The Survival Podcast

Today’s we are going to talk about vehicle preparedness. This is designed to be stuff that can be in just about any vehicle at all times and yet you still have room for your groceries and your kids.  Next while two is one and one is none, we are not looking to over do redundancy here.  So this list assumes you have a good BOB (72 hour kit) and that it goes in your vehicle when needed (most times)...

We have heard a lot of “AI is coming for your jobs” talk in the media and then the layoffs came just as predicted.  But did AI really drive the layoffs?  More did it even really have anything to do with them in any meaningful way?  If AI is replacing all these jobs, where is the actual proof, is there any really there. No, at least in 95% of all instances when examined not really.  A few real case...

Today we are joined by Phillip Fry, host of the All About Pigeons podcast and a man who has spent years studying one of the most overlooked animals in human history. Phillip lives off grid in Arizona where he built his own home and maintains a self sufficient lifestyle that includes raising pigeons for both practical and historical reasons. Beyond the hobby side of things, Phillip sees pigeons as...

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council covers a wide range of real world topics. We kick things off with Joel Ryals on getting obedience from your dog the first time, every time, without turning your relationship into a constant battle. Jesse Markowitz then digs into whether Start9 actually makes sense for data storage and remote access, or if it is just another shiny tech toy for privac...

Time for a fun show that isn’t so serious yet one that addresses a very serious topic.  That is of course the cost of food in a very inflationary economy.  I am also not going to bind myself to a keto diet today as many of you do not live that way anyway.  I will give you some cooking hacks to simply get better results. I will also give you a ton of recipie ideas including many I self developed ov...

Today we discuss why I don’t give one F about Hantavirus and why you probably shouldn’t either. We also get into why Saylor hatred has become a failed IQ test for Bitcoin maxis, what Elon’s DODGE really was, and why calling it a “once in a lifetime opportunity” is true, just not in the way most people mean it. We also talk about the White House Ballroom fight and why it may be one of the dumbest p...

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council covers a wide range of real world topics.   Ron Paul and Chris Rossini lead off today a simple question.  If ships are moving though the strait why pause “Project Freedom”?  The Mike Milito talks about hunting spring turkeys.  Nick Ferguson weighs in on ship mast black locust.  Doc Bones tells you what you don’t know about Michael Faraday beyond the...

Today Hans Hageman joins us to discuss the growing crisis facing boys and young men, why “resilience” by itself is no longer enough, and what it really means to become anti-fragile. This is a conversation about what happens when young men grow up without purpose, structure, challenge, or direction, and why so many of the systems that claim to help them are actually failing them. Hans has spent his...

Today we have our first Tuesday Coffee Chat with John Willis of SOE Tactical Gear and Nicole Sauce of Living Free in Tennessee. These discussions are always a wildcard and can go anywhere. We usually hit on some current events of course. We also tend to talk about things like entrepreneurship, homesteading and a ton more. In general we try to inspire you a bit, make you laugh a few times, entertai...

Today I woke up and thought to myself, “that decade of flux you forecasted all the way back in 2010, yeah man it is here and it is happening, may be you need to talk about it”.  For those new to the show I said back in 2010 that “the decade of flux we will experience from 2020-2030 will be the most radical shift any living person has ever seen.  That said as we approached the mark I punted my pred...

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council covers a wide range of real world topics.   Ron Paul and Chris Rossini lead off today with why the warfare and welfare states can’t continue to coexist.  Andy McCann discusses what VO2 max is and why it matters. Jesse Markowitz talks about new EU privacy laws and how freedom tech evades them.  We get the run down from Kerry Brown on the herb cleaver...

Aly Nickling Riddle joins me today to break down why so many people fall in love with the idea of homesteading and then walk away from it a few years later. A lot of people get hooked by what they see on a screen, fresh eggs, clean gardens, slow mornings, and a sense of freedom. What they don’t see is the grind behind it. In this episode we get into the gap between the fantasy and the reality. We...

