The Wild Chaos Podcast

• #87 - Predators Don’t Break Into Homes..They DM Your Kids: The Truth Behind A.I., Deepfakes, & Sextortion w/Ben Gillenwater

  Think your kid’s phone is just a screen? Think again. It’s an always-open door. A Pandora's box you can only regret you shut. We sit down with Ben, The Family IT Guy, a 30-year cybersecurity veteran and dad, to map the new terrain of digital parenting: algorithm-driven feeds, anonymous chats, sextortion, deepfakes, and the quiet ways addictive design erodes sleep, focus, and safety. No panic, no fluff—just the playbook families need right now.From there, we tackle platform myths. Roblox’s parental controls still let young kids into explicit spaces. These dopamine driven app designs and their origins make it a magnet for predators and sextortion. The rule of thumb is clear: avoid algorithms and open DMs. If a product can scroll forever or message anyone, treat it as high risk.To watch Episode #87, like and subscribe: https://youtu.be/1Syc0LbBInESextortion gets the spotlight it deserves. Criminal networks now use AI to forge nude images from everyday photos and clone voices from short clips. The guidance is firm: don’t pay, tell a trusted adult immediately, file with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and use Take It Down to remove images. Build a family tech agreement that includes a “free pass” when kids report harm—predators rely on shame and silence. We also dig into schools’ devices, expanding surveillance tech, and why privacy can’t be assumed.AI isn’t the villain or the savior—it’s a power tool. Used unsupervised, it can short-circuit thinking. Used well, it helps kids ask better questions and break problems into first principles. Our stance: kids don’t use AI alone; adults learn it first and model critical thinking. By the end, you’ll have clear rules, smart tools, and scripts to talk with your kids without fear or lectures.If this helped, follow, share with a parent who needs it, and leave a review so more families can find these safety tools. Your next best step: set a family device drop-off time tonight and talk about a free pass.Send us a textSupport the showFollow Wild Chaos on Social Media: Apple iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wild-chaos-podcast/id1732761860Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5KFGZ6uABb1sQlfkE2TIoc?si=8ff748aa4fc64331 ⁠⁠⁠Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildchaospodcastBam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bambam0069Youtube: https://youtube.com/@wildchaospodTikTok: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thewildchaospodcastMeta (Facebook): ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheWildChaosPodcast

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• #86 - Love, Trauma, And The Cost Of Service: A Wife's Fight For Healing & Justice w/Katelyn Roberts

  Five minutes after a tense goodbye, her phone rang. A stranger said her husband—an on-duty motor cop—was down. What followed is a raw, unfiltered journey through trauma, a broken workers’ comp system, and the quiet heroism it takes to hold a family together when institutions look away.We walk you through the scene: a mangled bike, a hallway lined with uniforms, and the breath held until he wiggled his toes. The medical list runs long—shattered wrists, fractured vertebrae, TBI—but the emotional ledger is heavier: insomnia, anger, isolation, and a “brotherhood” that went silent the moment the badge came off. She became an advocate and an archivist, documenting everything while fighting denials and delays that turned healing into a second job.The crazy ups and downs of Katelyn's story put life in perspective of what curveballs life can throw when you least expect it, followed by how you pivot towards life's curveballs. If you love a first responder—or are one—this conversation gives you a playbook: never let them leave angry, create space to decompress before you probe, document relentlessly, learn your benefits before the worst day, and question protocols that keep families sick and stuck. We also talk identity after the uniform, moving to start fresh, and why purpose beats platitudes when the cameras are off.To watch Episode #86, like and subscribe: https://youtu.be/LtLt0DwADdYIf this resonated, tap follow, share with a first responder family, and leave a review telling us the one resource you wish you had on day one. Your story could be the lifeline someone else needs.Send us a textSupport the showFollow Wild Chaos on Social Media: Apple iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wild-chaos-podcast/id1732761860Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5KFGZ6uABb1sQlfkE2TIoc?si=8ff748aa4fc64331 ⁠⁠⁠Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildchaospodcastBam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bambam0069Youtube: https://youtube.com/@wildchaospodTikTok: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thewildchaospodcastMeta (Facebook): ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheWildChaosPodcast

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• #85 - What Really Happens When You Call 911 & How A Mandate Ended A 21-Year Career w/David Dahlin

