Behind The Shield

Alastair Macartney is a British Army veteran, world champion BASE jumper, author, speaker and the founder of Jump4Heroes. We discuss boading schools, living in Hong Kong, military logistics, his introduction to skydiving, overcoming fear through training diligence, his altruistic projects and so much more.

Dr Tasha Browning is a mental health counsellor specializing in Critical Incident Stress. We discuss her early life, traumatic brain injuries, mental health in first responders, counselling medical personnel through the pandemic, dance therapy and so much more.

Kevin Malahy is a martial artist and strength and conditioning coach working with the Canadian military. We discuss coaching young athletes, performance vs health, weight cutting, injury rehabilitation, mobility and much more.

Sara Wilkinson is a Crossfit coach and the widow of Chad Wilkinson. Chad was a member of the revered SEAL Team Six but tragically took his own life in 2018. We discuss their early lives, falling in love in high school, Chad's military journey, Crossfit, TBIs, suicide, he healing power of psychedelics and so much more.

Ricardo Roman is a veteran FDNY firefighter, Crossfit coach and the founder of the FDNY Barbell Club. We discuss his journey into the fire service, the good, the bad and the ugly of diversity, strength and conditioning in the tactical athlete, Crossfit competition, water rescue and much more.

Chad Lyman has combined his years of operational law enforcement and Mixed Martial Arts experience to emerge as one of the nation’s leading defensive tactics trainers. We discuss his journey into law enforcement, the importance of high training standards, combatives, excessive force vs improper technique and so much more.

Tom Satterly spent 25 years in the US Army, 20 of which serving with the elite Delta Force. Jen Satterly spend years embedded with the special forces as a Director of Video and Photography. We discuss Tom's journey through the military, Mogadishu, videography, mental health, suicide, their All Secure Foundation, writing and so much more.

Brian Mackenzie is an innovator in human performance on stress adaptation and a pioneer in the development and application of custom protocols to optimize human health and performance. In this second conversation, we discuss breathing and the tactical population, deregulating the nervous system, breathing health and COVID and much more.

Eric Siena was a veteran firefighter and special operations Lieutenant. Eric was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. His wife, Christy is also a fire Lieutenant. I sat down with them and Tom "Bull" Hill earlier this year when Eric was still undergoing treatment. We discussed his journey into the fire service, hazardous materials exposures, the cancer presumption bill, PTSD and much more. Eric Siena passed away on May 11, 2021. This episode is dedicated to him and every other first responder battling or taken by cancer.

Major Allison Brager is an Army neuroscientist, Crossfit competitor and astronaut candidate. We discuss advances in sleep research, transgender athletes, the mission to Mars, fitness testing and much more.