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Today’s episode of Friday Flashbacks was originally Episode-586- An Interview with David Crawford Author of Lights Out and was originally recorded on 1-13-11.  In this episode we were joined by author of the “doomer novel” Lights Out” which has been downloaded more than millions of times and had tremendous success as a printed book. The show notes for the original episode w...

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on economics, exercise, portable heaters, bird flu, gardening, trucks, permaculture and more. Make sure if you submit content for an expert council show you do the following…. Email it to me at jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com Put TSPC Expert in the subject line Ask you question and state the expert you have the question for in o...

Today professional solar engineer and long time TSPC community member Shawn Mills joins us to discuss the current state of alternative energy tax credits including solar, battery storage, EVs and a ton more. Don’t miss this one, get your own money back and go off gird! Shawn is an expert in the field of appropriate technologies, including solar, rainwater catchment, and natural black and gre...

Today we discuss a variety of composting methods. Often people say what is the best method. Well that as always is an it depends. Bioreactor composting is my gold standard but it takes a year to make and a certain volume of materials as well. There are other methods and they all have valid results. In fact it is often a great idea to use multiple composts in making teas, extracts and slurries alon...

Today we discuss theories and quotes from ten great thinkers.  As we do we will see a lot of things we think are new, are not.  We will also lean that many things we spend time and energy on are simply a waste of both.  There are things we can do with impact but society has laid many traps to direct our efforts into meaningless distractions. We will be talking about such visionaries and thinkers t...

Today’s episode of Friday Flashbacks was originally Episode-584- The Patriot Nurse Joins Us on TSP and was originally recorded on 1-11-11.  In this episode we were joined by The Patriot Nurse and we discussed the limitations of modern medicine, the importance of nutrition, steps you can take in advance to improve your chances if a collapse occurs. The show notes for the original episode with...

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on the deep state, the wash rule, solar with back up, trucks, mold, mushrooms, plant propagation, composting and more. Make sure if you submit content for an expert council show you do the following…. Email it to me at jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com Put TSPC Expert in the subject line Ask you question and state the expert you h...

I have often said that to stop conflict create abundance. I also point out that at one time, wars were fought over salt, but that no longer happens because salt is abundant. But one human need is truly scarce in many places today, and that is water. Zach Weiss of WaterStories.com joins me today to discuss how to restore peace to many parts of the world, by restoring water to the ecosystems. Zach i...

Join me today along with John Willis of SOE Tactical Gear & Nicole Sauce from Living Free in Tennessee for our monthly first Tuesday Coffee chat. Today we hit on a ton of topics including the upcoming Self Reliance Festival, expanding regulations, walking to freedom, building a business, plants, permaculture and a lot more. Resources for today’s show… Find Me on Nostr Article Explaining the Gr...

Today we dig into what is known as “the college enrollment cliff” which officially begins in 2025 but has really already begun to be felt.   We will then go beyond that to look at what the cliff says about our economy and society as a whole.  The truth is our nation is in big trouble and in a real way, the pending collapse of many of the small colleges is just one sign of what is coming this way a...

Today’s episode of Friday Flashbacks was originally Episode-581- Building Community with Marjory Wildcraft and was originally recorded on 1-6-11.  In this episode we were joined by Marjory to talk about creative ways to build community though a variety of means. The show notes for the original episode with all relevant resources can be found here. Welcome to Friday Flashbacks, after 15 years...

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on domestic invasion, weight training, wild permaculture, smart meters, raised beds, leach fields, conspiracy theories and more. Make sure if you submit content for an expert council show you do the following…. Email it to me at jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com Put TSPC Expert in the subject line Ask you question and state the ex...

Today we had a great discussion with Matthew Facas of Ares Tactical on concealed carry and how the carry space has changed over the last two decades in America.  We talk about carry options, when to actually use a weapon vs. not.  We also discuss training, gear and a ton more. Matthew is a custom holster maker with over a decade of experience. He draws on a vast range of work experiences to design...

The huge over night news is a container ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore.  It is likely the case that some of the special children are cheering this as Key was a “colonizer” and should have his bridge torn down.  These special children will soon find that that bridge is an important thing if you live on the east coast and want your chocolate, coffee and avoca...

This weekend I put in over 200 transplants and at least half were not “productive” meaning they produce nothing edible. Yet every plant got a special mix including inoculation of the roots with mycorrhizal fungi. And the last 4 years of soil management were visible in a big way. Today I will tell you so many things I have realized in the past 4 years so you too can grow tons of your ow...

Today’s episode of Friday Flashbacks was originally Episode-570- Sam Coffman from TheHumanPath.com and was originally recorded on 12-14-10.  In this episode we were joined by Sam Coffman, a former special forces solider and wilderness survival trainer to discuss survival training, permaculture, rebuilding after collapse and more. The show notes for the original episode with all relevant reso...

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on the censorship, fitness, power tools, navigation, testosterone therapy, power systems, diet and more. Make sure if you submit content for an expert council show you do the following…. Email it to me at jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com Put TSPC Expert in the subject line Ask you question and state the expert you have the questi...

Ryan and Amelia Soucy went from living in a city, where Ryan consistently worked 80 to 100 hours a week, to a completely off grid homestead in upstate NY. He worked as a fireman for a federal contractor while she was getting a degree in homeland security and emergency management. They moved into a run down RV with 2 dogs and brought their chickens with them. They bought a shed and turned it into a...

Today we cover a ton of great questions I have gotten recently about Bitcoin.  In fact the majority of these questions came from one listener who practically did up a show outline for today.  I worked in a few others as well both directly sent and that I have picked up on Nostr and X. Join Me Today to Discuss… Why was 21 million sats the number Satoshi chose, why not some other number? (penn...

In this episode we we discussed finding the right homestead, designing the life you want on it and supporting it with smart decisions, side hustles and more. Today’s episode was originally Episode-2186- Homesteading, Side Hustles and More & was originally first published on March 20th, 2018. The notes below are the original notes from that episode. So I jumped on Zello today to get some potent...

Today’s episode of Friday Flashbacks was originally Episode-566- Cam Mather on Off Grid Living and was originally recorded on 12-8-10.  In this episode we discussed how Cam and his family unplugged from the grid about 14 years ago, and began their journey by expanding agricultural production, expanding their solar arrays and more. We also discussed his two books.  The first is “Thriving Duri...

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on the military, running, fodder trees, hot water recirculation systems, vehicles, gardening and more. Make sure if you submit content for an expert council show you do the following…. Email it to me at jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com Put TSPC Expert in the subject line Ask you question and state the expert you have the question...

Join me at 12:00 CST as for a discussion with TSPC community member Jason Adkins.  Jason discovered TSPC in “the Jetta days”, became a prepper and then a series of “more mundane disasters” knocked him down.  He will tell us about that and how he rebuilt after them and is currently on track to reestablish a homestead with his two daughters. Resources for today’s show… Find M...

I am often asked for specific business advice and consulting.  Things like “can we hire you to assess our business” which I don’t do because I simply don’t have the time to do that type of consulting.  I am far more often though asked about business ideas.  Like what do you think of this product or this service as a business.  I almost always say, “sorry but I don&#82...

Join me at 13:00 CST as we continue our multi part series on redefining education.  I thought about calling this series “redefining childhood education” and while we will come at it a lot from what we should teach our kids, I am betting most adults may have to learn over half of the things we will talk about in this series as well. The truth is education is failing out children in so many ways.  K...