Thriving The Future Podcast

Why would a tattooed atheist Texas firefighter become an Orthodox Christian? Buck Johnson from the Counter Flow Podcast joins me as we share our stories. Why are so many of the people that we know becoming Orthodox? Is there some connection between libertarianism and Orthodox Christianity? Some (jokingly?) call it the "libertarian to Orthodox pipeline". Why did Perpend go off to become a monk? Thi...

"My father in law has a saying: 'you can do anything you want, but you can't do everything you want. There's always an opportunity cost and tradeoff for the things that you do or don't do.'" John Sutton from Sutton Homestead joins me and shares about their homesteading on 7 acres in Eastern idaho. "Homesteading is a lifestyle we love to live, food that we love to eat, and a garden is our gym." Joh...

Sometimes it takes a Holler Neighborhood. Nicole Sauce from Living Free In Tennessee and NicoleSauce.com shares that people that knew Nicole from workshops, her podcast, and online community moved into the holler neighborhood. They established a neighborhood culture where they share a common vision and goals and do projects together and watch out and take care of each other. How did they align on...

Matt from FarmHopLife Podcast ( FarmHopLife.com ) joins me as we talk about developing patience. Figuring out the pace of others. It requires putting in the reps. Be patient so you don't have to do it twice. Become financially patient. Being patient is being risk adverse. Do you do a lot of little things all at once? Learn when to go 100% on one thing. Old English "Patience" = "Longsuffering". Som...

How would you Thrive in WW2-style rationing of food and fuel? Christopher de Vidal from SecureCoop.com joins me to discuss. First, we discuss his homesteading in Florida. Check out the website for pics of Christopher's homestead. Then at 17:00 we dive into the topic: We are inarguably in wars that could become a world war. And our leaders regularly talk about restrictions that would lead to a less...

This is Part 2 of the conversation with Grant on How to Build a Nursery Side Hustle. This episode has tips that you can also use on your homestead to save and propagate trees and plants, with enough abundance to sell the extras. Propagation - from cuttings - elderberry, mulberry, figs, berries, and discarded trims from nursery plants. Did you know that figs are pollinated by a wasp, who dies in th...

How to propagate your own trees, plants, and flowers for free, and sell the extras as a side hustle. Learn skills while using your abundance. This is a Master Class on how to build a Nursery Side Hustle, with trees, plants, and flowers. It has tips that you can also use on your homestead to save and propagate trees and plants. Propagation - from seeds, cuttings, air layering, stool bed layering Ob...

Kerry Brown from StrongRootsResources.com joins me to talk about his move from urban homesteading to his family's land and how he setup a permaculture consulting business. Moving from a mindset where your land and home is a source of production instead of just consumption. "Building resilience from the ground up." He has done everything from swales to soldier fly larvae. Kerry has a local/regional...

Crisis is a Decision Point. Did you Just Fail the Test? On Oct-4-2023, there was a national test of the Emergency Broadcast System, on phones and on TV. Shouldn't be a big deal. But on Twitter and even on some homesteading groups that I follow, they were abuzz with fears that "this is going to activate something" through 5G. Even the people who are not typical of this were caught up in the convers...

My friend Eric walks through his thought process as he re-evaluates his side hustle at the 1 year mark. After 1 year, if the side hustle is not generating revenue, all those entry level fees (hosting, etc.) go up. So that is a decision point whether you are going to exit or change things up. Eric was last on Ep. 55 - How to Recession proof Your Job: https://thrivingthefuture.com/recession-proof-mi...

Stay Positive by Designing an Intentional Life Shudra , Homestead Padre , and Grant Payne join me on the Thriving Community Call this month to talk about their tips for staying positive in a negative world: Shudra: "Just get goats. You'll never be unhappy again. You'll be angry, you'll be frustrated, you'll be vengeful, but you'll never be unhappy again." Prayer Fasting from social media. Perspect...

Tips on Crafting Apple Cider, Apple Propagation, and Apple Grafting. More detail than most books! How did the Sept. Regional Catholic Land Movement Conference go? We deep dive on Mike's apple cider steps: He ferments English bittersweet apples in oak barrels with natural yeast. Barrel prep with a cold water rinse and cold water swell. Fill the barrel to overflowing, with no headspace. Natural cool...

Shudra is back and we discuss the solution to the recent "emergencies":New virus? Plant trees Cultivate gardens Tend livestock Bank limiting your cash withdrawals? Plant trees Cultivate gardens Tend livestock Aliens in the news? Plant trees Cultivate gardens Tend livestock We also discuss aquaponics and his recent article on Thriver. News : Homestead Aquaponics, Step by Step – The World’s Greatest...

