All episodes

114: The Dorner Saga: A War Waged Against California Law Enforcement

113: Gunmen Take 41 Hostages in an Electronics Store: The 1991 Good Guys Rescue

Short Talk: Big Picture Lessons from Ukraine

112: Doing More with Less: Scaling Resources in Major Incidents, Training, and Leadership Development

111: Mike Willever of Active Self Protection, Host of the ASP Podcast

110: Leadership Vol. 2: Your (Shitty) Attitude is Contagious

Short Talk: Killing People—Don't Beat Around the Bush

109: You can't save them all: Dealing with mass casualty incidents

Short Talk: Less Lethal Training and Tools: Bridging the Gap

108: "Don't Shoot The Hostage:" How to deal with a person in crisis

Short Talk: Innovation in the Gun Industry—Shiny Objects and the Fundamentals

Short Talk: Bullet Accountability in Officer Involved Shootings

107: Should cops transport wounded Officers to the hospital in a police car, or wait for an ambulance?

106: Can't is not in her vocabulary: American Paralympic Shooter McKenna Geer

105: Gunfighting 101 for Law Enforcement: Summary of the 2019 Florida UPS Truck Shooting

104: Most Gear is a Rip Off: A systematic approach to buying and testing equipment

103: Do You Feel In Charge? Training a Working Dog

102: Man, We F***ked That Up - How to Handle the Debrief

101: Training Champions - Maxing Performance from Baseball to Special Ops

100: Operation Eagle Claw: To You All, From Us All, For Having The Guts To Try

99: Safety Third: Making Training Awesome, but also Safe

98: Fasting and Keto Diets with Ben Tanner: Is every day a cheat day?

97: Micromanagers and Toxic Leadership: Do Less

96: Injury Prevention and Rehab with Physical Therapist Allan Phillips

95: Domestic Violence: Be Part of the Solution

94: Olive Branches and Off-Ramps: De-escalation "Training" 101

BONUS INTERVIEW: Improve your shooting with Mantis

93: Columbine: Notorious School Shooting, or a Failed Bombing?

92: Inside the Ghetto Bird, Law Enforcement Aviation with Jeff Ratkovich

91: Cops and Robbers: The 1986 FBI Miami Shootout

90: Gunfight in Your Bedroom: Defending Your Home

89: "Tactical" Adulting: The Unclassified Secrets to Success

88: Ryan Wyatt, Paramedic Extraordinaire

87: Disinformation: Catch Manipulators Before They Kill You

86: "Inspect What You Expect:" Pre-Deployment Checks and Inspections

85: Bright Lights and Cold Steel

84: Training "Mindset" and False Assumptions, with Mike Pannone

83: Terrain, the Unfair Advantage

82: Isaac Returns Home From Army Basic Training - What to expect

81: The Jon Benet Ramsey Murder Mystery

80: "I would just shoot him," and other imaginary outcomes

79: The Millennium Bomber--How Professionalism Saved the Day

78: Wisdom from over 30 years in Special Operations

77: How to deal with Fog and Friction when things get sideways.

76: Dr. Daniel Blumberg on the Moral Risks of Policing

75: Cecil Burch on jiu jitsu and street fighting, when there are guns and knives and ninjas and sh*t

74: Cold Weather Survival with Polar Explorer John Huston

73: The Newhall Massacre: The day CHP lost 4 officers over 50 years ago.

72: Fight or Flight, Fear and Muscle Memory; with Neuroscientist Dr. Vivian

71: Principles of Warfare

70: Officer Isaac has an announcement to make... From LE to ?

69: Killing Grossman: Understanding On Combat and On Killing

68: It's Your Platoon: US Army Combat Engineering Lt. Dave

67: How to think like a Tactician

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

65: First Steps In Fitness, For Those Who Don't Fitness Good

64: "911, What's Your Emergency?" Calling for help: Dos and Don'ts

63: The Honorable Judge Edward "Ned" Lee: Cop, Concealed Carrier, Infantry Commander, Leadership Guru.

62: Punch him in the face! Lessons from Law Enforcement Fights

61: LA Riots and Civil Unrest

60: San Bernardino Active Shooter at the Inland Regional Center

59: Field Interviews from SHOT Show 2020

58: Performing Under Pressure with Dr. Michael Lauria

57: How to take a hit and keep fighting: Resilience and Mental Toughness

56: Rape, Defense and Response

55: Never Quit - In honor of A1C Ken Sturgill. Heat Related Injuries and Air Force SERE

54: Lessons from the Ruby Ridge standoff (Randy Weaver and the FBI Hostage Rescue Team)

53: Prepping for the End of the World: You're doing it wrong.

52: MJ THE MARINE, ROUND 2. Do Marines want Rule Followers or Rule Breakers? AIR FORCE VS USMC CULTURE

51: If you're not Outstanding, you're Outprocessing. Learning and Teaching in Elite Teams

50: Firearms Tests, Standards, and Context, with John Johnston

49: Terrorism 101: Why do they hate us so much?

48: 3 aviation case studies that show in a crisis, YOU are the most important variable

47: Risky Business - Doing dangerous work, safely.

46: America's New F-35, with Justin Lee

45: Isaac - Less Sheepdog, More Golden Retriever

44: Tactics and Strategy Require Creativity

43: Boston Marathon Bombing

42: MJ the Marine (Pilot, Naval Academy Grad, JTAC, BAMF)

41: Imagery and Instructor Development with Brian Willis

40: On Valor, Bravery, and Courage.

39: Thomas Yoxall: On a cold, dark morning on the side of the highway, a State Trooper was in trouble.

38: How to Motivate People (Maslow's Hierarchy and Human Motivation)

37: Law Enforcement Standoff with the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas (1993, ATF and FBI)

36: Drunken War Stories with the Danimal: Leadership, Football, Tactics and Coaching

35: John Correia's lessons from analyzing 17,000 fights

34: From Air Force Special Operations to College Athlete - Jason Sweet

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33: Mr. James Gagliano, FBI HRT, CNN, Army Ranger

32: Jim's Deep Dive on Active Shooters: Case Studies, Getting Help, and Warning Signs

31: Scopes 101 with Riton Optics

30: Reality Based Training with Role Players and OPFOR

29: Shivworks Extreme Close Quarters Concepts (ECQC)

28: Are you Type-A? What is the "Tactical" Personality?

27: Kevin Briggs, The Guardian of the Golden Gate

26: The Final Mission of Extortion 17

25: Being Effective at Work: Bureaucracy and Organizational Politics

24: Problem Solving and Tactics Development: Going from "Bar Napkin" to "The way we do business."

23: On Leadership, Vol. 1

22: Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base by Andy Brown