Prepper Recon Podcast

Militia Training with David Kobler AKA Southern Prepper 1 David Kobler joins me today to talk about some basic principles behind retreat security and simple training exercises. David has created a fantastic Minuteman series that focuses on militia and group security. This  collection of training videos  is available on his SouthernPrepper1 YouTube channel. David also tells us about his recent accident and what he believes kept him and his son from being much more seriously injured or killed. Today's Prepper Recon Podcast sponsor is CampingSurvival.com. Whether your plan is to bug in or bug out, they have all of your preparedness needs including; bug out bags, long term food storage, water filters, gas masks, and first aid kits. Use coupon code PREPPERRECON to get 5% off your entire order at Camping Survival. Stop by SouthernPrepper1's YouTube channel to check out all of the great information available on the entire spectrum of survival and preparedness. Subscribe to David's channel so you won't miss his new updates. Remember to say a prayer for a speedy recovery for David's back. Don't miss another episode of the Prepper Recon Podcast. Subscribe to us on Stitcher or iTunes to get a new episode every week. Check out my new dystopian fiction novel, American Exit Strategy, Book One of the Economic Collapse Chronicles. Liberty minded individuals and those who believe in the Constitution will find this near future dystopian novel to be right up their alley. Those who are looking to be more informed about the potential threats to America’s financial stability will learn what to watch for and how to prepare themselves for an economic collapse. God bless and happy prepping! MDG

  Podcast- Fed Failure- Guest Appearance on I Am Liberty This is the recording of my recent guest appearance on I Am Liberty with James Walton. We talked about gold and silver as protection against a currency collapse and the inability of the Fed to improve  the job market even though they are adding 7% of the entire economy in new money creation every year through QE. Check out today's show then visit James' website at I Am Liberty. Today's Prepper Recon Podcast sponsor is CampingSurvival.com. Whether your plan is to bug in or bug out, they have all of your preparedness needs including; bug out bags, long term food storage, water filters, gas masks, and first aid kits. Use coupon code PREPPERRECON to get 5% off your entire order at Camping Survival. Don't miss another episode of the Prepper Recon Podcast. Subscribe to us on Stitcher or iTunes to get a new episode every week. Check out my new dystopian fiction novel, American Exit Strategy, Book One of the Economic Collapse Chronicles. Liberty minded individuals and those who believe in the Constitution will find this near future dystopian novel to be right up their alley. Those who are looking to be more informed about the potential threats to America’s financial stability will learn what to watch for and how to prepare themselves for an economic collapse. God bless and happy prepping! MDG

DIY Solar Back Up System- Prepper Recon on The Midnight Patriot Show   On today's show, I describe the steps I used to build my starter solar back up power system. The great thing about the items I chose, is that they are scalable and I can add to them in the future to produce more energy if needed. The image below is a diagram of the four components of a solar power generator and how they are connected.   The first component I purchased was a 1000 watt inverter. The great thing about the type of inverter I chose is that it can be used on an automobile to generate electricity during power outages on its own. Simply connect the clamps to your car battery, and you have enough electricity to keep most refrigerators running. I bought the inverter at the beginning of hurricane season last year to provide back up power from the car with the intention of adding it to the solar system later when I had more funds available or could get the other components as gifts. I really like this inverter because of the ability to use it on the car, which effectively transforms my automobile into a generator, or as a component in my solar power system to produce renewable energy. Next, I purchased the deep cycle battery. It is a 12 volt battery and is compatible with all of the other parts I intended on using. It can also be charged using any 12 volt battery charger and provide additional back up power when used with the inverter prior to purchasing the other components of the solar power system. I started small with a 35 Ah deep cycle battery, but can always add a 90 Ah or 200 Ah later. I found this battery to be the best deal for the money. Next, my Christmas gift from the lovely Coupon Prepper, whom you may have heard in the first episode of the Prepper Recon Podcast, (also my wife), I got 2 100 watt panels, a very good middle of the road charge controller and the peripheral hookup equipment. For the frame, I just use some scrap wood that I found on a pallet and painted. I secured it to the top of my shed as seen below. If you mount your panels to a shed roof like I did, be sure to drill the edges and not the part of the roof that is covering the inside of your shed. The Z brackets attached the panels to the two parallel wood board being used as a mount. Make sure they are facing the sun! Each panel has a positive and a negative wire that went into MC4 T branch couplers so that I only have one positive and one negative cord coming off the roof and into the shed. If you had 3 panels, you would need an extra set of the MC4 T branch couplers. The connections are easily taken back apart, so you can add another panel with another pair of couplers when ever you like. The cables that go into the shed had the MC4 connectors on both sides, but the charge controller needed eyelet connectors. The Sunforce charge controller I bought came with 4 eyelet connectors. I simply unscrewed the MC4 connectors inside the shed and replaced them with the eyelets. Hold on to those MC4s, they can be reused. The charge controller clearly instructs where to attach the cables in from the panels and out to the battery. I did not purchase cables to go from the charge controller to the battery. The inverter came with cables to plug into a cigarette lighter. The are completely useless for that purpose as a 1000 watt inverter will pop your car cigarette lighter fuse in a second. One side of those cables already had eyelet connectors which I attached to the battery. I used the second set of eyelet connectors to replace the cigarette lighter plug. I just cut it off, stripped the wire back a half inch or so and put the eyelet connectors on. You could even just use the raw wire without the connectors as the screws on the underside of the charge controller will clamp the raw wire. The clamps from the inverter clamp on the battery and Voila! You have solar energy. My system is currently powering my security light,

