EXECUTIVE PROTECTION LIFESTYLE
207 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 169 ratingsThe Executive Protection Lifestyle Podcast hosted by Byron Rodgers takes the brand to another level by educating security practitioners and opening the world of private security up to the public.
In this podcast You will experience the private sector in a way that you never have before. The podcast is highly educational focusing on the most salient protection tactics while being careful not to forget the foundational principles that make us great at what we do. You will meet and become acquainted with various industry professionals who are making a difference in the protection game and you you will benefit from a behind the scenes look at the reality of the lifestyle behind the job that is only 1% of the security industry. While it can be a very glamorous and exotic lifestyle, the requirements to survive the lifestyle and achieve professional success can be crushing and many who attempt success in this industry fail as a result of various on scene after balls. This podcast will help professionals overcome those obstacles and mitigate risks to both their professional and personal lives as we talk about the lifestyle behind the game of executive protection.
Whether you are a civilian, you are in law-enforcement or the military, we believe this podcast has something for you because on a very basic level we are all protectors of the people we love and things we believe in on a daily basis. The truth is simply that there is so much more to this than meets the eye and if you really want to be good at what we do you must know that it’s more than just a job, this game requires a lifestyle. So please listen enjoy and take your protection game to the next level by enjoying the show.
One mind many weapons
- Byron
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Episodes
Byron Rodgers - Be A Legitimate Protector(EPL Season 4 Podcast EP146 🎙️)
October 10, 2022 12:54 - 57 minutes - 132 MB⚜️⚜️⚜️ For this episode, I simply sat down and clicked off safe for a heartfelt conversation with the industry. I talk about hard skills/soft skills, career moves, and changes I see coming up in the industry. I talk quite a bit about violence and how we as protectors must be formidable and able to deal with it otherwise we are nothing more than butlers with guns. It’s a tough and harsh statement but what is the true differentiator between us and our customer's personal assistants? In a nuts...
Executive Protection Success PROOF(EPL Season 4 Podcast EP 145 🎙️)
October 03, 2022 08:40 - 1 hour - 145 MB⚜️⚜️⚜️ This episode demonstrates how effective the “training day success package“ through The League of Executive Protection Specialists is at helping executive protection agents achieve the careers of their dreams. In this video, you will hear multiple testimonials of agents that have gone through our training and are now out in the workforce. Many of these agents have achieved dream jobs that would normally have taken years. However, through our training, they were able to achieve those g...
Vincent Levy - Executive Protection Career Moves (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP144 🎙️)
September 19, 2022 13:58 - 51 minutes - 118 MBThis is a story about how to achieve success in the Executive Protection industry in a very short period of time. I know that our industry is growing very quickly and that there are many good people who would do very well in the protection game but simply don’t know exactly how to launch their careers. In this episode, Vincent and I lay out a clear path to achieving one’s dreams in our industry. You will listen to how he was able to achieve his career goals in a very short period of time so...
Ed Calderon - Weaponology (EPL Season 4 Podcast 🎙️)
September 12, 2022 12:30 - 56 minutes - 130 MBIn this episode, I chat with one of our most formidable instructors Ed Calderon and some of what he covers in his course Weaponology. It’s all about improvising and utilizing whatever is handy as a weapon to defend yourself and your clients or loved ones. About Ed Caleron’s Weaponology Using case studies to reverse-engineer criminal methodologies involving weapons, this training segment focuses on the evidence-based employment of simple, environmentally sourced offensive tools. Designed for...
Executive Protection Field Notes (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP143 🎙️)
September 05, 2022 12:35 - 55 minutes - 128 MB⚜️⚜️⚜️ This is something new and special that I have never done before. A montage of some of the best of my collection of Executive Protection Field Notes all mashed up for you to quickly digest. A bunch of executive protection tips, techniques, tactics, and principles to help you out in the field. You know some of them, you might disagree with some of them. But there is going to be something in here that is going to help you guys. These are the type of things that I also have in my Executiv...
Instructor Zero - Gunfighting & Training(EPL Season 4 Podcast EP144 🎙️)
August 29, 2022 14:51 - 1 hour - 270 MB⚜️⚜️⚜️ This episode was a clinic. I learned quite a bit just sitting there listening to the information structure. We speak about the humanity of a protector, the reality that many don’t want to admit and avoid while pretending to be a little more tactical than is even realistic sometimes. We spoke about ways to become better, hard skills, soft skills and we really focused on vehicle Combatives/Glen fighting around cars because that is his subject at the Protector Symposium 5.0. This episode ...
