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TweetFrontier Tactical – Source of the War Lock Multi Barrel AR System Frontier Tactical is the newest member to the firearms and tactical community. They are bringing innovation and cutting-edge concepts with them. Tired of stale ideas and copy-cat companies regurgitating the same dinosaur gadgets? Well, here comes Frontier Tactical with amazing gear that will make you repack your kit. They were born in the TSP community and are bringing the ethics and principles of permaculture into their business from the “ground up”; demonstrating that intelligent design science can perform astonishing things when properly applied. Never before has a company coupled permaculture and tactical innovation with fluid precision. Their flagship product has hit the market with teeth and elbows, but they aren’t stopping there. They are “Departing From The Known”. Imagine one rifle for most calibers! The War Lock™ transforms your AR platform into the Multiple Caliber System. The AR platform can fire over 65 calibers in its stock configuration. With the War Lock™, the operator can select different calibers without the need for dedicated upper receivers for each barrel assembly.  Transition between your shooting options with ease. The safe and reliable multiple caliber AR-15 solution to your selective shooting style. Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1513 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com JM Bullion – (sponsor of the day) The Berkey Guy  – (sponsor of the day) Nick Ferguson’s Plant Propagation Course 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 convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetCheck out the Dangerous History Podcast Prof CJ has multiple history degrees and has taught college history for eight years. He is also the host of a podcast called Prof CJ’s Dangerous History Podcast, which covers a wide variety of historical and related topics from a skeptical, libertarian, anti-establishment viewpoint. Prof CJ has been teaching college history since 2006, but he has been a smartass, iconoclast, and a cynical questioner and critic of authority since he was a little whippersnapper.  Naturally, these attitudes have influenced his take on history. Prof CJ likes his teaching job and does his utmost to incorporate his radical critiques of the established narrative into the classes he teaches, but he still finds formal academia somewhat limiting at times.  He decided to start a podcast as an outlet for his revisionist rants. Join Us Today to Discuss… CJs approach to history and why is it different from most historains Why he started a podcast and what he hopes people gain from it How can learning history be empowering and liberating for the individual What is the concept of the scholar-warrior and how does it relate to preparedness What lessons can history teach us that have relevance to Modern Survivalism What is true and what is false when it comes to the notion of American exceptionalism Were there ever really ‘good old days’ in the past, or is that a delusion Does history indicate we should be positive or negative in our outlook about the future Thoughts on the current status of higher education in America Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1512 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com Safe Castle Royal – (sponsor of the day) Fortress Defense Consultants  – (sponsor of the day) Nick Ferguson’s Plant Propagation Course A List of Cognitive Biases 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 convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetJoin Me Today as I Answer Your eMails Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on heroes, measles, plants, investing, livestock, politics, bullshit soup 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 Today’s plant of the week Who are my heroes, you guys are, a blog response Why the measles scare is conclusively the latest batch of “sopa de mierda de toro” Nick Ferguson joins us to discuss plant propagation What to do if you feel it is time to get out of the stock market and are in a 401k Why mutual funds are really for suckers My advice on not investing in gems, was not harsh enough Jack was wrong about pigs eating chickens at least some what Idiots in Oregon want a bicycle license, yea really TSP is the vaccine protecting you from bullshit Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1511 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Sawtooth Tactical – (sponsor of the day) Bulk Ammo – (sponsor of the day) The Duck Chronicles – Video Series Putting Measles in Perspective Idiots in Oregon Propose a Bicycle License and Test to Ride a Bike Judge Nap Breaks Down the Bullshit about Sharia Law in Texas Divorce Corp – You Need to See this Movie Bob Wells Plant of the Week - Wonderful Pomegranate – Wonderful is adaptable from zone 7 to zone 10. It has large, purple-red fruit with delicious, tangy flavor. It is the best variety for the south. It has a beautiful red –orange bloom. It is very long lived, self-fruiting and does well in a variety of soils. This is a popular variety not only because of its great fruit, but for its attractive look as well. Find this plant and more at BobWellsNursery.com Bob Wells Nursery specializes in anything edible: Fruit trees, Berry Plants, Nut Trees, as well as the hard to find Specialty Trees. 