Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast | Podcast Guru

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The Hey Chaplain podcast is where cops say, "Hey Chaplain, I've got a story to tell and some hard-earned wisdom to share." On Hey Chaplain you'll hear from dispatchers and federal agents, Sheriffs and US Marshals, as well as local detectives and patrolmen. From the LAPD to Scotland Yard, the guests on Hey Chaplain deliver advice and insights so that police officers everywhere can survive and thrive. The host, Jared Altic, has almost 30 years of experience serving and counseling military and law enforcement families. The show looks at both the humorous and traumatic sides of police life, sharing wisdom to create healthy cops both at work and at home. Share this podcast with a cop or someone who loves a cop.

Recent Episodes

155 - Ambushed: Jeremy and Joy Braun, Part 1

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail I hope that we are building trust here at Hey Chaplain so that you know we're not going to just trauma dump a bunch of dramatic stories on you for the sake of clicks. When we talk about officer injuries or line of duty deaths, it's because we've found good wisdom to share with you. That is very true of the story of Jeremy Braun, who was a SWAT team member in Oregon who tracked an armed suspect into the woods and was then shot in the throat by a s...

31 MIN

Dungeon Crawler Carl and Other Books The Chaplain Totally Denies Enjoying - Bonus Ep 53

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Here's a list of really good audio books that the Chaplain is definitely NOT recommending, wink, wink. Audiobooks: Project Hail Mary, by Andy WeirRed Shirts, by John ScalziThe Expanse series, by James SA CoreyThe Captive's War series, by James SA CoreyThe Dungeon Crawler Carl series, by Matt Dinniman (narrated by Jeff Hays) Honorable mentions: The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha WellsThe Bobiverse series and Flybot by Dennis E. Taylor Music is b...

20 MIN

154 - How 2 Love Our Cops: Corina Shipp

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Finding support for police spouses is tough. Finding good ways for police spouses to help their cops be healthier can be even harder. Today's guest is Corina Shipp who has two decades of experience as a police wife in the Pacific Northwest and she has a lot of great experience building a network of relationships among the often-neglected community of police family members. I specifically want you to hear how she found a way to make a big impact o...

38 MIN

153.5 - Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement, Part 2: Kevin Gilmartin

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail This is the second part of my conversation with Dr Kevin Gilmartin. Gilmartin is the author of Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement, one of the most important landmark books in the field of police officer wellness. It really is required reading and it laid the foundation for the hundreds of books and seminars and podcasts that have followed in the last 25 years. In this part we talk about physical fitness's relationship to health, sleep, ...

33 MIN

153 - Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement, Part 1: Kevin Gilmartin

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Even after six years of working on this podcast, I still have a long list of ideas and potential guests to be on this show. In fact the list is constantly growing! But one name that has always been on the list is Dr Kevin Gilmartin. Gilmartin is the author of that book with the red and white cover that is on just about every reading list from the FBI to the IACP and countless agencies in the United States, Canada, Australia and many other c...

33 MIN