The Wild Chaos Podcast

Episode 119 of The Wild Chaos Podcast is one of our most personal conversations yet....and every man needs to hear it. To watch this episode in studio, visit: https://youtu.be/gTz2U3aKilc David Vargas spent more than two decades in law enforcement, serving through officer-involved shootings, gang investigations, SWAT operations, and one of the longest standoffs in California history. But behind th...

Former Los Angeles County gang enforcement deputy Robert Gillis has survived officer-involved shootings, gang wars, death threats from the Mexican Mafia, and one of the darkest personal chapters of his life. Watch this episode in studio here: https://youtu.be/NvUuWeZvfPQ In Episode 118 of the Wild Chaos Podcast, Robert shares what happens after the shooting stops. From replaying deadly encounters...

He chased money. He chased success. Then life forced him to ask what actually matters. Episode 117 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Shane Hall, entrepreneur, investor, husband, and father, sharing the lessons that transformed his perspective on money, success, faith, and family. To watch this episode in studio visit: https://youtu.be/FF8rsANYJ34 Growing up in Nampa, Idaho, Shane learned early th...

She says the guards weren't protecting inmates. She says they were grooming them. And when she tried to report it, she says the system protected itself. Episode 116 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Andrea, a former inmate at the Idaho women’s prison who shares allegations of correctional officer misconduct, retaliation, abuse of power, and the challenges of reporting from inside the prison syste...

A routine traffic stop. A pound and a half of heroin. And a conversation that explains how it happens. Episode 115 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Kenny, an active-duty law enforcement officer with nearly two decades of experience in patrol, highway drug interdiction, K9 narcotics detection, and proactive policing. To watch this episode in studio, visit: https://youtu.be/hYFPAPQL-pY What starts...

He survived combat in Afghanistan. Then a freak accident in Las Vegas nearly took his head off. Everything changed after that. Episode 114 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Andrew Coville, a United States Marine Corps veteran and longtime Cape Cod police officer whose life changed in seconds during a 2025 Las Vegas vacation. To watch this episode in studio, visit: https://youtu.be/gJjiA0HxBU4 Whi...

A school system can survive bad test scores. It cannot survive adults who won’t protect children. This conversation asks the hard questions. Watch this episode in studio here: https://youtu.be/dCEyFyHUwq0 Episode 113 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Dr. Laura Boulton, veteran educator and child advocate, speaking about alleged corruption, retaliation, and child safety failures connected to the B...

He survived explosions, gunfire, and Afghanistan. But the hardest battle happened inside his own brain. Now he’s trying to change PTSD treatment forever. Episode 112 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Brenden Borrowman, a Purple Heart Army veteran who survived explosions and gunfire in Afghanistan — then spent years fighting the invisible injuries that followed. To watch this episode in studio, vi...

A teacher found a mouse in her work bag. What she says happened next exposed something much bigger. And parents weren’t supposed to see it. Episode 111 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Michelle Chung, a former teacher speaking out about what she describes as a years-long rodent infestation and administrative cover-up inside West Junior High in the Boise School District. To watch the episode in s...

He survived war. He survived addiction. But his own department almost broke him. Episode 110 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Gabe Smith — US Army veteran, former SWAT officer, and police sniper — sharing one of the most raw and honest law enforcement stories we’ve had on the show. To watch in studio, visit: https://youtu.be/Ck2dWJu4_IA From deployments in Iraq to battling opioid addiction and s...

A grizzly. Nine yards away and a debate the internet never understands. Episode 109 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Allen Bolen, world-class bowhunter, entrepreneur, and lifelong outdoorsman. To watch the episode in studio, visit: https://youtu.be/T9vB_9Hj9qg We dive into one of the most misunderstood topics in the outdoor world: trophy hunting. From a grizzly encounter at nine yards to years-l...

A stolen car. A freeway crash. And a life that spiraled fast. Episode 108 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Michael, who shares a raw story of growing up in Long Beach, getting pulled into gang life, addiction, and the prison system — and what it actually takes to change. From juvenile hall at 12 to California prisons, riots, and addiction, Michael explains how quickly identity can get trapped in...

People see success and say “must be nice.” They don’t see the years it took. Or the cost of building something real. This week looks a little different as Episode 107 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Josh Smith, founder of @MontanaKnifeCompany and the youngest Master Bladesmith in the world in his own studio. We had the opportunity to visit for the first time and it didn't disappoint. What looks...

