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The Ripple Effect of Saving a Life | Brad Newbury
May 20, 2026
55m 33s
SPECIAL EDITION: Walking Through Grief: Healing After First Responder Suicide.
May 16, 2026
34m 34s
Lead Anyway, Even When Leadership is Broken - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
May 13, 2026
24m 47s
You're Not Broken, You're Leveling Up - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
May 6, 2026
21m 02s
Mental Warfare is Part of the Path - with Rob Magao
Apr 29, 2026
39m 26s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/20/26 |  The Ripple Effect of Saving a Life | Brad Newbury | The Ripple Effect of Saving a Life | Brad Newbury What does it really mean to save a life? In this powerful episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, Conrad Weaver sits down with veteran firefighter-paramedic, EMS educator, entrepreneur, and author Brad Newbury for a deeply human conversation about mental health, resilience, leadership, and the long-lasting impact of first responder work. | 55m 33s | ||||||
| 5/16/26 |  SPECIAL EDITION: Walking Through Grief: Healing After First Responder Suicide. | Walking Through Grief: Healing After First Responder Suicide. In this deeply emotional episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, host Conrad Weaver sits down with Marchelle Farmer, widow of retired police sergeant Scott Farmer, to talk about love, trauma, loss, and healing after first responder suicide. | 34m 34s | ||||||
| 5/13/26 |  Lead Anyway, Even When Leadership is Broken - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman | 132 - Lead Anyway, Even When Leadership is Broken - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman Everyone talks about bad leadership. But very few people take responsibility for becoming better leaders themselves. In Part 2 of this conversation, Conrad continues with Dave Grossman to explore what leadership really looks like inside first responder culture—and why so many organizations struggle with it. | 24m 47s | ||||||
| 5/6/26 |  You're Not Broken, You're Leveling Up - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman✨ | mental healthstress management+4 | Lt. Col. Dave Grossman | — | — | stressPTSD+5 | — | 21m 02s | |
| 4/29/26 |  Mental Warfare is Part of the Path - with Rob Magao✨ | mental healthstress management+3 | Rob Magao | — | — | mental warfarefirst responders+3 | — | 39m 26s | |
| 4/22/26 |  The Emotional Toll of Life in the Trauma Unit with Dr. Alicia Mangram✨ | emotional tollburnout+4 | Dr. Alicia Mangram | CODE RED Fundraiserwww.firstresponderwellness.co/resources+1 | — | trauma unithealthcare workers+4 | — | 41m 32s | |
| 4/15/26 |  SLEEP! Stop Counting Hours, Count Cycles with Taylor Montey (Part 2)✨ | sleepfirst responders+4 | Taylor Montey | — | — | sleep cyclessleep environment+5 | — | 22m 14s | |
| 4/14/26 |  Code Red: A Cardiac Wake Up Call with Dr. Jonathan Sheinberg✨ | heart diseasefirst responders+4 | Dr. Jonathan Sheinberg | law enforcement | — | heart diseasefirst responders+5 | — | 38m 18s | |
| 4/8/26 |  SLEEP! Stop Counting Hours, Count Cycles✨ | sleepfirst responder wellness+5 | Taylor Montey | First Responder Wellness Podcastfirefighter+2 | — | sleep cycleschronic exhaustion+5 | — | 27m 21s | |
| 4/1/26 |  The Hidden Injury Behind the Anger with Jeff Casselman✨ | PTSDtraumatic brain injury+3 | Jeff Casselman | PTSDArmy+1 | — | PTSDtraumatic brain injury+5 | — | 26m 52s | |
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| 3/25/26 |  SPECIAL EDITION: A Proactive Peer Support System First Responders Can Trust✨ | peer supportfirst responders+4 | Nik Fiorito | Peer Connect | — | peer supportfirst responders+3 | — | 47m 41s | |
| 3/18/26 |  You Can't Fix Your Family Until You Fix Yourself - Gregory Seibert✨ | traumaanger+4 | Gregory Seibert | — | — | traumahealing+5 | — | 41m 35s | |
| 3/11/26 |  First Responder Trauma and Marriage with Erin Jane✨ | first responder traumamarriage+3 | Erin Jane | — | AustraliaBoston | first respondertrauma+5 | — | 53m 20s | |
| 3/4/26 |  Marriage, Badges, and Breakthroughs | In this conversation, Conrad sits down with Dylan and Kella Bates—two first responders who’ve worked in very different worlds, from the nonstop pace of the DC area to the isolation and intensity of rural Alaska. They talk candidly about what the public doesn’t see: the whiplash of going from an infant death to a “noise complaint,” the personal weight of responding to one of your own in crisis, and how lack of debriefing and ongoing training can quietly erode an officer’s wellness over time. | 55m 00s | ||||||
| 2/25/26 |  Unlearn Survival, and Relearn Peace - with Kevin Barnhill | Need help? Check out these resources: www.firstresponderwellness.co/resources or Dial 988 for immediate help. Click here to take the Leadership Assessment: http://firstresponderwellness.co/assessment Episode 122 - Unlearn Survival, and Relearn Peace - with Kevin Barnhill This episode is a raw conversation about what happens when the job doesn’t just change your schedule—it changes you. Conrad Weaver sits down with Kevin Barnhill, a former pastor turned police sergeant turned clinician, to talk about the quiet identity drift so many first responders experience: the moment your badge stops being something you wear and starts becoming who you are. Kevin shares how he “lost himself” for nearly a decade—becoming sharper, more cynical, more irritable—while still doing the work and trying to survive the pace, the calls, and the culture. And then, in a twist that feels almost too small to be true, he describes a wake-up moment that wasn’t a shooting or a barricade… but a minor citizen complaint that revealed how far he’d moved from the person he wanted to be. They dig into the difference between bosses and leaders, why punitive environments create fear, and why mentorship—not micromanagement—is often the missing intervention. The heartbeat of the episode lands in one phrase Kevin drops near the end: “Unlearning survival and relearning peace.” If you’ve felt yourself hardening, disconnecting, or living on edge, this conversation offers language for what’s happening—and a path back. ABOUT KEVINKevin Barnhill is a former pastor and retired police sergeant with 28 years in law enforcement, including leadership roles such as internal affairs. Today he serves as a clinician, helping first responders and other high-stress professionals move from survival mode into healing, clarity, and sustainable peace. CONNECT WITH KEVINhttps://www.cadencecounseling.org/ +++++ FIRST RESPONDER WELLNESS PODCAST Order the PTSD911 Film and Educational Toolkit here: https://ptsd911movie.com/toolkit/Web site: https://ptsd911movie.