Creative After Crisis: From Tac Medic to Award-Nominated Author Steve Urszenyi

The Other Side Of

Nov 18 2025 | 01:00:52

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Show Notes

Decorated tactical paramedic Steve Urszenyi turned decades of frontline trauma into award-nominated thrillers. In this conversation, he reflects on a lifetime of crisis leadership – from commanding Ontario’s Emergency Response Team to managing the 2015 Pan Am Games – and how creativity became his path to healing.

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