Tag Archives: listener questions

Episode-655- Listener Calls 5-02-11 [ 1:23:02 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It is Monday and that means it is time for another round of your emails sent to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com  Today we have some very interesting and new subjects to discuss along with some that just seem to stay with us all the time.

Of course I will also comment briefly today on the reported death of  “public enemy #1″, Osama Bin Laden.  Don’t expect much more than a minute or two on this one though.

Join me today as we discuss…

• Yes it appears Bin Laden is dead, but does it matter
• Borrowing money to buy a BOL
• Evicting critters that have nested under your home
• What to tell grasshoppers that are waking up “too late” in the game
• IMF says America’s days as number one are over
• Can you create your own micro currency
• More on coming food shortages
• The story of a boil water advisory
• GMO goes solar, this one may not be a bad thing
• Your GPS may be ratting you out to the police
• Sources of cheap kindling
• Farmers sue Monsanto, let’s hope they win
• Making your own laundry detergent and fabric softener

Additional Resources for Today’s Show

• Members Support Brigade
• TSP Gear Shop
• Join Our Forum
• Emergency Essentials – (sponsor of the day)
• HarvestEating.com – (sponsor of the day)
• IMF bombshell: Age of America nears end
• Douglas Rushkoff, “Radical Abundance: How We Get Past “Free”
• The New Geopolitics of Food
• GMO Solar Cells – Yes Really!
• Could Your GPS Rat You Out for Speeding
• Monsanto Gets Their Asses Sued
• Home Made Laundry Detergent
• Awesome Free to Read Book on Micro Livestock

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 and you might hear yourself on the air.

Episode-645- Listener Feedback 4-18-11 [ 1:07:51 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Time for another round of your email, commentary and questions sent to jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com  Please remember I receive from 200-600 emails a day from the audience, so while I try to respond to many emails on air and directly it is not possible to answer them all.

The best way to get your question or comment on the air is to call in for a Friday show to 866-65-THINK and record your question, most of these calls get on the air in 7-20 days after they are received.

Today on The Survival Podcast we look at where our tax dollars actually go, we examine the need to grow our own food, we ask what the schools are feeding our children and more.

Also make sure to check out our special sale on the MSB, this time existing members can participate as well.

Join Me Today as we Discuss…

• Dealing with a spending requirement by selling silver
• Where did your income tax money go in 2010
• Shocking facts about new government debt and interst
• Why our taxes don’t balance against known spending
• Free seed programs and spreading self sufficiency
• How I plan and produce TSP
• A lesson government promises from Star Wars
• Why I don’t like physical gold in an IRA
• Stun guns and tasers for self defense
• America’s schools begin banning brown bag lunches

Additional Resources for Today’s Show

• Details on the MSB Sale – Expires on Monday the 18th!
• TSP Gear Shop
• Join Our Forum
• Ready Made Resources – (sponsor of the day)
• Bulk Ammo – (sponsor of the day)
• Where your 2010 Tax Dollars Went – (well some of them)
• My Book – The Real Truth About Money (free download)
• Chicago School Bans Homemade Lunches
• Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
• Members Support Brigade

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 and you might hear yourself on the air.

Episode-638- Survival Podcast Listener Feedback for 4-4-11 [ 1:01:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We are ready for another Monday show with your feedback in the form of questions, comments and articles sent to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com.  Today we discuss new drug resistant diseases, the GMO cow that produces “human breast milk”, installing solar and wind systems, Japanese supply chain issues, Federal training of local law enforcement and more.

Join Us Today as We Discuss…

• The real threat from the Japanese disasters, economics
• Is homeland security teaching your local LEOs that you are a terrorist
• Lessons learned from new drug resistant bacteria and diseases
• Gopher control
• Local ordinances vs. local urban farmers
• Considerations for solar and wind installation
• A nice joke for a Monday for a change of pace
• Container hugelkulture?
• A lesson taught by careless behavior
• The GMO Cow that make Human Breast Milk (Really!)

