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

  • 38: Thinking Like a Criminal

    February 22nd, 2021  |  35 mins 11 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
    In this week’s episode:
    -Police “break into a home”
    -Another bad lock pick article (but not as bad as the last one)
    -Locksmith vs Aliens?
    -Thinking like a criminal
    -Other...

  • 37: Training School for Criminals

    February 15th, 2021  |  28 mins 34 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
    In this week’s episode:
    -Picking the Urban Alps Stealth Key
    -Speed Picking records at Speedlocks.org 
    -New Products from 3D locksport
    -Georgian training school for crimin...

  • 36: NATO Mersey Pick, YouTube channel deletion, last surviving Watergate burglar dies, Locksport communities

    February 8th, 2021  |  36 mins 50 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
    In this week’s episode:
    -A fully assembled 14 lever NATO Mersey lock picked
    -Matt's Lock Pit’s new web store
    -Several more interesting videos you should watch
    -Lockpickin...

  • 35: Locky Awards Voting Time

    February 1st, 2021  |  32 mins 50 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
    In this week’s episode:
    -Time to vote in the Locky Awards
    -LPU Raffle draw Feb 1st
    -The worst lock pick article I’ve ever read
    -Master Lock terminating 61 employees
    -More...

  • 34: New Products

    January 25th, 2021  |  25 mins 4 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
    In this week’s episode:
    -Your last chance to submit nominations for the Locky Awards
    -OFC's emergency lockpick card V2
    -The new Sparrows Sceptre
    -3D Locksport’s new Educa...

  • 33: New Locks

    January 18th, 2021  |  30 mins 33 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
    In this week’s episode:
    -Medeco M4 is now available.
    -PacLock needs testers
    -Several new smart locks
    -Some smart lock troubles
    -Smart chastity cages hacked
    -Lockpicking c...

  • 32: Under Construction

    January 11th, 2021  |  31 mins 57 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
    In this week’s episode:
    -Mad.Bob LockPicks is taking pre-orders
    -Law Lock Tools website is under construction
    -New ML20 Restricted Key System for MLAA
    -PacLock’s governme...

  • 31: Welcome to 2021

    January 4th, 2021  |  25 mins 54 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
    In this week’s episode:
    -Locky Awards now accepting nominations
    -Bowley designing a new disc detainer lock
    -New impressioning handles
    -A key decoding app
    -First pick of a...

  • 30: Last Episode of 2020!

    December 28th, 2020  |  28 mins 7 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
    In this week’s episode:
    -Year end podcast updates and announcements
    -Locky Award updates
    -How to Spot a Rogue Locksmith
    -A nice credit card pick set designed by Cocolitos...

  • 29: Are Web Connected Locks Secure?

    December 21st, 2020  |  32 mins 13 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
    In this week’s episode:
    -Panda-Frog is providing more services for the community via his website.
    -A plan for how to accept nominations and votes for the Locky Awards
    -Lo...

  • 28: Slow Week

    December 14th, 2020  |  24 mins 41 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
    In this week’s episode:
    -Classroom security issues
    -A Locksmith safety reminder
    -A new Facebook locksport group
    -Some videos I enjoyed
    -The latest Reddit karate belt coun...

  • 27: Criminal Locksmiths

    December 7th, 2020  |  25 mins 8 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
     
    In this week’s episode:
    -The 1st Pick of the Fichet F3D external cylinder
    -The 1st pick of the Schlage Primus 29SL
    -Another update on the Locky Awards
    -Sparrows DD pick...

  • 26: The Season for Sales

    November 30th, 2020  |  29 mins 58 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
     
    In this week’s episode:
    -Another contender for the title of unpickable lock
    -Mad Bobs possibly making a run of Jackknife and Ghost pro sets
    -LPU is preparing for anothe...

  • 25: Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI

    November 23rd, 2020  |  27 mins 14 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
     
    In this week’s episode:
    -Some of the effects COVID has had on the locksmith industry
    -ATM security, or lack thereof
    -Lock picking club shirts by Mr Paradise
    -Daz Evers ...

  • 24: More Podcasts

    November 16th, 2020  |  30 mins 8 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
     
    In this week’s episode:
    -A few more podcasts you might want to check out
    -Kwikset’s new SC1 keyway Smartkey
    -More on ballot box security
    -Bosnian Bill gives safe buying...

  • 23: The Great Brinks Robbery

    November 9th, 2020  |  21 mins 56 secs

    Full show notes, including links, can be found at
    http://www.thelocksportscast.com 
     
    In this week’s episode:
    -The Great Brink's Robbery
    -Another Smart Door Lock
    -The PacLock Locking Hitch Pin is available
    -The LPU classification team needs your help
    -Sa...