Gubba Homestead Podcast

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Did dragons actually exist, or has history been rewritten to make sure you never ask?

In this episode, I share what I found in old books, Latin dictionaries, and dragon artwork, and outline why those sources contradict what we learned in school.

A 1946 dictionary defined dragons as "now rare". My 1700s Latin dictionary lists female dragons, water dragons, and baby dragons as if they were distinct animals. Medieval manuscripts placed dragons next to elephants and wolves, not in a separate section labeled fantasy.

Ancient China, medieval Europe, Japan, the Vikings, and the feathered serpent cultures of Central and South America all recorded dragon-like creatures independently across thousands of years. The Chinese zodiac uses eleven real animals and one dragon. Why?

My argument with Dr. Phil about carbon dating comes up. So does the Triceratops skull I once stood next to before a museum whisked it away, a 1500s book on the medicinal use of the unicorn horn, Marco Polo's writings on dragons and griffins, and why I think rare book collectors are acting as gatekeepers of a version of history most people will never see.

I'm not telling you dragons existed. I'm asking why the answer feels so protected.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[3:45] How a 1946 dictionary defined dragons as "now rare" instead of imaginary

[5:48] Dozens of disconnected cultures recorded strikingly similar dragon creatures

[9:01] Why medieval books listed dragons alongside real animals like elephants and lions

[12:52] The newspaper accounts of flying reptiles that historians still debate

[17:46] Why the Chinese zodiac lists only real animals, except the dragon

Resources Mentioned:

The forgotten books that described dragons

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Electroculture gardening sounds ridiculous… until you stick copper into your own garden bed and watch what happens next.

After five years of growing blackberries on the homestead, this year's harvest has been the most abundant I've ever had, and it lined up with the season I loaded that bed with copper wire and antennas.

Electroculture is the practice of placing copper stakes, wires, and antennas in the garden to interact with the natural electricity in the atmosphere. Some gardeners swear by it. Others insist there's no science behind it. My response to the "no research" crowd is simple: my eyeballs are the research. The beds with copper and the beds without look nothing alike, and the difference is obvious.

There's a bigger story tucked inside this too… Old French books on electroculture that people say disappeared. An element called aether that used to sit in the dictionary and doesn't anymore. Antennas on the old world's fair buildings that I've talked about in the “Secrets Hidden in Mainstream History” episode linked below.

None of that proves anything on its own, but it makes you wonder what we've been trained not to look at. If you've been curious about copper in the garden, or you're tired of being told a good harvest requires a paywall of fertilizer and sprays, this one is for you.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[2:48] Electroculture gardening explained, and why copper harvests keep going viral

[4:41] Why "my eyeballs are the science" beats waiting for a research paper

[7:41] They lied about fertilizer and Roundup, and what the dandelion reveals

[9:15] Copper's real risk with lightning, and the storm boost that followed

[11:18] How disappearing French books and world's fair antennas hint at a reset

[16:02] Why gardeners split into two camps, and where you should actually land

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What I've observed using copper in my garden

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Fear got a lot of people into homesteading, and it's the exact reason most of them are walking away.

Five years ago, homesteading felt like the beginning of a movement. Now Marketplace is full of chicken coops, freeze dryers, incubators, and canning supplies, and I've been noticing the shift.

People who once posted daily about their gardens haven't planted one this year. Some are openly saying they're done. Others have moved on without much explanation. That got me asking why so many jumped in around 2020 only to walk away a few years later.

Fear is a strong motivator. Empty grocery shelves pushed millions of people to learn skills they'd never considered before, and I think that was a good thing. Once fear fades and life gets comfortable again, most people drop the lifestyle… but I'm still out here living it. The goats still yell at me on Saturday mornings. The weeding never ends. Canning butter at 2 a.m. is a real thing that happens.

There's also a comparison problem worth naming. You can't see the family money, the inherited knowledge, or the nanny behind the picture-perfect homestead you're measuring yourself against.



This episode is my honest read on why people quit, what the ones who stay have in common, and why starting small in your kitchen matters more than trying to run a full operation on day one.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[3:44] The fear behind the 2020 homesteading boom

[6:13] Butter-canning at 2AM, and what it taught me about homesteading

[7:54] Why biting off everything at once burns new homesteaders out

[10:28] The sunshine-and-rainbows myth versus losing livestock and storm-wrecked gardens

[14:26] Why anyone can homestead, and the gatekeeping that says otherwise

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Your clothes and bed sheets touch your skin more than almost anything else, so why have we stopped asking what they're made of? 

For thousands of years, clothing came straight from nature: linen from flax, cotton from the plant, wool from sheep.

In the last century, synthetic fibers like polyester, spandex, and acrylic took over our closets, and most of us have never stopped to ask what that shift might be doing to us.

