Yes, Alaska Is Still Weird -Wes
Active Self Protection Podcast
John Correia and Mike Willever
4.9 • 542 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with self defender and Alaska resident Wes and discuss two incidents that happened weeks apart where his fellow Alaskans prove that Alaska, while ruggedly beautiful and independent is still populated with some rather interesting personalities.
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 Video Intro by Joe Russo
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| 0:00.0 | All right again, check it out. |
| 0:07.6 | You're competent, responsible gun owner. |
| 0:10.1 | You know how important training is. |
| 0:11.5 | You know how important dry fire is. |
| 0:13.0 | Why not make it fun? |
| 0:14.2 | How do I make it fun, Mike? |
| 0:15.5 | You might be asking. |
| 0:16.7 | Well, I'll tell you how. |
| 0:17.9 | Go over to mantis.com and check out the excuse me mantis x.com and check out the |
| 0:22.9 | mantis titan x training system this thing is only 200 bucks a screaming deal for what you get it comes |
| 0:30.3 | with two magazines fires of laser every time the trigger is depressed you can mount an optic to it right |
| 0:34.8 | out of the box this thing is a blast it actually gamifies your dry fire. It actually revolutionizes dry fire, in my opinion. This thing is a blast. It's so much fun to use. It makes, it turns your dry fire into an event you look forward to more than anything else. Like I said, two mags. You can practice to reloads, hooks right up to the app on your phone or on your |
| 0:55.1 | tablet or whatever. It's an absolute blast. Check it out. I highly recommend it. Let them know the |
| 1:00.0 | Active Self Protection podcast sent you. Well, already again, welcome back again to the Active Self |
| 1:05.0 | Protection podcast. I'm as always your host, Mike Willover, and I remain with God's will and your listenership, your favorite |
| 1:12.5 | former Fed with me today. |
| 1:14.5 | A new friend of mine, his name is Wes. |
| 1:16.7 | Wes is on the line from beautiful Alaska, America's frontier. |
| 1:21.9 | He is married with three kids and several Spaniels. |
| 1:25.5 | Wes is in car sales. |
| 1:26.8 | Wes, how are you, my friend? |
| 1:29.0 | Fantastic. How about yourself? |
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