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Episode-1911- You Have a Duty to Be Prepared

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Preppers, survivalists, call us what you want but the media makes us all out to be tin hat conspiracy theory obsessed loons.  But what if I told you that being prepared is the only responsible action you can take as an adult in the modern world. If you have a family this should be beyond obvious.   You are responsible for making sure your children are fed, warm and as comfortable as possible in any given circumstances.  If you loved your spouse enough to pledge your life to them, do you owe them the concern for their life long safety and … Continue reading →

Episode-1783- 20 Items to Add to Your Preps if You Don’t Have them Already

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I want to be clear that this show is not meant to be a mandate, as in “Jack says to go buy this stuff”, but the following is true about every item on this list. I own it, I use it, I have tried other options and these are some of the best you will ever find based on a cost to value ratio. The real point of this episode is to help you identify where you may want to improve your day to day preparedness.  To expose you to some low cost high value options and really just to … Continue reading →

Episode-1494- The Practical and Holistic Approach to Food Storage

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Today is a show about one of the fundamentals of modern survival philosophy, food storage.   Food storage is actually something that at one time was simply something everyone did.  Every home in America at one time seemed to have a root cellar full of canned goods. Today though food storage and the concept of survivalism or prepping is sensationalized and largely misunderstood.  Many tend to hear survivalist and at once envision a guy sitting on a ten year supply of military rations in a basement or bunker somewhere.  This image is hyped by media who simply wish to sell a … Continue reading →

Episode-1486- 20 Simple Prepper Steps Every American Should Take that Most Don’t

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Yesterday I did a “back to fundamentals” show on permaculture, today I am going to do one on basic preparedness.  On some levels it is great that prepping has become its own “industry”.  This brings some unique products to the market and allows preppers to buy from companies that think like they do.  On the other hand, it has also attracted parasites to our world. Said parasites hype every news story to infer the end of the world, dollar, oil, _____, will be here in just a few short months.  They cite “CIA insiders” that are likely some dweeb that … Continue reading →

Episode-1468- The World Won’t End but Your World Could

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Monday I took a question on “economic collapse” and tried to explain that no that isn’t going to  happen, not the way many think about it anyway.  That the collapse is here, it is on going and it will have both chronic and acute symptoms.  In short instead of prepping for TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it) many should be prepping for TEOYWAYKI (the end of your world as you know it) As usual when you try to explain this some people feel that means, well, “it isn’t so bad” so do we even need to … Continue reading →

Episode-1442- The Reality And The Hype of Ebola

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Today we will look at the Ebola situation and discuss prepping for epidemic/pandemic in general.  I have received so many emails expressing concern and fear about Ebola, I must do this show. The reason I have hesitated isn’t because we can’t learn from this situation.  It also isn’t because it poses no threat to the US at all.  Nor is it because Ebola isn’t a terrible disease.  No it is simply that there is so much hype, fear and bullshit going on about Ebola that I don’t want to add to it in anyway!  So perhaps I can mitigate it … Continue reading →

Episode-1437- Assessing Readiness to Real World Scenarios

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Note – If you send this show to a new listener and they want to skip the intro, have them jump to 11 minutes in. This show is sort of a beginners show and also at the same time a whack the “experienced prepper” with the 2×4 of reality show.  Recently we started doing the “Monday Prepper Scenario” and the entire point of it is a trickling in of the subject we will cover in depth today. The truth is many people who fancy themselves preppers are not actually preparing for the most likely disasters and emergencies they will face.   … Continue reading →

Episode-1359- Why Practical Preparedness Wins the Race

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When I first began doing TSP I told the story of The Ant and the Grasshopper many times.  Today I want to remind you of another story, the story of the Tortoise and the Hare.  Like the story of the Ant and the Grasshopper, this story is a well known fable of Aesop. The basics are the tortoise and hare race, eh hare is obviously favored to win.  He gets cocky, he takes a nap, the tortoise plods along and wins.  Don’t worry I will tell the full story on the air, but that is the basics. While there is … Continue reading →

Episode-1330- An Evaluation of Prepping for the New and Seasoned Alike

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As I look forward to about a week of shows with “just Jack” (that will be next week, we do have an interview this week)  I am trying to do a bit of what my football coach always did, “stick with fundamentals”. Evaluation I also want to do so in a way that won’t be overly remedial for those who have been at this prepping gig for a long time. Today I want to discuss more “how to think” about prepping is more important in your planning and implementation than the “what” of prepping.   Any good prepping plan should begin … Continue reading →

Episode-1057- Zero to Prepared – Fast, Simple and Low Cost- Part 2

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Today we cover part two of going from zero to prepared.  If you haven’t listened to part one of this series yet, you really should do so first.  You will notice that title of this episode ends in “low cost” vs. “cheap”. As a marketer there is a rule, if you can eliminate a word do it, but that won’t work here.  Cheap sets the wrong tone for what we will discuss today, we are talking about protecting your life, your property and the lives of those you love, one doesn’t go “cheap” with such things. Today may seem like … Continue reading →