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Today its Friday so it’s time for the expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on dogs, sharpening knives, diatomaceous earth, investing, home schooling, parenting and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your phone calls on water filters, pattern recognition, entrepreneurship, chickens, quail, growing vegetables, gun cleaning, fish keeping and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details. Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls on the … Continue reading →

Gary Collins has a very interesting and unique background that includes military intelligence, Special Agent for the U.S. State Department Diplomatic Security Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Collins’ background and expert knowledge brings a much-needed perspective to today’s areas of simple living, health, nutrition, entrepreneurship, self-help and being more self-reliant. He holds an AS degree in Exercise Science, BS in Criminal Justice, and MS in Forensic Science. His website www.thesimplelifenow.com, and The Simple Life book series (his total lifestyle reboot), blows the lid off of conventional life and wellness expectations, and … Continue reading →

Today we are going to talk about one of the primary support planks that need to be in place for real modern survival living. It won’t be about storing food, the right guns, getting defense training or securing your property. All of those are incredibly important and there is a ton more that is important as well. That said, what is the primary leverage we use to get these things and many others done? The answer is money. Money is a symbol for energy, that is what it really represents, whether human labor, natural energetic systems or man made automation, … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on side hustles, taxes, fruit trees, flood zones, investing, saving money, starting plants, life insurance, mead, dogs, companion planting and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t … Continue reading →

Today its Friday so it’s time for the expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on beneficial bacteria, winter farm activities, permaculture, supporting native wildlife, rural internet, fuel, silver and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your phone calls on tools, financial education for out kids, marketing, life events, biltong, business management and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details. Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls on the air … Continue reading →

Michael Sodini is the founder of Walk the Talk America. An organization who’s goal is to raise awareness and create a change in the misunderstandings regarding mental illness and firearms by bringing together industry leaders to reduce gun violence, negligence, suicide and the trauma created by these events. Develop programs for suicide prevention, firearms negligence, trauma mitigation, and child safety. Walk the Talk America has created alliances between the leading experts and organizations in the Firearms and Mental Health Industries. They have also established commitments from several experienced and concerned colleagues in the firearm industry that are willing to donate … Continue reading →

Today Steven Harris and I answer your questions on Bug Out Trailers. This time we discuss security while bugging out with a trailer or in any situation really. This is the ninth in a multi part series that began with Episode-2117- Steven Harris and Jack Spirko on Bug Out Trailers. As this is clearly going to become a multi episode series I have created the tag BOT Shows so that all of them can be found at one location. The response to the first in the series was overwhelming, Steve compiled and sent me 14 pages of questions, I printed … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on cell phones, the government shut down, spreading preparedness, dogs, life skills, aquaponics, silver, eggs, cooking and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the … Continue reading →

Today its Friday so it’s time for expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on communications, allergies, entrepreneurship, cooking, investing, brewing, mead making and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your phone calls on heating with wood, guns, red flag laws, brewing beer and mead, venison, meat production and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details. Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls on … Continue reading →

Zach Weiss is a protégé of revolutionary Austrian farmer Sepp Holzer, Zach is the first person to earn Holzer Practitioner certification directly from Sepp – through a rigorous two-year apprenticeship working on projects in North America and Europe. Blending a unique combination of systems thinking, empathy and awareness, Zach created Elemental Ecosystems to provide an action-oriented process to improve clients’ relationship with their landscape. In 2018 Elemental Ecosystems worked on 5 continents, creating water retention landscapes around the world. Zach joins us to discuss creating resilient and abundant homesteads around the world. Along with the ingredients of a successful ecological … Continue reading →

Most of today’s show is a recreation of 2008’s Christmas special. Today we pause and take a moment to reflect on Christmas and how it has become the Holiday we celebrate today. Many American’s have no idea just how Christmas became unique here in America, the role it played in bringing our nation together after two wars of independence and the civil war. Christmas is special and a time to pause and reflect. Christmas is indeed a special time of year, today I will cover many aspects of it that may make this Christmas just a bit more special. There … Continue reading →

Today its Friday so it’s time for expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on decluttering, solar power, wicking beds, cats, online selling, cooking meat, investing, guns and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to … Continue reading →

Please Note – the following write up on Doc Bones was written by Doc Bones himself. Not sure if he was daring me to run it with the show, but if so, don’t dare me to do shit, I likely will do it. Joe Alton is an old so-and-so who thinks he knows what he’s talking about, even while drooling on his shoes in his rickety rocking chair. He somehow has held on to his medical license for decades despite extreme views on medicine, politics, religion, and the quality of various brands of light beer. Occasionally, he puts pen to … Continue reading →

