Monthly Archives: December 2014

What Would You Make with a Mini Aluminum Foundry

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This idea is really cool, I am absolutely going to make one this winter.  Now let me tell you how I found this video.  One of my listeners sent me the following email about it… Could you see a DIY smelting device to melt aluminum or other metals as being useful in self-reliance/self-sufficiency/permaculture? If so, how?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSoWxG30rb0 I think everything about this is fricken ingenious.  The only part that needs special tools is a torch to make the crucible, a local metal shop would do it for you for about 5 bucks I bet. But you tell me, what can … Continue reading →

Episode-1491- The Christmas Special for 2014 – Corrected

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Note – Somehow the first time this show was published the audio didn’t attach to it, I have now republished it as a new post with audio attached.  I apologize for the mix up. Most of today’s show is a recreation of 2008’s Christmas special. Today we pause and take a moment to reflect on Christmas and how it has become the Holiday we celebrate today. Many American’s have no idea just how Christmas became unique here in America, the role it played in bringing our nation together after two wars of independence and the civil war. Christmas is special … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas from The Survival Podcast

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Every year on Dec. 24th I publish our Christmas special, “A Survivalists View of Christmas” and at the end I play O Holy Night by Martina McBride.   Tomorrow I will again publish our Christmas special but today I wanted to send this out to the entire TSP community. At one time I had a CD of this song with the acapella intro and then the version with music following it. I can’t find the CD, nor can I find the CD for sale. I think it is an older version. So I made my own and decided to share it … Continue reading →

Episode-1490- 22 Low Capital Businesses You Could Start in 2015

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In episode 1487 I asked you guys what you wanted to hear about in the last regular episode of the year, the topic of low cost to start up businesses seemed most popular so, so be it. I am a little leery of doing this show, because the what of a business is actually less important than the why, how, execution and passion of a business.  So I am going to ask you guys to do me a favor and use these ideas more as a think tank stye of things rather than, “Jack says these are good ideas”. In … Continue reading →

Episode-1489-Listener Feedback for 12-22-14

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Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on teaching children, the matrix, guns, education, technology, the military, politics 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 … Continue reading →

Episode-1488- Listener Calls for 12-19-14

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on politics, homesteading, real estate, meat production, legumes, energy, investing, retirement, Class III weapons, oil production 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 … Continue reading →

New MSB Only Video – Episode Two – The Nine Mile Farmstead

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I have started a new MSB Video series about our work with Nine Mile Farm which is Dorothy’s new farmstead business and the work we are doing, the results we are having and the way we are marketing and building a customer base. We want to make these videos really cool for members of the Support Brigade, so after watching it please be sure to leave questions and comments for what you want to see in next weeks updates. The purpose of these videos is to give MSB members a behind the scenes look at what we do at the … Continue reading →

Episode-1487- Ian McCollum on Military Surplus Rifles and More

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Ian McCollum is a firearms writer and researcher specializing in arms from the 1880s to the 1950s or so.  He is interested in the mechanical details of different firearms designs as well as their use in practical field situations.  Ian has run a web site on these guns called Forgotten Weapons for about 4 years, and his work has appeared in publications including Gun Digest and the Canadian Press. Ian has just recently released the first episode of his new project, InRange TV – an online TV-style show focusing on interesting factual and detailed content, without the drama and BS … Continue reading →

Episode-1486- 20 Simple Prepper Steps Every American Should Take that Most Don’t

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Yesterday I did a “back to fundamentals” show on permaculture, today I am going to do one on basic preparedness.  On some levels it is great that prepping has become its own “industry”.  This brings some unique products to the market and allows preppers to buy from companies that think like they do.  On the other hand, it has also attracted parasites to our world. Said parasites hype every news story to infer the end of the world, dollar, oil, _____, will be here in just a few short months.  They cite “CIA insiders” that are likely some dweeb that … Continue reading →

Episode-1485- What is this Permaculture Stuff and Why Should I Even Care

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From time to time I back up and do a sort of “back to basics” show on certain subjects.  Often things like Modern Survival Philosophy or basic preparedness.  But yesterday I realized the word “permaculture” is tossed around at TSP constantly but likely many listeners don’t really understand it at all or perhaps even know what it is. Additionally many people wonder why they should even care.  Isn’t permaculture just hippies rolling in mud?  No, it is more like Greening Deserts, Greening More Deserts and perhaps even using cows to restore entire eco systems and feed half the world.  It … Continue reading →