Beau Porter - Episode 794

Behind The Shield

James Geering

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness

4.9 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2023

⏱️ 184 minutes

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Summary

Beau Porter is a veteran Los Angeles firefighter and the man behind "Firefight Mentality". We discuss his multi-generational firefighting family, his own journey into the fire service, homelessness, addiction, gang violence, his powerful perspective on the pandemic, losing his best friend, his own mental health story, the genesis of his project and so much more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Behind a Shield podcast. As always, my name's James Gearing, and this week it is my
0:03.8	absolute honor to welcome on the show, veteran L.A. firefighter and the man behind firefight mentality,
0:11.0	Bo Porter. So in this conversation, we discuss a host of topics from following his grandfather
0:17.1	and father's footsteps into the fire service, working in one of the busiest stations
0:21.8	in LA, homelessness, addiction, his unique experience during the COVID crisis, losing one of
0:28.9	his brother firefighters to COVID, his own powerful mental health story, how Bo decided to
0:34.7	become part of the solution when it came to the mental health of his department,
0:38.7	sleep deprivation, firefighter families, and so much more. Now before we get to this incredible
0:44.4	conversation, as I say every week, please just take a moment, go to whichever app you listen to this
0:49.9	on, subscribe to the show, leave feedback and leave a rating.
0:54.8	Every single five-star rating truly does elevate this podcast, therefore making it easier for others to find.
1:01.9	And this is a free library of almost 800 episodes now.
1:06.9	So all I ask in return is that you help share these incredible men and women's stories
1:12.2	so I can get them to every single person on planet Earth who needs to hear them.
1:17.7	So with that being said, I introduce to you, Bo Porter.
1:23.1	Enjoy.
1:42.3	Yeah. enjoy. Well, Bo, I want to start by saying, firstly, thank you to the Grab Lives podcast.
1:48.1	That's where I first heard your conversation.
1:50.3	So shout out to those guys.
1:51.9	And secondly, I want to welcome you to the Behind the Shield podcast today.
1:56.9	Oh, thanks for having me.
1:58.7	It's an honor to be on with you and just, you know, experiencing this journey that I've
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