The Quiet Professional

Vigilant Media Inc.

The Quiet Professional, a part of Vigilant Media Inc., is a podcast that strives to educate listeners and inspire change through candid and critical exploration of topics centered around national security, intelligence, law enforcement, and justice. Find The Quiet Professional across all podcast platforms and on Instagram @TQP780 and X @TQP780.

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    S5E20: Lines of Trust: Governance and the Battle for Safer Cities - Councillor Michael Janz

    Original Recording Date: 2026APR16. Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own.   Find #TheQuietProfessional across all podcast platforms and more content through the convenient Linktree ▶️ https://linktr.ee/tqp780 ◀️   Guests: Michael Janz – Councillor at the City of Edmonton. Formerly a Trustee for the Edmonton Public School Board, and served as EPSB Board Chair, Vice-Chair and Vice President of the Alberta School Boards Association.   Topics: The Realities of Security & Influence in Politics – What lingers beneath and the weaknesses in understanding threats. The Slow Erosion of Trust Across Institutions – How to put this back together with community and shared purpose. Technology in Modern Policing – Privacy, reality, and getting to where we need to be. Public Safety Challenges Throughout Major Cities – Not isolated, but interconnected.   References & Resources: Councillor Janz’s website and social media links: https://www.michaeljanz.ca/

    58 min

  2. 20 APR

    S5E19: Modern Machinery of Human Trafficking & Algorithms of Exploitation – Justine Hopkins

    Original Recording Date: 2026APR09. Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own.   Find #TheQuietProfessional across all podcast platforms and more content through the convenient Linktree ▶️ https://linktr.ee/tqp780 ◀️   Guests: Justine Hopkins – Co-founder with The Survivor Collective and Project Medusa. Justine is a journalist, writer, and advocate focused on human trafficking, with particular attention to emerging and lesser-known tactics in nightlife, digital spaces, and encrypted platforms. She works to translate complex threats into practical, actionable knowledge for communities and decision-makers.   Topics: Descent into the Underworld – Justine’s entry point into the hidden machinery of human trafficking, where illusion and control blur into survival. Rebranded Exploitation – How dating coaches, social media, and sexual tourism disguise and normalize coercion, repackaging harm as lifestyle. The Algorithm of Control – AI as a force multiplier: precision targeting, reality distortion, and the silent expansion of coercive power in digital shadows. Crime Is an Equal Opportunity Employer – a system where both men and women participate. There is no single face of guilt.   References & Resources: Survivor Collective website: https://thesurvivorcollective.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesurvivorcollective/ LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/the-survivor-collective Project Medusa website: https://projectmedusa.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team.project.medusa/ Justine Hopkins: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinehopkins__/ LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/justine-hopkins-72a0b53b0

    58 min

  3. 13 APR

    S5E18: Authority Shift: Position, Identity, and the Risks of Public Office - Councillor Mike Elliott

    Original Recording Date: 2026APR08. Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own.   Find #TheQuietProfessional across all podcast platforms and more content through the convenient Linktree ▶️ https://linktr.ee/tqp780 ◀️   Guests: Mike Elliott – Councillor with the City of Edmonton, Retired Staff Sergeant with the Edmonton Police Service, and former pilot and officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force.   Topics: The Deciding Factors — A move from police to politics: what this has meant, and what it might lead to. Balancing Roles / Choosing a Lane – Are you the police guy? Identity, advice, and relationships old and new. Security for Council — From education to physical safety and the realities of foreign interference.   References & Resources: Councillor Elliott’s website: https://www.mikeelliott.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeelliottyeg/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Elliott/61579652390562/ X: https://x.com/AFPAElliott

    45 min

  4. 6 APR

    S5E17: Nothing To See Here: WATTS — A Generational Shift from Violence and Crime

    Original Recording Date: 2026MAR23. Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own.   Find #TheQuietProfessional across all podcast platforms and more content through the convenient Linktree ▶️ https://linktr.ee/tqp780 ◀️   Guests: Qiuana Williams - Director for the documentary and her son, Shawn Reynolds, was a victim of gun violence. Cornelius Wills - Cornelius, an inactive member of the Bounty Hunter Bloods, who shares his journey from gang violence to becoming a community advocate. Tim Pearce - Tim is a former LAPD gang officer who dedicated his career to patrolling high-risk areas such as Watts.   Topics: The Story Behind the Story — How individual lives ripple outward, leaving marks on families, neighborhoods, and entire communities. Impact Beyond Borders — When the story can’t be contained, echoing across cities, countries, and shared human experience. Colliding Narratives — Black and white. Law and lawless. Cop and criminal. Truth vs. Portrayal — The uncomfortable reality: what we’ve been shown isn’t the full picture. The real story lives in the spaces that movies and media rarely capture.   References & Resources: The WATTS documentary website: https://nothingtoseeheremovie.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nothingtoseehere_watts  Tim's links: Accuracy Under Fire (A.U.Fire) website: https://www.aufire.com/  Tim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timpearceaufire/  Qiuana's links: Sanctum (non-profit) on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanctum_impact/  Qiuana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qiuana-williams-3056711a/  Cornelius on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wah_one_ooo/

