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Pretty Deadly Podcast
by Pretty Deadly Self Defense
A podcast about realistic self defense for women. Hosted by Pretty Deadly founder Susie Kahlich and women from around the world, we're addressing common misconceptions about self defense, why we think self defense should be part of self care, and sharing tips, tricks and stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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S9 Episode 138: Fists and Featherdusters | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Can cleaning your living room teach you self-defense? In this episode, Susie Kahlich walks us through everyday household tasks—throwing toys, dusting, vacuuming—and reveals how these ordinary movements are secretly self-defense techniques in disguise. Highlights: ● How side-arm throws build...
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S9 Episode 137: Wax On, Wax Off
What does The Karate Kid have to do with real-world self-defense? Everything. Continuing in the kitchen, this episode explores how wiping counters, kicking the fridge closed, and sweeping the floor are actually training your body for effective blocks, strikes, and takedowns. Highlights: ● Wiping…
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S9 Episode 136: Everything But the Kitchen Sink
💬 Episode Summary What if you could train self-defense without adding anything to your schedule? In this episode, Susie Kahlich explains how everyday household tasks—like washing dishes or loading the dishwasher—can become effective training tools for self-defense. Learn how scrubbing, reaching,...
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S9 Episode 135: What I'd Do Different | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Episode Length: ~12 minutes Episode Summary: In this episode of the Pretty Deadly Podcast, founder and martial artist Susie Kahlich breaks down the violent attack that changed her life—and launched a global self-defense movement. Rather than sharing a typical survivor story, Susie walks listeners...
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S9 Episode 134: Surviving Date Rape | Pretty Deadly Podcast
“Don’t You Remember Who You Are?” – Surviving and Interrupting Date Rape In this raw and unflinching episode of the Pretty Deadly Podcast, host Susie Kahlich, founder of Pretty Deadly Self-Defense and violent crime survivor, shares three personal stories of surviving and interrupting date rape —...
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S9 Episode 133: Everything Is Training | Pretty Deadly Podcast
In this raw and insightful episode, Pretty Deadly Self-Defense founder Susie Kahlich explores how seemingly random pieces of media—true crime podcasts, a childhood “Stranger Danger” assembly, even a high school driver’s ed video—can become life-saving tools in dangerous situations. Drawing from…
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🔴 Episode 132 – How I Fought Back (Without Even Knowing It)
Pretty Deadly Podcast: Finding Agency in Self-Defense 🔴 Episode 132 – How I Fought Back (Without Even Knowing It) After a violent attack in her home, Pretty Deadly Self-Defense founder Susie Kahlich set out to understand what really happens in moments of crisis. In this episode, she shares how…
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S9 Ep: 131 | The B*tch is Back! | Pretty Deadly Podcast
🎙 New Episode: The Pretty Deadly Podcast Returns! After a long break, Pretty Deadly Podcast is back! In this relaunch, Susie Kahlich, founder of Pretty Deadly Self Defense, shares her survival story, martial arts journey, and the evolution of Pretty Deadly—from a workshop for her mother to an...
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S8 Episode 130: Sucker Punch
of violence against women in New York There has been a spate of violent men sucker punching random women in New York City recently. How do you defend against a sucker punch? This episode talks about: • The definition of a sucker punch • The role of the random attack in the history of GBV • How to...
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S8 Episode 129: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
In 2005, Pretty Deadly founder decided to run a marathon. In this episode, Susie shares her experiences training for, and running, a marathon, and how that relates to self defense. This episode talks about: Expectations and support Stereotyping body types In what ways softer training is harmful…
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S8 Episode 128: Safety in Women's Fitness
Women should feel safe while working out and here's how to feel safer. This episode explores important safety concerns for women in gyms, women's safety while running, why health and safety are important in a fitness environment, including why women won't ask for help at the gym. Hosted by safety...
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S8 Episode 127: How to Handle A Trauma Trigger | Pretty Deadly Podcast
This episode talk about how to handle trauma when it’s triggered in a client. Trauma triggers can be scary and upsetting for everyone. Do you know what to do when a client experiences a trigger? This episode talks about: Recognize the signs Spotlight & shame Giving permission Buddy system Protect...
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S8 Episode 126: How to Work with Trauma | Pretty Deadly Podcast
This episode explores how trauma actually works in the long term, both in the brain and how it manifests in the body, and gives some practical advise for working with people suffering from PTSD. This episode talks about: Trauma is data with no file/context Replays until normalized or filing place...
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S8 Episode 125: How to Handle What If Questions | Pretty Deadly Podcast
What if questions can sometimes make us feel like we're in over our heads, but this episode explores why they're actually great for self defense, and how to guide people towards figuring it out for themselves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S8 Episode 124: What Women Really Need from Self Defense | Pretty Deadly Podcast
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of violence. This episode talks about moving out of our comfort zones as trainers to look at the methods and kinds of threats women actually face, rather than what we imagine is happening: True crime story Not all men Teaching things people...