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ptsd911movie/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ptsd911movie/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClQ8jxjxYqHgFQixBK4Bl0Q Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/first-responder-wellness-podcast/id1535675703 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2wW72dLZOKkO1QYUPzL2ih Purchase the PTSD911 film for your public safety agency or organization:https://ptsd911movie.com/toolkit/ The First Responder Wellness Podcast is a production of First Responder Wellness Solutions, LLC Copyright ©2026 First Responder Wellness Solutions, LLC - All rights Reserved. | 47m 29s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 |  You're Only as Sick as Your Secrets - Matt Bloesch | Episode 121: You’re Only as Sick as Your Secrets - Matt Bloesch Retirement is supposed to feel like relief. For Matt Bloesch, it does—but not because he simply “made it to the finish line.” After 26 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and retiring at captain, Matt describes what most first responders rarely say out loud: the job doesn’t just change what you’ve seen—it changes who you are at home, what you believe about the world, and how safe your family feels when you walk through the door. | 46m 49s | ||||||
| 2/11/26 |  You Don't Have to be Falling Apart to Need Healing - Kemmi Sadler | In this episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, Conrad sits down with Kemmi Saddler, a former local law enforcement officer who went from dispatch to patrol—and then into a 20-year career with the Diplomatic Security Service, protecting people and places most of us will never see. | 48m 18s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 |  The Moment We Arrive On Scene, We Become a Part of Their Story - Lt. Sarah Shendy | Some people wear the uniform and slowly disappear inside it—hardened, exhausted, running on fumes. Sarah Shendy is the opposite. Nearly 18 years into law enforcement, she still talks about the job with the kind of awe most people lose after year one. And in this conversation, she explains why. | 46m 38s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 |  Bulletproof: Staying Human on the Job with Dan Willis | In this episode, Conrad Weaver sits down with retired Captain Dan Willis, a 30-year veteran of the La Mesa Police Department (San Diego area), to talk about the quiet transformation that happens in first responder work—often long before anyone calls it “burnout.” Dan describes becoming “emotionally dead inside” just a few years into the job: shorter sentences, less connection at home, more isolation, and a growing numbness that felt like survival… until it became a warning sign. | 42m 49s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 |  I Built My Recovery Like an Investigation - with Craig Semple | I Built My Recovery Like an Investigation - with Craig Semple Craig Semple served 25 years as a detective in the New South Wales, Australia Police Force—homicides, drug squads, outlaw motorcycle gangs, the kind of work that runs on adrenaline and silence. But behind the scenes, PTSD and burnout were stacking up: sleepless nights, heavy drinking, and a culture that treated suffering like weakness. | 1h 01m 20s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 |  You Can't Heal What Stays Locked in the Dark - Dr. Cherylynn Lee | You Can’t Heal What Stays Locked in the Dark - Dr. Cherylynn Lee In this powerful episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, host Conrad Weaver sits down with police psychologist Dr. Cherylynn Lee to explore what really happens when trauma goes unspoken inside law enforcement, fire, EMS, and dispatch. | 48m 13s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 |  How to Survive the Job with Dr. Kevin Gilmartin | Dr. Kevin Gilmartin joins Conrad Weaver for a deep, candid conversation about the unseen toll of public safety work—on the brain, the body, and the home. Drawing on decades of experience across agencies and critical incidents, Gilmartin explains why hypervigilance is essential on duty but can become devastating off duty, and why peer support is often the missing link that makes wellness programs actually work. From metabolic health to leadership culture, this episode is for first responders, chiefs, command staff, peer support teams, and families who want more than survival—they want a sustainable life and career. | 46m 24s | ||||||
| 12/31/25 |  A Year in Review - Highlights from the Top Ten Downloaded Episodes this Year | This special year-end episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast counts down the Top 10 Most Downloaded Episodes of the Year—the conversations that resonated most with first responders, leaders, and their families. | 43m 46s | ||||||
| 12/24/25 |  Christmas Eve Message from Conrad Weaver | In this special Christmas Eve episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, we pause to honor and thank the brave men and women who continue to serve their communities during the holiday season. Whether you’re on shift or home with loved ones, this heartfelt message is dedicated to you. Host Conrad Weaver reflects on the sacrifices first responders make—especially during times when most are gathered with family. This short but meaningful episode is a reminder that your service is seen, your wellness matters, and you are deeply appreciated. | 5m 28s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 |  From Addiction to Purpose - Rich Cheatham's Journey Through Shame and Redemption. | From Porn Addiction to Purpose - Rich Cheatham’s Journey Through Shame and Redemption. In this powerful episode, retired fire captain Rick Cheatham opens up about a hidden crisis in the fire service—addiction, shame, and the mental health struggles no one talks about. Rick shares his personal battle with pornography addiction, rooted in childhood pain and magnified by the trauma of the job. | 40m 47s | ||||||
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