Monthly Archives: July 2015

Episode-1610- Toby Hemenway on Developing Self Sustaining Urban Communities

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Toby Hemenway is the author of Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, which was awarded the Nautilus Gold Medal in 2011, was named by the Washington Post as one of the ten best gardening books of 2010, and for the last eight years has been the best-selling permaculture book in the world. Toby has been an adjunct professor at Portland State University, Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and has taught over sixty 72-hour permaculture design courses. He has presented lectures and workshops at major sustainability conferences such as Bioneers, SolFest, and EcoFarm, and at Duke University, Tufts University, University of … Continue reading →

Episode 1609- Running a Profitable Permaculture Consulting Practice

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Phil Williams is a permaculture consultant, designer, and author. He spent a decade in the landscape industry. After selling his business in 2007, he trained as a home energy auditor and building analyst. He began organic gardening in 2008, before learning about permaculture in 2010. He’s since taken two PDC’s, and built a demonstration site in central PA where he’s installed 4 ponds, a gray water system, 1500 trees and shrubs, 2000 linear foot of swales, 80 linear feet of hugelkultur, and an apiary. Currently, he consults on local and remote projects as well as the business side of permaculture … Continue reading →

Episode-1608- The Next Recession or the One that Never Went Away?

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Hold on boys and girls multiple recessions are on the way.  Multiple, yep, Canada is in Recession due to the “oil slump”, China is headed into recession as we speak, China’s recession will put Australia into recession and Greece and Spain will likely soon cascade all of Europe into one as well. I can hear you now, quoting Ron White, “Close, I thought he was talking about me there for a second“. Well, sorry to break the news to you guys but if you think Canada, Australia, the EU and China can all have recessions and not have a US … Continue reading →

Kydex Sheaths for Mora 2

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Due to a recent spike in requests, TSP Gear Shop will be running a new batch of the Kydex Sheaths for the Mora Classic #2 A member of the audience, who makes Kydex, has been producing sheaths for the Mora Classic Number 2 for the last couple of years. The Mora is loved for bush crafting and for good reason, it is a 13 dollar knife that you just look at and go, how the hell do they sell that for 13 bucks. One custom knife maker told us flatly, “I can’t buy the raw material in that knife for … Continue reading →

Episode-1607- Listener Feedback for 7-20-15

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Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on the loss of a great man, comfrey, biltong, hugulkulture, ducks, zoning  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 … Continue reading →

Remaining One Nation

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TSP Gear Shop has filled all the pre-orders for this old school t-shirt and has 21 shirts remaining. Sizes Medium-2xl are available. The One Nation Filled with Ants dates back to the original gear shop, and then early on, was added to TSPgear.com. Printed with the Val head on front chest and the ant flag on the back. And for good measure, we printed the rifle and hoe “The Revolution is You” shield on the sleeve. To get in on the last of this final batch, place your order at TSP Gear Shop. You can also add any other items … Continue reading →

And then there were 20

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TSP Gear Shop has filled all the pre-orders for the “A Revolution is Brewing” t-shirt and has 20 shirts left. Sizes Medium-3XL are available. If you thought you had missed out, now is your chance to pick one up. This coffee themed t-shirt with original ant artwork really sums up The Survival Podcast, featuring the text: This is a Bold Podcast, brought to you by genuine people. The show is Deep and Rich in the knowledge of what it takes to live the good life “If times get tough or even if they don’t” Why wear a boring shirt when … Continue reading →

Vacation Until 7-20-15

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For the next 10 days I will be on vacation.  Not a workshop, not a speaking engagement, not anything but fishing and spending time with a wife who doesn’t generally get enough of my time. What this means. Bluntly if you email me don’t expect a response, in fact if you have anything detailed it is best that you hold off until say the 21st to even send it.  I will check email once a day and shove stuff for show inclusions into a folder, shove some basic follow up into another and provide only necessary customer service during this … Continue reading →

Three Cool New MSB Updates

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I have three cool announcements for MSB Members today.  A new partner has been added, an existing partner now has a great deal on one of the coolest products for planting trees on the market and there is a limited amount of a knock your socks off variety of coffee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First – Ninja Prepper has joined the MSB.  MSB members are now eligible for a 10% discount on Ninja Prepper products. Ninja Prepper is a family owned business that manufactures titanium survival gear including insulated mugs, sporks and carabiners. Find their products at NinjaPrepper.com and use the discount code … Continue reading →

Summer Sale on MSB – Discount Code – HOTJULY

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Join the MSB Today and Get 20 Dollars Off Your First Year with Discount Code hotjuly Hey guys and gals, it is Jack and I am about to leave for a week and a half on vacation.  To keep things rolling while I am gone, I decided to run a sale.  From now until July 19th you can get your first year of MSB for only 30 dollars.  To get this rate just go to this link www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/members-brigade and use discount code hotjuly during sign up. You can of course use the code to join by mail if you pay … Continue reading →