Warrior Traditions Podcasts

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians podcast, interviews Mr. Jaime Buckley, creator of WANTED:HERO comics.

Jaime Buckley: President of WANTED:HERO STUDIOS, Creator, Artist, Writer, World of Warcraft Hunter (level 80 baby!), Chicken Rancher, Podcaster, Promoter, Father of 10 & Chore Hitler.

Jaime has been an “professional” artist for over 25 years, which started in shopping malls in California, where he would do caricatures of young couples and then sell them for $4 each. That is, until he finally got caught.

Born in Oakland, California, Jaime’s life was filled with violence, anger and mishap. Fortunately, he was loved by his parents and siblings and had a good, calm home to escape from the pains of the world. The drawing started vigorously at age 2…and never stopped. At age 15, he created a comic strip character ‘Chester’, which became two self-published works, selling more than 25,000 copies each (Chester: The End of Life as We Know It & Chester: Just Hand Me The Remote). Many copies were donated to libraries…but they kept getting stolen.

Jaime is also Co-Founder of The Jubilee Project, a special company dedicated to helping families get out of debt in record time, specifically the accelerated payoff of their mortgages. Jubilee has also moved services into Canada, to help families there. Jaime’s focus has always been on other people, the encouragement of the human spirit, and creating a better tomorrow, full of dreams, hope and love.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. David Livingstone Smith, author of The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War published by St. Martin's Griffin.

Dr. Smith earned his M.A. from Antioch University and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of London Kings College where he worked on topics in the philosophy of mind and psychology.  Smith's earlier books include Freud's Philosophy of the Unconscious,  Psychoanalysis in Focus, and Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind.

He is co-founder of the University of New England's New England Institute for Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Studies and is an assistant professor in UNE's . He lives in Portland, Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Adam Lankford, author of Human Killing Machines: Systematic Indoctrination in Iran, Nazi Germany, Al Qaeda, and Abu Ghraib published by Lexington Books.

Adam Lankford is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at The University of Alabama. He has also taught at Marymount University and The Corcoran College in Washington, D.C.

From 2003 to 2008, he helped coordinate Senior Executive Anti-Terrorism Forums for high-ranking foreign military and security personnel in conjunction with the U.S. State Department’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance program.  During this period, ATA hosted delegations from India, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Colombia, Georgia, Armenia, Tunisia and Morocco.

Dr. Lankford received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Justice, Law and Society from American University and his B.A. in English from Haverford College.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Kathleen Taylor, author of Cruelty: Human Evil and the Human Brain published by Oxford University Press.

Kathleen Taylor is a researcher at the University of Oxford, and the author of Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control. She has a B.A. and a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford and a research M.Sc. from the University of Stirling. Visit her website. Visit theWarrior Traditions Blog.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions, interviews Mr. John Giduck and Mr. John A. Anderson, co-authors of The Green Beret in You: Living with Total Commitment to Family, Career, Sports and Life published by Archangel Corporation.

John Giduck has a Bachelor’s Degree from Penn and a law degree from the University Denver. He also earned a Master’s Degree in International Affairs, specializing in Russian studies,from the University of Colorado, which included completion of the Russian Culture and Language Program at St. Petersburg State University in "on Russia.

He has traveled extensively throughout Russia and the former Soviet Union, in a civilian capacity, training with Russia’s elite Special Forces units for more than 10 years. He is certified through the VITYAZ Special Forces Anti-Terror School to conduct anti-terror training and operations, and is a certified instructor in Russian special forces hand to hand combat.

He currently devotes his professional time to the Archangel Group, an agency providing anti-terrorism consulting and training to U.S law enforcement, government and military, part of which includes John serving as a civilian contract U.S. Army Special Forces hand-to-hand combat and firearms instructor. Visit his website.

John Anderson spent 25 years in the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets), retiring at the rank of Sergeant Major. He served three tours in Vietnam, working with such elite units as CCN (Command and Control North) and the Mike Force (Mobile Strike Force) as part of MACV/SOG. Upon leaving the military he spent ten years with the U.S. Department of Energy as a lieutenant, training and supervising the nuclear weapons security teams at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Arsenal, and then serving as the tactical commander of the high security area, responsible for the security of all fissile material.

After 9-11 he, along with Green Beret and Medal of Honor recipient Drew Dix, founded the Archangel Anti-Terror Group, originally established as a non-profit agency that provides counter-terrorism training, consulting and related services to U.S. law enforcement, military and government agencies. He continues to serve Archangel as chairman of the board of directors, and as a tactical diving, close quarter combat firearms, counter-terrorism tactics and hand-to-hand combat instructor. He continues to this day to provide tactical training to the U.S. Army Special Forces. Visit his website www.archangelgroup.org

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions podcast, interviews Mr. Lawrence Kane, author of Surviving Armed Assaults: A Martial Artists Guide to Weapons, Street Violence, and Countervailing Force  published by YMAA Publication Center.

Lawrence Kane is the author of Surviving Armed Assaults and Martial Arts Instruction, as well as co-author (with Kris Wilder) of The Way of Kata, The Way to Black Belt, and The Little Black Book of Violence. He has also published numerous articles about teaching, martial arts, self-defense, and related topics, contributed to other author's books, and acts as a forum moderator at www.iainabernethy.com, a British Combat Association-affiliated website devoted to traditional martial arts and self-protection.

