Best Jason Wayne Brick Podcasts (2024)

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S11 E12 Miss Poppins with Nicky Rishi 22:23

7M ago22:23

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Parenting can feel lonely. Even if we have a large family or friend group, it can be hard to ask for advice -- there's a lot of judgment in parenting circles, even from the people who love us most. The Miss Poppins App helps solve that. Nicky Rishi has assembled a team of world-class parenting experts, and a community of engaged parents, to help ea…

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S11 E11 Family Dogs for Safety and Defense 28:12

8M ago28:12

28:12

I've often glibly told people who ask about what weapon to buy -- "Don't buy a weapon, buy a dog." That's good advice, but it only starts there. Mark Bosque of K9 X-Factor knows the next steps. Today he generously shares his extensive knowledge about why man's best friend can be your family's best protector. GET IN TOUCH Email jason@safestfamilyont…

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S11E10 Teaching Financial Literacy to Our Children 41:02

9M ago41:02

41:02

Financial literacy isn't just good sense -- it's a form of safety. Without financial knowledge, our families are more vulnerable in emergencies. Everything from a reliable car to a well-stocked emergency kit plays right into safety...to say nothing of how financial stress can shorten our lifespans and harm our relationships. Brian page, founder of …

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S11E9 Martial Arts and Family Safety 42:08

9M ago42:08

42:08

The thing about martial arts training for kids and adults is that the most important lessons have nothing to do with kicking and punching. It's a way of building character traits and teaching habits of health and safety that very few other experiences can match. Dickson Kunz has been training and teaching in martial arts for decades, and shares his…

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S11E8 Hot Weather Emergency Preparedness 29:37

11M ago29:37

29:37

The world is getting hotter, which means our families are at more risk of heat stroke, heat exhaustion, dehydration, and even sunburn. Whether we're planning for a trip to warm climates, trying to make it through a summer at home, or battening down the hatches for a heat wave with a side order of power outages, the right skills and mindset can save…

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S11 E 7 The Real Deal About Active Shootings 50:34

12M ago50:34

50:34

Active shootings are a part of life in the United States, and to a lesser extent in the world as a whole. When people think about it, there's a lot of myth and fantasy in how they propose solutions. Ed Monk is a gun safety instructor who has taken the time to examine actual data about active shootings and how people survive them. What he learned ma…

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S11E6 Top 10 Things First Responders Wish Parents Knew 1:03:26

12M ago1:03:26

1:03:26

If you look at the over 100 interviews with safety experts on this channel, you’ll see a lot of first responders and related professionals. Firefighters, paramedics, police, ER staff, security personnel…all of those people who are, as the name implies, the first to show up when things go wrong. These are varied fields with people coming to them fro…

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S11 E 5 Make Your Home a Harder Target (Part 2) 5:03

1y ago5:03

5:03

In this video, we look at the top 5 ways to avoid potential burglars and home invaders thinking you have a lot worth stealing in your home. In a previous video (link in the comments below), we covered 5 ways to make your home look harder to get away with breaking into. I don’t talk much about property crimes in these videos. Property crime is diffe…

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S11 E4 Make Your Home a Harder Target (Part 1) 5:40

1y ago5:40

5:40

I don’t talk much about property crimes in these videos for two reasons. First, this channel is about safety. I’m happy to lose every penny I have, every toy and bauble in my home, if it means my family is safe. Second, there are experts at preventing property crime who have great channels of their own. That said, making our homes harder targets is…

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S11 E3 Top 5 Jedi Mind Tricks for Communicating WIth Our Kids 6:27

1y ago6:27

6:27

From the adorable pronouncements of toddlers, to wise insights from our adult children, talking with our kids can be an absolute joy….or a total horrorshow. Every parent remembers a day when our three-year-old wouldn’t stop crying, our middle schooler gave us a three-day silent treatment, or we screwed up when talking with a teen about coming home …

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S1 E2 Rich Hill on Gun Myths 44:56

1y ago44:56

44:56

I'm not here to debate gun rights. You have your opinion and I have mine, and I assume you're earned yours as much as I have. But it's not an opinion that there are a lot of myths out there when it comes to defending yourself with a firearm. That's a cold, hard, and sometimes deadly fact. Today, we talk with Rich Hill of Freedom Martial Arts. He's …

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1101 Parkour for Self Defense 36:37

1y ago36:37

36:37

I've been training in martial arts for 40 years, and if you ask me what art a child should take, I'll probably tell you parkour. It teaches all the movement, courage, confidence, and power of martial arts without the moral burden of violence. In today's show, I speak with Molly Courtney, a parkour expert and owner of The Movement Park in Hillsboro,…

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S10E10 Spotting Danger for Travelers 44:52

