SWAT Medic
Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
Chris Gethard
4.8 • 9.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
A paramedic calls in this week, and he and Gethard bond fast over the real deal world of first response. This caller is operating at a pretty intense level, working in roles that require very specific skill sets. He and Geth get into the ins and outs of the job, ambulance hierarchy, and whether there's real beef between paramedics, EMTs, and everybody else on the scene. Plus, the caller talks about growing up around addiction and instability, doing his own mental health work, and how all of it shaped the way he shows up for people in crisis.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello to everybody chasing that adrenaline. |
| 0:08.8 | It's beautiful anonymous one hour. |
| 0:11.5 | One phone call. |
| 0:12.7 | No names. |
| 0:13.7 | No holds barred. |
| 0:15.7 | I'd rather go one on one. |
| 0:20.1 | I think it'll be more fun |
| 0:21.7 | and I'll get to know you |
| 0:24.4 | and you'll get to know me |
| 0:27.0 | Hi everybody I know not everybody loves an intro |
| 0:30.2 | This one's not too long |
| 0:31.5 | If you skip about four and a half minutes ahead |
| 0:33.6 | It'll put you right at the beginning of the call |
| 0:35.3 | Thanks so much |
| 0:36.4 | Okay ahead. It'll put you right at the beginning of the call. Thanks so much. |
| 0:48.2 | Hi, everybody. Welcome to Beautiful Anonymous. It's great to talk to you. My name's Chris. I'm your host. I've been your host of this show for 10 years now. I feel so lucky. If you're just |
| 0:52.8 | joining us for the first time, welcome. What we do |
| 0:56.0 | is we have phone calls with random people and they stay anonymous so people can say what they want. |
| 1:01.8 | And it's lovely. It's a good time and I feel lucky we've been doing it this long and thanks for being |
| 1:06.6 | along for the ride. I have mentioned I was I was in Germany I was teaching workshops at a festival |
| 1:12.6 | in minds Germany I went it was great I want to say hi to my friends from the affirmativae which is |
| 1:19.3 | the improv group that brought me out it was a great experience it was a weird experience in Germany |
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