Today I was chatting with Nicole Sauce on facebook and discussing what to do for today’s show. One thing she suggested was perhaps, “why libertarians often come off as assholes and what they can do to better serve their marketing push“. It didn’t slip by me that Nicole said libertarians vs. Libertarians. In libertarian circles capital L means the LP, as in the official Libertarian Party. Like most liberty minded individuals I had my time considering the LP a viable option. I even ran for Congress in Texas as an LP party member. That one stint at running taught me … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on budgets, guns, quail, dogs, social programming, employment, herbs, education, pepper groups and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep … Continue reading →

Today its Friday so it’s time for expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on livestock, investing, wound treatment, mead, cryptocurrency, finding your purpose, making tea and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to give … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your phone calls on cooking, real estate, saving cash, canning, CBD products, social media, buying a vehicle and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details. Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls on the … Continue reading →

Ryan Lewellin, along with his wife Mary, runs Red Dragon Herbs, a loose leaf tea business in Des Moines, Iowa that primarily sells at farmers markets and craft shows in and around central Iowa. Red Dragon Herbs is in it’s third year of business and runs as a “side hustle” between a full time job, a couple of small children, a podcast and other distractions. Ryan joins us today to discuss how he found a passion for teas by traveling the world. How he channeled that into a small business side hustle and how taking a value added approach has … Continue reading →

As we head into Christmas time I thought another sort of fun show would be in order. First I was going to just do a show on mead today but then I realized that not everyone imbibes, so I decided to do a two fer, half on making meads and half on making sausage. While good sausage and meads do pair well, I figured this show would also pair well with last weeks stand alone show on Making the Most of Winter Down Time. I also do consider these two things, life skills. In that if you can make mead, … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on food preservation, entrepreneurship, emergency preps, interacting with law enforcement, precious metals, indoor farming, teaching firearms safety to kids and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t … Continue reading →

Today its Friday so it’s time for expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on solar power, beef cattle, vehicle maintenance, vacations, wood stoves, radio communications, business and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your phone calls on wicking beds, scavenging and salvage, community development, keto diets, marketing, kitchen knives, cooking and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details. Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls on the … Continue reading →

Nick Loper helps people earn money outside of their day job. He’s an author, online entrepreneur, and host of the award winning Side Hustle Show, which features new part-time business ideas each week. As Chief Side Hustler at SideHustleNation.com, he loves deconstructing the tactics and strategies behind building extra income streams. Join Us Today as We Discuss… What side hustles have to do with self reliance and individual liberty Getting past “but I’m not an entrepreneur” syndrome How to you pick the right side hustle The 3 main business models Nick sees Going from an idea to actually starting How … Continue reading →

Okay not everyone has winter downtime but many homesteaders do. Almost no one raises meat livestock though winter so the pigs, chickens etc. that were raised for meat are done for the year. While you may tool around in the green house most of the heavy gardening is over and most won’t be starting seeds even indoors until February. The holidays are about to be in full swing so many take or just have days off of work. The majority of folks who hunt will be wrapping things up for the year in the next week or two. The deer … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on guns, hunting, the #metoo movement, being offended, the Amber Guyger murder trial, credit, cocktails, ducks, liberty and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on … Continue reading →

Today its Friday so it’s time for expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on solar power, jump packs, bee keeping, butchering, fermented food, kidnapping prevention, permaculture and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your phone calls on fish tanks, side hustles, government jobs, guns, emergency services, active shooters, green houses, planting trees and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details. Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls … Continue reading →

Bryan Jacobs founded Vets2Success as a Non-profit program that creates programs for veterans to rehabilitate to their communities through food an brew programs. This organizations purpose is to inspire, mentor, educate, and change the lives of homeless and displaced veterans and impact the communities in which they live. This program was created after the loss of the Bryan’s younger brother to veteran suicide, as well as the founder’s personal battle with readjusting back into his local community. With food and brew as his guiding passion he shows veterans a path they to can share and have a new purpose in … Continue reading →

I have been though a few greenhouses at this point, enough to now have an opinion of what I would do if I had my choice and sufficient budget for a brand new one. I do what to be clear, what I am talking about today is a homesteader’s or gardener’s green house. Not a small farm in high tunnels or a nursery growing 10s of thousands of plants. There are many advantages to a Green House but if you don’t pay careful attention to design, materials and placement you are going to end up regretting it. I have tried … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on economics, coffee, social media, entrepreneurship, tolls, taxes, land lording and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep em coming. … Continue reading →

Note – You can get a full transcript of the original portion of this show here. Many families read this and the Christmas show as part of their holidays. Today one day before the great American Holiday we stop and pause to think about what we have to be thankful for. Last year I rerecorded the original portion of this show into much better audio quality, I do hope you enjoy it. If you would like to hear the first version of it as it was recorded in my car you can find the original that was published on Nov. … Continue reading →