1y ago44:52

44:52

Travel makes us better, broader, happier people, and it does the same for our kids. But travel can also be dangerous...and even when it's not dangerous, worry about danger can make us go fewer places and have less fun. Gary Quesenberry, a frequent guest on our show and author of multiple safety books, got travel safety training from the US Marshall…

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S10E9: Intelligent Sex Education with Liza Draper 46:17

1+ y ago46:17

46:17

Here's the thing. For today's very special episode of Safest Family on the Block, we talk about talking about sex. All of the data and research say that we get fewer pregnancies, less sexually transmitted infection, lower rates of teen sex, and even lower rates of rape and domestic abuse if we have frank, honest, comprehensive sex education and sex…

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S10E8: Water Safety with Jewel Young 35:12

1+ y ago35:12

35:12

Water safety isn't as exciting as crime prevention, but comes up more often. Drownings are a tragedy that strike more families each year than violence, and are easier to prevent with a little training. Jewel Young hosts the Young Dads podcast, but before that he was a lifeguard and water safety instructor for many years. He talks to us today about …

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S10E5 Surprising Benefits of Martial Arts 47:59

1+ y ago47:59

47:59

Mish Handwerker and I have been studying martial arts for a total of nearly 80 years. During that journey we discovered the most important safety lessons weren't about kicking, punching, stabbing, and such. Today we talk about those lessons, why they're important, and how best we and our children can learn them. GET IN TOUCH Email jason@safestfamil…

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S10E4 Car Seat Safety Myths 34:58

1+ y ago34:58

34:58

Car seats are tricky. We all need one during that first decade of a child's life. We all rode in one at one point or another. We figure we know how to use them...but that's rarely the case. Modern car seats are incredibly well-engineered tools built to protect our children, but like most specialized tools they aren't intuitive to use. Juliana Amado…

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S10E3 Online Information Safety with Cathy Pedrayes 49:25

1+ y ago49:25

49:25

Tik-Tok phenomenon, bestselling author, and "Mom Friend" safety guru Cathy Pedrayes knows a lot about safety. More than I do when it comes to certain corners. Although we could have discussed any topic at all, we focus on information safety while using the internet. It's a tough topic, because a lot of parents feel like we're running behind our kid…

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S10E2: Self-Care for Parents Without Being Selfish 52:11

1+ y ago52:11

52:11

"Parents don't have needs. They have responsibilities, and a list of things they hope happen." I used to think that way. I used to believe it deeply, and make it a key part of my parenting identity. To the point of exhaustion, gaining 25 pounds, and nearly losing my career. AND to the point of being a worse father than I was capable of being. Today…

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S10E1 Prepping for the Rest of Us with Erika Friday 31:56

1+ y ago31:56

31:56

Emergency preparedness is part of safety. Whether or not the Big One is coming, every family is likely to experience a power outage, weather emergency, or other event. The trouble is that much of the prepping community is...let's say overly enthusiastic and a little intimidating. Erika Friday of Ready, Set, Moms has built her practice about turning…

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0909 Make Your Family Safer With Joe Borovicka 1:00:39

1+ y ago1:00:39

1:00:39

Many security-minded parents spend their pre-parenting days picking up physical self-defense skills as a combination of hobby and job...but having a child changes that entire perspective. Joe Borovicka and I share that background, and are doing a lot of the same things with it later in our lives. In this conversation, we nerd out deeply and broadly…

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0908 Online Game Safety with Brent Dusing 16:06

1+ y ago16:06

16:06

We already know the internet can be a dangerous place for our kids. Brent Dusing is on the front lines of that war, creating TruPlay, a safe online game that focuses on curated participation and wholesome experiences for kinds online. Brent took time to talk with us about the risks and dangers of life online for kids, and some of the things we can …

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0907 Toy Safety with Joan Siff of WATCH 33:59

1+ y ago33:59

33:59

There are an average of 198,000 trips to the emergency room and over 20 deaths each year from children's toys. That's more hospital visits than we get from stranger danger and fires combined, and a topic we don't talk about nearly enough. WATCH (World Against Toys Causing Harm) talks about it all year, and their own Joan Siff came aboard to talk wi…

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0906 Dudes and Dads Collaboration 59:46

1+ y ago59:46

59:46

Today's episode is a special collaboration with the gentlemen from the Dudes and Dads Podcast. Andy, Joel, and I get into it about safety matters ranging from guns, to awareness, to how to enjoy time off safely. It's a great talk, and you should listen to it. GET IN TOUCH Email jason@safestfamilyontheblock.org Follow us on Facebook Find us on Insta…

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0905 Bully Prevention 101 32:00

1+ y ago32:00

32:00

Bullying and cyberbullying are two of the most talked about and feared aspects of real life for school-aged children. They lead to poor performance, school absenteeism, anxiety, depression, even suicide. Far from a rite of passage or an important part of growing up, bullying is something we adults should do all we can to help our kids avoid, or at …

