THE GOVERNMENT CAN REACT TO AND HEAR. HEAR. >> OUR THANKS TO MARCUS MOORE >> OUR THANKS TO MARCUS MOORE FOR THAT. FOR THAT. IN RECENT YEARS, AT TIMES WE IN RECENT YEARS, AT TIMES WE FELT CLOSE TO WHAT MAY HAVE FELT CLOSE TO WHAT MAY HAVE FELT LIKE APOCALYPTIC TIMES, FELT LIKE APOCALYPTIC TIMES, FROM A GLOBAL PANDEMIC FROM A GLOBAL PANDEMIC TO NATURAL DISASTERS, TO NATURAL DISASTERS, POLITICAL DIVISIVENESS AND GUN POLITICAL DIVISIVENESS AND GUN VIOLENCE. VIOLENCE. CAN WE EVER REALLY BE PREPARED CAN WE EVER REALLY BE PREPARED FOR CATASTROPHE? FOR CATASTROPHE? OUR NEXT GUEST THINKS WE CAN OUR NEXT GUEST THINKS WE CAN BE . BE . HE'S A FORMER GREEN BERET HE'S A FORMER GREEN BERET WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY SPECIAL FORCES FOR 20 YEARS. SPECIAL FORCES FOR 20 YEARS. MIKE GLOVER TRAINED THOUSANDS MIKE GLOVER TRAINED THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN IN COMBAT OF MEN AND WOMEN IN COMBAT AND EVERYDAY LIFE AND IS NOW AND EVERYDAY LIFE AND IS NOW PUT HIS KNOWLEDGE TO PAPER HIS PUT HIS KNOWLEDGE TO PAPER HIS PREPARED A MANUAL FOR SURVIVING PREPARED A MANUAL FOR SURVIVING WORST CASE SCENARIOS TEACHES WORST CASE SCENARIOS TEACHES READERS HOW TO SURVIVE, THRIVE READERS HOW TO SURVIVE, THRIVE AND BUILD THE FOUNDATIONAL AND BUILD THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS OF PREPAREDNESS THAT SKILLS OF PREPAREDNESS THAT WILL HELP WITH RESILIENCE AND A WILL HELP WITH RESILIENCE AND A FEARLESS MENTALITY IN ANY FEARLESS MENTALITY IN ANY SITUATION THAT YOU MIGHT FIND SITUATION THAT YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF IN. YOURSELF IN. AND MIKE GLOVER JOINS US NOW. AND MIKE GLOVER JOINS US NOW. MIKE , THANKS SO MUCH FOR MIKE , THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON THE SHOW. COMING ON THE SHOW. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. SO THERE ARE MISCONCEPTIONS FOR SO THERE ARE MISCONCEPTIONS FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PREPARED, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PREPARED, SOMETHING OF BUILDING A BUNKER SOMETHING OF BUILDING A BUNKER OR PACKING WATER BOTTLES OR PACKING WATER BOTTLES AND FLASHLIGHTS. AND FLASHLIGHTS. >> HOW DOES THIS BOOK KIND OF >> HOW DOES THIS BOOK KIND OF EVOLVE THAT IDEA OF EMERGENCY EVOLVE THAT IDEA OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS? PREPAREDNESS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK MODERN SURVIVAL TO TAKE I THINK MODERN SURVIVAL TO TAKE OF DISASTER IS AN EQUAL OF DISASTER IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. OPPORTUNITY. IT DOESN'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, IT DOESN'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, WHO YOU'RE AFFILIATED WITH , WHO YOU'RE AFFILIATED WITH , WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND, WEALTH WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND, WEALTH BRACKET, POLITICAL AFFILIATION. BRACKET, POLITICAL AFFILIATION. AND SO I THINK THE IMPORTANT AND SO I THINK THE IMPORTANT METRIC HERE IS NON TANGIBLE, METRIC HERE IS NON TANGIBLE, INTANGIBLE PILLARS OF INTANGIBLE PILLARS OF PREPAREDNESS, LIKE RESILIENCE, PREPAREDNESS, LIKE RESILIENCE, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, SELF-RELIANCE, THESE THINGS ARE SELF-RELIANCE, THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO MAKE US BETTER. GOING TO MAKE US BETTER. AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY SETTING YOU UP FOR THE DOOMSDAY SETTING YOU UP FOR THE DOOMSDAY SCENARIO. SCENARIO. >> I MEAN, THEY ARE. >> I MEAN, THEY ARE. >> WELL, YEAH. >> WELL, YEAH. GIVE US AN EXAMPLE. GIVE US AN EXAMPLE. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS. ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS. LET'S SAY YOU'RE IN A PUBLIC LET'S SAY YOU'RE IN A PUBLIC SPACE MALL OR A GROCERY STORE. SPACE MALL OR A GROCERY STORE. YOU START TO HEAR GUNFIRE OR YOU START TO HEAR GUNFIRE OR PEOPLE YELLING GUN OR SOMETHING PEOPLE YELLING GUN OR SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY. IMMEDIATELY. >> WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE DO? >> WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE DO? YEAH, SO LIKE PART OF THAT YEAH, SO LIKE PART OF THAT IS DENIAL. IS DENIAL. IGNORANCE, ARROGANCE, SITUATION IGNORANCE, ARROGANCE, SITUATION WHERE IT IS . WHERE IT IS . IT'S A BREAKDOWN IN OUR SOCIETY IT'S A BREAKDOWN IN OUR SOCIETY . . IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH DILEMMA. IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH DILEMMA. SO WHEN WE HEAR THOSE THINGS SO WHEN WE HEAR THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, WHEN WE PUT OURSELVES HAPPEN, WHEN WE PUT OURSELVES IN THOSE POSITIONS, THERE ARE IN THOSE POSITIONS, THERE ARE THINGS WE COULD DO TO MITIGATE THINGS WE COULD DO TO MITIGATE RISK TO HERSELF IN THAT WORST RISK TO HERSELF IN THAT WORST CASE SCENARIO. CASE SCENARIO. SO THE FIRST THING I WOULD SO THE FIRST THING I WOULD RECOMMEND IS GETTING OFF THE X RECOMMEND IS GETTING OFF THE X DISTANCE TIME AS MANY DISTANCE TIME AS MANY OBSTACLES, BUT A LOT OF THINGS OBSTACLES, BUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR EVERYDAY THAT WE DO IN OUR EVERYDAY HABITS CAN BE FACILITATED HABITS CAN BE FACILITATED BY NOT BEING IN THE PLACE IN BY NOT BEING IN THE PLACE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE FIRST PLACE. SO SITUATION WHERE AND PAYING SO SITUATION WHERE AND PAYING ATTENTION, STAYING OFF OUR CELL ATTENTION, STAYING OFF OUR CELL PHONES IS IMPORTANT. PHONES IS IMPORTANT. >> WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE THAT >> WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANTED TO WRITE THIS BOOK YOU WANTED TO WRITE THIS BOOK NOW? NOW? WELL, I WROTE THE BOOK ABOUT WELL, I WROTE THE BOOK ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, AND IT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS DURING WHEN I'D SEEN WAS DURING WHEN I'D SEEN A PANDEMIC, I REALIZED A LOT OF A PANDEMIC, I REALIZED A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSOURCING PEOPLE OUTSOURCING THEIR RELIANCE TO INSTITUTIONS. THEIR RELIANCE TO INSTITUTIONS. SOME OF THOSE INSTITUTES WERE SOME OF THOSE INSTITUTES WERE FRACTURING AND FAILING. FRACTURING AND FAILING. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CREATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF TO CREATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PREPAREDNESS IS . WHAT PREPAREDNESS IS . IT'S NOT DOOM AND GLOOM. IT'S NOT DOOM AND GLOOM. IT'S NOT TINFOIL HAT STUFF. IT'S NOT TINFOIL HAT STUFF. IT'S ABOUT TAKING BACK YOUR IT'S ABOUT TAKING BACK YOUR SELF RELIANCE, BEING IMMERSED SELF RELIANCE, BEING IMMERSED BACK INTO THE ENVIRONMENTS THAT BACK INTO THE ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE LIVE IN AND BEING IN WE LIVE IN AND BEING IN THE COMMUNITY, BUILDING THE COMMUNITY, BUILDING BACK THE BASIC BLOCKS THAT MAKE BACK THE BASIC BLOCKS THAT MAKE US RELIANCE. US RELIANCE. >> AND THAT IS MY MOTIVATION. >> AND THAT IS MY MOTIVATION. AND WHAT IS A FREEZE RESPONSE AND WHAT IS A FREEZE RESPONSE RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW? YOU ACTUALLY FROZE, RIGHT? YOU ACTUALLY FROZE, RIGHT? WHEN I ASKED THAT QUESTION, WHEN I ASKED THAT QUESTION, WHICH IS FUNNY. WHICH IS FUNNY. I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE FREEZE