Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast

Jared Altic

Booking Overview

This is an interview-focused police wellness podcast about law enforcement life, chaplaincy, trauma, and resilience, featuring external guests such as psychologists, death investigators, chaplains, and other law enforcement professionals. Agencies could credibly pitch police chaplains, mental-health specialists with law enforcement or military expertise, forensic and death-investigation professionals, and experienced officers; booking difficulty is low because the show favors accessible subject-matter experts over high-profile figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 250

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 346 subscribers

Instagram: 339 followers

Contact Information

heychaplain44@gmail.com

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Host

Jared Altic - Chaplain with nearly 30 years of experience serving and counseling military and law enforcement families, focused on police wellness and healthy professional and family life.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Professional experience as a police chaplain, law enforcement officer, dispatcher, federal agent, investigator, psychologist, or other specialist with relevant expertise in police wellness, trauma, chaplaincy, or death investigation.
Required Achievements:  
Relevant law enforcement or military service, Professional practice serving police and public-safety communities, Specialized expertise in trauma, mental health, chaplaincy, or investigations

Recent Guest Discussions

Dr. Jaimie Lusk - Moral Distress And Moral Injury, Recovery After Taking A Human Life, Ritual, Guilt, Shame, Responsibility, And Forgiveness.

Kelsie Gwartney - Autopsies, Death Investigation, Forensic Work, And What Police Officers Should Know Before Observing An Autopsy.

Matt Domyancic - Police Wellness, Chaplaincy, Police Culture, Helper Expectations, And Ride-alongs.

Recent Topics

Police Wellness, Chaplaincy, Law Enforcement, Trauma, Mental Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast
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Informal Leadership: A Replay from the Archives

July 13, 2026

Text the Show or Leave a VoicemailThis is replay of Bonus Episode 37 from 2024.  Steve Kellams from Blue Canary has devoted this season of his show to leadership topics and he brought me on to talk about informal leadership, because as a chaplain I have influence but no actual authority.  We ended up talking about several wellness topics and some of my philosophy of chaplaincy as well as why I started Hey Chaplain.  I asked Steve if I could use a condensed version of the interview and he agre...

145 - Guilt, Shame, and Moral Injury: Dr Jaimie Lusk

July 06, 2026

Text the Show or Leave a VoicemailMoral distress, mismanaged, can lead to dysfunction and what we call moral injury.  Today's guest is Dr. Jaimie Lusk, a Marine Corps Iraq veteran and a psychologist from Portland, Oregon, with expertise on moral injury.  Dr Lusk talks to us today about moral distress and injury and what we can do about it, including how ritual impacts your recovery after taking a human life.Resources:Dr Lusk's website is https://www.drjaimielusk.comTransform Your Gu...

144 - The Chaplain Goes to an Autopsy: Kelsie Gwartney, Chief Death Investigator

June 29, 2026

Text the Show or Leave a VoicemailThis is episode 144 and we're going to talk about autopsies.  Don't worry I'm not going to take it too far; you can go ahead and keep eating your breakfast.  But I'm going to share with you the my recent visit to observe an autopsy and also my conversation with the local Chief Death Investigator.  First I made a recording of my thoughts as I drove to visit the coroner's office to observe an autopsy.  Then I recorded my reaction immedi...

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