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0903: Jason Hoschouer 53:24

1+ y ago53:24

53:24

I don't usually do financial self-defense on my channel. I'm not here to save your money: I'm here to save your kids. Plenty of people are more passionate and informed on that topic than I am. But sometimes -- often -- our finances determine how well we can keep our family safe. Jason Hoschouer is a police officer turned financial coach, so his per…

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0904 Dr. Mary Beth Janke 49:02

1+ y ago49:02

49:02

GET IN TOUCH Email jason@safestfamilyontheblock.org Follow us on Facebook Find us on Instagram Watch the YouTube channel If you love this conversation, I invite you to back us on Patreon. You can get early access and other goodies while helping me make this podcast the best it can be. LINKS AND NOTES Doctor Mary Beth spent her early adulthood as a …

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0901: Susan Borison 47:56

1+ y ago47:56

47:56

Talking with our teens is a serious challenge, made even more difficult by how often they seem to be dead set on pushing our buttons every moment of every day. Susan Borison survived those teen parenting years, and heads up the Your Teen Media brand, where she has learned from the experiences of thousands of other parents managing these turbulent y…

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0902 Parenting is Hard and That's Okay with Kaila Maguire 37:34

2y ago37:34

37:34

Parents know, but rarely admit, how much hardship there is in between the moments of pure joy that come with parenting...but it is hard, and that hardness can create serious safety issues especially for new parents. Kaila Maguire started her podcast to help open the conversation about parental self care. It's like the thing about oxygen masks on th…

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0810 Legal Self Defense with Rankin Johnson 30:06

2y ago30:06

30:06

Legal self-defense is important, and it starts with knowing how to act when you talk with the police. This can be especially hard for teens and young adults, who have more hormones and less experience when dealing with stressful situations. Defense attorney and author Rankin Johnson has surprisingly simple advice about how to prepare our children f…

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0809 Build A Perfect Car First Aid Kit 34:18

2y ago34:18

34:18

Your car needs a first aid kit if you want to be ready to help your children, or bystanders, in the event of an accident. There's no question. The question is, what goes in there? Veteran fire and rescue worker Justin Schorr shares with us the contents of his car first aid kit, along with advice about why he made his choices and what we should thin…

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0808 Sharing the Road Safely With Truckers 37:49

2y ago37:49

37:49

Those big trucks you drive by on the highway are carrying thousands of tons at over 60 MPH. Driving them is not the same as driving a car, or even the biggest SUV you can manage. Driving around them isn't the same either, a fact that causes hundreds of traffic fatalities every year. Jeremy Howden has spent his life protecting people, and these days…

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0807 Risk Assessment for Parents 1:05:08

2y ago1:05:08

1:05:08

Humans are bad at assessing risk that isn't happening to them in that instant. We're great at figuring out if we're in danger _right now_, but when it comes to theoretical problems we have real issues. Filippo Marino spent his early life in high-risk military, security, and anti-crime adventures. He has since settled down and created a resource for…

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0805 Managing Fear for Family Safety 53:30

2y ago53:30

53:30

When we deal with safety issues, fear is a big problem. Whether we're responding to a kid's poor grades or seeing a bad guy approach in a parking garage, unmanaged fear can weaken us, push bad decisions, and make the situation less safe than it would be without it. Fortunately, Tony Blauer has built a career, even a mission, on teaching people who …

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0804 Women's Self Defense 1:02:22

2y ago1:02:22

1:02:22

Self defense is different for women than it is for men. The context is different. The bodies are different. The best advice is different. That's why I trust women more than I do men when it comes to women's self-defense. And that's why we talk with Nia Hartsfield of Hard Candy today. She believes women can be safe _and_ sexy, armed _and_ amorous. S…

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0803 Taking Responsibility for Our Safety 45:01

2y ago45:01

45:01

Your safety is first and foremost your responsibility. This is doubly true for the safety of your children. Jim O'Brien is the founder of The Self Initiative Project, which helps teach parents who lack tactical experience how to be defenders of their loved ones. Today we talk about how and why to plan for emergencies, and how to teach those plans t…

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0802 Raising Strong, Safe Children 46:59

2y ago46:59

46:59

Steven Barnes is a martial artist and best-selling writer who has spent his life studying how to be strong, self-sufficient, and successful. Today we talk about how to raise children with the same traits. As a bonus, Mr. Barnes has been a personal hero of mine since the early 1990s. I'm thrilled to have him on the show. GET IN TOUCH Email jason@saf…

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0801 Technologies of Safety 34:26

