Season Wrap: Plans, Guests, Next Steps

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Ready for a clear roadmap of where Armed Guardian is heading next? We close the season by sharing what we learned, what resonated, and how we’re leveling up the show with a tighter cadence, sharper topics, and guests who’ve lived the stakes. It’s a grounded plan for anyone serious about personal safety, smarter training, and responsible carry.

We’re moving to a consistent release schedule—new episodes every other Monday morning—so you can build a routine around learning and practice. Then we dive into what’s ahead: conversations with a domestic violence survivor and self-defense instructor on risk assessment and recovery, a women’s firearms instructor on building confident fundamentals and addressing human trafficking awareness, and competition shooters translating pressure-tested skills into practical drills. We’ll also bring on a magazine publisher to help you cut through the noise and focus on gear and methods that actually work.

Training sits at the center of our approach. We outline how to evaluate instructors, read safety culture, set measurable goals, and avoid classes that overpromise and underdeliver. Expect more EDC breakdowns with first aid integration, realistic preparedness for disasters, and less-lethal tools that fit the situations most people face. And because protection isn’t just hardware and reps, we unpack self-defense insurance: coverage differences, common exclusions, and special considerations for security professionals and first responders.

We’re grateful for the community that formed around the show, from early shares to thoughtful feedback that shaped our direction. Want to help steer what’s next? Email your questions, topics, or guest ideas to [e-mail]. If this roadmap resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who trains, and leave a quick review so more people find practical, responsible guidance on their path to being prepared.

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_01 (00:02):
Hi, welcome to the Armed Guardian Podcast.
Season 1, episode 10.
Today, David and I will begiving an overview of the past
season, what we've done, wherewe're at, and where we're going
with the future podcast of theArmed Guardian Past Podcast.
So sit back and listen, enjoy,and as we prepare to go into the

(00:23):
holiday season.
Today, uh David and I will bekind of giving a year-in review
for our podcast.
This will be the last episodefor 2023.
We like to thank everybody forhelping out, participating, and

(00:44):
listening to our podcast, andfor those that have shared and
encouraged others to listen.
Thank you.
But um we just want to jump on,wish everybody a Merry
Christmas, uh, happy new year,and uh kind of give you an
overview of what's uh going on.
So uh just kind of give you abrief overview.

(01:04):
We're gonna start dropping ourpodcast episodes.
We're still gonna keep thecurrent every other week uh
putting one out and gonnarelease them on Mondays now,
Monday mornings.
So uh every other Mondaymorning, we should have a
podcast drop unless uh there's aevent that prevents us from

(01:25):
doing so.
But um just a small programmingchange for our podcast.
Um got a few uh great uh peoplethat are confirmed that are
still gonna be participating.
We've got um Cass McGuire.
Some of you may know have seenheard from her on social media
as Snoop Dog Um, Star SnoopDogg, and uh she's a domestic

(01:49):
violence survivor andself-defense firearms
instructor.
So uh we're gonna have her on.
We've got uh Crispal Milan fromSouth Florida, a USCCA women's
uh firearms uh instructor andsafety advocate.
She'll be coming on talkingabout women's firearms and human
trafficking.
Uh she's an advocate for that aswell.

(02:12):
Uh prevention, that is.
And uh we've got uh let's see,Trampus Swanson is gonna come
in.
Uh we'll have several differentepisodes with him, but uh he's
got a magazine that he producesonline that uh I really enjoy, a
lot of good information on it.
We'll have him on to discuss themagazine.

(02:33):
Uh Amy Lucas, uh, who's a USCCAinstructor in Michigan, she's
gonna come in, talk abouttraining, uh how to find a good
instructor, how to bet out yourinstructors, and just kind of
give a good overall um talkabout the necess the necessity

(02:53):
for training and uh furtheringyour your education and
firearms.
Uh several others that we've gotcoming on, some legal people, uh
we've got uh some competitionshooters that we're gonna be
having come on, as well as Davidand our topics with uh different
things that uh we'll be doing.

(03:13):
We'll be getting back into ouruh everyday day carry or EDC low
out loadout um things wherewe'll talk about um first aid uh
survival preparedness, uh whichwe do have someone that's gonna
be coming coming in talking tous about uh prepping, uh just

(03:37):
general prepping, you know, fornatural disasters and
everything, and uh also for lesslethal self-defense uh options.
Uh Mr.
Matt Mallory uh out of New York.
Uh he's a great guy, so he'll becoming in.
So those are just some of theepisodes that we'll be uh

(03:59):
putting out here soon thiscoming year in 2024.
Uh we encourage you to sharewith us uh our uh growth and
everything.
I thank everybody in the fourmonths that we've had the
podcast going.
It's uh it's actually gonelarger than what I expected.
So uh I appreciate everybodythat's been doing that.

