The Liberal Gun Owners Lens Podcast

In part 3 of this series, Miyanovich and Sodini discuss: non-gun owning people reacting to LGO, guns not being the center of the universe, Avidity Arms update, spikes in the gun industry, Kraft Singles, corporate social responsibility, being a one SKU company, Pincus moving to North Carolina. 

In part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Sodini discuss: when non-gun people benefit from armed people, the reality of the AR-15 and semi-autos, giving the NRA credit for power they no longer have, the power of Mike's naked body, the importance of Chris Cheng, and the real world being truly defined by moderacy.

In part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Sodini discuss: the latest with Walk The Talk America, the gun right / public safety status quo, the Aspen Ideas Festival, finding friendly pockets in the non-gun-owning world, noticing cultural shifts around the issues, Avidity Arms displaying evolution, and the two choices for the future of guns. 

In the final part of this series, Miyanovich and Rossi discuss: the inclusion of mitigating the negatives into gun-owner mentality, how government employees are not set-up to succeed in their efforts, what would it really take to progress the gun paradigm permanently, finding good people, OSD's offer to help everyone with gun-related social media issues, and Chuck's select-fire desires. 

In part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Rossi discuss: the reality of guns in the Silicon Valley tech bubble, progress at the perimeter of guns being stymied by "black holes", guns being an unprecedented opportunity to change the world, and the difference between male gun owners who have to compromise and male gun owners who just mail it in.

In part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Rossi talk about: the gensis of Open Source Defense (and their values), "coming out of the gun closet", the legacy of gun culture negatives, the emerging new paradigm, the realities of the internet, and solving problems by participating with people of all beliefs.

In the last part of this series, Miyanovich and Marean discuss: the human drive to advance projectile technology, the possibilities of a genetic basis for the Human-Weapon Relationship, Curtis' experience with a South African hallucinogenic plant, and Thomas Edison's free-association balls. :)

In part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Marean discuss: how critical theoretical work takes years, the reality of increased conflict for coastal/riverine hunter-gatherers, the realities of weaponry stimulating progress, tribalism and pastoral conflict, and the effects of sea-levels declining from 190 - 135,000 years ago on South African Homo sapiens. 

In part 1 of this 3 part series, Miyanovich and Marean discuss: getting back into fieldwork after the Covid-19 pandemic, the reality of humans and caves, Miyanovich's experience with caves in Pittsburgh, the geographic reality of the ancient South African coast, ancient advancements in cognition and language and how this affected the weapons reality.

In the final part of this series, Miyanovich and Van Dreal talk about: how the new book can be applied to addressing many issues with kids in school, the current state of JVD Consulting, the importance of John's colleagues, and the effect that Colmbine has had on the national fabric - with a nod to Mark Follman's work.

In part 2 of this series Miyanovich and Van Dreal discuss: the difficulty of collecting data related to "stopping a school shooting", when school systems are reluctant to making their schools safer, the reality of the school to prison pipeline, school systems being too soft on student behavior, and potential bias within behavioral threat assessment systems.

In part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Van Dreal discuss the new book: Youth Violence Prevention - The Pathway Back Through Inclusion And Connection. The book attends to the latest innovations in Behavioral Threat Assessment in the school environment. In the early iterations of these models, models presented to stop school shootings, too many kids were getting punished due to shit-talking. As su...

In the final part of this series, Miyanovich, Sorum, and Ashe talk about what the near political landscape may mean for liberal gun ownership and discuss LGO focusing on a truly constructive future.

In Part 2 of this series Miyanovich, Sorum, and Ashe talk about LGOFB 2.0 which beings with the big surge in liberal interest in guns, the influx of destructive "special leftists", the establishment of LGO POLSTAT, imagining the possibility of LGO501c4 inside of a shitty beginning, potential for historic impacts, and the era of one-way street "community" ending.

Come join Miyanovich, Adam Sorum, and Jimmy Ashe in this multiple part series on the founding of the LGO Facebook Group. Part 1 is a no-holds-barred talk about how awful the founding period was with both shitty conservative trolls and, more importantly, immature and backstabbing people from our own "community." The boys discuss how idealism about having an open concept was met with the worst of wh...

In this interview: Miyanovich and Nielsen discuss his history with guns in Denmark, joining the army, 9/11 impacts, SPECOPS Sketchy Units, soldiers getting therapy, being strong and being soft-hearted, weapons instruction in the Danish Army, transitioning into civilian life, and some of Nielsen's favorite guns.

In the final episode of this series Miyanovich and Dr. Joy discuss  the human condition, violence in communities of color, how to show people their worth and give them meaning as a solution to problems, and how laws have limited effect on behavior.

In part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Dr. Joy discuss Joy's beginnings as a gun owner and instructor, the growth in gun ownership and training in the black community, the tectonic plate shift in gun culture, female participation in guns correlating to financial empowerment, differences with female-centered training, and Joy's company InHERPiece Ladies Shooting Club...all ladies, by ladies, for...

In part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Dr. Joy get deep right off of the bat and talk about: how armed self-defense brings deep empowerment to women of color, how human evolution and culture both connect on female challenges, how there are cultural realities behind domestic violence and coercion in relationships, how co-dependence training / therapy may be superior to all other forms of training...

In Part 5 of this series, Miyanovich and Correia discuss a broad range of related topics that include: John's outreach to the LGBTQ community, supporting The Trevor Project, the limits of certain Christian interpretations, good and bad guardrails, fundamentalist mindsets and their associated negatives, the Apostle Paul and sex in Roman culture, Roman pederasty as a social tool, the next big benchm...

In Part 4 of this series, Miyanovich and the Rabbi discuss: how fundamentalists' love is bullshit, how fundies are the #1 global threat to the lives of gay people, the legitimacy of gay self-defense, Hillel's gay child and their experience, and how religious people still have a lot of work to do. 

In Part 3 of this series, Miyanovich and the Rabbi go in-depth into the Jewish religious reality and its history of being mostly reasonable about gayness. Topics discussed are: the long-term reality of changing religious mindsets, religion rarely leading needed social change, tradition and hesitancy, the normality of homosexuality in Yeshiva schools and all other places where men are grouped with...

In Part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Pastor Jeremy discuss: how fully gay-affirming Chrisitianity is going to be a matter of decades or a century, how Chrisitianty is about loving people as they are, the religious roots of anti-gay sentiment, Jeremy's deconstruction from Evangelical lies about gays, and seeking change through relationships.

In part 1 of this multi-part series, Miyanovich lays out the framing and joins Reverend Tony Jones for a discussion on: there is no such thing as a progressive religious reality, how religion is dying in the West, how religion in America loses every cultural fight it tries to win, why churches draw the line at "The Gays", Roman pederasty and the Apostle Paul, how only 6 verses out of 35,000 in the...

In Part 2 of this 2 part series, Miyaovich and the Rabbi talk about: "thoughts and prayers" and how using prayer to get things is basically childish bullshit...how prayer has shown throughout history that it has no real ability to stop bad things, how too many liberals persist in the behavior of wanting an improved world that other people will deliver, how people need to maintain a balance between...