Behind The Shield

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 School at the University of Medicine and...

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 professionals with the tools to bui...

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 of serving your own community, rural...

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, he served as a Strategic Security Co...

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 in the world, the high priest of the...

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 in Clinical Epidemiology from Weill...

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 her husband Casey’s upcoming 46th bi...

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 then promoted to Deputy Chief of S...

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 beginning of his dream to build a state of ...

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 for the psychological challenges of ...

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 day-to-day operations of the Air Med’...

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 Shebaro earned his Black Belt from Car...

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 something he liked with MMA (he’s a bro...

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 of conducting hundreds of interviews...

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 professor. Marc also worked his way up the ...

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 the mental health and resilience of f...

Kyle Maynard is an entrepreneur, speaker, best selling author, award-winning extreme athlete, and the first man to bearcrawl to the top of the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro (19,340 feet), and the summit of Argentina’s Mount Aconcagua (22,838 feet), the highest peak in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres.

Born with a rare condition known as congenital amputation, that left him with arms that end at the elbows an...

Chris Cameron is an airplane and helicopter law enforcement pilot, rescue swimmer, wildlife guide, and adventure enthusiast who specializes in apex predator interactions (sharks, whales, alligators). Chris is a native Floridian and attended Mississippi State University where he played football in the South Eastern Conference before beginning his professional flying career.

Chris is a strong supporter of 1st responders mental health,...

Mike was a firefighter in Central Florida for 26 years with Longwood, I.A.F.F. Local 3163. He entered the fire service directly out of high school and became an active member of his union, taking the lead in contract negotiations and labor disputes.

He entered management as Battalion Chief in 2002 and retired in 2007 at this rank. With this unique perspective, Mike is keenly aware of issues confronting firefighters and other first r...