2y ago34:26

34:26

Adam David Jones came to the safety sphere after his attackers in a brutal assault were cleared of charges. Instead of giving up, he created the app ZeerSafe, which helps people all over the world live safer, freer lives. Today he talks with us about ZeerSafe, along with other topics of safety, technology, and how to protect our kids in this rapidl…

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0709 Teaching Situational Awareness to Teens 51:42

2y ago51:42

51:42

Teen years are among the most dangerous. We can prepare our teens to face them with awareness and a realistic mindset. Gary Quesenberry literally wrote the book on teaching teens situational awareness. He shares some of his knowledge with us today. GET IN TOUCH Email jason@safestfamilyontheblock.org Follow us on Facebook Find us on Instagram Watch …

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0710 Teaching Safety Using Games 54:06

2y ago54:06

54:06

We can use games to teach our kids important skills for safety and general life, and to model success strategies we want them to see. Mike Brodeur has spent his life in the board game and tabletop game industry, and took the time to talk about some of his life experiences and the things he's seen about the value of games for children. WARNING: this…

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0707 Travel Safely With Young Children 39:17

2y ago39:17

39:17

Traveling with young children is daunting, but to enriching to miss! We worry that other places are dangerous, and about how children make everything more chaotic, exhausting, and troublesome. But going abroad with little ones can make even passport control fun. Marquita Wright, the Traveling Twin Mama, shares her experiences, tips, and tricks abou…

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0708 Bodyguard Safety Hacks 55:58

2y ago55:58

55:58

Staying safe in an increasingly intimidating world requires skills once reserved for specialists. The good news is, we can learn most of those skills by paying attention to professionals willing to share them. Nick Hughes is one of those professionals, and he shares with us today the most important things you can learn and remember about keeping yo…

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0705 Communication in Conflict 50:11

2y ago50:11

50:11

How do you stay calm enough to calm others in tense situations? The bad news is this can be very hard, especially for parents. Nobody knows how to push our buttons quite like our kids. The good news is this is a skill we can learn and become excellent at. Brandon Dutton is a martial artist and security specialist who applies these skills daily with…

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0706 Lessons Learned In Self Defense 1:00:21

2y ago1:00:21

1:00:21

What do violence professionals know that amateurs and martial artists don't? Way too much. Training at the average dojo is at such a remove from what happens in real physical conflict, and many martial arts teachers don't fully realize that. Joe Saunders is a violence professional and martial arts maven, who has built a career around educating peop…

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0703 Collaborating With Our Kids 37:05

2y ago37:05

37:05

Compliance is the lowest form of getting what we need from our kids. Instead we need to learn skills to get cooperation and collaboration. Do you have a "jedi mind trick" that works with your kids? Share about it in the comments! GET IN TOUCH Email jason@safestfamilyontheblock.org Follow us on Facebook Find us on Instagram Watch the YouTube channel…

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0704 Staying Safe as We Get Older 48:23

2y ago48:23

48:23

Aging affects all parent protectors, in two different ways. First, we become increasingly responsible for our parents' safety, which is an adjustment many of us find tricky to manage. Second, as we get older, we find our capacity for physical protection gets lower. This is also hard to admit, and even harder to handle. Dave McNeill, a martial artis…

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0702 Emotional Strength in Parenting 54:04

2y ago54:04

54:04

Strengthening our mind, body, and spirit is a challenge, but one we should accept as parents! That takes skill and commitment. Sifu Singh tells us how. Do you have a story about a time parenting tested your internal or external strength? Tell us about it in the comments. GET IN TOUCH Email jason@safestfamilyontheblock.org Follow us on Facebook Find…

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0610 Chemicals in Our Childrens' Belongings 1:02:21

2y ago1:02:21

1:02:21

In this third interview with consumer journalist Rita R. Robison, we talk about the chemicals manufacturers put in food, cleaning supplies, furniture, clothing, cosmetics, and more. It's a subtle but important aspect of keeping our families safe and healthy. *SAFEST FAMILY ON THE BLOCK* is what happens when a journalist, black belt, and father spen…

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0701 Online Safety for Families and Kids 50:40

2y ago50:40

50:40

Bodyguard to the stars Will Geddes tells us the ins and outs of online and mobile device safety for our kids. What worries you most when you think about online safety for your family? Leave a comment and tell us all about it! GET IN TOUCH Email jason@safestfamilyontheblock.org Follow us on Facebook Find us on Instagram Watch the YouTube channel If …

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0608 Evidence Based Child Behavior 50:46

2+ y ago50:46

50:46

Carmen Irving is one of the driving forces at PAXIS, a group bringing evidence-based positive behavior programs to schools worldwide. Carmen took the time to share with us some of the science behind what they do, and how we can apply it to making our kids more successful and our homes more peaceful. GET IN TOUCH Email jason@safestfamilyontheblock.o…

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