In this episode, I break down the difference between natural and synthetic fibers, and why our skin (our largest organ) reacts so differently to each. I also share a surprising study linking polyester garments to lower fertility in dogs, and dig into the chemical treatments hiding in modern textiles, from flame retardants to stain-resistant coatings.

This isn't about tossing your whole wardrobe overnight. It's about small, sustainable swaps, like linen sheets and wool blankets, that add up over time.



If you've never thought twice about the fabric touching your skin all day, this episode might just change that.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[2:00] Most people couldn’t tell you what fabric their clothes are made from

[4:01] Why clothing changed 100 years ago, just like our food system did

[5:36] Breathable natural fibers regulate temperature in ways synthetics can't

[8:02] The polyester dog fertility study that should make you pay attention

[9:42] The lymph and circulation effects of sweating in spandex leggings

[11:56] The hidden flame retardants and toxic chemical treatments coating your clothes

[14:07] Swapping fibers gradually, without throwing your whole wardrobe away

[15:56] The idea that different fabrics carry different frequencies

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We’ve become so disconnected from our food that new generations don’t even know where it comes from. We need to do something about it.

I'm a first-time homesteader who spent most of my life buying tomatoes instead of growing them, and this episode is the honest reckoning I had once I started putting seeds in the ground.

Two generations ago, gardens weren't a hobby or a lifestyle. They were a basic household skill, right alongside cooking and cleaning. Then convenience arrived, supermarkets grew, and the knowledge my great-grandparents took for granted disappeared inside a single lifetime.

I want to talk about how that happened, why the Victory Garden Movement produced more than vegetables, and why the perfect lawn might be one of the strangest trades we've ever made.

If gardening feels intimidating, that's the point I want to sit with. It shouldn't be, and the fix is easier than you think.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[5:13] Practical knowledge disappears within a generation or two without practice

[9:35] The beginner mistake of planting what looks cool in the catalog instead of what your family eats

[12:47] He who controls the food controls the people, and the grocery store rollout may not be a coincidence

[15:46] Gardening is actually a soil project, not a plant project

[19:14] Planting flowers alongside vegetables and why nature never separates them

[25:32] The five reasons we stopped growing our own food, and why lawns are a psyop

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Resources Mentioned:

Ultimate Garden Planner | Website

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They're Controlling You Through Your Food. Escape Before It's Too Late.

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The most radical thing you can do in today's home isn't buying the newest device. It's refusing to.

Returning to a '90s household is about noticing how much ownership we've handed over to streaming services, smart devices, and cloud servers without realizing it.

As a first-time homesteader, I've spent years learning to stop depending on grocery stores. Lately, I've been applying that same thinking to the technology inside my home, and it started with one small decision: bringing an old CRT television into the house.

The response I got online told me thousands of people are hungry for the same thing. Vinyl records, film cameras, DVDs, camcorders, and libraries are all having a moment right now, and it isn't because everyone suddenly became sentimental.

Convenience is not free. Streaming replaced ownership. Smartphones replaced dedicated cameras and brought constant distraction. Cloud storage replaced photo albums that your grandchildren could hold in their hands.

If we can pass down canning jars and gardening knowledge, we can pass down movies, music, and photographs, too.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[3:15] The thousands of unexpected responses online after I brought a CRT television home

[5:06] The Game of Thrones conspiracy and why modern TV feels designed to discombobulate you

[7:53] Curating a physical movie collection and the Disney films that won't make the shelf

[10:48] Why an iPod that only plays music feels more freeing than a smartphone

[13:24] Convenience is not free, the hidden trade-off behind every modern upgrade

[15:02] Applying homesteader resilience to technology, not just the pantry

[18:54] The shift toward vinyl, film cameras, and permanence in a temporary world

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Returning To A 90s Household

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Butter sat at the center of nearly every kitchen for thousands of years. Then within a few decades, people were afraid to eat it.

I'm a first-time homesteader following in the footsteps of my great-grandparents, and butter is now a daily staple in my kitchen after years of believing it was unhealthy. The shift in how I see it didn't come from a study. It came from paying attention.

My great-grandmother milked her own cow and churned her own butter. By the time I was a teenager, my friends and I were chasing low-fat labels and avoiding the same food our ancestors had prized for generations.

Margarine showed up in a spray bottle in my house once, and my body knew within one bite that something was off. That memory stuck for a reason.