Instructor Zero - Gunfighting & Training(EPL Season 4 Podcast 🎙️)
August 29, 2022 14:51 - 1 hour - 270 MB⚜️⚜️⚜️ This episode was a clinic. I learned quite a bit just sitting there listening to the information structure. We speak about the humanity of a protector, the reality that many don’t want to admit and avoid while pretending to be a little more tactical than is even realistic sometimes. We spoke about ways to become better, hard skills, soft skills and we really focused on vehicle Combatives/Glen fighting around cars because that is his subject at the Protector Symposium 5.0. This episode ...
Byron Rodgers- Men of Peace (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP143 🎙️)
August 21, 2022 17:39 - 27 minutes - 63.7 MBThis podcast has been developed from my absolute favorite pieces of work done by Matthew Vivanco of Angstadt Arms @angstadtarms They brought me out to North Carolina to do a bit of a documentary about what it’s like to be a professional protector. I think what was most beautiful about this is it weaves together very nicely the reality of what it means to be a protector by nature and by trade. You’ll see my life behind the scenes, you will be able to enter my thoughts when doing what we do ...
Byron Rodgers- Men of Peace (EPL Season 4 Podcast 🎙️)
August 21, 2022 17:39 - 27 minutes - 63.7 MBThis podcast has been developed from my absolute favorite pieces of work done by Matthew Vivanco of Angstadt Arms @angstadtarms They brought me out to North Carolina to do a bit of a documentary about what it’s like to be a professional protector. I think what was most beautiful about this is it weaves together very nicely the reality of what it means to be a protector by nature and by trade. You’ll see my life behind the scenes, you will be able to enter my thoughts when doing what we do ...
Rick Sweeney - Be a Legitimate Protector (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP142 🎙️)
August 15, 2022 12:52 - 53 minutes - 122 MBThere are so many opinions out there about training and what is not needed. I read in some of the groups that some people think our training goes a little bit overboard when it comes to hard skills. To me, it seems like we come from different worlds but work in the same industry. I don’t understand how private security professionals can ever consider themselves legitimate protectors without knowing that they’ve mastered certain hard skills. In Executive Protection everything may go as planne...
57 Raul Martinez Audio
August 08, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 208 MBRaul Martinez is a warrior who specializes in a type of close quarter combat most avoid. He is definitely my type of human being and I’ve got love for him based on the values we share both on and off of the battlefield. What he teaches is one very important piece on the spectrum of protection tools and tactics that every professional Protector really needs to understand. You never know when you’re gonna find yourself in close quarters battle fighting for your life over a weapon of any type. ...
Vance McMurry - A Secret To Shooting Better (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP141 🎙️)
July 18, 2022 14:27 - 1 hour - 173 MBAutoTelic Performance Solutions creates the most lethal warfighters and precise police. Their training and technology increase stress resiliency. After 2 ATPS training protocols, shooters are 30% more precise, which persists for two months after the training sessions. Across more than 120 shooters and more than 14,000 rounds, shooters transform in high stress operations to have. 57% greater Focus 27% greater Confidence 50% less Anxiety Vance McMurry is the CEO and Co-Founder of ATPS. He i...
Byron Rodgers - Executive Protection as a Recession-Proof Career(EPL Season 4 Podcast EP140 🎙️)
July 11, 2022 14:46 - 1 hour - 205 MBThere has never been a better time to join the executive protection industry. As many of you know we are facing at certain times and the fear index is up. We’ve seen home robberies and crime increase tremendously in the United States and around the world. The Japanese Prime Minister was assassinated last week in the world is realizing that they need more professional Protectors. Active shooters and active human threat scenarios are happening more and more these days and what this means to y...
Jeff Takeda - How Warriors Develop Mental Strength (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP139 🎙️)
May 30, 2022 14:28 - 1 hour - 145 MBJeff Takeda is bringing some things back that have always been a part of many different warrior cultures. He is one of our master class instructors at the League of Executive Protection Specialists and his module is pretty amazing. Check more on that here: https://www.epspecialist.com/ I believe it’s a discipline that we have unfortunately overlooked and forgotten these days but it can bring us all considerable strength. For the warrior, it’s even more important however to stay grounded ment...
