Tactical Tangents
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Mike is a police SWAT team member, K9 handler, and tactical medic. Jim is an Air Force pilot with a background in close air support and combat search and rescue. Our goal is to elevate the conversation about all things tactical for public safety, military, and concerned citizens. Join us to hear lessons learned about decision making, critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, and teamwork.
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The best way to clear a house—CQB for Operators and Noobs
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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The Algorithm Isn't the Boss-But It's With Us in the Briefing Room
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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Think Like an Architect: Systems Thinking for Warfighters & Cops
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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We Are Watching You - License Plate Readers and Modern Surveillance
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Guardians and Warriors: What type of Cop are you?
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Don't stand in front of cars! And other Pet Peeves
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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National Security Strategy Review
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword… sometimes
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Closing the Gaps: Building Competence in High Performing-Teams
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Do You Trust Me? Credibility is Currency
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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Protecting your Parents: Fraud and Scams
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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To Chase or Not to Chase: Are the Risks of a Pursuit Worth It?
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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"Don't drop the airplane to fly the radio": Managing Bandwidth
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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When the US invaded Panama: Operation JUST CAUSE and the War on Drugs
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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So You Wanna Be an Air Force Pilot (…or Not?)
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Careers in Law Enforcement - Worth It?
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Stay in Your Lane? Maybe Not.
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Feeding the Machine: Range Nutrition for Tactical Athletes
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Teaching the Enemy: Lessons from The Dragons and the Snakes
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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It's Chess AND Checkers--Tactics and Strategy Unite!
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Hazing vs. Hardening: Building Strong Teams Without Breaking People
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Kids These Days - Leading Across Generations
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May 15, 2025 |
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"Fire As A Weapon, Chapter 12" -Sun Tzu, Probably.
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May 01, 2025 |
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HONOR: Your Own Rules
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Catching Up After a Busy Week
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Times Jim Has Called 911
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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180: Balance: Pace Yourself, it's a Marathon, not a Sprint
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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179: The Boogeyman of Coeur d'Alene – The Crimes of Joseph Duncan
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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178: "Be Curious, Not Judgmental." How to Deal with a Big Ego
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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177: Bad Advice
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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176: Read the Room - Who is Leading You?
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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175: The Last Traffic Stop: Kyle Dinkheller's Story
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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174: De-Escalate? Escalate? When can you taser them?
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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173: Dancing With Exotic Weapons
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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172: Making Worthwhile Exercises
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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171: Sticks and Stones: Survival Skills 101
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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170: "Time is on our side right now…" -Uvalde School District Police Chief
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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169: What a Wreck: Scene Size Up
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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168: Sniper in the Tower: 1966 Austin Clock Tower Shooting
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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167: Calling Bull$h!#: Responding to Swatting Hoaxes
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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166: Run the Clock: Time, Talk, Tear Gas, Tactics
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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165: Separating the Wanna-Bes from the Gonna-Bes: Motivation, Grit, and Discipline
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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164: Power Lines and Wildfires 2023 Maui Disaster
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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163: Strategy for Door Kickers
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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162: Ordering Troops to their Deaths
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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161: Tactical ADHD: Managing Attention
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May 15, 2024 |
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160: Lights in the Sky: Aliens or Drones? Jim Spills the Beans on UFOs
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May 01, 2024 |
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159: What's up with the beards? Setting and Enforcing Standards
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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158: "Your Children Are Not Safe": DC Beltway Snipers
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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157: Use it or Lose it: The Essence of Officer Discretion
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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156: I AM THAT B*TCH! Erica Gaines of TacMobility
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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155: Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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154: Get with the times: Pistol Optics are the way of the present
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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153: Guns n' Guitars: Go learn something new
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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152: Do you trust me? Selflessness in Teamwork
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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151: All's Well...If We Make it Well
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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150: Team Selection: Real-Life Fantasy Draft
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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149: A Good Commander Knows What to Control
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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148: Sleeping for Success
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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147: Finding the Bomber
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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146: Put Me In, Coach!
