Monthly Archives: September 2014

Episode-1437- Assessing Readiness to Real World Scenarios

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Note – If you send this show to a new listener and they want to skip the intro, have them jump to 11 minutes in. This show is sort of a beginners show and also at the same time a whack the “experienced prepper” with the 2×4 of reality show.  Recently we started doing the “Monday Prepper Scenario” and the entire point of it is a trickling in of the subject we will cover in depth today. The truth is many people who fancy themselves preppers are not actually preparing for the most likely disasters and emergencies they will face.   … Continue reading →

Only Two Days Left for the MSB Fall Sale

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Join the MSB Today and Get 20 Dollars Off Your First Year with Discount Code fall14 Just a quick reminder that the current sale on the MSB ends at Midnight Central Time tomorrow Oct. 1st. The MSB is a great value and this is a great time of year for fall homestead planning. So I decided to make the MSB an even bigger value for the next week. Fall officially began yesterday with the fall equinox on Sept. 21st. To celebrate from now until Oct. 1st you can get your first year of MSB for only 30 dollars. This sale … Continue reading →

Episode-1436- Listener Feedback for 9-29-14

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Today on the Survival Podcast I take your comments, questions and thoughts on ISIS, government spying, standardized tests, homeschooling, education, lies in the media 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 … Continue reading →

Episode-1435- Listener Calls 9-26-14

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on chickens, insurance, batteries, gardening, retirement, timber land, hogs, law enforcement   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. While I can’t put all calls on the air but I … Continue reading →

Can a Community Member Get Some Legal Advice

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I could use an attorney who would not mind at least discussing some options with a TSP community member that I feel is being bullied by a person with no leg to stand on. This good friend of TSP is being threatened with a lawsuit, they know the attacker has no real grounds for the attack but they are worried it will cost more to defend the case then to yield to bullying tactics. The ideal person will have experience in litigation over IPR and be licensed in Oregon or Kansas but honestly any help would be appreciated.  A community … Continue reading →

Episode-1434- Ben Hewitt on Unschooling aka Immersion Learning

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Ben Hewitt was born and raised in northern Vermont, where he currently lives on a 40-acre diversified hill farm with his wife, Penny, and two sons, Fin and Rye. Fin and Rye sons are educated at home in the context of a life-learning process known colloquially as unschooling. The Hewitt’s believe that contemporary, institutionalized American educational expectations create “childhood deficit disorder” and do not allow for full maturity of mind, spirit, and skills. Nor do modern public educational options offer the practical, hands-on skills that reduce one’s reliance on industry. Fin and Rye are highly skilled woodsmen, proficient with firearms … Continue reading →

Episode-1433- Developing an Online Business

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It has been a long time since I have really dug deep into this topic.  Our mission at TSP is to help people become more self sufficient.  The reality is the biggest systemic dependency most people must deal with is economic dependence. Economic dependence also leads to a required acceptance of many things you don’t want in your life.  Trading time for dollars is what the labor force is based on.  Yet the entire concept of “labor” is actually disdained by most business owners, even those that treat people very good.  In the end a labor force is an massive … Continue reading →

Episode-1432- Why the Current Generation is “Lost”

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You might think that the most difficult questions I get come from older folks who have been around a while, you would be wrong.  The most difficult questions to answer come from young people, asking “what do I do with my life”, in some sort of way. The current generation (Millennials) and the one coming next (Generation Z) take a lot of flack.  We hear they are lazy, don’t know the value of hard work and never knew a day without a computer.  Really, well, hey Boomers and Gen X on that last one, few of us knew a day … Continue reading →

Episode-1431- Listener Feedback for 9-22-14

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Today on the Survival Podcast I take your comments, questions and thoughts on public schools, government, lies by Smithsonian.com about GMO, growing fruit trees 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 … Continue reading →

MSB Sale for to Celebrate Fall’s Arrival

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Join the MSB Today and Get 20 Dollars Off Your First Year with Discount Code fall14 The MSB is a great value and this is a great time of year for fall homestead planning.  So I decided to make the MSB an even bigger value for the next week. Fall officially began yesterday with the fall equinox on Sept. 21st. To celebrate from now until Oct. 1st you can get your first year of MSB for only 30 dollars. This sale is open to new members or members who’s prior membership has expired. To get your first year of the … Continue reading →