Monthly Archives: March 2014

Episode-1319- Glen Tate on the 299 Days Movie Kickstarter

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Glen Tate is the author of the ten-book prepper novel series “299 Days” published by Prepper Press. The books describe an average guy who prepares for, and lives through, a partial collapse of the United States. Glen joins us today to his current efforts to turn his book into a movie. Glen is a moderator on the TSP forum under the name “Heavy G.” He lives and works in Olympia, Washington where he has a front row seat to the corruption in government. Much like the main character in the series, the author is a forty-something resident of the capitol … Continue reading →

Episode-1318- Lessons and Stories from Permaculture Voices

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What a week, I am tired, worn out and for a yet to be fully disclosed reason about to be on a plane again on Friday.  So I figure I better do my review of the happenings at Voices while everything is still fresh in my mind. The people are Voices were awesome and I have to say even the few that are what Paul Wheaton calls “purple breathers” there were pretty cool as well.  In fact I have found that many of the “purple breathers” seem to be breathing less purple over the years.  Perhaps Obama has done some … Continue reading →

TSP to Return Tomorrow

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So we are about to head to the airport here in San Diego in just about an hour.  We will get home about 4PM local Dallas time.  It has been a long but truly enjoyable trip for Dorothy and me. We met tons of great people at Voices and I got to meet some folks I have always wanted to spend some time talking to face to face like… Geoff Lawton Greg Judy and Joel Salatin While we were gone the first of our new goslings hatched as well.  Like I said we had a great time and Dorothy and … Continue reading →

A Free Society vs. Socialism and the Interpretation of Words

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I find it interesting at times that people can both use the same words to make entirely different points.  I am really enjoying my time at PermacultureVoices and the people here are mostly entrepreneurial minded doers.   Yet as always when many gather in the name of Permaculture at least a few will gather that seek solutions from government rather than from ourselves. I listened to one presenter bash the Food Safety and Modernization Act for the mess that it is.  He did a good job in pointing out how bad it was.  Then turned around and talked about what … Continue reading →

TSP Homestead First Year in Review on Video

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So it seems crazy but we have been on our new homestead about a year at this point.  In that time we lost our friend Blackie and gained an incredible new one “Charlie Daniels Spirko“.  We ran our first ever internship program and were so lucky to have chosen Josiah Wallingford as our intern who has become part of the family. As to our property for our first year we focused mostly on infrastructure design.  Right now we have over 100 fruit and nut trees in damp sand waiting for our April planting workshop with a hundreds more on order.   … Continue reading →

Episode-1317- Building the Backyard Orchard

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Today is sort of kind of a permaculture episode, but not necessarily one.  I think we have a lot of people in the audience that want more food production but do not necessarily really care about “permaculture” as a concept unto itself.  I think this show will make both camps pretty happy. The truth is we have lost a lot of knowledge about growing fruits and nuts in our nation.  We have equated trees with large giant things you could never reach the top of. We see trees as things to climb, hand ropes from and build a fort in. … Continue reading →

Episode-1316- Listener Feedback for 3-10-14

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Today on the Survival Podcast I take your comments, questions and thoughts on survival scenarios, AGW,  the use of words, minarchism, anarchism, permaculture and small property self sufficiency. 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 … Continue reading →

Episode-1315- Listener Calls for 3-7-14

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on war, fodder, bees, battery back up, cooking, fermentation,  permaculture, small business, bentonite, education, concrete buildings and more. We also hear from expert council members Steven Harris, Ben Falk, Michael Jordan and Darby Simpson. 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 … Continue reading →