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TweetQuail Beat Chickens in Almost Every Way for Urban Homesteading Special Report – Today I start out with a special report on Vladislav Davidson and the Regenerative Leadership Institute.  I only did this report due to so many asking about their PDC that you can take for “free” at OpenPermaculture.com.  My report is not very positive, it isn’t the type of thing I like to do but in this instance it was something had to do.  Simply due to the fact that many of you have asked about this PDC and the people behind it.  If you are here just for that it starts at 7:25 and ends about 19:10 into the show. Today I listened to a sample episode of a show I will be on soon as a guest the show is called, Myths & Facts: 9 Things I Used to Believe (and Teach) About Home Ownership That I No Longer Believe it was a story of government stupidity at its finest.  If you want the story you can listen to that episode for yourself. The short short version is a guy moves outside of city limits, can find no laws against chickens or a pile of brush on ones property but gets fined for both and must give up his chickens. On top of it a 30 year old shed ends up having no permit, in the end tearing down the large, expensive shed was his only option. I could not listen to the entire episode, this shit makes no sense.  I am so ever loving done with government in so many ways.  Yet Josh (the show’s host) makes a valid point about “ownership” mythology, that is true in far to many instances. On the other hand there are current victories in other areas.  Just this week San Antonino did something great!  They just declared Urban Farming absolutely legal in San Antonino.  In many ways what we are seeing right now is what amounts to a low violence multi front war. While many in this nation are determined to sanitize everything into conformity, others seek to regain independence and true health.  Many also frankly simple desire to regain one of our most basic freedoms.  That is our freedom to use land we own, the way we choose as long as we do no harm to anyone else.  Note that being offended, not liking what others do, etc. does not equal being harmed. As an anarchist I personally work outside the system, every and any where I can.  By inspiring frankly 10s of thousands to get shit done in this world I am creating new fronts in this war.  Others then in the system take up the fight and work inside and outside the system in their own ways. We need to balance things too. I  really recommend anyone becoming an urban farmer, suburban homesteader etc. read this great article by our own Erica Strauss, called “Don’t Be An Urban Homesteading Asshole“. Join Me Today to Discuss… The sweet spot “Urban Rural Fringe” and how it is getting harder to use The irony of yuppies in these sweet spots – they want the food we produce How this compares to marijuana on main street in Breckenridge Thoughts on finding the place for you Don’t just read laws, ask enforcers before you buy Get into an area where there are some eyesores even to your taste Ag Zoned land is best but hard to get at times Really think about what you want to do, what you can do, and should do Working the system to your advantage Consider a distributed model, ala Curtis Stone Quail and worms, over chickens Rabbits over ducks Focus mostly on the back yard Try to locate property with at least 2 neighbor free property lines Do not do “on farm sales” unless you know you are golden Select areas with public forage/hunting/fishing opportunities Accept you can’t win every fight Loosing a fight is not loosing a war The best way to win is to never get in the fight Do as much as you can inside/in outbuildings Look for at least an acre Tree your perimeter, start with the closest neighbors Work the system or fight from outside, follow what works for you Respect everyone fighting for what is right Final Thou[...]

