Tag Archives: disaster preparedness

Episode-2506- Modern Survivalism and Your Six Primary Survival Needs

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All the way back in 2008 I launched this podcast and I wanted a term I could hang my hat on so to say.  I wanted something sane sounding and yet I wanted it to be accurate as to preparedness at the same time.  Within the first few weeks I came up with the concept of “modern survivalism” and hence, “modern survivalist”.  At that time I searched for exact matches of both terms and none came up.  So I anchored down on that phrase.  Today it is everywhere but I really believe TSP is the genesis of that concept. As … Continue reading →

Episode-2459- Dillon Allen and when TSHTF for an Old Man & The Sea

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Dillon grew up in Mississippi before going to DC to serve in the Navy. In DC he designed and built nuclear reactors, which he has talked about on the show before, back on episode 2253. He grew up sailing and recently made a passage from Houston to New Orleans, which is what he’s here to talk about today. He’s been listening to the show since 2010 somewhere in the neighborhood of episode 500 and has been engaging as a member of the community as Angusbangus via the blog, TSP and Facebook forums, Permaethos, 5min with Jack, Walking to Freedom, & … Continue reading →

Episode-2320- Ten Basic Preparedness Questions Answered

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I feel we need to do more fundamentals shows than we have been doing lately.  I almost called them beginner shows but I don’t feel that is really what they are.  While great for beginners fundamentals are for everyone. Back when I played various sports, even when I got to an advanced level we often worked on the same fundamentals we all had started with say 10 years earlier.  There is a reason, in any discipline when your fundamentals are solid everything you add to them improves things.  Yet, when those fundamentals are weak the opposite happens, everything you makes … 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-715- A Veteran First Responder Weighs in on Preparedness

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Today we are joined by James Stine, James is a veteran first responder.  He has served as a… Member of the Air Force Volunteer Police Officer Volunteer Fireman A Paramedic In that time he has whitnessed many natural disasters including the fire that burned up over a hundred acres near my BOL and the recent Hot Springs Tornado.  He also has wathed a lack of preparedness do damage to people on a daily basis with common “personal disasters” often over looked by preppers only thinking about TEOTWAWKI and Mad Max level SHTF scenarios. He has compiled and awesome document you … Continue reading →

Episode-420- What Will the False Recovery Look Like

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Well, long before the full brunt of the crash was felt I was already forecasting a false recovery.  I decided today I would go on record with what it might look like, how we might deal with it and the signs we will see when it is about to go into the second big down turn. Join me today as we discuss… Why I could be wrong – Gerald Celente says I am wrong Why I believe I am right but what you believe is most important Please understand we have seen this pattern in recent history Previous time lines … Continue reading →