  No one knows what waits on the other side of the door. It could be a scared five-year-old with a head cut, a fentanyl addict out in a parking lot, or a welfare check where the smell hits two floors below. In this conversation with a 21-year Seattle firefighter, we step past the clichés and into the craft.We dig into street medicine the way it’s actually practiced. He breaks down hands-only CPR and the hard truth that effective compressions are “beautifully violent,” explains why Seattle’s Medic One reshaped prehospital care, and talks candidly about Narcan—how it flips the receptors, why dealers “market” lethal batches, and what compassion fatigue feels like after the tenth overdose of the day. The most dangerous scenes? Often the quiet ones on the shoulder of a freeway, where kinetic energy makes reflective cones a survival strategy.Then everything changes: he refused the COVID shot on religious grounds and was terminated alongside dozens of colleagues. He walks us through exemptions, deadlines, and why he sees the mass firings as an ideological purge. We cover the legal terrain—Groff v. DeJoy, strict scrutiny, and the Bacon ruling—showing how these precedents could reshape religious accommodation far beyond one department. This isn’t a rant; it’s a grounded account of process, principle, and fallout.What comes after a badge? You'll have to listen. His closing advice? Show up fit, protect your mind, don’t make the patch your whole identity, and add value where you stand. If this episode moved you, share it with a friend, subscribe for more candid conversations, and leave a review with the moment that hit you hardest.Send us a textSupport the showFollow Wild Chaos on Social Media: Apple iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wild-chaos-podcast/id1732761860Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5KFGZ6uABb1sQlfkE2TIoc?si=8ff748aa4fc64331 ⁠⁠⁠Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildchaospodcastBam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bambam0069Youtube: https://youtube.com/@wildchaospodTikTok: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thewildchaospodcastMeta (Facebook): ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheWildChaosPodcast

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• #84 - The Untold Story of How One Garage Brand Erased Millions in Veteran Debt w/Bear Handlon

  Could you imagine your medical debt being erased? Swiped clean?Start with grit and end with gratitude. That’s the pulse of this conversation with Bear Handlon—Yale linebacker turned Navy SEAL officer turned founder of Born Primitive—who built a $100M brand from a garage while shouldering rucks, rewiring his life around service, and refusing to cut corners when it mattered most.We dig into the selection moments that strip away ego—why BUD/S graduates tend to be the ones who want the job, not the title—and map those lessons onto entrepreneurship without the Instagram gloss. Bear shares how he and his then‑wife sold at CrossFit events for years, doubled revenue eight straight times, and still chose product integrity over speed: delaying launches, iterating through double‑digit prototypes, and renting a Black Hawk to fast‑rope in full kit to test a boot’s abrasion and outsole noise. You’ll hear how the footwear bet changed the ceiling, why Born Primitive moved credibly into outdoor and tactical with real subject matter experts, and how the brand kept its spine when culture wars tried to bend it.Then we go to the point: using a company as a force multiplier for good. Last year, Bear routed four days of sales to wipe roughly $11 million in veteran medical debt—5,800 people who got certified letters before Christmas. The calls back were raw: single parents with garnished wages, a Marine reconsidering suicide who checked into rehab after his bill vanished. This year, alongside Black Rifle Coffee, the mission is bigger: Operation Debt of Gratitude aims to reach $25 million and bring the VA and other brands into a durable solution. It’s not a promo. It’s direct relief, dollar for dollar, with stories that make the stakes real.Along the way, Bear opens up about fatherhood, faith, and finding joy in the simple—letters to his daughter, popcorn on the couch, and choosing presence over noise. If you care about building something that lasts, gear that’s earned not hyped, and helping veterans in a way that actually changes lives, this one hits. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs the push, and if you’re moved, support Operation Debt of Gratitude at Born Primitive and Black Rifle Coffee between Nov 7–11. Your share might be the reason someone sleeps easier tonight.Visit Born Primitive and subscribe to their newsletter to follow along on their campaign to support!Send us a textSupport the showFollow Wild Chaos on Social Media: Apple iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wild-chaos-podcast/id1732761860Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5KFGZ6uABb1sQlfkE2TIoc?si=8ff748aa4fc64331 ⁠⁠⁠Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildchaospodcastBam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bambam0069Youtube: https://youtube.com/@wildchaospodTikTok: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thewildchaospodcastMeta (Facebook): ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheWildChaosPodcast

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• #83 - Stolen Youth: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping w/Jacine Jadresko

  A van door slides open at midnight and two strangers say she isn’t going home. That moment—engineered by her parents—sent Jacine into a notorious WWASP “behavioral program” in Mexico where abuse and brainwashing replaced help. We go where most stories don’t. Jacine Jadresko breaks down how she hacked punitive level systems as a teen, the toll it took, and why high-functioning addiction hid in plain sight for years. She shares two fentanyl overdoses, the mindset shift that ended heroin, and the unglamorous habits that keep her steady. Then we step into the Amazon: earning hunters’ respect, learning to mix plant poisons, blow-darting a monkey on the first try, and tasting the difference between survival and spectacle. This is a story of pure survival, never heard before. Buckle up for this one, you will have your jaw open the entire time.To learn more and follow Jacine on her world travels and adventure, give her a follow: https://www.instagram.com/jacineunseen/If you’re drawn to stories of survival that become maps, this one’s for you: how to build a simple business that buys your time, how to trust your instincts without worshiping fear, and how to choose a life wide enough to hold the past without letting it steer. If it moved you, share it with a friend, subscribe for more conversations that don’t flinch, and leave a review with the moment you can’t stop thinking about.Send us a textSupport the showFollow Wild Chaos on Social Media: Apple iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wild-chaos-podcast/id1732761860Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5KFGZ6uABb1sQlfkE2TIoc?si=8ff748aa4fc64331 ⁠⁠⁠Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildchaospodcastBam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bambam0069Youtube: https://youtube.com/@wildchaospodTikTok: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thewildchaospodcastMeta (Facebook): ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheWildChaosPodcast

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