TweetMost of today’s show is a recreation of 2008’s Christmas special. Today we pause and take a moment to reflect on Christmas and how it has become the Holiday we celebrate today. Many American’s have no idea just how Christmas became unique here in America, the role it played in bringing our nation together after two wars of independence and the civil war. Christmas is special and a time to pause and reflect. Christmas is indeed a special time of year, today I will cover many aspects of it that may make this Christmas just a bit more special. There is also a full text transcription on of the non commercial portion of today’s show in the show notes below. Tune in today to hear about… Christmas was banned in England at one time and even parts of America Early Americans didn’t really celebrate Christmas, (congress was in session on Dec 25th, 1789) In the early 1800s Christmas was a rowdy holiday spurred by class conflict, turmoil and unemployment In 1819, best-selling author Washington Irving wrote The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon bringing us many “ancient customs”, he simply invented Leading up to the Civil War, Christmas was a “southern holiday” and Thanksgiving a “northern holiday” How Christmas and Thanksgiving together helped to heal a young America Today is a time to pause, reflect and just be, prepping, planning and stress will all wait patiently for you Different ending music for today’s show! The most beautiful version of Oh Holly Night I have ever heard, just pause, listen and realize what really matters while it plays. Resources for today’s show… Written Transcript of the Original Christmas Show (right click and save as for best results) Video I Made Using the Song By Martina McBride “O Holy Night” (song from the end of today’s show on Youtube)  

TweetAn acre that went from Brown to Green in 2015 Today is the last full regular show of 2015 so I though we would take a look at all that we did this year and our plans as we move into 2016.  In some ways 2015 seemed to roll faster than any year I remember.  In other ways some of the things we did seem like they were a very long time ago. In many ways I feel there are way too many things that I didn’t get done yet that need doing.  On the other hand when I look at what we did get done this was definitely a #getshitdone year as we say on the Regenerative Agriculture Facebook Group. Lets Take a Look at Just Some of What 2015 Brought not in Order… We launched The Duck Chronicles which became a YouTube Hit We grew our duck flock and egg business to a profitable concern We launched the PermaEthos Plant Propagation, Bee Intro and Soils Courses GenForward became a reality, currently in further development We ran a multiple events at Elisha’s Spring farm and planted thousands of trees We participated in a major install with Mark Shepard in Arkansas for Alcoa We crossed 1500 episodes, I crossed the 10,000 hour threshold at 1666 I spoke at PV2 and had an incredible response from it We installed a ton of irrigation and have water on 75% of our property now We planted hundreds of trees, ran both small and big events We have our business plan for the tea business and 3 of 4 formulas worked out We tratored quail, developed cage proto types and now have a egg flock going We created a formal program for the Expert Council More than 10 new supporting vendors were added to the MSB We launched the Regenerative Agriculture Group on Facebook, it will hit 5,000 members in 2015 We transformed our west pasture from brown to green and planted 150 trees there Thanks to Michael Jordan we now have hundreds of new cider/mead makers I got to eat, turkey, quail, ducks and fruit from my property Made my first ever batch of mead with EVERYTHING from my property I acted as minister in my son’s wedding and we have a grand baby on the way We installed a pond We installed wicking beds The duck area water problems are basically solved We have the TSP Business Directory pretty much ready to go Dana and Fox joined the team There were also some hard times Looking to 2016 Quail Aviary is designed and construction to begin next week Our tea business will be launched and help a lot of small producers A new webinar model is coming for Permaethos Full automation of most of my irrigation by spring New water garden system will be developed We will begin cultivation in earnest of ground nut, Jerusalem artichokes, comfrey We are going to establish a major under-story of Hanson’s cherry and mint this coming year We will be building a floating island Should be a pretty solid fruit harvest this year Electric fencing is being installed for the duck holding area I hope to start two new anarcho groups, Sovereign Scouts and the Grand Daddy’s Gun Club I am thinking about a version of Chip.in for leaves Who knows, I am just going to keep following the credo of #getshitdone Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1699 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward JM Bullion – (sponsor of the day) Western Botanicals – (sponsor of the day) We Didn’t Start the Fire – Billy Joel Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council that can answer you questions. If you have a question send it to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with TSPC Epert in the subject line. Ask your question in one to two sentences so it is clear then provide any additional details.[...]

