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Practical Defense Podcast

A practical approach to staying safe in our increasingly dangerous urban environments. Learn simple strategies and everyday habits from Alex Haddox that will help protect you and your loved ones from harm. Hear interviews with experts on the criminal mind and listen to stories directly from real victims. When you understand what a criminal looks for in a target, you can avoid taking on those characteristics and thus escape selection.

Over 1.3-million downloads!

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Practical Defense 204 - Keep Your Cool

Sunday, 22 January 2012
Duration: 00:10:25
Direct Download: (6.4MB)

Keep Your Cool - We discuss a true story of how not keeping your cool can quickly lead to a horrible situation where you might face criminal charges. In this tale, one person went to the hospital and the other is facing charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.

(c) 2012 Palladium Education, Inc.

Links:

Facebook.com/PracticalDefense
Practical Defense Facebook Fan Page. Get the latest updates on the show and other projects.

Alex Haddox Personal Protection Training
Official Alex Haddox web site

Gun Rights Radio Network (GRRN)
The Gun Rights Radio Network is here to bring you the best gun related podcasts on the Internet.

Twitter.com/PracticalDef
Alex Haddox on Twitter. Have daily safety tips and reminders sent directly to your mobile phone.

http://www.palladium-education.com
The corporate site for all things Palladium Education, Inc.

Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc.
The Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc. supports Network members in their interaction with the criminal justice system after an act of self-defense.

Practical Home Security: A Guide to Safer Urban Living
Using simple protocols, modest tools, and a sense of environmental and situational awareness this handbook offers the reader significant methods for family and home security. Research based scenarios and personal experiences offer an insight into recommendations for the reader to implement measures to enhance personal security in and around the home.

Practical Defense 203 - Experience Feeds Training with Daniel Shaw, Part 1

Sunday, 15 January 2012
Duration: 00:39:30
Direct Download: (22.7MB)

Experience Feeds Training with Daniel Shaw, Part 1 - Our guest this week is Daniel Shaw, a Staff Sergeant and US Marine Corps firearms trainer. Daniel also hosts the Gunfighter Cast podcast. We discuss how his combat experiences have changed his personal training techniques, what he teaches and how he teaches others.

(c) 2012 Palladium Education, Inc.

Links:

Facebook.com/PracticalDefense
Practical Defense Facebook Fan Page. Get the latest updates on the show and other projects.

Alex Haddox Personal Protection Training
Official Alex Haddox web site

Gun Rights Radio Network (GRRN)
The Gun Rights Radio Network is here to bring you the best gun related podcasts on the Internet.

Twitter.com/PracticalDef
Alex Haddox on Twitter. Have daily safety tips and reminders sent directly to your mobile phone.

http://www.palladium-education.com
The corporate site for all things Palladium Education, Inc.

Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc.
The Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc. supports Network members in their interaction with the criminal justice system after an act of self-defense.

Practical Home Security: A Guide to Safer Urban Living
Using simple protocols, modest tools, and a sense of environmental and situational awareness this handbook offers the reader significant methods for family and home security. Research based scenarios and personal experiences offer an insight into recommendations for the reader to implement measures to enhance personal security in and around the home.

Gunfighter Cast with Daniel Shaw
Train to Fight, Train to Live.

Practical Defense 202 - Firearms Training

Sunday, 8 January 2012
Duration: 00:06:40
Direct Download: (3.9MB)

Firearms Training - We discuss firearms training basics and where to find good instruction.

(c) 2012 Palladium Education, Inc.

Links:

Facebook.com/PracticalDefense
Practical Defense Facebook Fan Page. Get the latest updates on the show and other projects.

Alex Haddox Personal Protection Training
Official Alex Haddox web site

Gun Rights Radio Network (GRRN)
The Gun Rights Radio Network is here to bring you the best gun related podcasts on the Internet. Podcasting freedom, one episode at a time.

Twitter.com/PracticalDef
Alex Haddox on Twitter. Have daily safety tips and reminders sent directly to your mobile phone.

http://www.palladium-education.com
The umbrella corporate site for all things Palladium Education, Inc.

Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc.
The Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc. supports Network members in their interaction with the criminal justice system after an act of self defense.

Practical Home Security: A Guide to Safer Urban Living
Using simple protocols, modest tools, and a sense of environmental and situational awareness this handbook offers the reader significant methods for family and home security. Research based scenarios and personal experiences offer an insight into recommendations for the reader to implement measures to enhance personal security in and around the home.

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Practical Defense 201 - Legal Aftermath with Marty Hayes

Sunday, 1 January 2012
Duration: 00:54:10
Direct Download: (31.12MB)

Legal Aftermath with Marty Hayes - Our guest is again Marty Hayes, Director of the Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network. Our discussion this time is on what to do and how to act right after a self-defense incident. We cover how and when to make your call to 911, what to say to the emergency operator, what to say and do when the police arrive, the importance of getting the right representation and a whole list of other subjects. It is another jam-packed episode that is critical for the responsible citizen who just wants to protect himself or herself and stay out of jail.

(c) 2012 Palladium Education, Inc.

Links:

Facebook.com/PracticalDefense
Practical Defense Facebook Fan Page. Get the latest updates on the show and other projects.

Alex Haddox Personal Protection Training
Official Alex Haddox web site

Gun Rights Radio Network (GRRN)
The Gun Rights Radio Network is here to bring you the best gun related podcasts on the Internet. Podcasting freedom, one episode at a time.

Twitter.com/PracticalDef
Alex Haddox on Twitter. Have daily safety tips and reminders sent directly to your mobile phone.

http://www.palladium-education.com
The umbrella corporate site for all things Palladium Education, Inc.

Practical Home Security: A Guide to Safer Urban Living
Using simple protocols, modest tools, and a sense of environmental and situational awareness this handbook offers the reader significant methods for family and home security. Research based scenarios and personal experiences offer an insight into recommendations for the reader to implement measures to enhance personal security in and around the home.

Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc.
The Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc. supports Network members in their interaction with the criminal justice system after an act of self defense.

Practical Defense 200 - Hotel Room Peepholes

Sunday, 25 December 2011
Duration: 00:04:18
Direct Download: (2.7MB)

Hotel Room Peepholes - Hotel room peepholes are supposed to be security devices that help guests see out into the hallway while remaining in their rooms behind a locked door. The problem is that criminals are compromising and converting them to their own use.

(c) 2011 Palladium Education, Inc.

Links:

Facebook.com/PracticalDefense
Practical Defense Facebook Fan Page. Get the latest updates on the show and other projects.

Alex Haddox Personal Protection Training
Official Alex Haddox web site

Gun Rights Radio Network (GRRN)
The Gun Rights Radio Network is here to bring you the best gun related podcasts on the Internet. Podcasting freedom, one episode at a time.

Twitter.com/PracticalDef
Alex Haddox on Twitter. Have daily safety tips and reminders sent directly to your mobile phone.

http://www.palladium-education.com
The umbrella corporate site for all things Palladium Education, Inc.

Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc.
The Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc. supports Network members in their interaction with the criminal justice system after an act of self defense.

Practical Home Security: A Guide to Safer Urban Living
Using simple protocols, modest tools, and a sense of environmental and situational awareness this handbook offers the reader significant methods for family and home security. Research based scenarios and personal experiences offer an insight into recommendations for the reader to implement measures to enhance personal security in and around the home.


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Podcast Technical Details
Practical Defense I use a Heil PR 40 dynamic microphone (and a Behringer C-1 when I am interviewing someone) connected to a XENYX 1622FX analog mixer with USB interface. The XENYX is in turn connected to my Apple MacPro. I use Soundtrack Pro 2 from Apple's Final Cut Studio software suite for all recording and editing. When on the road I use a Marantz PMD660 portable solid state recorder for interviewing. The theme music is called Zombie Chase by Kevin MacLeod and is used under a Creative Commons license. I publish the podcast at 80 kbps, 44.1 kHz, mono.



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