Monthly Archives: January 2014

Episode-1292- Listener Calls for 1-31-14

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Modern Survival| 40 Comments
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Join Me Today as I Answer Your eMails

Join Me Today as I Answer Your Calls

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on swales, chickens, livestock, gardening, the expert council, privacy issues, the news 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. I can’t put all calls on the air but I do my best to get many of them on.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

  • Details on techniques for swale construction with an excavator
  • Determining sex of chickens
  • Aggressive roosters vs. roosters with delusions about people
  • Best starter animals for the homestead
  • Thoughts to finding a good real estate agent for relocation and a possible resource
  • Promoting volunteer plants in your garden or permaculture system
  • Darby Simpson weighs in on chicken genetics
  • Why you really should all stop worrying about cross pollination
  • Dealing with earwigs as garden pests
  • How did I meet the expert council members
  • Thoughts on providing personal information like your SSN to people like paypal
  • Where do I get my “news” from
  • The real message of “Gun Control Logic Applied to Stairs” isn’t what you think it is

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. 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.

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Applying Gun Control Logic to Stairs

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Modern Survival| 34 Comments
What Happens When You Apply Gun Control Logic to Stairs?

What Happens When You Apply Gun Control Logic to Stairs?

Recently I authored an article at Brink of Freedom.  I also did a pretty cool 19 minute video based on it.  Here is the beginning of the article…

You hear it all the time from those who want gun control laws added to the more than 25,000 plus existing regulations, “if it only saves one life, it is worth it.”  Many of us who actually value simple small things like the right of self determination, the constitution of the nation, and individual liberty will often point to automotive deaths as a counter argument, but I have a better one – deaths and injuries due to staircases.   Let’s examine some classic gun grabber logic and apply it to staircases.  I think you will be shocked at the results.

First some statistics, falling down stairs on average

  • Kills over 1,300 people per year – (source)
  • Over 1 million people are injured per year in stairway falls – (source)
  • Nearly 100,000 children a year are injured enough by stairway falls to require hospitalization – (source)
  • Young children and the elderly are the most victimized by falls – (source)

Let’s take those numbers over a decade we get…

  • 13,000 deaths that never had to happen
  • 10,000,000 plus hospital visits that never had to happen
  • 1,000,000 children hospitalized for serious injury that never had to happen
  • An unfair and disproportionate group of victims who are small kids or older adults that need protection

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Episode-1291- Kermit Jones author of “Prepper Pete Prepares”

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Modern Survival| 8 Comments
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Prepper Pete Teaches Kids about Preparedness.

Prepper Pete Teaches Kids about Preparedness.

Join me for a conversation with Kermit Jones about Prepping with Kids: Don’t Scare – Prepare!  Kermit is the author of a new children’s book series based on the character “Prepper Pete” who is the star character of Kermit’s first book, “Prepper Pete Prepares“.

Prepping makes complete sense – to those who prepare. But we all know the blank stares, looks of confusion, and even snickers that sometimes come when we try to explain our reasons to others.

I mean, how do explain the obvious, right?

But even if your in-laws, out-laws, friends or family, just don’t “get it” – you can’t escape the need to prepare those who literally depend on you – your children.

If you’ve seen shows like “Doomsday Preppers” – then you’ve got a pretty nifty list of what NOT to do. Going through a dry-run with you kids can be a great way to bond, but sometimes “how” you do something is just as important (if not more so) than “what” you do. In fact, you can teach a lot of skills to your kids without ever mentioning the end of the world, zombies, or even disasters.

For example, Kermit wanted to show his kids how to make a fire with a magnesium fire starter (with the flint down the side). Now, he could have said, “Okay, daddy’s gonna show you how to use this because one day your life may depend on it, and if you can’t figure it out, you’re gonna freeze to death or be eaten by wild animals in the pitch black of night!”

Sure, that would have gotten the point across, but is it really necessary!?

Instead, his approach took a slightly different approach: “Hey, how would you like to learn to make fire without using matches or a lighter!?” Oooooh… a little excitement combined with a fun challenge.

