Choir Practice Podcast
First Responders, and Public Servants, share the most extraordinary experiences from their careers. Here on Choir Practice our mission is to preserve our guests personal legacies for friends and family, sharing their stories for anyone who might be curious or interested in a career in public service.
Podcasting since 2021 • 190 episodes
Choir Practice Podcast
Latest Episodes
Tyke Manoleas (US Marine, AZ Dept of Corrections, Pima County Jail, Retired Pima County Sheriff's Lieutenant)
It was so good to catch up with Tyke. We chatted for about three hours before we started recording. Our friendship goes back to 1996 or 1997! We carpooled to the jail together.His career in public service began with the USMC, deploying t...
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Season 4
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Episode 181
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3:17:03
Roger Vanderpool (US Army Military police, Goshen, IN. Police, Retired AZ DPS Lieutenant, Pinal County Sheriff, AZ DPS Director)
Like so many of my guests, Roger has lived many lives in one lifetime! And the positions he's held, the opportunities to serve, are very honorable.He began public service by joining the Army. He left the Army and was hired by the Chief o...
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Season 4
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Episode 180
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3:45:32
Lou Canales (US Navy Veteran, Group Facilitator of Operation Eternal Freedom)
Lou has been mentioned by Kurt Dabb a few times. Nothing brings you closer to peace than being choked out by your Brazilian Jui Jitsu brothers and sisters! He's a Navy Veteran who came to know many of the first responder community t...
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Season 4
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Episode 179
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1:42:14
Dave Thomas Part 2 "The rest of the Story" (Retired Pima County Sgt)
As promised, in consecutive weeks, good ol Dave Thomas is back and we chat about his stint in Homicide, Arson, Internal Affairs, and finally the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Trafficking Interdiction Squad (MANTIS). Dave's a very arti...
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Season 4
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Episode 178
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2:57:27
Dave Thomas (Retired Pima County Sheriff Sergeant)
Dave kindly reminded me he was not the same Dave Thomas of Wendy's Hamburger Fame. We met at the Pima County Sheriff's reunion and I convinced him to be on the show. After high school he attended the University of Arizona where he a...
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Season 4
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Episode 177
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1:53:47
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