Monthly Archives: August 2018

Episode-2277- Forest Management on the Homestead with Nathan Kay

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Nathan Kay is a licensed professional forester in the state of Maine. He has been practicing forestry for 7 years. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Forestry and Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Maine. He believes strongly in the ability of a forest to simultaneously provide for landowner objectives and fulfill important ecological roles.  He joins us today to discuss, forest management on the homestead Join Us Today as We Discuss… What is a forester? What is silviculture and forest management? How can working with a forester help a landowner attain their desired goals … Continue reading →

A Call for Guests

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Dorothy tells me we are only booked out about 3 weeks so we have room on the fall schedule for guests.  If you would like to be on the air fill out the guest form here.  If you know someone you want to hear on our show, tell them to fill out the form. If you don’t hear back in a few days assume something went wrong (it happens) and shoot me an email about it. Note – any form not completely filled out is simply deleted.  “No show for you”!

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Win a Free Lifetime MSB – Name Our New Drink on Instagram

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As announced yesterday Dorothy is now running my instagram account and hence we changed the name of the channel to itsajacklife.  It is a look into my daily life though her eyes.  Fun stuff, crazy stuff and just every day stuff. I have had an instagram account since 2012 but never posted to it.  Dorothy offered to take it over and run with it and she is doing a great job.  To get it off to a great start I am giving away one free lifetime MSB account and AT LEAST one 1-year account. Here is how to play, go … Continue reading →

Episode-2276- Back Yard Aquaculture for Beauty and Food Production

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So we have been updating our new instagram project and have changed the channel name to @itsajacklife to make it more clear that most posts are by Dorothy about my life vs. by me.  And this AM she took this photo of me at teh Miyagi pond and captioned it, Enjoying the Miyagi. It’s Tuesday morning time for a stand alone show. Jack has no idea what he will talk about today says the fish will tell him. She was right and the fish said, “hey dummy talk about us”, so today that is what we are going to discuss.  … Continue reading →

Miyagi Pond Updates for 8-21-31

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Some updates to the Myagi Pond (aka Timber Frame Pond).  Also a preview for today’s episode of TSP. Flowering gourd seeds are hard to find but you can find them on eBay on occasion search for “Bau Sao”, none are available right now, I may have some this fall at the workshop. It is also known as “white flowered gourd”. The original sweet potato slips came form Victory Sees they are Japanese Purple/Red Sweet Potato and they are my favorite. You have to order them in early spring here. For the water spinach search ebay for Pak Boong, Kang Kung … Continue reading →

Episode-2275- Listener Feedback for 8-20-18

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  Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on social media, fishing, small business, health care, investing, zello, education, the death of the resume 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 … Continue reading →

Episode-2274- Expert Council Q&A for 8-17-18

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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 poison plants, auto parts, bee keeping, turkeys, peer to peer lending, homeschooling, wine making 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 … Continue reading →

Episode-2273- John Pugliano and Jack Spirko on The Richest Man in Babylon

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I reached out to expert council member John Pugliano about doing this episode with me.  I feel the biggest weakness in what our young people are not taught today, above all other things how to handle, earn, manage and invest money.   While not the end all be all, I find The Richest Man in Babylon to be one of the best foundations on how to think about money ever written.  John and I break this classic down today using the following outline of some of the main concepts presented in the book. There are also some surprises in today’s show, … Continue reading →

Final Reminder – MSB Sale Expires Tonight at Midnight Central Time

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Just a quick reminder that the MSB is currently on sale for 35 dollars a year but that special deal expires tonight at midnight Central Standard Time. The MSB is honestly a hell of a deal and now you can sign up and get a discount of 15 dollars a year with discount code “10years” and that rate will lock in for life! Many members tell me they put several hundred dollars a year back into their pockets and it isn’t hard to see how. Here are just a few great examples of the discounts that add up really fast. … Continue reading →

Episode-2272- Darby Simpson on Farm Business Essentials

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Darby grew up on his family’s seventh generation farm located in Central Indiana, just 25 miles outside of Indianapolis. However he never learned anything about the family business. He began his own farming enterprise in 2007 after reading “Pastured Poultry Profits” by Joel Salatin as well as several other sources of information pertaining to small scale pasture based meat production. The operation produced 150 pastured broilers that first year that were quickly sold and generated a base of avid customers who were left clamoring for more. In 2008, the enterprise grew to 1,000 birds while pastured pork was also added, … Continue reading →