The Survival Podcast

We are reaching the fever pitch of an election cycles right now, as we do every two years. This time it is a mid term with not quite the extremes of a general election but the media is doing what they always do. Trump is of course depending on the channel you turn to the reincarnation of either Regan or Hitler. Of course every democrat is either saving the world or hiding around a corner with a needle full of hormones waiting to “trans your kids”. Look I get it the right is bad and the left is worse in … Continue reading →

Today on Friday Fusions we are kicking off a brand new four-part series exploring Miyamoto Musashi’s legendary 17th-century text, “The Book of Five Rings”. While this masterpiece is historically known as a definitive guide to martial strategy and swordsmanship, we are taking a much wider view to extract its core principles. In this first episode, our AI hosts will focus directly on the literal combatant lens to explore how historical martial arts philosophy serves as the ultimate foundation for modern personal agency. Our historical researcher and modern combatives instructor dive deeply into Musashi’s emphasis on mastering multiple weapons and avoiding … Continue reading →

Today we are joined by Bo Carter to talk about solar grazing and agrivoltaics: combining food production with solar energy on the same land. I’ve been talking about this idea for about ten years, including how spaced-out solar panels can leave pasture growing beneath them, provide shade for livestock and improve resilience during dry periods. I was often told the animals would destroy the panels and the whole thing couldn’t work. Bo has been doing it, so we’ll get into what actually happens on the ground. We’ll talk through the day-to-day work of managing livestock beneath solar panels, including how … Continue reading →

Monday Mayhem shows are a throwback to the roots of The Survival Podcast. Fast riffs on many topics in real time. No deep presentations or digging into the finer points of an aquaponics system. A mix of practical prepping, current news and economic trends, and real opinions you will never hear from mainstream or even most alternative media. Our lead story today is the fact that Alberta is voting for independence, it will likely fail but I will tell you why it still matters. Then we look at the huge Ole Miss story that vanished as soon as it wasn’t … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on the DC swamp, physical gold, investing during panic, making cheese, storm prep, fitness and weight loss, political reality and more. Make sure if you submit content for an expert council show you do the following…. Email it to me at jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com Put TSPC Expert in the subject line Ask you question and state the expert you have the question for in one coherent sentence Hit the return key a few times and then give all the details you think are necessary ` Following that procedure makes … Continue reading →

Today we have our first Tuesday Coffee Chat with John Willis of SOE Tactical Gear and Nicole Sauce of Living Free in Tennessee. These discussions are always a wildcard and can go anywhere. We usually hit on some current events of course. We also tend to talk about things like entrepreneurship, homesteading and a ton more. In general we try to inspire you a bit, make you laugh a few times, entertain you and teach you a thing or two along the way. Today we discussed a great deal about business and entrepreneurship and growing business when the economy is … Continue reading →

Today is an episode of Friday Fusions, a series that combines my direction and source selection with the virtual AI hosts in Google Gemini Notebook. I choose the topic, assemble the source material and give the AI specific instructions on how to approach it. The virtual hosts then turn that information into a conversation. These Friday episodes let me bring you additional content while continuing to produce the four regular TSPC episodes I host each week. AI can make mistakes, mispronounce words or occasionally state something with more confidence than accuracy, so verify anything important before acting on it. The … Continue reading →

One of the quotes the audience really loved from early days of this podcast all the way back in 2008 was, “winter is coming it always does”. Well it is coming again, as it always does. And now is the time for us to get prepared because now is when we have the time to look forward and can logically find solutions before we are hit by the stress of emergency reaction mode. Additionally with the “mega Nino” we seem to be in it could be a very weird winter. The jist of this is. The North East US should … Continue reading →

In this episode from 2021 I talked about remaining bold in the face of fear, and did so right in the middle of the CoVid 19 scamdemic. On the day I did the original version that morning I did a Miyagi Mornings video. It was about the difference between entrepreneurs and business owners and it got me thinking about being bold when others are in a state of fear. More it made me think about how big the opportunity is for those that think this way. And friends, there has never been a time in my life where I have … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on kratom, squirrel hunting, foraging, solar power, property taxes, dog training and more. Make sure if you submit content for an expert council show you do the following…. Email it to me at jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com Put TSPC Expert in the subject line Ask you question and state the expert you have the question for in one coherent sentence Hit the return key a few times and then give all the details you think are necessary ` Following that procedure makes it about 100X more likely your question will … Continue reading →

After yesterday’s closing segment I started thinking about what people should grow if they really need to grow food. More what people with average sized yards can grow and how they should be growing it for real needs, not just the nice to have garden many of us maintain. The crops here can all be grown on small patches of land and they are either very high value in either a monetary or caloric way. In other words potatoes might be cheap but they actually feed you. Baby greens and herbs may be low in calories but by the pound … Continue reading →

Today is an episode of Friday Fusions, a series that combines my direction and source selection with the virtual AI hosts in Google Gemini Notebook. I choose the topic, assemble the source material and give the AI specific instructions on how to approach it. The virtual hosts then turn that information into a conversation. These Friday episodes let me bring you additional content while continuing to produce the four regular TSPC episodes I host each week. AI can make mistakes, mispronounce words or occasionally state something with more confidence than accuracy, so verify anything important before acting on it. The … Continue reading →

Today we are joined by Robin Greenfield to discuss what it actually takes to forage 100% of your food and medicine for an entire year. No grocery stores, no restaurants and not even a garden to fall back on. Robin is living entirely from what he can harvest from the land and water, using wild plants, fish, wild rice, mushrooms, road killed deer and other locally available foods to sustain himself. This is not some weekend stunt either. It is the result of more than a decade spent building the knowledge and skills required to even attempt something like this. … Continue reading →