The Suffering Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Episode 90: The Suffering of Guns with Dave Voorhees  Show Description  Veteran police officer Dave Voorhees has seen it all. From life-saving calls, to life taking calls. Dave has never lost his vision as to why he took this job which was to protect life and serve the public. Taking it one step further, Dave has chose to be an advocate for safe gun ownership, keeping guns in the...

Send us Fan Mail C lark Fredericks has experience suffering on a level that very few can imagine. Growing up in a small town in New Jersey and coming from a middle-class family, Clark saw all the possibilities that life could offer. A chance meeting with a neighbor caused his world to crumble.  Clark tells his story on this episode about how he was targeted, groomed, molested, and ultimately Raped...

Send us Fan Mail Theresa Agostinelli has devoted her life to the healing of those who serve us selflessly. After working through her past, Professor T, as she is so affectionately called, has developed a system on how to overcome and cope with life‘s struggles. With a concentration on first responders and veterans, Professor T has devoted her life to taking care of the mental well-being of those t...

Send us Fan Mail You can’t have a sound mind without having a sound body. First responders are experts at taking care of others but really bad at taking care of themselves. Linda Yasin has dedicated herself to the betterment of the overall health and wellness of those that take care of us.  Linda is the first responder liaison to Xbody which focuses on a total body health system. First responders...

Send us Fan Mail Very seldomly in this life do we get to hear about history from a participant. Bob Gibson was a young man who was compelled to fight for his country during World War II. He found himself entering into the unknown as he landed on the beach during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.  At 98 years old the memories are as fresh now as when they first happened.  After D-day was over, th...

Send us Fan Mail Several years ago the cannabis industry in New Jersey and nationwide was a big gamble. The future looked promising but the roadblocks and hurdles that needed to be overcome were numerous enlarge.  Diana McElroy was willing to take on that risk and Suffering entering into a career where the future looked bright however the lens was clouded with doubt.  Diana dove headfirst into thi...

Send us Fan Mail Mark Hettinger had a calling to serve others. Entering into a life of service to help others does not mean you are robotic and void of a personal life. Aside from being a great fireman, Marc is also a very proud gay man. This in no way impedes his ability to do the work that is required. We are often taught not to bring our personal lives into our jobs, until our personal lives ar...

Send us Fan Mail Charlie Cifarelli is one of the rare individuals alive today that has seen it all.  After being born into hell and taking a step further down in the into the next level, Charlie was able to rise from the depths and sit in purgatory while he found some sort of balance. After a successful career as a corrections officer, then as the owner of a large trash business, Charlie was final...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Ron Lewis has been in the Christian ministry for over 30 years. Out of the ashes of the tragedy of 9/11 Every Nation‘s church was born from Pastor Lewises vision. His word of hope and community resonated through his belief in serendipitous life events that bring us closer to our faith. Reshaping tragedy has become a hallmark of how Pastor Lewis shapes his congregation’s vis...

Send us Fan Mail From a childhood in a neighborhood where the ending story could go either way, Mike Codella chose to take a career path to enforce the law rather than break it.  Needing a change, Mike joined the NYPD in 1983 and never looked back.  Truly believing in his life’s mission, to make a difference, he matriculated up the ladder in the dangerous world of undercover work in Alphabet City...

Send us Fan Mail With Erica Blue and Catherine Angel Police are taught to take the pain and trauma they witnessed and buried deep never allowing it to resurface. This unhealthy behavior leads to some tragic outcomes. Blue suicide is at epidemic levels in police work has the highest suicide rate amongst any job. Erica Blue and Catherine Angel are in the studio to try to combat this growing problem...

Send us Fan Mail No matter what Seth chose to do in his life, he would’ve been successful. In seeking the intoxicating feeling of being the best, Seth chose a path that resulted in him serving 21 years of a 25 year sentence. Seth chose to use his time wisely receiving multiple college degrees, starting a publishing house, and penning 25 books. After his release, Seth took that wisely used time and...

