Uncensored Tactical Podcast

We more than doubled the goal that we initially set out to accomplish "Record and publish 100 episodes, rain or shine." With the passing of time, we now have a chance to take the best of what we do and to transfer it to its own brand new podcast, starting fresh, and delivering that content in a clean and organized and focused fashion.  Please join us on our new venture once our new podcast launches. You'll be able to find it at UncensoredTactical.com under whatever new name we decide upon in the future.  Thank you, sincerely, for all of your support across the years; and we hope to see you all in our new show.

Solo show today where Pat goes deep on the patterns of how different distances from your target often result in different types of information provided that can help you plan your Tactical Lock Picking entries.  The Uncensored Tactical podcast is the home of all things entry-studies related.  If you want to get involved, visit our homepage where you can buy entry tools, sign up for our courses, purchase our books, and more. UncensoredTactical.com If you want full access to our after shows, visit Patreon.com/UTAC and support us at anything above the $2 level.  If you want to join our monthly online training group, subscribe to the $35 a month UTAC COLLEGE level at our patreon.  Please subscribe, consider writing a review, and sharing this content with others that you think may benefit from this info!

Dave and Pat discuss the latest CloakedEntryCo and UTAC collaboration course that just took place. The biggest takeaway so far is how awesome it is to leverage our new training facility for a full scale student experience that's hard to find anywhere else! The best way to support us is to check out our gear store at UTAC.io, and to get our books, or some of our tools we sell, or to sign up for our upcoming courses!  To get access to all of our after shows, head over to Patreon.com/UTAC and support us at anything above the $2 level. 

Editor's note: We forgot to edit out the single f-bomb mid episode. Sorry. Also keep in mind... the title of our show (and our whole company, is "Uncensored...") We just got back in town from teaching another course for the people over at EnergeticEntry.com known as "T.E.E.S." It was great to see not only a full house, but an overbooked course. Tactical Lock Picking is a skill that the tactical community badly needs, and it's nice to see that it's starting to catch on within the community. And here at UTAC, we are very proud to be "A Teaching Company" first and foremost, with a laser focus on making people operationally-ready to utilize these high-value skills during emergencies or on operations - which is WAY different than popping open locks on social media.  To support our show, please visit Patreon.com/UTAC . And if you'd like access to our all of our after shows (where we go off script and loosen up) please support us at anything above the $2 level. the $35 level is an access level that gains you entry into our small knit community of covert entry practitioners that meets at least twice monthly for live video training sessions. 

Maybe not our most viral topic, but one that is immensely important for the tactical training community - sharing our successes and failures for each course that we wrap up! This gives perspective attendees the chance to get a feel for what we have to offer, instead of simply signing up to a course with no clue what to expect. One of the nice things about the modern internet world is that you can take a much deeper look at the potential training courses that you'd like to attend before signing up. Come hang out with us and train with us here at our Central Georgia location soon!!!  To get access to this after show and all of our previous after shows, support us over at Patreon.com/utac at anything above the $2 level. At the $35 a month level you get access to our private discord training group where we meet twice a month for practical and tactical live video training sessions!

Today, Pat talk solo about a new product from Southern Specialties (LockPickTools.com) called "The Lock Blocker." While the UTAC curriculum is maindly designed around the concepts of Gaining Access, Keeping Access, and Sharing Access, the Lock Blocker represents an important but not often discussed concept called Denying Access.  In today's after show, Dave tries to give Pat nightmares, and it gets off track. Remember* UTAC's After Shows are not where we hide our super-secret tactical info behind a paywall, it's where we hide our worst content behind a paywall; just us being us with no script and often about things of no tactical value! If you want access to this after show, and all of our previous after shows, visit us at Patreon.com/UTAC and support us at anything above the $2 level.  To sign up for any of our upcoming in-person courses for 2024, be sure to visit UncensoredTactical.com/courses

Today, Dave and Pat talk about the last several courses that UTAC taught, including Tactical Lock Picking, Advanced Covert Entry Operations, Key Generation, and UTAC's first course at the new Training Compound in the middle of rural central Georgia! To get access to all of our after shows, you can visit us at Patreon.com/UTAC and support us at anything above the $2 level. At the $35 a month level, you can join our private Discord training group where we meet twice a month for live video training in lock picking and other non-destructive entry methods, as well as some other tactical and practical training topics. 

