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  Award-winning author Kenneth R. Timmerman is president and CEO of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran.  He has spent his career investigating the dark side of national security.  His many books include St. Peter’s Bones (2011 Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award Winner); Shadow Warriors: The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender; Preachers of Hate: Islam and the War on America; Honor Killing; and Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran. His work as an investigative reporter has been showcased by a wide variety of media outlets, to include The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Newsmax, FrontPage Magazine, The New York Post, National Review Online, and Human Events.  He has presented his findings before Congress in public testimony and in Special Reports commissioned by various committees.   Over the past 3 decades, Mr. Timmerman has revealed how failed U.S. policies have helped create new threats to our nation from Russia, China, and Iran.  He has interviewed dissidents behind the Iron Curtain, covered numerous Middle East wars and false-hope peace treaties, interviewed suicide bombers, debriefed defectors from Iranian intelligence organizations, and covered the plight of Christians persecuted for their faith.   For Mr. Timmerman’s work in exposing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, he was nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize by former Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Per Ahlmark; and in February 2011, he was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media prize for Investigative Journalism.

  Fritz W. Ermarth is the former Director of National Security Programs at the Nixon Center. He is also a part-time senior analyst for the Strategies Group at Science Applications International Corporation. Ermarth worked for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1973 until 1998, serving as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, as National Intelligence Officer for the USSR and East Europe and Director of the Strategic Evaluation Center.   Widely considered to be a true hero of the Cold War, Ermarth has received both the Distinguished Intelligence Medal and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. Ermarth also served as Special Assistant to the President during the Ronald Reagan’s presidency, as well as Senior Director of Soviet and European Affairs.

  Call in to this live Preparedness Podcast for a chance to receive a copy of James Wesley Rawles’s brand new bookSurvivors. This book hasn’t even been released yet –it comes out Tuesday, October 4th. We’re getting a few advanced copies sent straight from Simon and Schuster. Jim Rawles knows that it would only take one unthinkable event to disrupt our way of life –- whether an EMP, terrorist attack, a global pandemic, or sharp currency devaluation–you and your family may be forced to fend for yourself in ways you’ve never imagined. Where would you get water? How would you communicate with relatives who live in other states? What would you use for fuel?   Survivalist expert James Wesley Rawles, author of How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times, the novel Patriots and editor of SurvivalBlog.com, is returning to EMPact Radio to answer questions and share some insights about the essential tools and skills you might need to survive in a “grid-down” environment.    You can listen to the recording of Jim’s prior appearances on EMPact Radio by clicking here.

This week, EMPact Radio adds a second guest spot to our program. Join us for guests Ron Kessler and Fritz Ermarth. Ronald Kessler is the New York Times best-selling author of nineteen non-fiction books. Kessler began his career as a journalist in 1964 on the Worcester Telegram, followed by three years as an investigative reporter and editorial writer with the Boston Herald. In 1968, he joined the Wall Street Journal as a reporter in the New York bureau. He became an investigative reporter with the Washington Post in 1970 and continued on the paper until 1985.   Fritz W. Ermarth is the former Director of National Security Programs at the Nixon Center. He is also a part-time senior analyst for the Strategies Group at Science Applications International Corporation. Ermarth worked for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1973 until 1998, serving as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, as National Intelligence Officer for the USSR and East Europe and Director of the Strategic Evaluation Center.   Widely considered to be a true hero of the Cold War, Ermarth has received both the Distinguished Intelligence Medal and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. Ermarth also served as Special Assistant to the President during the Ronald Reagan’s presidency, as well as Senior Director of Soviet and European Affairs.

For Preparedness Podcast #16, our guest is James Talmage Stevens, known as “Doctor Prepper” to millions of radio listeners and readers of his book, Making the Best of Basics–which is in its 11th edition, joins us for our live Preparedness Podcast, when we’ll be taking your calls and answering your questions on the air.

  Dr. Peter Vincent Pry and Cynthia Ayers welcome Congressman Roscoe Bartlett back to EMPact Radio. One of only three scientists in Congress, Rep. Bartlett represents the sixth Congressional District of Maryland. Congressman Bartlett has been one of the strongest voices to protect our nation from an EMP for decades.   To read more of Representative Bartlett’s biography, please visit his official congressional web site: bartlett.house.gov.    Congressman Bartlett has appeared on EMPact Radio in previous episodes, which you can listen to at EMPactRadio.org.

  James Wesley Rawles knows that it would only take one unthinkable event to disrupt our way of life – whether an EMP, terrorist attack, a global pandemic, or sharp currency devaluation–you and your family may be forced to fend for yourself in ways you’ve never imagined.   Survivalist expert James Wesley, Rawles, author of How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times, the novel Patriots and editor of SurvivalBlog.com, was our guest on EMPact Radio’s Peter Vincent Pry show for a 1-hour special in February, when he answered questions and shared insights about the essential tools and skills you might need to survive in a “grid-down” environment. Where would you get water? How would you communicate with relatives who live in other states? What would you use for fuel? This half-hour excerpt includes part B of that episode, and part A was posted yesterday on EMPactRadio.org. This is not a live broadcast, so please email any follow-up questions you may have to radio@empactamerica.org, and we will get the answers for you and include your question in the next live episode of the Preparedness Podcast.

