Q:   What is your reaction to hosting a TV series that draws on your past criminal activities?
A:   Jon: It's amazing. I told my mom, "See? All those years I was just building my resume."

Seriously, it's a lot of fun. It channels my energy in a creative way, and it's rewarding. It's also ironic: I can be good and bad at the same time.

Matt: It's difficult to do sometimes. Since that time in my life so many great things have happened to me; I have a life now, and this forces me to look back. This kind of history is the one thing you don't want people to know about you. Now, I'm putting it out there on a TV show; it's the first thing people know about me. Very unsettling.

But it is also really rewarding to show some people how to protect themselves and others that they don't have to steal.

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Q:   What do you want viewers to take away from the show?
A:   Jon: I hope that people realize that a burglary CAN happen to them. We show that all different kinds of people are vulnerable. So I hope we show viewers they need to wise up. I also hope we entertain people.

Matt: I want people to know that there are small things they can do at home, at little or no cost, to make themselves safe — little adjustments on windows or sliding glass doors, etc. We want to help people in those little ways, so they do not have to go through the horror of having valuables taken.

We also want to get people to realize that not making a decision is actually making a decision. If you're not serious about home security, that's making a decision to not be safe. By just being lazy, you could be putting yourself in danger. Open your eyes to caring a bit more about your homes, possessions and loved ones.

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