Original Recording Date: 2025MAY14.

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TOPICS:

• Guest: Detective-Sergeant John Khoshandish - unit commander for the York Regional Police Tactical Intelligence Unit, leading intelligence development on organized crime, and supporting national security, counter-terrorism, and foreign interference investigations.
• The unique work of the Tactical Intelligence Unit.
• Who is actually paying attention?
  • Mandates, investigative threshold, and the role of municipal law enforcement.
• Game-time: appealing to emotion vs. logic.
• Diaspora: Who can they turn to? What can they expect?
• The missing legislation and the expectations of law enforcement.

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. Det.-Sgt. Khoshandish on panel for SAC-LHR: Power, Pressure, and Propaganda: SAC-LHR: Power, Pressure, and Propaganda - B'nai Brith Canada

Profiles and Social Media:

1. Find Det.-Sgt. Khoshandish on LinkedIn: John Khoshandish - Detective Sergeant - Intelligence Bureau - York Regional Police | LinkedIn

Original Recording Date: 2025MAY15.

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TOPICS:

• Guest: Jonathan Berkshire Miller – is the co-founder and principal of Pendulum Geopolitical Advisory, Senior Fellow at the Ottawa-based Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI), and holds concurrent fellowships with the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) and Asian Forum Japan.
• Life in a think-tank and its contributions.
• Canada’s future and bringing different perspectives together.
• Middle power: wake-up call on national security & global roles.
• U.S., China, and the Indo-Pacific – Canada’s aim and focus.

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. Jonathan Berkshire Miller: https://www.jberkshiremiller.com/
2. Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI): https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/

Profiles and Social Media:

1. Find Jonathan on:
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-berkshire-miller-39904521/
   • X: https://x.com/jbmllr
   • Email: jbmllr@gmail.com
2. Find MLI on:
   • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MacdonaldLaurierInstitute
   • YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/MLInstitute
   • X: https://twitter.com/MLInstitute
   • LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/macdonald-laurier-institute

Original Recording Date: 2025APR29.

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TOPICS:

• Guest: Mark Messina - Vice President for QRFup and a retired US Army Veteran whose organization and strategic leadership will bring the vision of QRFup across the nation. Mark's deference for the mission of this organization is bar none, and his determination will disrupt the current order.
• Mark's personal story.
• The QRFup story.
  • Providing timely response to those at the edge.
• Keeping the responders safe. A time and place for everything.
• The numbers that will shock you.
• Progressing toward nation-wide coverage.
• What's next?

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. Get the QRFup Application:
   • Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qrfup/id6511219491
   • Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qrfup
2. QRFup website: https://www.qrfup.org/
3. QRFup merchandise (SUPPORT THE CAUSE!): https://www.qrfup.shop/

Profiles and Social Media:

1. Find QRFup on:
   • LinkedIn: https://instagram.com/qrfup.organization
   • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/QRFup/61558629835156/
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qrfup
2. Find Mark on:
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-messina-53b3b9178/
   • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grey6_official/

Original Recording Date: 2025APR28.

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TOPICS:

• Guest: Luis Horacio Najera - is an acclaimed journalist and crime analyst from Mexico who has lived in exile in Canada since 2008. He was the PEN Canada-George Brown Writer in Residence in Toronto, and recipient of the 2010 CJFE International Press Freedom Award and one of the 2011 Human Rights Watch Hellman/Hammet Awards. In 2022 he was named one of the 10 Most Influential Hispanic-Canadians.
• Personal story.
  • Reporting from the most dangerous places on Earth.
• Losing friends and colleagues to violence.
• Truth in reporting.
• Life in exile.
  • Organized crime & government.

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. Luis' books:
   • The Wolfpack: The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld - https://a.co/d/aT0UA2m
   • The Uncaged Voice: Stories by Writers in Exile - https://a.co/d/6K5g4UF
2. Luis' podcast:
   • Dos Amigos: Ideas que florecen del desierto - https://open.spotify.com/show/4hFkRaBgbPKVluH3RmSu1G

Profiles and Social Media:

1. Find Luis on:
   • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/
   • LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/luishnajera
   • X: https://x.com/najera13

Original Recording Date: 2025APR14.