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S8 Episode 123: From Dusk Til Dawn | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Just as a quick recap, FInal Girls Film Fest is an annual festival hosted here in Berlin celebrating the best in women’s horror: meaning, features, shorts, workshops, talks and even book launches about horror created by women, and women’s roles in the horror genre. And every year for the past 6…
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S8 Episode 122: Interview with Trainer Julia Brasch | Pretty Deadly Podcast
We interview martial artist, teacher and self defense trainer Julia Brasch in this episode of the Pretty Deadly Podcast. Julia is a German martial artist and teacher with over 30 years of experience, training in Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu and Muy Thai. Her start in martial arts was unique in that her...
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S8 Episode 121: Scary Stories in Self Defense | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Self defense is already associated with fear and scary situations. This episode explores why using scary stories to motivate people to learn and train self defense tends to have the opposite effect. This episode talks about some famous urban myths and the real #truecrime stories behind them…
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S8 Episode 120: The Importance of Hope in Self Defense | Pretty Deadly Podcast
TW: This episode contains descriptions of an attack. This episode talk about the importance of hope in self defense, and how often it can be extinguished when training is too complicated. This episode covers: Susie takes a self defense class BJJ - defending against a familiar attack Every defense...
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S8 Episode 119: How It Started - How It's Going
This episode I want to go all the way back to the beginning, and why I started Pretty Deadly in the first place. ***** Before I go on, have you checked out our new website? It’s amazing, if I do say so myself. One of the things I’m most excited about is our booking system, that let’s people book...
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S7 Episode 118: Self Defense for People with Disabilities | Pretty Deadly Podcast
How to teach self defense to disabled people. **This is our final episode of Season 7! Thank you for listening and happy new year!" Facts about disabled people Fallacies about disabled poeple What to look for and how to adapt for: No/low vision Deafness Physical disability Wheelchairs Prosthetics...
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S7 Episode 117: Moving Targets | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Ok, so targets. What are we really aiming for? Small moving targets Precision & training Relation to honor False beliefs around targets Energy of targets & how it damages Looking for results What happens when you remove the targets? You have been listening to the Pretty Deadly Podcast. You can...
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S7 Episode 116: Honor in Self Defense | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Self defense and honour – what exactly are we defending, when we’re defending ourselves? Male honour projected onto women and assuming same value, but also male honour in terms of owning women’s bodies But this doesn’t compute for women. Let’s look at it in terms of traditional roles: Lineage...
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S7 Episode 115: Self Defense or Retaliation? | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Self defense? Or retailiation? What’s the difference and how do you know? For self defense it’s pretty simple: Verbal warnings Only when boundaries are crossed When all warnings ignored Self defense as a last resort (physical), never a first response – Which brings us to retaliation: it’s after…
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S7 Episode 114: How Hard Should I Hit?
This episode is about use of force and proportionality in self defense. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S7 Episode 113: Using Anger in Self Defense | Pretty Deady Podcast
This episode talk about the role of anger in self defense.. This episode talks about: Real-life situation when threat to life is imminent: no emotions Men vs women defintion of self defense Traditional self defense classes Why "tap into your rage!" is not a good idea The size female rage It can...
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S7 Episode 112: Sexual Dynamics in Self Defense Classes
A couple of episodes back I talked about training self defense and the female anatomy. In this episode, we're looking at sexual dynamics in self defense training and how it can backfire on women. This episode talks about • Sexualization as a way to dominate • Ego vs. education • When the teacher…
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S7 Episode 111 - Let's Play: How Martial Arts Makes Smart Minds
In the last episode, I talked about where we use self defense in everyday life, and in this episode my guest Else Kramer is going to talk about where she uses self defense and her martial arts training in her life as an executive coach, creative mind, solo traveler, philosopher, and mom. Else…
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S7 Episode 110: How We Use Self Defense in Everyday Life | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Last week we talked about our biological self defense systems. Continuing from that subject, let’s talk about where else we use self defense in our daily lives! This episode talks about: Learned self defense examples: putting our hand on a hot stove Situational awareness: petting a growling dog...
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S7 Episode 109- Our Bodies Our Selves | Pretty Deadly Self Defense
This week, we're talking about our biological self defense system -- what is it? Where does it live? How does it work? Can we trust it? This episode talks about: Slimy food - crows & us & sense of smell Sickness & vomit Sleep: systems check Intuition: data Shaking: wake up the muscles, – dark…
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S7 Episode 108: Bless this Mess: Periods & Self Defense | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Last week we talked about self defense, martial arts and boobs so I thought, while we’re on the subject, let’s talk about periods too. So, what is it like for women training self defense and martial arts during menstruation? And what is it like to train during perimenopause and menopause? This...
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S7 Ep 107: Self Defense Martial Arts and Boobs | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Training in martial arts and self defense (and a lot of other sports) rarely takes into consideration women's physiology, specifically: breasts. This episode talks about how to train -- and how to adapt training for -- people with breasts, and people without. Topics covered in this episode are:...
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S7 Episode 106: What's Stopping Her?