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 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 soil, student loans, fear, gophers, bullshit soup, the police state, butchering 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… Can you really amend soil ph, should you, do you need to Are student loan forgiveness programs legit, some are, most are not Why it is necessary to keep people in fear to control them Dealing with gophers Why I would prefer that Americans stop eating bullshit soup Why would the oligarchy want a police state, won’t it turn on them Setting up a butchering and food processing facility, why you might not want to Building wood core (hugulkulture) beds and what soil mixture you use Steven Harris on “genius chargers” that are not quite a so smart a choice Nick Ferguson on recovering a tree from deer damage How to choose one idea for a business and why you have to Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1510 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com Knife Kits – (sponsor of the day) Backwoods Home – (sponsor of the day) Nick Ferguson’s Plant Propagation Course 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 convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetA Living Fence Made of Apple Trees Guys I am going to move the Friday show to Monday and the Monday show to Tuesday next week.  After traveling this week I am way behind, between grading PermaEthos projects, the travel and getting GenForward to the next level I am just warn out. It is also the case that lot of my projects and planing on the homestead are falling behind so today I will combine the two in this episode. As I am moving from a chicken based system to a duck based system I have a need to divide my 3 acre property into a minimum of 3 one acre paddocks for effective management of forage and vegetation control.  Based on one existing cross fence this can be accomplished with two simple fences on the other two acres.  Both running to buildings which highly reduce the amount of fencing require. Of course one of my major challenges is the rock on the property.  I also don’t really want two big ugly permanent fences bisecting my property.  My solution is to put in simple cheap low temporary fencing based on my cinder block and concrete design.  Install a few gates and then plant a productive hedge row along the same path.  In 2-3 years the hedge rows should be more than adequate to control ducks. Join Me Today to Discuss… How I came to this solution Why it might or might not be right for you Why I feel my solution will require irrigation The keys to making this type of system financially viable Fast growing Appropriate technology Cheap plants (cuttings, seed or very cheap seedlings) Understanding productive Food production Fuel production Fodder production Medicine/Tea Soil building Wind blocking Cost effective Wildlife Habitat Some species that might work well for such a fencing system Apple Mulberry Goji Berry Rosa Rugusa Jujube Hazle Nuts Loquat Plum Aronia Osage Orange Black Locust Autumn Olive Tea (Camellia) Currant/Gooseberry Willow Some other plants to consider with some limitations Cane fruits (black and raspberry) Bamboo Elderberry Mesquite/Acacia Final Thoughts Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1509 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com Harvest Eating – (sponsor of the day) Western Botanicals – (sponsor of the day) Sources Mentioned Today Lawyers Nursery Cold Stream Farm Burnt Ridge Nursery 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 convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetLearn More about Chuck’s Cabin at the TSP Forum Chuck (Uzi4U2 on the TSP forum) has built a cabin from shipping containers in the northern Ozarks of Missouri. He spent 15 years in the Marine Corps as an NBC specialist and then Chief Warrant Officer. Chuck served in Dessert Storm, the beginning stages of OIF and has spent considerable time on and near sea ports. He has an Associates Degree in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor’s in Information System Management. He shoots as often as he can get away, and reloads and casts his own bullets to feed his hobby. Lastly, he is an Eagle Scout, which really began his interest in “Being Prepared”. One day he decided to make a go of building a cabin from shipping containers.  He also started a thread at the TSP forum chronicling his adventure that has become very popular.  So he is joining us today to discuss how his project has gone, what worked well, what didn’t and how you can use shipping containers for your own projects. He Joins Us Today to Discuss Building with Shipping Containers and Answer Questions Like… What exactly is a shipping container What is their history / how did they originate What are the dimensions of a basic shipping container What types are there, and what features do they share What are the strengths and weaknesses a container What are the pro’s and con’s of using a shipping container for construction What things go into the design criteria for a good shipping container structure How did you build yours What are some basic designs that would be simple to put together Can I bury a shipping container more importantly should you Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade Pre Register for the Plant Propagation