OwnGuard Solutions’ Podcast
Love podcasts? You’re in the right place with OwnGuard Solutions! Our podcast delivers top-tier content focused on personal safety and preparedness, helping to support you and your loved ones staying safer and better prepared. We’re bringing you expert insights, practical tips, and lively discussions on personal safety essentials, preparedness, and family safety solutions. We’ve already had some great guests join us, sharing their expertise on topics like protecting yourself and things you can do to be better prepared. Excited for more? New episodes are always in the works. Keep checking back!
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Stay safe. Stay prepared. Be OwnGuard.
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Sharp Women with Kelly Sayre
Overview Season 5, Episode 51 How do ordinary moments become lifelines? In this episode Jim, sits down with Kelly Sayre of the Diamond Arrow Group once again, this time to trace the moments that turned curiosity into her bestselling book. Through vivid, often startling anecdotes — a…
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What to Do When Faced with Being Carjacked
Overview Season 5, Episode 50 Join host Jim O’Brien on this episode as he has a tense, real-world conversation about carjacking. He opens with a clear difference between car theft and carjacking, then walks you through split-second choices that can mean the difference between a bad night…
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Outsmarting Everyday Hackers
Overview Season 5, Episode 49 Join host Jim O’Brien as he threads personal anecdotes—from a 90s “Nigerian prince” email to his father’s recent PayPal scare—into a fast-moving narrative that reveals how ordinary people get trapped online. Through vivid stories and plainspoken advice—turning off phone tracking, avoiding public…
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From Bullied Kid to Krav Maga Practitioner
Overview Season 4, Episode 48 On the brink of his podcast’s four‑year mark, host Jim O’Brien steps off his usual soapbox and into a rare moment of personal candor. He traces a winding path from childhood brushes with bullying and home burglaries, through formative years in the…
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Take-Aways from Active Shooter Scenarios
Overview Season 4, Episode 47 Episode 47 pulls you into a personal, urgent story: host Jim O’Brien unspools the rise of active killer events, from historic attacks to modern mass-casualty drills, and shares what he learned standing in the school hallways, on the mall floor, and inside…
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How Fitness Keeps You Safe
Overview Season 4, Episode 46 Join Jim O’Brien as he pulls you into a personal journey from clanking college gym days to Krav Maga seminars and the hard-won discoveries of midlife fitness. He admits his own lapses and returns, making this episode a human, relatable story about…
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Vendor Safety 101
Overview Season 4, Episode 45 Join Jim for this episode as he walks you through a sunlit yard sale that could turn into a cautionary tale — a thousand-dollar day, curious strangers, and the little choices that keep your home, booth, and cash safe. Through vivid anecdotes…
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Tony Blauer on Fear, Flinching, and Survival
Overview Season 4, Episode 44 Step into a high-stakes hour with Tony Blauer — a coach who turned forty years of martial arts, neurology and scenario testing into a survival playbook. From improvised drills where conversation becomes an ambush to the science of the startle flinch, Tony…
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John Correia of Active Self Protection
Overview Season 4, Episode 43 Join Jim once again as he delves into a captivating conversation with John Correia, founder of Active Self-Protection, in an episode filled with tales of unexpected career shifts and a deep dive into the world of self-defense. Discover how a former Navy…
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De-escalation Strategies with Randy King
Overview Season 4, Episode 42 Jim reunites with Randy King, a seasoned self-defense educator from Canada, specializing in conflict management strategies. Delve into an engaging conversation centered around the critical yet often overlooked skill of de-escalation in violent and tense situations. Whether you’re navigating a bar room…
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Check out our blog posts for extra pointers on personal safety and preparedness or watch some of our videos with overviews, detailed tutorials, and more.
Got a personal safety or preparedness topic you’d like us to explore in our podcast? We’d love to hear your ideas. Contact us anytime!