TweetJoin Me Today as I Answer Your eMails Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on rumptopf, ducks, bullying, investing, politics, cider making, free speech and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep em coming. Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Emails On What is Rumptopf – it is deliciousness Raising ducks when you have more pond than land Fining bullies, am I for it no, but what should we do about this issue Another edition of Jack was right, move over 401K Is there any need to ever refrigerate hard cider, no, but you may want to What is the meaningful and function different between 50%, 70% and 91% rubbing alcohol Yale Students Sign Petition to Repeal the 1st Amendment Thoughts on gift giving, gift based economies and more Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1698 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Fortress Defense Consultants – (sponsor of the day) The Berkey Guy – (sponsor of the day) Article on Rumptopf Recipe for Rumptopf Wiki Page on Rumptopf Fining Students 50 Dollars for Bullying Pushing Aside 401Ks Yale Students Sign Petition to Repeal the First Amendment Journalism Professor Demands Reporter Leave a Public Demonstration Yale Students Demand Professor Resign Over Halloween Email – I said this was at Princeton in Error, Does it Really Matter? Video on China’s New Citizen Score A Little Dust on the Bottle – David Lee Murphy Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council that can answer you questions. If you have a question send it to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with TSPC Epert in the subject line. Ask your question in one to two sentences so it is clear then provide any additional details. Make sure to tell me what council member the question is for. You Meet the Expert Council at this Link. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetGet Answers Today From The Expert Council Today is Friday so it is time for our ask expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today the expert council answers questions on, bee hives, cooking geese, battery jump packs, Permaculture Training, fungal meds, concealed carry, dietary sugar and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air. I do what I can to get as many of your questions as possible on the air but can’t always get to all of them. Our council is made of a wide variety of experts in everything from the tactical to the practical and everything in between. To get more information on our Expert Council visit our “Meet the Expert Council Page” to learn more about them and their specific areas of expertise. Join Me Today As Our Experts Discuss When and how to divide hives for the very small keeper – Michale Jordan The low down on cooking the perfect Christmas Goose – Keith Snow Thoughts on the new Li-Ion Battery packs popping everywhere – Steven Harris Thoughts on PRI Permaculture Teacher Certification – Geoff Lawton How to stock up on antil fungal meds for SHTF – Doc Bones Ultra covert deep concealed carry options – Bryan Black The skinny or not so skinny on cabs vs. refined sugar – Garry Collins Leaning to not be too serious about yourself and chill – Jack Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1697 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com Sawtooth Tactical – (sponsor of the day) Ready Made Resources – (sponsor of the day) Why I Changed My Mind on Climate Change Second Week of Deer Camp – Da Yoopers Websites of the Expert Council Members ITS Tactical Harvest Eating Old Grouch Military Surplus Steven1234.com Permaculture Classroom A Bee Friendly Company Investable Wealth NW Edible Permies.com Primal Power GeoffLawton.com DarbySimpson.com Whole Systems Design Doom and Bloom Links Provided by the Council Keith Snow Goose Recipe Harvest Eating Spices Now on Amazon Keith Snow’s Cook Book Wagan Power Dome ITS Tactical on Deep Carry Gear Glock G43 – I think this is the Gun Bryan Recommended Wallet Holster for Ruger LCP and Others Study on Cutting Sugar vs. Carbs from Childhood Diets Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetRob Kaiser is the founder and owner of Deliberate Living Systems, LLC.  Rob holds an Applied Science degree from The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, where his studies focused on Landscape Contracting & Construction and Nursery Management. He completed an internship in Colorado, and remained there for several years, working for two different tree farm operations. During this time, he was very involved in outdoor recreation and was an active member of the Colorado Mountain Club. During his twenties, Rob transitioned into residential and commercial landscape design, installation and maintenance. He gained experience working and living in Colorado, Ohio, and North Carolina. While In Ohio, Rob began studying Landscape Design at Cleveland State in 2004 while employed at Cahoon Nursery. After moving to Western North Carolina, Rob earned the title of Certified Plant Professional. He actively hiked the Blue Ridge Mountains and ran his first 10k Trail Run at the Bent Creek Classic in 2005. At the age of 30, Rob shifted towards career growth and development and began working in the field of forestry consulting. His work began with Geographic Information System (GIS) based Utility Vegetation Management, and led to include Urban Forest Inventories, Wildfire Mitigation Grant Compliance Inspections and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Storm Debris Monitoring program operations. Rob traveled all over the United States and gained experience working in a variety of biomes and ecosystems. He currently resides in Medina County, near Litchfield. Today, he applies his extensive experience in the green industry several different ways. Rob works as a Nursery Sales Representative, Market Gardener, Permaculture Designer and Consultant, Author and Community Organizer. His goal is to work with others to share the knowledge and skills needed to live a healthy, positive and beneficial life. Rob joins us today to talk about his recent experience in procuring a grant for the purchase and installation of a High Tunnel via the NRCS, his venture into market farming and other NRCS programs that can help new farmers get off the ground. Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1696 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Safecastle Royal – (sponsor of the day) Bulk Ammo – (sponsor of the day) Deliberate Living Systems – Robs Site NRCS Website Copperhead Road – Steve Earl Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council that can answer you questions. If you have a question send it to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with TSPC Epert in the subject line. Ask your question in one to two sentences so it is clear then provide any additional details. Make sure to tell me what council member the question is for. You Meet the Expert Council at this Link. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetTrue Words Unless You Moderate Being Right With Both Wisdom and Cleverness Yep this show is about active anarchy, didn’t put that in the title so it would not immediately shut down people that do not know what real anarchy is.  Anarchy is not spoiled young adult children living in the parents basements, listening thrash music and playing games while wearing a black shirt with an A on it. Anarchy is not burning down buildings, demonstrating in the streets or being a non conformist by getting the same tattoo 5,000 other people have.  It isn’t hating everyone who is a cop or works for “the system” while you yourself take advantage of the same “system” every day.  It to be blunt isn’t even dominantly a political view, it is more an ethics based view that drives a political philosophy. The ethics I am talking about are things like the firm belief, that cohesion, theft and force outside of defensive force are wrong, all the time, period the end. We accept that society is currently a bunch of spoiled children not ready to step up and be moral. We also accept that our way won’t be the dominant way in our own lifetimes. Yet for us, living against our ethics is simply not an option. We think 7-8 generations out; we live accepting the interactive edge we must tolerate with the State.   However, we adapt and we worry first about what we do, how we handle conflict and what positive change we can make before we worry one bit about what anyone else does, says, thinks or doesn’t do. This show is actually based on an article I will be releasing around the first of the year. I feel that an article will reach many people who don’t normally listen to podcasts.  But I also wanted to share this with you guys before the year ends.  I think many of you will be surprised to learn, you may have been actually practicing anarchy for quite awhile without even knowing it.  In fact many of you are far more real anarchist then people who claim to be anarchists. Join Me Today to Hear… What is freedom, what does it have to do with anarchy What the real goal of anarchy is What the limitations currently are for anarchists How anarchists must cope with the interactive edge The Ten Ways to Actively be a Modern Anarchist Write contracts that exclude the state Attempt to resolve all differences in absence of the state Create or find a non profit truly consistent with your views Make your own alcohol Avoid using the “states money” when possible Start a business Form a group that gets positive things done Be at least a “basic prepper” and step up when the state falls down Grow your own food Self educate constantly and follow your passions Final Thoughts Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1695 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Knife Kits – (sponsor of the day) Backwoods Home – (sponsor of the day) Fear the Boom and the Bust – a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council that can answer you questions. If you have a question send it to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with TSPC Epert in the subject line. Ask your question in one to two sentences so it is clear then provide any additional details. Make sure to tell me what council member the question is for. You Meet the Expert Council at this Link. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of Th[...]

TweetMy Go To Bottling Solution for Small Batch Bottling. 32 oz, Growlers. Today I am doing a follow up to Episode-1684- Making Dead Simple Ciders, Meads and Fruit Wines because I have been blown away by how many went out and gave it a shot.  I have also gotten a lot of questions about it.  I put out requests for questions on that episode and efforts so far and got a huge response, today I will attempt to answer most of those questions. I do want to lead off with something to put everything here into context though.  These quick simple small batches, especially the dump and pitch ciders are more like cooking a steak on the grill on a Wednesday night than say, making a fabulous full length roasted tenderloin, topped with onion and pepper oil along with an accompaniment fit for a Mongolian warlord!  I’ll have to tell you guys how to do that some day. The point is in one of those models you are just feeding yourself a damn good meal, you paid a fair price for a decent cut of meat, you grill it, done and you enjoy it that way.  In the other you just dropped 200 bucks on one of the finest cuts of meat known to man.  You are going to spend a lot more time and effort to make sure your meal comes out in a beyond blow your mind way. These are simple quick ciders and wines, they serve two purposes… One – Daily drinkers, something to kick back on the porch with, enjoy the evening, or drink with buddies in the garage watching a game.  Just like making burgers or steaks on the grill. Two – as ways to tweak a recipe, select a yeast, etc. before making a larger batch.  