- 1,077
- Episodes
- 564
- Transcribed
- 914
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 2M
- YouTube views
About Behind The Shield
Bringing the greatest minds in mental and physical wellness to the men and women who serve our communities.
- Publisher
- James Geering
- Category
- health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 19 Oct 2020
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
564 of 1,077 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Richard Sprunger (Special Operations Medicine, Fire Service Leadership and Suicide) - Episode 1294
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr Richard Geering (Veterninary Medicine, Animal Rescues and Gut Biome) - Episode 145
4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sam Juan (Combat Moral Injury, Catharsis through Art and Post Traumatic Growth) - Episode 1293
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Richard Sprunger (Special Operations Medicine, Fire Service Leadership and Suicide) - Episode 1294
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so the same work that you would use for sports psychology for the San Diego Chargers to their quarterback to make the right decision in that split second is the same exact thing that you would condition a firefighter to be able to find that kid in that search rather than get lost and then call a mayday because their mind is so, you know, exhausted. So everything from the rest and recovery between shifts to, you know, the counseling, EMDR, or maybe even psychedelic therapy, whatever it is, it's a performance conversation. So all of a sudden it stops being sad and starts being like, I thought you wanted to be a good firefighter. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Behind The Shield
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Richard Sprunger
- Richard Geering
- Samantha Juan
- Dan Bornstein
- Daniel B Bornstein
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 1,685,672
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 660 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 254 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 88
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 96
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The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
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