Former SWAT commander Josh Schirard reveals shocking statistics about rideshare assaults and explains why most people are completely unprepared for violence. After 20+ years in law enforcement, he breaks down threat assessment tactics cops use, the "run hide fight" protocol for active shooters, and why locked doors save lives.

Josh shares his journey from patrol officer to SWAT commander and operations bureau leader, teaching active shooter response to both law enforcement and civilians. He explains why he left policing to become a pilot, only to return with a mission to help everyday people protect themselves with less-lethal defense tools.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The "spidey senses" techniques cops develop working bar security that civilians can use

• How to read faces, hands, and behavior to spot threats before violence erupts

• Why most violent encounters happen within 3-7 feet with almost no warning

• The truth about active shooter response and what actually stops attackers

• Why 1 in 8 women using rideshares face sexual assault and what to do about it

• The less-lethal alternative to firearms that Josh now trains schools and law enforcement to use

• Why being prepared isn't about being paranoid—it's about living freely without fear

Whether you're a parent worried about your kids' safety, someone who uses rideshares, or just want to develop better situational awareness, this conversation could save your life.

Timestamps:

00:02:44 - "Cops Don't Make Money" - Why Young Cops Work Bar Security & How It Builds Threat Detection

00:05:36 - "Read the Room or Get Hurt" - The Face Switch That Tells You Violence Is Coming

00:08:15 - "3-7 Feet, 3-7 Seconds" - The Brutal Reality of How Fast Violence Happens

00:15:22 - "Hands Will Kill You" - Why SWAT Commanders Watch Hands, Not Faces

00:28:45 - "Your Untrained Response Will Fail" - What Civilians Get Wrong About Self-Defense

00:42:41 - "Run Hide Fight in That Order" - The Active Shooter Protocol That Saves Lives

00:45:18 - "1 in 8 Women Face Assault in Rideshares" - The Statistic Nobody Talks About

00:47:22 - "Prepared, Not Paranoid" - Why Mental Rehearsal Makes You Unstoppable

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#SelfDefense #SWAT #ActiveShooter #PersonalSafety #LawEnforcement #ThreatAssessment #RideSafety #SituationalAwareness

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In this episode, Artin Bogdanov walks through his path from building forecasting platforms at Walmart Labs to founding Sun App, a learning product that generates long form, interactive audio “courses” on demand. He shares practical lessons from an early ecommerce business (including keyword strategy, conversion improvements, and relationship driven sales), what happened when Google policy changes cut off his growth channel, what he learned inside Magento and Adobe about growth teams and scaling, and how an attempted acquisition (and later geopolitics) shaped his startup decisions.

The conversation ends with a live style walkthrough of Sun App’s core idea: turn any topic, mentor, or body of knowledge into a structured audio lesson you can interrupt with questions, with sources shown for credibility, plus details on their funding and launch plans.

Key takeaways:

1. Platform dependency can destroy a business overnight Artin explains how a single Google policy change wiped out a highly profitable ecommerce operation almost instantly. The lesson: building on platforms you do not control is one of the biggest existential risks founders underestimate.

2. Real growth happens when product, marketing, and sales are unified From Walmart to Magento and Adobe, he emphasizes that true growth teams are cross-functional. When messaging, experimentation, and product development are aligned, conversion and retention compound much faster.

3. The future of learning is interactive, on-demand, and personalized Sun App was born from the realization that people do not want static courses or endless Q&A. They want guided learning they can pause, interrogate, and adapt in real time, with sources to build trust and reduce hallucination.

Timestamps:

00:00 – 04:00 Intro and Walmart Labs work Forecasting systems, inventory prediction, and how data drives massive operational decisions

07:30 – 15:45 Early ecommerce journey Paid search strategy, keyword scaling, conversion optimization, and sales relationships

16:00 – 20:30 Platform risk reality Google policy changes, ad shutdowns, SEO collapse, and legal lessons

20:30 – 31:30 Magento and Adobe years Growth teams, experimentation culture, cloud adoption, and scaling frameworks

49:00 – 55:00 Sun App origin story From conversational AI experiments to structured, interruptible audio learning

55:00 – 01:09:00 Leaving Big Tech and building Sun App Quitting Walmart, raising venture funding, product vision, launch plans, and waitlist

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Blind. Broke. Rejected. Then he built a billion-dollar empire.

Sean Callagy was going blind by his 30s, working as a struggling attorney, terrified of rejection, and desperate to avoid the fate of most people in his family: addiction, failure, and regret.

Today, he's built companies approaching a $1 billion valuation, coached thousands, and stood on stage beside Tony Robbins.

In this episode, Sean shares the radical truth about transformation, rejection, identity, and influence.

He breaks down how to rewire your life through repetition, pain, and purpose and how a $100K investment in a $100 bill changed his life forever.

You’ll learn how to influence with integrity, why most people fail to scale, and how the stories you were raised with are silently sabotaging your future.

This conversation will break your excuses. It might even change your life.

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Website: https://www.link.me/seancallagy

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome Sean!

02:10 Visualization and the first mindset shift

04:55 Influence as a superpower

08:40 Going blind and choosing a different identity

11:25 Law school, fear, and the breakthrough into business

14:00 Why most coaching fails

17:10 The truth about rejection and internal war

20:12 Changing your life after 25

23:01 Pain as leverage for transformation

25:50 Tony Robbins, $100K, and getting on stage

29:22 Building billion-dollar businesses with integrity

32:10 Lessons from Tyson, Charlie Sheen, and Gary Vee

35:55 Mike Tyson, actualization, and mentorship

39:40 Influence is about truly seeing people

42:20 Why people stay small in business

45:05 Hiring, firing, and leadership without ego

47:02 What to do with $20,000

49:00 Raising kids differently in a broken system

51:00 Final advice from Sean Callagy

#truthhurtsshow #seancallagy #influence #blindentrepreneur #overcomingodds #billiondollarbusiness #tonyrobbins #motivation #scaleyourbusiness #mindsetshift #emotionalintelligence #coachingtruth

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