A glimpse into the League of Executive Protection Specialist(EPL Season 4 Podcast EP138 🎙️)
May 23, 2022 14:15 - 1 hour - 190 MBThe League of Executive Protection Specialists is not just about training. It is about being part of a brotherhood of protectors. When I say working with us will give you more over the course of your career than many other training options I absolutely mean it. After completing any of our training packages you get access to our tribe, you become a member of the pack. We all do our careers together, help each other out and share opportunities with one another. This is not just talking, I am a...
Black Hawk Down with Hooten Young(EPL Season 4 Podcast EP137 🎙️)
May 16, 2022 14:39 - 1 hour - 154 MBFormer Special Operations Soldier, Master Sgt. Norman Hooten notably known for his portrayal by Eric Bana in the film Black Hawk Down, he’s honestly the type of man I hope to be one day. When it comes to warfare in combat he has been there and done that but most importantly it has equipped him with a mental and emotional stance that should be studied very deeply. There are the men you meet that deserve respect because of what they’ve done but it is always truly priceless to meet a man who you...
Victor Popovic - EXECUTIVE PROTETION VENUE OPPOSITION (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP137 🎙️)
May 10, 2022 15:21 - 1 hour - 206 MBYou’re going to feel the passion Victor has for the game in this episode… Listen closely and I promise you’ll learn a lot. Victor Popovic has been associated with the Executive Protection Industry for a decade now. He has been a part of protective security operations for domestic as well as international tours, where he's been involved in all aspects of security planning, including the home of residence, temporary residence as well as air and ground transport for high-net-worth families and ...
Alex Turner - The Athletes Bodyguard and the Making (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP136 🎙️)
May 02, 2022 14:57 - 1 hour - 184 MBAlex Turner is a client-focused performance mobilizer with considerable experience in business operations and team leadership. His professional focal points include operations management, performance development, project planning/coordination, sales strategy/business growth, armed security measures, team leadership, client relations and customer service. The thing I like about him most however is his heart. He truly does value connection with people, He values relationships and people like t...
Bernardo C. - The Realities of Tactical Fitness (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP135 🎙️)
April 25, 2022 13:44 - 1 hour - 196 MBBernardo is a warrior who serves others in ways that only a true warrior can. His heart for making the world a safer place by helping good people to be more dangerous is exactly what got my attention in the first place. With over 15 years of operational experience, Bernardo is a subject matter expert (SME) in the field of Counter-Terrorism (CT) and security best practices. His expertise covers high-risk police tactics, special operations (SOF), dignitary protection (CP) and close-quarters ba...
Dustin Burt - How To Deal With Mistakes in E.P. (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP135 🎙️)
April 18, 2022 12:59 - 1 hour - 189 MBDustin Burt is someone who specializes in providing personal protection services to the world's top entertainment and business professionals for over ten years worldwide. His company, Superior Protection Consultants https://www.superiorprotectionco.com/ also provides security management to private estates, commercial enterprises, and the event/production sector. Dustin is one of those few professionals you work with and realize really quickly that he’s truly got a passion for what he does. ...
Executive Protection Elite Hand-to-hand Combatives - (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP134 🎙️)
April 10, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 200 MBJonathan(Jon)Burke is the founder and lead instructor of Next Level Combatives. With over three decades of experience in mixed martial arts, self-defense (armed and unarmed), and close-quarters combat, Jon developed the P4 De-escalation Training Program. This unique program utilizes a systematic approach that yields immediate results and retention under stress for participants of various skill levels. Through martial arts, Jon has helped countless men, women, and children of all occupations ...
HARD SKILLS INTESIVE - (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP133 🎙️)
April 04, 2022 14:22 - 1 hour - 171 MBIn this episode, I'm honored to be joined by Rick Sweeney who's the president of the prestigious safety solutions company, SECFOR International. Rick has more than two decades of risk management experience in elevated threat areas. He provides risk & crisis management in multiple countries as prime or subcontractor. Currently, he's serving clients in Syria, Mexico, Lebanon, Iraq, Haiti, Colombia and numerous other challenging locations. Rick is also the Director of OTC International which pr...
LTC (Ret.) Mikey Hartman – Taking Your Pistol to The Next Level (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP133 🎙️)
April 03, 2022 07:59 - 1 hour - 201 MBMikey Hartman, Former Commander of the IDF Sharpshooting and Marksmanship School, is the CEO of CAA USA & International. CAA (www.caagearup.com/) is the exclusive distributor of world-class, operator-tested firearms accessories. Their products are specifically designed to meet the rigorous demands of tactical solutions required by the world’s armed forces, law enforcement units and weapons professionals. LTC. (Ret.) Mikey Hartman, has vast and unique 20-year experience of training over 500,0...
