From Desk to Defender: Recent Episodes
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Preparing yourself for whatever may come is quite a daunting task when you get right down to it. It is a process of many months of training, and even the most highly trained special operations units in the world take casualties. In the face of logistical breakdowns, food shortages, civil unrest, outright invasion, or natural disasters, there are many things to consider, each one having its own sizable length and breadth.
It is the aim of our manual, and this podcast to give our listeners and readers some idea as to where to begin, as well as lay the foundations for growth. In this podcast, you will learn how to strengthen your mind and body, develop a survival mindset, maintain and utilize firearms, and work in a rigid team structure in order to survive in complex scenarios. You will learn basic survival techniques, how to strengthen your body without a gym, basic first aid, proper marksmanship practices, and many other useful tools.
Polling and the Policy: an Unsettled America
StarChain Volturione, Artist & Activist
StarChain is an Anarcho activist and artist who creates videos, zines, and poster. StarChain runs the Anarcho Polling feed in Twitter
@starchain6, esty.com/shop/starchain
Your Deadliest Girlfriend: Meet Tacticool Girlfriend
Youtube Personality
Tacticool GF is an alternative “guntuber” who provides solid and left focused gun training, her channel has seen a precipitous rise with 30K subscribers and still growing.
https://www.youtube.com/c/TacticoolGirlfriend/about
Protecting the Front Line: The Story behind Conquest of Thread’s Plate Carriers
Christen, The Conquest of Thread
Christen runs a worker owned and operated shop with her husband and one other couple, who are making tactical gear and accessories. The shop began the Conquest of Thread Workers Union in 2021 with the belief that the means of production should be owned by workers collectively, and that each member of our union should make the full value of their labor.
https://conquestofthread.com/
Observation Based Defense: A look at Asphalt Anthropology
Beverly Baker, Metropolitan Finishing School
Beverly is the creator and instructor of Asphalt Anthropology, an observation based methodology of self defense. For over a decade, Beverly has been a student and observer of violence dynamics. She has dodged peril and outwitted threats on the streets of major American cities, Europe, the former Eastern Bloc and Southern Africa.
https://www.metrofinishschool.com/about
Parkour for Self Defense: Flight before Fight
Brandi Laird, Citizen Operating Systems
Brandi is an instructor as well as offers services in security and executive protection. Her YouTube channel Citizen Operating Systems aims to encourage civic responsibility, create investment in challenging the diseases of civilization, and empower extraordinary action by ordinary citizens.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCJ42jsyLijj2tlzsI8ev5g
While traveling the world and serving with the Marine Corps., “Chowa” found a new political realization among his comrades in arms. Today as a member of the Socialist Rifle Association, he brings to his local chapter insights and experienced gained from the Corps., weapons and tactics aside, where he truly excels is in his philosophy of taking on the enemy with a full-on assault of leadership before taking up arms. What began as an idea and a subreddit, his leadership has brought to you the Desk to Defender guidebook and this podcast.