# Tim and Angela Houweling II (How Psychedelics are Saving First Responder Lives) - Episode 1257 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-shield-607230/tim-and-angela-houweling-ii-how-psychedelics-are-saving-first-responder-lives-episode-1257 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-shield-607230/tim-and-angela-houweling-ii-how-psychedelics-are-saving-first-responder-lives-episode-1257.md Podcast: [Behind The Shield](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-shield-607230) Published: 2026-06-26T00:54:22+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/behind-the-shield/2944141 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/244168/2944141/behind-the-shield/2026_06_26_00_52_45_b3f75d0e-4458-417b-9d1a-334a2c3d70c2.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/behind-the-shield-607230/episodes/tim-and-angela-houweling-ii-how-psychedelics-are-saving-first-responder-lives-episode-1257 Duration seconds: 3290 ## Resource Tim Houweling and Angela Graham-Houweling are two firefighters with almost 40 years of experience combined in emergency services including Fire, EMS, and Search & Rescue. They have witnessed firsthand the growing mental health challenges faced by first responders. Over the years, they have lost several friends and family members to depression and PTSD. After navigating their own mental health journeys, they felt compelled to create a path to support others. Angela Graham. is the Co-Founder of The S.I.R.E.N. Project. IShe was a Firefighter/Engineer/HAZMAT Spec. for almost 20 years with Santa Clara County Fire Dept. in Silicon Valley. Prior to that she was a D1 & professional softball pitcher. She has a loving husband, who is a Fire Capt., and a 7-year-old son. For the first five years of her son's life she was a single mother. For years she struggled with mental health trying every modality available. A friend of hers, who happened to be a special forces operator, connected her to providers of Entheogenic Medicines. It completely changed her life. The change was so profound that Angela and her husband decided to start The S.I.R.E.N. Project to make these medicines available to all First Responders and their Spouses. Tim Houweling works as a Fire Captain, Paramedic, and Hazmat Technician on a Type 1 Heavy Rescue for a San Francisco Bay Area Fire Department. Tim has also been a professional dog trainer since 2004. Tim is also co-founder of the S.I.R.E.N Project which helps first responders access sacred medicine served by indigenous people. Tim began his career with search and rescue dogs in 2005 and has certified six dogs: Deuce, Tater, Georgie, Charley, Carl and Rory in various disciplines from wilderness area search to US&R live-find and human remains detec… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/behind-the-shield-607230/episodes/tim-and-angela-houweling-ii-how-psychedelics-are-saving-first-responder-lives-episode-1257/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-shield-607230/tim-and-angela-houweling-ii-how-psychedelics-are-saving-first-responder-lives-episode-1257.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.