Sad to say there probably won’t be a Friday show this week but we are doing a call in show on Thursday to make up for it.  Since I am remote the show notes are brief but at least you have a show today. Join me as we discuss your questions like… How does a divorce impact [...]

Well I am on the road today on my way to Norther Tennessee for some vacation and RV time.  Let’s face it, it is HOT right now, it is 4 days until the dog days of August begin but that actually means fall is bearing down on us all like a freight train.  Only about [...]

Who knows may be longer, may be till the 6th or even 7th.  I am tired guys and I need an escape, not just a little jaunt to the BOL where I spend most of my time working either.  This time the wife and I are firing up the big red F-350, hooking up the [...]

Perhaps these could even be called baby steps and even so I bet even a few veteran preppers could do say 4-7 of them to improve what they have already done.    I figured it was a good time to back up before I roll out with the RV for a long vacation and give people [...]

Time to hear what you guys have to say and want to ask about on another listener feedback Monday.  Today I have questions on buying used firearms, making beer and wine, starting a business during a recession, hand crank radios, food storage and more. Tune in today as we discuss… Options for increasing food storage space Power bars [...]

It’s Friday again and we are back with more of your questions called into 866-65-THINK, we have some really great stuff today, lots on gardening, choosing a new generator, leveraging a skill set, dealing with visual impairment, prepping in an apartment and more. Join me today as I answer your questions on… Getting a garden plot ready [...]

The questions, comments, input, news stories and feedback are coming in faster than anytime in the history or the show so I decided it is time to do a few more episodes than normal of feedback.  Today we have great stuff from you the audience including a major threat to the republic, proof that social [...]

So since I was out in the field on Monday I figured we would do a listener call in show for today, I have some great questions, please understand if you have asked a question or even a few questions and have not had it answered on the air that my volume of email at [...]

Well I was gone for two days off to Big Bend National Park to help Bryan Black of ITS Tactical with his second round of the camo comparison.   Bryan is doing some great work with comparing camo patterns in various terrain, at various distances under controlled third party conditions.   Big Bend provided the perfect environment [...]

I will be driving back from Big Bend today and won’t be able to publish a show.   The show will return tomorrow, for today why not run a search for a subject you really enjoy and listen to one of the 478 shows in our archives. Bookmark It

Mike Gasior is mostly known as a financial luminary who has a nack for making the complex simple while pulling no punches.  Mike joined us last time to discuss the state of the U.S. economy and what the future holds in that respect.  Today he comes back to talk about his efforts as a homesteader. Mike [...]

Well I asked for calls last night and boy did you guys deliver, over 67 at this point came in so let me apologize  to the majority that won’t be on the air today but let me say I going to use a lot of them to preload a bunch of shows that will fill [...]

I just upgraded one of the computers (the one I was keeping all the recordings of your call in questions on).  Well long story short the new PC Rocks and Windows 7 is everything Vista promised and failed to deliver.  However, almost as if by fate the old PC now won’t turn on as in [...]

We say it every day, “living a better life if times get tough or even if they don’t”, but how do you pull it off, how do you make it happy.  More importantly how do you change the way you think so that your actions will have a dramatic impact on your future starting right [...]

I thought it was time for a bit of a change up today so I am going to go over a group of really big disaters, national/global in scope and tell you what I think the results would be like, the down fall, the response and the rebuilding. Join me today as we look at scenarios [...]

Today we take a new look at this primary concept of modern survival philosophy.  We examine how the concepts fo probability, impact and commonality of disaster interlock and how to use them in our planning process.  More importantly at the end we examine how they impact the human condition and what we can learn about [...]

In is listener feedback Monday so I am back with another great round of your questions, comments and current event feed back.  Today we have some cool questions on things like a first gun for that woman in your life, storing guns on a budget, property tax freedom, storing food, dehydrating veggies and more. Tune in [...]

So it is Friday and I am ready to roll with another great round of you questions.  Today I answer three awesome gardening questions, how to deal with riots and unrest, prepping for a new born baby and more. Join me today as I answer questions like… What to consider when using cinder blocks to build raised [...]

