Meet Bruno, executive director of the STP Foundation in LA. He tells us what its like to start and run a diversion program with City Hall during a pandemic & how funds that would've gone to the PD can be used to turn lives around. We learn the steps he took to help get the houseless people off of the "Skid Row of Venice" (the 2nd highest concentration of people living on the streets in LA). What about the history of the most famous graffiti walls in the world (he's in charge of those too), & what its like to go to CYA instead of high school (he tells us). How do you go from CYA & county jails to GOOGLE calling you in to meet you because GOOGLE  Googled you? We hear it all plus a deep dive into the homeless situation in LA & Venice as Bruno is also on the Venice neighborhood council. Theres also a stabbing story & a bunch of memories of Venice back in the days. 

LAFD Captain Andy Raya and Paramedic/Apparatus Operator Stan Minor tell us the story of the day Captain Raya literally dropped dead in the front seat of LAFD Truck 61 while driving back to the station. Hear how an experienced paramedic dismissed ALL the signs of his own HEART ATTACK, & how he was saved by the IMMEDIATE actions of his friends. Stan Minor gives us a rare insight as the lead paramedic on the craziest still alarm of his life. What's it like to have to save your friends life, on duty? Strap in & check your rhythm. 

Daniel Garcia was training to be a utility worker when he fell 45 feet from a utility pole, shattering his back & rupturing organs. Presumed dead, then given the worst prognosis possible, then told he'd be a quadriplegic. HE WALKED INTO THE STUDIO & told us he went from near death to become an IRONMAN para-World CHAMP. An incredible guy with an amazing story you can't miss.

WOW! You get to meet LAFD Engineer, Outrigger Canoe WORLD CHAMP, Bodybuilder, mom, & all around bad ass MF, Julie Wolfe! Julie tells us how she was one of the 1st LAFD women, working the toughest houses & promoting to engineer. She shares an incredible rescue story from a hotel fire, then drops in her own WILD rescue story as an Outrigger Canoe'r. This interview BLEW US AWAY, US. 

We answer questions sent in by our audience & learn: how to give a great (medic) radio report, why standup comedy is brutal, how Danny was "Mr High School", which one of us can rap, which LAFD station is the best, the different levels of help you can ask LAPD for, how many patients have attacked Danny, & who threw rocks at the rig & how many did they throw?

We talk to Psychiatric LCSW Stacy Sasada, who works for LA's 24 hour psychiatric emergency hotline. We talk Psych runs, what to do, what happens after, how do you decide when to put someone on a psych hold? How do they decide if you're about to kill yourself vs just having a bad day? What about having to care for someone with these issues in your home?

Comedian Chris Cope talks about surviving an event that almost no one survives. The biggest blood vessel in his body sprung a major leak, and the clock was ticking, on his LIFE. Whats it like to be INTERROGATED by a cop when you're LITERALLY DYING? How do you have OPEN HEART SURGERY with NO narcotic painkillers? Why would a nurse make sure you call your MOM, AGAIN? We also talk about how an Aortic Aneurysm works, Hershey Park, Pennsylvania EMS, fat crack addicts, & weird corporate comedy gigs. Strap in. 

Meet United States Naval Corpsmen John Opalski & Sergio Acosta. John served in the 1st ever SHOCK TRAUMA unit in modern HISTORY in the IRAQ war (2 TOURS) & Sergio was attached to the Marines unit known as the "BALLS of the CORPS" in the most REMOTE part of AFGHANISTAN to ever have AMERICANS. Whats it like to be a medic in the most hostile settings? You won't ever forget this one. 

Meet Dave Wehner, an LAFD Firefighter who drowned off the coast of Maui while snorkeling with his young son 100 yards from shore, keeping him afloat in a sudden squall. Whats it like to be wide awake underwater without oxygen in your lungs? How do you join the fewer than 1% of people who survive this? This is an amazing story & unbelievable rescue. Strap in!

Comedian Mark Gonzales was set to begin a national tour with Ralphie May, when he suddenly found him down on the floor not breathing. Hear how Mark took action, & listen along with him to his own 911 tape as he reflects on the most tragic morning of his life & the life lessons he takes from that day & his memories of Ralphie.