This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender and microbiologist Ryan and discuss several short stories of self defense, including against a bear. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Jason and discuss the day a strange man in a strange car decided to park and loiter on his street for hours and what Jason did about it.

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender and concealed carrier Ed and discuss the day a mentally unstable individual appeared at his local dog park with a knife in hand and began approaching several women in a threatening manner. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Rodney and discuss the day he accompanied his girlfriend to a beach house party and how it all went terribly wrong.   

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with Army Combat Veteran and self defender Zach and discuss the night he was working when a man surprised him with a gun in his face and how he responded including the terrible legal and emotional aftermath.

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with our guest and discuss the night his boys were out late, talked a little too much smack and brought some trouble home with them.  

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with CCW holder and self defender Dillan and discuss the day he was taking his mother and baby out for breakfast when a gunshot rang out in the restaurant, people scattered and what Dillan did in response. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with Chris and discuss the night he had to get gas later than he would have liked and was stalked by two men in a dark car and how he responded. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Mike and discuss the day he was riding in a car with friends when they were accosted by a carload of gangbangers beating on the windows and threatening him and his friends. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Frank and discuss the night he and his wife were getting massages when he observed a man brutally beating a woman and what he did about it. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with current Undersheriff and Future Sheriff Eric Kirsch and discuss a body cam video he released of an interaction he had with a young man and what lessons he hopes other cops will take from it.

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with former security guard Josiah and discuss two incidents : one that was featured on the Active Self Protection main channel wherein a deranged patient jumped him out of the blue and attempted to disarm him and another where a man was ...

This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with U.K. resident Kieran and discuss a couple of violent incidents and how the police handled one of them. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with New Jersey resident and prepared self defender Jack and discuss the night he was awakened by the sound of his garage door opening, how he responded and why he could have found himself in legal trouble as a result. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with South African citizen and CCW holder Thys and discuss the day he was running errands when he was suddenly attacked by three criminals and how he responded as a legally armed individual. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Joe and discuss a couple occasions when his home burglar alarm went off in the middle of the night and how he handled them both and what lessons you can learn from his experience. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Riley and discuss the day he was working as a train engineer/conductor when a passenger reported a VERY suspicious abandoned bag and the chaos that followed. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Mike and discuss the day he was just trying to stop at the store when an angry bully threatened to shoot him and how he responded as an armed individual. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with stage actor and self defender Thain and discuss the day he got tired of theives stealing packages from his apartment lobby and decided to try and intervene and the inte...

This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with entrepreneur, father and self defender Scott and discuss how after hearing about yet another senseless school shooting he decided to step in and be part of the solution to school violence. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender and concealed weapons permit holder Brandon and discuss a trip he took to the mall that ended with a tense standoff.. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender and retired firefighter JD and discuss his experiences during the 1992 Los Angeles riots and what it taught him about preparedness and how quickly society can come unglued. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Thomas and discuss the night a neighbor being sought by police as a domestic violence suspect decided to try crawling through his window to escape arrest and what he did to make him change his mind.

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Dan and discuss the day he was under the distinct impression that bad things were happening and how he responded.  

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