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Volume 70
Volume 70 | July 31, 2026
This Week’s Featured Media, Articles, & Breaking News
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Episode 26 | Allegion & ASSA ABLOY: Are They Even Playing the Same Game Anymore?Allegion just posted its strongest quarter on record, and this week Lee wonders if the company everyone compares it to...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 69
Volume 69 | July 24, 2026
This Week’s Featured Media, Articles, & Breaking News
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Episode 25 | SwiftConnect Just Bought 20 Years of Trust: Inside the HID SAFE DealTwo decades of governance trust just changed hands — SwiftConnect acquired HID's workforce business unit this week. A...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 68
Volume 68 | July 17, 2026
This Week’s Featured Media, Articles, & Breaking News
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Episode 24 | Access Control Hit CNBC — And VTS Made the Industry's Biggest ReversalVTS covers over 60% of Class A office space in the US — and just walked away from building access control in...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 67
Volume 67 | July 10, 2026
This Week’s Featured Media, Articles, & Breaking News
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Episode 23 | How Extreme Climbers Made a Mainstream Security Story in ManhattanA proposal 1,450 feet above Manhattan became one of the biggest security stories of the summer. This week, Lee exp...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 66
Volume 66 | July 3, 2026
This Week’s Featured Media, Articles, & Breaking News
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Episode 22 | $4 Billion Says Your Door Controller Is a Cybersecurity Asset. Is Your Company Listening?Verkada hits 2.4M devices with Nvidia backing. Accenture bets $4.175B that door controllers are a...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 65
Volume 65 | June 26, 2026
This Week’s Featured Media, Articles, & Breaking News
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Episode 21 | The Most Downstream Trade in Physical Security Reacts to Its Own Disruption: Live from ALOA
Recorded live at ALOA in Las Vegas, Lee Odess brings three locksmiths into the room to reac...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 64
Volume 64 | June 19, 2026
This Week’s Featured Media, Articles, & Breaking News
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Episode 20 | OpenAI’s $150M Bet: A New Era for Security Integrators?Open standards are no longer a future access control conversation. This episode looks at Aliro, and why waiting to engage w...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 63
Volume 63 | June 12, 2026
This Week’s Featured Media, Articles, & Breaking News
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Episode 19 | Physical Access Control is Now Identity InfrastructurePhysical access control is no longer just about the door. Across education, healthcare, and financial institutions, it is ...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 62
Volume 62 | June 5, 2026
This Week’s Featured Media, Articles, & Breaking News
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Episode 18 | The Identity Revolution Physical Security is IgnoringThe rest of the world is reframing identity, while physical security is still debating credential formats. This episode looks ...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 61
Volume 61 | May 29, 2026
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Episode 17 | The Truth About The Attention EconomyLee Odess shares what he believes about the future of physical security, from building real community to rethinking identity, mobile, audio, and AI-led systems.YouTube: Listen here Podcast: Listen here
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Aug 03, 2026
Volume 60
Volume 60 | May 22, 2026
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Episode 16 | The Physical Security Industry Is Catching The FluThis episode looks at how the operating model is becoming the product in physical security. Lee breaks down Ambient.ai, Aura, AI-native configuration, buyer fatigue, and why the companies red...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 59
Volume 59 | May 15, 2026
This Week’s Featured Media, Articles, & Breaking News
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Episode 15 | Physical Security Moats Are CrumblingThe next real moats in physical security are starting to form, from vertical operators to agent-friendly APIs. Physical access is turning into a bigg...
Aug 03, 2026
