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Taking the Plunge & Building Off Grid – Epi-3465

The Survival Podcast Posted on March 20, 2024 by Jack SpirkoMarch 20, 2024
https://survivalpodcast.net/audio/2024/03-24/epi-3465-off-grid-plunge.mp3

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Ryan and Amelia Soucy went from living in a city, where Ryan consistently worked 80 to 100 hours a week, to a completely off grid homestead in upstate NY. He worked as a fireman for a federal contractor while she was getting a degree in homeland security and emergency management. They moved into a run down RV with 2 dogs and brought their chickens with them. They bought a shed and turned it into a one room cabin. Ryan works in town while Amelia tends to the homestead, raising dairy goats, meat rabbits, and chickens. Their plans include expanding to … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcasts | Tagged off grid

Choosing a Portable Generator with Shawn Mills – Epi-3338

The Survival Podcast Posted on July 12, 2023 by Jack SpirkoJuly 12, 2023
https://survivalpodcast.net/audio/2023/07/epi-3338-mills-generator.mp3

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Today Expert Council Member and professional engineer Shawn Mills joins me to help you sort out the right portable generator for you needs. Of all my preps over the last 20 years the ones that have most saved my ass are my generators. No prepper should be without a generator or two. Tune in today to find out which ones are right for you. Shawn has worked in and around the power generation industry since 2000 and decided shortly after the Great Recession to build a lifestyle that was more self-sufficient. He has lived on his off grid homestead with … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcasts | Tagged back up power, generator, off grid, solar

Screw You Guys I’m Going Off Grid with Towdy Meyer – Epi-3124

The Survival Podcast Posted on July 13, 2022 by Jack SpirkoJuly 18, 2022
https://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2022/07/epi-3124-going-off-grid.mp3

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Towdy Meyer is a former financial executive who was fired for not mandating the jab to his employees.  So he made a big life decision to take back freedom in his life.  To do so he and his wife moved off grid an amazing home they built themselves. They now live with absolutely no tie in to the utility grid. They now produce all their own water, power and a large portion of their food. He has built a YouTube Channel with the purpose of spreading freedom. Towdy’s channel is small but growing, recently hitting 3k subscribers. Their channel is … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcasts | Tagged freedom, gardening, homesteading, off grid, solar

Remote Off Grid Property with Shawn Mills – Epi-3084

The Survival Podcast Posted on April 27, 2022 by Jack SpirkoApril 27, 2022
https://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2022/04/epi-3084-mills-offgrid.mp3

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Shawn has worked in and around the power generation industry since 2000 and decided shortly after the Great Recession to build a lifestyle that was more self-sufficient. He has bought an off grid property and designed and installed a solar PV system from scratch, achieving grid parity from day 0. In 2017 Shawn started a consultation company hackmysolar.com to help others demystify solar and other alternative energy systems and implement them in their own lives. His customers have included new construction projects, remote hunting properties, and exiting homes and outbuildings with a variety of installation types. He has been a … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcasts | Tagged BOL, off grid, shawn mills, solar

Off Grid Composting Toilets with Ariel McGlothlin – 3009

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 5, 2022 by Jack SpirkoFebruary 9, 2022
https://survivalpodcast.net/audio/2022/epi-3009-compost-toilets.mp3

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Ariel, along with her husband Clay, their dogs, and some poultry, lives in a tiny house on wheels in the mountains of western Wyoming and they are working on setting up their own new little homestead. She’s been living this lifestyle since 2014 and her wonderful partner has joined her more recently. They collect and split wood for heat, source water from a gravity feed out of a natural spring, use a composting toilet, have a small solar setup, and attempt to grow, hunt, or forage as much of their own food as possible between the weather and wildlife. Living … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcasts | Tagged composting toilet, off grid, tiny house, waste

Episode-2809- Jonathan and Ashley Longnecker from TinyShinyHome.com

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 20, 2021 by Modern SurvivalJanuary 21, 2021
https://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2021/01/epi-2809-tiny-shiny-house.mp3

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Jonathan and Ashley and their 4 children traveled the country for 5 years, renovated a vintage Airstream to fit their needs for off-grid camping, and set off on an adventure that would forever change the course of their lives. To do this they sold their house and all their belongings in exchange for a life of adventure. After 5 years on the road, they found an off grid property that they wanted to call home in Southeastern Arizona. This brought a host of new challenges that came with learning how to homestead, let alone homestead in the high desert. Completely … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcasts | Tagged desert living, homesteading, off grid, tiny house

Episode-2751- A New Look at the Off Grid BOL

The Survival Podcast Posted on October 13, 2020 by Modern SurvivalOctober 13, 2020
https://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2020/10-20/epi-2751-offgrid-bol.mp3

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A bit over seven years ago we sold our Arkansas property, for many years before we moved there it was a second property and hence provided us with a vacation and bug out location property.  When we moved there I started looking for another property (2 is 1 and 1 is none) but never found one. As many of you know while we loved it there Dorothy (my wife for new folk) did not adjust well to being so far from family and when her dad began to decline with dementia we moved back to the Fort Worth area.  While … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcasts | Tagged BOL, off grid, real estate

Episode-2683- Jeff Yago on Prepping for EMPs and CMEs

The Survival Podcast Posted on June 17, 2020 by Modern SurvivalJune 17, 2020
https://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2020/06-20/epi-2683-emp-cme-yago.mp3

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Jeff Yago is the author of a new book titled “The ABCs of EMPs” and he joins us today to discuss the reality of the threat both phenomenon pose to the modern world. This is Jeff’s fourth appearance on The Survival Podcast, the last time he was on we talked about his second book “Lights On”, this time we discuss the possibility of it being lights out for many people. Jeff is a frequent speaker at Self Reliance events across the nation.  Hundreds of his articles can be found online and in Backwoods Home Magazine, Self-Reliance Magazine, Home Power Magazine … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcasts | Tagged cme, emp, off grid, yago

Episode-2541- Off Grid Tiny Home Life in the Wilderness

The Survival Podcast Posted on October 30, 2019 by Modern SurvivalOctober 30, 2019
https://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2019/10-19/epi-2541-tiny-off-grid-life.mp3

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Ariel lives off grid in a tiny house nestled into the western mountains of Wyoming, a little over 6000 feet above sea level. She splits her own wood for heat, carries water by hand, uses a composting toilet, and attempts to grow, hunt, or forage as much of her own food as possible between the weather and wildlife she’s surrounded by. As a child, she was fortunate enough to be able to spend much of her free time exploring and playing in the woods. Little has changed now that she older. She moved to a place with a bigger woods … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcasts | Tagged homesteading, off grid, remote living, tiny house

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

The Survival Podcast Posted on June 26, 2019 by Modern SurvivalJune 26, 2019
https://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2019/06-19/epi-2459-surviving-at-sea.mp3

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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 →

Posted in Podcasts | Tagged boats, disaster preparedness, off grid, sailing

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