Practical Prepping Podcast

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode #88, "Building A Get-Home-Bag, Car-Bag, And Kit For Our Children Who Drive To And From School Or College" Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com We build GHBs, BOBs, car kits, emergency kits, and such for ourselves, but what about for our children? How have we prepared our driving...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 87, "Freedom, Choice, And Personal Responsibility" Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com This episode is an adaptation of an opion piece that I wrote and posted, including on social media, about six weeks ago. The information given here will be a little dated, as the numbers ch...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode #86, "Ways To Filter And Purify Water, In SHTF Or During Water Emergencies." Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com Knowing how to filter and purify water is important not only for survival purposes, but water systems, from time to time, become contaminated and the water is unsafe...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 85 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com Lots of folks enjoy traveling in the spring and summer, but just as many prefer traveling during the fall and winter. Then there is the time we spend daily or weekly in our vehicles. Many of us spend a lot of time in our vehicles, and there is alw...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 84 "Failures In Preparedness, and Specific Prepping Catagories"  Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com There are times that, if we are not careful, we set ourselves up for failure. We must avoid preparedness failures as we prepare to survive whatever may come. In this episode w...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 83 "Stocking And Storing Medications For SHTF" Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com Situations could arise at some point in the future when we become our own first responders, and our own medical care.  For that reason we need to maintain a supply of medications to be used aft...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 82 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com In this episode we are talking with Jim Curtis, from Jim Curtis Knives. Jim is a American custom knife maker from Central Alabama. Jim built the beautiful knife that Krista commissioned for Mark as a Christmas gift, which he proudly carries daily....

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode #   "Dealing With "Stinging Critter" Stings" Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com Title: Dealing With "Stinging Critter" Stings Bees, Wasps, Hornets, Yellow Jackets, Horse Flies, Bumblebees, Fire Ants, and Scorpions sting, and Spiders bite which hurts like a...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode #80, "Building An Urban Bug-Out-Bag For surviving in the city." Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com Building An Urban Bug-Out-Bag For "surviving in the city" is a bit different from a bug out bag used in rural and suburban areas Many times smaller items will be of mor...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode #75 "Bugging Out From The Big City" Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com "Bugging Out From The Big City" If you can, move out of the city. You don't want to be there when SHTF. Even if you move out or you commute into the city you have to prepare for possibility o...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode #78 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com This is a fun little podcast where we do a "Pocket Dump" with what Mark actually carries in his pockets every day, whether he is wearing shorts, jeans, shirt and tie, or a suit. Please consider supporting the podcast by buying us a cup of...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode #77 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com In this episode we discuss: "Procrastination" The art of putting things off (intentionally or habitually) 95% of people, at times, procrastinate, on some level. Causes of procrastination Lack of self-discipline Lack of priority Fear Of fa...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 76 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com In this episode we discuss the creepy topic of "Spiders." There are over 46,000 different species of spiders in the world, with around 30 of those species being dangerous to humans. A handful of these spiders have venom so potent that a...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode #75 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com In this episode we discuss: Money Saving Ideas Dump cable or satellite TV Use a smart TV like a Roku Tv and a streaming service. Prices vary greatly, so do your research. Antenna TV is an option as well, and is necessary for local events and weathe...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 74 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com In this episode we discuss: "Ten essential categories of items to put in a bug-out-bag or a get-home-bag." Many new people have come into prepping after the year we've had, stocking up on food, water, toilet paper, and paper towels....

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 73, " Rattlesnakes, Copperheads, And Other Slithering Critters." Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com In this episode we discuss: Rattlesnakes, Copperheads, And Other Slithering Critters, and how to keep them away from your property, and though not medical advice, we discuss t...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 72, "Taking The Buzz Out Of Mosquitos" Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com In this episode we discuss: Controlling mosquitoes We Can Kill Them With electronic zappers By feeding them to the birds Build Purple Martin houses--they eat not only mosquitoes, but also carpenter bee...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 71 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com In this episode we discuss building radio "go boxes." These can be built for HAM radio, CB radio, GMRS, FRS, Marine radio, or any radio service you use. They are used for Deployments Search and rescue Bugging out Exercises like field day...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 70 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com In response to several who have asked, this is a list of things for when getting started prepping, and a reminder list for the rest of us. It is certainly not an exhaustive list for prepping, but is a good working list for building our preps. A Li...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 69 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com We have seen many asking about what items should be stored for barter. In this episode we discus many of items good for not only barter but for our use during SHTF. A List Of Items To Store For Barter, And Use, In SHTF, in no particular order: Lig...

You are invited to the annual ARRL HAM Radio Field Day, this weekend, June 26 & 27, at a location near you. This is a 24 hour emergency communications preparedness exercise and you can participate, even without having a ham radio license! It's an opportunity to learn about ham radio and experience it first hand. We'll help you make your first contact! Join us at a location near you,...

Episode #67, "Staying Cool, Avoiding Heat Related Illnesses" Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com Just as a review, we identify the two most common heat illnesses, Heat exhaustion and Heat stroke. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is truth, so we want to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! We dis...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 66 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com In this episode we discuss: "Having A Positive Mental Attitude and Survival Mindset, And Dealing With Stress" "Having A Positive Attitude And A Survival Mindset" "A positive mental attitude will not let you do anything, bu...

Practical Prepping Podcast Episode #65 Please share this episode with friends. Here is the direct link: https://practicalpreppingpodcast.buzzsprout.com Practical Prepping focuses preparing for the events we are most likely to face, weather events, power outages, supply chain interruptions, shortages, and financial issues. We've never put any real time into aliens, zombies, asteroid strikes, E...

A long podcast (for us) but VERY important information on  what is behind all the active shooter/Active killer events, and how we can survive these events.