Monthly Archives: March 2009

No Show On St. Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Modern Survival| 1 Comment

The fact that it is Saint Patrick’s day is not really relevant.  Simply due to a few occurrences there will be no survival podcast today.  All is well and we will be returning to our regular broadcast tomorrow.

Jack

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Episode-160- HR875, Survival Gardening and The Square Foot Garden

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Modern Survival| 9 Comments
Episode-160- HR875, Survival Gardening and The Square Foot Garden [ 35:52 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Well we are back from Arkansas and I have a lot to talk about today.  A new bill called HR875 has come to my attention and while some are saying it may shut down back yard gardens I think the big threat is to the small farmer.  If you are a gardener this still matters to you too.

I will also give my new take on square foot gardening as pioneered by Mel Bartholomew.  As I spent the last week reviewing Mel’s new version of SFG, I have come to the opinion that it may be the perfect survival gardening method at least for many crops.

Resources for Today’s Show

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.

You also now can call in questions or comments for the host at 866-65-THINK, please read the suggestions for calling in before you do for the best chance of getting your comments on the air.

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Episode-159- The Difference Between Survival and Hobby Gardening

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Modern Survival| 3 Comments
Episode-159- The Difference Between Survival and Hobby Gardening [ 36:14 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Once again I am speaking to you from the past.  This show was recorded on the afternoon of March 10th 2009 but will is being published on March 12th while I am away at my bug out location in Hot Springs Arkansas.  Well, not exactly in Hot Springs but in an undisclosed location north of the area.

Today’s show covers the concept of survival gardening and how it differs in both practice and in motivation from typical hobbyist gardening.  Today’s show notes are brief so tune in to get the full story.

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.

You also now can call in questions or comments for the host at 866-65-THINK, please read the suggestions for calling in before you do for the best chance of getting your comments on the air.

Links for Today’s Show

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Episode-158- Remote Location Prepping

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Modern Survival| 2 Comments
Episode-158- Remote Location Prepping [ 42:36 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This podcast was done a day in advance and is being published while we are away doing some remote preparations of our own at our Arkansas bug out location.  So I thought today woud be a good day to cover that exact subject.

Tune in today to hear about

  • Low cost rain catch systems
  • Storing food safely
  • Thoughts on remote weapons and ammo storage
  • Setting up a local bank account and safety deposit box
  • Hiring a local person to keep an eye on things
  • Starting up raised beds
  • Permaculture options that you don’t have to be on site to do
  • How you can enhance local forage with simple things like mulch and pruning
  • Be on alert when arriving at your remote location
  • Alternative energy and water options
  • Tips on getting good deals on remote property
  • Using your creativity to improve your property

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.

You also now can call in questions or comments for the host at 866-65-THINK, please read the suggestions for calling in before you do for the best chance of getting your comments on the air.

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Episode-157- The View of Survivalism in the Media vs. Reality

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Modern Survival| 10 Comments
Episode-157- The View of Survivalism in the Media vs. Reality [ 35:19 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The media’s veiw of survivalism and modern survivalist philosophy are greatly disconnected from realtiy.  Join me today as I discuss a recent episode of the T.V. show “Medium” (yes the show sucks I watched it just for you so tune in) where a survivalist was painted as and eccentric killer.

In my view this media bias is actually quite dangerous and could cause a lot of suffering or even cost lives in the future.  Tune in today to get some thoughts on countering this bias, why it is important to do so and how we can reach people who are starting to ask the magical question, “what if”.

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.

You also now can call in questions or comments for the host at 866-65-THINK, please read the suggestions for calling in before you do for the best chance of getting your comments on the air.

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Episode-156- Recovery Equals Inflation

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Modern Survival| 6 Comments
Episode-156- Economic Recovery Equals Inflation [ 44:44 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Right now everyone is wondering when the economy is going to recover.  They are waiting for it as a tribesman awaits rains coming to the desert.  Oh won’t it be a glorious day when the Dow reverses course and begins a sustained climb, the banks open the mortgage food gates and “good Americans” do their patriotic duty and spend money?

Hold on, my problem with this is in reality this is the recovery!  The nation turned into a bunch of credit, debt and spending addicts.  What you see now is the nation in rehab!  300 million addicts coming off the spending spree and going through detox!

It won’t last!  The Federal Reserve and their drug cartel (banks, credit card companies and financing organizations) might not be willing to kill their clients with an overdose, yet they can’t allow them to go strait either.

Soon the peer pressure and dealer pressure will start up again.  Come on honey the Jones family just got a new car, the Smiths at work just got a new house and their are buyers for our house now.  Besides I just got a raise and we have saved up a lot of money.  Let’s enjoy life, you can’t take it with you!

The TV and Radio and the Dancing Girls at Weather.com will advertise “low mortgages that anyone can qualify for”.  The good times will return!  With them, inflation like we have never seen before.  When it happens don’t forget the pain of today, don’t go back to being an addict.  “Stay the course”, the one your grandparents set, value your money, save for a rainy day and buy what you need, not what you covet.

