Guest Episode – 

Three Uniforms, One Stroke: Part 1

Dispatched & Dysfunctional – Because sometimes the worst calls make the best stories.

This isn’t your normal episode. This is raw, unfiltered, and recorded outdoors at Susan Crowder’s home — with Susan, her daughter Maizee, her granddaughter Jo, my wife Jordan, and my daughter Sophie. You’ll hear laughter, interruptions, and real life in the background. That’s the point.

🚑 Susan wore three uniforms: paramedic, police officer, firefighter. She’s seen it all, done it all — until a stroke ended her career in an instant. In Part 1, Susan takes us back to the beginning: chasing chaos, raising kids in the middle of it, and never backing down no matter which badge she carried.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: More banter, more explicit language, and more raw emotion than usual. Includes trauma, medical emergencies, stroke, and dark humor. Listener discretion advised.

Why It Matters:

Because behind every uniform is a human being — and sometimes the hardest fight isn’t in the field, but in your own body. Susan’s story is one of survival, adaptation, and finding a way forward when everything changes.

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