Mutual Assistance Groups with Charley Hogwood Today's guest is Charley Hogwood. Charlie served 15 year in the US Army and the National Guard. Charlie is a preparedness educator and the author of the new book, MAGS, The People Part of Prepping. We talk about everything involved with a mutual assistance group. We cover group dynamics, vetting new members, families as mutual assistance groups, group size and leadership structures. Today's Prepper Recon Podcast sponsor is CampingSurvival.com. Whether your plan is to bug in or bug out, they have all of your preparedness needs including; bug out bags, long term food storage, water filters, gas masks, and first aid kits. Use coupon code PREPPERRECON to get 5% off your entire order at Camping Survival.   Stop by ReadyGoPrep.com to check out all of the classes available and keep watch for the upcoming video series of Charley's classes. Click the link below to purchase Charley's new book, Mags, The People Part of Prepping through Amazon. Don't miss another episode of the Prepper Recon Podcast. Subscribe to us on Stitcher or iTunes to get a new episode every week. Check out my new dystopian fiction novel, American Exit Strategy, Book One of the Economic Collapse Chronicles. Liberty minded individuals and those who believe in the Constitution will find this near future dystopian novel to be right up their alley. Those who are looking to be more informed about the potential threats to America’s financial stability will learn what to watch for and how to prepare themselves for an economic collapse. God bless and happy prepping! MDG  

Podcast- Survival Medicine with Dr Bones and Nurse Amy Joe Alton, also known as Dr. Bones, the Disaster Doctor, is an M.D. and Amy Alton, also known as Nurse Amy, is an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and a certified nurse midwife.  They are the authors of the #1 Amazon Bestseller in Survival Skills, Disaster Relief, and Safety/First aid “The Survival Medicine Handbook”; a guide for when medical help is not on the way. On today's show, we talk about survival medicine, both conventional and alternative, and medical preparedness. Lots of great information that you can't afford to miss! Today's Prepper Recon Podcast sponsor is CampingSurvival.com. Whether your plan is to bug in or bug out, they have all of your preparedness needs including; bug out bags, long term food storage, water filters, gas masks, and first aid kits. Use coupon code PREPPERRECON to get 5% off your entire order at Camping Survival. You can listen to Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy on there weekly podcast by visiting DoomAndBloom.net. You can purchase The Survival Medicine Handbook through Amazon by clicking the link below. Don't miss another episode of the Prepper Recon Podcast. Subscribe to us on Stitcher or iTunes to get a new episode every week. Check out my new dystopian fiction novel, American Exit Strategy, Book One of the Economic Collapse Chronicles. Liberty minded individuals and those who believe in the Constitution will find this near future dystopian novel to be right up their alley. Those who are looking to be more informed about the potential threats to America’s financial stability will learn what to watch for and how to prepare themselves for an economic collapse. God bless and happy prepping! MDG

