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Chapter 1: Who are the hosts and guests featured in this episode?
Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Anonymous. I'm Dan Shepard. I'm joined by Monica Padman and Aaron Weakley. This is a fucking nuts episode.
We shouldn't put it out and you shouldn't listen to it. This is first responders. And we did hear a story that rivals the very worst of stories we've ever heard.
You can't listen to it. You just like absolutely cannot listen to it.
It's fucking insane. I'm thinking of the thing when she described him walking.
Me too. It's wild.
It's fucking wild. Boy, first responders. I mean, you know, they see it all, but they see more than you think they see.
I'm sorry you guys aren't going to be able to listen. Don't enjoy first responders.
Can't eat, can't drink, can't operate a vehicle. You have to be in a padded room to listen to this with nothing sharp around. Don't enjoy first responders.
Hi.
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Chapter 2: What is Christian's dramatic first responder story involving a motor vehicle accident?
I've got two fun facts, though, for Dax real quick, if we have time. Yeah, we do. Dax, you and I have the same birthday, January 2nd. J2C, congratulations. Every time you say it, I'm like, yep, let's go, J2C. And we both have kids named Lincoln. Oh, you have a boy or a girl? A boy named Lincoln. Yeah, he's nine. Before I was a fan of the show and everything. Sweet. Yeah.
Do you want to show your tattoo?
I doubt I can. Yeah, I need a good look so I can get my matching one, too.
Yeah, exactly.
J2C, what a crew.
Some people are just born blessed.
Some people are A24V, and that's cool. Actually, it's cool because A24, actually, it's really cool.
Oh, okay. It only works if you have another, there's no other A24V.
I know so many people born on my birthday.
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Chapter 3: How did Eliza and her boyfriend become unexpected first responders in an LA emergency?
Yeah.
Because it is attractive when someone's a hero. Of course. I just watched an episode of ER.
Uh-huh.
George Clooney rescued this boy. He was stuck in a, like, sewer tunnel, and then it was starting to flood, and he was trying to pass out. He got him out just in time, but then the water rushes, and he can't find him, and then he finds him, and he lifts him up, and he's a hero. He was a hero.
Hi. Is it Eliza?
It is.
Eliza, where are you?
I am actually in L.A., in Culver City.
Oh, Monica was just stranded there.
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Chapter 4: What challenges and emotions did Eliza face during the incident with a car fire and a man on fire?
You don't have a hero complex.
Absolutely not. So last summer, my cousin, who is a musician, was having a choir concert with his group downtown, and my boyfriend and I decided to go. I work sometimes from downtown LA, so I'm familiar with downtown proper, but not all of the neighborhoods. So this was somewhere that I'd never visited before.
We are driving around looking for parking, and you guys know how horrific parking in LA can be. This is more of a residential area, though. We can't find anything. We're turning down all these side streets. We finally are on a side street that looks promising. So we're going kind of slowly along to try to see whether there's any spots. I'm driving. My boyfriend's in the passenger seat.
There's a nice silver BMW. And its front window and back windows are smashed in. And there's little licks of flame on the front hood.
Oh.
And then notice there's two men near the car on the side of the road. One standing, shouting over the other one who is now rolling on the ground. And I'm clocking. Clothes are on the ground. Fire is now on the lawn. Oh, no. And I don't know at this point if this is a hate crime, if there's an attack. This is happening within like 0.5 seconds. We notice, okay, this man is on fire.
My boyfriend, who was an emergency responder in college, but still goes back into full hero mode. I shut down. So he gets out of the car. He's like, call 911. I'm going to go assess the situation. The man who was standing over is kind of standing to the side. There's gasoline. And the man who was rolling on the ground has now stood up. Two things I clock immediately. He is fully naked.
Oh.
And covered basically in third degree burns. Oh. Oh my God.
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Chapter 5: What humorous and human moments did Dax share about his brother's first responder experience?
No unhoused, no clue on drugs. Okay. The guy is trying to get into my car. I'm like, hey, thank you so much, please. Thank you.
Thanks for trusting me.
It's such a female response.
Yeah, I'm so sorry to impose it.
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Chapter 6: What is Daphne's experience as a new EMT and her first intense call?
I did put it in the submission because I thought you might be curious. He had legitimately the largest dick I've ever seen.
No.
No. Comparable to the microphone.
I'm glad you had the presence of mind to just check. Or maybe it couldn't be avoided.
You couldn't miss it. It was front and center. And that's flaccid because he definitely wasn't hard while he was on fire.
Who knows? Maybe fire excites.
Except it seems like the one on fire is actually the one that was mad.
Because his boyfriend found someone with an even bigger penis.
That feels unlikely, given the size.
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Chapter 7: What unusual and vivid details did Daphne describe about her first EMS call?
Chapter 8: How do the hosts reflect on the hero complex and realities of first responders?
Don't you like how gangster Christian is? Like, I like these EMTs. They're just like, let's get going.
That's what the job is. You RSI.
And you stopped doing it though? Yeah, I went into business for myself in 2021. So now I'm self-employed and that allows a lot of freedom for me to do Twitch. I probably stream about 80 hours a month.
That's a lot.
You're busy.
Now, have you ever been anywhere post this career and some shit's gone down and you've got to get involved? Yeah.
Much like you, I feel like I have a hero complex. I want to get in there when I want to pull over. But luckily, my wife is reasonable and says, listen, you can see them. They're good. No heroes needed. Oh, wow.
Thanks for sharing that.
That's wild. What a thing. Great meeting you.
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