Today I am going to talk about some cool stuff you can do for Thanksgiving, I am also going to refer you back to last years show on this topic. It was Episode-2116- Cooking This Thanksgiving and Just Killin’ It. Tons of great recipes and ways to have a great family gathering in that episode. Today though I bring you new recipes, new ideas and some fun new thoughts. Nothing serious today, let’s truly enjoy this awesome holiday, a true man’s holiday. No need to put on a monkey suit, no church services, nope. Just family, friends, food, drink and … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on tiny houses, third party platforms, prepping for students, dogs, generational shifts, student loans, investing and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program … Continue reading →

Today its Friday so it’s time for expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on wild fires, guns, buying a business, cold climate growing, kidney stones, blogging, personal development and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your phone calls on meat animals, office security, venison processing, government, voting, natives and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details. Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls on the air but I do … Continue reading →

Teri Page is the blogger behind the popular homesteading website, Homestead Honey. Her homesteading adventures have taken her from Oregon. Where she planted her first vegetables and fell in love with a dirt-covered lifestyle. They then moved on to Missouri, where her family built an off the grid homestead from scratch and lived in a 350 square-foot tiny house without running water. Eventually they moved to Vermont, where Teri now homesteads with her husband and two children. Teri has chronicled her adventures at Homestead Honey, a blog that covers topics from Tiny House Living, to gardening, to fermented foods, general homesteading … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on vehicle preparedness, war history, content creation, revitalizing communities, kosher foods, online learning, aquaponics, green houses, cash purchases and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit … Continue reading →

Veteran’s Day landed on a Sunday today, so we are a day late. But I will never let a year go by without this show. So it is time yet again for our special Veteran’s Day edition of The Survival Podcast. I have also removed any time based references so that this version can be timeless. There is no commercial content today as the entire show is dedicated to those that serve our nation. You will notice more music in today’s show, hopefully no lawyers for Trace Atkins, Tim McGraw or Toby Keith will come after me for today’s show … Continue reading →

Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-1410- 12 Herbs Every Modern Survivalist Should Grow and was originally and was first published on August, 21st, 2014. The following are the original show notes from that episode… Okay you don’t want a garden, you don’t want the work I get that. You don’t want to do permaculture, food forestry, raise chickens, etc. Well fine, but if you have even a tiny yard these are 18 plants you should consider growing. If nothing else you will cut less grass. Now for … Continue reading →

Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally and was originally Episode-1371- All About Comfrey the Miracle Plant and was first published on July, 19th, 2014. The following are the original show notes from that episode… Why do I call comfrey a miracle plant? Well if I said their was one plant that could help heal broken bones, speed wound healing, heal skin ulcers that nothing else could close, provide fertilizer, provide mulch, feed livestock and be as easy to grow as breaking off a piece of a root and … Continue reading →

Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally and was originally Episode-1253- Brandon Sheard the Farmstead Meatsmith on Curing Meats and was first published on Nov. 21st, 2013. The following are the original show notes from that episode… Brandon Sheard came into traditional slaughter, butchery and curing right after finishing his graduate work in Renaissance English Literature. After marrying Lauren, he quit his job at Whole Foods in the supplement department and started work on a small, multi-species and pasture-based farm on Vashon Island. After two years of working on … Continue reading →

Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally and was originally Episode-648- Reaching the Unreachable and was first published on April 21st, 2011 . The following are the original show notes from that episode. Every day I get emails from people that say my ______ just doesn’t get it. I have tried explaining _____ and ______ and ______ and they still don’t think there is any reason to have a preparedness plan. What else can I say to reach them. Now it is easy to write off people, call them … Continue reading →

Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-123- There is No Downside to the Survival Lifestyle and was originally and was first published on Jan. 15th, 2009. The following are the original show notes from that episode. Today we examine some misconceptions about what survivalism is, how survivalists prepare and what actually being a survival minded person is all about. The media paints us all as camouflage fatigue wearing, war game playing, gun nuts that live in bunkers full or rice, beans and MREs. Nothing could be further from … Continue reading →

Today its Friday so it’s time for expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on gout, cryptocurrency, permaculture, revenue models, solar power, investing vs. the election, community building and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your phone calls on prepping at work, back yard meat, suicide, garlic, poultry, cider making, cabins, skill development and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details. Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls on … Continue reading →

Noah Tetzner is 17 and hosts a popular podcast called The History of Vikings. Despite being a mere 5 months old, the podcast is listened to by over 50,000 people and has been trending among the top history podcasts on iTunes for some time. Noah is a lifelong homeschooling advocate, and has appeared on The School Sucks Podcast, The Tom Woods Show, and The Dangerous History Podcast! He is most passionate about helping young people to realize their unlimited potential! He joins us today to discuss how young people have traditionally been high achievers, America’s system of education, self directed … Continue reading →

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 →