Behind The Shield

Aaron Suozzo is a multifaceted professional with a background in law enforcement, tactical training, and collegiate athletics. We discuss his journey into policing, his officer involved shootings, his powerful mental health journey, healing through psychedelics, CTE, the 343 Fund and so much more. Suozzo was born in Valley Stream, New York. He majored in business management at Monmouth University...

Debbie Lee is an author, public speaker and political activist who has traveled the nation telling her sons amazing story and advocating for our troops, their families and families of the fallen. Debbie understands the sacrifice our troops make and that “Freedom isn’t free.” On Aug 2, 2006 she received a knock on the door that would forever change her life. She was notified that her son Marc Alan...

Russell Jones is a Vietnam veteran, retired law enforcement officer and the author of Honorable intentions. We discuss flying helicopters in Vietnam, policing in California, undercover work, riding with the Hell's Angels, Operation Tipped Kettle, the failed 'War on Drugs', proactive solutions and so much more. Russell's bio: CW2 Army Helicopter Pilot 1967-1969 a. Flew Scouts/little birds, and the...

Ryan Provencher is currently serving as an Operations Battalion Chief in his Fire Department, he is the founder of Firefighter Peak Performance and Executive Fitness Advisor for CRACKYL Magazine. He worked as a Health/Fitness Specialist before beginning his professional fire service career in 1996. He has experience as a Volunteer Firefighter, Firefighter/EMT, Firefighter/Paramedic, Company Office...

Brian Kleindienst is a certified psychedelic integration coach and his life's mission is to help others through personalized experiences in opening new doors of self for personal healing, self-optimization, and transformation. He is a devoted student to mindfulness who guides his clients in incorporating, breathe work, movement, surf therapy, meditation, leadership/facilitator development, holisti...

Ernie Colling served in the United States Army as an 11B infantryman from 2000-2004. He spent almost a decade as an overseas contractor working for a variety of agencies. Ernie quickly realized that service members and private contractors, as well as himself, were constantly feeling sluggish and unable to achieve peak performance. Ernie found that it was often viewed as an unnecessary issue and th...

Justin Sheehan is a Michigan Native of the Whittemore-Prescott Area, and graduated High School in 2003. Following the horrific events of 9/11, he enlisted in the US Navy with ambitions of becoming a Navy SEAL. After an arduous two-year pipeline, he graduated with BUDS Class 261 and earned the right to carry that title, and wear “The Trident”. Justin received orders upon graduation to report to SEA...

Ian Thurber is a 17 year veteran of the fire service and health coach. We discuss his journey into the fire service, water rescue, his health decline, healing the gut biome and so much more. "Health and fitness has always been important to me but I've alwaya felt that something was missing, especially in the first responder community. Over the past year and a half, I've dived deep in the world of...

Founder of the Child Liberation Foundation, Paul Hutchinson, is a dedicated philanthropist and entrepreneur. He has committed his life to protecting vulnerable children. With experience in over 70 undercover rescue missions across 15 countries, Paul has played a vital role in combating human trafficking. Additionally, as an Executive Producer of the impactful film “Sound of Freedom”, he raises awa...

Dr Bonni Goldstein is a Pediatric Emergency physician, Cannabis Medicine physician and author of "Cannabis Revealed". We discuss emergency medicine, modern chronic disease management, cannabis medicine successes, CBD and much more. A native of New Jersey, Dr. Bonni Goldstein received her undergraduate education at Rutgers College. She pursued her medical degree at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Schoo...

Adam Boyd is a law enforcement veteran, Leadership & Wellness Expert and the Founder & CEO, Soleful Training A distinguished leader in resilience training and wellness, with a career spanning over a decade as a police officer, SWAT operator, and Detective. As the founder and CEO of Soleful Training, Adam leverages his extensive experience to equip first responders, military personnel, and...

Patrick currently serves as a Fire Fighter/Paramedic with The City of Tipp City, Ohio, Patrick has 4 children Haley, Ethan, Ava and Callie. Patrick has a Bachelor’s of Fire Science degree from Columbia Southern University and an Associates of Applied Science in Ems from the University of Toledo. Patrick is an IAFF certified Peer Supporter. We discuss his journey into the fire service, the weight o...

