Managing Violence Podcast with Joe Saunders

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. Managing Violence is proudly #ForTheProtectors

Episodes

May 23, 2025 35 mins

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.


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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 ...

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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....

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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 episod...

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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

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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...
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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 ...
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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 co...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 theat...
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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 t...
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"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 ...
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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 mart...
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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 tru...
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December 19, 2021 80 mins
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 trainin...
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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 abo...
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