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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145: Both Sides of the Door - Breonna Taylor and Bad Outcomes
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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144 : The Real Burdens of Everyday Carry
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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143: Problem Solving As A Team Sport
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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142: Making Sure the Kids are Alright
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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141: Having Public Affairs Without Screwing Up
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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140: The Case of "The Mission v. The People"
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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139: We Don't Like Bombs, The Bombs That Go Boom
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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138: Your Candle Only Has Two Ends
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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137: Most Danger Doesn't Come From Strangers
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May 15, 2023 |
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136 The Bear, The Dragon, and You
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May 01, 2023 |
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135: Operationally Supporting Supporters Who Operate
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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134: Dangerous Driving
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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133: There's Nothing "Friendly" about "Friendly Fire"
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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132: You Can't Spell "Officer" without "Office"
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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131: Ending the Threat, Reasonably
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Short Talk: Growing into Solving Problems
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Short Talk: Spotting Zebras
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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130: The Power of Professionalism
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Short Talk: Accentuate the Positive
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Short Talk: Go Touch Grass
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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129: Managing Resourceful Humans
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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128: You Have Questions, We Have Answers
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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127: Getting the Band Together
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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126: The Inner Game of Thriving
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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125: No Shi...Kidding, There I Was...
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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124: Symphony of Terror
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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123: A Scared Cop is a Dangerous Cop
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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Mandalay Bay Mass Shooting Debrief w/ SWAT Commander & Patrol Sergeant
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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122: Countering the Stalker
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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121: Training: The Good, The Bad, & The Dangerous
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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120: The Big Ideas: What We're All About
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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119: Instant Expertise (Just Add Experience)
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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118: A War Waged Against Dallas PD
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Short Talk: Safety Strategy: The Swiss Cheese Model
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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117: Teach Them Monsters Can Be Defeated: Rampage Murder Update Episode
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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116: Making the Right Call: Tactical Decision Making and Scene Command
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Short Talk: What does it mean to "Be Safe?"
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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115: Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking? Developing Telepathy in High Performing Teams
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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114: The Dorner Saga: A War Waged Against California Law Enforcement
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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113: Gunmen Take 41 Hostages in an Electronics Store: The 1991 Good Guys Rescue
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May 15, 2022 |
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Short Talk: Big Picture Lessons from Ukraine
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May 12, 2022 |
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112: Doing More with Less: Scaling Resources in Major Incidents, Training, and Leadership Development
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May 01, 2022 |
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111: Mike Willever of Active Self Protection, Host of the ASP Podcast
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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110: Leadership Vol. 2: Your (Shitty) Attitude is Contagious
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Short Talk: Killing People—Don't Beat Around the Bush
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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109: You can't save them all: Dealing with mass casualty incidents
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Short Talk: Less Lethal Training and Tools: Bridging the Gap
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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108: "Don't Shoot The Hostage:" How to deal with a person in crisis
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Short Talk: Innovation in the Gun Industry—Shiny Objects and the Fundamentals
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Short Talk: Bullet Accountability in Officer Involved Shootings
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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107: Should cops transport wounded Officers to the hospital in a police car, or wait for an ambulance?
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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106: Can't is not in her vocabulary: American Paralympic Shooter McKenna Geer
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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105: Gunfighting 101 for Law Enforcement: Summary of the 2019 Florida UPS Truck Shooting
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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104: Most Gear is a Rip Off: A systematic approach to buying and testing equipment
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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103: Do You Feel In Charge? Training a Working Dog
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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102: Man, We F***ked That Up - How to Handle the Debrief
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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101: Training Champions - Maxing Performance from Baseball to Special Ops
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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100: Operation Eagle Claw: To You All, From Us All, For Having The Guts To Try
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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99: Safety Third: Making Training Awesome, but also Safe
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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98: Fasting and Keto Diets with Ben Tanner: Is every day a cheat day?