Episode 106 of The Wild Chaos Podcast takes a hard look at one of the most uncomfortable questions in modern faith communities: where does church money actually go? To watch in studio, visit: https://youtu.be/Q-ck0xhaNSs We’re not attacking Christianity — we’re asking what happens when institutions handling billions in tithes and donations operate without the same financial transparency required o...

He survived the fight. But the war didn’t end when he came home. This is what sniper stories leave out. Episode 105 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Daniel “Litz” Litzenberger — former US Army Ranger sniper with multiple deployments to Afghanistan. To watch the episode in studio, visit: https://youtu.be/-7m0tF6qYlU We break down what it really takes to make it through Ranger selection, sniper tr...

Everyone wanted to know who is behind the scenes of Wild Chaos. What if I told you she is the one who pushed me to start the show and the reason we are here today? I jump into conversation with my favorite person on Earth...my wife. Episode 104 of The Wild Chaos Podcast we scrape the surface on what it actually takes to raise strong, confident, and grounded kids in today’s world. To watch the full...

The war didn’t end when he came home. PTSD led to addiction. Then he walked into another battlefield: California prisons. A war zone doesn’t always end when you come home. Hector Bravo joins us to trace a straight, painful line from Iraq combat to untreated PTSD, addiction, and then a second frontline most people never see: California prisons. He talks about IEDs, constant incoming fire, and the d...

A abuse and grooming survivor, a debate nerd, and a sixth‑generation Idahoan walks into one of the reddest districts in America and refuses every corporate PAC dollar. That’s the spark that drives this conversation: can a working‑class mom rebuild trust in government by showing up everywhere, taking every question, and putting policy over party? To watch the full episode in studio, visit: https://...

He volunteered for someone else’s war. A Kornet rocket hit his truck. He survived — and came home blind in one eye. Episode 101 of The Wild Chaos Podcast features Gio Roman — Marine reservist, Navy Corpsman, LA ER paramedic, and volunteer combat medic in Ukraine. To watch the full episode in studio, visit: https://youtu.be/SycWKP75PsA We go from mass casualty incidents in Los Angeles to modern tre...

She started shy. She became a three-time world champion. And she built this podcast beside me. This RAW and REAL Episode #100 of The Wild Chaos Podcast turns the camera toward our producer — my daughter — and tells the story behind the scenes. This isn’t just a milestone episode. It’s a blueprint for raising resilient kids in a culture that pushes distraction over discipline. We unpack how homesch...

She did what parents are told to do — she reported it. The state found evidence. Then the court took her children anyway. When her five-year-old disclosed abuse, a mother entered the family court system expecting protection. What followed was a maze of hearings, sealed evidence, barred expert testimony, and rulings that removed her children from her custody. To watch the full episode in studio vis...

Bryon survived a childhood most people wouldn’t believe — raised in a crack house, learning to read danger before breakfast, and using intelligence as a survival weapon. In Episode 98 of The Wild Chaos Podcast, he shares a raw journey through counterfeit crime, addiction, prison, near-death experiences, and the slow work of choosing a different life. To watch the full episode in studio, visit: htt...

TJ Frost is a musician, carpenter, father — and a survivor. In Episode 97 of The Wild Chaos Podcast, he shares a raw, unfiltered journey from childhood abuse and neglect to a morning on Vesey Street on September 11, 2001. TJ walks us minute by minute through his experience inside the North Tower: the frozen crowd, unlocked doors, smoke-filled corridors, jumpers, debris from the second impact, and...

“I didn’t want to get high anymore, but I couldn’t stop.” That line sits at the center of Logan’s story—a small-town athlete whose life flips after a bar fight, a traumatic brain injury, and 18 months on prescribed opiates. When the scripts end, withdrawal hits like a freight train. A friend hands him a pill. Forty-five minutes later, addiction has a name. To watch this whole episode in studio, cl...

A bluebird day, a backcountry mayday, and a helicopter that vanishes behind a ridge. That’s where Valerie’s story grips you—and it doesn’t let go. Born and raised in Jackson, Wyoming to EMT parents, she spent a decade as a volunteer firefighter and EMT before moving behind the console as a 911 dispatcher. What she reveals from the headset is a masterclass in calm under pressure, interagency coordi...