Monthly Archives: December 2017

Episode-2134- Choosing Excitement and Abundance over Gloom and Doom

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Given this will be the last “Just Jack Show” of 2017 I figured we should end on a positive note.  Preppers are often cast as the doomsday bunker type by many, not just the Hollywood crowd.  I remember not long ago a guy saw one of my TSP T-shirts at a local store, he said, so you are a prepper?  My response was, I sure am. His next question was, “so when do you think its gonna happen”?  I knew what he meant but replied with, “when whats gonna happen”?  He responded with, “you know, it”?  I looked at him … Continue reading →

Planting Out Aquaponics Beds with Grocery Store Produce

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Note that in this video I specifically say that this is not how I normally do this.  In general practice I simply take any viable cores as they become available and add them to ebb and flow beds to regrow them.  To expedite this project and give some interest to the project I went out and picked up a bunch of stuff that works for this type of thing. Also while three of these came out in three days it will likely be about a week before it is time to do another one, so enjoy these for now.  Again … Continue reading →

Episode-58- TSP Rewind – Why I Switched to Aquaponics

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally, Episode-1976- Why I Switched to Aquaponics and was first published on April 4th, 2017. Here are some resources mentioned in today’s new introduction.  The video playlist of the new aquaponics project is here and the Gerber EAB Lite Item of the Day his here. You can also find the video for I Won’t Be Home for Christmas by Blink182 here and the LED Lights I am trialing here. The following are the original show notes from that episode. Right out of the gate … Continue reading →

The Indoor Aquaponics Grocery Store

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So this weekend I set up my planned indoor aquaponics system.  The truth is all I really needed to do was set up a 100 gallon tank and one small ebb and flow bed this year to grow tilapia fry until spring and get a jump start on growing them.  However always wanting to give you more, I have turned this into an educational project. I am using a 300 gallon rubber maid stock tank, along with rafting, a 50 gallon ebb and flow and a small wicking bed inside one of my out buildings.  Setting up a lighting array … Continue reading →

Episode-2133- Expert Council Q&A for 12-15-17

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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 herbal medicine, cooking, radios, knife making, websites, law enforcement, investing, rocket mass heaters 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 … Continue reading →

Some New Videos from Our Homestead

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First up is this 20 minute property walk explaining our new plant starting system, new timber frame pond and wicking bed installs, indoor aquaponics, grow bucket system, updates on the bantam hens and more. Here are links to the items featured in this video as well 45 Watt Grow Light – http://amzn.to/2yu4ZOT 600 Watt Grow Light – http://amzn.to/2yts8ks Grow Tent – http://amzn.to/2B2ku36 Stock Tanks – http://bit.ly/2AsAvhX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next up is a video I made to better explain the second segment of the video above.  It is best to at least watch that segment first to better understand it if you … Continue reading →

Episode-2132- Listener Calls for 12-14-17

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on gardening, permaculture, aquaponics, getting started prepping, podcasting, deescalation of violence 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 a lot … Continue reading →

Episode-2131- Mike and Sue Laprise on Homeschooling and Family Dynamics

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Michael grew up in a triple decker house in an urban environment in Massachusetts. The sixth of seven kids, he worked in his dad’s butcher shop / grocery store beginning when he was 13 years old (like all of his siblings). After graduating from college Michael moved to Houston, Texas where he met Sue. Michael has worked in Banking, Oil & Gas, Industrial Distribution, Real Estate and Insurance. He loves flying, backpacking, mos, who was the youngest of seven children, was brought up with rural gardens, chickens and ponies from t things outdoors but mostly he loves spending time with … Continue reading →

Episode-2130- Cryptocurrency – Understanding the Current State of Affairs

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I have been getting tons of questions on Cryptocurrency and while I know some members of the audience sort of are tuning out on this subject, I ran a poll on our Facebook Group today and this won hands down. Additionally I felt if I did this episode I could condense the subject to a single show for those not overly excited about it and let most other questions on crypto go to our new Expert Council member Ben Fitts of CryptoGulch.  I try hard to not let any one subject dominate the show and our subject matter. This is … Continue reading →

Episode-2129- Listener Feedback for 12-11-17

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on meat grinders, futures trading, concealed carry, cooking, herbs, government schools 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 a lot … Continue reading →