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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97: Micromanagers and Toxic Leadership: Do Less
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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96: Injury Prevention and Rehab with Physical Therapist Allan Phillips
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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95: Domestic Violence: Be Part of the Solution
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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94: Olive Branches and Off-Ramps: De-escalation "Training" 101
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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BONUS INTERVIEW: Improve your shooting with Mantis
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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93: Columbine: Notorious School Shooting, or a Failed Bombing?
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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92: Inside the Ghetto Bird, Law Enforcement Aviation with Jeff Ratkovich
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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91: Cops and Robbers: The 1986 FBI Miami Shootout
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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90: Gunfight in Your Bedroom: Defending Your Home
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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89: "Tactical" Adulting: The Unclassified Secrets to Success
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May 15, 2021 |
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88: Ryan Wyatt, Paramedic Extraordinaire
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May 01, 2021 |
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87: Disinformation: Catch Manipulators Before They Kill You
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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86: "Inspect What You Expect:" Pre-Deployment Checks and Inspections
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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85: Bright Lights and Cold Steel
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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84: Training "Mindset" and False Assumptions, with Mike Pannone
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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83: Terrain, the Unfair Advantage
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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82: Isaac Returns Home From Army Basic Training - What to expect
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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81: The Jon Benet Ramsey Murder Mystery
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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80: "I would just shoot him," and other imaginary outcomes
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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79: The Millennium Bomber--How Professionalism Saved the Day
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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78: Wisdom from over 30 years in Special Operations
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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77: How to deal with Fog and Friction when things get sideways.
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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76: Dr. Daniel Blumberg on the Moral Risks of Policing
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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75: Cecil Burch on jiu jitsu and street fighting, when there are guns and knives and ninjas and sh*t
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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74: Cold Weather Survival with Polar Explorer John Huston
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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73: The Newhall Massacre: The day CHP lost 4 officers over 50 years ago.
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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72: Fight or Flight, Fear and Muscle Memory; with Neuroscientist Dr. Vivian
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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71: Principles of Warfare
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Aug 15, 2020 |
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70: Officer Isaac has an announcement to make... From LE to ?
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Aug 01, 2020 |
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69: Killing Grossman: Understanding On Combat and On Killing
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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68: It's Your Platoon: US Army Combat Engineering Lt. Dave
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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67: How to think like a Tactician
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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66: You can't handle the truth! What Police Officers Need To Know About Going to Court, and How Police and Prosecutors Can Restore Public Trust
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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65: First Steps In Fitness, For Those Who Don't Fitness Good
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May 15, 2020 |
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64: "911, What's Your Emergency?" Calling for help: Dos and Don'ts
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May 01, 2020 |
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63: The Honorable Judge Edward "Ned" Lee: Cop, Concealed Carrier, Infantry Commander, Leadership Guru.
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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62: Punch him in the face! Lessons from Law Enforcement Fights
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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61: LA Riots and Civil Unrest
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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60: San Bernardino Active Shooter at the Inland Regional Center
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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59: Field Interviews from SHOT Show 2020
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Feb 15, 2020 |
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58: Performing Under Pressure with Dr. Michael Lauria
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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57: How to take a hit and keep fighting: Resilience and Mental Toughness
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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56: Rape, Defense and Response
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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55: Never Quit - In honor of A1C Ken Sturgill. Heat Related Injuries and Air Force SERE
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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54: Lessons from the Ruby Ridge standoff (Randy Weaver and the FBI Hostage Rescue Team)
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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53: Prepping for the End of the World: You're doing it wrong.
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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52: MJ THE MARINE, ROUND 2. Do Marines want Rule Followers or Rule Breakers? AIR FORCE VS USMC CULTURE
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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51: If you're not Outstanding, you're Outprocessing. Learning and Teaching in Elite Teams
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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50: Firearms Tests, Standards, and Context, with John Johnston
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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49: Terrorism 101: Why do they hate us so much?
