What do you get when you mix a Marine Corps vet, a wedding DJ with 750+ gigs, a business consultant, and a guy who gave a boombox to Kaskade? You get Dave.
This episode of Vegas Veteran Voices dives face-first into the madness that is Dave Berlin's life from infantry in the Marine Corps to youth counselor to scaling the largest wedding DJ company in the U.S., to orchestrating Freedom Week, and yes… to teaching me how to DJ. (Spoiler: I'm coming for that EDC headliner slot… in my dreams tonight atleast...)
Vegas Veteran Voices isn't just a podcast. It's Dirty Jobs meets therapy, meets veteran storytelling with a boombox in hand. We highlight veterans doing powerful, unexpected, and sometimes absolutely ridiculous things with their lives after service not just what they did in uniform, but what they do now for purpose, therapy, and community.
In this episode:
• Why DJing is both a business and a healing art
• How Dave went from working with at-risk youth to crushing weddings coast to coast
• The legendary Kaskade boombox side quest
• A full “Teach Me” segment where Dave shows me the ropes of mixing (and doesn't let me crash the system)
• Why Freedom Week is the most impactful thing he's ever brought to a community
Chaos, heart, purpose, turntables. It's all in there.
And remember, not every veteran is broken, and not every story starts with trauma. Sometimes, it starts with a boombox.