Daniel Coman - ¿Am I too Old for Executive Protection? (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP132 🎙️)
March 21, 2022 13:23 - 44 minutes - 101 MBI'm honored to interview Daniel Coman in this episode of the Executive Protection Lifestyle podcast. He's been working with me on a few projects inside the industry and I've known him for quite some time now. Daniel entered the industry when he turned 60, and if you think that it's too late to join an industry like ours, you should listen to this entire episode. He's also one of the patrons of the Executive Protection Training Day Succes Package and during the course of the interview, he talk...
Miranda Coppoolse - Human Trafficking/Behavioral Analysis/Security (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP131 🎙️)
March 14, 2022 14:54 - 1 hour - 139 MBFemales in the Executive Protection Industry have so much to offer like us all. Miranda is an amazing example of that as her words come true and experience doing this work all over the globe. She has a truly amazing story with more than just a cool tactical background. She brings with her the experience of being on the receiving end of kidnapping and abuse, and many other evils we all aim to mitigate in the world. She is truly an amazing human to me for a few reasons but primarily because sh...
Aaron Suozzo - Officer Involved Shooting Hard Skills/Soft Skills (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP130 🎙️)
March 07, 2022 11:09 - 1 hour - 232 MBAARON has become a good friend as I’ve recently joined forces with him and CAA USA. I’m really excited about working with this company because I know that the MCK they produce is a hidden gem within the tactical community. When it comes to you taking your firearms to the next level, empowering people who maybe less physically potent with a system that can help them protect themselves more easily and a number of other things that piece of equipment is tremendous. Aaron works for that company ...
Joe Lasorsa - The Power of Cooperation in E.P. (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP129 🎙️)
February 21, 2022 15:52 - 1 hour - 142 MBJoe LaSorsa is a name I’ve heard over the course of my entire executive protection career. This company and the men who have run it have been impacting our industry for decades. In this interview, I’m honored to speak with Joe LaSorsa 2.0 who has done some pretty amazing things with the company and made some truly fantastic contributions to our industry. He was one of our honored guests at The EP FORUM 2021 and he’s also an EP Master instructor at my school, The League of Executive Protectio...
Morgan Harris - How to Get Started in Executive Protection (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP127 🎙️)
February 14, 2022 14:29 - 25 minutes - 57.6 MBEpisodes like this are special to me because they give insight into how people are getting into the executive protection industry. There’s truly nothing more valuable to me than to hear about how the tools, programs and content we’ve created are truly working for agents out there in the field in the real world. I can’t share all of these conversations with you because honestly, I have way too much content like this that demonstrates how effective my Training Day Program and Masters Class is f...
Wes Bearden - Try-Try Again (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP127 🎙️)
February 07, 2022 10:46 - 46 minutes - 106 MBIn conversation with Wes Bearden, where we indulge in knowing about the National Council of Investigation and Security Services. ( https://www.nciss.org/ ) It is a USA-based association formed to watch legislative issues which makes it important for private security professionals like us to know about. Wes has been involved with several of the state as well as national associations so he brings in, his plethora of experience to the EP industry. Wes goes on to talk about the vision and missio...
Duke Speed - HOW to become Contributor in Executive protection (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP126 🎙️)
January 24, 2022 13:56 - 1 hour - 147 MBDuke Speed is an accomplished leader with 40-plus years of experience making critical decisions in a variety of high-stress, globally sensitive positions and 20-year active duty veteran (retired) of the U.S. Marine Corps. He also has additional 10-plus years of federal service divided between the U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and the Federal Aviation Administration. He has also been an Independent Contractor for the U.S. Department of State World...
Sam Jones - How To Transition Into Executive Protection (EPL Season 4 Podcast EP125 🎙️)
January 17, 2022 15:54 - 43 minutes - 101 MBThis interview will give you a good realistic look into techniques, tactics and cheat codes for getting into executive protection and elevating your career. Sam Jones, he’s a man with an impressive background in mixed martial arts who chose to transition into executive protection. I love doing interviews like this because they show people exactly what is possible when it comes to getting into this industry. I believe it was a matter of months from the time he trained with me in the Executive...