Mike Gasior is with us today, Mike is a consummate expert, he has authored ten textbooks on investments and the investment markets, and over 700,000 people worldwide read his monthly newsletter. His breakthrough radio program “Big Money with Mike Gasior”, which aired worldwide on the VoiceAmerica Radio Network, was one the first shows ever to [...]

I call myself a modern survivalist, well what does that mean.  What is the difference between a modern survivalist vs. a traditional survivalist or a primitive survivalist.  What are the fundamentals of modern survivalism?  What does it mean to survive anyway?  Why are we coded as humans to survive and what are we surviving for? Special [...]

I will be a guest on Appleseed Radio Tonight beginning at 7 PM Central time (about 30 minutes from when I am making this post.  We will be discussing the role of the rifle in prepping, my new eBook Mastering the 22 Rifle and a bunch of other stuff with some really great folks. The folks [...]

Well I am back from the BOL and we had a great 4th of July.  Because there was no show Monday I am doing the listener feedback show today.  Today we have great questions on what to carry in bear country, getting farmers into permaculture, transplanting wild plants, building an off grid home and more. Join [...]

Well we are off to the the Bug Out Location to do some video and mostly lay around on our butts and do a whole lot of nothing.  I am not going to be accessing the web or email while away (for a rare change).  Hence from this point until Tuesday morning there will be [...]

It is Friday so you know what that means another round of your calls with questions, comments and suggestions.  Remember our call in shows are not live, to get you call on the air dial 866-65-THINK and leave your comment or questions in 2 minutes  or less and you might get onto our next show. Additionally [...]

I see and hear versions of this admittedly extreme version of why survivalists are nuts all the time. I just talked to a guy that pointed out how “we were all gonna die from swine flu” and it turned out to be nothing but “a bunch of bullshit”. I guess he [...]

Get ready, on Thursday July 1st and Friday July 2nd High Mowing Organic Seeds is sponsoring a listener appreciation contest.  For a full description of the seeds we are giving away see the video at the bottom of this post. They recently stepped up to support our listener appreciation contest with two great seed packs.   [...]

What?  What the hell is wrong with Jack?  Here we are it is just about to be the 4th of July, the “dog days” of August are still over a month away and I want to talk about fall?  Yes indeed officially “fall” or autumn begins on the 21st of September with the autumnal equinox [...]

Many preppers seem to shun technology in exchange for more “primitive” skills such as bush-crafting and  stellar/solar navigation.  Personally I feel neither should be relied on to the exclusion of the other.  For instance I carry a lighter in every kit I own but I also know how to make friction fire and I can [...]

Today we have another round of your questions, comments, suggestions and feedback.  Today we discuss topics such as getting reluctant spouses to the gun range, a scientist that says humans are going extinct, GMO Salmon coming to the dinner table and more. Join me today as we discuss… Humans to be extinct in 100 years of less, [...]

I am here with another call in Friday on The Survival Podcast today we have questions on corn worms, sewer system failures, Israli made firearms, buying bug out land and more. Join in today to hear your questions and comments about… How can you set up remote monitoring of your BOL Should you fill out the warranty card [...]

Did you know that you can use flowers to catch fish and that once you catch a few you can use parts of those small fish to catch bigger ones. In this 4 part series I take you fishing with a minimalist kit.  My kit in this video consists of… 1.  A small assortment of snelled hooks 2.  [...]

Today Dave Canterbury from the Discovery series Dual Survival joins us to talk about the show, working with Cody Lundin, the value of survival skills, primitive archery, teaching kids and more. Join us today as we discuss. Dave ran a reptile farm?  Yep!  And what it has to do with survivalism. How YouTube, facebook, etc have changed everything [...]

That is honestly a fair question and one I get from a lot of people.  Here I am this guy who has a lot of computer and internet knowledge, I know how to make Google do my bidding with the art of SEO (search engine optimization), I have been in sales for global corporations and [...]

