The Survival Podcast

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 on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on, our autopilot empire, digital sovereignty, exercise as we age, nicotine as medicine, responsibility vs. fault, the lost crops of the Incas 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 … Continue reading →

Today we are joined by Julie Abels to discuss why making art still matters in a world where AI can generate polished images in seconds. The question is no longer whether machines can make impressive images, they obviously can. The more important question is what happens to us when we stop doing the work of creating things ourselves. Julie’s position is that making art is about far more than the finished product. Drawing, painting and creating by hand develop observation, patience, judgment, problem solving and perseverance. Those are not simply artistic skills. They are human skills that transfer into almost … Continue reading →

One of the real surprises over the years are how much people have love my cooking episodes.  We have talked about cooking fish and game, holiday meals, eating cheap, cutting our own meat and a ton more.  Today I think might just do a bit of all that. Cooking is one of the things I really love doing.  It is a way to explore other techniques often which often means learning about other cultures through their foods.  It is also a life style design and prepper topic as we all must eat to remain healthy and active.  We also must … 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 a an aquaponics system.  A mix of practical prepping, current news and economic trends and real opinions you will never hear from main stream or even most alternative media. Today we discuss a new crack in the college system as it hits the enrollment cliff full on.  Is GenX leaving employment faster than previous and following generations.  What does train how you fight really mean and what can we … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on Iran, bitcoin, tomahawks, solar power systems, becoming a modern polymath 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 →

My planned guest didn’t show up today and left me in a last minute lurch.  I reached out to Nick Ferguson because we can always do a great show even in a last minute situation on permaculture and homesteading.  So join us today as we just riff on some topics. Some things we will talk about today include… The coming fall workshop and some of the stuff we will be teaching students during it A chance to engage Nick as a property consultant on property if you are in the TX/LA/OK/AR area A chance to engage Nick as a remote … 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. Some things we covered today included illegal property searches, census taking, entrepreneurship, real world meet ups, tech … 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 a an aquaponics system.  A mix of practical prepping, current news and economic trends and real opinions you will never hear from main stream or even most alternative media. Today we discuss investing in Bitcoin for income not equity gain, Trumps new expected EO on beef processing and why Flock Cameras losing contracts is good news, but not the end of mass surveillance.  We then move on to Trump … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on the national debt, Gravlax, home shooting ranges, transplanting trees, sun chokes, thyroid health, Bitcoin for your kids 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 … Continue reading →

Today we are joined by Billy Bond to discuss taking back control of your food, your health, and your vitality. We will look at why health itself is a preparedness skill and why producing some of your own food may be one of the most important steps you can take toward real independence. This is not just about having a garden or storing some extra food. It is about understanding the systems that keep you alive and becoming less dependent on systems you have little or no control over. Billy and I will dig into what we have outsourced when … Continue reading →

A time bomb is ticking, and it is the kind of bomb you can not disarm. We all hear it. We keep hoping some fiscal bomb squad will show up and shut it down, but deep down, we know they are not coming. The question is not if the bomb goes off. It is when, and what the aftermath looks like. Run from the blast radius? You can not. Forty trillion dollars in US federal debt is more powerful than any weapon we have ever detonated. But this bomb does not level a city overnight. It corrodes and breaks down … 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 a an aquaponics system.  A mix of practical prepping, current news and economic trends and real opinions you will never hear from main stream or even most alternative media. Today on Monday Mayhem we talk about disabilty as retirement, beef prices, cooking eggs, investing in BTC, Lindsay Clancy, voter fraud, engineered scaricity and how to get shit done this week. Today on Monday Mayhem… The new retirement dream for … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on politics, community building, email security, fitness, investing, cooking, bitcoin 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 get … Continue reading →

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When you talk about dehydrating food many jump right to the prepper angle.  And not just the common sense prepping angle we make part of lifestyle design at TSPC.  No the 500 buckets ready to ride out the zombie apocalypse kind of prepping. The truth though is dehydrating is likely mans oldest form of food preservation along with perhaps salting, which is honestly just another form of dehydration.  The reason is obvious.  First it works for many foods and all you really need to do it is sunshine during the dry season. Today though we have affordable and efficient machines … Continue reading →

Today we discuss 18 animals that “everyone knows are terrible to eat” but everyone is also wrong about.  I hear it all the time, salt water catfish are disgusting, bullheads eat mud, feral hogs are inedible and pigeons are just rats with wings.  None of this is based on anything approaching reality.  What it actually amounts to is a combination of factors. The first factor is that people in the US and the western world in general are spoiled.  I could have made this list a lot longer to be honest.  We live in a world where 95% of people … 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. Some things we covered today included weather events, keeping sheep and turkeys, Artificial Intelligence, Bitcoin, the media, … Continue reading →