Do You Feel Like Quitting? It's Sept. It's still hot. My Fall garden lettuce and greens will not germinate in this heat. I may run out of growing time before the first frost. For my wife, Feb and March are the worst times. The horses are covered in mud and it seems like it will never end. Tips for when you feel like quitting - how to come back? Failure is an option. Embrace the seasons. Take the t...

After two years and almost 100 episodes, we discuss how our views of community have changed. In Ep. 1 of the podcast Perpend and I discussed what is necessary for successful community: Worldview Skin in the game/Proof of Work Proximity Common purpose Common culture Are you doing community or just networking? Networking can be transactional and extracting; Community is more holistic and is more abo...

The Catholic Land Movement is a colloquial network of Catholic homesteaders who are looking to support one another educationally through fellowship and mutual aid with focusing on Catholic liturgical life as the center of those homesteading activities. They are a network of chapters in Catholic parishes nation wide, who host workshops, coordinate work projects, share skills. Mike Thomas from The C...

Ryan Mitchel Brown from Decentralized Radio Podcast shares about his health journey through autoimmune disease. We talk about Low-T, coming back from an eating disorder with the Carnivore diet, the importance of light therapy, limiting blue light to get the best sleep. Disclaimer: This relates a personal health journey and is not specific medical advice. Consult your health practitioner of choice...

Will Horvath from PermacultureApprentice.com joins to discuss Permaculture Type 1 Errors - in your design and implementation that you regret. Type 1 errors cost you money, time, and decreased return or increased effort. Some of the Type 1 errors that we discuss: Install a pond in the wrong location. Using the STUN method on grafted apple trees and most of them fail. Put a garden in poor sun exposu...

Andrew Funk, the host of the Royal Path Podcast , joins Perpend and I to talk about Thriving in the Ordinary and Mundane. First a definition: mun·dane 1. lacking interest or excitement; dull. 2. of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one. "the boundaries of the mundane world" "Are you for real or are you going through the motions?" - Kansas lyric from "Going Through the Motions"...

Homestead Chat Pt. 2. - Grant Payne joins Homestead Padre and I as we share stories of abundance, and chat about piglets, Grant's plans for his nursery, building his side hustle by growing plants from discarded cuttings at the local nursery. Episode website: https://thrivingthefuture.com/homestead-chat2 If you like this unique topic, shoot us a tip on Venmo @ThrivingtheFuture or CashApp $Thrivingt...

This week is a homestead chat with Homestead Padre. We talk about the challenges of gardening in the summer in Mississippi, adventures in the farmer's market, foraging, Grant Payne joins us next week for Pt. 2 of the Homestead Chat. Episode website: https://thrivingthefuture.com/homestead-chat1 If you like this unique topic, shoot us a tip on Venmo @ThrivingtheFuture or CashApp $ThrivingtheFuture....

We had a question for Perpend from the Cosmology vs. Worldview episode on "how do you handle not knowing?" (Perpend is on a monastic path, to be a monk, and doesn't know what the future holds or where he will end up). Not knowing is more relevant to your situation than you may realize because each SHTF situation is not knowing - lost job, health challenges, and other issues. Get to the place where...

Are you a "Yes" Man? Are you always over-extended? Do you have difficulty saying "No" to family, friends, and at work? Learn the Skill of saying "No". Set boundaries or all of your time will be taken by others. Speak the language of the person that you are talking to. Everything is a negotiation. Are you interested but the timing is not right? Should it be me or someone else? Are you volunteering...

This is part 2 of the discussion with Perpend on Cosmology and Worldview. We discuss Ep. 74 – Crisis is a Decision Point – with Cyprian and Perpend takes Cyprian’s #BuildtheArk- 1 step farther to #BeAnArkBuilder. We talk about life and death, celebration of life ceremonies, and funerals from an Orthodox perspective. It is a deep conversation, and it gets personal. This is part 2 of what was a mamm...

Perpend shares about his monastic journey, life, death, & homesteading. What is your cosmology and eschaton, and how does that define (and is different from) your worldview? We discuss Ep. 74 - "Crisis is a Decision Point - with Cyprian" ThrivingtheFuture.com/crisis and Perpend takes Cyprian's #BuildtheArk - 1 step farther. This is part 1 of what was a mammoth almost 2 hours podcast. You can l...