#391 Beyond the Flames: The Inspiring Story of Dustin Bunch

Kyle Kingsbury Podcast

Kyle Kingsbury

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:fitness

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Welcoming Dustin Bunch, introduced by a mutual friend, Ryan Mitchell. Dustin, a former firefighter lineman from Southern California, shares his gripping life story. The podcast, recorded before the LA fires, delves into Dustin's journey in the field, and after a traumatic injury—breaking his neck while diving from a boat—his resilience, and recovery through unconventional treatments like stem cells. Dustin elaborates on his experiences growing up, working in high-risk environments, and his passion for helping others. Kyle and Dustin discuss the importance of a strong mindset, community support, and overcoming life's challenges. They also touch upon Dustin's future ambitions to create a retreat for injured individuals and their families, promoting wellness and independence. Connect with Dustin here: Instagram Merica Strong Our Sponsors: With Happy Hippo, you're getting a product that's been sterilized of pathogens, tested for impurities and heavy metals, and sold with a guarantee. Go to happyhippo.com/kkp and use Code KKP for 15% off the entire store Organifi.com/kkp and grab a Sunrise to Sunset kit to be covered with Red, Green and Gold, with 20% off using code KKP Looking for Shilajit? Head over to blacklotusshilajit.com and enter code KKP to receive 15% off your orderD EARN in gold and silver. Click link below for a great discount! monetary-metals.com/kkp If there’s ONE MINERAL you should be worried about not getting enough of... it’s MAGNESIUM. Head to http://www.bioptimizers.com/kingsbu now and use code KINGSBU10 to claim your 10% discount. Connect with Kyle: I'm back on Instagram, come say hey @kylekingsbu Twitter: @kingsbu Fit For Service Academy App: Fit For Service App Our Farm Initiative: @gardenersofeden.earth Odysee: odysee.com/@KyleKingsburypod Youtube: Kyle Kingbury Podcast Kyle's Website: www.kingsbu.com - Gardeners of Eden site If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe & leave a 5-star review with your thoughts!

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0:00.0	Welcome to today's podcast.
0:01.5	We have an awesome guest, Dustin Bunch, who my boy, Ryan Mitchell from way back at
0:07.4	Monta Vista High School, way back in the day, introduced me to.
0:12.1	Dustin comes out of the firefighting community in Southern California.
0:15.0	He's a lineman.
0:15.8	He's done a lot of cool high-risk jobs and has just an incredible fucking story that I wanted to share with you guys.
0:22.6	This podcast was recorded before the LA fires, so that's, if you're wondering why we don't
0:27.2	discuss that on the podcast, that is the reason why. And for whatever reason, didn't see it for
0:33.1	a while. So we actually have been sitting on this one for a couple of months here. But realize that.
0:37.6	Thank you, Dustin, for letting me know.
0:39.0	This is a phenomenal episode.
0:40.6	Dustin, and I mentioned this on the podcast as well, the type of injury Dustin got is something
0:45.5	that uniquely and oddly, I have, for whatever reason, have at least five friends that
0:50.7	have gone through the exact same thing, and all with very wide-ranging
0:55.4	recoveries or lack of for that matter you know one of my my buddies is dead so it's uh it's a
1:01.4	fucking serious deal and dustin's uniquely got a wonderful fucking head on his shoulders
1:07.6	he is an amazing person a family man, and anybody who gets a
1:12.0	chance to know him, we'll tell you the same thing. He's a great guy. I know you guys are going to
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1:20.8	rating with one or two ways the shows helped you out in life. And listen to our podcast sponsors.
1:25.3	You know, we're doing these mid mid role now and they are important.
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