The Squad Room

Garrett Te Slaa

The Squad Room is a podcast devoted to optimizing the physical, mental, and emotional health and wellness of police officers, and law enforcement personnel. We tackle any subject that might improve first responder wellness and commitment to ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities we serve. Physical fitness, sleep and sleeping disorders, identifying PTSD, mindfulness and meditation, the importance of mentors and coaches – the list goes on!

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Squad Room episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Squad Room for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Squad Room episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Ep 89: Briefing Topic: We Need a Better Marketing Plan

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09/14/18 • 16 min

Last week, Nike managed to piss off approximately 50% of the country with their new ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick. In this Briefing Topic episode, I share my opinion on the whole event and explain why you should not care about this, or waste one second of your time upset about it. Please support our [...]

Ep 75: Going Undercover and Through Hell with ATF Agent and Best Selling Author Jay Dobyns

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08/29/17 • 44 min

Jay Dobyns is the author of one of my favorite cop books: “No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels.” He didn’t just write the book, he lived the story. Jay was the primary undercover agent for the ATF during Operation Black Bisquit. Many of us remember the 2002 [...]

Ep 72: Major Josh Mantz Was Shot and Killed in Iraq, and He’s Here to Tell the Story

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07/21/17 • 69 min

U.S. Army Major (ret.) Josh Mantz, author of the new book, The Beauty of a Darker Soul: Overcoming Trauma Through the Power of Human Connection is our guest on this episode. A 2005 graduate of West Point, Josh was commissioned as an infantry officer and soon found himself fighting insurgents in Baghdad during “The Surge.” [...]

Ep 59: Portland SWAT Officer Nick Frankus on Confidence: How to Get it, Keep it, and Make Sure It’s Real.

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04/04/17 • 74 min

Nick Frankus has been with the Portland Police Department for 18 years – many of them on the department’s SWAT Team. Nick is a very observant and introspective guy and he’s been documenting the lessons he’s learned along the way and he’s now sharing them in his own podcast Work on the Edge, which I [...]

Ep 52: Shift Briefing: Turning Pro

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02/27/17 • 10 min

Not getting the life you want? Maybe you haven’t turned pro.

Ep 50: I Was a Dirty Cop with Former LAPD Officer Ruben Palomares

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02/14/17 • 79 min

Ruben Palomares’ life reads like the script of a Hollywood movie. Born and raised in some of the toughest barrios of Los Angeles, surrounded by abuse and no father figure, Ruben stayed strong and avoided the siren call of gang life that claimed so many of his friends and family members. Ruben learned he had [...]

Ep 49: Greg Amundson on Building a Positive Practice and Following Your Path

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02/01/17 • 54 min

Greg Amundson is an official “FOS” That’s Friend of the Show. Greg’s teachings, books, and leadership have been instrumental in my own development and I know that many of you feel the same way. I know this because more than anyone else, I get emails asking to get Greg back on the show. Lucky for [...]

Ep 39: CrossFit Games Winner and OPEX Founder James FitzGerald

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08/02/16 • 54 min

James is the winner of the inaugural CrossFit Games, way back in the old’n days of 2007. Seems like a long ways away from the StubHub Center and the “sport of fitness” it is today. James is a huge supporter of first responders and he jumped at the opportunity to come on the show. We [...]

Ep 35: Cardiologist and Lieutenant Dr. Jon Sheinberg on Heart Health

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06/07/16 • 69 min

This episode is exactly the kind of episode I set out to record and bring to other LEOs when I started The Squad Room. It isn’t a fun topic (though I think you’ll certainly still find it interesting), but it’s vitally important to our survival. Dr. Jon Sheinberg is a military veteran, a board-certified cardiologist, a [...]

Episode 100! Learning from Your Failures and Moving Forward with Traver Boehm

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02/26/19 • 107 min

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Tim Kennedy, Andy Stumpf, Kelly Starrett, Tony Horton...just some of the amazing guests we’ve had in the first 99 episodes. It seems like it has taken forever to get to episode 100. In fact, it’s taken almost 4 years. I’ve been inconsistent, infrequent, behind, and distracted as a producer and host. [...]

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FAQ

How many episodes does The Squad Room have?

The Squad Room currently has 195 episodes available.

What topics does The Squad Room cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.

What is the most popular episode on The Squad Room?

The episode title '120: Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement with Dr. Kevin Gilmartin' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Squad Room?

The average episode length on The Squad Room is 60 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Squad Room released?

Episodes of The Squad Room are typically released every 14 days.

When was the first episode of The Squad Room?

The first episode of The Squad Room was released on May 16, 2015.

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