Behind The Shield
Bringing the greatest minds in mental and physical wellness to the men and women who serve our communities.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 116 minutes
- Episodes
- 851
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Sara Wilkinson - Episode 519
Sara Wilkinson is a Crossfit coach and the widow of Chad Wilkinson. Chad was a member of the revered SEAL Team Six but tragically took his own life in 2018. We discuss their early lives, falling in l…
02:36:41 |
Tue 05 Oct 2021
Ricardo Roman - Episode 518
Ricardo Roman is a veteran FDNY firefighter, Crossfit coach and the founder of the FDNY Barbell Club. We discuss his journey into the fire service, the good, the bad and the ugly of diversity, streng…
01:32:16 |
Sat 02 Oct 2021
Chad Lyman - Episode 517
Chad Lyman has combined his years of operational law enforcement and Mixed Martial Arts experience to emerge as one of the nation’s leading defensive tactics trainers. We discuss his journey into law…
01:31:35 |
Thu 30 Sep 2021
Tom And Jen Satterly - Episode 516
Tom Satterly spent 25 years in the US Army, 20 of which serving with the elite Delta Force. Jen Satterly spend years embedded with the special forces as a Director of Video and Photography. We discus…
01:53:37 |
Tue 28 Sep 2021
Brian MacKenzie II - Episode 515
Brian Mackenzie is an innovator in human performance on stress adaptation and a pioneer in the development and application of custom protocols to optimize human health and performance. In this second…
01:34:41 |
Sat 25 Sep 2021
Eric And Christy Siena - Episode 514
Eric Siena was a veteran firefighter and special operations Lieutenant. Eric was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. His wife, Christy is also a fire Lieutenant. I sat down with them and Tom "Bull"…
01:44:39 |
Thu 23 Sep 2021
Allison Brager II - Episode 513
Major Allison Brager is an Army neuroscientist, Crossfit competitor and astronaut candidate. We discuss advances in sleep research, transgender athletes, the mission to Mars, fitness testing and much…
01:30:47 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
Roger Schei - Episode 512
Roger Schei is an Idaho Police Chief, SWAT officer and jiu jitsu practitioner. We discuss his journey into law enforcement, strength and conditioning standards, combatives, using Echelon Front's prin…
01:45:08 |
Sat 18 Sep 2021
Melvyn Downes - Episode 511
Melvyn Downes is a British Army veteran with 12 years spent in the SAS. We discuss his early life in England, the importance of mentorship, his journey into the military, mindset, reality television,…
01:31:13 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
Fahim Fazli II - Episode 510
Fahim Fazli is an Afghani native, American immigrant, actor and former interpreter for the US Marine Corps. We discuss the impact of the withdrawal on our veterans and the Afghani people, the ripple …
01:14:29 |
Mon 13 Sep 2021
Jeff Schwerdtfeger - Episode 509
Jeff Schwerdtfeger is a retired firefighter and the Vice President of Worldwide Peer Support. We discuss his journey into the fire service, gang violence, the addiction epidemic, special operations, …
01:57:41 |
Sat 11 Sep 2021
Jay Smith - Episode 508
Jay Smith is a strength and conditioning coach and the president of the first responder testing and wellness company FitForce. We discuss his journey into coaching, entering the law enforcement commu…
02:02:46 |
Wed 08 Sep 2021
Beth Bowersox - Episode 507
Beth Bowersox is a former firefighter and resident of Paradise CA who was on duty as a dispatcher when the Camp Fire destroyed her community. We discuss her journey into the fire service, physical fi…
02:38:46 |
Mon 06 Sep 2021
Dr Ellen Kirschman II - Episode 506
Dr Ellen Kirschman is an author and clinical psychologist who has spent her career working with the first responder professions. In this second interview, we discuss psychological testing, mental hea…
02:01:52 |
Sat 04 Sep 2021
Rich, Jason And Emily - Episode 505
Richard Rice is one of the founding members of Delta Force with a career spanning Vietnam to Mogadishu. Jason McCarthy is a Green Beret veteran who served in Iraq. Emily McCarthy is a retired CIA cas…
01:56:19 |
Wed 01 Sep 2021
Zar Horton II - Episode 504
Zar Horton is a retired Battalion Chief and a StrongFirst Master Kettlebell trainer. We discuss his transition out of the fire service, BMX racing, glycolytic training, exercise and the nervous syste…
01:47:24 |
Mon 30 Aug 2021
Byron Branch - Episode 503
Byron Branch is a law enforcement officer, elite fencer and amputee. We discuss his multifaceted childhood, the importance of mentorship, his journey into fencing, the traffic accident that took his …
01:41:29 |
Sat 28 Aug 2021
Jeremiah Wilber - Episode 502
Jeremiah Wilber is a Green Beret combat veteran, cowboy and self described mountain man. We discuss his early life on the reservation, the dark side of the Indigenous Residential School program, prof…
01:43:38 |
Wed 25 Aug 2021
Dr Chris Colvin III - Episode 501
Dr Chris Colvin is a Veteran, ER Physician, EMS Medical Director and author. In this important third conversation, Chris takes two hours to fully explain the truths and myths surrounding this pandemi…
01:54:31 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
Dr Edith Eger - Episode 500
Dr Edith Eger is a psychologist, author and survived Auschwitz. We discuss her early life in Hungary, living through ballet, seeing kindness amongst immense cruelty, her own journey of healing, couns…
01:07:56 |
Sat 21 Aug 2021
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