“And we’ll even make s’mores with it!” Instant sell.

During the process, they were still able to discuss types of tinder, kindling, fire-building philosophies and the like. Because it was tied to something emotionally important to them (yes, the s’mores), this way kids not only remember, but they want to do it again in the near future!

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. 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.

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Episode-1290- Insurance a Hole in Many Preppers Lives with Jason Adkins

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Modern Survival| 41 Comments
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Insurance isn’t a sexy topic, it isn’t like growing a food forest, building a solar system or tweaking accuracy out of your AR or AK, but it is important.  The most common disasters people experience each day are…

  • Serious injury or death of a loved one
  • Loss of a job
  • Loss of a home due to storms or fires
  • Loss of your ability to work due to injury
  • Automotive accidents
  • Legal attacks

All of these areas are far more likely to hit you based on disaster probability then a major pandemic or say a global economic collapse.  So it makes sense to insure against such events where and as you can.  Jason Adkins is currently an insurance claims adjuster and previously worked as an insurance agent.  He joins us today to discuss insurance from a prepper point of view and how to make smart decisions about what to buy and what not to buy.

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. 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.

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Episode-1289- Learning to Hunt Without a Gun Part 2

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Modern Survival| 10 Comments
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I could have called this series learning to hunt without a gun or a bow or a trap or anything but that title would be too long.  Today’s show is part two of a series so you may really wish to listen to part one first if you have not done so already.

This series began as an extension of a listener question I answered two weeks ago about learning to hunt when you had no one to teach you.  No family, no friends, no mentors, no one.  In part one we focused on the following,

  • The primary hurtles to entry
    • Land access
    • Time
    • Knowledge
  • Hunting with a camera, the limits of reality
  • Keeping a game log
  • Understanding game patterns
    • Whitetail deer
      • reading the wind
      • runs, rubs, scrapes, droppings and tracks
      • feeding patterns
      • bedding
      • seasonal effects
      • the rut
      • peak movement times
      • pattern disruption

Again I am assuming today that you have already listened to part one and have the above as background information about our topic today.  I’ll do a VERY brief review in the intro but it will be brief indeed.

Today we continue with the extension of those concepts and cover the following

  • Squirrel Hunting Patterns
    • Seasonal Food
    • Nesting
    • Breeding
    • Predator Response
  • Hunting Tactics
    • Spot and stalk
    • Still hunting
    • Stand/ambush hunting
  • Why this method will make you a great hunter
    • Allows for a faster experience growth curve
    • Focuses on what you can do now
    • Will teach you game behavior
    • Learn from you mistakes when they don’t matter
  • Getting land access for real hunting
    • Public hunting
    • Guided hunting
    • Lease access
    • Private land with permission

     

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. 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.

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UCG: Untrained Civilian Goofball

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Kelly Gendrou| Comments Off on UCG: Untrained Civilian Goofball


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Note from Glen Tate, author of 299 Days: When the real Team from 299 Days was on the range and people would see us shoot, they would ask, “What unit you guys with?” or “Which agency?” At first when I said, “We’re just civilians,” people wouldn’t believe us. Then one day when someone asked “What department you guys with?” I answered, “We’re UCG: untrained civilian goofballs.” An acronym was born. The reason UCG is so fitting to so many civilians who train is two-fold. First, we’re humble. We’re not trying to be military or law enforcement. We’re just learning some skills and having a good time. Second, by calling ourselves “goofballs,” it’s a polite way of saying, “We aren’t half bad at this.” Besides, telling people we’re “untrained civilian goofballs” is more believable than, “a lawyer, insurance salesman, hospital tech, inventory guy, and rental shop guy.”

TSP Gear Shop has just created a new Untrained Civilian Goofball patch and sticker for Glen and his Team. The items are also available to order in the gear shop. Check out these, and the other great items, at TSP Gear Shop today!


