Practical Prepping Podcast

This episode is brought to you by "Practical Prepping For Everyday People - A Common Sense  Guide On Preparing For Life's Emergencies "Available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. If you would like an autographed copy, drop us an email at info@practicalprepping.info   and we will send you details. In Episode #  37 we continue with low cost/no cost prepping activities. This parti...

This episode is brought to you by "Practical Prepping For Everyday People - A Common Sense  Guide On Preparing For Life's Emergencies " Available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. If you would like an autographed copy, drop us an email at info@practicalprepping.info   and we will send you details. Episode #36   "Getting Children Involved In Prepping" We certainly want...

This episode is brought to you by "Practical Prepping For Everyday People - A Common Sense Guide On Preparing For Life's Emergencies " Available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. If you would like an autographed copy, drop us an email at info@practicalprepping.info and we will send you details. Episode #35 Today's Topic: Tornados We are recording this on Sunday March 14th...

This episode is brought to you by "Practical Prepping For Everyday People - A Common Sense Guide On Preparing For Life's Emergencies " Available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. If you would like an autographed copy, drop us an email at info@practicalprepping.info and we will send you details. Episode #34 Hurricane Season almost here. Avoid the rush. The time to prepare is now...

This episode is brought to you by "Practical Prepping For Everyday People - A Common Sense  Guide On Preparing For Life's Emergencies " Available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. If you would like an autographed copy, drop us an email at info@practicalprepping.info   and we will send you details. NOTE : EVERY piece of gear reviewed on Practical Prepping Podcast has been purcha...

This episode is brought to you by "Practical Prepping For Everyday People - A Common Sense  Guide On Preparing For Life's Emergencies " Available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. If you would like an autographed copy, drop us an email at info@practicalprepping.info   and we will send you details. In many natural disasters, we often lose electricity, occasionally for extended t...

Episode #31 is brought to you by "Practical Prepping For Everyday People - A Common Sense  Guide On Preparing For Life's Emergencies " Available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. If you would like an autographed copy, drop us an email at info@practicalprepping.info   and we will send you details. If you havent done so, please click the subscribe button on your podcast provider,...

In episode #30, we discuss the purposes of first aid and building first aid kits and bags. We go through a list of things you may wish to include in your kits, and will post that list on the website in the next few days. All three of these are discussed: Pocket, personal, on-body, or edc bag kit Car kit or BOB kit Home or BOL kit This episode is brought to you by "Practical Prepping For Every...

This episode is brought to you by "Practical Prepping For Everyday People - A Common Sense  Guide On Preparing For Life's Emergencies " Available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. If you would like an autographed copy, drop us an email at info@practicalprepping.info   and we will send you details. In episode # 29 Mark gets into a bit of a rant about the attitudes and arrogance...

This episode is brought to you by " Practical Prepping For Everyday People - A Common Sense  Guide On Preparing For Life's Emergencies " Available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. If you would like an autographed copy, drop us an email at info@practicalprepping.info   and we will send you details. In episode #28 we discuss alternative ways to do "normal" things witho...

Episode #27 is brought to you by " Practical Prepping For Everyday People - A common Sense Guide To Preparing For Life's Emergencies " available on Amazon wherever books are sold. If you would like an autographed copy, drop us an email at info@practicalprepping.info   and we will send you details. In this episode is entitled "WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO".  We discuss why we prepa...

In episode #26 we discuss building small kits you can carry in your bug-out-bag, in your pocket, or in your purse. These small kits can be built in empty medicine bottles, snap top containers, and even smokeless tobacco cans. One man made small kits and shrink-wrapped six together to keep in his glove box. Anytime he was going any distance from the truck, he dropped it in his jacket pocket or bag....

In this episode of Practical Prepping Podcast Ten Minute Tips, we discuss the reasons a handheld radio is not the best option for your first, or only, radio. There are better options which will give you more reliability in making contacts as well as combat frustration and disappointment. If you would like to support the podcast, please go to www.buymeacoffee.com/practicalprep and buy us a cup or t...

In episode # 24, we discuss how we, or rather Krista, organizes inventories, and rotates our prepping pantry, as well as how we store and rotate water. If you would like to support the podcast, go to www.buymeacoffee.com/practicalprep and buy us a cup or two of coffee. We would certainly appreciate it. Thanks, and we will see you on the Friday edition of Practical Prepping Podcast Ten Minute Tips....

In Episode #23,  Recorded on Sunday night, Feb 14, with 1/3 of the country under winter storm warnings, from the southern tip of Texas to Ohio, we take a look at the unprecedented  Valentine's Day Weekend snow storms across the US. We relate some of the no cost prep activities we did on Sunday afternoon and what we found. We discuss the signs of hypothermia and how to combat it. Also discusse...

In this episode of Ten Minute Tip, we continue with low o no cost pepper activities. In this episode we explore checking our gear, in particular cleaning firearms, checking holsters, sharpening and keeping our knives oiled. Please subscribe to the podcast and leave us a five star review. If you would consider supporting the podcast, go to www.buymeacoffee.com/practicalprep and buy us a cup or two....

In this episode we begin a series on No-cost or Low cost prepping activities. Today, we begin with checking our gear, including firearms, knives, communications, and bags. Ten Minute Tips episodes will drop every Wednesday and Friday, and the regular episodes will continue to drop each monday. If you would like to support the podcast you can do so by buying us a cup or two of coffee at www.buymeac...

In this episode we announce a new segment Of Practical Prepping Podcast... "Ten Minute Tip."  Each Wednesay and Friday we will release a short episode with practical prepping tips. The regular episode will continue to be releades on Mondays. With episode #20, we begin a series on no-cost or low-cost prepper activities. Starting out with planning, we cover many of the items which need to...

In this episode, Richard and Emily Jones are back in the studio with us sharing safety tips from the law enforcement point of view. We discuss being safe while shopping, a personal "close call," as well as tips to make your home safer for you and your family.

In this episode, we discuss dealing with power outages. What do you do when the lights go out? Some things can be done in advance to mitigate the inconvenience of power outages, but what do you know if you don't have a generator or other power source?           Alternative Lighting Options           Dealing with the Loss of Heat           Alternative Cooking Options           Powering Small D...

In this episode, with guests Richard and Emily Jones, both full-time law enforcement officers, we discuss getting your car ready for winter. We also discuss some of the things we carry in our patrol cars "just in case." Emily relates how the expected twelve hour trip, returning from Niagara Falls after their wedding, turned into a twenty-two hour trip when a snowstorm hit the Northeast.

In this episode, we discuss reasons why you really should get a HAM radio license, if you own a HAM radio for SHTF. We also debunk some reasons, or excuses, why some people say they will not get a HAM radio license. Make it your goal to get that license in 2021. It's really not very hard. We have articles on our website to help you get that license. We list resources to help you, including so...

In Episode #15, our guest is Steve Ayers, the Emergency Coordinator (EC) for St. Clair County, Alabama, Amateur Radio Emergency Services Group (ARES). In this episode we discuss the role and organization of ARES and how the St Clair group goes further in providing information and services to the community and to served agencies such as the EMA, FEMA, and the Red Cross. We discuss the events of the...

In episode #14 we cover a number of Christmas gifts for preppers. We break these gifts in three catagories: $25 and under, $25 - $50, and over $50. We also discuss a  number of sneaky prepping gifts for non-preppers. These items will make them a bit more prepared, and might help get them started in prepping as it did one of our family members. We tell that story in the podcast. Email us Our Websit...