List of posts

  • (FRIDAY, 7PM) After an 8 month hiatus, Tales From The Boom Room is back. The guest we welcome for the first edition of the cornerstone miniseries? A man with an incredibly diverse 27 year career in law enforcement. Originally beginning his journey with the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office in 1987, he’d venture into the NYPD

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  • (WEDNESDAY, 7PM) He spent 23 years in emergency work on the fast paced streets of New York City. Joining the FDNY in February of 1979, his 20 years with the department were spent in a slew of different assignments, each adding key experience and acumen which would help in his next assignment as a Deputy

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  • In 2014 with 16 years on the job, George Sichler had it made in his NYPD career. At that point a 12 year veteran of the SCUBA unit, he could’ve rode out the remainder in the Special Operations Division but wanting to return to his roots as a Bronx cop, he’d leave and return with

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  • (FRIDAY, 7PM) From The Bronx to SCUBA to Gun Suppression to Gangs, his 20 years on the NYPD were full of adventure. Coming onto the job in 1998 he’d stay through 2018 and that is George Sichler who joins me Friday on the Mic’d In New Haven podcast. View Episode Here

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  • (WEDNESDAY, 7PM) Between the Subways at home and the murky streets abroad my next guest had a wide array of experiences to say the least. Joining the old New York City Transit Police in 1990, where for the next 26 years he’d take on the bad guys underground between the old TPD & NYPD. Also

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  • In 2019, Kerry Barrett was at a crossroads. Disillusioned and burnt out by the broadcast media business, she had a choice. Leave and spend more time with her family while also starting her own consulting company? Or continue with a successful career that had produced an Emmy and a lot of recognition across the two

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  • In 2004, Paul DeMatteis was working as global security director for Prudential Bank when a terrorist hellbent on striking further fear into the hearts of New Yorkers and tri-state residents after September 11, 2001, devised a plot to conduct bombings of the bank in an effort to stifle the American economy. Thanks to the efforts

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  • (FRIDAY, 7PM) She has been involved in the media landscape for over 20 years as both a journalist across several different markets including New York City, as well as a very successful consultant. Currently her own boss as head of Kerry Barrett, Inc. She’s utilizing her experiences from over the years to train others on

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  • (TUESDAY NOT WEDNESDAY, 7PM) Though he has have never served in law enforcement himself but his numerous partnerships and contributions to the field through the years have made him an invaluable asset to it. A director of Global Security for multiple corporations, he for 23 years ran John Jay College’s Counterterrorism program. Among his previous

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  • 6 hours worth of content this week on the Mic’d In New Haven podcast. All more than worth it of course when I get to profile the great members of the FDNY & NYPD. Last night’s guest was FDNY Lieutenant Mike Roy. In what now holds the record as the show’s longest interview, breaking Tony

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