  James Wesley Rawles knows that it would only take one unthinkable event to disrupt our way of life – whether an EMP, terrorist attack, a global pandemic, or sharp currency devaluation–you and your family may be forced to fend for yourself in ways you’ve never imagined.   Survivalist expert James Wesley, Rawles, author of How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times, the novel Patriots and editor of SurvivalBlog.com, was our guest on EMPact Radio’s Peter Vincent Pry show for a 1-hour special in February, when he answered questions and shared insights about the essential tools and skills you might need to survive in a “grid-down” environment.   Where would you get water? How would you communicate with relatives who live in other states? What would you use for fuel?   This half-hour excerpt includes part A of that  episode, and part B will be posted tomorrow here on EMPactRadio.org. This is not a live broadcast, so please email any follow-up questions you may have to radio@empactamerica.org, and we will get the answers for you and include your question in the next live episode of the Preparedness Podcast.

  Today's Preparedness Podcast is from the best preparedness discussions from the archives of EMPact Radio, but please tune in tomorrow at 6:00 PM (Eastern time) for a new live show, when we'll have a new guest and we will be taking your calls and answering your questions on the air.   In this podcast, EMPact America's Dr. Peter Vincent Pry and Ross Howarth talk about how important it is for transportation challenges to be included in every household's emergency preparedness plan.

  Denise Herkey-Jarosch serves as the WNY and Finger Lakes Regional Program Coordinator for the American Red Cross NYS Citizen Preparedness Program. Prior to working for the NYS Citizen Preparedness Program Denise worked in the field of housing and community development for several not-for-profit organizations in Buffalo, NY. She has also worked for the NYS Assembly and the League of Women Voters of Buffalo/Niagara. Denise will be joining us to talk about preparedness ideas in general and the Red Cross educational programs that you can take to learn more about preparedness.

  September is National Preparedness Month, so EMPact America presents the Preparedness Podcast on EMPact Radio.   Today's podcast is from the best preparedness discussions from the archives of EMPact Radio, but please tune in tomorrow at 6:00 PM (Eastern time) for a new live show, when we'll have a new guest and we will be taking your calls and answering your questions on the air.   In this podcast, EMPact America's Dr. Peter Vincent Pry and Ross Howarth talk about some of the more important elements that need to be included in every household's emergency preparedness plan.  

  This episode features two great authors, Paul Palango and Reza Kahlili.   Paul Palango is an author and investigative journalist. His two most recent books-about the RCMP-are Above The Law and The Last Guardians. His stints as a journalist include the Hamilton Spectator and the Toronto Sun. From 1977 to 1990 he was a news reporter, sports editor, city editor and national editor at The Globe and Mail-where he supervised the investigative journalists across the country. In 1989, on behalf of the Globe and its staff, he was selected to accept the Michener Award from then Governor-General Jeanne Sauvé.   In recent years Mr. Palango has published numerous articles in newspapers across Canada and has been a frequent commentator on matters involving the RCMP and policing in general. In that capacity he has appeared more than 300 times on radio and television in Canada and the United States. He lives in Chester Basin, Nova Scotia.   Reza Kahlili is a former CIA operative who worked in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. His historical memoir, A Time To Betray (www.atimetobetray.com), a winner of 2010 National & 2011 International book awards, is required reading for U.S. Government intelligence training programs.   Kahlili teaches at the U.S. Department of Defense’s Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy (JCITA) and at the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies. “Reza Kahlili” is a pseudonym for security purposes. Kahlili has been featured on ABC, CBN, C-Span, Fox, MSNBC, Forbes, the Christian Science Monitor and numerous other media outlets.

  September is National Preparedness Month, so EMPact America presents the Preparedness Podcast on EMPact Radio.   The following podcast is from the best preparedness discussions from the archives of EMPact Radio.   In this podcast, EMPact America's Dr. Peter Vincent Pry and Ross Howarth talk with guest David Trachtenberg about how communications is an important part of a disaster and emergency preparedness plan.   David Trachtenberg is a HAM radio operator, and discusses how HAM radios have been and can be used in many different types of disasters and emergencies to maintain communication at critical times, and could be used in a post-EMP situation when other forms of communication are out of commission.

  In this Preparedness Podcast, Dr. Peter Vincent Pry and Ross Howarth discuss how important it is for food to be part of your preparedness plan. If you have any comments or follow-up questions, please email them to radio@empactamerica.org, and we’ll get the answers for you in our next live Preparedness Podcast.  

In this Preparedness Podcast, Dr. Pry and Ross Howarth answer questions about how important it is to have water in your preparedness plan.