Meet your hosts Stephanie and Krista in the pilot episode of Chicago Firewives: Married to the Job Podcast. These firewives are on a mission to connect and support women behind their first responders by creating a platform for sharing stories, perspectives, and by welcoming vulnerability and humor to help navigate the unique experience of being “married to the job.”

It Takes A Village

Strengthening your first responder relationship through empathy, communication tactics, and sacrifice. Personal and professional insights from firemen and professional therapist, Gregg Bagdade, MA, LPC.

So You Married a First Responder...

Pull up a chair to Mom’s kitchen table with Krista and Stephanie while they have the pleasure of sharing a pot of coffee with a true veteran of the first responder lifestyle… with FOUR generations of CFD firefighters in the family. Episode 4 of Chicago Firewives: Married to the Job welcomes novel perspective and heartfelt wisdom into the fireworld with Chicago firewife Virginia Rialmo. 

Ginny takes us back to her childhood in the 1960s to her first introduction to the fire department to present day as an inspiring woman who managed to juggle her career, family, and much more along the way.

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Shared Wisdom and Coffee with a Seasoned Firewife

Chicago Firewives: Married to the Job Podcast

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