Matt Thornton: The Gift of Violence

0:00 – Intro: Matt Thornton returns with The Gift of Violence
1:06 – Where the title came from and Gavin de Becker's The Gift of Fear
2:10 – Listening to your survival instincts
4:13 – Alcohol, judgment, and who commits violence
6:22 – Viral street fights and why most people can't fight
8:32 – What a little training teaches you
10:38 – The Daniel Penny subway case
13:56 – Moral panic and police restraint training
17:08 – Self-defense, knives, and growing up in New York
19:16 – Mental illness and repeat offenders
23:37 – Proactive policing and the safest big cities
24:43 – Chicago's new mayor and kids hit by stray bullets
29:03 – Defund the police and Portland's riots
31:09 – Autonomous zones and where Portland's taxes go
33:20 – Called a Karen for talking about crime
37:34 – Portland's choices for mayor
38:39 – Short-term and long-term fixes for violent crime
42:55 – Out-of-wedlock birth rates and crime
45:03 – Becoming a dad at 38
49:18 – Peter Boghossian and All Things Reconsidered
50:25 – NPR then and now
53:38 – Critical thinking through martial arts
56:49 – Skeptic magazine and Michael Shermer
58:56 – Matt's UFO sighting
1:01:01 – Military stigma and the 2017 UFO revelations
1:04:16 – Government disinformation and crash retrieval claims
1:07:23 – Near misses and why it isn't bigger news
1:09:26 – Are they really aliens?
1:10:28 – An upcoming UFO debate and wrap-up