epi...
Deputy Emergency Manager Rob Dale - Ingham County 28.05.2024 33:25
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices Sometimes our passion grows from facing our fears. Today's guest in the Disaster Tough Podcast, Rob Dale, relates to this sentiment. Rob Dale is an Emergency Manag...
Emergency Preparedness Specialist Jake Babb - Omaha Public Power District 21.05.2024 32:57
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices In disaster readiness and response, experience may be the most necessary, but also unfortunate attribute needed. This week's guest in the Disaster Tough Podc...
Branch Chief John Conklin - Pentagon 14.05.2024 38:51
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices Even those who protect us need protection. John Conklin knows this well and with more than 30 years of experience as an Emergency Management practitioner, he wo...
Emergency Momagers Take Over DTP 07.05.2024 31:45
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices It's been said that three is a crowd, but four is a party. This week's episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast lives up to that moniker as four Emergency "Momager...
Leading the way with Colorado DHSEM Director Michael Willis 30.04.2024 42:50
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices “They are a mile ahead” is a common way to describe when someone is doing things more effectively than others. In Colorado, this saying is true every day just by...
Leading the Right Way with Chief Walt Lewis 23.04.2024 38:04
Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation! Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content! #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservices Doing the right thing even when no one is looking is often believed to be the best way to determine a person’s true character. In this episode of the Disaster T...
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