HUNTER K. JONES, Lt Col (Retired), U.S. Air Force Lt Col (Retired) Hunter Jones currently serves as Owner & CEO at Jones & Associates – Consulting & Concierge Services, LLC. He previously worked as Director of Business Development & Sales at Liberty Source, PBC; Account Executive & Business Development Manager at Babel Street; VP – Federal for Red Vector. Prior to Red Vector, h...

Joel Salatin is a world renowned holistic farmer, author and speaker. We discuss COVID and a fragile population, factory farming, abattoir monopolies, the obesity epidemic, resilience through nutrition, school food, lowering the carbon footprint and much more. Joel calls himself a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Others who like him call him the most famous farmer...

Dr. Nicole Bowles, OHSU’s 2021 Women in Academic Health & Medicine Emerging Leader, and Assistant Professor in the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health and Science University, received a BS in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics at New York University and obtained her Ph. D. in Neuroendocrinology from The Rockefeller University. She then went on to obtain her MS...

After battling Lyme Disease and debilitating co-infections that left her bedridden for over a year, Angela turned to alternative healing modalities and psychedelic-assisted therapies when Western medicine failed to provide relief. By 2022, her health was fully restored, and she has remained prescription-free and active ever since. On June 17, 2022 at 3:43pm, while on a family vacation celebrating...

Fire Chief Richard A. Kelley has led the Oklahoma City Fire Department since September of 2017. A member of the department since 1991, Chief Kelley promoted through the ranks in the Fire Operations division having held positions as Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Special Operations Coordinator, Technical Rescue Station Officer, and Battalion Chief of two distinct fire districts. Chief Kelley...

Dr Michael Lange is an optometrist, nutritionist and radio personality. We talk about vision, eye health, physicals, nutrition and much more. Dr. Michael Lange, optometrist has worked extremely hard at developing one of the top eye care centers in the country. Lange Eye Care and Associates was started on March 15, 1993 by Dr. Michael Lange. Ocala Florida was his very first location and the beginni...

Mark Bouchard has over 15 years of experience in law enforcement, including 10 years of ERT / SWAT work. He also has a master’s degree in leadership studying police culture and police officer mental health. His goal is to provide educational content for law enforcement. Mark is the author of Setting My Sights on Stigma: Thoughts From An Injured Mind, which he wrote to help police officers prepare...

Marc Creswell is a 33 year veteran of EMS and Air Medicine. We discuss his journey into prehospital care, responding to Hurricane Katrina, the Deep Water Horizon tragedy, drones for EMS and much more. Marc began working with Acadian in 1990 in Abbeville, Louisiana. He worked in human resources, education, communications, and was the first training officer for Air Med Services. He now manages the d...

Alan Shebaro has trained a broad spectrum of operators during his deployments to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. These operators included U.S. Army Special Forces from all Groups (Active Duty and National Guard), U.S. Army Rangers, U.S. Navy SEALs, U.S. Air Force Special Operations, Tactical Air Control Party (TACPs), Combat Controllers (CCTs), and U.S. Marine Force Recon. Professor Sh...

Julien Pineau is a world renowned movement specialist and innovator. Julien specializes in getting athletes out of pain my identifying muscle imbalances and correcting them with functional movements. Sports have been a part of Julien’s life since he was young and he’s been a state and national champion in a number of sports including soccer, swimming and wrestling. As an adult, he really found som...

Christian Lane is a former Canadian Border Services Chief officer and the man behind the 10-8 Podcast. We discuss his journey into law enforcement, immigration, drug prohibition, human trafficking, transition and so much more. "As a former law enforcement and intelligence professional, I built my career on a foundation of integrity, trust, and unwavering commitment to service. Throughout my years...

Marc Hill, is a veteran firefighter and paramedic, and the author of "Two Dark Thirty." Marc is a highly sought-after educational consultant, lecturer, instructor, and mentor with over two decades of experience in both public education and emergency services. He started his career as a social studies teacher and football coach in a high school and later became an administrator and college professo...

Dr. Kellie O’Dare is a dedicated researcher, educator, and advocate with expertise in first responder health and wellness, health policy, and organizational resilience. As the Founder and Director of the 2nd Alarm Project and Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management with the Institute of Public Health at Florida A&M University, Dr. O’Dare has led innovative initiatives to support th...