When to Bug Out and When to Bug In- Prepper Recon on Midnight Patriot Special Edition Broadcast This special edition broadcast is from last week's show on The Midnight Patriot. I am now a regular contributor every Thursday on The Midnight Patriot. You can listen live to The Midnight Patriot every Monday through Friday evening from 10 pm EST to whenever, usually around 12:00 or 1:00 am. On this episode, we talked about bugging out vs bugging in.  We also discussed a few recent news articles that suggest the US economy may be reaching the end of the line. Don't miss another episode of the Prepper Recon Podcast. Subscribe to us on Stitcher or iTunes to get a new episode every week. Check out my new dystopian fiction novel, American Exit Strategy, Book One of the Economic Collapse Chronicles. Liberty minded individuals and those who believe in the Constitution will find this near future dystopian novel to be right up their alley. Those who are looking to be more informed about the potential threats to America’s financial stability will learn what to watch for and how to prepare themselves for an economic collapse. God bless and happy prepping! MDG  

TEOTWAWKI Communications with John Jacob Schmidt of Radio Free Redoubt John Jacob Schmidt sits down with us today to talk all things communications. If the government really decides they are ready to shut down the patriot movement, they need only to shut down the internet. Most of us would be completely paralyzed by the loss of Facebook, e-mail and cell phones. John Jacob has developed some great alternative communication networks for patriots to be able to continue to communicate in a collapse, whether it is planned or not. Today's Prepper Recon Podcast sponsor is CampingSurvival.com. Whether your plan is to bug in or bug out, they have all of your preparedness needs including; bug out bags, long term food storage, water filters, gas masks, and first aid kits. Use coupon code PREPPERRECON to get 5% off your entire order at Camping Survival. You can Listen to John Jacob Schmidt  live every Sunday evening or download the podcasts later at RadioFreeRedoubt.com. Print out a copy of the bi-weekly communication nets from AmRRON so you can start practicing your alternative communications skills now.   Click here to download your free copy of FLDIGI, which will allow you to translate the text messages broadcast in PSK-31 If you would like to participate in the AMRRON nets, here is a reasonably priced, good quality short wave radio with Single Side Band so you can listen to the voice and digital communications every 1st and 3rd Wednesday and Thursday night. Here are the FRS radios that I have and can be used in the Channel 3 Project mentioned in today's show.   Don't miss another episode of the Prepper Recon Podcast. Subscribe to us on Stitcher or iTunes to get a new episode every week. Check out my new dystopian fiction novel, American Exit Strategy, Book One of the Economic Collapse Chronicles. Liberty minded individuals and those who believe in the Constitution will find this near future dystopian novel to be right up their alley. Those who are looking to be more informed about the potential threats to America’s financial stability will learn what to watch for and how to prepare themselves for an economic collapse. God bless and happy prepping! MDG  

Urban Survival with Richard Duarte Richard Duarte is today's guest on the Prepper Recon Podcast. Richard is the author of the new book, Surviving Doomsday. We talk about the challenges that people in an urban environment will have to face in a disaster scenario. Richard offers some expert advice on preparing to hunker down in a city or metropolitan area. Today's Prepper Recon Podcast sponsor is CampingSurvival.com. Whether your plan is to bug in or bug out, they have all of your preparedness needs including; bug out bags, long term food storage, water filters, gas masks, and first aid kits. Use coupon code PREPPERRECON to get 5% off your entire order at Camping Survival. Surviving Doomsday makes a great Christmas gift for that friend or family member you are trying to make up to the need to prepare. You can purchase it through Amazon by clicking the link below. Check out Richard's website at SurvivingDoomsdayTheBook.com   Don't miss another episode of the Prepper Recon Podcast. Subscribe to us on Stitcher or iTunes to get a new episode every week. Check out my new dystopian fiction novel, American Exit Strategy, Book One of the Economic Collapse Chronicles. Liberty minded individuals and those who believe in the Constitution will find this near future dystopian novel to be right up their alley. Those who are looking to be more informed about the potential threats to America’s financial stability will learn what to watch for and how to prepare themselves for an economic collapse. God bless and happy prepping! MDG

