This week Lisa and I had the opportunity to sit and talk with John on the Contra Radio Show. I must say it’s pretty fun to talk prepping as a guest rather than the host. We really didn’t stick to one preparedness topic in this show, we ran the gambit from topics ranging from why we got started to how we got started prepping, to first aid supplies to how people will react in a SHTF situation.

John has the same rational approach to prepping as we do, and you can listen to his show live on BlogTalk Radio, listen to the replay on iTunes, or use your favorite podcast app.

Here is a list of some of the subjects we covered during the show, but for more detail you will have to listen.

SPP122 Contra Radio Interview

How we started prepping and Survivalist Prepper: You can read about this on our about page, but the short answer is that Lisa talked me into it. I was always interested in the outdoor stuff, but she got me into the preparedness aspect of it.

Academy Coming Additions; Threats and Prioritization: In the next month or so Lisa and I are putting together a course at the Academy about prepping and prioritization. As I said in the show, it does no good worrying about an economic collapse if we can’t live for a week without going to the store.

Taking the time to understand the threats you should prepare for first will save you time and money along your path to preparedness. This course will be available soon, but you can click here to have a look at what we already have available at the Academy.

How Friends & Family React to our Prepping: We also talked about how our family and friends react to our outlook on preparedness and why we feel it is so important. All of our children react differently, but over time we have seen them become more interested in prepping…even if they won’t admit it.

Suburban Prepping Tips; Know Your Neighbor: We got a question from the chat room about some tips about prepping in a suburban area that some people might not think about. We talked about how knowing who your neighbors are is important in defining who will be a threat, and who will be there to help if needed.

Tourniquets, Quick Clot and Celox: Whenever you talk about first aid supplies and prepping there are certain areas that people just don’t agree on. Lisa went over the pros and cons of using tourniquets, Quick Clot and the alternative to Quick Clot which is Celox.

SHTF Reactions: How will people react in a crisis? This is a pretty hot topic among preppers and we talked about what might happen, how long it would take and how people who will be depending on organizations like FEMA will be out of luck.

Fish Antibiotics and Lippincott’s Drug Book: Another hot topic among preppers is fish antibiotics. Because Lisa is an RN this was bound to come up. We talked about what they are, how effective they are and the Lippincotts drug handbook that gives you detailed information on all the drugs you might think of.

We have done a podcast on fish antibiotics in the past and this article goes into detail about what different fish antibiotics have to offer.

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