Monthly Archives: May 2012

Let’s Roll – Time to Ramp Up to Episode 1,000

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Right about the beginning of the fall of 2012 TSP is going to reach an increadible achievement, Episode 1,000.   Episode 1,000 will be just like… Episode 224 – The One Year Anniversary Show Episode-550- 94 Listeners Tell Us What Prepping Has Done for Them Except that it will bigger and include more members of the audience then ever before.  Please consider calling in for this show, I have set up a special 800 number just for this show to help me easily sort out all call for this show.  This number is ONLY for calls for episode 1,000, please use … Continue reading →

Episode-904- Listener Calls for 5-18-12

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Today I take your calls on screwed credit ratings, taxes, CCA lumber in the garden, vitamins, snakes, patio gardens, snakes, gun clubs, alternative currencies 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 quite area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. I can’t put all calls on the air … Continue reading →

Episode-903- Water in The Landscape

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Water is so critical to our lives, it is one of the five primary survival needs along with food, shelter, energy and security.  It provides for irrigation, hydration, fire suppression, cooking, sanitation and more.  Yet have you noticed 99% of suburban landscapes are devoid of water other than swimming pools and sprinkler systems. We have lost on of the key pieces of what water can do for us do to this.  Did you know that water can move nutrients and fertility around your property?  In doing this it can actually catch and rebound energy before it atrophies off your property.   … Continue reading →

Episode-902- Sailing as a Prepper Skill Set

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Franz is the founder of two websites on sailing, TravelTradeExchange.com and MedSailor.com and is in his words, 58 years young.  He lives in Salt Lake City UT and has been listening to The Survival Podcast since the first couple months and is proud to have all the episodes still on his iPod.  This means he is very familiar with and a part of our community. He is also an expert sailor and holds a US Coast Guard Masters License.   In 1997 he sailed accross the Atlantic in a boat that he personally built.   He also built his own BOL (a … Continue reading →

Episode-901- Learning From the Holzer – The Good and the Bad

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So I traveled about 2,000 miles to meet one of my absolute heroes in permaculture and sustainable agriculture.  The experience was not really what I expected.  The knowledge I gained was worth all the effort, planning and time away but the way I gained it was the more surprising part. To sum it up, I learned a lot from what Sepp did but not much from what he said.  I also am very excited to be planning my own events in the future and have to say I learned a lot about what not to do by the organization “Place … Continue reading →

TSP Will Return Tomorrow – Today Some Videos

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Yesterday was planned to be a long 11 hour travel day back from Kalispell, MT, instead it became a long 18 hour travel day.  I am not yet “put back together” and haven’t really internalized the seminar fully yet either (good and bad) so no show today.  Tomorrow we will be back to our regularly scheduled programming with a show about Holzer permaculture and what I learned while I was away. I feel like if I do it today, in my current sleep deprived, backed up email mode I will likely focus more on the negative then the positive.  That … Continue reading →

Episode-900- Paul Wheaton and Jack Spirko on the Sepp Holzer Seminar

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Today I have the pleasure of  doing a face to face podcast with my good friend Paul Wheaton of Permies.com and Richsoil.com.  We will cover some of the many highlights of the Sepp Holzer seminar so far. Excuse the brevity of the show notes, as Paul and I must head back to the location to listen to Sepp quite literally right now.

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An Update from Montana

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So after 5 days of the Sepp Holzer seminar I felt it was time for a quick update.   I will be discussing a lot of what I have learned and how I will be using it to teach and design in the future, next week when I return.  What has most struck me though so far is I am not getting much out of Sepp directly.  He is really pouring it out but I feel due to how much intensive study I have done of his work, it just isn’t really what I needed here. What  I did need and … Continue reading →

Episode-899- Security During a Break Down – (TSP Classic Orginally Episode 489)

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When I first ran this episode in August of 2010 my good friend Bryan Black from ITS Tactical stated, “This is likely the most important thing on security you have ever done.” We are going to look at a bit of a darker subject today. We are going to discuss security and not security on a day to day basis against say robbers, thugs and general low life. We are going to discuss security and security planning for large scale and long term break downs. Today’s show was prompted by Episodes 1 and 2 of season two of Discovery Channel’s … Continue reading →

Episode-898- Permaculture Design Considerations (TSP Classic Originally Epi-606)

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Today’s Episode was originally broadcast a episode 606 in February of 2011. In this episode we look at 11 design considerations when designing a permaculture food system. Honestly though permaculture or not these considerations really should be considered with all landscape development. Unfortunately they are largely ignored or misunderstood in America today. By taking these 11 components into consideration you will see your property in a new light whether it is 1/10 of an acre, 10 acres or a 1000 acres. Of course there are more considerations and interactions than these 11 but by considering these factors in your design … Continue reading →