Talkin' Shop with Outlier Firefighters

Talkin' Shop with Outlier Firefighters

By Alex TannerEducationSelf-Improvement
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Talkin' Shop with Outlier Firefighters episodes

  • #47 Brian Stodola

    Fresh off his recent promotion, Lieutenant Brian Stodola joins me on the show to talk about owning your future, young leadership and transition to company officer. We'll also chat about generational differences and finding the future and mentoring it.

    1 hr 31 min
  • #46: John Velez Jr

    Tailboard Misfits own, John Velez Jr joins me on the show. We're going to talk about the senior man, family balance, building relationships and team building.

    1 hr 30 min
  • Pete Mensching

    Captain Mensching and I talk about being a company officer and the training you need. Like throwing ladders or pulling hose: leadership and decision making are skills that can be learned and taught.

    1 hr 49 min
  • #44 David Rhodes

    We're back in 2025! Starting off this year with a big episode. Chief David Rhodes, Editor in Chief of Fire Engineering. We talk about the future and past coming together, loyal disobedience, having the courage to go against the grain and how to get involved in the fire service renaissance.

    2 hr 13 min
  • #43: Seth Dishno

    Lt Dishno joins me to talk about the leadership void, generational changes, training and preserving traditional firefighter culture.

    2 hr 18 min
  • #42: Scott Thompson

    FDIC keynote speaker and author of "The Functional Fire Company":
    Chief Scott Thompson of The Colony Fire Department joins me on the show to talk culture, risk and letting firefighters be firefighters.

    1 hr 52 min
  • #41: BJ Breecher
    More conversations between Midwest firemen! BJ's awesome and you'll enjoy what he has today.
    We're going to talk about minimum standards, training, crew culture and firefighter LARPing.
    The fireground will tell you if you can do this job, and it isn't for
    2 hr 22 min
  • #40: Preston Lyons
    Preston from "Relentless Rejects" and I chat about pursuing creating your own path, going against the grain, starting your own standard and finding your people. Two brothers who are in to the job,
    taking about just that. What more could you ask for?
    1 hr 48 min
  • #39: Nick Ledin
    Nick and I are breaking through the Cheddar Curtain to talk. FRS, risk, training, being an officer and growing with data.
    1 hr 45 min

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A firefighter podcast for the Outliers, those of us that obsessively pursue excellence and the people who inspire us. You are not alone.