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Sep 14, 2019 |
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48: 3 aviation case studies that show in a crisis, YOU are the most important variable
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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47: Risky Business - Doing dangerous work, safely.
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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46: America's New F-35, with Justin Lee
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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45: Isaac - Less Sheepdog, More Golden Retriever
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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44: Tactics and Strategy Require Creativity
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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43: Boston Marathon Bombing
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Jun 15, 2019 |
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42: MJ the Marine (Pilot, Naval Academy Grad, JTAC, BAMF)
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Jun 01, 2019 |
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41: Imagery and Instructor Development with Brian Willis
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May 15, 2019 |
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40: On Valor, Bravery, and Courage.
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May 01, 2019 |
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39: Thomas Yoxall: On a cold, dark morning on the side of the highway, a State Trooper was in trouble.
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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38: How to Motivate People (Maslow's Hierarchy and Human Motivation)
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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37: Law Enforcement Standoff with the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas (1993, ATF and FBI)
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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36: Drunken War Stories with the Danimal: Leadership, Football, Tactics and Coaching
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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35: John Correia's lessons from analyzing 17,000 fights
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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34: From Air Force Special Operations to College Athlete - Jason Sweet
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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WANT TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST?
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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33: Mr. James Gagliano, FBI HRT, CNN, Army Ranger
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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32: Jim's Deep Dive on Active Shooters: Case Studies, Getting Help, and Warning Signs
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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31: Scopes 101 with Riton Optics
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Dec 15, 2018 |
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30: Reality Based Training with Role Players and OPFOR
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Dec 01, 2018 |
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29: Shivworks Extreme Close Quarters Concepts (ECQC)
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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28: Are you Type-A? What is the "Tactical" Personality?
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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27: Kevin Briggs, The Guardian of the Golden Gate
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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26: The Final Mission of Extortion 17
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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25: Being Effective at Work: Bureaucracy and Organizational Politics
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Sep 15, 2018 |
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24: Problem Solving and Tactics Development: Going from "Bar Napkin" to "The way we do business."
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Sep 01, 2018 |
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23: On Leadership, Vol. 1
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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22: Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base by Andy Brown
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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21: Fight Club with Craig Douglas (Shivworks)
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Jul 15, 2018 |
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20: Timing, Tactics, and Patience
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Jul 01, 2018 |
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19: Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department (BCSO) SWAT/Special Operations and Air Support Leadership
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Jun 15, 2018 |
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18: Dr. Andy Tang, Trauma Director, University of Arizona Medical Center
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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17: Information Security--Can you keep a secret?
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May 15, 2018 |
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16: Officer Isaac checks in for Field Training
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May 01, 2018 |
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15: "I was in fear for my life." How do police officers reconcile lethal force against a suicidal person?
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Apr 15, 2018 |
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14: Q&A with Massad Ayoob, Use of Force Expert and Champion Shooter
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Apr 01, 2018 |
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13: Annette Evans: "Every Girl Should Learn How to Shoot!"
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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12: "Push to talk, not to think." Communication during a crisis.
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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11: Get off the X! Ambush and Counter Ambush Tactics
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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10: Slow is smooth, smooth is weird, fast is tactical. Right?
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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9: What do aviation and self-defense have in common?
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Jan 15, 2018 |
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8: Good Shoots, Bad Shoots, and Snowmobiles
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Jan 01, 2018 |
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7: Boyd, OODA, and Our Mission
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Dec 15, 2017 |
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6: Road Rage, situational leadership, and interpersonal barriers
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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5: So you wanna be a cop?
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Nov 15, 2017 |
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4: North Hollywood Shootout
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Nov 01, 2017 |
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3: Shooting, Beginner to Good/Great
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Oct 15, 2017 |
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2: Using Rules to Manage Risk
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Oct 01, 2017 |
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1: Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should
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Sep 25, 2017 |