Are you a First Responder with an interesting origin story? Do you have something you need to get off your chest? Do you have a side-hustle you want to promote?
Put on headphones (we clean them sometimes), grab the microphone (we NEVER clean them), smoke a pipe (they are always cleaned), have a drink (why is day-drinking stigmatized?), and shoot the shit.
CONTACT US! InBetweenTheCalls@gmail.com, find us on Facebook, Instagram, send a smoke signal, carrier pigeon, or just yell really loud.
Handsome…CHECK
Intelligent…CHECK
Funny…CHECK
Enough about Izzy & Frank; Dave Caggiano stops in to learn a thing or three about being funny from these two clowns. From Paramedic/firefighter/comedian in Massachusetts to Paramedic/comedian in NYC, Dave is the full package in Episode 17 of In Between the Calls. Follow his shenanigans on Instagram-- @davecaggiano (https://www.instagram.com/davecaggiano/?hl=en)
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
15 Mar 2026
Episode 16 - Ryan Gray
Mr. Gray will see you now…
Imagine what he could have accomplished had heactually put effort into his high school education. Ryan completely maxxed out on Call of Duty so he figured he might as well test out his battle acumen in real life. Join Izzy & Frank as they perform their first personality test on a guest.
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
15 Feb 2026
Episode 15 - Hasnie Ahmetaj
Nearly eight years ago when he met her to this day,Frank’s son refers to her as “The Horse Lady”. When this EMS Boss shows up to your job, she will have a flower in her hair and a big smile on her face. We wish all EMS bosses did this--especially the flower! Sit in our imaginary ambulance and see what we talk about in between the calls. (See what we didthere?)
Frank is up to his old shenanigans with the record, pause, and stop buttons. Only two minutes were harmed in the making of this episode.
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
14 Jan 2026
Episode 14 - Aileen Xue
Tiny and fierce, Aileen manages to take care of a dog,work two jobs, attend college, do research, all while travelling back and forth from Upstate NY to NYC where she is harboring her fugitive boyfriend until they can have their Green Card wedding (hopefully officiated by Frank—just sayin’).
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
11 Dec 2025
Episode 13 - Chris Brett
Looking for a gift for Chris Brett this Christmas? Buy some Bolt Action WWII sets and he will have his wife paint eyes on the soldiers so they can see where they’re shooting.
Join Izzy and Frank as their IQs drop several points as they chat with a legacy NYC medic.
FRANK HAS A STOVE!!!! He doesn’t have a couch but it has been ordered and should be here in time for the next recording!
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
9 Nov 2025
Episode 12 - Michael Trollo
Driven by a sense of duty to his community, Mike volunteers a lot of his free time (and sanity) to a local NYC volunteer squad(northshorerescuesquad.org) while working full-time as a dispatcher for a private ambulance company here in Staten Italy. His message to new EMTs--"if you’re going to do it, dedicate yourself to it fully". I think we can all agree with thisstatement!
Also, Frank may be considered an accomplice to whatever crime Izzy commits with his birthday gift.
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
13 Oct 2025
Episode 11 - Evgeny Belilovsky
Episode # 11: Evgeny Belilovsky
First rule of Fight Club—only talk about Fight Club when you’re on a podcast. Comrade Belilovsky brings his new moustache and a love of history to the podcast studio. When we say podcast studio, we mean Frank’s studio apartment which does not have a stove. Keep a pen and paper handy for Evgeny’s salmon and accompanying sauce recipe. He also drops some sage advice before signing off on Episode 11.
Did Frank ever mention he doesn’t have a stove?
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
22 Sept 2025
Episode 10 - James DePaolo
Do not let the young face and beautiful, flowing hair fool you. James is a dedicated (almost) paramedic and newly minted educator with a very mature outlook on life in EMS and how to inspire the next generation of ambulance drivers.
Meanwhile, Izzy is shrinking and Frank ran out of vodka so the planned espresso martinis were a limited edition.
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
25 Aug 2025
Episode 9 - Matt Caron
LONG LIVE WHITE CASTLE!
Frank is still not convinced it is actual animal meat but Matt is the judge of all things White Castle.