Today we have your feedback and some additional things that you just won’t believe since we prempted the listener feedback show yesterday for the 2 year anniversary show.  Today we discuss a real world example of a country turning to gold, 50 facts about the US economy you just won’t believe, zip ties, parachute cord [...]

Hard to believe isn’t it?  Two years ago I climbed into my VW Jetta Diesel TDI and began this journey with our very first episode, An Introduction to The Survival Podcast, on that day one person listened, me.  Over the next few weeks we got into iTunes, I put a few episodes of the show [...]

Today I have your phone calls on things like teaching skills, caching items in PVC, biltong, the death of the resume and more.  Remember if you want to be featured in a show like this phone in your comment or question in 2 concise minutes or less to 866-65-THINK. Tune in today to hear… How bolting and [...]

Today I though I would give sort of a mile high view of taking your home from grass hopper fields of green to organized ant hill.  Or if you are on the journey already from disorganized ant hill to  organized ant fortification.   Getting prepared seems tough, it seems beyond reach and on some levels it [...]

Every once in a while I tend to break out of the typical “survival topic mold” and I am doing that today.  That said there is nothing that could be more accurately described as a survival topic than having your own stream of income or at least your own brand that makes you marketable as [...]

I decided that it is again time for a in depth look at the how, what and why behind survival food storage.  Many tend to hear survivalist and at once envision a guy sitting on a ten year supply of military rations in a basement or bunker somewhere.  This image is hyped by media who [...]

Join me today on the Survival Podcaast as we take your questions and feedback for June 14, 2010.  Today we have great questions on shot gun options, rifle calibers, tree removal, life and health insurance, the gold standard and more. Join me today as I answer your questions such as… Can a camp ground be a good [...]

So it is another call in Friday despite the fact that the ass clowns doing directional boring shut down the neighborhoods power for a few hours.  Today the show was delayed, though I could have broadcasted on back up power it would have been hard to do a listener call show with out firing up [...]

The power just died.  I could run on back up but not  for the planned call in show.  So stay Tuned and the show will be live ASAP. Bookmark It

Ron Hood has been training survivalists for more than four decades.  Like many in the industry he stated learning as a child on camping trips.  He later as a young man served in the US Army as part of the ASA (Army Security Agency) around the world in places like Turkey and Vietnam.  After reentering [...]

I need a bit of a fun change up today after the recent server issues (which are now solved for a while) so I though I would break out with some lesser known rifle calibers.  In out current world shooting seems to revolve around the 223, 308, 30-06, 30-30 and a host of the magnums.  [...]

There are two terms that often get tossed around as interchangeable but to me they mean two different things.  The first one is self sufficiency and the second is self reliance.  I first spoke about the difference between these two worlds back in Episode 301 on Oct. 22, 2009.  Today we will again look at [...]

Time for another round of your feedback on what is a rainy (thankfully) Monday morning here in Arlington, Texas.  Today we have your questions on gold and silver in an TEOTWAWKI scenario, a new way to understand debt, the government wants you to go in debt to pay off their debt (really) and more. Join me [...]

The move to a private server seems to have gone okay, I did wake up to a continuing nightmare at 7 am after being on the phone with the host until 2am so I was as you might imagine not a happy camper.   There may be a glitch or two in the next few hours [...]

Permaculture is viewed by some as a “hippie topic” but its founder Bill Mollison was anything but a hippie.  Bill spent his early life as a hunter of big game in Tasmania, later worked as a logger cutting trees for the construction boom of the mid century.  He eventually realized the unsustainable nature of man [...]

I think there is a big misconception over exactly what guerrilla gardening really is.  Is it a hippie in San Francisco that beautifies a highway median by sneaking in at night, is it the survivalist that grows food on his own land with out clearing a plot or is it the hermit that lives in [...]

Today we take a look at the weapon I consider to be the most versatile of all modern fire arms, the shot gun.  To day we will examine the common gauges, the shotguns versatility, defensive vs. sporting use and more.  The shotgun is mysterious to some and misleading to others, in the end it is [...]