Today a long time student, and good friend, @BlindFury, joins us to discuss his journey of learning lock picking as someone who is visually impaired. BlindFury, Matt, has been a student of UTAC for around 4 years or so now, and has written articles for Covert Entry Magazine Issues 1 & 2 both.  I have a feeling he'll be coming back onto the show in the future as I've always enjoyed his perspectives and how well spoken he is.  If you have any feedback for the show, please feel free to email: Pat@utac.io.  If you want access to our after show, you can get immediate access to all of our after show content by going to Patreon.com/UTAC and supporting us at anything above the $2 level.  At the $35 level you can get access to our private training discord where we meet at least twice a month for live video training sessions which are usually about non-destructive entry but are sometimes other types of tactical or practical skill set learning sessions. Enjoy the show and please like and subscribe and share this content with your friends!

Today, Pat and Dave hand out a beginner's gear list, as well as some starter techniques to look up, but more importantly they discuss how to approach learning and how to approach dedicating time money and energy into this unique and valuable skill set! To get access to our after show, please visit us at Patreon.com/UTAC and support us at anything above the $2 level. Our $35 level, which is our private UTAC Training Discord where we meet twice a month for live video training, only has a few seats open and they always fill quick.  Thank you SO MUCH for your support, and we're happy to continue bringing you the best information that we can!

Today Pat and Dave give an overview of Uncensored Tactical's two newest published works on the lock picking craft: Volume 1 - Foundations, and Volume 2 - Field Key Generaiton. They also talk about some behind the scenes process info as well as some higher level book design info that went into the book creation framing.  You can get a digital copy of Tactical Lock Picking 1 & 2 on Apple's iBooks store, on Amazon's Kindle, and the hardcover at UncensoredTactical.com's web store by clicking "store" on our homepage.  To get access to our online training community that meets twice a month for live video training sessions, visit Patreon.com/UTAC and join us at the $35 a month level while seats are still available! To get access to our after shows, anything above the $2 level gets you early episode access and after show access.  Thank you so much for your support!

Today Dave and Pat talk about real life decision making when it comes to where to spend your time, where to spend your money, and how to decide which things to not spend time and money on.  If you find value in this free content that we share with you, please consider supporting us and keeping this project alive at Patreon.com/UTAC . Anything above the $2 level gets you access to all of our bonus after shows! Thank you!

Dave and Pat are here to talk about the release of a very cool new product exclusively available at UncensoredTactical.com . Our Kwikset Smartkey tryout set. This is NOT the same as the currently available set on the market. We have different foundational math, different key cuts, and we have less keys required in our kit that can open up more Smartkey bitting profiles than the current set on the market.  To support our ongoing effort to bring the lock picking and covert entry community forward, please support us at even the $2 level at Patreon.com/UTAC . Anything above the $2 level gets you access to all of our after show content!  Thank you for trusting UTAC with your training time and your training budget. 

***Warning: Adult language. We usually don't use adult language anymore in most of our content, but we sure did today.*** Pat and Dave talk about what's been going on behind the scenes for UTAC, and what you can expect to see in the near future! Get ready for our next two book launches as well as new covert entry tools and more! For access to our after shows, you can support us at anything above the $2 level at Patreon.com/UTAC Thanks so much for trusting UTAC with your training time and your training budget!

Thanks for checking us out! Today Dave and Pat discuss the newest cutting edge curriculum design that UTAC will be providing to our students in 2023. We put a lot of pride and passion into how we do what we do and we're thankful to have you around to enjoy our work.  To get access to our after shows, where we go OFF topic from the strictly skill related content, head over to Patreon.com/UTAC and support us at anything above the $2 for after show access and for early access to new episodes.  -Pat UncensoredTactical.com

Today our good friend Richard Prideaux joins us to talk about how social media is NOT your training provider, and how to properly use social media to vet and research trainers that you may find on social platforms.  Visit Richard and Amy at https://originaloutdoormedia.co.uk/  And get access to our UTAC After Show by visiting Patreon.com/UTAC and supporting us at anything above the $2 level. Thank you.

Today Pat and Dave list out every lock picking tool that they routinely carry in their 3-Lines of Gear for field deployment. This is a LIST episode and we didn't do perfectly but we did try to list most of the sources and prices for the tools.  Thank you SO much for our Patreon support! If you want to support us, or if you want access to our after show (where we hide our WORST content) you can get after show access for anything above the 2$ level at Patreon.com/UTAC . Patreon also manages the enrollment in our private Uncensored Tactical Training Group. We just opened up a few seats for our monthly training group and we only open seats up once or twice a year. If you're interested, now's the time! Thanks for everything, we truly value our audience! -Pat

Hey Friends! Enjoy another episode where Pat and Dave try to bring you the greatest in high-level concepts to help you shape your tactical decisions. Today is a lens, a perspective, you can use to help you make decisions about where you place your efforts about gear and about training, especially for perishable tools and perishable skills.  For access to our after show, and to support our mission, please head over to Patreon.com/UTAC . Anything above the 2$ level gets you access to all of our after show content. We don't hide our best content behind that paywall, we actually hide our worst most awkward and lest tactical info there so be ready to nerd out and to enjoy some behind the scenes time with us!

