Ryan Quirk is a USMC vet, combat vet, former contracter, and founder of Sparrow Risk Group and Dads For Defense. In this episode we talk about Ryan's past abit, and about his newest project, Dads For Defense, an online training platform. We also get in to his thoughts on possible upcoming events form the vantage point of SparrowRG and we also get in to detecting hidden cameras as well as working in executive protection and security. There are a lot of great takeaways in this episode! You can fin...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Savage Sunday is a short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with upcoming guests, recommendations, and reviews.
Jul 14, 2024•11 min
Greg Erikson is a long time friend and true brother! He is one of the few people I know who knew what he wanted to be from a very young age! A Firefighter! and for the last thirty years he has pursued that profession! His is a story of perserverance and simply not quiting!
Jul 08, 2024•2 hr 44 min
Savage Sunday is a short update episode with upcoming guests, reviews, recommendations, and whatever else is rolling around in my head! You can find all things Todd Fox at https://www.tourprotection.com
Jul 07, 2024•6 min
Adam Scholl has an extensive backgroud. Adam Scholl has a very wide variety of experience as it pertains to the world of security and self-defense. Adam is a former Law Enforcement Officer turned United States Department of Defense Contractor. Adam worked as a Sergeant with a Law Enforcement Agency that specialized in conducting warrant service and affecting the arrest of numerous violent felons. During his 8 years with that agency, Adam spent several years working as a Task Force Officer with b...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Andrell AJ Johnson is fitness coach, firearms instructor, martial artist, and an Executive Protection Specialist with KDI Protective Services. He is the epitome of the word coach and he is a man who thinks on a deeper level. In this conversation we talk about his path to personal training, what led him in to shooting and firearms instruction, and eventually in to executive protection. There are so many great takeaways in this episode, especially on his coaching and teaching methodology.
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 37 min
Savage Sunday is a short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with upcoming guests, reviews, and recommendatons.
Jun 30, 2024•6 min
Ken Shadow Goodman is a fascinating man. He grew in Brooklyn New York and eventually found himself on the wrong side of the law. in prison there are two options, one merely survives or one thrives. Ken is the latter! Though he has martial arts background before prison, while in he learned the 52 Blocks fighting system but he also learned other martial arts and began blending pieces of all these systems or more accurately distilled down concepts and techniques in to his own system, 52VTK. Somethi...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 41 min
In this Special Bonus episode, Patrick Odle of Modern Civilian Combat is back for a 6th time! This is a special episode for a number of reasons. It's a deeper dive than Patrick and I have ever taken and it's an in depth conversation on his work in counter human trafficking. If you want find more on Patrick you can find him at https://www.mccdefense.com and if you're interested in the non profit he works for https://www.childrensinternationalrescuefoundation.org If you found Patricks interview co...
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 50 min
This is Boris Milinkovich's second time on the show! Former military, former LEO, and author. Boris' training company is True North Tradecraft. He teaches covert entry, counter custody and more. In this episode we talk about his new book, Gut Checks and Go Bags as well as resilience and self reliance. You can find more on Boris, his books and training opportunities on his website https://truenorthtradecraft.ca
Jun 24, 2024•1 hr 54 min
Savage Sunday is a short weekly update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with upcoming guests, book and gear reviews, and the occasional rant!
Jun 23, 2024•15 min
Steven Thornhill is a US Army Combat Veteran, Social Worker and Therapist! But he is so much more than those job titles entail! He is the kind of therapist you want when things are looking dark in your life! Steven is smart, incredibly funny, irreverant in the best ways, humble, and most of all genuine! HE has opened his own practice, Vulpine Resilience. You can find him on Facebook and Instagram under the same name!
Jun 20, 2024•2 hr 22 min
Rich Brown is a USMC vet, Former LEO and Corrections Officer, Firearms Instructor, a warrior and sage! Along with Mike Seeklander he is the cohost of The American Warrior Society Podcast and the website of the same name. https://americanwarriorsociety.com In this episode we talk politics, geopolitics, nuclear war, self defense, life, and everything in between! Rich is rare gem! He is articulate, well educated, funny, with a rapier wit, and a man of resiliance and self reliance! More than that he...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 55 min
Savage Sunday is short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast! This week, upcoming guests, a few book recommendations, as well as a couple of podcasts I dig! Check it out!
Jun 16, 2024•11 min
Dan Hagerty is back for a third time! Dan is US Navy vet, fitness trainer, fireaarms trainer, and a man of tremendous faith! In this episode we get in to latest venture, his tactical training business, Lonestar Tactical Training. We also catch up, and talk about some of the books we're reading as well as the usual great conversation with Dan! Thank you to my sponsor, Absolute Security and Lock! http://www.absolutesecurityandlock.com
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 19 min
This episode is with a mystery guest which will be more clear as you listen! He is an FDNY Firefighter and Air Force Aviator but his story and how he came in to these jobs is a fascinating one! He has made a life of jumping without a net and pursued his passions and curiosities in life and has succeeded! He's done so with humility, resilience, integrity, and a little blind luck! We talk about his journey from his home state of Ohio, to college in Florida, to moving on a whim to Austin Tx and bec...