Course The Year 1508 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com JM Bullion – (sponsor of the day) The Berkey Guy – (sponsor of the day) Chucks Forum Thread for his Build on the TSP Forum 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 convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetJoin Me Today as I Answer Your eMails Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on teaching children, ducks, self defense, guns, investing 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 Something very cool being added to the plant propagation course A bit of an update from my trip with Mark Shepard A new video series “The Duck Chronicles” A quick little fun thing for Steelers Fans Raising ducks in woodlands Of ducks, duck poop and pond water How can we help our children to be more rugged and resilient A plan to though soup cans at school shooters, why is isn’t a bad plan What to do about trees already growing on an old existing dam wall Do you really need to “break in” a gun barrel, um, no Would I recommend that you “invest” in gems as an equivalent to silver and gold, no Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1507 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Fortress Defense Consultants – (sponsor of the day) Ready Made Resources – (sponsor of the day) Join the Steeler Nation! Attack the Gunman with Soup Cans – Yea that Might Actually Work. The Duck Chronicles – Video Series Bob Wells Plant of the Week – Red Gold Nectarine – The Red Gold Nectarine is highly adaptable from zone 5 to zone 9. It is a yellow freestone nectarine. It produces large fruit with a beautiful blush red skin covering its firm, juicy flesh. Although the Red Gold Nectarine is a small tree with a mature height of 12-14 feet it puts on quite a show through the seasons. As with all Nectarine cultivars, the Red Gold does not require a pollinator. The Red Gold Nectarine will thrive in full sun and you will be amazed by the abundant harvest in mid-summer. Perfect for eating right off the tree and a top choice for desserts. They’re also great for canning and freezing. Find this plant and more at BobWellsNursery.com Bob Wells Nursery specializes in anything edible: Fruit trees, Berry Plants, Nut Trees, as well as the hard to find Specialty Trees. 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 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 livestock, economics, investing, guns, energy, plant propagation, permaculture, wells, the millennial generation 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… The Plant Propagation Course is now live Jack is going to Arkansas so no TSP on Monday or Tuesday next week A listener asks why I don’t recommend sheep, here is the full back story Making bone broth with a pressure cooker, yes it works, why I don’t do it Why guns and antiques are commodities and can make you money but not “investments” Steven Harris on AGM batteries What is that weird fungus stuff on the ground near a fruit tree (not sure) Nick Ferguson on potting up nursery trees Planting in an area that used to be planted with spruce and soil PH consideration What to do with a found well Might the Federal Government use “pandemics” to take over hospitals What effect will freezing temps have on properly stored dry goods Thoughts on a moat style pig run to protect chickens A person from the millennial generation who simply feels F’d, what to do? Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1506 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com Safecastle Royal – (sponsor of the day) Bulk Ammo – (sponsor of the day) My Video on Downward Class Migration 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 convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetLearn More at ABeeFriendlyCompany.com Michael Jordan, Yes The Bee Whisperer, is more then a beekeeper. for the last 15 years he has been an educator of bees, beekeeping, and there products to the youth of the world.  He is also an innovative homesteader, entrepreneur and experimenter with natural systems. Michael has .3 acre urban property just 12 blocks from the Wyoming State Capital that he has changed into a working homestead. Showing people that you can have thriving business that can be ran from your home in a way that feeds your family and builds a large community. Michael considers his homestead an inner city working Farm.  Today he joins us to discuss what he has done to build a homestead in the inner city. What battles he had to over come, and how building a community helped him. How he went broke, DEAD AND BROKE, to now living the American dream the right way. Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1505 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com Knife Kits – (sponsor of the day) Backwoods Home – (sponsor of the day) Get a Pound of Chef Keith’s Steak Seasoning for 20 Bucks! 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 convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetGeoff Lawton – Permaculture Artist It is always and extreme pleasure to have Geoff Lawton on the show.  Geoff is who I received my PDC certification from, he is also my biggest mentor.  It is my firm belief that like attracts like.  The common bond Geoff and I share isn’t really permaculture it is a fundamental desire to help others and to do so mostly by teaching. Today I who am often the teacher becomes the student.  