Archives: Podcast

MVP106: Mary Stevens – Soft Skills in Violence Prevention & Management

Happy holidays!
I am joined once again by Mary Stevens, an accomplished martial arts instructor and also lead instructor at Violence Prevention & Management UK. Mary is a lifelong learner and incredible teacher, so I took the opportunity to pick her …

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MVP105: How to Stop Mass Killings with Mike Roche

In this episode I am joined by 40-year law enforcement officer and 26-year Secret Service veteran, Mike Roche. Mike is the author of Mass Killers: How you can identify workplace, school, or public killers before they strike 
 
In this interview we talk a…

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MVP104: Dr Mary Beth Janke – From Secret Service to Forensic Psychologist

Dr. Mary Beth Janke has over 30 years of psychology, security, and investigative experience and is one of the most respected females in the Executive Protection industry. Her career has been extremely impressive moving through time with the Secret Servic…

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MVP103: Understanding Stalkers with Dr Lorraine Sheridan

Dr Lorraine Sheridan is a forensic psychologist and one of the world’s leading experts in stalking. She has written 5 books and over 80 journal articles on stalking, domestic violence and various aspects of criminal justice. She is also formerly the Pres…

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MVP102: The Safest Family on the Block with Jason Brick

“Making the decision to have a child…is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
Keeping our kids safe (and ourselves sane) is one of our most important duties as parents…but the best advice for doing that is scatter…

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MVP101: Kerry ”Kato” Murakami on Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics

Kerry “Kato” Murakami, the founder of Rectitude Training, LLC, is devoted to training law enforcement and the civilian defender. Kerry is a retired law enforcement officer from the State of Illinois and has spent all twenty eight years in the patrol divi…

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MVP100: The Future of the Self Protection Industry

I am using this milestone episode of the Managing Violence Podcast to plant a flag.
It is time we tear down this makeshift industry we have continued to patch, fix and repair over the past 70 or so years. Like a loved family home that has been renovated …

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MVP99: The Martial Art of Communication

In this interview I have a chance to share my take on modern conflict communication, verbal de-escalation, the importance of empathy, and why you should be training speaking as much (or more than) fighting.
Republished with permission from Finding the T…

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MVP98: Domestic violence and abuse with Pamela Armitage

Pamela Armitage is the Chief Impact Officer at Study of Violence and an instructor with SAFE International. She has pioneered the trauma-informed self-defence movement and is a global thought leader in the evolution of violence management education.
This…

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MVP97: Training Elite Protectors with Bill DuChene

Bill DuChene is the Vice President of Training & Tactics at Gavin DeBecker & Associates As the Director of Training, Bill DuChene is responsible for the development of all in house training programs to include the Essential Protector Skills Academy for a…

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