The Lock Sportscast

News and information on the hobby of legal lock picking.

About the show

Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews. Locksport is the sport or recreation of legal lock picking and other methods of defeating locking systems.

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Episodes

  • 99: Break the Window!

    April 27th, 2022  |  20 mins 44 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com

  • 98: Handbook to Challenge Locks

    April 20th, 2022  |  23 mins 37 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com

  • 97: TOOOL US Election Results

    April 11th, 2022  |  19 mins 4 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com

  • 96: Keys & Heels

    April 6th, 2022  |  22 mins 19 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    Push-Button Ignition Might Make Your Car Easier to Steal
    Speakeasy disguised as locksmith shop
    Brute forcing the Master Lock 1500iD
    Another First pick
    April Fools day fun
    and other videos suggestions
    Criminals
    Sales
    Giveaways

  • 95: Keyed Up Puns

    March 28th, 2022  |  16 mins 1 sec

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    A First pick
    A marriage proposal
    Locksmith Puns
    A Fake Mail Carrier
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more

  • 94: Destructive Entry on a Massive Scale

    March 21st, 2022  |  23 mins 20 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    Gas pump hacking
    TOOOL US Board Elections update
    A Locky Awards Reaction
    Hammer vs Safe
    Meetups
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more

  • 93: Changes at TOOOL and Locky Award Winners

    March 14th, 2022  |  19 mins 4 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    TOOOL US Board Election and Candidates Information
    Finding the Right Tension
    The fourth LPU Shirt Fundraiser is coming soon
    The 2021 Locky Award Winners
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more

  • 92: Locky Award Suggestions

    March 8th, 2022  |  14 mins 41 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    TOOOL Ultimate Handcuff Key tested
    Locky Awards Suggestions
    Combination Cracking Robots Playlist
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more

  • 91: More Safe Cracking Robots

    March 1st, 2022  |  20 mins 33 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    TOOOL US election update
    A Locksmith’s view on game mechanics
    More safe cracking robots
    Criminal Locksmiths
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more

  • 90: Can you help TOOOL?

    February 22nd, 2022  |  22 mins 5 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    Key Machine Encyclopedia
    A couple first picks
    Can you help TOOOL?
    Schlage’s master keying video
    A video about tensioners
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more

  • 89: Worst-Case Scenario

    February 15th, 2022  |  18 mins 44 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    Worst-Case Scenario: Survival Experience
    TOOOL US Board Elections
    Chris Capune hits 1000 subs
    $1500 lever lock puzzle
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more

  • 88: HelpfulLockPicker’s Return and TikTok's 'Secret Floor Safe'

    February 7th, 2022  |  14 mins 42 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    A 200k club patch correction
    HelpfulLockPicker's Return
    TOOOL animations license violation
    LockpickingDev’s break-in
    Curious Kwikset Kwestions
    Woman Finds 'Secret Floor Safe’
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more

  • 87: Locky Award Nominees for 2021

    February 1st, 2022  |  29 mins 38 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    The Locky Award Nominees
    Defective jail locks
    First pick of the SCEC BiLock Exclusive/Gen 3
    200k patches are gone
    Safe-cracking in movies
    Catching up on Blackbag blog posts
    A Raffle update
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more

  • 86: Future of the Podcast, Vehicle Security and Mailbox Security

    January 24th, 2022  |  35 mins 27 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    The future of this podcast
    First pick of the First Gen ASIO/SCEC BiLock
    Connected car woes
    ADT & Ford want to improve vehicle security, with more connections
    USPS Blue Mailbox theft is widespread
    A Raffle update
    Products
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more

  • 85: Chocolate Heist, Social Engineering and Padlocked Elevator

    January 17th, 2022  |  40 mins 39 secs

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    OzSecCon sites down
    What Is Social Engineering
    What happened to the Ilco Key Blank Book
    and other interesting videos
    Lockpicking on Steam
    Speed record to 100 subs, a locksport story
    Padlocked Buttons in an elevator
    Canadian chocolate heist
    and other Criminal stories
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more

  • 84: New Locks and Video Courses

    January 10th, 2022  |  29 mins 1 sec

    Your weekly source for locksport news and sometimes interviews.
    Full show notes, including links, can be found at http://www.thelocksportscast.com
    In this week’s episode:
    The Schlage Encode Plus
    Blocking relay attacks
    Thieves Targeting Garages
    A video safe manipulation course
    A Locksmithing video course
    A movie like jewelry heist
    and other criminal stories
    Sales
    Giveaways
    And more