Straight from the Jurassic Period… Rolling up in his 2003 Honda Element with only 50k miles—EMS Dinosaur Matt Caron brings a Bourbon that Frank can finally tolerate as well as some old ID cards and a 1991 NYC Protocol book. Matt did not sweat as much as he does at work but if Izzy’s sugar kept its downward trend, he was two breaths away from cool and clammy. (40 is a low blood sugar; right?)
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
21 Jul 2025
Episode 8 - Santiago Bendana Jr.
Even with a Thanos snap from the Infinity Gauntlet where he could have his dream job, Santiago would still like to be a public servant. Frank would be a Rock Star and Izzy would be an actor—both self-serving glory-hounds. Well Santiago, snap your fingers, go serve the public and make sure you throw in a nice guitar and amplifier for Frank. And earplugs—not for him—for everyone else.
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
23 Jun 2025
Episode 7 - Daniel Shteynvarts
Daniel Shteynvarts discusses his commitment to self-care, physical fitness, and dietary preferences with hosts Izzy and Frank in this interview.
1 Apr 2025
Episode 6 - Rodrigo Ramirez
Mexico City to Texas to New York to Mexico to New Yorkto Texas and possibly back to New York. Follow Rodrigo’s journey from his first Coca Cola sign at six-years-old to his current job at Coca Cola. He managed to squeeze NYC EMS and the US Army in between.
About 20 minutes in, Izzy gave up counting how many times Rodrigo says some form of the work “fuck”. Who wants to give a listen and let us know the final count?
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
15 Mar 2025
Episode 5 - Nick Passion
Nicholas Picciotto is a passionate New Yawker, musician, and paramedic. Join us in Episode 5 as we explore the difficult world of music and passion versus the realities of life as we do our best to find a drummer for a band with AMAZING stage presence. Also, chest tubes hurt going in.
(These three clowns fit in the shower at the same time but would not be able to do much but stand still)
Music provided by:
Author: Diligent Delinquents (Picciotto, N; Testagrossa Jr., P.)
Title: Big Thangs
Title: Oxygen
Album: It’s a Funny Time
24 Feb 2025
Episode 4 - Christian Rodriguez
Christian can’t read, Frank can’t do math (if you were ever his student, you know exactly why this is funny), and Izzy can’t travel outside of the United States. Christian reveals his EMS origin story and recants why his left arm is longer and weirder than his right arm. (P.S. – solid red is recording; blinking red is pause—FRANK SUCKS)
Episode Music provided by:
Title: 11 MPH
Title: Inhale
Author: Johnathon M. Horner “Beat Mekanik”
Source: Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music
License: Attribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0
3 Feb 2025
Episode 3 - Theo Saillard
Have you ever sprayed a firehose at armed Mexican fisherman in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? Join Izzy & Frank as they live vicariously through the story of [then] fresh-out-of-high-school Theo Saillard in his adventures as a young environmental warrior turned NYC EMT. He is not bragging, but Izzy makes a mean Espresso Old Fashioned.
(Frank forgot to hit record the first time but luckily it was only a few minutes. What a jerk.)
Episode Music provided by:
Title: 11 MPH
Title: Inhale
Author: Johnathon M. Horner “Beat Mekanik”
Source: Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/inhale/
License: Attribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0
31 Dec 2024
Episode 2 - Zee Medina
Episode 2: Zenaides (Zee) Medina joins the boys for a pipe and tells us how he went from dreams of playing professional baseball to the white-collar world of finance to the blue collars and broken backs of EMS. Episode Music:Title: 11 MPHTitle: InhaleAuthor: Johnathon M. Horner “Beat Mekanik”Source: Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/inhale/License: Attribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0Send us a textAre you a First Responder with an interesting origin...
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Episode 1 - In Between Izzy & Frank
Episode 1: Izzy & Frank talk about their EMS beginnings and try to light their pipes a bunch of times. Border crossings and telling lies with a Christian Pastor to get to Ground Zero on 9/11; meet the hosts of the In Between the Calls podcast.MUSICTitle: 11 MPHTitle: InhaleAuthor: Johnathon M. Horner “Beat Mekanik”Source: Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/inhale/License: Attribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0Send us a textAre you a First Responder...
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