I have dripped bits and bobs about a practice I began and then further developed in my life beginning in November last year.  I had not wanted to really go deep into it on air until I first had a chance to present it in a more public live audience situation.  That all just happened as when Nicole Sauce asked me to present at LFTN-26 it is the topic she asked me to talk about. Well, I have just ret...

Today I want to discuss the concept of critical thinking and how we are often led by those in power.  How many “issues” are presented to divide us yet they really shouldn’t.  Most if actually examined critically would result in people either realizing the issue doesn’t matter and nothing should be done, or in general agreeing on the solution. Those in charge can’t have this, a people divided are e...

In this episode from 2012 we discussed what I call “the great lie of dichotomy” and while 14 years have passed you will soon see that very little has changed at least in regard to this concept. Once in a while I just need to take the time to chat with you guys about what is going on and perhaps clean up some things from past episodes as well. Today is such a day.  Likely as in most instances when...

In this episode from 2011 we examined liberty to truly understand what we are working for with self sufficient lifestyles.  Liberty seems like a simple concept at first, are you free or not?  But what really defines freedom, what really is the difference between liberty and captivity and are their shades of gray that deceive us? Join me today as we discuss these thirteen facts about liberty… Liber...

In this episode from 2010 look at developing eight conventional and unconventional skills for the survival gardener.  Ways that you can maximize production, protect your crops, extend your seasons and maximize space. I am also going to do a follow up on my comments about the Arizona immigration bill yesterday, giving you what Paul Harvey would call “the rest of the story”. Join me today as we disc...

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council covers a wide range of real world topics.  Today we start with a question is taxation just fractional modern slavery.  We move on to the real reason Iran asked for tolls to be paid in bitcoin.  Then Dr. Joe Alton tells us all about “bone contusions” and how to deal with them.  Then we dig into other subjects like rucking for fitness, creative tax de...

Zack Smith returns to TSPC today to talk about updates to his stock cropper system and give up some information on a new product release called the “ClusterCluck Drive”.  The ClusterCluck Drive is a solar-powered electric drive unit that bolts onto your existing portable coop or pen and moves it for you, manually with a Bluetooth key fob or on a fully autonomous straight-line schedule through our...

My hope today is to help you understand money from as many new perspectives as possible.  If you think about it nothing in general has a greater effect on the lives of most Americans than money.  Money is why we work, how we provide our housing and food, how we are taxed and how our class structure is defined.  We can deny this if we choose to but a family with a gross income of 100,000 dollars a...

Welcome to another week and this time we lead off on a Monday by taking a look at some of the both big and lesser known news stories that have happened over the weekend.  We will lead off with Trump new seemingly crazy plan to block the Strait of Hormuz after demand Iran open it.  Is this an unhinged Orangeman thing or is there actually a strategy behind it? Next we dig into an article about China...

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council covers a wide range of real world topics.  Today we start with a question, how similar is the Iran conflict to Afghanistan or Vietnam?  Then should you sell your home yourself or get a realtor?  Thoughts on harvesting tree fodder and storing it as “tree hay”.  Then we talk about inspecting and modifying older guns such as military surplus arms. Make...

Today we are joined by Stephen Brass, a fourth generation farmer from northern Illinois who walked away from the conventional grain model to build a regenerative beef operation. Growing up in the Corn Belt meant a steady diet of synthetic fertilizers and heavy tillage. These inputs maintained a status quo while the topsoil literally washed away. For Stephen, the turning point was realizing that th...

The typical story about disease and vegetables is something like this from the all natural crowd…. Just use compost and good organic fertility, build good soil and it won’t be a problem. Yea, um, about that, look good soil, good fertility and abundant soil life and minerals go a long way to healthy plants, but they don’t eliminate all diseases.  They also take time to develop in your garden soil. ...

Everyone is looking for the ‘Killer App’ for AI. They want the one plugin or the one prompt that changes everything.  They’re looking in the wrong place. AI is a mirror, it is a leverage tool, it’s a management flight simulator and a leadership training program all in one. If you can’t lead a machine that has no ego and works for free, you aren’t ready to lead anything else.  The real Killer App o...