{"podcast":{"title":"Medic2Medic Podcast","slug":"medic2medic-podcast-640389","podcast_index_feed_id":640389,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/1474761/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://medic2medicpodcast.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/509b796df275d6d333747d3ba244bb4c.jpg","author":"Steven Cohen","episode_count":355,"summary":"Medic2Medic is back. After 300 episodes and a three-year pause, the podcast returns to shine a spotlight on the voices and stories that define Emergency Medical Services. Each episode takes you behind the sirens and into the lives of EMS professionals—paramedics, EMTs, educators, leaders, and innovators—who dedicate their careers to saving lives and shaping the future of prehospital care. Whether you’re in the field, connected to EMS, or simply curious about the people who answer the call, Medic2Medic brings you honest conversations, lessons learned, and the human side of emergency medicine. Because in EMS, the stories never retire. Subscribe to Medic2Medic wherever you get your podcasts and share episodes with someone shaping the world of EMS and public safety.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medic2medic-podcast-640389"},"episode":{"title":"Episdoe 318: Mike Verkest","slug":"episdoe-318-mike-verkest","published_at":"2026-01-17T21:21:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medic2medic-podcast-640389/episdoe-318-mike-verkest","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medic2medic-podcast-640389","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episdoe-318-mike-verkest--69490740","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69490740/episdoe_318_mike_verkest.mp3","summary":"In Episode 318 of the Medic2Medic Podcast, Steve sits down with longtime EMS clinician, educator, and storyteller Mike Verkest to discuss clinical practice, quality improvement, Mobile Integrated Healthcare, and the role of storytelling in EMS. Mike is a career EMS clinician and educator with nearly 30 years of experience in prehospital medicine. He has been podcasting since 2015 and has hosted and produced The Second Shift, The EMS Show, and The EMS Lighthouse Project, using conversation and storytelling to explore the people, challenges, and future of EMS. With nearly 30 years in prehospital medicine, Mike shares lessons learned from the street, the classroom, and system-level leadership, along with why honest conversation and reflection matter in a task-driven profession. If you value thoughtful leadership and real conversations in EMS, Episode 318 is worth your time. Subscribe to Medic2Medic wherever you get your podcasts and share with a colleague. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episdoe-318-mike-verkest--69490740","meta_description":"In Episode 318 of the Medic2Medic Podcast, Steve sits down with longtime EMS clinician, educator, and storyteller Mike Verkest to discuss clinical practic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2670,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/medic2medic-podcast-640389/episodes/episdoe-318-mike-verkest/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medic2medic-podcast-640389/episdoe-318-mike-verkest.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}