Today we are joined by Chris Daigle to discuss what he has learned from 50 real world AI implementations. These are not lab tests, theory sessions, or corporate guessing games. These are actual deployments inside real companies, with real people, real workflows, real mistakes, and real lessons learned the hard way. A lot of companies know they should be using AI. Many of them already are, whether leadership knows it or not. Employees are using tools on their own, data is moving around, policies are either weak or nonexistent, and most managers are still pretending this is something they can … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast expert council weekly show we cover the Fed as a cartel of the biggest banks and why Ron Paul and G. Edward Griffin are right that its actions serve that cartel first. Patrick Roehrman joins us to talk about the Tumbler knife sharpener system and whether it is actually worth your money and time. Joel Ryals helps with a dog that is showing dog on dog aggression, what it means, what not to do, and how to start correcting it before it gets worse. We also get into sarcopenia with Andy McCann, why muscle loss … Continue reading →

Today Jesse Markowitz returns to TSPC to discuss the latest updates from Start9 and the continuing evolution of sovereign computing. We’ll dig into StartOS 0.4.0, StartTunnel, new networking capability, easier service packaging, privacy when hosting services over the internet, and what all this means for people who want real control over their digital lives. We’ll also look at what Start9 has coming next, including StartWrt, their new router project, StartBot, their coming AI assistant, and self hosted cameras. This is not theory or nerd candy for people who just like blinking lights on a box. This is about owning your … Continue reading →

Today we are joined by Phillip Fry, host of the All About Pigeons podcast and a man who has spent years studying one of the most overlooked animals in human history. Phillip lives off grid in Arizona where he built his own home and maintains a self sufficient lifestyle that includes raising pigeons for both practical and historical reasons. Beyond the hobby side of things, Phillip sees pigeons as a serious tool for communication, food production, and resilience in a world increasingly dependent on fragile modern systems. Phillip’s podcast covers every corner of the pigeon world including racing birds, rollers, … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council covers a wide range of real world topics. We kick things off with Joel Ryals on getting obedience from your dog the first time, every time, without turning your relationship into a constant battle. Jesse Markowitz then digs into whether Start9 actually makes sense for data storage and remote access, or if it is just another shiny tech toy for privacy nerds. Matthew Sercely follows that up with a hard look at whether social media “experts” pitching trusts as magic tax savings tools are selling real strategy or just reheated snake oil. … Continue reading →

Time for a fun show that isn’t so serious yet one that addresses a very serious topic.  That is of course the cost of food in a very inflationary economy.  I am also not going to bind myself to a keto diet today as many of you do not live that way anyway.  I will give you some cooking hacks to simply get better results. I will also give you a ton of recipie ideas including many I self developed over time.  Finally we will finish up with some memories from my depression era grandmother’s kitchen that fed a large … Continue reading →

Today we discuss why I don’t give one F about Hantavirus and why you probably shouldn’t either. We also get into why Saylor hatred has become a failed IQ test for Bitcoin maxis, what Elon’s DODGE really was, and why calling it a “once in a lifetime opportunity” is true, just not in the way most people mean it. We also talk about the White House Ballroom fight and why it may be one of the dumbest political hills Democrats have picked lately. From there we move into silver and ask whether 70 to 80 dollar silver is the new … Continue reading →

I have dripped bits and bobs about a practice I began and then further developed in my life beginning in November last year.  I had not wanted to really go deep into it on air until I first had a chance to present it in a more public live audience situation.  That all just happened as when Nicole Sauce asked me to present at LFTN-26 it is the topic she asked me to talk about. Well, I have just returned so today what you will get is a slightly longer version of the presentation I just gave in Tennessee.  Some … Continue reading →

In this episode I was joined by Joel Salatin.  We discussed some of the biggest challenges to small producers today, how can farmers transition from traditional agriculture to more natural production and increase profits at the same time. We also talked about how homesteaders can adapt some of Joel’s techniques raising small livestock like poultry and rabbits and the importance of ethical slaughter.  We then moved in to leader follower grazing systems, helping our local producers and a ton more. Today’s episode of Friday Flashbacks was originally published on 12-16-11 and was originally Episode-805- Joel Salatin from Polyface Farms. The … Continue reading →