Children of Fallen Patriots

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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"Children of Fallen Patriots" - Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:18.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triamp and connect with me 24-7 at
0:26.6	Dr. Laura.com.
0:28.5	And to start out our day, I'm going to be talking to Stephen Brooks.
0:33.0	Stephen Brooks is a recipient of education support from Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation.
0:40.5	Good morning, Stephen.
0:43.2	Hi, Dr. Laura. How are you?
0:45.9	I'm great. How are you?
0:48.5	I hear you perfectly. If not, I would be nagging.
0:51.9	Why can't I hear him? Yeah, you're good.
0:54.6	I'm fine.
0:54.9	Okay, how old are you?
0:57.0	I'm 25.
0:58.8	And how old were you when you lost your dad?
1:03.5	I was four years old.
1:06.5	Okay, you're on now.
1:08.1	Tell your story, please.
1:10.5	Sure, yeah. So my father, Lieutenant Colonel Timothy P. Brooks, he was a West Point grad,
1:18.6	82nd Airborne. He was a ranger. He was deployed to Afghanistan following the 9-11 attack
1:26.5	and the fall of 2001 died in 2004 on active duty from toxic exposures overseas in Uzbekistan at the K2 Air Base when I was just turning four years old.
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