Beyond the Armor - Season 4 Episode 125 - BYRON RODGERS
January 04, 2022 16:04 - 45 minutes - 40.2 MBThis is a brief glimpse into the soul of a young man's journey from a Third World country, a broken home, through the Marine Corps infantry and into the executive protection profession. I now serve the world as a Protector. With the expressed mission of multiplying protectors both professionally and simply necessarily throughout the world. I know that we together can make the world a safer place by helping good people to become more willing, capable, and prepared to protect. But my journey wa...
Season III EP 124: How to go from Bouncer to Executive Protection Specialist
December 20, 2021 11:27 - 1 hour - 178 MBSteve has an amazing story when it comes to how he’s gotten into the executive protection game. Over the years I’ve met many different private security professionals in various areas of our private security industry that have wanted to get into executive protection. Whether it was a guy at the door of the club, an agent I met at the venue we were moving through, or even hotel security, I’ve had many conversations with professionals who want to get into the executive protection side of what we...
Season III EP 123: How to be a Successful Female EP Agent
November 29, 2021 11:33 - 1 hour - 159 MBAs always I’m looking for solid agents and good people to elevate in the game of executive protection. I’m always exceptionally delighted when I stumble across a female agent who has her priorities straight and is representing her demographic of professional protectors who make invaluable contributions to our industry. Zoila is definitely one of them and it was an honor to spend this time getting to know her and crystallizing her journey up until this point. She’s had an amazing mixed martial...
Season III EP 122: EP Forum
November 09, 2021 11:20 - 1 hour - 147 MBIn this episode myself, Christian and Pablo talk about a new groundbreaking Executive Protection live event… This will be like unlike anything the industry has seen or done before don’t miss it! The EP Forum is an event for professional protectors who are looking to elevate their careers together. The goal is simply to give some of the most successful among us a platform to teach how to do what they’ve done - so we can all improve the quality of the service were rendering our principles, cli...
Season III EP 121: A Bodyguard in the Mix
November 09, 2021 11:20 - 1 hour - 194 MBAs I aim to explore, understand, call and expose different market segments of the executive protection industry with the listeners of this podcast, recently I decided to dive into a client demographic I haven’t dug into that much on this podcast. To be completely honest when I started this podcast I was worried I would run out of content or individuals to interview but the truth simply is… There’s still so much more to cover. The hip-hop scene is a part of our industry that can be a bit cont...
E.P. Specialists - Executive Protection Training (EPL Season 3 Podcast EP120 🎙️)
October 18, 2021 13:48 - 1 hour - 181 MBThis podcast episode is a cumulative summary of the interactions that I have with the Executive Protection Training Day Success Package students. It's amazing to learn about their experience, answer their questions and discuss the various aspects of Executive Protection with my own experience. Our members have found tremendous success after joining the program as well as from the podcasts. One of the major advantages of the executive protection training day success package is the fact that y...
Season III EP 119: How to stay safe with Steve Somerville
October 05, 2021 11:46 - 1 hour - 176 MBThis comes straight from our EPL Canada chapter with @sentinelsecurity Steve Summerville @summervillesteve is the President of Stay Safe and retired as a Staff Sergeant with the Toronto Police Service in 2001. Security Coordinator for the AIDS 2012 Washington, 2010 Vienna and 2008 conference in Mexico City (as well as AIDS 2006 in Toronto) and the SARS Concert in Downsview in 2003. Steve has extensive experience in all phases of Crisis Management Training, including Crisis Resolution, Tacti...
Season III EP 117: Elijah Shaw's Contribution
September 01, 2021 13:41 - 1 hour - 178 MBIt’s been an honor having these conversations with Elijah Shaw and they are always good. Our original conversation in Season One called “Own Your Space“ (https://www.byronrodgersmotivation.com/own-your-space-elijah-shaw-podcast-episode-6/) has gone down in history as one of the best episodes of that season so check that out. By now you know who Elijah Shaw is and hopefully, you’ve been following along because he is and has been making large contributions to the Executive Protection Industry f...
Season III EP 116: Kindness Counts
August 09, 2021 09:10 - 1 hour - 241 MBIn the executive protection game, you run into professionals of all types. Some are just pretending to know what they are doing, some truly believe they know what they are doing but they are making things worse, yet some are extremely tactically proficient yet are missing one key ingredient that makes them effective on many levels… Mehdi is one of those rare professionals who have the personality, experience, and pedigree to truly do this job in a way that’s beneficial for all parties involve...
