This season has been absolutely epic!!! I started this podcast out as a cool side project that I could use to hopefully get the word out about ways to do the job better. I simply wanted to make a contribution to the industry that has been so good to me but I knew that the contribution needed to be something that wasn't all about me. The podcast would give me a perfect platform to do that by seeking out other industry professionals who were doing amazing things in the private security game. I wan...
Dec 30, 2019•43 min
Barry is a private security professional of the highest order in my opinion. I remember the day I first saw the way he organized his gear because I instantly had 1 million different questions. I was just starting out working at the California circuit, renting myself out to the highest bitter and “chasing the pager.” After all of these years and after all of these experiences, once I started doing this Executive Protection EDC series, he was one of the industry professionals that stuck out in my ...
Dec 23, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Not only is George Grant doing some amazing things for one of the top private security companies in the game but he’s also emerging as a liter on a topic that doesn’t get enough attention. That topic is the style of Executive Protection with regards to fashion and appearance. Most agents may pretend like they are too tough to take this topic seriously but it is a topic I’ve seen greatly impact Close Protection agents' careers on many occasions… To be entirely honest with you I can look at an age...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 17 min
I met Jeff at the Executive Protection Institute where we both trained for one week straight in order to become certified Close Protection Specialists and part of the Nine Lives Association. Instantly I could tell that Jeff was one of the smartest humans in the class. By intelligent, I don’t mean book-smart but his linguistic choices that were very thoughtful and tempered, the tone and feel of the way he communicated instantly caught my attention simply because of the warmness and appropriatenes...
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 15 min
Caleb Gilbert is truly a one-of-a-kind protection agent. With no military or law-enforcement background, he has legitimately changed the way people do executive protection in this modern age. As one of the original creators of the covert protection model, his contributions to the game of private security will far exceed his career. What I truly appreciate and respect about Caleb is simply that even after creating the COPRO strategy and operating within the levels of success relative to being abl...
Dec 04, 2019•1 hr 23 min
Chris Skahills has got to be one of the most technically proficient human beings I know. When he’s interested in something his mind is literally like an encyclopedia or a dictionary. He’s the type of guy who knows everything there is to know about a subject almost literally. In every squad you have people with different skill sets and beyond his martial arts background and being one of our best shooters/instructors, he’s also our light expert. He’s the guy you talk to before going to buy any lig...
Nov 25, 2019•1 hr 42 min
Tom comes across as an extremely down to earth guy and honestly, that’s what I like most about him. As he spoke there wasn’t an error of this unrealistic capability that he could pretend that he has simply because he’s one of the main men in the knife fighting game but rather, he really seems to respect combative arts and the reality that in combat, anyone can kill you. We focused on knife fighting and blade encounters during this interview but it was also made clear to me that he also has a thr...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 28 min
Fain is a genuine, down-to-earth athlete/private security professional. We share almost a parallel story and path into the private security game. The opportunity came in an instant and we had to act decisively in order to take advantage of it. In many ways, we had to be willing to sacrifice everything that we used to be in order to take advantage of who will we could possibly become. It’s very interesting to me how everything tends to come full circle and we both eventually found ourselves wanti...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 30 min
Kevin is a good friend of mine who I met through competitive shooting and Luke A. When I first met Kevin, he worked in the firearms industry for a large company that manufactures tactical products. Kevin was also an armor and so he was like our squad smart guy/armor/technologically sound troubleshooter dude if you know what I mean. Maybe not the sexiest guy in the squad when it comes to backgrounds because Kevin is pure civilian but very intelligent within his realms and a much better shooter th...
Nov 04, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Ed Calderon is one of our elite instructors for this year’s first annual Protector Symposium for many good reasons! When was the last time you studied your enemy, I mean truly studied him, respected him enough to learn from them and became a better protector as a result? These are the types of things we learned from Ed, so if you have not gotten your tickets, hurry up and get them HERE(https://byronrodgersmotivation.com/the-protector-symposium/) because space is going fast. This has been a fun s...
