MVP117: Randy King on his upcoming tour of Australia
In this episode I'm joined by good friend and Candian self-defence expert extraordinaire, Randy King, to discuss his upcoming book and Australian tour.
May 23, 2025•35 min•Season 11Ep. 117
Managing Violence Podcast with Joe Saunders
Since 2018, the Managing Violence Podcast has been the go-to location for unfiltered, intelligent conversations with the world’s leading experts in violence prevention, threat assessment, self-protection and protective security.
Hosted by Joe Saunders, a seasoned violence prevention professional and protective security expert, this podcast dives deep into real-world insights from criminology, psychology, BTAM, law enforcement, combative arts and security professionals.
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MVP116. Ultimate Self Defence with Jeff Phillips
In this episode I'm joined by the mastermind of the Ultimate Self-Defense Championship on YouTube, and the founder of Western Combatives, Mr Jeff Phillips.
May 23, 2025•47 min•Season 11Ep. 116
MVP115: Staying Safe in Politically Tumultuous Times with James Hamilton
In this episode, I'm joined by James Hamilton of Hamilton Security Group to discuss how we can keep ourselves and our families safe during these very tumultuous times.
Jan 20, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 65
MVP114: Catch Wrestling Past and Future with Jake Shannon
In this episode we go back to our routes and talk about martial arts and combat sports training. I get to explore one of my favourite grappling arts, Catch-as-Catch-Can wrestling with one of the foremost historians and coaches on the subject, Mr Jake Shannon. Got value of out of this episode? Feel free to buy me a coffee over at www.buymeacoffee.com/joemvp
Dec 29, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 10Ep. 114
MVP113: Lone Actor Violence with Dr Nathan Brooks
In this episode, we dive into the topic of lone-actor grievance-fuelled violence, sometimes known as Lone Wolf attacks. We talk about different types of attacks, motivations, terrorism, and more. Dr Nathan Brooks is a forensic psychologist and senior lecturer with extensive experience in high-stakes behavioural assessment and intervention. With a career spanning both public and private sectors, Dr Brooks has worked closely with government and law enforcement on sensitive cases involving threat a...
Dec 29, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 10Ep. 113
MVP112: "The Gift of Violence" with Matt Thornton
In this episode I interview Matt Thornton on his excellent book, The Gift of Violence. Matt is a researcher, author, and prolific martial artist and coach. His book takes an evidence-based approach to understanding and managing the risk of violence. Got value of out of this episode? Feel free to buy me a coffee over at www.buymeacoffee.com/joemvp Want to discuss this episode? Head over to our discussion forum at www.reddit.com/r/vpam
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 10Ep. 112
MVP111: What You Need to Know Before Teaching Women's Self-Defence with Mary Stevens
So you want to help women feel safer by teaching them some sweet self-defence moves or personal safety strategies? Chances are, if you're not part of the group you're looking to train, you might have overlooked a few things. In this cracking interview, I sit down with Mary Stevens of 500 Rising and FairFight to discuss what ALL instructors MUST know before teaching women's self-defence. Got value of out of this episode? Feel free to buy me a coffee over at www.buymeacoffee.com/joemvp Want to dis...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 2
MVP110: Trump Assassination Attempt with Jack Leskovar - Secret Service Veteran
We're back! In Episode 110 of the Managing Violence Podcast, I interview Jack Leskovar, a 30+ year veteran of the United States Secret Service about the attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump. Jack shares his informed insights into what went wrong and what lessons the USSS must take to prevent it from happening again. Want to discuss this episode? Head over to our discussion forum at www.reddit.com/r/vpam Want to support our content? Go to www.buymeacoffee.com/joemvp...
Aug 18, 2024•58 min•Season 10Ep. 1
MVP109: ”High Conflict” with Amanda Ripley
Amanda Ripley is a New York Times bestselling author and an investigative journalist for the Atlantic, Politico, the Washington Post and other outlets. Today she joins me to talk about her book, HIGH CONFLICT: Why We Get Trapped & How We Get Out This is a fascinating look at the polarising conflicts of our times - whether it's Left vs Right, race vs race, state vs state, gang vs gang, activism vs establishment or any other conflict rooted in polarity, high conflict destroys relationships, co...