Podcast-Will the Collapse be Planned or a Product of the Imbeciles in Charge? Jim Walton of I Am Liberty joins us today to talk about this subject. Jim tells us about his new book, The Men Who Built the End. Jim is the host of the weekly radio show I Am Liberty. We discuss the issues of over population and the leftist view of depopulating the planet. Today's Prepper Recon Podcast sponsor is CampingSurvival.com. Whether your plan is to bug in or bug out, they have all of your preparedness needs including; bug out bags, long term food storage, water filters, gas masks, and first aid kits. Use coupon code PREPPERRECON to get 5% off your entire order at Camping Survival. Check out Jim Walton's weekly podcast I Am Liberty. His new book looks to be a thought provoking and entertaining read. You can purchase it from Amazon in paperback or for Kindle.   Don't miss another episode of the Prepper Recon Podcast. Subscribe to us on Stitcher or iTunes to get a new episode every week. Check out my new dystopian fiction novel, American Exit Strategy, Book One of the Economic Collapse Chronicles. Happy prepping! MDG

    Podcast- Bug Out Bags and Military Purge- Prepper Recon on Midnight Patriot Special Edition Broadcast This special edition broadcast is from last week's show on The Midnight Patriot. I am now a regular contributor every Thursday on The Midnight Patriot. You can listen live to The Midnight Patriot every Monday through Friday evening from 10 pm EST to whenever, usually around 12:00 or 1:00 am. On this episode, we talked about the military purge. Obama has fired, relieved of posts or asked for resignations of 9 top Generals and Admirals in the past year. I also talk about putting together a complete Bug Out Bag. This week's show will help you assemble a bag that will sustain you 72 hours. God bless and happy prepping! MDG

  David Kobler, Marjory Wildcraft, Dr. Bones, Nurse Amy, Dr. Kirk Elliot and David Christopher - Interviews from The Life Changes, Be Ready Preparedness and Gun Expo I had the honor of sitting in with Cindy Thompson, the organizer of the LCBR Expo for interviews with some of the biggest names in the prepper community. David Kobler, AKA Southernprepper1 talks with us about his Minutemen series on YouTube. Marjory Wildcraft tells us what inspired her to start growing her own groceries, Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy speak on the importance of being able to take care of your own medical needs after a disaster. Dr. Kirk Elliot talks about precious metals and David  Christopher gives us a few fantastic home remedies for common ailments. Buckle up, because today's show is full of info from an amazing selection of preppers. Today's Prepper Recon Podcast sponsor is CampingSurvival.com. Whether your plan is to bug in or bug out, they have all of your preparedness needs including; bug out bags, long term food storage, water filters, gas masks, and first aid kits. Use coupon code PREPPERRECON to get 5% off your entire order at Camping Survival.   We will be having these great preppers on upcoming shows, so be sure to subscribe to the Prepper Recon Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or YouTube. Happy Prepping! MDG

  Podcast- Prepper Medical Kit- Prepper Recon on Midnight Patriot Special Edition Broadcast This special edition broadcast is from last week's show on The Midnight Patriot. I am now a regular contributor every Thursday on The Midnight Patriot. You can listen live to The Midnight Patriot every Monday through Friday evening from 10 pm EST to whenever, usually around 12:00 or 1:00 am. On this episode, we talked about putting together a comprehensive medical bag that will get you better prepared for TEOTWAWKI or any lesser disaster. Happy prepping and enjoy the show! MDG  

Special Broadcast- Prepping for When SHTF- Prepper Recon Interview on Politics and Guns Podcast I had a great interview with Sticks from the Politics and Guns Podcast last week. We talked about all things prepping. We went over beans, bullets, bullion and bug out bags. We tried to hit all the basics in about an hour, so this is a great overview of preparedness. Make sure you subscribe on Stitcher, iTunes, or YouTube so you don't miss a single episode of the Prepper Recon Podcast and check out the Politics and Guns Podcast for great conversations about, well, politics and guns. Enjoy the show and Happy Prepping! MDG