The story of butter isn't really about dairy. It's about how trusted foods get replaced, how marketing rewrites memory, and what happens to a family kitchen when you stop asking where the food came from.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[1:44] I was a teenager raised on low-fat diets and taught to fear butter

[4:56] The “I Can't Believe It's Not Butter” memory that revealed the deception

[11:32] What Weston A. Price discovered about traditional cultures and animal fats

[13:47] Why vitamins A, E, and K2 found in butter make it essential 

[14:57] How margarine and factory food replaced the farm in the 20th century

[18:19] The mystery-funded studies that convinced doctors saturated fat causes heart disease

[20:37] Why heart disease skyrocketed after butter and lard left the kitchen

[22:16] Question everything and put butter back at the center of your kitchen

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Most people will spend 20 minutes reading the back of a cracker box but have never once flipped over the shampoo bottle sitting in their shower.

That gap between how we treat food and how we treat everyday personal care products is what I want to dig into in this episode. Shampoo, body wash, lotion, deodorant, laundry detergent. These are products most of us use every single day for years without ever asking what's actually in them or why.

I walk through the lens I use whenever I'm standing in a store deciding whether to bring a product home. It's not fear, and it's not paranoia about every ingredient. It's a simple question: why is this here, and does it serve a real purpose?

Sweat as a detox pathway, the aluminum question, the fabric softener that gave me a mystery rash, the matrix moment in the laundry aisle. All of it ties together.

If you've ever felt sick walking past the detergent shelf, you'll understand why by the end.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[1:36] Why do we scrutinize food labels but blindly trust what we put on our skin?

[5:15] The lens to use when standing in a store deciding what comes home

[6:53] Shampoo is engineered for the sensory experience, not actually cleansing your hair

[8:44] Hair as an antenna, Samson, and the conspiracy behind widespread balding

[11:10] That tight squeegee feeling after a shower means the product is harming you

[15:15] The deodorant rabbit hole, lymphatic detox, and the breast cancer connection

[18:18] The mystery skin reaction that exposed fabric softener as a hidden culprit

[19:47] Why a shirt should never smell like perfume two weeks after washing

[27:21] The Cypher problem: why some homesteaders choose to be plugged back into the matrix

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Summer Blend Tallow Balm - Limited Edition | Shop

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Companies Convinced You These Products Are Healthy, But Are They?

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The version of milk most people grew up with is not the version nature made, and the difference matters more than people think.

I've been drinking raw milk for five or six years, starting with a weekly drop-off from a farm four hours away, then driving 90 minutes each week to get it, then raising my own Jersey cow, and now milking my own dairy goats and sheep.

Most people only know the gallon jug version of milk. Standardized. Pasteurized. Homogenized. Fortified.

They've never watched cream rise on its own. They've never tasted milk from an animal foraging on pasture. They've never questioned why the cream gets stripped out and sold back to them as ice cream, while the milk gets refortified with synthetic vitamins.

In this episode, I go over what raw milk contains, what processing does to it, and how I grew up drinking skim milk during a generation now dealing with skyrocketing hormone issues.

If anyone has ever pushed back on you about raw milk, this is the episode that helps you stand your ground.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[4:03] Why generations valued raw milk and what the headlines never tell you

[8:36] How skim milk, fortification, and the ice cream industry profit off the same gallon twice

[11:31] All 22 essential minerals, complete amino acids, and why one food can do it all

[13:56] What pasteurization destroys and why filthy dairies were the real problem

[15:59] Homogenization, fat globules, and why convenience changed milk forever

[17:30] Why fat-free milk strips the very delivery system your hormones depend on

[20:48] Soil, happy animals, and the connection that makes milk worth drinking

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Root Revival Hair Serum | Shop

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Are you sure sunscreen is the go-to solution for your body during the summer?

The sunscreen conversation has become so loud that most people never stop to ask what's actually happening to their skin in the summer. I think we've been pointing at the wrong target for years.

A couple of years ago, my research into sunscreen ingredients got me censored on social media and called a liar by a major outlet that later had to retract it. That experience pushed me further into a topic the system clearly doesn't want questioned.

Sunscreen is one small piece. Your skin is also responding to heat, sweat, chlorine, smoke, air conditioning, the seed oils in your diet, the LEDs in every room you walk into, and hours of blue light from screens before bed.

I want to talk about what your skin is actually asking for during the hottest months, why a damaged barrier often looks oily instead of dry, and what I changed in my own diet and home lighting that made the biggest difference. The answer was never another product.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[3:00] Getting called a liar and banned from social media over sunscreen research

[5:28] Why your skin's relationship with the sun goes way beyond sunscreen

[7:40] The dehydration trap most people fall into during summer

[9:45] Damaged skin barriers don't always look dry, and the cycle that makes it worse

[13:21] Why two people in the same sun can have completely different experiences

[14:52] How giving up seed oils changed my sunburn response

[16:04] Artificial light may be doing more damage to your skin than sunlight does

[24:05] Coming back into your body and tuning into what your skin is asking for

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Arvoti Rose Revive Toning Mist | Shop

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