Did you know that Spotify podcasts are finally available in Ukraine? I downloaded a bunch of episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience out of joy. I hadn’t listened to the show for two years because of the mega-deal that Joe got $200M in exchange for a Spotify exclusive. Now I’m enjoying an episode with Gavin De Becker, a security specialist for governments, large corporations, and celebrities. Also, Gavin is the author of my favorite book, The Gift of Fear, which I’ve been quoting in my articles for years.
During the interview, Gavin and Joe argued heatedly about the usefulness of self-defense courses for ordinary people. Joe was concerned about the short courses, after which people have the illusion of security. But then, as often happens in arguments, it turned out that they were, first, talking about different aspects, and second, Gavin explained important nuances. For example, there are two types of predators that attack women, the persuasion predator and the power predator. There are disproportionately more cases of the former (98%). That’s why it’s so important to teach women, teenagers, children and everyone else to pay attention and trust their intuition signals as early as possible. Courses like Model Mugging that Gavin talked about introduce real-world scenarios and actions that are important to take at different stages of a dangerous encounter to save yourself.
And then Gavin said: “You just did something, Joe, that is something interesting example of “joeroganism”, which is you went from your opinion, which is very well informed because you have a lot of experience and then you heard some new information and then you said: “You know, maybe I don’t know enough about of those classes.” Very few people do what you just did. And I see you do that all the time. And this is a kind of hallmark of this show.” Gavin is right. It is for the thrust of truth that I have always appreciated the Joe Rogan Experience more than any other show.
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
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