
S6 Ep19 Dr. Derek Donegan on Orthopedic Trauma & Metacognition
Dr. Derek Donegan is an orthopedic trauma surgeon and Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, a healthcare entrepreneur, co-founder of ORtelligence, and a national leader with the Ortho...
21 Sep 40min

S6 Ep18 Harry & Peter Ward on SOG Selection, Leadership, and Fatigue (Recast)
Recorded in 2020 during Melbourne's COVID lockdowns, this episode opens on what that stretch demanded of a tactical policing workforce that couldn't pause: fatigue management, disrupted home lives, an...
7 Sep 57min

S6 Ep17 The Myth of Suffering at Work
Diane Malaspina is a psychologist, performance coach, and longtime yoga teacher who specializes in stress and burnout recovery, nervous system regulation, and optimal performance. She coaches frontlin...
24 Aug 43min

S6 Ep16 Dr. Anna Simons: The Anthropology of Mission Critical Teams (Recast)
This week we're recasting Preston's conversation with Dr. Anna Simons from May 2023. Anna retired as a Professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School. She holds a PhD in Social Anthrop...
10 Aug 1h 19min

S6 Ep15 Sara (Mills) Kerr - Once a Bushfire Volunteer, Now an AI Researcher
Sara (Mills) Kerr is a firefighter with Fire and Rescue New South Wales and a PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle, researching the trustworthiness of AI-generated information in disaster and ...
27 Jul 52min

S6 Ep14 A Better Approach to After-Action Reviews
A few years ago, senior FBI SWAT team leader Matt Hoffman called Preston after a fatal operation. To assist the team in working through the loss, Preston and Matt used a process that went beyond the s...
13 Jul 55min

S6 Ep12 The Neuroscience of Operator Development (Recast)
This conversation originally aired December 6, 2022.Dr. Michael Platt is a Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania and holds joint appointments at the Pe...
15 Jun 49min



