Or to find an awesome recipe for yes, that very high end product.  They key is with the same volume of ingredients that I could make a 5 gallon full run with I can make 5 test batches, in the very bottles they come in. What this means is that making ciders and meads like this can either lead to full on bad ass to the bone home vinting, mead and cider making.  Or a path to really easy and fast daily drinkers, either bottled or kegged.  Or just be a fun way to make and enjoy a few batches a year.  It is all up to you.  Just understand that is the angle my answers come from today. I have been brewing beers, ciders, fruit wines, meads and blends there of since 1994, so that is 21 years.  I have even produced a few award winning beers in my time. I rank my experience as a brewer at a 8 of 10, mainly only because I have never done full mash.  Cider I would rank as a 8 as well, mainly because I have never worked up to proper blending or real cider apples, something very hard to even get today.  I would also give myself an 8 as a mead maker, only because I have seen what a 10 is and that isn’t it. The point of all this isn’t I am awesome, it is more that this level of making ciders, wines and meads doesn’t qualify to me anyway for some of the higher levels of concern as producing the very best you are capable does.   Again think of it as grilling steaks or good burgers or say chicken, vs. cooking a full on gourmet blow you away meal for a dinner party. Final note on real wines, as in made from pressed grapes that are grown for the purpose of making wine, I would rate myself perhaps a 4!  I know what to do, but it doesn’t interest me so I don’t do it, never have done it, have no real plans to do it.  Hence all the little tricks and adjustments you learn by actually doing this stuff, I have no experience with in the “proper” world of wine. Join Me Today As I Answer Questions Like… Can you use frozen juice concentrate for cider What sugar to use for carbonation Can you use bread yeast, if so what happens What if fermentation never begins What effect does cold crashing have on bottle carboniation What about methanol – DON’T even worry about it How long is too long in a primary fermenter What is involved with racking off or fruit Is there such a thing as medicinal ciders and meads Flavoring ciders[...]

TweetJoin Me Today as I Answer Your eMails Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on hard cider, BOBs, free speech, jury nullification, poultry, military surplus, universal income and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep em coming. Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Emails On My small batch cider looks done, now what A listener with a BOB success story A man is jailed for handing out flyers about jurors right’s Help I have soft jelly like eggs come from my birds, what do I do A listener shares his project using Old Grouch Pioneer racks Thoughts on Universal Basic Income and a wonderful fiction, for now anyway Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1693 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward The Berkey Guy – (sponsor of the day) Western Botanicals – (sponsor of the day) Idiot Prosecutor Claims Jury Nullification Could Make Jihad Okay HMMWV Pioneer Tool Rack at Old Grouch Article On Self Sufficient Path on Mounting a Pioneer Tool Rack to a Receiver Hitch Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter Paul and Mary Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council that can answer you questions. If you have a question send it to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with TSPC Epert in the subject line. Ask your question in one to two sentences so it is clear then provide any additional details. Make sure to tell me what council member the question is for. You Meet the Expert Council at this Link. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetGet Answers Today From The Expert Council Today is Friday so it is time for our ask expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today the expert council answers questions on, cooking, solar rip offs, permaculture, HSAs, farm insurance, pest management, military tarps and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air. I do what I can to get as many of your questions as possible on the air but can’t always get to all of them. Our council is made of a wide variety of experts in everything from the tactical to the practical and everything in between. To get more information on our Expert Council visit our “Meet the Expert Council Page” to learn more about them and their specific areas of expertise. Join Me Today As Our Experts Discuss Erica Strauss on making cheese cake with yogurt Steven Harris and John Pugliano team up on a bad solar investment Paul Wheaton with an update on Wheaton Labs John Pugliano checks in on HSAs Darby  Simpson on the ins and outs of agricultural insurance needs Ben Falk on diversity and pest control on very small acreage Tim Glance on waterproofing tarps Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1692 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com Fortress Defense Consultants – (sponsor of the day) Ready Made Resources – (sponsor of the day) Give Me One More Shot By Alabama Websites of the Expert Council Members ITS Tactical Harvest Eating Old Grouch Military Surplus Steven1234.com Permaculture Classroom A Bee Friendly Company Investable Wealth NW Edible Permies.com Primal Power GeoffLawton.com DarbySimpson.com Whole Systems Design Doom and Bloom Links Provided by the Council CanVac recommend by Tim Glance Canvas Tarps at Old Grouch Heavy Duty Tarps Harbor Freight Legally Protecting Your Farm – By Darby Simpson Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your calls to 866-65-THINK Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on politics, ponds, deer plots, body armor, real estate, food storage, rabbits, anarchism and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details. Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls on the air but I do my best to get as many of them on as I can. Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss… Why I consider a “convention of states” to limit government a wonderful fiction Rehabbing an old pond that has been used as a dump Establishing a low maintenance food plot for deer Thoughts on body armor and do you need it, will they make it illegal Do I sell a house or rent it out Thoughts on storing food in a garage Thoughts  on feeding neighbors in a disaster Freezing smoked foods like turkey breast Dealing with rabbits eating trees in winter Dealing with rage and burn out Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1691 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com Sawtooth Tactical – (sponsor of the day) Bulk Ammo – (sponsor of the day) Long Morning by Ashley Jones Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetGary Collins, Creator of the Primal Power Plan After an exciting career in military intelligence Collins worked for the U.S. State Department, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a Special Agent. His career took him around the world and gave him a unique perspective on not only how the United States, but the world is affected by our food, drug and healthcare policies. The highlights of his career took him from protecting some of the most powerful people in the world to investigations involving the biggest tainted pet food death case in the U.S. to the intricate dealings of one of the largest counterfeit prescription drug rings in the world. He has often said, “If American’s really knew what was going on in the area of healthcare and nutrition in this country, they would be appalled.” Gary’s love for all things primal has now led him to begin a new chapter in his life. He recently purchased 20 acres in Washington state, nearly a thousand miles north of his home in California. Today he joins us to discuss finding rural land, the challenges of building off grid and more. We also delve a bit into entrepreneurial topics, the paleo/primal diet and life and more. Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1690 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com The Great Big AgriTrue Contest Safecastle Royal – (sponsor of the day) Knife Kits – (sponsor of the day) The Primal Power Method Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenien

TweetI grew up with guns.  Got my first BB gun from a grandfather at 7 and was running though the Florida swamps alone with it by 9.  Moved to Pennsylvania at 12 and was turned loose alone with a 22 rifle and a 20 gauge shot gun, only conditions, do nothing stupid and pay for your own ammo with chores. Shot my first deer with a bow that fall, another with a rifle that winter.  I have a 22 I got that Christmas that likely had 100,000 rounds through it before I left for the Army at 17. I learned the Army way of shooting next, qualified expert with the M16 and spent time shooting weapon like the M2, M60 and other fun stuff like the SAW.  Left service and returned to PA for a bit, came to Texas and started collecting and shooting all types of guns. In all of this it gets easy to forget there are 40 year old men that are even a little bit “country boy” types that have never owned a gun, perhaps never even fired one. Today’s show is for that brand new gun owner, or the would be new gun owner.  I want to help demystify things, I want to help avail fear and I want to help Barack Obama!  What?  LOL See our current President is likely the all time best selling gun salesman in history.  Every time he opens his mouth about taking away gun rights, sales go through the roof.  Well he has about a year left, I hope to push his record over the top, to make sure that more Americans become new gun owners during his presidency than any three presidents in US history.  And you thought anarchists were not interested in politics. Ha! Join Me Today to Discuss… Replacing fear with respect Defending a right by exercising a right Yes a gun is “dangerous” so are chain saws, cars and power tools Yes you very well may need a gun to defend yourself You likely won’t need a gun to defend yourself, you likely die young but have insurance anyway Trying to reach the reluctant spouse Go to a class on safety and shooting Explain your view Ignore the statistics battles, they are pointless At some point man the F up or woman the F up Yes women you should carry too if you can Getting started Get training Find mentors Go shoot rented guns In general start with long guns Learn gun functionality Learn gun maintenance Develop protocols and procedures My basic gun battery and the reasons for it A 22 rifle A center fire rifle A 22 hand gun A center fire hand gun A shot gun Whatever you want and can afford Using airsoft as a training and practicing tool Loose the fear, seriously lose it, it is irrational and makes no sense Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1689 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com Harvest Eating– (sponsor of the day) Backwoods Home – (sponsor of the day) Uber Driver Stops Mass Shooting in Chicago Armed Assistant Principle Stops School Shooting 12 Times Armed Citizens Stopped Mass Shootings Granddaddy’s Gun – Aaron Lewis Bob Wells Plant of the Week – Flavor King Pluot The Flavor King is adaptable from zone 6 to zone 10. It is a cross between a Plum and an Apricot. It only requires 400 chill hours and ripens late July. It has sensational sweet flavor with reddish-purple skin and crimson flesh. Bob Wells Nursery specializes in edible landscape plants and trees including: Fruit Trees, Berry Plants, Vine Fruit, Nut Trees, as well as the hard to find Specialty Trees. Find this plant and more at BobWellsNursery.com Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free e[...]