    1hr 2min

  5. 30 MAR

    S5E16: Wolves Among Sheep: Demography, Deception, and the Quiet War Within – Kevin Cohen

    Original Recording Date: 2026MAR23. Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own.   Find #TheQuietProfessional across all podcast platforms and more content through the convenient Linktree ▶️ https://linktr.ee/tqp780 ◀️   Guest: Kevin Cohen – CEO and co-founder of RealEye.ai. Head of Cyber Intelligence at Trident Group America. Regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, The American Spectator, and a variety of other media sources.   Topics: Demography as Destiny - shifting populations, mass migration, and the quiet reshaping of national security from within. The Asylum Game - where loopholes become pathways: student visas, paper marriages, and manufactured claims hiding in the open. Wolves Among Sheep - the erosion of vetting in a borderless world. No records. No history. No problem. Come on down! Radicalization at Home – not imported but cultivated. A slow burn beneath the surface. Soft Signals - AI as the edge: enhancing instinct and accelerating awareness.   References & Resources: Kevin’s bio, articles, and further links: https://en.everybodywiki.com/Kevin_Cohen Kevin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-cohen-a77b041b1/ RealEye.ai: https://realeye.ai/ Trident Group America: https://gotridentgroup.com/

    56 min

  6. 23 MAR

    S5E15: A Human [Trafficking] Story: From Survival to Owning the Narrative - Cassandra Harvey

    Original Recording Date: 2026MAR06. Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own.   Find #TheQuietProfessional across all podcast platforms and more content through the convenient Linktree ▶️ https://linktr.ee/tqp780 ◀️   Guest: Cassandra Harvey - J.D. Applicant and Victim’s Advocate at Diamond and Diamond Lawyers LLP, with lived experience in sex trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault.   Topics: The Unvarnished Origin Story - A descent and survival: substance abuse, foster care, the slow pull into human trafficking, and the grip of domestic violence. Distorted Love - How trauma rewires intimacy. When survival teaches you to confuse control with care, and pain with connection. Ownership of the Narrative - In survivorship, who gets to tell a survivor’s story, how it’s told, and who profits from it. Where She Stands Now - Parenthood, advocacy, law, and reclaiming power.   References & Resources: Find Cassandra’s work, social content and contact on her website: https://www.cassandraharvey.org/

    1hr 46min

  7. 19 MAR

    S5E14: 911 Dispatch: The Unseen Voices Guiding Chaos and Carrying the Quiet Toll - Deborah Green

    Original Recording Date: 2026FEB26. Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own.   Find #TheQuietProfessional across all podcast platforms and more content through the convenient Linktree ▶️ https://linktr.ee/tqp780 ◀️   Guest: Deborah Green - retired California Army National Guard, Military Police Officer, and dispatcher with the Sacramento Police Department and the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department. She retired in 2021 with PTSD/cPTSD diagnoses and now advocates for improved mental health support for first responders.   Topics: The Unseen Lifeline - Voices in the dark guiding chaos in real time. Relentless Call Volume - Hyper-vigilance without pauses. Emotional whiplash from tragedy to trivial complaints and back again. The Quiet Toll - Coping in the shadows, where unhealthy habits take root and silence feels safer than help. When “Holding It Together” Goes Too Far - Breaking points, diagnoses, and the cost of pretending you’re fine. Where We Stand Now - Scars acknowledged, hard truths confronted, and a path forward through the noise.   References & Resources: Find all of Deb's social media through Linktree: https://linktr.ee/d911green

    59 min

  8. 16 MAR

    S5E13: Statement of Facts: The Phoenix Riots — Violence and Politics - April Sponsel & Doug McBride

    Original Recording Date: 2026FEB18. Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own.   Find #TheQuietProfessional across all podcast platforms and more content through the convenient Linktree ▶️ https://linktr.ee/tqp780 ◀️   Guest: April Sponsel - Mentorship Director with Legal Services for Crime Victims in Arizona. Also, instructor and CEO of Legion Lex Doug McBride - Author and retired Sergeant from the Phoenix Police Department   Topics: Violent Times - Phoenix, Arizona. Summer 2020. A city gripped by riots, unrest, and a rising tide of violence. The Participants - Not chaos alone. Educated, coordinated actors moving with purpose and intent. Unlike Anything Seen Before - Attacks on law enforcement unfolding not only in the streets, but inside the political arena. In the Crosshairs - A prosecutor and a police Sergeant find themselves carrying the blame that wasn't theirs to begin with and that others escaped. The Fallout - Years later, the consequences still echo. Where the dust has settled and where it hasn’t.   References & Resources: More to this story with April and Doug at Politically Charged website: www.politicallycharged.com  Legion Lex Institute: https://www.legionlex.org/home Legion Lex Institute on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/legion-lex-institute Find April on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilsponsel/

    2hr 1min
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The Quiet Professional, a part of Vigilant Media Inc., is a podcast that strives to educate listeners and inspire change through candid and critical exploration of topics centered around national security, intelligence, law enforcement, and justice. Find The Quiet Professional across all podcast platforms and on Instagram @TQP780 and X @TQP780.

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  • Creator
    Vigilant Media Inc.
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    226
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2022 All rights reserved.
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    The Quiet Professional

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