The Gutowski Files NYE Extravaganza!
Active Self Protection Podcast
John Correia and Mike Willever
4.9 • 542 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On this installment of the Gutowski Files we sit down with investigative reporter Stephen Gutowski of thereload.com and discuss the Hawaii SCOTUS case and some goings-on at DOJ surrounding switchblades.
Active Self Protection exists to help good, sane, sober, moral, prudent people in all walks of life to more effectively protect themselves and their loved ones from criminal violence. On the ASP Podcast you will hear the true stories of life or death self defense encounters from the men and women that lived them. If you are interested in the Second Amendment, self defense and defensive firearms use, martial arts or the use of less lethal tools used in the real world to defend life and family, you will find this show riveting. Join host and career federal agent Mike Willever as he talks to real life survivors and hear their stories in depth. You'll hear about these incidents and the self defenders from well before the encounter occurred on through the legal and emotional aftermath. Music: bensound.com
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| 0:00.0 | Well, all right again, welcome back, yet again to the New Year's Eve edition of the Gatowski |
| 0:23.0 | starring our very own Stephen Gottowski. Stephen is the owner, founder, and editor-in-chief |
| 0:27.6 | over at the reload.com. Thereload.com, as I may have mentioned previously, at least once or twice. |
| 0:33.8 | There is a hyperlink in the description. Do you check that out to consider getting a membership. |
| 0:38.2 | It helps Stephen fund his important work. |
| 0:40.3 | Stephen, how are you, my friend? |
| 0:42.0 | I'm doing pretty well, getting ready for the new year and my honeymoon trip to Paris and Switzerland. |
| 0:49.8 | Paris, Texas. That's amazing. I had no idea. What do they have there? |
| 0:53.4 | Of course, I'm kidding. Very nice. So Paris, Switzerland. That's amazing. I had no idea. What do they have there? Of course, I'm kidding. |
| 0:55.7 | Very nice. So Paris, Switzerland. Have you been to France before? |
| 0:59.7 | No, I've never been to Europe. In fact, before this year, and I guess technically our trip is next year, but before this year, I hadn't been beyond the, what what our hemisphere here or our North America. |
| 1:14.4 | I mean, I've been to the Bahamas is what I'm trying to say on a cruise once. |
| 1:17.2 | But other than that, I never been out of the country before I went to the Philippines with my wife. |
| 1:21.2 | That sounds like a lot of fun. |
| 1:23.5 | Paris, I've never been to Paris. |
| 1:25.1 | I've been to Europe, but not Paris. |
| 1:27.2 | Never been to Switzerland either. So take lots of pictures and get back to me. |
| 1:32.2 | So, any New Year's resolutions for you, sir? |
| 1:37.6 | To break many more stories in the next year and bring great coverage to our members of Earth |
| 1:47.7 | Reload. |
| 1:48.7 | Very good. |
| 1:49.3 | I'm going to try to drink more and gain weight. |
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