Monthly Archives: July 2017

Episode-2046- Cryptocurrency in the Real World ~ Who’s Using it and for What

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Bailey Reutzel is an independent freelance journalist covering the intersection of finance, culture and technology. She started writing about bitcoin in early 2013 for American Banker and PaymentsSource and has since become one of the leading journalists covering cryptocurrency, blockchain and everything in between for publications such CoinDesk and Digital Transactions. Because of her expertise in the area, she has been asked to appear on various YouTube videos and podcasts discussing the industry, most recently on Boulder, Colorado’s local radio station KGNU for the Co-Op Power Hour. Wanting to explore the interactions everyday people have with money, including this new … Continue reading →

Episode-2045- The Ins and Outs of Jug Fishing

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I grew up in my teen years where I had total freedom to hunt and fish in Pennsylvania, and in Pennsylvania jug fishing is illegal (many things are illegal in Pennsylvania that don’t make sense by the way). In any event when you grow up where something is illegal you often form a negative image of it.  So growing up I came to believe that jug fishing was akin to gill netting, which I am pretty sure the folks at PA Fish and Game actually do believe. When I moved to Texas I saw jug fishing gear on the shelves … Continue reading →

Episode-2044- Listener Feedback for 7-17-17

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on moving to other nations, black out kits, making wine, retirement, entrepreneurship, aquaponics and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. 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 … Continue reading →

The Truth vs. The Bullshit About Net Neutrality

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This is an exert from The Survival Podcast Episode 2042, it explains what net neutrality is really all about vs. the hysteria being trumped up by people that know nothing of networks. Below the video is a minor summary of the experience I am drawing on in speaking in this video.  I don’t generally talk a lot about my past experience in this world as it is seldom truly relevant to what we discuss on TSP, it is however very relevant to this discussion. When someone tells you that we need net neutrality please do two things.  Ask them what … Continue reading →

Episode-2043- Expert Council Q&A for 7-14-17

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Today its Friday so it’s time for expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today the expert council answers questions on home schooling, investing, cryptocurrency, medicine, knives and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air. … Continue reading →

Episode-2042- Listener Calls for 7-13-17

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on net neutrality, plant id, crab apples, entrepreneurship, homesteading overseas, tolls, cats, back up power 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 … Continue reading →

Episode-2041- Jason Rahlek on Boating Safety

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Jason Rahlek was born and raised in the southern part of Mississippi. Jason enlisted in the Marine Corps at 17, making 3 deployments to Okinawa as well as the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Jason left the Corps in 2005 and went to work as a contractor at one of 1st Armies Mob Centers. In 2006 he joined the Coast Guard as a mechanic. His first unit was a cutter which operated primarily in the Gulf of Mexico working counter narcotics and migrant operation,then deploying back to the Persian Gulf in support of the Navy. After that Jason was assigned … Continue reading →

Episode-2040- Cooking With Jack – July 2017

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Today it is time for a relaxed and fun show, we are going to talk about one of my favorite things in the world to discuss and do, cooking.  Cooking is a life skill that is frankly dying in America. When I was in high school home economics was still a thing, mostly girls took it, or smart boys like I was who knew we would be surrounded by girls.  Something happened in my generation though, most of us knew how to cook but we seem to have failed in passing it on to the millennial generation. One of my … Continue reading →

Episode-2039- Listener Feedback for 7-10-17

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on health care, LEOs, mead making, solar, prepping, long term food storage, business and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. 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 … Continue reading →