Choir Practice Podcast
First Responders, and Public Servants, share the most extraordinary experiences from their careers. Here on Choir Practice our mission is to preserve our guests personal legacies for friends and family, sharing their stories for anyone who might be curious or interested in a career in public service.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 162 minutes
- Episodes
- 203
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode 35- George Eppley (Retired Tucson Police Traffic, University of Arizona Police)
George is a great guy! He is one of those guys that everyone knows, everyone likes and always had a great attitude over the years. These are all reasons I knew I wanted him on the show.…
Episode 34- Lew Bentley (Retired Tucson Police Lieutenant)
Like Dan Lewis, Lew was always a wacky character, but a solid cops cop. We worked together a couple times over the years. He has some great stories to share and creates a legacy his fam…
Episode 33- Dan Lucas (Former Tucson Police Officer)
Dan and I remain friends to this day, but never worked together! In his episode we discuss how he chose law enforcement and the situations that made him realize he needed to leave law e…
Episode 32- Nancy Dowdy (Retired Tucson Police Detective Sergeant)
Nancy and I worked together at the end of our careers. She was the Detective Sgt in Operations Division South. We handled some capers during this time, and I felt like we were pretty so…
Bonus Episode- Tucson Police Lieutenant Dominic Flores
Hey everyone! This week I had Lt. Dominic Flores stop by. His story is awesome, how he decided to become a public servant and serve not only his community, but also our Country as an NC…
Episode 31- Mike Dietsch (Tucson Police Sergeant Retired)
Mike served the City of Tucson for 29 years. We worked together I the office of Internal Affairs, but he was a Motor officer, A SWAT Operator, a Sergeant and a good cop. He's always bee…
Episode 30- Mark Nisbet (Retired Tucson Police Sergeant)
Welcome back to Choir Practice!
There was no way we were going to be able to capture 30 years in law enforcement in just one episode! "The human rolodex" had to return to share more expe…
Episode 29- Ari Sloane (Tucson Police Retired)
When Ari first came on the show, he wrapped up the episode by talking about pulling a traffic stop on an airplane while working undercover, spending 18 years in the Hostage Negotiations…
Episode 28- Raul Delgado (Retired US Customs/ Border Patrol)
Raul and I were connected by my former co-worker, Dan Spencer, owner of Filthy Pirate Coffee. As soon as I met Raul, I knew two things: 1) I definitely want him on the show, 2) I bring …
Episode 27- Dan Lewis (Retired Tucson Police Lieutenant)
Throughout our careers, Dan and I had the pleasure of working together. He's genuinely one of my favorite people on the department. He's always been a comedian, so the stories and exper…
Episode 26- Paul Dietzel (Retired Pima County Sheriff)
Paul and I were introduced by Gary Youngling (Episode 2). He came over and we hit it off, much like all my guests. We never worked together, but share a kindred spirit by our similar wo…
Episode 25- Charles Blue (Retired Tucson Police PT 2)
Chuck and I ran out of time in his debut episode, but he was able to come back a couple days later and we got this episode in the books. Listen in, we chat about his shooting but we als…
Episode 24- David Fernandez (Retired Tucson Police Dept.)
Dave began his career working in Corrections, then Adult Probation before becoming a Tucson Police Officer. We worked together briefly in Operations Division South before he retired and…
Episode 23- Charles Blue, Part 1 (Retired Tucson Police Dept.)
Meet Charles Blue, mover and shaker, who retired from the police department early after suffering a career ending injury. He works in real estate now and is always "working a deal" so I…
Episode 22- Ari Sloane Part 1 (Retired Tucson Police)
Ari is a retired Tucson Police Officer who moved on to bigger and better things. Once retired, he became the Head of Security for our local power company. But more interestingly, he's b…
Episode 21- Mark Nesbit Part 1 (Retired Tucson Police Sgt)
Mark is a great guy! He's a retired Sergeant and human rolodex! He had the uncanny ability to remember small facts about people, places and things...sometimes more reliable than NCIC! H…
Episode 20- Jennifer Gastelum (Pima Co. Adult Probation Retired)
Good morning Squad and welcome to another episode of Choir Practice! Today's guest, Jennifer Gastelum, is retired from Pima County Adult Probation and now started a life coaching busine…
Episode 19- David Lewis (Tucson Police Retired)
David and I never worked together but hooked up via social media and got this episode knocked out! It was nice to finally get to know him, hear his perspective on his career in both AZ …
Episode 18- Bart Rohr (Retired Tucson Police Lieutenant)
BART! We first met at the Pima County Corrections academy in 1996! Hard to believe we've known each other 26 years. Bart recounts his experiences from State Juvenile Corrections, County…
Episode 17- Sgt. Ben Frie (Current Tucson PD Sergeant)
Ben Frie is currently a Sgt with the Tucson Police Department. We met in 2004-2005 working in the Downtown Division. We chat about his career, how he fell into law enforcement and many …