TweetJoin Me Today as I Answer Your eMails Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails lies in media, gun control, rabbits, Goldman Sachs, military heaters, business, bitcoin and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep em coming. Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Emails On Clear evidence that the government pays the media to run news stories with an agenda What do things like the San Diego shootings mean for the issue of gun control Go to the Zello channel for info on rabbits and more Goldman Sachs has 7 big predictions, my thoughts on them Sportsman’s Guide has Immersion Heaters and a Business Lesson Monsanto my face global criminal charges for ecocide, why this is not a good thing Goldman Sachs has filed a patent for a bitcoin style settlement technology How much yeast to pitch when making cider and mead per gallon The first Baby Boomers now much take mandatory IRA withdrawals, what this means Why I feel we are in the middle of multiple insurrections right now Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1688 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward JM Bullion – (sponsor of the day) Western Botanicals – (sponsor of the day) CNN Journalist Says – The Government Pays Us to Fake Stories Goldman Sachs 7 Big Predictions Immersion USGI Heaters at Sportsman’s Guide Monsanto Put on Mock Trial for Ecocide Financial Time Article about Goldman’s Patent Filling Money Flows Out of 401K Harvard Article – Properly Prescribed Drugs Kill 128,000 People a Year, And Seriously Harm 2.74 Million Turn, Turn, Turn – The Byrds Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council that can answer you questions. If you have a question send it to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with TSPC Expert in the subject line. Ask your question in one to two sentences so it is clear then provide any additional details. Make sure to tell me what council member the question is for. You can Meet the Expert Council at this Link. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetGet Answers Today From The Expert Council Today is Friday so it is time for our ask expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air. I do what I can to get as many of your questions as possible on the air but can’t always get to all of them. Our council is made of a wide variety of experts in everything from the tactical to the practical and everything in between. To get more information on our Expert Council visit our “Meet the Expert Council Page” to learn more about them and their specific areas of expertise. Join Me Today As Our Experts Discuss Bryan Black on electronic locks for home doors Darby Simpson on compound feeds for pastured poultry Nick Ferguson on raising rabbits for profit Tim Glance on military mess kits Doc Bones on the flu shot, a risk benefit analysis Erica Strauss on using winter squash Geoff Lawton on Permaculture training for the average suburbanite Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1687 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com Fortress Defense Consultants – (sponsor of the day) The Berkey Guy – (sponsor of the day) Always Been Me by Josh Thompson Websites of the Expert Council Members ITS Tactical Harvest Eating Old Grouch Military Surplus Steven1234.com Permaculture Classroom A Bee Friendly Company Investable Wealth NW Edible Permies.com Primal Power GeoffLawton.com DarbySimpson.com Whole Systems Design Doom and Bloom Links Provided by the Council Medeco Locks – From Bryan Black Mul T Locks – From Bryan Black Czech 3 Piece Mess Kit – From Tim Glance Swiss Military Alcohol Stoves – From Tim Glance Interview with Dr. Judy Mikovits Whistle Blower on Vaccines – From Jack Pressure Canning Winter Squash – From Erica Strauss Squash Soup – From Erica Strauss Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.