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Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 41: Maybe It's Not a Disorder...Welcome to the first unedited, single-take recording into the depths of my mind. Hopefully you enjoy the journey... regardless, there will be no refunds.***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the showThe Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings.Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show!You can find more about Larry and the show at:2024-03-2449 min
Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 40: The Tetz OffensivePolice operations dispatcher. Domestic abuse victim. National paraplegic athlete. Stacey Tetz has consistently found a way to break through each obstacle put in front of her.***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the showThe Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings.Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show!You can find more about Larry...2023-12-0352 min
Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 39: 10-33 & 50% of the RCMPNathan Kapler, medically-retired Mountie and host of the Ten-Thirty Three podcast, shares his journey from joining the Force at a young age, recognising something was mentally wrong at only two years service, his requests for help, his battle to find sobriety, his twelve years of service, his retirement, and the story behind his podcast, which has been vocalising the realities of PTSD since 2021.***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the showThe Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store...2023-11-151h 11Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 38: In Service to Others at Our Own ExpenseAt 18 years old, Evan Birch began his career with emergency services in Alberta. Twenty years later, after saving countless lives and not yet the ripe old age of 40, he has learned to not only accept his PTSD diagnosis, but how to "run" the gauntlets imposed by the injury. Evan joins the show to discuss a little about his pre-PTSD journey, with more focus about his work to mitigate the symptoms by facing them head on and engaging in ultra running. Learn also why he'll never again ask someone how they are feeling...***WARNING: this podcast co...2023-10-2859 minPapa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 37: Removing Her ArmourPatty Smith joined the reg forces at a time there were not many other women in the Army. At 30 years service - experiencing misogyny and traumatic memories of driving amongst land mines in the fields of Bosnia - and just days away from retirement, she was ordered to be assessed for potential mental health injuries.Medically retired, hospitalised as a result of domestic violence, and in the process of distancing herself from her biological family, everything in her life rapidly about-faced.This Canadian Armed Forces veteran shares the ups and downs of her ongoing journey...2023-10-141h 10Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 36: God Made Me a SheepdogAt 13 years old, he used cocaine with his drug-addicted dad. In high school, he kicked ass on the football field.Then he joined the United States Marine Corps and later served in Desert Storm (Kuwait), where he witnessed the horrors of war. When he came home and struggled with operational stress injuries, he found God.Meet Greg Munck, a USMC combat-promoted veteran, diagnosed with PTSD, who founded The Guide Soldier Foundation to help fight the suicide epidemic of his brothers and sisters, became a pastor, and authored The Guide: Surviving, War-fighting, Peacemaking.2023-10-071h 24Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 35: Thoughts Will Change Nothing, But Action Will Change EverythingShaun Taylor, retired Tier 1 special operations forces assaulter/sniper, retired high-performance race coach and current podcaster on "The Collective", joins the show to talk about the changes in physiology, lifestyle and mindset that are required to not only achieve post traumatic growth, but to also discover the best version of you.***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners (but this particular episode is super tame and really doesn't have any graphic shit). Discretion is advised.*** Support the showThe Papa Tango Sierra Delta o...2023-09-301h 36Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 34: Fire, Paramedics & Police at the Scene of HappyAs a first responder, horrible scenes are often the only places you spend time with first responders of other services. The YXEFRFF committee of five have been changing that reality.Saskatoon police officer Ang McEwen and paramedic Nathan Rollack, both of YXE First Responders Fitness Festival, speak about their success last year, the money they have raised for mental health and the number of people it has helped, the work involved with bringing together teams of firefighters, police officers & paramedics to compete against each other, and the plans for this year's festival in October.***WARNING: t...2023-09-2355 minPapa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 33: Sixty-Three DaysBrady Hoffman, a Staff Sergeant with the British Columbia Sheriff Service, shares his journey from mental health decline to suicidal ideations, and his eventual return to work with new found hope and appreciation.***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the showThe Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings.Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show!2023-09-1659 minPapa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 32: The Power of ConnectionSeptember Froggley’s personal journey has led her to the conclusion that any hope of curing mental health is not about pills, but rather human connection. Depression, drugs, disassociation, addiction, stints in rehab, addictions again, suicide, grief, and a culminating attempt to save others. This is how one amazing woman is fanning the flames of change.***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.***Support the showThe Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https...2023-09-091h 05
Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 31: The EndThey say that all good things must come to end. If that's the case, then by logic, all bad things must also come to an end, otherwise no other good things would happen. This episode will always be very, very special on account of my co-host... who I'll leave unnamed here. Just take the time to listen... it's a fairly relaxing, yet transitional journey.***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show...2023-09-021h 41Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 30: The 911'ersThe episode starts with Shaun Taylor, a paramedic in Ontario and one of the founding members of I've Got Your Back 911, at the 2023 World Police & Fire Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba.It finishes as a collaboration episode with the 911 Strong Podcast. Aram Choe and Kristen Jauregui of the El Monte Police Department in California interview Larry, who also interviews them, for a release on both podcasts.***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the showThe...2023-08-2645 minPapa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 29: Blue GritEric Tung, a Washington State police officer and the host of Blue Grit Radio, breathes & bleeds blue.On this collaboration episode, which is being simultaneously released on Blue Grit Radio and the Papa Tango Sierra Delta podcast, Eric discusses the realities of policing as a career of high stress and high trauma, the difficulties of talking about our experiences, the current state of affairs in Washington regarding the availability of therapists, the need for new recruits to be trained about mental health and wellbeing, policing since the death of George Floyd, and more.***WARNING...2023-08-191h 08
Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 28: Friends Are Deep-Throating Their .38sAndrea & Lawrence Christensen. Husband & wife on the same episode... you get to experience life when one spouse has PTS(D).Lawrence speaks about his time in the Canadian Armed Forces and the scars it left. Andrea speaks about falling in love with a man who bore scars, how she has worked to support him, and what it's like for her trying to do this all on her own without any recognition of her needed support system. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.***2023-08-121h 22
Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 27: The Mindset that Nowhere is SafeTired of death notifications, fatal motor vehicle collisions, and arresting criminals who were released quicker than paperwork could be completed, Chris Whittemore left his gig as a Texas State Trooper in 2004 and returned to the United States Marine Corps.2005. Ramadi, Iraq. Sniper.2007: Fallujah, Iraq. Weapons Tech.2010: Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Crew Chief / Door Gunner.During the episode, S/Sgt. (ret) Whittemore discusses the realities of coping with the horrors of war, the fight against the stigmas of PTS(D), and trying to find a way to transition back into the civilian world....2023-08-051h 20
Papa Tango Sierra DeltaEpisode 26: You’re on Your Own2009. Dawson Creek, British Columbia. On day one of work, the unit's first (and still only) female firefighter is pulled aside by her most senior Captain. He said, "There's something you need to know. If you get yourself in any trouble, we're not coming to save you. You're on your own."14 years later, with 4 shifts remaining until retirement, A/Capt. Lynette Fritshaw decided it was time to stop hiding their secret and start sharing her story. Harassment. Bullying. Misogyny. And that doesn't include the other traumas of the job.This episode is the first time she has...2023-07-2958 min