Dave and Pat help you organize which lock picking tools you may want to buy, which you won't, where you'll store them in your kit, and when you should change your kit around. And more! If you've found any value in this episode or in any of our content please consider supporting us at Patreon.com/UTAC , and remember that anything above the $2 level gets you access to all of our after show episodes! Thanks so much for your support! UTAC.io Check out our tools for sale, HERE!

SkyPirate and Reaper join me to take a measured philosophical approach to the repercussions of what a war at home would look like. Answer, not good! Please enjoy this episode and visit our website for all the ways you can get involved with UTAC from buying gear to attending a covert entry course and more. S For access to our aftershow please support us at anything above the $2 level at Patreon.com/UTAC

Today @PracticalCovert of Instagram joins us to nerd out on all things lock picking. It was a blast and I hope you all enjoy! If you want access to our after show (which today was about another whole hour on lock picking) you can get that access with anything above the $2 level at Patreon.com/UTAC ! This show is free to listen to but does cost quite a bit behind the scenes. Your support means a lot to us, thank you! You can buy our entry tools at UTAC.io by clicking on "Store". -Pat

Dave and Pat discuss not only 2022 in review but all of UTAC's history. Enjoy. We are looking forward to bring you the best we possibly can next year, the year after, and always! For access to our after shows, please support us at anything above the $2 level at Patreon.com/UTAC  Thanks friends!

Today, special returning guest "Mowglie" comes back for our 4th annual Holiday Gift Guide episode. This is the one rare time throughout the year where UTAC does ANYTHING resembling holiday themed content. Links to all the products mentioned can be found in the source article page at UncensoredTactical.com/holidaygiftguide2022 . If you found any value in this content or any of our content, the absolute best way to support us as at Patreon.com/UTAC . If you support us at anything above the $2 level you get access to all of our after show content (which is not where we hide our BEST content, but where our WORST most unscripted and non-tactical content is).  Thank you so much for your support, see you on the next episode or two and have a great NEW YEAR!

Today Dave and I go in depth to talk about the pros and cons between locks that open with keys and locks that open with codes. Enjoy our attempt to beat these topic to death :) If you find value in any of our content, the best way to support us is via Patreon.com/UTAC and to visit our homepage UncensoredTactical.com to get involved in all the things we do.  Anything above the $2 level on Patreon gets you access to our after show, which today is "Far Out Conspiracy Theories"!

Hey Friends! Today Matt Freeman of the Statist Quo podcast comes on to do a reading of the Forward that he wrote for my book "F* BUREAUCRACY". We read that, then the introduction, and we chat about both and how we feel a year after publishing. To get a copy of the book visit UTAC.io . If you find value in any of our content, one of the best ways to support us (and to get more content!) is to support us at Patreon.com/UTAC . Anything above the $2 level gets you access to all of our after show episodes! Enjoy! -Pat

Today @Blakewater0326 of Instagram joins us to talk about some very leveled and systematic approaches to setting up your personal kit and it comes from a place of experience and critical thinking. Warning* we had bad signal on both ends for this interview so the natural conversational "flow" wasn't too great but the content was important enough that I cleaned up what I could and published anyways.  If you find value in this episode or any of our other work, please consider supporting us at Patreon.com/UTAC . Anything above the $2 level gets you access to our after shows. (Which tonight was Dave and I discussing weird music, weird TV, and Dave's lack of movie knowledge)  Get involved at UncensoredTactical.com where we offer in-person Tactical Lock Picking training courses, a recorded video series on Lock Picking and Restraint Escapes, and you'll find links to our online gear store and to our K9 training website.  Thanks friends. -Pat

Today, Dave and I go deep on another way to look at leveling up your tactical course in our "Course Design" series by looking through the specific lens of what materials (printed and otherwise) do you give your students and why. If you've found value in our show please consider supporting us at the $2 level at Patreon.com/UTAC , anything above the $2 level gets you access to all of our after show episodes which today started with the prompt of "How Pat and Dave differ on the competency of 'The Elite'".  Our after show is not where we hide our "best content" but where we hide our "worst content"! It's hardly ever tactical talk, and there is not a lot of good grammar, and there certainly is some adult content and some adult language. If you want some behind the scenes banter then come on in!