May 17, 2024•2 hr 12 min
Kris Mofford is a professional Firefighter/ EMT, musician, world travelor, and Journeyman. He is also my nephew but truly more of a brother really! In this episode we talk about his career as a firefighter, leadership, resilience, and why men need soild friends in their life! He also the artist that did the intro/ outro music for the show as well as the songs I put at the end of show!
May 01, 2024•2 hr 18 min
Bill Dungey is an IT security specialist, counselor, martial artist, Volunteer Firefighter, podcaster, and visionary! He has started a grassroots movement to build resilience, mental health, and self reliance called Six Feet using Jiu jitsu/ martial arts, and the thought process of operational readiness! You can find Bill at https://sixfeet.ca and his podcast Six Feet is available on all podcast players! His vision of mental health is incredilby unique and something that we need in the First Res...
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 40 min
Savage Sunday is a weekly update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast. This week an upcoming guest, a couple of books I just got, and an update on my Dad!
Apr 14, 2024•6 min
Savage Sunday is a short weekly update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast. This week a few updates, upcoming guests, and a book recommendation!
Apr 07, 2024•11 min
Tim Wenzel CPP is back another conversation on life, leadership, and the power of kindness! This is rapidly becoming a series on living your best life! in this episode we talk about planning your life, on leadership, and most importantly on thr power of kindness! You can find Tim on Linkedin! The book he co-authored, The Kindness Games is available on Amazon.
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Freddy Osuna is a USMC veteran, author, tracker, instructor, and fascianting man! His course work on tracking is by far the gold standard on the subject of tracking. His training company Greenside Training https://greensidetraining.com is located in Arizona and he has upcoming courses both in Az and other states! His book, Index Tracking is available on both of his website and Amazon. This is not the usual conversation you hear with Freddy! We go deep in to the subjects of tracking, his childhoo...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 32 min
Tim Wenzel CPP is a Global Security Executive, thought leader and author on leadership, kindness, and risk management, key note speaker, and veteran. This conversation for me is one of those that I truly needed and you may as well! Tim is a fascinating thinker and his views and ideas are not the norm and that's what I love most about him! Special thank you my sponsor Absolute Security and Lock http://absolutesecurityandlock.com
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Savage Sunday is a short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast. It includes book and gear reviews, upcoming guests, and whatever else is rolling around in my head!
Mar 10, 2024•7 min
Boris Milinkovich of True North Tradecraft is a fascinating man. With 25 years of experience within both the Canadian military and Law Enforcement he now teaches his course work through his company True North Tradecraft on preparedness, self defense, counter custody, and self reliance. He is also the author of two books, The True North Tradecraft Disaster Preparedness Guide and Negative Space, A Guide to Personal Security. You can find all things True North Tradecraft at https://truenorthtradecr...
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Houston Tower is the attorney for the Austin EMS Employees Association and has worked for several different politicians in Texas Government. He has worked on many bills and has championed legislation for reducing Head Injuries in texas athletes, clean water, and even bills for the compassionate use of cannibus and psychedelics for PTSD. These days he's the legal representation for the ATCEMSEA and is currently working on negotiations for newest contracts between the City of Austin and Austin Tra...
Mar 04, 2024•2 hr 3 min
Savage Sunday is a short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with upcoming guests, book reviews and various things rolling around in my head!
Mar 03, 2024•7 min
Andy Murphy of The Secure Dad Podcast joins me for a great conversation on what drove him to start his podcast, along with his book and content! You can find all things Secure Dad at Andy's website https://www.thesecuredad.com and you can use his code 'Dad" for a discount on DeleteMe https://joindeleteme.com This episode is brought to you by my sponsor Absolute Security and Lock http://absolutesecurityandlock.com...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr
Savage Sunday is a short, weekly update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with upcoming guests, reviews and assorted things rolling around in my head! This week, a book review and some watch talk. You can find the Maranez watches I spoke about on this episode at https://www.maranez.com As always I have no affiliations with any of the books or watches I mention here!
Feb 25, 2024•12 min
Brian Marren and Greg Williams are human behavior experts. Brian is the the Senior VP of Operations and Greg Williams is the President and Founder of Arcadia Cognerati. A company that teaches human performance and human behavior pattern recognition and analysis. They also have an incredible podcast, The Human Behavior Podcast, formally The Left of Greg! You can find all things Brian and Greg at https://arcadia-cognerati-101560.square.site You can visit them on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Arc...
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 37 min
