Friday Fusions – Lost Crops of the Incas – Part 1 – Epi-3899

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Today is an episode of Friday Fusions, a series that combines my direction and source selection with the virtual AI hosts in Google Gemini Notebook. I choose the topic, assemble the source material and give the AI specific instructions on how to approach it. The virtual hosts then turn that information into a conversation. These Friday episodes let me bring you additional content while continuing to produce the four regular TSPC episodes I host each week. AI can make mistakes, mispronounce words or occasionally state something with more confidence than accuracy, so verify anything important before acting on it. The … Continue reading →

Expert Council Q&A – Epi-3898

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Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on, our autopilot empire, digital sovereignty, exercise as we age, nicotine as medicine, responsibility vs. fault, the lost crops of the Incas 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 … Continue reading →

Why Making Art Still Matters in the Age of AI – Epi-3897

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Today we are joined by Julie Abels to discuss why making art still matters in a world where AI can generate polished images in seconds. The question is no longer whether machines can make impressive images, they obviously can. The more important question is what happens to us when we stop doing the work of creating things ourselves. Julie’s position is that making art is about far more than the finished product. Drawing, painting and creating by hand develop observation, patience, judgment, problem solving and perseverance. Those are not simply artistic skills. They are human skills that transfer into almost … Continue reading →

TSP-26 Will be Epic – Scheduled Speakers, Menu and More

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Well folks we are going to do it again, get a bunch or really cool people together for 3.5 days at Nine Mile Farm (our location is near Azle Texas and about 30 minutes drive from DFW Airport). As always the food, fun and learning will all be off the hook.  TSP-Fall-26 will run this year from Nov. 11th – Nov. 15th.  On the dates the 12th-14th are the actual workshop days.  Students that camp usually set up that Wednesday after 2PM and we have beers and grilled brats and sausages that night and get to know one another. Non … Continue reading →

Cooking with Jack in 2026 – Epi-3896

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One of the real surprises over the years are how much people have love my cooking episodes.  We have talked about cooking fish and game, holiday meals, eating cheap, cutting our own meat and a ton more.  Today I think might just do a bit of all that. Cooking is one of the things I really love doing.  It is a way to explore other techniques often which often means learning about other cultures through their foods.  It is also a life style design and prepper topic as we all must eat to remain healthy and active.  We also must … Continue reading →

Meangood Floating Shelves – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or that 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 Floating Shelves by Meangood. These are small and were mentioned in my post yesterday about the Acacia Wood Magnetic Knife Holder. As I said in that post, we just did a lot of remodeling in our home this summer and we also painted the kitchen. So everything came off the walls, and that gave us the thought of upgrading some things. … Continue reading →

Monday Mayhem on The Survival Podcast – Episode-3895

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Monday Mayhem shows are a throwback to the roots of The Survival Podcast.  Fast riffs on many topics in real time.  No deep presentations or digging into the finer points of a an aquaponics system.  A mix of practical prepping, current news and economic trends and real opinions you will never hear from main stream or even most alternative media. Today we discuss a new crack in the college system as it hits the enrollment cliff full on.  Is GenX leaving employment faster than previous and following generations.  What does train how you fight really mean and what can we … Continue reading →

Acacia Wood Magnetic Knife Holder – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or that 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 Acacia Wood Magnetic Knife Holder by Modern Innovations. We recently did a lot of remodeling of our home, with a bit of it involving repainting the kitchen. This meant everything came off the walls. As you guys know, I love to cook and the kitchen is more my domain than Dorothy’s. So I took this opportunity to upgrade two things: … Continue reading →

Expert Council Q&A – Epi-3894

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Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on Iran, bitcoin, tomahawks, solar power systems, becoming a modern polymath 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 likely your question will … Continue reading →

Jack Spirko and Nick Ferguson on Permaculture Design – Epi-3893

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My planned guest didn’t show up today and left me in a last minute lurch.  I reached out to Nick Ferguson because we can always do a great show even in a last minute situation on permaculture and homesteading.  So join us today as we just riff on some topics. Some things we will talk about today include… The coming fall workshop and some of the stuff we will be teaching students during it A chance to engage Nick as a property consultant on property if you are in the TX/LA/OK/AR area A chance to engage Nick as a remote … Continue reading →