SkyPirate and Reaper join us today to talk about what a Bachelor's Degree would look like if money were no object and if regulations and licensing were no object. Just producing a full package operator in four years. The after show got pretty weird too, for access to that, please support us on Patreon.com/UTAC at anything above the $2 level :)

Greg Anderson joined us today to talk about some fascinating behind the scenes information from his life in the military and in law enforcement and how life has been going since leaving both careers behind. I highly enjoyed this interview.  If you've found any value in our content please consider supporting us at the $2 level at Patreon.com/UTAC . Anything above the $2 level gets you access to the aftershow, which we've really enjoyed recording for y'all! -Pat

Join Pat and Dave, as well as Ghost and Crispy, to discuss a recent course that took place which was taught by Future Conflicts.  Keep in touch with us and as always, if you've found any value in today's show, or any of our content, please support us on Patreon with at least the $2 a month level. Anything above the $2 level gets you access to our aftershow! Patreon.com/UTAC

Today Dave and Pat talk about bridging the gap between communicating information to a student, and trying the get the student to "feel" what is happening in their hands.  If you have found any value in today's show then please consider supporting us via Patreon.com/UTAC and remember that anything above the $2 level gets you access to our non-tactical after show which has been an absolute blast to record! -Pat

Dave and Pat discuss some of the debrief points from an admin and logistics and overview perspective for how the actual course progressed for both our standard 2-day "Tactical Lock Picking" course, as well as our 3-night "Advanced Covert Entry - Operations" course. If you have found any value in our content then please consider supporting this show on Patreon, at Patreon.com/UTAC. Anything above the $2 level also gets you access to all of our aftershow content! Thank you so much!

Today Mitch from the "Art and War" podcast, joins us again to discuss his recent transition out of military service, in depth. It's always an honor to have him (and ALL of our guests) on the show. If you've found any value in this show please consider supporting us at Patreon.com/UTAC . Today we've attached this episode's after show to the end of this episode, for free for the public as it was so closely related to the main show topic that we just decided to go long. Please enjoy.  -Pat

Today I'm joined by @JustACivvy to talk about the kit that he custom designed in collaboration with LockPickingTools.com. A kit that is available in their web store as well as my own. The "Civvy Intro Kit" is one of the smartest entry level AND operational gold standard kits available today.  Any support above the 2$ level on Patreon gets you access to our after show, and today's after show was WAY in depth! Get access at Patreon.com/UTAC. Get the Civvy Intro Kit HERE. And for an in depth Entry & Escape training course that you can attend in the comfort of your own home, check out our HUGE "Tactical Lock Picking 101" video course!  

We have covered quite a bit of "beginner lock picking" over the last few episodes so today we talk about some advanced field application concepts for Tactical Lock Picking.  To get Pat's book: "Tactical Lock Picking" To support us on Patreon and get access to our after show, support us at anything above the 2$ level HERE. To buy lock picking tools from us, please visit our WEB STORE.  Thank you so much for your support! We love what we do and we love giving people as much value as possible. -Pat

Dave and Pat give some updates on a number of lock picking topics and as always, provide a ton of nuance about the craft of Tactical Lock Picking. Enjoy! For access to the after show visit Patreon.com/UTAC and support us at anything above the $2 level! 

Today I'm joined by instagram's @Reaper1.1.Actual and @SkyPirate_Actual to discuss a recent post from Reaper about when Mission Statements and Guiding Principles can have a really big positive effect on what you do, and also about when they are useless.  Patreon Support is really a big deal to us here at Uncensored Tactical and if you're able to help at even the 2$ a month tip-level it would honestly mean the world to us. Anything above the 2$ level gets you access to all of our future and past after shows; some of which are funny and weird and active and some of which are us just shooting the shit casually after some of our topics.  Patreon.com/UTAC 

Pat and Dave again are here to present you with some experience, some knowledge, and some nuance to help guide you in your lock picking / covert entry / journey!  If you've found any value in this episode, or in this show, please consider donating at even our 2$ a month tip level on Patreon. Anything over the 2$ level gets you access to our after show episodes as well! Patreon.com/UTAC

Today, Pat and Dave discuss some of their "favorite" lock picking tools, along with some nuance as to what they like about them and of course a little field application is discussed as well.  Your support means the world to us. Please consider supporting us at anything above the $2 level on our Patron for after show access. It's a lot more loose and we have a lot of fun there. Patreon.com/UTAC

Today, Pat and Dave discuss some concepts around the differences between how a skill set works when the skill set is presented to you by a large agency and when the skill set you want to use only exists because you personally have acquired it and you maintain it and manage it yourself.  Please support us at anything above the $2 level on Patreon and get access to our aftershow where we don't hide any useful information, we just loosen up and act like our weird selves. Patreon.com/UTAC

