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Episode-2467- Kevin Estela on 101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods

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Kevin Estela first fell in love with the outdoors as a child. Entertained by the WWII survival stories his father endured in the jungles of the Philippines, Kevin wanted to learn more. Kevin grew up hiking, kayaking/canoeing, fishing and hunting in New England and spent his free time outside or reading about survival and wilderness skills. Over the years, his childhood interests became stronger and developed into his lifelong passion. Kevin’s passion now includes sharing what he knows with his students, family and friends. Kevin is the Owner and Head Instructor of Estela Wilderness Education. He brings extensive educational experience … Continue reading →

Episode-2295- EDC Wearable Survival Gear with Dustin Hogard and Nick Blackman

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What happens when you combine a Mechanical/Aerospace Engineer, an Adventure Guide, and a mutual love for the outdoors? Wazoo Survival Gear! They design, create, and field test products engineered to save lives. The adventurer, Dustin Hogard, and the engineer, Nick Blackman, crossed paths for the first time in 2012 near Houston, Texas over a few pints of craft brew. That meeting was the beginning of a very unlikely partnership that has now spawned an entire new industry of wearable gear. With the office walls covered in working design concepts and existing products such as a business card that can act … Continue reading →

Episode-1846- Jessica Mills on Light Weight Back Packing and Rebooting in Nature

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Jessica “Dixie” Mills competed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in the summer of 2015. She grew up in Opelika, AL helping take care of her much younger siblings and much older grandparents. After graduating from Auburn University with a degree in Biosystems Engineering and minor in Agronomy and Soils, she began a career with NRCS as an Ag Engineer. After a couple years, (what she thought was) a big opportunity was presented to work with Halliburton in Colorado. After a year and a half of being a prisoner of a big corporation, she decided to reboot. While hiking the … Continue reading →

Episode-979- Curt Linville from 180 Tack on Wilderness Survival in the Rockies

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Note to MSB Members – I have gotten you guys a 10% discount on the 180 Stove, a special link is already on the Benefits Page of Your MSB Account. Curt Linville is the co-owner of 180 Tack, LLC.  180 Tack manufactures and sells emergency stoves.   He has been practicing wilderness survival skills for the last 20 years in the Colorado Rockies. Curt feels very strongly about the critical nature of community in an emergency, long or short.  Today we discuss the knowledge he has gained from backpacking and mountaineering in all seasons for decades in the Rocky Mountains where … Continue reading →

Episode-926- Alex Leavens on Axe Skills and Tracking

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Alex Leavens has a long wilderness and survival background that includes: the Eagle Scout Award, back-country ranger and climbing assistant in the Hoh River Valley, Olympic National Park. He has also served as a wild land firefighter in three states and as an instructor for the Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS).  He has studied Aikido for over a decade  and studied extensively under Jon Young, founder of the Wilderness Awareness School (WAS). Alex has also served as instructor at WAS.  Most recently he produced the DVD: Ax Skills for the Homestead & Wilderness Survival.  He joins us today to discuss … Continue reading →

Episode-793- Zak Baker on Wilderness Survival, Survival Myths and Urban Reality

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Zak Baker, founded BeFoundAlive.com in 2003, out of an insatiable love of the great outdoors, primitive cultures and self reliance. This love was kindled at an early age by his Grandparents, who were themselves a product of the Great Depression. Zak would spend year upon year learning about local natives, searching for arrowheads and seeking out wild edibles, more importantly, he learned self reliance, integrity and a love of solitude from his Grandfather. This “dirt-time” set the course for a lifetime of learning and exploration. Out of this experience BeFoundAlive.com was born, an instructional and consulting firm for Government personnel, … Continue reading →

Episode-570- Sam Coffman from TheHumanPath.com

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Today we are joined by former special forces solider and wilderness survival trainer Sam Coffman of TheHumanPath.com to discuss survival training, permaculture, rebuilding after collapse and more. The Human Path is an ecology-based, wilderness-survival and wilderness-living school offering a huge variety of outdoor, bushcraft classes (outdoor fitness, wilderness and primitive living skills, wilderness medicine, herbology, self defense, teamwork and leadership, primitive engineering, permaculture certification, aquaponics, green building and much more) in both the San Antonio and Austin areas of Texas. Join Me Today as we Discuss… What is “The Human Path” what was the inspiration for the name How is … Continue reading →

Episode-562- Dave Canterbury on Survivability for the Common Man

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Today Dave Canterbury joins us to discuss a few of his new projects and the concept of “Survivability for the Common Man”.  Dave of course is best known as the co-star of Dual Survivor on The Discovery Channel and his YouTube channel which to date has received over 6.9 million views to date.  You can also win a first edition of Dave’s new magazine and his book, both autographed, tune in today to find out how. Join us today as we ask Dave questions like… What exactly is “survivability for the common man” What does the average person need to … Continue reading →

Episode-561- Building Your Own Long Term Rations

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Last week a listener asked about question about building your own meals for a bug out bag or for back packing etc.  As it was a feed back show I gave the 5 minute answer to the question.  Today we dig deeper, I will give you some methods of creating long term storeable but ready to cook rations to supplement products like Mountain House, etc.  These recipes are more about building bases first and then customizing them to taste. Join me today to learn… Why create your own rations You know what goes in them Utilize your gardens production Easily … Continue reading →

Episode-403- Listener Feedback 3-22-10

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Well it is Monday and time to air your questions, comments and concerns.  Today we discuss subjects like second hand shotgun maintenance, self watering air conditioner gardens, the ass clowns ramming a health care bill down our throats and more. Tune in today to hear… What does the new health care bill news mean, what can be done What can you do to remove surface rust from a second hand shotgun What is better a compost bin, worm composting or something else California won’t put solar panels in a natural desert but they will put them in a man made … Continue reading →