Tales from the Tailboard Podcast

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Tales from the Tailboard brings real, unfiltered stories from firefighters, EMTs, medics, nurses, and first responders. Hosted by Isaac, this podcast blends raw experiences, mindset talks, tough lessons, humor, and behind-the-scenes medicine. Each episode features guests sharing how the job shapes them, challenges them, and changes them. If it’s part of the culture, we talk about it, honest, blunt, and for the ones who live it.

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Tales from the Tailboard Podcast

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Ep. #2 Silvio Falance - Tales from the Tailboard Podcast 09.12.2025 45:45

In this episode, Silvio shares his journey into EMS, a path sparked by his brother and a high-school EMT program that changed everything. He opens up about discovering the “caring aspect” of the job, navigating the challenges of early anatomy lessons, and confronting death for the first time. Silvio breaks down his time in interfacility transfers, the brutal fatigue, and the moment he decided to a...

Ep. #1 Samantha Green - Tales from the Tailboard Podcast 08.12.2025 1:04:23

On this first episode, Isaac sits down with Samantha Green, a newly certified paramedic whose journey into EMS has been anything but simple. Samantha opens up about the challenges of studying while married, the different learning styles she and her husband developed back in EMT school, and how those differences shaped the pressure, stress, and growth they experienced along the way. Before paramedi...