Today, myself (Pat), and @SkyPirate_Actual go through some definitions for the way that different groupings of skill sets approach lock picking and covert entry differently; where some of the overlap is; and where they are different. We also talk about some different types of course offerings and what to expect from them.  Go follow SkyPirate on instagram at @SkyPirate_Actual and @CloakedEntryCo Any Patreon support would mean the world to us, you can find us at Patreon.com/UTAC. Any support above the $2 level gets you early episode access as well as access to our AFTERSHOWS. Thanks for the support! -Pat

Today Dave and Pat discuss how the old Prussian schooling model has been used as a primary means of transferring knowledge for many years and how people have decided to question the standard in order to bring the training-realm into a new and much more effective age. Enjoy. Patreon.com/UTAC (anything above the $2 level gets you aftershow access) Patreon is literally the backbone of all of the Uncensored Tactical operations. And even just a tip of $2 a month really means a lot to us.  -Pat

Today Pat and Dave discuss not only how to take some easy defensive steps to prevent a lock picking or key copying attack but more importantly "how, why and from whom".  If you find value in our content then please consider supporting us at our $2 a month Patron support level; any patreon level above the $2 level also gets access to our After Show where it usually gets a little weird. We try not to hide our most valuable show content behind a paywall so we did the opposite, we hide literally our WORST content behind a paywall. Enjoy friends. Patreon.com/UTAC

We did it. Another episode on course design and development. We do it because we see a huge lack of resources in the tactical training space to provide high-quality, layered, and properly framed training content and curriculum. Enjoy this high-level content for free. And if you have found some value in this then please consider supporting us on Patreon at patreon.com/UTAC , or by stopping by our website for high quality training or tools at UncensoredTactical.com Thank you. -Pat

"How do I know which tool/technique to use, and when. It seems like the options are so diverse that it's hard to know where to start on scene." - Frequently asked question.  Answered today.  Our pateron support really drives this show, so if you're able to offer a value for value at at least the $2 level, that means a lot to us. Anything over the $2 level gives you access to our aftershow and some other early-release content! Patreon.com/UTAC Thanks a million! -Pat

Today it's just me, Pat, and we talk about what a captive student is, what your environment is (do you have all, some, or no captive students) and how to use this information to your advantage when creating or upgrading your tactical training course.  Patreon.com/UTAC is a HUGE help to us, even at the $2 level. Anything above the $2 level will get you access to our aftershow content :)

Dave and I add another episode to the "Course Design" series. Today we're giving you a lens to look through that will help you know what the learning-setting is that your students are in, helping you to sharpen and crystalize the curriculum that you're writing for your training course. This is the 5th in this series and we hope you find some value in these episodes. If you do find value in this podcast, please visit our homepage to purchase some tools or some training from us, or please consider supporting us via Patreon, at Patreon.com/UTAC , anything above the $2 level gets you access to the after show as well!

Today, Dave and I present another in our "Course Design Series" which is intended to help people design and launch, or improve, their tactical course instructing businesses. There is much more to the math, the numbers, the budget, and selecting a course price than just "What do I think the course is worth". We walk you through a lot of that today and we hope that you get a lot of value out of it. Patreon.com/UTAC is a huge help to us if you are able to support us. It also gives you access to our after show content if you support us at above the $2 level. Thank you! -Pat

@SkyPirate_Actual of @CloakedEntryCo joins us today to talk about dispelling dumb instagram comments like "I'd just use my bolt cutters" and "I'd just kick the door in" or one of our favorites "I always have my breaching shotgun ready heheheheh". We also add some value about how you can use these forcible methods without killing yourself or others.  If you got any value out of today's show please come visit UncensoredTactical.com for tools and training and for all of our source articles for these podcasts. You can also help to keep this podcast content coming by supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/UTAC  

Dave and I tackle our third installment in this "Course Design" series. We hope to give you some ideas and perspective today for how you can look at your curriculum design in ways that you may not have thought about before.  If you end up finding value in today's show please visit UncensoredTactical.com to sign up for one of OUR courses, or please visit Patreon.com/UTAC so to sign up at least at the $2 a month level to help us keep more content coming!  -Pat

Thanks so much to @CaffeineAndPhilosophy for coming on to the show to talk about a ton of cool shit! It was a super big-brain discussion and I enjoyed it a lot. I hope you do too.  If you want to support this show and our mission to bring high quality content to the world then please consider visiting UncensoredTactical.com to purchase some tools or training from us, or please consider supporting us via Patreon, at Patreon.com/UTAC