Monthly Archives: February 2018

Episode-2165- Expert Council Q&A for 2-16-18

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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 the flu, cryptocurrency, stateless society, shoulder injury, growing pork, web based business 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 … Continue reading →

Episode-2164- Expert Council Q&A for 2-15-18

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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 the flu, cryptocurrency, paleo dieting, bees, small scale beef cattle, wood working, the Florida shooting 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 … Continue reading →

Episode-2163- John Moody on Modern Homesteading and Steader.com

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John Moody and his family farm and homesteads on 35 acres in KY. John  discovered more than a decade ago that his diet was literally killing him with duodenal ulcers, seasonal allergies, and other health problems, so the family began to transition to real local foods and local food distribution. The Moody family helped found the Whole Life Buying Club in 2006. A few years later they purchased an old, run down, cut up farm in the hills of west-central KY and learned that while you can buy a farm the soil isn’t always included! So they’ve spent the last … Continue reading →

Episode-2162- Can Anyone Be an Entrepreneur – It Depends

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I recently got this question and realized at once this was a show topic not a show segment.  It is a complex question and like most such questions the answer is, it depends. Let’s look at some other seemingly simple questions on the topic to start peeling the onion as it were.  How about this?  Is being an entrepreneur hard?  Well it also depends, on many things like.  How large do you want the business to be? What experience do you have?  How gifted are you?  Is this a side hustle or a full time business? Now that should start … Continue reading →

Episode-2161- Listener Feedback for 2-12-18

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on wicking beds, hunting, aquaponics, swales, gardening, investing in yourself 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 of … Continue reading →

Episode-68- TSP Rewind – How Taxation Enslaves Society

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally, Episode-379- How Taxation Enslaves Society, and was first published on Feb 16th, 2010. The following are the original show notes from that episode. Today we discuss taxation from the view of the modern survivalist.  We examine the non partisan truth of taxation, the reality that the only constant in taxes for over 100 years is more taxation which have created more spending.  We now have an unsustainable government and that government has created sustainable poverty. The long term consequences of this system … Continue reading →

Episode-67- TSP Rewind – Turning a Home into a Homestead

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally, Episode-128- Turning a Home into a Homestead, and was first published on Jan. 23rd, 2009. The following are the original show notes from that episode. This is a topic we discussed in the past and I thought it was time to do it again.  Time to ask yourself a question, “does your home provide for you or do you provide for it”? Tune in today to hear…. What is the main difference between a house that owns you and a home stead … Continue reading →

Episode-66- TSP Rewind – Container Gardening for the Urban Survivalist

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally, Episode-99- Container Gardening for the Urban Survivalist, and was first published on Nov. 25th, 2008. The following are the original show notes from that episode. Today’s show covers ideas and options for various forms of container gardening to allow production by urban survivalists that rent, have an apartment or need to garden in winter. Tune in today to hear… An announcement about the Listener Appreciation Contest Thoughts on some of president Bush’s pardons (a slap in the face) A unique concept for … Continue reading →

Episode-2160- Bug Out Trailers with Spirko and Harris – Part 3

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Today Steven Harris and I answer your questions on Bug Out Trailers.  Big trailers, small trailers, what to put in them, what to have as an electrical system. Using cargo trailers as an emergency shelter and camper. Toilets in these trailers, storage and transportation of water for consumption and hygiene. This is the third in a multi part series that began with Episode-2117- Steven Harris and Jack Spirko on Bug Out Trailers.  As this is clearly going to become a multi episode series I have created the tag BOT Shows so that all of them can be found at one … Continue reading →

Episode-65- TSP Rewind – The Perfect Survivalist Homestead Retreat

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally, Episode-80 The Perfect Survivalist Homestead Retreat and was first published on Oct. 24th, 2008. The following are the original show notes from that episode. Today we will explore some of the often considered as well as the often over looked characteristics that make up a perfect homestead for the survival minded individual in modern times. Tune in today to hear… How “perfect” is possible but different for each family or individual The system of checks and balances that applies to all real estate … Continue reading →