I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE FREEZE RESPONSE. RESPONSE. SO WHAT IS THE FREEZE RESPONSE SO WHAT IS THE FREEZE RESPONSE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? >> YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S FIGHT >> YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S FIGHT FLIGHT AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, BUT FLIGHT AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A FREEZE MECHANISM THERE'S ALSO A FREEZE MECHANISM IN ALL OF US THAT I USED. IN ALL OF US THAT I USED. AMANDA RIPLEY'S BOOK AMANDA RIPLEY'S BOOK UNTHINKABLE, WHERE SHE TALKS UNTHINKABLE, WHERE SHE TALKS ABOUT A STUDENT THAT WAS IN ABOUT A STUDENT THAT WAS IN A VIRGINIA TECH MASS SHOOTING. A VIRGINIA TECH MASS SHOOTING. THAT WAS A DISASTER. THAT WAS A DISASTER. IT WAS DUBBED THE WORST. IT WAS DUBBED THE WORST. AND THIS PERSON FROZE, BUT NOT AND THIS PERSON FROZE, BUT NOT AS WE THINK ABOUT A SYMPATHETIC AS WE THINK ABOUT A SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS RESPONSES. NERVOUS RESPONSES. SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT FREEZE, SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT FREEZE, I TALK ABOUT QUITTING. I TALK ABOUT QUITTING. AND THERE'S LIKE A LOW GRADE AND THERE'S LIKE A LOW GRADE VERSION OF THAT WHERE YOU QUIT VERSION OF THAT WHERE YOU QUIT IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND ROUTINES. IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND ROUTINES. YOU DON'T GET OFF THE COUCH. YOU DON'T GET OFF THE COUCH. YOU DON'T GO TO THE GYM, YOU DON'T GO TO THE GYM, YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY. YOUR FAMILY. >> AND THEN THERE'S THE HIGH >> AND THEN THERE'S THE HIGH GRADE FREEZING AND NOT DOING GRADE FREEZING AND NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND THE WORST CASE. AND THE WORST CASE. SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT IT AND SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT IT AND IT'S ALL OF ITS COMPLEXITIES, IT'S ALL OF ITS COMPLEXITIES, I'M TALKING ABOUT TO FREEZE I'M TALKING ABOUT TO FREEZE QUICK RESPONSE. QUICK RESPONSE. >> SOME OF US KNOW THIS AS THE >> SOME OF US KNOW THIS AS THE RESPONSE, THE FAN RESPONSE OR RESPONSE, THE FAN RESPONSE OR PLAYING POSSUM. PLAYING POSSUM. >> WHAT DO YOU HOPE? >> WHAT DO YOU HOPE? ULTIMATELY, PEOPLE TAKE AWAY ULTIMATELY, PEOPLE TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR BOOK? FROM YOUR BOOK? >> I HOPE ULTIMATELY >> I HOPE ULTIMATELY THEY REALIZED THAT THIS IDEA OF THEY REALIZED THAT THIS IDEA OF BEING PREPARED IS THAT BEING PREPARED IS THAT A TINFOIL HAT IDEA? A TINFOIL HAT IDEA? THIS ISN'T DOOM AND GLOOM THIS ISN'T DOOM AND GLOOM ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. THIS IS FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE THIS IS FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE LIVING EVERYDAY LIVES. LIVING EVERYDAY LIVES. AND I THINK MORE THAN EVER, WE AND I THINK MORE THAN EVER, WE ARE IN A MENTAL HEALTH DILEMMA ARE IN A MENTAL HEALTH DILEMMA BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND A BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER VARIABLES WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER VARIABLES . . WHAT WE CAN DO IS EMPOWER WHAT WE CAN DO IS EMPOWER CELLS, TAKE POWER BACK BY CELLS, TAKE POWER BACK BY BECOMING MORE SELF-RELIANT. BECOMING MORE SELF-RELIANT. AND I HOPE PEOPLE READ THAT AND I HOPE PEOPLE READ THAT GO , THIS ISN'T A CRAZY IDEA. GO , THIS ISN'T A CRAZY IDEA. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DO THAT I NEED TO DO TO BE TO DO THAT I NEED TO DO TO BE A BETTER PERSON. A BETTER PERSON. >> MIKE LEE, THANK