Next week on 2 Lives...

Jenn Killeen became a flight nurse on emergency helicopters because she’s good in a crisis. 

JENN KILLEEN: Notoriously I perform very well under pressure. The more pressure I'm under, the better I perform. LAUREL: Is that why you do it? JENN KILLEEN: Yeah. I love it. I love it. Um, I love the adrenaline stress. It's not the adrenaline of the aircraft. It's the adrenaline of, ‘I think I just saved somebody. We just saved somebody.’ We helped somebody on their worst day, uh, in their biggest emergency on their worst nightmare. We helped.

But what happens when it's their worst nightmare kind of a day. That’s next week on 2 Lives.

Dustin Swanson didn't get it. He was in his thirties, healthy, in shape, didn't smoke or drink, even had low cholesterol. So why did his heart stop?

2 Lives is produced and hosted by Laurel Morales. Pod art and website is designed by Annie Galloway. A version of this episode first appeared on KJZZ's 2 Lives in November of 2020.

TW: Mention of sexual assault

Casey Merriman comes back from the brink of death three times and the lessons she's learned are critical. 

2 Lives is produced and hosted by Laurel Morales. Pod art and website is designed by Annie Galloway. A version of this episode first appeared on KJZZ's 2 Lives in November of 2020.

Anna and Mike LaBenz have endured great challenges, not the least of which was coming head to head with a grizzly bear.

2 Lives is produced and hosted by Laurel Morales. Pod art and website is designed by Annie Galloway. A version of this episode appeared on KJZZ's 2 Lives in November of 2020.

An endurance athlete is someone who can run 50 miles and keep going despite the fact that blood is oozing out of his shoes. They’re really a breed unto themselves. But that’s just the sort of relentlessness you need to survive this ordeal that Tommy Rivers Puzey has gone through.

2 Lives is produced and hosted by Laurel Morales, pod art and website designed by Annie Galloway. A version of this episode appeared on KJZZ's 2 Lives. Listen for an update at the end of the show.

TW // Domestic violence

At one point in her life, Kambri Crews wanted nothing to do with her father. He was violent. And he betrayed her. Betrayed the whole family. But, while researching her memoir, Kambri discovered another side to her dad. One that almost brought them back together.

2 Lives is produced and hosted by Laurel Morales, pod art and website designed by Annie Galloway. An earlier version of this episode appeared on KJZZ's 2 Lives.

In Navajo culture you don’t talk about death. It’s considered taboo. To talk about death is to bring it upon you. But Marquerita Donald can’t help but talk about it.

2 Lives is produced and hosted by Laurel Morales. Pod art and website designed by Annie Galloway. An earlier version of this episode appeared on KJZZ's 2 Lives.

Flagstaff photographer Jake Bacon has made it his mission to save wild animals until one puts his life in danger.

2 Lives is produced and hosted by Laurel Morales. Pod art and website designed by Annie Galloway.

A version of this podcast originally appeared on KJZZ's 2 Lives.

TW // addiction, domestic violence

Stephani Lindsey has survived inherited addictions, a car crash, and the chronic pain that came with it. She credits yoga with not only her recovery but with transforming her life.

2 Lives is produced and hosted by Laurel Morales, story edited by Camila Kerwin of the Rough Cut Collective, pod art and website designed by Annie Galloway, music from Blue Dot Sessions.

The irony isn't lost on Flagstaff Shelter Services executive director Ross Schaefer Altenbaugh. Her job is to find people a home, when she herself longs to feel safe, tethered, and protected.

2 Lives is produced and hosted by Laurel Morales, story edited by Camila Kerwin of the Rough Cut Collective, pod art and website designed by Annie Galloway, music from Blue Dot Sessions.