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Episode-1288- Listener Feedback for 1-27-14

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Modern Survival| 170 Comments
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Join Me Today as I Answer Your eMails

Join Me Today as I Answer Your eMails

Today on the Survival Podcast I take your comments, questions and thoughts on politics, teaching, education, permaculture, mushrooms, bitcoin, net neutrality, PermaEthos  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

  • Actually hold teachers accountable and what happens
  • Turning tree stumps into mushrooms
  • Here comes the “bitcoin is for criminals” push – Translation they are scared!
  • What are the advantages of ag exempt land how do you qualify for it
  • A possible new approach to the PermaEthos Concept
  • What is net neutrality and what does it show us about legislator ignorance.
  • What is the US Number One at, are you sure you want to know
  • Why no political systems are making more change right now than political ones
  • Why society is headed for epic paradigm shifts in the coming decade

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. 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.

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Episode-1287- Listener Calls for 1-24-14

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Modern Survival| 64 Comments
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Join Me Today as I Answer Your eMails

Join Me Today as I Answer Your Calls

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on permaculture, guns, real estate, nuisance animals, MRSA, community, chickens, cover crops, libertarianism, bitcoins and peaceful conflict resolution.

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. I can’t put all calls on the air but I do my best to get many of them on.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

  • Planting in an area that floods often
  • Converting an SK to take AK mags, you can but should you
  • Thoughts on finding property when relocating
  • Dealing with a nuisance hawk
  • Thoughts on the risks of MRSA infections in hospitals
  • Thoughts on finding a person to be a live on property helper
  • Dealing with cold winters by growing indoors
  • Thoughts on roosters and expanding flocks
  • Understanding functional and time components of cover crops
  • Running pasture birds when you already have an egg flock
  • Thoughts on the Duck Dynasty’s big drama, FINE I’ll sat a few words
  • Another look at what happens when all bitcoins are “mined”
  • Dealing with a property dispute with a neighbor

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. 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.

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Episode-1286- Raising Rabbits with Rebecca Colvin

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Modern Survival| 28 Comments
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Rebecca Colvin has been raising show rabbits for the past 17 years. During this time she has seen and done pretty much everything you can think of with regards to raising rabbits, breeding, showing, heat problems, ventilation, pests, diseases, and so on.

Throughout the 17 years Rebecca has won at many shows and placed well at the national level. She raises Mini Rex for most of that time; they are a small cousin of the Rex rabbit, which is commonly used for fur and meat. The Mini Rex is more commonly used for the pet trade but they taste just as good as any other rabbit.

At the beginning of 2013 Rebecca started keeping her culls and eating them instead of selling them to keepers of big snakes and cats. Other then rabbits, Rebecca has a love all animals. She has three dogs, two finches, a Western Hog Nose, and a Betta fish named Rock Star. She works in Pet Retail helping educate people to become better pet parents.

Join Rebecca and I as we Discuss…

  • How do you start raising rabbits
  • What breed is right for you
  • What is the best set up for a rabbit barn
  • Considerations in choosing the location of your set up
  • How do you breed rabbits
  • How do you deal with extreme temperatures
  • What are the top mistakes people make when starting out

If you have questions for Rebecca you can ask them in the comments below or email here at minirexs at gmail dot com.

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. 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.

Our Expert Council is Made Up of…

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A Look At The Flexability of a Steven Harris Mobile Battery Bank

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Modern Survival| 7 Comments

As most of you know we are running a workshop February 20, 21 and 22.  At that workshop among other things we will be building three mobile battery banks in three different pick up trucks like the one in this video.

The video below is the end of the third video in Steven Harris back up batter power video series.  You can purchase all three of them and all the components to build systems like this at Battery1234.com.

The thing is I wanted everyone to get a taste for how flexible this system is.  So I asked Steve to share the final part of his third video and he graciously agreed to do so.  This part shows more what the system can do vs. how to build it but that is the point.

Again if you want to spend three days in a hands on workshop with Steve and I learning how to build this system you can do so at this link.  In any event enjoy the sneak peak of the system here.  And remember if you can’t attend but want to build a system like this on your own Steve’s video series can help you do just that.

Again I hope to see many of you at the coming workshop. If you have any questions about what will be covered or anything at all just let me know.

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