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Drew is a good old fashioned American man. He’s a father, he’s a husband, he’s an athlete and he’s a protector. He is a protector who genuinely values empowering other protectors with a very specific skill set that they can leverage against the enemy in order to win battles. Drew has belonged to some very special units in the United States Army and has deployed overseas to combat zones but what drew me to him initially is the same thing that I believe has drawn many people towards his brand. He ...
Oct 21, 2019•2 hr 44 min
Finally, we have the opportunity to learn from someone who has been on both sides of protection. Yana kaytukova’s Story is remarkable and her experience is very valuable to any practitioner who wants to understand what it’s like to be on the other side of protection. When she was a little girl growing up in the Caucasus mountains in a small republic called Ossetia. Her father chose to keep her under the protection of a bodyguard as a result of some very traumatic events that unfolded at their ho...
Oct 14, 2019•1 hr 40 min
The Protector Symposium is a live event put on for protectors by protectors from all walks of life. Whether you are a private security professional, first responder or civilian, this symposium will teach you how to take your protection skills to the next level. This year it is a two-day event with three amazing speakers (Ed Calderon, Yosef Badou & Mike Pannone) who regularly instruct some of the world’s most elite fighting forces on their given subjects and fieldcraft. The goal is to arm mod...
Oct 07, 2019•35 min
So why do an episode on 511? Honestly, it’s because their gear is improving the quality of my work product. The pocket configuration on the pants, the quality of the jeans with the stretch and the new cut, the new overall low profile look, and style they are putting out is extremely relevant to the way more and more of us go to work these days. 511 has always been relevant but less relevant to executive protection and more relevant to uniformed work in contracting in my opinion. Over the course ...
Sep 30, 2019•1 hr 33 min
So this is the episode you’ve all been waiting for and no doubt expected me to roll out with Ami Toben. We go deep into surveillance detection in this episode. We dispel rumors on the topic and we discuss salient techniques and tactics that are being used in the real world. Ami is at the top of the game and a very sought after instructor and specialists on this content as I’m sure you’re all aware judging from the following he has on his blog Protection Circle and his best-selling book Surveilla...
Sep 23, 2019•1 hr 25 min
Mr. Hamilton is a rare man. To me he comes across as someone who in many ways is built of the stuff, I hope I’m built of as well. He’s not a Marine but the values of honor, courage, and commitment really don’t seem foreign to him. During this interview, I genuinely felt I was talking with a more evolved kindred spirit. He is an eternal student of the game first and foremost but he is also one of those rare individuals who genuinely believes and strives to bring accountability and raise the stand...
Sep 16, 2019•1 hr 51 min
If you ask me, Brian Jentzen is one of those rare people who sees the game differently than most. He sees things from something more like a bird’s eye view while most of us are at a high phase with the components of our day dealing with what’s right in front of us. This conversation has lots to do with the business of executive protection, the trajectory of a career in executive protection and what it could look like spanning beyond the years of simply working the streets with your client. After...
Sep 09, 2019•1 hr 33 min
Mike is my type of warrior. He is very cerebral, he’s a bit of a philosopher and an intellectual as well as a physical specimen. I believe this is what the evolution of man was supposed to look like rather than many of the things we see in today’s version of American masculinity. I always appreciate learning that a man has developed himself internally and physically. Mike is a successful businessman who created enough of a win in life to cash his chips in, on a previous career in banking and the...
Sep 02, 2019•1 hr 46 min
My conversation with Jerry was truly spectacular. He’s the type of man who comes across very meek, gentle, humble and who has a fun sense of humor. Conversely through all of these refreshing positive attributes, one can sense that he knows his craft of protection to an almost unconscious level of competence from all of the years of experience he has both doing and teaching the art. I would like to suppose that it is all of that experience that allows him to be so relaxed, however, I have a funny...
Aug 26, 2019•2 hr 39 min
Terrorist prevention operations, counter surveillance, surveillance detection are really just a few things he is proficient at and conducting operations in the field at an expert level. He is a public speaker and his book, “Surveillance Zone” has been an Amazon bestseller so it’s no wonder I was absolutely honored and very pleased when he agreed to come on our show. In the first episode, we dig deep into who he is as a person, his past, his background and the experiences that have brought him to...
Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 23 min
Ami and I really had a blast putting this content together! He’s an extremely knowledgeable private security professional with a solid handle on many different aspects of the games we play in the industry. Terrorist prevention operations, counter surveillance, surveillance detection are really just a few things he is proficient at and conducting operations in the field on at an expert level. He is a public speaker and his book, “Surveillance Zone” has been an Amazon bestseller so it’s no wonder ...
Aug 12, 2019•1 hr 4 min
This episode has been a long time coming! I have been getting numerous requests to begin generating content having more to do with female protection agents and I am beginning to answer that call. After working with Rachel in the past and being pleasantly surprised with her work product, I was pleased when she agreed to come on the show. As with anyone who’s been in this industry long enough, I’ve seen good female agents and bad ones over the years but I haven’t run into many that take protection...
Aug 05, 2019•1 hr 58 min
Elijah Shaw EDC Elijah Shaw is an industry professional that I have respected for a very long time. His company icon is a name that is well known and has proven itself in the industry by working with various celebrities on an international level for years. They also conduct high-quality training for private security professionals as well that has gained considerable recognition within the industry. Additionally, his latest book, “Celebrity Protection and Touring: A guide to mastering the busines...
Jul 29, 2019•58 min
Many of us work as protectors to high net worth individuals on a daily basis but how many of us truly have our homes secured properly? Maybe we specialize in asset protection, close protection, church security or cybersecurity but does that mean that we automatically know how to secure our families at home while we are gone? This is a subject and these are the types of questions I’ve asked myself for years as I’ve traveled the world and have had to leave loved ones frequently. This episode is al...
Jul 22, 2019•1 hr 25 min
A security officer was forced to shoot Samuel Williams, 33, outside of the 3208 entertainment complex on LongAvenue in Huntsville at 12:40 a.m. Dec. 31. Some are calling her a hero, but she says she was just doing her job. That Security Officer’s First name is Toya and she goes by the name of Trilltoyaonline. My conversation with her during this interview was very intriguing. With a background in the Army and the training, she gives herself, she contracts herself out as a solo female operator to...
Jul 15, 2019•2 hr 40 min
The aim of this conversation was truly to understand the nuts and bolts of selecting and carrying a concealed weapon with no glitz and glamour, just a man training for a few special occasions that he hopes he never has to show up for. Mickey has been studying and training in personal protection for most of his adult life. His content and videos of real-world principles and concepts concerning all things firearms is really what prompted this conversation. After really digging in, it became appare...
Jul 04, 2019•1 hr 32 min
Jared has done very well for himself in the private security industry. He is an innovator, a leader in many respects, a veteran and still a very young man. Something else I always find interesting, intriguing but not surprising is that he does not have any prior law enforcement or military experience. I look at him as yet another poster child for the reality that this job does not require you to have a high-speed background in order to be successful. In many cases I’ve seen high-speed background...
Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 46 min
What I like most about Mike is simply that he is a warrior who is still in the game and can still do extraordinary things. He the type of guy who will explain to you in conversation why he does what he does and hope you try to call BS on it so he can actually show you.No smoke and mirrors, no magic beans, no snake oil and absolutely no shortcuts with Mike. He’s extremely intelligent, articulate and he’s got a lot to give so talking to him can be like trying to drink out of a fire hose if you are...
Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 57 min
What I like most about Mike is simply that he is a warrior who is still in the game and can still do extraordinary things. He the type of guy who will explain to you in conversation why he does what he does and hope you try to call BS on it so he can actually show you.No smoke and mirrors, no magic beans, no snake oil and absolutely no shortcuts with Mike. He’s extremely intelligent, articulate and he’s got a lot to give so talking to him can be like trying to drink out of a fire hose if you are...
Jun 17, 2019•1 hr 45 min
Structural protection: What type of tactics and principles go into physically and structurally making a piece of land safer and or easier to protect? With regards to your school, place of worship or corporate headquarters, what can you do to the configuration of barriers and various items on your campus in order to make it an overall safer place? Body armor: Do you know what the various ratings of body armor are and how they impact you as a consumer? Did you know that there truly are only two pr...
Jun 10, 2019•1 hr 17 min