Season III EP 115: EP ACCESS
July 12, 2021 09:05 - 54 minutes - 125 MBChristian West is a living legend in the executive protection industry. As the CEO of one of the largest and most well-known executive protection companies in the game and the author of many different books and publications in the executive protection space, his career has been extremely impactful! Well ladies and gentlemen he is doing it once again with a new website and platform designed to bring educational products digitally to the industry on an international level. His new endeavor call...
Season III EP 110: Earn Your Spot
July 05, 2021 09:07 - 1 hour - 176 MBDr. Mary Beth is a rare breed… as I did my research before doing this episode she’s one of the most respected females I’ve discovered in our industry. Mentors of mine have referred to her as a mentor which means a lot to me so this interview was quite an honor. Her career has been extremely impressive moving through time with the Secret Service as a special agent, military forces and even PMC work. She’s the only woman ever to protect a foreign president outside of the US, she’s operated in t...
Season III EP 114: EPL Canada (Expansion, Elevation, Empowerment)
June 21, 2021 13:34 - 50 minutes - 116 MBExecutive Protection Lifestyle is a brand dedicated to educating professional protectors. I started this brand with the mission to educate and contribute to a higher quality executive protection agent on the ground in order to restore honor and respect to our vocation. So far it’s been such an amazing and interesting journey building this brand and now I’m honored with the opportunity to continue expanding this work and contributing to our industry in a number of different ways. Constantine...
Season III EP 113: No Limits
June 14, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 243 MBJayR is definitely a special breed and I don’t say that lightly. He is a classic example of a man who has survived so many things and has come from such dark places that he is determined never to forget where he has come from and never to forget what he has been brought through. Any man that is willing to sacrifice public opinion, hold up under social pressure and pass on things others would jump on just to maintain his authenticity has my respect. His background is very impressive as a man...
Season 3 Episode 111: Leadership
June 07, 2021 10:07 - 2 hours - 298 MBMac is a private security professional with decades of experience managing operations in a number of different international markets and theaters. He’s appeared on many huge publications such as USA Today, New York Times, and BBC as a foremost expert within the game on a number of different topics. He has done quite a bit of work with an amazing team on an international level for major companies and his name has become highly recognized in our industry as a result. When it comes to protecti...
Season 3 Episode 112: Armored Transport Attack
June 07, 2021 09:15 - 1 hour - 183 MBI was especially excited to do this episode with Leo. I can tell from the real-world action video of him being ambushed by AK 47 wielding thieves on the freeway that he was the real deal. You could see him work the equation in front of him in a way that only a man who’s been there before and had superior training could. In this episode, Leo takes us through a blow-by-blow tactical review of an incident where he was conducting security operations on precious cargo and there was an attempted ...
Season 3 Episode 109: Risk Based Security Services
May 03, 2021 09:41 - 1 hour - 166 MBWhen it comes to executive protection professionals Ivor Terret is not just one of the best but one of the most intelligent individuals I've come across. It’s not just my opinion but if you follow him you’ll see that he has spoken on a number of extremely reputable stages within our industry and that most if not all of the high-end events that are some time or another. He is a bona fide industry leader who is a genuine man of peace and I always admire his aim to simply be a good person, whi...
Season 3 Episode 108: Digital Protection
April 26, 2021 08:59 - 1 hour - 151 MBErich Schmidt is a good friend who I’ve known for many years. We’ve seen each other evolve in different directions of the protection game for well over a decade now and it’s always an honor when we get to work together. This is the second episode I’m doing with him and you can find the first one in season one (https://byronrodgersmotivation.com/episode-35-cyber-security-how-much-can-cyber-threats-truly-impact-your-life/). These days Erich is a specialist who understands how to leverage tech...
Season 3 Episode 107: Coming up in the game
April 19, 2021 14:36 - 1 hour - 179 MBFrom time to time I like to interview professionals at all levels of the game, Kevin has been in for just a few years but he is advancing quickly. This interview is a fresh perspective of what it’s like to penetrate the industry and to climb the ranks at this present time in the game. Kevin was definitely the rookie of the year when I found him. He jumped right in, took initiative for many things other professionals didn’t, and instantly made an impression. The magic of this is simply that g...
Season 3 Episode 106: The Way forward
April 12, 2021 07:11 - 1 hour - 144 MBIn this episode, I dig into some things I’ve seen in the industry over the years, some things that have been holding us back as an industry in my opinion. I address these issues both on a macro and micro scale. We dive into them as they affect us all with regards to our public perception as well as the way that they will eventually impact you on security detail. At the end of the day what I’ve learned is that if you choose to do something different, choose to better yourself, or choose to m...