Episode 192 "Our Cities Finest" Craig Trojacek and Buddy Calzada

Fort Worth Roots Podcast

Public Information Officer and Engineer for the Fort Worth Fire Department, Craig Trojacek and Public Information Officer for the Fort Worth Police Department, Buddy Calzada, join us in today's episode! We cover a little about what it takes to become a Fort Worth Fire Fighter, what a Public Information Officer does, the role of the Fort Worth Police Department and a little about the life of two of our local heroes.

Craig and Buddy, thank you for giving us your time. You are always welcome on the Fort Worth Roots Podcast.

To our first responders, thank you for taking care of our city!

To the families of our first responders, thank you!

To the Fort Worth Fire Department and Police Department, thank you for letting us conduct this interview!!

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Other things... Find all of Fort Worth Roots content by checking out the website, www.fortworthroots.com and all other social media platforms . YouTube vids to complement the audio that you find on all your podcast players can be found on our YouTube page... when I publish the episode. Sometimes the videos take a while... I work and stuff. Thank you for listening!!! Intro music provided with permission to use by Matt Novesky. Matt is the front man for the band Icarus Bell (https://icarusbellofficial.com/) ,Owner of Orb Recording Studios in Austin Texas ( www.orbrecordingstudios.com ), and is the bassist for the band Blue October out of Houston Texas (https://www.blueoctober.com/) The name of the song the intro was sampled from is Bones by Icarus Bell. You can check Matt’s band out on your favorite streaming service like Amazon music or Spotify. The YouTube version of Bones can be found at this link ( https://youtu.be/d9HLLrvsqi8 ) A HUGE thank you to Matt Novesky for the privilege to share some of your newest art on Fort Worth Roots. I am sincerely looking forward to future creations made by you and the Orb Recording Studios family. Thanks for checking out Fort Worth Roots. I hope you enjoy the show. As always, I'm constantly looking for feedback. For questions, comments, or to tell us who you think should be our next podcast guest, email us at [e-mail] #fortworthroots #interview #interviewpodcast #podcast #fortworthtexas #fortworthpodcast #dfwpodcast #andrewturner #smallbusiness #uspodcast #unitedstatespodcast #altitudegrove #varietypodcast #allthingspodcast #817 #panthercity #dfw