Papa Tango Sierra Delta
Papa Tango Sierra Delta is the phonetic spelling of PTSD. This psychiatric injury, which may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event, series of events or set of circumstances, is up to five (5) times more common in first responders. Due to fears of stigmas, stereotypes, negative repercussions at the workplace, inclusive of being discharged, and a plethora of other reasons, many feel alone and acutely uncomfortable about speaking out; this has led to a suicide epidemic. The Papa Tango Sierra Delta podcast journals the journey, thoughts & experiences of an active, senior police officer who has been diagnosed with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), as well as the stories shared by fellow struggling members of the military, police, fire, EMS, dispatch, corrections, nursing, search & rescue, and other law enforcement, public safety & healthcare professionals.
Episodes
Welcome to the first unedited, single-take recording into the depths of my mind. Hopefully you enjoy the journey... regardless, there will be no refunds.
***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.***
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Featuring the song "Don&...
Police operations dispatcher. Domestic abuse victim. National paraplegic athlete. Stacey Tetz has consistently found a way to break through each obstacle put in front of her.
***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.***
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Nathan Kapler, medically-retired Mountie and host of the Ten-Thirty Three podcast, shares his journey from joining the Force at a young age, recognising something was mentally wrong at only two years service, his requests for help, his battle to find sobriety, his twelve years of service, his retirement, and the story behind his podcast, which has been vocalising the realities of PTSD since 2021.
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At 18 years old, Evan Birch began his career with emergency services in Alberta. Twenty years later, after saving countless lives and not yet the ripe old age of 40, he has learned to not only accept his PTSD diagnosis, but how to "run" the gauntlets imposed by the injury.
Evan joins the show to discuss a little about his pre-PTSD journey, with more focus about his work to mitigate the symptoms by facing them h...
Patty Smith joined the reg forces at a time there were not many other women in the Army. At 30 years service - experiencing misogyny and traumatic memories of driving amongst land mines in the fields of Bosnia - and just days away from retirement, she was ordered to be assessed for potential mental health injuries.
Medically retired, hospitalised as a result of domestic violence, and in the process of distancing herself fr...
At 13 years old, he used cocaine with his drug-addicted dad. In high school, he kicked ass on the football field.
Then he joined the United States Marine Corps and later served in Desert Storm (Kuwait), where he witnessed the horrors of war.
When he came home and struggled with operational stress injuries, he found God.
Meet Greg Munck, a USMC combat-promoted veteran, diagnosed with PTSD, who founded The...
Shaun Taylor, retired Tier 1 special operations forces assaulter/sniper, retired high-performance race coach and current podcaster on "The Collective", joins the show to talk about the changes in physiology, lifestyle and mindset that are required to not only achieve post traumatic growth, but to also discover the best version of you.
***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or tri...
As a first responder, horrible scenes are often the only places you spend time with first responders of other services. The YXEFRFF committee of five have been changing that reality.
Saskatoon police officer Ang McEwen and paramedic Nathan Rollack, both of YXE First Responders Fitness Festival, speak about their success last year, the money they have raised for mental health and the number of people it has helped, the wor...
Brady Hoffman, a Staff Sergeant with the British Columbia Sheriff Service, shares his journey from mental health decline to suicidal ideations, and his eventual return to work with new found hope and appreciation.
***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.***
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September Froggley’s personal journey has led her to the conclusion that any hope of curing mental health is not about pills, but rather human connection.
Depression, drugs, disassociation, addiction, stints in rehab, addictions again, suicide, grief, and a culminating attempt to save others.
This is how one amazing woman is fanning the flames of change.
***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be...
They say that all good things must come to end. If that's the case, then by logic, all bad things must also come to an end, otherwise no other good things would happen.
This episode will always be very, very special on account of my co-host... who I'll leave unnamed here.
Just take the time to listen... it's a fairly relaxing, yet transitional journey.
***WARNING: this podcast contains gr...
The episode starts with Shaun Taylor, a paramedic in Ontario and one of the founding members of I've Got Your Back 911, at the 2023 World Police & Fire Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
It finishes as a collaboration episode with the 911 Strong Podcast. Aram Choe and Kristen Jauregui of the El Monte Police Department in California interview Larry, who also interviews them, for a release on both podcasts.
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Eric Tung, a Washington State police officer and the host of Blue Grit Radio, breathes & bleeds blue.
On this collaboration episode, which is being simultaneously released on Blue Grit Radio and the Papa Tango Sierra Delta podcast, Eric discusses the realities of policing as a career of high stress and high trauma, the difficulties of talking about our experiences, the current state of affairs in Washington regarding t...
Andrea & Lawrence Christensen. Husband & wife on the same episode... you get to experience life when one spouse has PTS(D).
Lawrence speaks about his time in the Canadian Armed Forces and the scars it left. Andrea speaks about falling in love with a man who bore scars, how she has worked to support him, and what it's like for her trying to do this all on her own without any recognition of her needed support sy...
Tired of death notifications, fatal motor vehicle collisions, and arresting criminals who were released quicker than paperwork could be completed, Chris Whittemore left his gig as a Texas State Trooper in 2004 and returned to the United States Marine Corps.
2005. Ramadi, Iraq. Sniper.
2007: Fallujah, Iraq. Weapons Tech.
2010: Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Crew Chief / Door Gunner.
During the episode, S/Sg...
14 years later, with 4 shifts remaining until retirement, A/Capt. Lynette Fritshaw decided it was time ...
While planning to commit suicide, Chad Kennedy dove into a bottle of Captain Morgan rum. Intoxication spilled into social media when he posted a promise to walk the country for post traumatic stress awareness. Rather than abandon the idea when sober, he instead embraced it... and in doing so, Sea to Sea for PTSD was born.
Recorded live and on location at Ol' Biddy's Brewhouse (Sackville, Nova Scotia), teammates L...
Derrick May summarizes his journey as a lifelong project. It unarguably has been a bumpy ride on a treacherous road through storm after storm.
Despite that, he keeps pushing through until he falls... then he picks himself up and pushes through again.
Sexually molested as a child, Derrick chose a life in the Canadian Armed Forces to get away from his hometown of Saint John, New Brunswick. Though he never deployed t...
Forensic psychologist. Clinical psychologist. Subject-matter Expert in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Author of PTSD Unplugged.
Meet Dr. Pamela Hall.
During the episode, "Dr. Pam" speaks in understandable language about trauma and how it affects the brain, including intrusive memories, dissociation, nightmares, hyper vigilance, and her insight about misuse of the term "triggers".
If ...
Daniel Sundahl is well experienced with operational stress injuries. After all, his many years of work as a registered advanced care paramedic led to a plethora of traumatic experiences that eventually cost him his memory, his marriage and his will to live. A team of mental health professionals helped Daniel embark on a journey towards recovery. During the episode, Daniel also speaks about purging trauma through art, the hidden mea...
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