USEFUL

Corey Hiben
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Most people don't fail. They drift. USEFUL is a podcast about the people who didn't. Conversations with ordinary humans who made deliberate choices to build lives worth living. No celebrities. No highlight reels. Just honest conversations about capability, presence, and what it actually costs to build something real. Be capable. Be present. Leave something behind.

Episodes

  1. Jun 23

    Graham Pierce — Paramedic, Founder, Farmer.

    Useful #1 — Graham Pierce — Paramedic, Founder, Farmer Graham Pierce emigrated from Dublin to Chicago in 1984 with $177 in his pocket. He became a paramedic, then a flight paramedic, then helped build the national certification organization for critical care medics in the United States. He led American surgical teams into Vladivostok after the Iron Curtain fell. He founded a medical foundation that has now served over 140,000 patients in Tanzania. He retired as a healthcare executive and built a 67-acre farm in Red Rock, Texas with his wife Karen. This is the first episode of Useful. — Corey Chapters 00:00 — Cold open: two men, both in Chicago in 1984 03:00 — Why Useful exists 05:00 — Growing up in Dublin 08:00 — A bias toward action 12:00 — The rugby match that changed everything 18:00 — Landing in New York with $177 30:00 — Chicago, the shamrock pub, and a job 42:00 — The Social Security workaround 54:00 — Running calls in Chicago 57:00 — Humor as a cognitive firewall 01:06:00 — On therapy, psychedelics, and PTSD 01:10:00 — California and the move to flight medicine 01:14:00 — Pushing for paramedic certification 01:28:00 — Building IBSC 01:38:00 — Leadership lessons 01:42:00 — Three cups of tea 01:51:00 — The divorce and the depression 01:56:00 — Medical Relief in Russia 02:03:00 — The open-heart surgery moment 02:10:00 — Legs on the stool 02:12:00 — Closing

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Most people don't fail. They drift. USEFUL is a podcast about the people who didn't. Conversations with ordinary humans who made deliberate choices to build lives worth living. No celebrities. No highlight reels. Just honest conversations about capability, presence, and what it actually costs to build something real. Be capable. Be present. Leave something behind.

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  • Creator
    Corey Hiben
  • Episodes
    1
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Corey Hiben
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    USEFUL