You will one particular time in today’s show during our discussion on duck management where I literally have to pull myself back into the interview.  Geoff simply drops an amazingly simple concept on me and my mind at once begins to design a new system of soil building, food production, microbe cultivation and duck management. We also discuss many other permaculture concepts including Geoff’s coming PDC, his work in Africa, hacks to his chicken tractor on steroids system and a new concept he calls “plugins”. Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1504 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com Harvest Eating – (sponsor of the day) Western Botanicals – (sponsor of the day) GeoffLawton.com GeoffLawton on Facebook 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 convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetCheck out An-Yak.com Nick Hazelton is a 16yr old small time yak and hog farmer. He’s a philosophy enthusiast, and has his own podcast, and occasionally makes appearances on terrestrial radio. He’s a sophomore at a charter school in western Oregon. Nick joins us today to discuss why young people should get involved in entrepreneurial adventures and learn on their own, outside of school. Self-education and self-employment in youth.  We also discuss the philosophy of anarchism along with how most people largely misunderstand it. Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade Pre Register for the Plant Propagation Course The Year 1503 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com JM Bullion – (sponsor of the day) The Berkey Guy – (sponsor of the day) An-Yak.com Bob Wells Plant of the Week – L.S.U. PURPLE FIG – The LSU Purple fig is adaptable from zone 7 to zone 9. It is very reliable, prolific producer of early to late delicious figs. One of the best figs to come along for some time. Very acclimated to the fluctuating weather of the South. Very sweet, does not require a pollinator and best to pick a few days after the fruit turns purple. Find this plant and more at BobWellsNursery.com Bob Wells Nursery specializes in anything edible: Fruit trees, Berry Plants, Nut Trees, as well as the hard to find Specialty Trees. 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 convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetJoin Me Today as I Answer Your eMails Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on prepper scenarios, economics, the horror of CPS, nutrition, supplements, critical thinking 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 The Swiss unpeg from the Euro, what this might mean and what they are up to 7 Home School children taken by CPS in Arkansas because of fathers supplement use How much nutrition has our food lost, how much do we get back with a garden Is there any advantage at this point in having a “land line” phone What no one is saying about a coming pop of the student loan bubble Is the American working still the most dependable, productive, etc. Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1502 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Fortress Defense Consultants – (sponsor of the day) Ready Made Resources – (sponsor of the day) John Pugliano on the Swiss Franc Reset 7 Children Taken by CPS in Arkansas MediKidnap Story on 7 Children Taken by CPS Stanley Family Facebook Page Info on the difference between Vitamins and Minerals This Monday’s Prepper Scenario A major ice storm hits, everyone in your general area is highly restricted in movement.  You are okay due to your preps, the timeline is about 5-10 days without power, very limited transportation if any at all and no real ability to resupply.  How do you determine who to assist in your neighborhood/community and how do you use this as a teaching moment without berating them or going into “I told you so”. Last Monday’s Prepper Scenario We live in a world where those in power are constantly engaged in disinformation and distraction campaigns. At the same time there is a tremendous amount of good information and technological information available. How can we empower young people to be critical thinkers, so they can both learn from the new information that is out there and filter out the majority of useless, distracting, misleading or down right deceitful information? 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 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 chickens, bees, dehydration, plant propagation, permaculture, communications, technology, business, the prepper marketplace 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… Last day for GenForward, we are so close! What is up with chickens eating dog poop Getting into bees and feral vs. purchased bees Thoughts on dehydrators and dehydration for food storage Propagation of elders, bilberry an goji from seed Thought on observation before permaculture design and the “1-year rule” Dealing with remotely owned land that you want to retire to some day Thoughts on suburban backyard ducks What percentage of Americans live a preparedness lifestyle Using wild grapes as grafting stock for other cultivars Steven Harris on “Software Defined Radio” (SDRs) What a real time traffic app based on social media can teach us about anarchism Can you use russian olive for a “root stock” well yea but not for much Can you raise Muscovy ducks in a semi wild manner, yep, but Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1501 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com Sawtooth Tactical – (sponsor of the day) Bulk Ammo – (sponsor of the day) Radios1234.com Steven1234.com Waze.com – Social Media Style GPS Traffic App 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 convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetThis is Only One Version of a Modern Homestead Today most feel the word homestead simply means a house with a garden, perhaps some chickens and a little workshop and a few fruit trees.  