Apr 24, 2023•54 min
MVP108: Melissa Muir: Violence Prevention from a HR Professional’s Point of View
Melissa Muir is a seasoned HR professional who has found her way into becoming a highly requested speaker on the topics of workplace violence, security/HR interface, identifying behavioural red flags, safe and respectful terminations and more. She is an absolute joy as a human being and combines an infectious optimism with hard-won knowledge and grounding humility. There is a lot to take away from this episode and I hope you enjoy it. *** Make sure you check out our full catalogue of episodes at...
Apr 10, 2023•48 min
MVP107: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Self-Protection with Mark Mireles
The Book of Five Rings is a classic text on strategy and combat written by legendary samurai, Miyamoto Musashi nearly 400 years ago. Today I am joined by Mark Mireles to talk about how the wisdom contained in this book is still relevant for self protection today. Mark is a 2 time recipient of the LAPD Medal of Valor, a threat assessment and personal protection practitioner, and a high ranking martial artist in several styles. He combines incredible personal experience in frontline self-protectio...
Jan 28, 2023•57 min
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 brain about her last 12 months of study which includes seminars with the likes of Richard Dimitri, Pamela Armitage, Dr Tammy Yard McCracken, Rory Miller and me! To compare notes on how each of these world-leading instructors taught their "soft sk...
Dec 21, 2022•54 min
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 about the psychology of mass murderers and what Mike has learned from 20 years of studying offenders and proven prevention methodologies. **** American fans! Joe is speaking at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) Conference in Atlanta, GA on September...
Aug 28, 2022•51 min
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 Service as a Special Agent, military forces, and even Private Military Contract work. She’s the only woman ever to protect a foreign president outside of the US. She has operated in theaters such as Peru and Haiti. She has also operated as a VIP Protec...
May 09, 2022•53 min
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 President of the Asia-Pacific Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, and current works as a consulting expert in a variety of threat assessment and risk management roles. In this episode we take a dive into the mind of stalkers and how we ca...
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 4 min
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 scattered across dozens of disciplines. Karate teachers, police, sociologists, and alarm companies all have their own opinions, and some of them even contradict each other. Jason Brick is the host of the Safest Family on the Block where he interviews le...
Feb 27, 2022•51 min
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 division. He initially became a defensive tactics instructor and field training officer in 1995, a firearms instructor in 2003 and finally a scenario based instructor in 2014. As a martial artist, Kerry received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ...
Feb 06, 2022•48 min
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 and added to in ad hoc fashion as it has been outgrown, sometimes the best option is to take the lessons and rebuild for the future. It's time for us to create something that is truly fit for purpose. In this podcast I talk about what I think is ...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 4 min
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 Truth. Available on all podcast platforms or here: https://anchor.fm/benjamin--myers?fbc... For more information of my verbal de-escalation and communication for martial arts training, visit here: Seminars - Managing Violence Podcast UK Tour inform...
Dec 19, 2021•1 hr 21 min
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 is not a comfortable or fun conversation, nor should it be. Trigger warnings for discussions around abuse, bullying, manipulation, gaslighting and related topics. Learn more about Pam and take enjoy free training at www.studyofviolence.com Make ...
Dec 05, 2021•1 hr 17 min
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 all new hires, Special Field Services Academy for dedicated field agents, and the Academy for Protectors which teaches outside organizations like corporate security, Law Enforcement, and government entities the core skills of being a prote...
Nov 21, 2021•48 min
MVP96: Preventing Tragedy with Rick Shaw
Rick Shaw is the founder of Awareity, founder of First Preventers, leading Prevention Coach, author of The First Preventers Playbook, and trusted advisor to organization and community leaders. For 20+ years Rick has been researching failed preventions, post-incident reports, and lessons learned and was the first to identify the profile of failed preventions. Rick utilized the research and lessons learned to identify the 6 Stages of Prevention and create the first of its kind First Preventers Fra...