If you’re a martial artist listening to this, you probably know this scenario: you advertise a self defense class, women in your community are enthusiastic, sign ups, no shows, drop offs, you’re lucky if you’ve still got two who finish out the course. You ask them what they think they smile and…
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S7 Episode 105: M for Master
Do you have to know martial arts to teach self defense? The short answer is no, but here's why: Self defense as domain of martial arts Brief history of self defense & martial arts: it’s about art – skill, training, technique, creativity, you have to learn the rules in order to break them, you can...
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Fitness & Diet Culture: You vs. Your Body | Pretty Deadly Podcast
In this episode, Susie interviews the first US personal trainer, boxing coach and roller derby skater Cristi Johnson. Cristi lives and works in Alpena, Michigan, and is the first fitness trainer to be certified by Pretty Deadly to teach self defense in the US. This episode talks about: Cristi's...
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S7 Episode 103: What Not to Wear | Pretty Deadly Podcast
What Not to Wear: This episode was recorded before Jonah Hill's texts to his ex were made public, but women have been blamed for causing sexual assault due to their clothes of thousands of years, from too much make up to high heels to everything in between. In today's world, that extends to our...
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S7 Episode 102 - The Voice in Self Defense | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Welcome to Season 7! In this episode, we're talking about the Feminine Voice in Self Defense. This episode touches on the following topics: Women's "hysteria" and the female voice The history of "hysteria" as a medical diagnosis Upcoming immersive performance in Berlin about Hysteria and the…
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S6 Episode 101: Special Guest Andrew Juarez | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Our 101st episode brings a special surprise! Andrew Juarez, owner of Rise Above Self Defense in California reached out to us to chat about the ins and outs of teaching self defense, and self defense as a business. Andrew is a U.S. Navy Veteran who worked as a Gunner's-mate on the Ammunition Ship...
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S6 Episode 100 - What She Said: Comedy and Self Defense | Pretty Deadly Podcast
The commonalities between comedy and self-defense, how we have used humour to diffuse a threatening situation or to talk about something awkward or painful through the art of mimicry or sarcasm to establish a boundary. How I've de-escalated volatile situations using well timed humour. Hosted on...
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S6 Episode 99 - Creative Ways to Say No | Pretty Deadly Podcast
Women are so socialized to not offend, that it can be hard for us to say no, but's just a muscle we have to train like everything else. In Pretty Deadly courses, groups often employ "The No Game," a game developed to help women get comfortable with saying "no" as a full sentence. Susie and Humay...
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S6 Episode 98: The Consequences of Saying No
Susie and Humay talk about instances in their lives when saying no to someone or setting a boundary offended someone and how we dealt with it. Plus the lessons we derived from it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S6 Episode 97: The Power of Hair
Hair is a powerful expression of femininity. So why do some women dye their hair after taking a self defense course? Got questions you'd like answered? Email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S6 Episode 96: Emotional Self Defense
What exactly is emotional self defense and how can we use it instead of or even along with physical self defense? Got questions you'd like answered? Email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S6 Episode 95: Real Life Self Defense
Real-life instances where we or our students have used pretty deadly self-defense moves. Got a question you'd like answered? Email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S6 | Episode 94: Scream Queens & Misogyny
Hollywood and its obsession with horror films where women always get murdered and serial killer biopics where the murderer is glorified. Is it a form of sexism? Got questions you'd like answered? Send us an email to [email protected]! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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S6 Episode 93: Is Self Defense Different in Different Cultures?
Does self-defense differ from culture to culture? Susie has taught self defense in multiple countries, Pakistan, Nepal, South Africa, UK, France, Germany, USA . Humay wonders what are some differences and commonalities in people’s attitudes to self defense and the application of self defense?...
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S6 Episode 92: Will Learning Self Defense Make Me A Bitch?
Addressing a common fear that women have with learning self-defense. Would it perpetually put them in defensive mode and make them unlikeable and difficult? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S6 Episode 91: Meet our Trainer in Pakistan!
We are halfway through Season 6, and we're kicking off episode 91 with a new co-host, our Pretty Deadly Trainer in Pakistan, Humay Waseem. Humay is a personal trainer and nutritionist living in Islamabad, and she shares a glimpse of her life as a female entrepreneur in Pakistan's capital city....
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S6 Episode 90: Self Defense At Work
How do you defend yourself from a boss who believes that employment equals ownership? The #metoo movement helped shine a spotlight on workplace sexual harassment, but for so many women across the world, #metoo just isn't possible. When the only thing between you and homelessness is your job, how…
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S6 Ep 89: Other People's Boundaries
Someone asked recently: how do you know you're not the creep? Defining and defending our own boundaries is the core of self defense, but the next step after that is learning to recognize the boundaries of others, and respecting them. How do you recognize someone else's boundaries without testing...
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A podcast about realistic self defense for women. Hosted by Pretty Deadly founder Susie Kahlich and women from around the world, we're addressing common misconceptions about self defense, why we think self defense should be part of self care, and sharing tips, tricks and stories.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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