Episodes
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MSP 346 Heroism Podcast
For this podcast, I got with Rob Morse of the Slow Facts Blog, Self-Defense Gun Stories, and Gun Freedom Radio. We talked about some of the terrorist attacks in Israel and what you can do if those come to our shores.
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When to Change out Carry Ammo
When should you change your carry ammo? Is it necessary? Will carry ammo go bad? What could make it go bad? Check out show notes at ModerSelfProtection.com for anything you might have missed. P.S. I'm riding to raise money to fight Alzheimer's and would love if you could throw a couple bucks at…
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Battlefield Leadership; Prepare Now
Be the leader now so that you can learn to be better if you ever have to defend yourself or your family.
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De-Escalation Requires Practice
Like every skill you have for self-defense, de-escalation should be practiced any time you can.
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MSP 342 Tactics over Skills
I'm here to tell you that tactics are more important than the gear and the skill you have with the gear. Your understanding of what is going on and your move toward what you want to happen is your tactics. A definition of gear is obvious, it's the stuff you have. The definition of skill is how…
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Welcome to the Party
I spent 10 years in the Marine Corps including a combat tour and being part of an anti-terrorism force. I left the Marine Corps to return to Iraq as a private contractor for the U.S. Government fighting terrorism. I gave a large portion of my adult life to fighting terrorism and the horrors that...
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Wimps in Our World Podcast 340
Going against the grain takes humility, guts, and the chance to lose. Courage, like most things, is a muscle that you have to exercise in life. If you don't practice courage, it will atrophy and die. How often do you practice courage? Moral and or physical? Do you do new things that you are going...
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Should You Give Medical Attention to a Bad Guy
If you have to defend yourself should you give medical aid to the person that just tried to hurt you? No. Is the simple easy answer and should be the end of it. Three things to consider when making this decision: The Tactical Situation; will this act put you further in danger? Morally; is it the...
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Habits, Good, Bad, and Training Scars Podcast 337
Habits are good and bad, but Training Scars will get you in trouble. Start with a good war story to show you had training scars creep into all of us. What training scars and bad habits do you have that will "get you killed in the street?" I know you have at least one, we all do. Check out the…
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Be Prepared for anything Podcast 336
Last weekend I participated in a church mass shooter training event. Most of the time I'm the instructor or coordinator, but this time I actually got to participate. My church got a bunch of volunteers to volunteer to be actors in the scenarios. Our head of church safety organized and ran the...
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Should You Get Involved?
Should you get involved in a crime in progress? Yesterday on the way home from work I saw a crime in progress or what looked like one. I was driving down a busy street that has a large homeless problem and high crime. It's a shortcut to miss some traffic through downtown San Antonio. It is a...
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Podcast 334 Trust Your instincts; The Gift of Fear
Check out the book The Gift of Fear to learn more or go to MSP Blog post, Trust Your Instincts and the Girt of Fear.
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Caught in the Aftermath of a Mass Shooter
If you get caught in the aftermath of a mass shooter what should you do? Yes, mass killer would be a better description now that vehicles and knives are becoming popular. If you are in the area of a Mass Killer what should you do after the killing has stopped? Here are some things to think about....
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Changing Schedules and Your Safety
Do you really need to vary your schedule to be safe? Common knowledge around varying your schedule and where it came from. Why you might be safer by not following the "common sense" here. Book mentioned on the podcast: "Left of Bang" by Patrick Van Horne and Jason Riley To read more about this...
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Self Defense Mechanisms to Use
Do the simple shit first. Then worry about becoming John Wick. Start with what you know you should do and the advertisements you see everywhere that you ignore. Lock your doors and windows at home all the time Lock your doors, take your keys, and hide your belongings in your car, all the time,...
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Shooting for Fun Podcast 330
Self Defense is one of the most serious things we could ever talk about. It's all about doing combat with another individual where your life hangs in the balance. Seems like it should be serious all the time. Right?
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9-11 20 Years Later
Like most disasters, it's not the actual event that changes things, it's the reactions to the event. I sat at home for two days waiting for my call to report. By the third day, I went back to life. Life had changed in America, for the better. Somehow we were all Americans again and all the little...