Send us Fan Mail We don’t realize how difficult a job police work can be. The difficult calls, the stress on their bodies, police were can take a toll on your physical and mental health. On this episode we welcome back Mike DePalma to discuss the suffering of police. All three of us know too well the difficulties, the highs, the lows, and the Suffering that police work involves. In the studio we d...

Send us Fan Mail Kim D has it all. A strong woman who may seem on outward appearances to have a storied life, has seen her share of Suffering. From the loss of the love of her life to losing all anonymity on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Kim has powered through it with her giant heart and no nonsense attitude.  Kim’s perspective on fame and the reality of reality TV is a refreshing look on ho...

Send us Fan Mail Tara Maddalone is one amazing woman who has the most infectious attitude in the face of incredible adversity.  Tara had a life changing diagnosis of breast cancer followed by brain cancer.  After the realization that their is a possibility that life is not as long as it was promised, Tara began her crusade to repair her health, spirit, life, and body back to better than before.  S...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 the conclusion Elvin Hernandez found a dream career that he had chased his whole life.  Just as his dream was being fulfilled and the mountain was climbed, Elvin's life changed in the blink of an eye.  In May of 2015, at the residence of a cousin, the dream would be crushed.  After a police involved shooting, the darkness took over and snatched Elvin's career.  Down the rab...

Send us Fan Mail Elvin Hernandez found a dream career that he had chased his whole life.  Just as his dream was being fulfilled and the mountain was climbed, Elvin's life changed in the blink of an eye.  In May of 2015, at the residence of a cousin, the dream would be crushed.  After a police involved shooting, the darkness took over and snatched Elvin's career.  Down the rabbit hole he went ultim...

Send us Fan Mail Frankie "Steel" Pontillo, in a former life, was a Mafia Soldier in the notorious Columbo Crime Family in New York.  After enduring Suffering and seeing the light, Frankie has made his transition to a new life by taking the lessons learned in his former life to rise with new perspective and appreciation in the value of what is around him today.  There are some incredibly interestin...

Send us Fan Mail There are rare opportunities in life to sit down with someone and have a candid, open and honest conversation about topics that are foreign to you and everything you've experienced.  Ashley Turi is one of those rare people in this world willing to share her perspective on what its like to be trapped in the wrong skin and to finally realize that the gender she was born with is not...

Send us Fan Mail We thrive on the interaction and support of our loyal following.  Each week we take questions from the audience to get our guests perspective on difficult topics.  Often there are too many to air or that may not be topical to the discussion at hand.  On this episode we dive into some great questions from Social Media as we aptly title this The Suffering Of Social Media.  This is a...

Send us Fan Mail Kattia Roman has come to embody the American Dream by moving to this country and dealing with all the Suffering of coming into a foreign land were everything is strange.  The struggles of starting a new life away from everything you knew as a child who experienced her own difficulties in her home country of Costa Rica to find new challenges to overcome in the United States.  By ha...

Send us Fan Mail Mike and I ask our guest week after week to bare their souls to us on air and it would be hypocritical to not do the same.  On this episode we welcome back Heather Julia Campbell who has a set of unique talents as a Psychic Medium and Reiki Master to extract trauma from Us to see if we truly are living by example.  This has been one of the most difficult episodes to record as we l...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Jaeger has spent a Military and Law Enforcement career rife with Suffering.  It took him a long time to realize that Its OK to not be OK.  Through many difficulties, Chris has chosen a path that is best for his mental Health.  In this episode there is a lot a great and useful nuggets of information that could end up saving a life of someone who feels that they have no way ou...

Send us Fan Mail We have come a long way since our critical incidents and talked to so many interesting and unique individuals.  Our opinions have changed, our perspectives have been broadened, and our hearts have been opened.  Its a daily struggle to fight the horrors of the trauma but with this podcast, our weekly group therapy session, we are able to work through our Suffering along with others...

Send us Fan Mail THE CONCLUSION:  PART 2 Bobby Crudele is a very magnetic and energetic personality who happens to be one of the best Law Enforcement Officers in North Jersey.  Outwardly he appeared to be the life of the party.  On the inside, Bobby was fighting a battle that he was losing slowly, the fight with the bottle.  After chasing Alcohol down a very dangerous path, Bobby surrendered and a...