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• S4E18: Perilous Journalism & Living In Exile – Luis Najera

  Original Recording Date: 2025APR28.  Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own. ----more---- TOPICS: Guest: Luis Horacio Najera - is an acclaimed journalist and crime analyst from Mexico who has lived in exile in Canada since 2008. He was the PEN Canada-George Brown Writer in Residence in Toronto, and recipient of the 2010 CJFE International Press Freedom Award and one of the 2011 Human Rights Watch Hellman/Hammet Awards. In 2022 he was named one of the 10 Most Influential Hispanic-Canadians. Personal story. Reporting from the most dangerous places on Earth. Losing friends and colleagues to violence. Truth in reporting.  Life in exile. Organized crime & government. ----more---- REFERENCES / RESOURCES: Important Links: Luis' books: The Wolfpack: The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld - https://a.co/d/aT0UA2m  The Uncaged Voice: Stories by Writers in Exile - https://a.co/d/6K5g4UF Luis' podcast: Dos Amigos: Ideas que florecen del desierto - https://open.spotify.com/show/4hFkRaBgbPKVluH3RmSu1G  Profiles and Social Media:  Find Luis on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/  LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/luishnajera X: https://x.com/najera13   

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• S4E17: Romantic Violence and (Anti)Racists – Arno Michaelis

  Original Recording Date: 2025APR14.  Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own. ----more---- TOPICS: Guest: Arno Michaelis – filmmaker, speaker, and author of My Life After Hate and co-author of The Gift of Our Wounds. Arno WAS a founding member of what became the largest racist skinhead organization in the world and lead singer of the race-metal band Centurion. NOW, he works as an interventionist with groups such as Parents 4 Peace, helping to lead people away from all violent extremist ideologies, and to support their families. The story of extremism and “Romantic Violence”. What does it mean? Recruitment into the fold. Racism & anti-racism – two sides of the same coin. Tactics and techniques that lead to a familiar place. The battle against the narratives. Solutions. ----more---- REFERENCES / RESOURCES: Important Links: Parents 4 Peace website: https://www.parents4peace.org/ Arno on Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-neo-nazism-actually-works-former-white-supremacist-2025-3 Profiles and Social Media:  Find Arno on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnomichaelis Parents 4 Peace on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parents-for-peace/ X: https://x.com/parentsforpeace Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parents4peace/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parents4peace/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyAPDWKMhF_feY-vmXQhCFg  

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• S4E16: A History on "Excited Delirium" and the Current Conversation - John G. Peters, Jr., Ph.D.

  Original Recording Date: 2025APR03.  Co-host John Simpson. Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own, unless otherwise stated. ----more---- TOPICS: Guest: John G. Peters, Jr., Ph.D. - serves as president and Chief Learning Officer of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, Inc. A former administrator of a medium-sized police department, police officer, and deputy sheriff, Dr. Peters is author of more than 300 publications, and is a judicially-qualified expert witness. How we talk about 'excited delirium'. A history - Learn something new everyday. Medical recognition. Public and political reactions. In-custody deaths. Articulation - Explain yourself. Solutions! ----more---- REFERENCES / RESOURCES: Important Links: Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, Inc. : https://www.ipicd.com/#/ John's books! Foundations of Patrol Rifle Marksmanship: https://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Patrol-Rifle-Marksmanship-Simpson/dp/1608854809 Government sales: https://www.blue360media.com/products/93158-01 Foundations of Sniper Marksmanship: https://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Sniper-Marksmanship-John-Simpson/dp/1608852121 Government Sales:https://www.blue360media.com/products/93005-01 Profiles and Social Media:  Find IPICD on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-for-the-prevention-of-in-custody-deaths-inc. Find Dr. Peters on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-peters-ph-d-7a22a85 Find John Simpson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-simpson-b6114b59   

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• S4E15: From Drug Kingpin to Law Enforcement Educator – Margarito “Jay” Flores Jr.

  Original Recording Date: 2025APR04.  Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own, unless otherwise stated. ----more---- TOPICS: Guests:  Margarito "Jay" Flores Jr. - Jay and his twin brother were steeped in the narcotics business, establishing a pivotal distribution network for the Sinaloa cartel across North America. On the path of redemption, Jay now advises law enforcement and government on effective strategies and legislation to combat drug trafficking Family affairs. Law enforcement efforts – what’s missing, what they don’t understand. Relationships… police & criminals… it’s complex. Solutions. ----more---- REFERENCES / RESOURCES: Important Links: Kingpin to Educator website: https://kingpintoeducator.com/ Contact email: [email protected] K2E Foundation: https://kingpintoeducator.com/k2e-foundation The full story on podcast, Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/surviving-el-chapo-the-twins-who-brought-down-a-drug-lord/id1649359487 Dynamic Police Training: https://dynamicpolicetraining.com/ Profiles and Social Media:  Find Jay on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thinklikeakingpin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingpintoeducator  

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• S4E14: The Disinfectant for Disinformation - Marcus Kolga

  Original Recording Date: 2025MAR26.  Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own, unless otherwise stated. ----more---- TOPICS: Guests:  Marcus Kolga - the founder and director of DisinfoWatch and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier and CDA institutes. DisinfoWatch - a leading Canadian foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking platform. Our data is sourced through an international network of journalists, civil society organizations and analysts, as well as some automated sources, and is anaylized and exposed in order raise broader general awareness of disinformation and build long-term resilience against it. What it means to be sanctioned. Mis- and disinformation. Effects on politics, media, and the populace. Scale of disinfo operations. Question, educate, inform. Solutions for different industries and organizations. ----more---- REFERENCES / RESOURCES: Important Links: DisinfoWatch website: https://disinfowatch.org/ DisinfoWatch Active Measures Podcast: https://disinfowatch.org/active-measures-podcast/ Profiles and Social Media:  Find DisinfoWatch on: X: https://twitter.com/DisinfoW Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisinfoWatch-106551727876167 Find Marcus on: X: https://x.com/kolga LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/marcus-kolga  

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