Monthly Archives: October 2019

Episode-2542- Listener Calls for 10-31-19

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Today on The Survival Podcast, I take your calls on cancer, diet, elderly parents, tornadoes, business, education, content creation, water filtration 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 air but I … Continue reading →

Episode-2541- Off Grid Tiny Home Life in the Wilderness

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Ariel lives off grid in a tiny house nestled into the western mountains of Wyoming, a little over 6000 feet above sea level. She splits her own wood for heat, carries water by hand, uses a composting toilet, and attempts to grow, hunt, or forage as much of her own food as possible between the weather and wildlife she’s surrounded by. As a child, she was fortunate enough to be able to spend much of her free time exploring and playing in the woods. Little has changed now that she older. She moved to a place with a bigger woods … Continue reading →

Mad Bull Propane Airsoft Adapter – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the Mad Bull Propane Adapter for Gas Blow Back Airsoft Guns. If you shoot and train with Gas Blow Back Airsoft guns (and you should) then you simply can not afford to NOT have one of these adapters. They pay for themselves so fast it is insane. There are a lot of cheaper adapters but this one is what I always look … Continue reading →

Episode-2540- 10 Life Skills We Should Teach Every Child

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Well the truth is these are 10 life skills we should be teaching every child and many adults who never learned. them.  I have done shows like this before but I want to come at it from a slightly different angle today.  More along the lines of the process behind the skills.  In other words you can teach someone to cook but showing them how a stove and a knife works and giving them recipes.  That is basic technique teaching.  Of you can teach the process and theory behind cooking and a person can then create meals on the fly … Continue reading →

Episode-2539- 12 Basic Prepping Questions Answered

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Figured I would though some change ups at you guys this week so skipping the typical Monday feedback show for a back to basics episode.  I think sometimes we get too deep in the weeds with advanced topics and forget to return to the fundamentals from time to time, with the most basic needs.  So today I am going to basically interview myself by answering 12 questions that will get most people in the right mindset about prepping. This should be a good show for everyone.  It should help new people get off to a great start, help the seasoned … Continue reading →

Tweezerman Professional Stainless Steel Toenail Clippers – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is Tweezerman Professional Stainless Steel Toenail Clippers.  This may seem like an odd item but well, it is something we all need and something that serves multiple functions. There is the obvious function, cutting nails and I use these for both toe and fingers nails.  I have always found most toe nail clippers to be for well, I guess children and women.  I have … Continue reading →

Episode-2538- Expert Council Q&A for 10-24-19

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Today its Friday so it’s time for the 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 on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on pasture management, diesel motors, timber, alternative heat, wound care, simple living, processing game birds, making cheese 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. … Continue reading →

Episode-2537- Listener Calls for 10-24-19

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Today on The Survival Podcast, I take your calls on business, droughts, hydroponics, voluntarism, nut and fruit trees, education, guns, gardening 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 air but I … Continue reading →

Bidding War Begun on Custom MT Knives

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About two years ago I had a custom knife maker reach out to me and trade me a Bird and Trout Knife for an MSB Membership.  I have fallen in love with the Bird and Trout Pattern.  The Bird and Trout Pattern has been around for ages, today a lot of people do not stay true to the concept in what they call a Bird and Trout Knife.  Many just market any knife suitable for processing small game as such. The original version is a classic gentleman’s knife.  A knife the guy who both fly fishes and hunts quail over … Continue reading →

Episode-2536- Gary Collins on the Simple Life Guide to Financial Freedom

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Gary Collins has a very interesting and unique background that includes military intelligence, Special Agent for the U.S. State Department Diplomatic Security Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Collins’ background and expert knowledge brings a much-needed perspective to today’s areas of simple living, health, nutrition, entrepreneurship, self-help and being more self-reliant. He holds an AS degree in Exercise Science, BS in Criminal Justice, and MS in Forensic Science. Gary was raised in the High Desert at the basin of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in a rural part of California. He now … Continue reading →