This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with retired UK Army officer Bill and discuss his time responding to terror attacks including IRA bombings and the Lockerbie Pan Am Flight 103 bombing and how these events contributed to his PTSD and more.

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with legally armed self defender Aaron and discuss the night he was leaving work late at night when a total stranger decided to stalk and chase him all over town and what he did to get away. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Matt and discuss the evening he was just trying to do some fishing at a local park when a thirsty, agitated methamphetamine enthusiast rudely interrupted him.

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with Zach once again and discuss more in depth the aftermath of his defensive shooting. . 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Ken and discuss the day someone tried to steal his car with his young child inside. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Rob and discuss how he went about getting his criminal record expunged and how that enabled him to regain his gun rights. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with YouTuber and firearms instructor Will Workman and discuss what inspired him to get into the YouTube and instruction game and then we have a bonus defensive encounter that happened to Will not long ago. 

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender and international traveler Nick and discuss his recent trip to Brazil and detail how he was robbed at gunpoint and stripped of his iPhone and how that led to him losing not only his phone but then $23,000 in savings an...

This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Chuck and discuss the day a customer at his family's real estate business came in the back door of the office with a rifle with plans to kill Chuck and the crazy struggle that ensued.   

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Tony and discuss the day he ran into a trio of possible aggressors and how his awareness kept him far from trouble.

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Chad and discuss the day he went for a morning walk and was stalked and then attacked by two large dogs and how well POM OC Spray did in changing the hearts and minds of his new canine friends.

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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender Josh and discuss his tumultuous relationship with his younger brother and how it became violent on more than one occasion. 

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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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