May 12, 2026
Ep 24: Badge, Burden & Breaking: Andrew McLean on the Cost of Policing


Andrew McLean is a former police officer, author of Beaten Black and Blue, and mental health advocate. This conversation is not about a single traumatic call. It is about accumulation. The slow, often invisible impact of repeated exposure to trauma, and how that exposure changes the way first responders think, trust, and function over time. […]