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Podcast 328 Mixed Bag or Crap: NRA Cancelled, Broken Gun, and Heat Injuries
NRA Cancelled Not a surprise with what is going on in Texas and Covid, but their letter to people showed their true colors and they should be ashamed of themselves. Broken Gun I've been having more and more issues with my carry gun and think I figured it out. But how do you spot problems with…
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Unconventional Carry Methods: Podcast 327
Get all the links from today's podcast at ModernSelfProtection.com/327 Carrying every day is an art. It's one you have to work on all the time. And sometimes you can't always carry an optimal way. When I worked for an armored car company I carried in an optimal way. And I carried two 1911's. One…
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The Square Range: Podcast 326
Do you go to the square range to practice self-defense? Should you? Last week I went to the square range and worked on my self-defense shooting with my friend from Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, John. We shot his new Colt Python (if you want to hear about that you will have to become a...
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Back to Basics: Have a Plan - Podcast 325
Do you have a plan for if things go wrong? While no plan survives the first contact, the best part of your plan is the objective. In the Marine Corps, we called it the Commander's Intent. You are going to do this so that this other thing can happen. When you are the one making the plan, the first...
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Measuring Risk: Why We Suck at It. Podcast 324
As a contractor, I was in charge of base security at a large FOB (Forward Operating Base) in Iraq. The base commander wanted me to make sure no one ever got hurt on his base. I tried explaining to him that I could simply mitigate the risks from outside the wire but I couldn't stop everything....
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The Best Skill to Practice for Self Defense: Situational Awareness Podcast 323
Situational Awareness is the one thing that was drilled into me in Law Enforcement and the Military. It is the one thing that directly overlaps from law enforcement, military, and self defense. Why? It is the one thing that will allow you to buy time in an emergency. And time is everything when...
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Mind Set: The Ultimate Self Defense Skill - Podcast 322
A gun and knife are only tools, your mind is the weapon, train it well. That has been the closing of the Modern Self Protection Podcast for about eight years now. Everything you learn about self-defense should start with your mindset. Your mindset is the one skill that will enhance all the…
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A Dot and a Miss: Sig P365XL and Romeo 0 Review Podcast 321
Last week I shot competition with a Sig P365XL and Romeo 0 Dot. I shoot this competition about every other week right now and love it. What I've learned about the Sig P365 serious of guns: The Good: They are a great sized gun Love the family of sizes 12 rounds in the XL makes a full grip even for...
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New Gun Shiny Syndrome; Podcast 320
Are you always looking for the "new gun?" Do you fall into the shiny new syndrome? Do you ever get shiny new gun syndrome? I do. But is it good for you? When should you want a new gun. When should you get a new gun? Does it matter? Yes, it matters. The more you stick with one gun, the more you…
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Do Glocks Have a Safety? Should They? Podcast 319
Modern Self Protection Podcast, a self-defense podcast for normal people. Click the Image to Subscribe on iTunes Glocks have internal safeties but no external or manual safety. Are internal safeties on a handgun you carry for self-defense enough? Should you have a manual safety on your concealed...
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What You Can Start Doing Now: Podcast 318
"Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on." - Nick Fury the Avengers If you watch the news things are bleak at best. No matter what happens out there we are done is what the news says. I've decided to not watch the news. Because what do they know? I've…
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Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst Podcast 317
How is your hope for the future? What is your plan for the future? Without hope, we won't do anything. You have to have hope for a better future. Admittedly, the future is tenuous at best. But it always has been. For at least 100 years people have been worried about the United States collapsing.…
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Top 4 Self Defense Techniques Podcast 316
Click to Subscribe Subscribe The top 4 self-defense techniques aren't some awesome kick, punch, or hold. The first three come in the form of your preparedness to defend yourself. The last one matches who your, what you are willing to practice, and what you can do for your self-defense. We are all...
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Christmas Travel Safety Tips Podcast 315
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Christmas is here! Thank God 2020 is almost over... Are you traveling for Christmas? Do you want to stay safe while you are doing so? Crime is up across the country. People are pissed about the entire Covid lockdown thing and starting to take it out on each other. Law...
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Podcast 314b Carrying a Firearm in the Cold
Yesterday somehow I only uploaded part of the podcast... here is the second half of the show. Thanks for listening and staying with me. Stay Safe, Ben
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Carrying a Firearm in the Cold Podcast 314
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: I got a message from a listener asking about changing his carry gear for the season. This question comes up every year and I don't think about it until about this time of year because it doesn't get cold in San Antonio until about now. Last week we had our…
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Firearms Safety and Range Etiquette Podcast 313
Click to Subscribe Subscribe I went to the range on Black Friday with a friend just to shoot the bull and some steel. We went to Lonestar Handgun here in San Antonio where they have lots of steel out on the pistol line that we can just shoot at while talking. I was worried that on Black Friday it...