Additional Resources for Today’s Show

• Members Support Brigade
• TSP Gear Shop
• Sawtooth Tactical – (sponsor of the day)
• Bulk Ammo – (sponsor of the day)
• Article By James Rawles on Homeland Security Training of Local LEOs
• Coming Ripples in the Japanese Supply Chain to be Felt in the US
• Rise of the “Super Bugs”
• Oakland Urban Farmer is Required to Get a Permit
• Genetically Modified Cows Produce Human Milk – I am sorry but WTF!
• Members Support Brigade
• Ron Hood’s Survival.com Magazine

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 and you might hear yourself on the air.

Episode-637- Listener Calls 4-1-11 [ 1:21:49 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Well once again we have made it past another week and it is Friday again.  Friday is one of my favorite days, not because it ushers in the weekend as I love what I do but really because my Friday shows are all about you.  Today we take your calls to 866-65-THINK and we get to hear from the audience with questions, comments and commentary.

Today we take your questions on debt, nuclear preparations, economics, military service, buying a home, drug addicts during a SHTF and more.

Join Me Today as we Discuss…

• Setting priority paying debt out of college
• Deciding when to buy a first home
• Dealing with drug addicts during a shit hit the fan
• What problems are there with tilling your garden
• Thoughts on storing salt as part of your preps
• Dealing with dogs and your back yard garden
• Considering the military for your people today
• Will a government shut down mean our military won’t get paid
• More on nuclear prep and the Japanese crisis
• A listener recommends an old audio book, “The Death of Grass”
• How to reuse potting soil
• More info on nutrition from auquaponicly grown plants
• Killing off poison ivy with boiling water

Resources for Today’s Show

• Members Support Brigade
• TSP Gear Shop
• Join Our Forum
• Western Botanicals – (sponsor of the day)
• University of the Virgin Islands Info on Aquaponics
• Knife Kits – (sponsor of the day)
• The Backwards Beekeeper

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 and you might hear yourself on the air.

Episode-633- Survival Podcast Listener Questions for 3-28-11 [ 1:09:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

So it is Monday so time for another round of your questions set to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com.  Today we discuss how to attract pollinating insects, is the US on pace for a 90s Soviet Style collapse, thoughts on joining the military at 30, staying on track during a debt snowball and more.

Join me today as we discuss…

• Options for home defense for those that can’t own a firearm
• Growing ginseng and other high profit low maintenance crops
• Japanese bank looses 500K was the thief a robber or a looter
• Japan repairs a totally destroyed road in 6 days, reconstruction has begun
• Thoughts on the way the Japanese are dealing with the crisis vs Americas past responses
• Thoughts on wood vs gas fireplaces and fireplace inserts
• Michael Regan says Obama is doing to America what his dad did to the U.S.S.R.
• The CBO suggests taxing mileage
• Encouraging pollinators other than bees
• Thoughts on joining the military as a married 30 year old
• How to stay out of a rut in the middle of a debt snowball

Additional Resources for Today’s Show

• Members Support Brigade
• TSP Gear Shop
• Join Our Forum
• Safecastle Royal – (sponsor of the day)
• MURS Radio – (sponsor of the day)
• Info on the Ground Nut
• Source of Ground Nut for Propagation – I have bought a lot of stuff from Sand Mountain with great results
• The Groasis Waterboxx – Absolutely awesome!
• 500K Stolen from Tsunami Cracked Bank Vault
• Japan Repairs Totally Destroyed Road in Six Days
• Fireplace Insert I Mentioned from Home Depot
• Some Really Beautiful Fireplace Inserts
• Michael Regan says Obama is Doing to American what his Dad Did to the Soviet Union
• Unfortunately I was Right in 2008, the Government Now Wants to Tax Mileage
• Members Support Brigade

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 and you might hear yourself on the air.

Episode-574- TSP Listener Feedback 12-20-10 [ 1:07:25 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

So today is Monday, time for another round of your email feedback, if you want to submit content for a show like this send your link and commentary to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with the subject, “question for jack” and I will try to get your content on the air.

