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This Weekend's Podcast: Asbestos and Armories – What Could Go Wrong?
Episode 205128th August 2025 • Around the House with Eric G®: Upgrade Your Home Like a Pro • Eric Goranson
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Get ready, folks! This weekend is a free-for-all with our Around the House Insider format, and we're giving you double the fun with two full episodes featuring the complete interviews. Hold onto your hats as Eric G. dives deep into the not-so-glamorous world of asbestos lurking in your home with guest Justinian Lane. And if that doesn't tickle your fancy, we’re also tackling the riveting topic of weapons safety and storage with the one and only Tom Coober, CEO of Securit Tactical. I mean, who knew gun safes could be such a hot mess of poorly designed metal boxes? So, grab your popcorn (or whatever snack you have lying around) and settle in for some seriously enlightening discussions that’ll make you rethink your home safety game. Tune in, because you won't want to miss this enlightening chaos!

Takeaways:

  • This weekend's show features a free sneak peek at the Around the House Insider episodes, so yay for us!
  • We're diving deep into the wild world of asbestos, and trust me, it’s as fun as it sounds—like a party but with more respiratory issues!
  • Eric G. chats with Tom Coober about securing your firearms; yes, because apparently just hiding them under the bed isn't a thing anymore.
  • Did you know that asbestos fibers can travel up to 11 kilometers? Yeah, those tiny buggers have more frequent flyer miles than I do!
  • We’ll also explore the gun storage industry’s odd obsession with making metal boxes instead of actually thinking about security—mind-blowing, right?
  • Join us for an extended discussion that mixes serious topics with our usual ridiculous banter—because why not keep it both informative and absurd?

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  • Securit Tactical

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Speaker A:

I can't wait to show you what we have in store for this weekend's around the House show.

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Make sure you are subscribed for us on your favorite podcast player.

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If you want exclusive early episodes of the show, make sure you join the around the House Insider on our website aroundthehouse online.com Speaking of the around the House Insider, this is our free weekend.

Speaker A:

Both hours of today's show will be of the around the House Insider format with you hearing the entire interview.

Speaker A:

So enjoy these extended length shows and then check out the around the House Insider.

Speaker A:

Eric G. Sits down with Justinian Lane and discuss asbestos in and around your home.

Speaker B:

We didn't actually get to see an individual fiber until they invented the electron microscope.

Speaker B:

Wow.

Speaker B:

And what that means those things hang in the air.

Speaker B:

They've done studies.

Speaker B:

I think there was one and I want to say it was Japan where asbestos fiber can travel.

Speaker B:

I think it was 11 kilometers.

Speaker B:

Wow.

Speaker B:

Because they're so light, a single speck of visible dust could hold thousands of individual fibers.

Speaker A:

In the second hour we have one of the most interesting discussions of the year.

Speaker A:

Eric G. Sits down with Tom Coober, CEO of Securit Tactical and we talk weapons safety and storage.

Speaker C:

My background is defense.

Speaker C:

I've been building military armories for 23 years.

Speaker C:

I'm considered the leading authority in small arm storage, armory design.

Speaker C:

I've done design work for all the SEAL teams, U.S. army Special Forces.

Speaker C:

We do all the U.S. embassies in Europe and the Middle East, Marine Corps.

Speaker C:

Most of the military groups use our products or use our services.

Speaker C:

But I've been in that space for a long time.

Speaker C:

the consumer products area in:

Speaker C:

And it was pretty surprising coming into this because the gun storage industry is more based on how to bend metal than how to actually secure firearms.

Speaker C:

And it's they don't consider the firearm when designing a safe.

Speaker C:

What they're making is a metal box with a whole bunch of little V's in it and they'll say we fit 40Vs in here.

Speaker C:

So it's a 40 gun safe.

Speaker C:

Let's safe hold 17.

Speaker A:

All that and more on Saturday's around the House show with Eric G. If you want to hear more, listen right here on this podcast player to find out the answers.

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Thank you for tuning in to the original around the House show.

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This is the OG we will see you on Saturday.

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