{"podcast":{"title":"The Zach and Pat Show","slug":"the-zach-and-pat-show-6732613","podcast_index_feed_id":6732613,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/thezachandpatshow/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/thezachandpatshow","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/thezachandpatshow/20240115_020108_07b7952fd3f17016ecdb7a66092af19c.jpg","author":"Zach Fagas, Patrick Doyle","episode_count":271,"summary":"Welcome to The Zach and Pat Show! A podcast focused on manhood, business, and winning overall! Join us as we talk about current events, what it means to be a man in the decade of the 2020's, and how to win at this thing we call life!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T10:19:25.678527+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zach-and-pat-show-6732613"},"episode":{"title":"A Truck Exploded Feet From Him — A Fire Chief on Leadership, Culture & Faith | Aaron Burlingame","slug":"a-truck-exploded-feet-from-him-a-fire-chief-on-leadership-culture-faith-aaron-burlingame","published_at":"2026-07-07T21:33:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zach-and-pat-show-6732613/a-truck-exploded-feet-from-him-a-fire-chief-on-leadership-culture-faith-aaron-burlingame","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zach-and-pat-show-6732613","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/thezachandpatshow/2970111","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/243521/2970111/thezachandpatshow/2026_07_07_21_32_17_6cfbb375-4546-49ad-a0f4-2a70181769d2.mp3","summary":"In 2018, a truck exploded just feet from firefighter Aaron Burlingame. He came back. This one’s about leadership, culture, faith, and what the worst days teach you about what actually matters. Aaron Burlingame — Battalion Chief with the St. Charles Fire Department — sits down with Zach & Pat on leading vs. bossing, building a culture people choose over higher pay, first-responder mental health, raising sons who own their mistakes, surviving serious burns, and the faith he found on the other side. Real conversation, no clickbait. ▶ CHAPTERS 00:00 Meet Aaron Burlingame — St. Charles Fire 01:00 Why a fire chief fell for jiu-jitsu 06:00 The real lesson: consistency & doing hard things 11:30 Leadership isn’t being in charge — it’s responsibility 15:00 How \"Discipline Equals Freedom\" changed his leadership 17:00 What the worst days teach you about what matters 18:00 How the fire service finally took mental health seriously 23:00 The culture that put St. Charles on the map 31:30 The cell-phone box: rebuilding conversation 34:45 The Dungeons & Dragons leadership lesson 39:30 A leadership mistake he still learns from 46:00 Watching his son enter the fire service 51:20 The day a truck exploded feet away 57:00 Faith, \"box receipts,\" and finding the good 1:01:00 Muddy River FOOLS & the brotherhood 1:05:00 One thing you can do tomorrow: fill your cup 1:07:00 The Tombstone Game ▶ Help us hit 1,000 subscribers before the end of 2026 — SUBSCRIBE! ▶ FOLLOW US ON IG Zach: https://www.instagram.com/zach_fagas/ Pat: https://www.instagram.com/stl_mortgagenerd/ Murph: https://www.instagram.com/thedaily_murph/ ▶ OUR PARTNERS CPTN Beard Co — use code ZACHANDPAT for 10% off your order The Normal Brand — https://sldr.page.link/ZCYFu ▶ ABOUT THE SHOW The Zach & Pat Show — hon…","meta_description":"In 2018, a truck exploded just feet from firefighter Aaron Burlingame. He came back. This one’s about leadership, culture, faith, and what the worst days…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4111,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-zach-and-pat-show-6732613/episodes/a-truck-exploded-feet-from-him-a-fire-chief-on-leadership-culture-faith-aaron-burlingame/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zach-and-pat-show-6732613/a-truck-exploded-feet-from-him-a-fire-chief-on-leadership-culture-faith-aaron-burlingame.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}