Nov 07, 2021•51 min
MVP95: Violence Intervention with Dr Jim Cawood
Dr. Cawood is President of Factor One which is a California based corporation specializing in threat assessment and management, violence risk assessment, behavioral analysis, security consulting, and investigations. Dr. Cawood has worked in the field for more than 30 years. He has successfully assessed and managed over 5000 violence related cases for federal and state government agencies, universities and colleges, public and private corporations, and other business entities throughout North Ame...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 13 min
MVP94: The Safety Trap with Spencer Coursen
SPENCER COURSEN is a nationally recognized threat management expert and author of THE SAFETY TRAP. He is a combat veteran, former supervisory special agent, and private security professional who’s unique global experience has supported an exceptional record of success in the assessment, management, and resolution of threats, conflict resolution, employee terminations, physical security assessments, expert witness testimony, policy authorship, protective intelligence, and vulnerability reduction....
Oct 10, 2021•53 min
MVP BONUS EPISODE! A verbal randori with Randy and Rory
In this special bonus episode, listen in on a conversation I had with former guests Randy King and Rory Miller as they travel around the United States on their epic RandRory Seminar Tour. Find out more about the tour here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/326802868398295
Sep 24, 2021•1 hr 1 min
MVP93: Mark Hatmaker on Western Martial Arts and Rough‘n‘Tumble
Mark Hatmaker is a legend of the self-protection and martial arts world, and it was a great pleasure to listen to him speak about western martial arts, boxing, wrestling and rough'n'tumble. Support Mark's websites here: https://www.extremeselfprotection.com/ https://indigenousability.blogspot.com/ This is the last episode of the Managing Violence Podcast for a little while as I focus energies on teaching, training and designing better systems to help my clients manage the risk of violence in the...
Aug 03, 2021•1 hr 19 min
MVP92: Dr Tammy Yard-McCracken - #500Rising for Women‘s Self Protection
Dr Tammy Yard-McCracken has 25+ years as a therapist working with survivors of violence, anxiety and PTSD. Wanting to do more to prevent trauma and build opportunity for resilience, Tammy became an instructor in Krav Maga and started a journey into self-protection training. Today she is the found of #500Rising - an initiative seeking to equip and empower women to lead other women in self-protection and violence management. You can find out more about Tammy at www.500rising.com LISTENER GIVEAWAY!...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr
MVP91: The Ethics of Martial Arts Marketing with Ron Amram
In this episode I'm joined by good friend, martial artist, business consultant and academy owner, Ron Amram. We chat about the common pitfalls of marketing and reaching students, how easy it can be to compromise our ethics, and how the strategies that are used by predators and conmen are the same strategies we use to get their victims into training! Check it out and leave a review if you like the conversation. *** Support our Partners: FujiSports (Americas): www.fujisports.com FujiSports (Austra...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 22 min
MVP90: Dr James S. Cawood
Dr. Cawood is President of Factor One which is a California based corporation specializing in threat assessment and management, violence risk assessment, behavioral analysis, security consulting, and investigations. Dr. Cawood has worked in the field for more than 30 years. He has successfully assessed and managed over 5000 violence related cases for federal and state government agencies, universities and colleges, public and private corporations, and other business entities throughout North Ame...
Jun 20, 2021•53 min
MVP89: Drone Warfare with Lt. Col. Wayne Phelps
On this episode we chat drone warfare and the psychological cost of killing remotely with retired Lt. Col. Wayne Phelps. *** Support our Partners: FujiSports (Americas): www.fujisports.com FujiSports (Australia): https://www.fujisports.com.au/?ref=mvp Enter discount code MVP10 for 10% off your order (excludes mats, cages and custom gear) *** Make sure you check out this episode on our website: www.violencepod.com LISTEN ON YOUR PLATFORM OF CHOICE: https://podfollow.com/managingviolence/ Thanks f...
Jun 10, 2021•54 min
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