Today’s show discusses these concepts, explains the fallacy of a decline in the M3 Money Supply and will help you deal with a recovery that will actually be a relapse of the addiction and lead to a bigger crash then we just went through.

Resources for Today’s Show

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.

You also now can call in questions or comments for the host at 866-65-THINK, please read the suggestions for calling in before you do for the best chance of getting your comments on the air.

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Episode-155- Small Steps to Individual Energy Independence

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Modern Survival| 1 Comment
Episode-155- Small Steps to Individual Energy Independence [ 36:25 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today I provide you a few low cost steps you can take on the way to individual energy independence.  Today’s show is about energy independence for you, not independence from “foreign oil”, etc but you and your families individual ability to exist with out dependence on things like the electrical grid.

Tune in today to hear…

  • An update on individual secession and individual declarations of independence
  • Come meet me tomorrow at the Ft. Worth Gun show
  • Come have fun with us at the Region 5 Get Together
  • The Beta of the Members Support Brigade is Closed for about a week
  • Jack is going to Arkansas next week, you will miss a show or two next week
  • How you can build a simple way to dehydrate and store food
  • Building a simple, easy solar oven that will cook food with no fuel other then sunlight
  • Heating water with black pvc pipes, a box and a pane of glass
  • Setting up true small scale solar for under 200 bucks for back up lights and lap top computers
  • A simple outdoor shower with solar heating
  • Getting a professional installation done and expanding it as a do it yourself model

Resources for Today’s Show

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.

You also now can call in questions or comments for the host at 866-65-THINK, please read the suggestions for calling in before you do for the best chance of getting your comments on the air.

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Episode-154- Options for Storage Methods of Meats, Fruits and Vegetables

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Modern Survival| Comments Off
Episode-154- Options for Storage Methods of Meats, Fruits and Vegatables [ 46:15 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today we discuss a variety of options for storing surplus meats, fruits and vegetables for long term prepping and day to day use as well.

Tune in Today to Hear…

  • Dehydration as a exceptional long term storage option
  • Smoking and the difference between cold and hot smoking
  • Different ways to build a cold smoking, smoke house
  • Pickling as a storage method
  • Thoughts on canning and water bath vs. pressure canning
  • Freezing (short of a total SHTF, it is a great option)
  • Blanching before freezing and before dehydration
  • Jam, jelly and preserves bring spring flavor to cold winters
  • The traditional method of making biltong, no box required

Resources for Today’s Show

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.

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Episode-153- 10 Unspoken Principles Driving Modern Survivalism

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Modern Survival| 9 Comments
Episode-153- 10 Unspoken Priciples Driving Modern Survivalism [ 42:09 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today’s show is going to be a bit different.  I sat down, read the forum, read the comments here and listened to some of my own shows and came up with 10 principles that seem to be driving the modern survivalist and modern self suffiency movements that aren’t really discussed as “survivalist concepts”.  To me these 10 priciples are what bind us together, they have been written into our spirits by prior generations.

As you read them or as you listen to this show, ask yourself these questions about each one.

  1. Do you feel this way in your heart?
  2. Is this principle even if not discussed often one of the things really driving your decisions today?
  3. Can you hear your grandfather/grandmother saying these things?

Tune in today to hear me discuss the following priciples,

  • Debt is a tool like a gun, it does not belong in the hands of a fool
  • When something breaks you may not be able to replace it, so take care of things and learn to fix them
  • Hard work should be respected not avoided
  • To be dependent upon anyone is to be their slave
  • Knowledge is priceless – pass it down
  • Honor dictates that we consider our children before we act
  • Enjoy the sunshine today, it may and probably will rain tomorrow
  • A man’s word should be his bond
  • A title doesn’t make a man a leader, you can only lead people that willing choose to follow you because you have earned their respect
  • Knowledge with out application equals zero

Resources for today’s show

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.

You also now can call in questions or comments for the host at 866-65-THINK, please read the suggestions for calling in before you do for the best chance of getting your comments on the air.

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Episode-152- Dealing With Anti Survivalist Stigma

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Modern Survival| 11 Comments
Episode-152- Dealing With Anti Survivalist Stigma [ 46:58 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today’s show covers the anti survivalist stigma that modern survivalists must face in main stream society.  Are you tired of being depicted as a “right wing militia gun nut locked up in a religious compound praying for the end or modern society so you can live off your cases of peanut butter while everyone else starves”?

Honestly I don’t care about how people think about me as an individual, I am who I am with my pholosophy out there for anyone to examine and embrace, ignore or criticize.  I do however, care a great deal about many people that know something isn’t right about how we are living today as a society and want to know more but are put off by how the media and society potrays us.

Today’s show covers how to discuss modern survival philosphies with the uninitiated and get easily past the stigma and hopefully help more people live a better life, “if times get tough or even if they don’t”.

Resources for Today’s Show

  • The Appleseed Project – We are giving a way a free spot at a upcomming shoot in the listener appreciation contest this Friday.  Make sure you will be able to attend one before you try to win please.
  • Forum thread about Anti Survivalist Mentality – God you have to read this article, how much peanut butter are you sitting on?

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.

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