Since 1970, he has participated in a broad range of martial arts, from traditional Asian sports such as judo, arnis, kobudo, and karate to recreating medieval European combat with real armor and rattan (wood) weapons. He has taught medieval weapons forms since 1994 and Goju Ryu karate since 2002. He has also completed seminars in modern gun safety, marksmanship, handgun retention and knife combat techniques, and he has participated in slow-fire pistol and pin shooting competitions.

Since 1985, Lawrence has supervised employees who provide security and oversee fan safety during college and professional football games at a Pac-10 stadium. This part-time job has given him a unique opportunity to appreciate violence in a myriad of forms. Along with his crew, he has witnessed, interceded in, and stopped or prevented hundreds of fights, experiencing all manner of aggressive behaviors as well as the escalation process that invariably precedes them. He has also worked closely with the campus police and state patrol officers who are assigned to the stadium and has had ample opportunities to examine their crowd control tactics and procedures.

To pay the bills he does IT sourcing strategy and benchmarking work for an aerospace company in Seattle where he gets to play with billions of dollars of other people's money and make really important decisions.  Visit his website and  blog.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions podcast, interviews Mr. Alex Gillis, author of A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do published by Ecw press.

Alex Gillis is a Canadian university instructor, investigative journalist and author of A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do. He has trained in the art for 25 years in both ITF and WTF styles (as well as in Karate and Tai Chi). He first heard the incredible stories of Tae Kwon Do from one of his instructors more than a decade ago. Alex Gillis's teachers were some of the pioneers of the martial art, and he has had rare access to these men and their families and students.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. John Donohue, author of Tengu: The Mountain Goblin--A Conner Burke Martial Arts Thriller published by YMAA Publication Center.

Dr. John Donohue, is vice president academic affairs, professor of social science, at Albertus Magnus College New Haven Conn. He is author of critically acclaimed thriller Sensei and sequel Deshi.

He's a nationally prominent writer on martial arts topics, an associate editor for the Journal of Asian Martial Arts and a member of the advisory board for the National Association of Professional Martial Artists. He holds black belt ranks in both karate and kendo. John Donohue resides near New Haven, Conn. Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions interviews "Doc" George J. Thompson, co-author of The Verbal Judo Way of Leadership: Empowering the Thin Blue Line from the Inside Up written by George J. Thompson and  Gregory A. Walker published by Looseleaf Law Publications.

Dr. George J. Thompson is the President & Founder of the Verbal Judo Institute, a tactical training and management firm now based in Auburn, NY. Doc Thompson, aka "Doc Rhino," has an eclectic background, having taught English on the High School level (4 yrs), English Literature on the university level (10 yrs), and served as a full and part-time police officer. Also a martial artist, he holds Black Belts in Judo & Taekwondo. Doc has created the only Tactical Communication course in the world.

Dr. Thompson has written four books on Verbal Judo, each analyzing ways to defuse conflict and redirect behavior into more positive channels. The Institute offers Basic & Advanced courses in the Tactics of Verbal Judo. Doc received his B.A. from Colgate University (1963), his Masters & Doctorate in English from the University of Connecticut (1972), and he completed post-doctoral work at Princeton University in Rhetoric & Persuasion (1979). Widely published in magazines & periodicals, his training has been highlighted on such national shows as NBC, ABC, & CBS News, CNN, 48 Hours, Inside Edition, LETN, In the Line of Duty, and Fox news, as well as in the LA Times, NY Post, Sacramento Bee, and other publications.

Aside from his well known Police & Correction courses, Doc "Rhino" has designed special courses for educators, medical personnel, government & business employees, and the airlines. The Verbal Judo Institute has branch offices in Australia and Canada, and a national Team of instructors who teach from coast to coast. Doc has taught over 175,000 police officers, and his course is required in numerous states across the country.

On a personal note, Doc and Pam are the proud parents of three-year old, Tommy Rhyno Thompson, and Doc, a survivor of throat cancer, has returned to active teaching. He also currently offers VJ training on the internet, at www.vjou.com., and has two more books forthcoming, Verbal Judo Leadership: The Hard Right (with Gregory Walker), and Hammett's Moral Vision, the book publication of his doctoral thesis.  Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions podcast, interviews Detective-Commander Joseph Petrocelli co-author of No One Trips Over A Mountain  by Detective-Commander Joseph Petrocelli and  Prof Matthew Petrocelli, PhD published by Looseleaf Law Publications, Inc.

Detective-Commander Joseph Petrocelli has spent over two decades in New Jersey law enforcement. During his career he has been assigned to the patrol division, the motorcycle patrol division, a Street Crime Task force and an Anti-Crime unit. He has received numerous commendations for pro-active narcotics enforcement and bravery. Detective Petrocelli has served as his department’s Training Coordinator and the Commander of a Resource Protection Unit.

Detective Petrocelli has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Rutgers University as well as a Master’s Degree in Education Administration from Seton Hall University and a Master’s Degree from Rutgers’s University in Criminal Justice. He has taught classes at the college level for 9 years and currently travels the country teaching commercial vehicle interdiction for the 4:20 Group.  Detective Petrocelli is the author of two books- Anatomy of a Motor Vehicle Stop and No One trips over a Mountain, both published by LooseLeaf Law Publishers.Detective Petrocelli can be reached  at joepetro420@yahoo.com  Visit his website.