3rd Shift Chronicles
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -One phrase every street cop has uttered more than once in their career - “You just can’t make this shit up!”
While Matt is also the host of the very popular Two Dates and a Dash Podcast, "3rd Shift Chronicles" is Matt's first solo podcast show. Matt has lived a life worthy of a Hollywood movie. This show will feature some of the most intense, insane, hilarious and unbelievable stories from Matt's whacky and wild 48 years on this planet. Additionally, Matt will also share his unique thoughts and opinions on current events, sports, politics and anything else he finds interesting to share at the time. The only guarantee is that it is going to be unedited, uncut and unfiltered....oh and one hell of a ride! Grab a scotch and enjoy!
About the host:
Matt Cubbler, is a former US Army Intelligence Analyst and a Persian Gulf War Veteran. He is a current 27 year veteran law enforcement officer (including 4 plus years working counter-terrorism as a federal agent after "9/11"). While still actively working the streets as a cop, Matt has been pursuing his entrepreneurial spirit by launching several companies and receiving 3 patents over the past 11 years. Matt is married to his wife, Lauren, and they have two kids - Rebecca and Andrew.
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Episodes
3rd Shift Chronicles Episode 10: The Legend of the Desert Storm Ruffians
July 09, 2020 15:27 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBIn this episode, I share my experience while serving in the US Army with the 204th Military Intelligence Battalion while deployed to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield/Storm in 1991. Our small group of intelligence badasses came to be known as the Desert Storm Ruffians!
3rd Shift Chronicles Episode 9: A Guy Walks into a German Beer Fest...and Gets Locked Up 3 Days Before Getting Out of the Army
April 26, 2020 21:10 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this episode, I share how I was locked up for a crime I didn't commit, 3 days before I my enlistment in the United States Army was up! This takes place in May of 1993 in Augsburg, Germany at a Beer Fest! Prost!!!
3rd Shift Chronicles Episode 8: My take on the Covid-19 pandemic
March 16, 2020 15:50 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBI have spent the better part of 30 years unfucking other people's problems. I have an analytic mind and am always trying to find the solution to any problem I am faced with. With the COVID-19 pandemic, I had to really read between the lines and try to make sense out of this global issue. This episode is my opinion and analysis of the situation. You may agree with me, you may think I am full of crap. Either way, I appreciate you taking the time to listen!
3rd Shift Chronicles Episode 7: A Head Banging Incident
February 24, 2020 23:18 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBIn this episode, I share a crazy story from my time as a cop in West Pottsgrove Twp. PD in PA. This story details a domestic call that I responded to with a 6'5", 250lb guy wearing nothing but old school YMCA gym shorts who was high on PCP, Cocaine and Booze. Let's just say, he went to jail with a headache and probably will never eat spicy food ever again!
3rd Shift Chronicles Episode 6: "Up, Up and Away!"
February 16, 2020 20:32 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBIn this episode, Matt details the most unusual moment in his 27 year police career - the night he and his patrol car were picked up in an F3 Tornado in Royersford, PA on July 27th at 11:48pm.
3rd Shift Chronicles Episode 5: Project Use Your Brain; My Logical Way of Understanding Today's Political Landscape
February 05, 2020 23:38 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this episode, I share how I come to rational and logical decisions when deciphering today's political landscape. In a world where news media outlets are so drastically in conflict on the same conversation, it is very difficult to know what is true and what is fiction. Who to believe and trust becomes a crap shoot when you are inundated with starkly one-sided information. Additionally, as a society, we have become reactionary and easily emotionally manipulated as a result of s...
3rd Shift Chronicles Episode 4: Matt Gets Locked Up Abroad
January 29, 2020 16:36 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBIn this episode, I share my embarrassing and humiliating story from my U.S. Army days where I was "Locked Up Abroad" in Acuna, Mexico. While this story is not one I am proud of, it most certainly was funny, insane, memorable and part of my life journey into who I am today. Sit back, grab a Corona and enjoy this episode!
3rd Shift Chronicles Episode 3: God Speaks to a Naked Woman in a Mud Puddle
January 25, 2020 19:03 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBIn this episode, I share a funny story from 1995 or so that features me and a few of my fellow officer's dealing with a 300lb naked woman who hears God speaking to her as she is laying in a mud puddle one summer night around midnight. Disclaimer: I am in now way slighting those with obesity or mental illness. Simply sharing a story that actually happened the way I describe it in this episode. Sometimes, shit is just funny.
Third Shift Chronicles Episode 2: New Life in the Front Seat of a Toyota
January 20, 2020 00:53 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBOn a cold early morning in December of 2012, I was dispatched to a maternity call while working the third shift at my police department. What happened next was something I will never, ever forget for as long as I live! Listen as I share my experience of delivering a baby in the front seat of a Toyota! For more information on Matt Cubbler, please visit www.mattcubbler.com.
3rd Shift Chronicles Episode 1: "Mind Blowing" Call
January 16, 2020 00:53 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBIn this, the first official episode of the 3rd Shift Podcast, I share an intense and mind blowing call that I experienced 6 months into my rookie year in 1994. This call was INSANE!!! I also share my views on law enforcement today and how the breed of cops is much different today than when I was a rookie - 27 years ago!
3rd Shift Chronicles Podcast: The Introduction
January 13, 2020 19:58 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBIn this episode, Matt Cubbler introduces you to the format of the show and what you can expect each and every episode! 3rd Shift Chronicles Podcast is for anyone who has ever worked the overnight shift, a.k.a. 3rd Shift, and uttered the phrase :"You Can't Make this Shit Up!" Sit back, grab a scotch, and enjoy!