Monthly Archives: December 2019

Episode-124- TSP Rewind – Ben Falk on The Resilient Farm and 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-1195- Ben Falk on The Resilient Farm and Homestead and was originally published on August 27th, 2013 The following are the original show notes from that episode.. Ben developed Whole Systems Design, LLC as a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental things. Life as a designer, builder, ecologist, tree-tender, and backcountry traveler continually informs Ben’s integrative approach to developing landscapes and buildings. His home landscape and the WSD studio site in Vermont’s Mad River … Continue reading →

Episode-123- TSP Rewind – Geoff Lawton on the Future of Permaculture

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-907- Geoff Lawton on the Future of Permaculture and was originally published on May 23, 2012. The following are the original show notes from that episode.. Since 1985, Geoff Lawton has undertaken 1,000’s of jobs consulting, designing, teaching and implementing in seventeen different countries around the world. Clients have included private individuals, groups, communities, governments, aid organizations, non government organizations and multinational companies. In October 1997 Bill Mollison, upon his retirement, asked Geoff to establish and direct a new Permaculture Research Institute … Continue reading →

Episode-122- TSP Rewind – The Christmas Special 2019

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Most of today’s show is a recreation of 2008’s Christmas special. Today we pause and take a moment to reflect on Christmas and how it has become the Holiday we celebrate today. Many American’s have no idea just how Christmas became unique here in America, the role it played in bringing our nation together after two wars of independence and the civil war. Christmas is special and a time to pause and reflect. Christmas is indeed a special time of year, today I will cover many aspects of it that may make this Christmas just a bit more special. There … Continue reading →

Episode-2571- The Expert Council Show for 12-20-19

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Today 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 chicken tractors, stratifying seeds, calorie crops, business, economics, dealing with cops, mead 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 … Continue reading →

Episode-2570- The Expert Council Show for 12-19-19

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Today 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 elder care, police check points, cars, meat packing, dogs, FSA funds, the impeachment 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-2569- John Pugliano on Making America Great Again with Robots

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+ John Pugliano is the host of the popular investment podcast, the Wealthsteading Podcast, and is the founder and money manager at Investable Wealth, LLC. He has spent over 30 years studying and applying the habits of financially independent middle-class Americans. His circuitous path to success included serving in the military as both enlisted and officer; a corporate career in sales; and finally a late blooming entrepreneur. John has an M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in Environmental Science & Engineering from Penn State. John and his wife Cheryl live in Utah and … Continue reading →

Episode-2568- A Small Commercial Hydroponics Farm Model

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Let me start out with a disclaimer.  I am very new to hydroponics and I am not laying this out today as a cut and paste template.  Additionally there are already hundreds of highly successful hydroponic farms out there form 1,000 square feet to 10s of acres.  Some of them are highly efficient to the point of not much more can be leaned out.  It is a business and a highly predictable one compared to many other forms of farming.  So some of what I say today may be totally wrong. It is a thought experiment I have been running … Continue reading →

Episode-2568- Listener Feedback for 12-16-19

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Today on The Survival Podcast I answer your questions on cast iron cookware, Virginia’s gun issues, cider making, vacuum sealing, trade, safes, higher education, guns, gardens 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 →

Victorinox Budding & Grafting Knife – 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 Item of the day is the Victorinox Budding & Grafting Knife.  I of course originally got this knife in order to learn grafting.  I  have done a few grafts and most took.  It is a very valuable skill and I consider it like all methods of plant propagation to be literally printing money.  Consider that you could for instance simply save apple seeds, grow them as your own … Continue reading →

Episode-2567- The Expert Council Show for 12-13-19

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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 ulnar tunnel, 80% AR gun builds, gardening, ecommerce, concealed carry, home school, bureaucracy 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 … Continue reading →