(04:20):
Um I'll let you speak onanything that you want, David.
You got something that uh youwant to talk on or no upcoming
training or classes that you'relooking to kind of put together
and and everything?

SPEAKER_00 (04:34):
Yeah, to uh piggyback off what you said,
thank you everybody forlistening and us over the last
several months.
Um Merry Christmas and a happynew year.
Hope everything's going wellwith everybody.
Um, we've got some greattraining coming up.
Um working on some new courses.

(04:55):
We'll bring we'll kind of filleverybody in on that as as we
move forward over the nextseveral months.
Um I'm just enjoying it, havinga good time podcasting and
training and learning andlooking forward to the new year.

SPEAKER_01 (05:14):
Yeah, I'm I'm glad that you you came on board with
me, David, with uh wanting to dothis.
Uh I I could have done it solo,but uh it help helps out,
especially when we do our ourepisodes ourselves talking about
our topics or things that wewant to do.
And I appreciate you for jumpingon board and the support of um
your family and and friends thatuh have kind of helped out with

(05:37):
uh promoting.
Um see there was something elseI was gonna say.
Oh, uh we still have BlackoutCoffee as uh one of our show
provider sponsors uh that we'llbe promoting this year, uh
continuing this year.
We've uh got a new sponsor thatwe're gonna be bringing on board

(06:01):
for self-defense insurance umthat will be helping to sponsor
our podcast, uh Right to Bear.
It's uh great self-defenseprotection, inexpensive, a lot
of good coverage.
Um if you uh have some want someinformation on it, you can get

(06:22):
in touch with us.
It's a great uh check yourpolicies.
That's if you have aself-defense insurance with or
protection with somebody else,uh check those policies and
restrictions because uh you maynot be as covered as you think.
Especially if you're intosecurity, first responder, law

(06:42):
enforcement.
Uh they've got a um they coveruh cover those people in those
both in their uh on dutycapacity or their potential to
be called on duty.
Um where other companies may notcover first responders, security
guard, military, and stuff likethat.
But um yeah, just uh listen tous.

(07:06):
We'll be popping out the sh inthe uh first episode of 2024 the
information on right to bear.
Uh we'll have them on ourwebsite as well, both uh the
podcast website and the businesswebsite.
So um we will definitely like tohave some information and some

(07:33):
uh people participate with withthat.
Uh do you guys have anyinformation that you want us to
cover?
Uh we kind of have our plan, butwe are also open to both um
training on our business sidefor the Blueberry Tactical as
well as uh podcast topics andany guests.

(07:55):
So if you have any guests, youcan reach out to us.
Um we've got an email directlythat comes to us that's uh
podcast at blueberrytactical.com.
Uh that comes to our general uhemail and just leave your
comments, uh suggestions, umlikes, dislikes.

(08:19):
If there's something that youwould like to see us change,
hey, we're we're open to change.
We're not we're not set in ourways, not yet.
But uh we uh we would like toask you for you know any topics
or you know any training thatyou would like to see in the
future.
Um we still are growing, uhstill providing training in

(08:42):
through our three locations.
Um our uh our podcast isactually I would say that it's
international because we've gotI think five people that are
outside the North Americacontinent that have listened and
listen not every episode butmost episodes.

(09:04):
So hey, we're I guess we can saywe're international now.

SPEAKER_00 (09:09):
But uh that that's pretty cool.

SPEAKER_01 (09:12):
That is.
Uh I think the last I saw wewere at 150 downloads, which um
is is awesome.
I appreciate each and every oneof them.
But uh as long as somebody getssome training or some
information from our our topicsand guests that we have, that is

(09:32):
that that's the goal of what thepodcast was designed set up to
be.
It wanted to be some majornumbers.
I want we've I wanted us to beable to go out and to give
people information to let themthink uh about their safety and
their family's safety and howthey can grow as a concealed

(09:53):
carrier and home defender.
So uh with that being said, uhyou have anything else, David,
that you want to mention orcover?

SPEAKER_00 (10:03):
I think we've covered a pretty good bit.
Once again, I'd like to wisheverybody a Merry Christmas,
happy new year, and thank you.
Thank you everybody forlistening in and just making it
a good several months ofpodcasting.

SPEAKER_01 (10:19):
All right.
Well, on that note, we willclose this podcast.
And uh again, thank youeverybody for listening and
participating and uh sharing.
And again, from the Arm Guardianpodcast and Blueberry Tactical,
we would like to thank and wishevery one of you a Merry
Christmas and a happy new year.
Thank you, everybody.