EP 1288 - The Stress You Normalize Is the Culture You Create

Broadcasting from the Safety FM studios after a full day out at ACFS Safety Day, Episode 1288 of the Rated R Safety Show moves through the usual chaos of news, commentary, dark humor, and uncomfortable conversations — before dropping into a main story that hits closer to home than most.

We cover what’s happening across the multiverse: headlines, media shakeups, tech vulnerabilities, political noise, bizarre human behavior, and the kind of stories that make you stop and ask, “How did we get here?”

From there, the episode pivots into a deeper conversation about stress and stressors inside organizational culture — not from a textbook safety lens, but from a human one. We talk about how pressure quietly reshapes behavior, why urgency becomes a weapon instead of a tool, and how cultures don’t usually collapse — they deform slowly under normalized stress.

Safety shows up, but only where it naturally belongs: as something that erodes when honesty disappears and fear takes over.

This episode isn’t about fixing people.

It’s about understanding the systems we keep pretending are fine.

If you like your safety talk mixed with real-world news, uncomfortable truths, and zero corporate polish — this one’s for you.