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Personally Surviving Covid and Mind Set Podcast 312
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: This is my story of how I survived Covid-19. It was my mind set that kept me out of the hospital and allowed me to recover. I used "affirmations" that included cursing at myself every hour on the hour for about four days. The four days that I probably should…
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Stop Stupid in the Firearm World Podcast 311
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: After working at the gun shows on the weekend for the last 3 months I've found stupid again. Most of the things I've forgotten about, on purpose I think. This show we talk about some of the stupid that is out there and the things that just won't die. Our Stupid...
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Kitting Up Part II with Frank Sharp Jr of Fortress Defense Consultants Podcast 310
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: I invited Frank Sharp Jr from Fortress Defense Consultants to join me to talk about the "great boogaloo" sort of… We continued our conversation from two weeks ago. We restarted our conversation with Kitting Up and fighting. Frank starts with talking about...
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Kitting Up for the Fight with Frank Sharp Jr of Fortress Defense Consultants Podcast 309
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: I invited Frank Sharp Jr from Fortress Defense Consultants to join me to talk about the "great boogaloo" sort of… We laugh about the term and the thought of an all out Civial War in the US. The country is just too big and diverse for another actual Civil War…
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FMF 34 Remembering 9-11 and Unity
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Where were you when the planes hit on 9-11? What did you feel that day? How did those feelings change in the following weeks? I want you to remember that feeling of unity in the following couple weeks. How the country stood up together against one thing. Nothing else...
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The Kyle Rittenhouse Shooting: Murder, Victim, or Self-Defense Podcast 308
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: Kyle Rittenhouse is a divisive figure in the world. And will continue to be. But what can we learn from the shooting? Tactically, how did he do? Legally, is there anything we could do better? We need to analyze these incidents as learning tools so that you…
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Are Your AR Mags Loaded? FMF 33
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Thirty-Round AR Mags should be loaded at 28 rounds. More and you risk your rifle malfunctioning. But how can you tell if there are 28 rounds in there? Are there more or less? Here is an easy way to tell if you have loaded your 30-round AR Mags correctly. Stay Safe…
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Podcast 307 Protecting Your Loved Ones When They Can't Protect Themselves
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: A question from a listener on how he can protect his family when out and about and at home when he has two little girls. Having multiple people you are in charge of protecting creates more problems than one or none. How can you protect them? We go into depth on...
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Rioters, Vehicles, and Self Defense Podcast 306
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: Mobs have been moving around as protests for months now. The violence seems more and more eminent. The chances of you getting stuck in one of these "protests" seems more and more likely. What can you do if you find yourself in the middle of a protest with the...
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FMF 32 Face Masks and Your Physical Security
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Face masks are becoming part of our world. Good, bad, or indifferent it seems they are here to stay. Should you wear one or not for your health? I have no idea. That isn't my area of expertise. I've read a lot about it, just like I hope you have over the last five...
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The State of the Firearms industry Podcast 305
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: Last weekend I sold guns at the Big Town Gun Show just outside Dallas Texas. I worked for my old boss at Sparks Firearms. I worked at Sparks Firearms for about four years selling guns at gun shows and in the shop. The shop has since closed and only sells guns…
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How to get the most out of Class Podcast 304
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: I got a question from a listener named Scott about how to get the best out of a recent class he took. Scott was concerned that most of the instructor's time was spent with newer students and that he didn't all he could of out of the class. He wanted to know how...
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Prepare and Test Podcast 303
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: Are you as prepared as you think you are? Have you been tested? Have you tested yourself? Are you improving everything in your life? We all like to think we are prepared for anything. And if you have your mindset right, you can get through anything. You are...
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How Much Self Defense Practice do You Need? Podcast 302
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: How much do you practice your self-defense skills? All of them? Your handgun, rifle, knife, hand-to-hand, physical fitness, and avoidance all need practice, training, and work. Where do you start? How can you be good enough? How much time should you make to...
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Learning from Jarrad Markel at Student of the Gun Podcast 301
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: Jarrad Markel from Student of the Gun is my guest. Jarrad is a great guy and has been working on Student of the Gun for almost 10 years, carrying a gun since he was legally able, was a professional MMA fighter for about 5 years, and started taking self-defense...
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Podcast 300 Basic Mindset for Survival
Click to Subscribe Subscribe Today: Back to basics: Mindset. Mindset is the most important skill you can learn. You need to learn to be positive and that you can and will survive… and even win if it comes down to it. In a violent encounter, you need to have your mind in the right place to win. In...
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No One Should Live in Fear! The Self Defense Podcast for everyone! We talk about using a firearm for self defense and awareness.
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Ben Branam
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