Many true homesteads do have those things and some don’t.  Today I will discuss something I first discussed on TSP back in get this, July of 2008 in Episode 20 of The Survival Podcast.  Yep back in the Jetta TDI Mobile Studio Days. Homesteads today come in may shapes and forms.  Some are rural homesteads and some are urban homesteads.  Some are primarily agricultural endeavors and others are simply well planned homes not tied to overwhelming expenses. Instead of teaching the value of homestead thinking today Americans are marketed to with a very different message.  The message today is clear, home ownership is the way forward.  It is the most important thing you can do for yourself and your family and any sacrifice is worth the cost.  We are not literally programed this way from grade school onward. The reality is far too many Americans have homes today!  What?  How is that bad?  You will understand what I mean today as I explain what a home is vs. a homestead.  In some ways this can be explained as Robert Kyosiki puts it, “Most Americans consider a house their single largest asset, the reality is it is usually their single largest liability” Indeed this is sadly the case but that is only one way of looking at this issue. Join Me Today to Discuss… How the original homesteads were built and why they were built How a CFO would look at your home if it was a “company asset” How debt elimination is the best first strategy for your homestead and lifestyle design The case for a garden The case for perennial plantings The case for a functional home based business The case for the small home/tiny home movement The case for the large home, or compound approach Where alternative energy fits in, where it doesn’t Why this is absolutely tied in with buying local/regional How the internet has changed things even since the first time I discussed this subject How a homestead is powerful but a community of them is more powerful The story of the Urban Farming Guys – this is the power of a homestead! Why the homestead is a path to liberty Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1500 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward on IndieGogo Knife Kits – (sponsor of the day) Backwoods Home – (sponsor of the day) Amazing Work with Community of Homesteads in the Inner City 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.

TweetWe often tend to loose sight of the fact that a season is only about 90 days time. Spring?  Did that moron Jack say spring?  Has he gone daft?  Doesn’t he know that it is below zero in much of the nation.  Hasn’t he seen the big white piles of “global warming” all over the country?  Spring, really this moron speaks of spring?  Pipes are frozen and broken, the dog won’t go outside to pee and another arctic blast is descending upon us from Canada and this dolt, speaks of chirping birds and budding trees? Now hold on, the first day of spring is officially March 21st, that is the spring equinox.  Today is Jan. 15th, which means that day is only 67 days away.  To put that in perspective, remember how we just went from Halloween to Christmas so fast, well that duration of days comes out to 76 days.  Remember how fast that seemed to happen? The point is simply wen you get down to about two months, time goes faster then you’d expect. Join Me Today to Discuss… Now is the time to reflect on the past and plan for the future Make a list of everything you want to do and a cost estimate of same Look at your list and set priorities on wants, needs and expense Consider using excel and sorting based on value of the three Some major considerations Average last frost dates What are you planting When does heat become a problem (man, beast, plant) Are you staying or going (residence long term) Some of our current plans Finish misting system and tree grow beds Plant new long term cover crops Finish installing zone based irrigation Green House (we shall see) Reduce chickens, expand ducks (more involved then you’d think) Set up store front for NineMile.farm (do we really need it?) Set up full workshop in the out building Plan spring propagation and planting goals Build a comfrey propagation bed Fencing solution for the porch area (duck shit is an issue) Mulch, mulch, mulch, and mulch Plan and get ready for spring annual gardens Create “living fence” foundation for the gardens Ponds?  Is it really possible, or worth it? Fence in garden ponds Extend planting areas on food forest and urban garden Can I get this all done, who knows, that is why we start our planning now Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1499 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward on IndieGogo JM Bullion – (sponsor of the day) Western Botanicals – (sponsor of the day) 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.