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TOPICS:

• Guest: Arno Michaelis – filmmaker, speaker, and author of My Life After Hate and co-author of The Gift of Our Wounds. Arno WAS a founding member of what became the largest racist skinhead organization in the world and lead singer of the race-metal band Centurion. NOW, he works as an interventionist with groups such as Parents 4 Peace, helping to lead people away from all violent extremist ideologies, and to support their families.
• The story of extremism and “Romantic Violence”.
  • What does it mean?
• Recruitment into the fold.
• Racism & anti-racism – two sides of the same coin.
  • Tactics and techniques that lead to a familiar place.
• The battle against the narratives. Solutions.

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. Parents 4 Peace website: https://www.parents4peace.org/
2. Arno on Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-neo-nazism-actually-works-former-white-supremacist-2025-3

Profiles and Social Media:

1. Find Arno on:
   • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnomichaelis
2. Parents 4 Peace on:
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parents-for-peace/
   • X: https://x.com/parentsforpeace
   • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parents4peace/
   • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parents4peace/
   • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyAPDWKMhF_feY-vmXQhCFg

Original Recording Date: 2025APR03.

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TOPICS:

• Guest: John G. Peters, Jr., Ph.D. - serves as president and Chief Learning Officer of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, Inc. A former administrator of a medium-sized police department, police officer, and deputy sheriff, Dr. Peters is author of more than 300 publications, and is a judicially-qualified expert witness.
• How we talk about 'excited delirium'.
  • A history - Learn something new everyday.
  • Medical recognition.
• Public and political reactions.
• In-custody deaths.
• Articulation - Explain yourself.
• Solutions!

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, Inc. : https://www.ipicd.com/#/

Profiles and Social Media:

1. Find IPICD on:
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-for-the-prevention-of-in-custody-deaths-inc.
2. Find Dr. Peters on:
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-peters-ph-d-7a22a85

Original Recording Date: 2025APR04.

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TOPICS:

• Guests:
  • Margarito "Jay" Flores Jr. - Jay and his twin brother were steeped in the narcotics business, establishing a pivotal distribution network for the Sinaloa cartel across North America. On the path of redemption, Jay now advises law enforcement and government on effective strategies and legislation to combat drug trafficking
• Family affairs.
• Law enforcement efforts – what’s missing, what they don’t understand.
• Relationships… police & criminals… it’s complex.
• Solutions.

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. Kingpin to Educator website: https://kingpintoeducator.com/
   • Contact email: info@kingpintoeducator.com
   • K2E Foundation: https://kingpintoeducator.com/k2e-foundation
2. The full story on podcast, Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/surviving-el-chapo-the-twins-who-brought-down-a-drug-lord/id1649359487 Dynamic Police Training: https://dynamicpolicetraining.com/

Profiles and Social Media:

1. Find Jay on:
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thinklikeakingpin
   • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingpintoeducator

Original Recording Date: 2025MAR26.

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TOPICS:

• Guests:
  • Marcus Kolga - the founder and director of DisinfoWatch and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier and CDA institutes.
  • DisinfoWatch - a leading Canadian foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking platform. Our data is sourced through an international network of journalists, civil society organizations and analysts, as well as some automated sources, and is anaylized and exposed in order raise broader general awareness of disinformation and build long-term resilience against it.
• What it means to be sanctioned.
• Mis- and disinformation.
  • Effects on politics, media, and the populace.
• Scale of disinfo operations.
• Question, educate, inform.
• Solutions for different industries and organizations.

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. DisinfoWatch website: https://disinfowatch.org/
2. DisinfoWatch Active Measures Podcast: https://disinfowatch.org/active-measures-podcast/

Profiles and Social Media:

• Find DisinfoWatch on:
  • X: https://twitter.com/DisinfoW
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisinfoWatch-106551727876167
• Find Marcus on:
  • X: https://x.com/kolga
  • LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/marcus-kolga