Monthly Archives: April 2025

Building a Business is Hard – Epi-3659

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This will be the last new show (other than an Expert Council show this Thursday) until I return from Tenessee on Monday next week from Nicole Sauce’s LFTN Workshop.  So I thought about it and one of my goals in 2025 has become to inspire more businesses to be founded and existing ones expanded in the TSPC community. So of course to do that I will leave you with an awesome motivational “you can do it” type of show, right?  Nope!  Today we will hit you hard with relaity and at the same time attempt to not destroy your “irrational … Continue reading →

Vevor Commercial 10 Inch Meat Slicer – Item of the Day

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Special Notice – The Vevor 10 inch meat slicer can be ordered directly from Vevor today for only 233.99 (16% off) and you can get 5% off additionally with my special discount code, VEV5OFF at check out.  Knocking the price down another 5%. If you’ve been waiting on a deal for this one, it is here. 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 Vevor Commercial 10 Inch Meat … Continue reading →

Steven Harris on Solar Heating Systems – Friday Flashbacks – Epi-72

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In this episode Steven Harris joined me to discuss all aspects of solar heating.  The minute people hear solar they think panels for electricity.  However, the most efficient use of solar with the shortest ROI are solar heat systems.  In this episode we talk about how you can build these systems for almost no money and more. Today’s episode of Friday Flashbacks was originally published on 12-7-11 and was originally Episode-798- Steven Harris on Solar Heating Systems. The show notes for the original episode with all relevant resources can be found here. Welcome to Friday Flashbacks, after 16 years and … Continue reading →

Expert Council Q&A – Epi-3658

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Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on civil rights, investing surplus capital, strengthening your back, foundation cracks, cooking maitake mushrooms, fact checking with AI and more. Make sure if you submit content for an expert council show you do the following…. Email it to me at jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com Put TSPC Expert in the subject line Ask you question and state the expert you have the question for in one coherent sentence Hit the return key a few times and then give all the details you think are necessary ` Following that procedure makes it … Continue reading →

Tariffs, The Value of Labor and More – Epi-3657

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Today we discuss a variety of current and economic events and then move into a more audience Q&A mode answering your questions on biochar, garden beds, patio gardening and more.  We are going to deep dive today into why people always think they are underpaid but most are not.  We will kill the lie that all the tariff cost is passed on to the consumer, and explain exactly how that is not true. From there we move onto Real ID and why even though I don’t like it, I don’t really care much about it and why the hype around … Continue reading →

Vevor 6.5 Inch Heavy Duty Bench Vice – 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 Item of the day is Vevor’s 6.5 Inch Heavy Duty Bench Vice. For this review I am going to give you two options, you can buy it… Direct from Vevor or From Amazon ` More on the why of two options later.  Here’s the deal. If you do any kind of homesteading, DIY, or just basic repair work, you need a vice. Full stop. It’s one of those tools that, … Continue reading →

12 Rules of Business – Epi-3656

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Today we discuss my personal 12 rules of business. Like many of my rules they are not exactly mine, rather those I learned from others and experience over the years. So many people seem to want to have a business but they either approach it without discipline or simply don’t know what to do so they never start. Many of my rules seem to oppose the experts, for example I do say follow your passion and many “experts” say that is a bad idea.  They say seek a business that serves a market that has high demand, forget your passion.  … Continue reading →

TSP Rewind – Wicking Beds for Easy Garden Production – Epi-289

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In this episode we discussed wicking beds for home food production in a way that improves ease of growing and virtually eliminates any conventional irrigation requirements.  In reality wicking beds are the easy button especially in hot dry climates.  While scale can be a limiting factor the production, reliability and reduced maintenance make them a fantastic choice for homestead production. The original show was titled Episode-2219- Wicking Beds for Easy Garden Production and was first published on 5-15-18. Resources for today’s show-… Find Me on Nostr Follow Me on Tik-Tok Article Explaining the GrowNostr Initiative Join the Members Brigade TspAz.com … Continue reading →

Matthew Stein Author of When Disaster Strikes – Friday Flashbacks – Epi-71

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In this episode I was joined by Matthew Stein author of When Disaster Strikes: A Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Planning and Crisis Survival. This book has received excellent advance praise from experts on survival and disaster preparedness. Today’s episode of Friday Flashbacks was originally published on 12-2-11 and was originally Episode-795- Matthew Stein Author of When Disaster Strikes.  The show notes for the original episode with all relevant resources can be found here. Welcome to Friday Flashbacks, after 16 years and hundreds of interview shows we decided to run them as flash backs every Friday, beginning with the oldest of … Continue reading →

Expert Council Q&A – Epi-3655

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Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on the debt, the lion diet, sharpening stones,  cancer treatment, trees, life advice for GenZ and more. Make sure if you submit content for an expert council show you do the following…. Email it to me at jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com Put TSPC Expert in the subject line Ask you question and state the expert you have the question for in one coherent sentence Hit the return key a few times and then give all the details you think are necessary ` Following that procedure makes it about 100X more … Continue reading →