Signs That Indicate the Collapse With Brad and Mike Harris of Full Spectrum Survival Brad and Mike are brothers who grew up with a survivalist father that taught them to be aware of the fiat currency system and to be self sufficient. They have continued to learn the art of survival and now offer that information to everyone via their YouTube channel Full Spectrum Survival. Full Spectrum Survival teaches a lot of practical knowledge on prepping and survival,  especially outdoor and wilderness skills. Today's Prepper Recon Podcast sponsor is CampingSurvival.com. Whether your plan is to bug in or bug out, they have all of your preparedness needs including; bug out bags, long term food storage, water filters, gas masks, and first aid kits. Use coupon code PREPPERRECON to get 5% off your entire order at Camping Survival.   Full Spectrum Survival also offers the wildly popular News In Two Minutes which gives a daily intelligence briefing to YouTube subscribers to keep us caught up on the world news of the day that is either completely buried by the mainstream media or glossed over  and given a back seat to the exploits of the Kardashians and Miley. On today's show, Brad and Mike discuss several of the world events that relate to the coming collapse and give us some things to watch for in the stages of collapse. The Harris brothers tell us about their upcoming feature movie, The Prepper Movie. Additionally, we discuss their new project, The Ultimate Survival and Preparedness DVD series. Within this series they will cover everything from economic collapse, nuclear and pandemic preparedness, wilderness survival, the core skills, and overall preparedness planning. Each DVD in the series will  contain a fully cinematic micro movie showing the important events that can lead to the use of the skills that are taught in the series. The series is being funded via Indigogo and gives special pricing to those who will help get the project funded by preordering the DVD series. Ultimate Survial and Preparedness DVD Series Info Video Come meet me at the "Life Changes, Be Ready" Preparedness and Gun Expo in Lakeland, FL on Nov. 2nd and 3rd! I'll be signing books, interviewing guests and offering some cool survival supplies at the Prepper Recon Podcast booth. Click the banner below for tickets and more details. Don't miss another episode of the Prepper Recon Podcast. Subscribe to us on Stitcher or iTunes to get a new episode every week. Check out my new dystopian fiction novel, American Exit Strategy, Book One of the Economic Collapse Chronicles. Click these links for The News In Two Minutes, The Prepper Movie, Ultimate Survival and Preparedness DVD series, and Full Spectrum Survival to get all of the great information being made available by the Harris brothers   Happy prepping! MDG

The Coming Derivatives Bubble Collapse- Prepper Recon Interview on The Midnight Patriot I am back in the hot seat for another interview with Jeff Norton, The Midnight Patriot. This week, we spoke about the derivatives time bomb and the effect its implosion would have on the global economy. We talk about what you should be doing right now to get yourself prepared to weather the coming storm. We talk about some safe haven assets that will better preserve your wealth if the unthinkable does happen. Jeff Norton has a great show going every weeknight from 10:00 EST to 12:00 EST. You can check it out any night Monday thru Friday at TheMidnightPatriot.com. If you cannot listen live, the shows are available the next day to download from his Spreaker feed at the top of The Midnight Patriot web page. In today's interview, I did my best to take the complex nature of interest rate swaps and explain them in easy to understand terms. In this interview, I explain how this class of derivatives could cripple our economy. I give the specific laws that will apply to bankruptcy of the large banks when the derivatives time bomb explodes. Most folks wrongly believe that their deposits belong to them, and that they will be first in line in case of a bankruptcy. In fact, the derivatives will receive super priority and depositors will be treated as unsecured creditors if that awful day ever comes. Folks then believe that the FDIC will make them whole, but the FDIC is insuring nearly $10 trillion in deposits with an insurance fund of around $30 billion or 0.3% of the amount insured. Yes, the Fed will print the money to get to the depositors, but what will be the value of the dollars once all of those newly created bills get into circulation? The time is now to start hedging yourself for such a dark day. Don't miss this awesome interview! Subscribe to the Prepper Recon Podcast on Stitcher, iTunes or YouTube to get every episode jam packed with information you can't afford to miss! In my new book, American Exit Strategy, Book One of The Economic Collapse Chronicles, I use survival fiction to take an in-depth look at the real life politics and economics behind the issues that are likely to trigger a currency collapse or financial meltdown in the near future. Liberty minded individuals and those who believe in the Constitution will find this near future dystopian novel to be right up their alley. Those who are looking to be more informed about the potential threats to America’s financial stability will learn what to watch for and how to prepare themselves for an economic collapse. Get your copy today from AmericanExitStrategy.com or you can buy it on Amazon or in the Kindle Store. Happy prepping! MDG