Monthly Archives: April 2020

Episode-2650- Updates and Listener Feedback for 4-30-20

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Today on The Survival Podcast I answer your questions on CoVid Treatments, getting outside, vacuum sealing, hydroponics, aquatics, gardening, economics 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 the program though so keep em … Continue reading →

Episode-2649- Tim Cook on Starting a Handy Man Business

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Tim Cook has been a listener to TSP since 2013, is very active in the Facebook forum and occasionally spends time on zello. He is one of those weirdos that loves the cold and really doesn’t mind the heat. He gave up working for the man two years ago. At the encouragement of his wife Becky, he turned his side hustle into a full time gig. Together with the help of their 10 year old twin girls, they run All-Seasons Maintenance. A small town handyman/odd job business in the frozen tundra that is East Central Alberta. Tim joins us today … Continue reading →

Episode-2648- Raising Meat Chickens with Shelby DeVore

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Shelby DeVore is an animal expert, avid gardener and the founder of the website Farminence. Shelby has a bachelor’s degree in Animal and Dairy science, a Master’s degree in Agriculture and Natural resources management. Before founding Farminence, Shelby taught high school agriculture courses. She has taught courses covering a wide variety of agricultural topics, including plant and soil science, hydroculture, greenhouse management, large animal science, small animal science, poultry science, natural resources management and wildlife biology. She has over 20 years of experience raising livestock and gardening. She currently lives with her husband and two (soon to be three!) children … Continue reading →

Episode-131- TSP Rewind – The Twelve Planks of Modern Survivalism – 8 Years Later

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-1812- The Twelve Planks of Modern Survivalism – 8 Years Later and was originally published on June 21st, 2016. The following are the original show notes from that episode.. In 2008 when I founded TSP I wanted to be able to hang my hat on something truly original, rather than be another also ran. The goal was to build an audience not to siphon it from the markets of others. I thought about my personal philosophy and drilled it down to 12 … Continue reading →

Episode-2647- The Expert Council Show for 4-24-20

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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 motivation, UTVs, permaculture education, supplements, generators, oil prices, ETFs, aquaculture 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-2646- How Wrong Have Our Choices on CoVid Been

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Stay home and save lives!  It is the creed we are all supposed to follow.  Apparently if I go out and walk by myself in the woods at a local park, what I am doing is akin to shooting an old person in the face.  According to Governor Gretchen “MeMaw” Whitmer I guess all of Texas is killing people because you can buy seeds and a garden hose when you are at Walmart which is already open and full of people anyway? My problem with the lock down strategy is it is ignoring facts in preference to catch phrases, something … Continue reading →

“Sand Salt Surf and Sun” – Wicking Fishing Shirts – 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 “Sand Salt Surf and Sun” – Wicking Fishing Shirts.  Now “Sand Salt Surf and Sun” is a brand of design put out by a company called Vapor Apparel.  I happen to like my shirts with something interesting on them, but you can also get these shirts in long and short sleeve in a generic version (plain no design) for on average 10-12 bucks less per … Continue reading →

Episode-2645- Roger Rodriguez on Building a Small Animal Processing Facility

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Roger Rodriguez is from a military family having been raised on military bases around the world and the U.S. He is also a former Marine having served as an infantryman from 91 to 95. From there a real estate centered work period began involving the buying, remodeling and selling of residential properties. Currently Roger is working with a fellow TSP community member in a small animal ranch. Bountiful Acres raises poultry and rabbits and processes them onsite to sell to restaurants and the local farmers market.  He joins us today to discuss how Bountiful Acres built a processing facility in … Continue reading →

Episode-2644- Establishing Your “Why” for Homeschooling

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Matt Kleopfer joins us today to discuss homeschooling and finding your why as a home school parent.  Matt grew up as a stereotypical midwest farm kid, but like most decided to ditch the farm for a college indoctrination and pursued music and education. After 2 college degrees, Matt grabbed his helmet and shovel and headed for the trenches of public government education in a small rural Kansas town. After spending 5 years in the government school scene, Matt noticed some very alarming patterns. By this time he and his wife had four kids and were looking for an alternative. It … Continue reading →

Dewalt Battery Adapter for 18V To 20V – 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 generic DCA1820 Dewalt Battery Adapter for 18V To 20V.  As many of you know I am a Dewalt fan from way, way back.  I am talking in 1995 I was using Dewalt drills and tools for CATV cable splicing and head end building.  At that time, almost every tech I knew used one brand and one brand only, yep Dewalt. This … Continue reading →