Join me today as we discuss…

• TSP Wins Podcast of the Year Award
• An awesome 11 year old speaks out on GMOs and more
• Gardening really is good for your mental health and health in general
• 10 foods that store longer then you live
• What’s Up With Iranian ballistic missiles in Venezuela
• Replacing the carbon footprint with a dependency footprint
• The Iranian Missiles In Venezuela worth a worry or not
• What risks are there if the dollar stops being the world’s reserve currency
• Assclown of the Week says “congress should serve the banks”!  SERIOUSLY
• California decides to do its own carbon tax
• Making biltong from wild game
• Are we actually getting a tax cut, yes, but not the way you think

Resources for Today’s Show

• Members Support Brigade
• TSP Gear Shop
• Join Our Forum
• Western Botanicals – (sponsor of the day)
• Common Sense Prep – (sponsor of the day)
• Birke Baehr – 11 Year Old Slams GMOs and Corporate Food Control
• Feeling Depressed?  Get Dirty!
• How Money Created Slavery – (On TRTAM.com)
• Forever Foods – 10 Items that will Outlast You
• Iran to Place Missiles in Venezuela Capable of Reaching the Southern US
• California Does a State Level Cap and Trade
• US Water Contains a Nasty Carcinogen
• Texas Water Has Radioactive Particles and the State Covered it Up
• Senator Bachus States, “Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks” Assclown of the Year for 2010!
• Members Support Brigade
• Ron Hood’s Survival.com Magazine

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 and you might hear yourself on the air.

Episode-569- Listener Feedback 12-13-10 [ 1:18:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

So on a Monday what else would we be doing but answering your emails and questions.  Today we have great ones like getting started hunting as a teen, life insurance on kids, more proof that the global warming scare is total bullshit and more of your questions and commentary.  To be on a show like this send your email to jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com with “question for jack” in the subject line.

Remember if you have a question and background information ask the question (in one to two sentences first) followed by your background information.  Due to extremely high email rates this will give you the best chance of getting your email on the air.

Join me today as we discuss…

• Is there any reason to have life insurance on kids at all
• Is water fluoridation required by law or simply local policy
• Are gemstones a good way to invest as an alternative to gold and silver
• How does Goldman Sachs profit from Quantitative Easing
• What is a basis point
• Would hyper inflation eliminate counterfeiting
• Thoughts on an impromptu BOL
• A car and an inverter for back up power, the good and the bad
• Knife or pepper spray for EDC defense when a gun is not an option
• Pepper spray use by a civilian vs. by law enforcement
• Getting vinegar smell out of 5 gallon buckets
• The good and bad of tankless hot water heaters
• Double CO2 apparently ain’t all bad, more on global warming BS
• The real pollution from things like coal no one talks about any more
• Thoughts on hyperinflation
• The dangers of private security forces like XE on American soil
• Self policing a community during a SHTF and compliance with LEOs
• Getting started with hunting and gun ownership for a teenager
• Why paying bills can be fun, at least for a while
• Dealing with hygiene and parasites during a SHTF

Resources for Today’s Show

• Members Support Brigade
• TSP Gear Shop
• Join Our Forum
• Sawtooth Tactical– (sponsor of the day)
• Knife Kits – (sponsor of the day)
• ****Vote for TSP as Podcast of the Year*** – (you can vote ONCE A DAY UNTIL DEC. 15 you need to use a valid email, but they do not spam you.  ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT!)
• Win a Free Berkey System (note Berkey can NOT ship to the state of California.  Blame your government, not Berkey)
• What is Quantitative Easing – Tells you how Goldman Sachs makes money in a QE
• NASA Says DOUBLE the CO2 and we only get 1.64 degrees of global warming
• Herb Elecampane for Parasites and Other Uses
• Members Support Brigade
• Ron Hood’s Survival.com Magazine

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 and you might hear yourself on the air.