Gubba Homestead Podcast

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Starting the homestead lifestyle is easier than most people think.

Somewhere along the way, we got sold the idea that homesteading requires acres of land, a farmhouse, and cows at sunrise. It doesn't. The version most people never hear about starts in a kitchen, with a mason jar and a bag of scraps you were going to throw away.

So many of us feel a pull toward a slower way of living right now, and there are real reasons behind it. Grocery prices keep climbing. Empty shelves still sit fresh in our memory. Ingredient labels read like a chemistry experiment. The systems we depend on feel more fragile than we were told they were.

The skills I started with are small and practical. Homemade broth easily comes together from kitchen scraps. Sprouts grow on a countertop. Sourdough, fermentation, freezer jam, canning, homemade cleaners, and beeswax candles all fit into a normal week. A rotating pantry gradually builds itself two items at a time.

None of it requires perfection. None of it requires land. It only requires starting.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[3:58] How the system profits when you stop cooking from scratch

[5:53] Turning kitchen scraps into nutrient-dense broth for pennies on the dollar

[8:14] Growing sprouts on your countertop with just a Mason jar

[10:05] Why store-bought bread tastes like chemicals once you bake your own

[13:21] Sauerkraut, slowness, and the forgotten power of fermentation

[14:56] Freezer jam, rhubarb pink lemonade, and why canning brings peace, not fear

[20:09] Homemade citrus vinegar cleaner and beeswax candles that double as prep

[22:13] Remembering the masked Walmart arrows and never being caught unprepared again

[26:33] Why the people coming to take your preps won't make it up the driveway

[28:49] Four generations lost these skills, but yours is taking them back

Resources Mentioned:

How To Use A Sourdough Starter | Article

Homemade Sourdough Dinner Rolls | Recipe

Chocolaty Sourdough Brownies | Recipe

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Why has the tick population increased so much lately? And what does it have to do with diseases like Alpha-gal syndrome?

I keep getting messages asking what I do about ticks on my homestead, and the more I look into this topic, the stranger it gets. Farmers say tick pressure is worse than they've ever seen. Hunters are pulling shocking numbers off of deer. Families find them on their kids after a few minutes outside.

Let's dive into why this feels different now, and why I don't think we're getting the full story.

In this episode, I cover the Cold War-era research on ticks and other insects as vectors, the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, the 2019 Congressional amendment asking the Pentagon to investigate biological weapons used between 1950 and 1975, and the Gates Foundation funding cattle tick research.

Then I share the practical side. Chickens, guinea fowl, land management, a simple essential oil deterrent spray recipe, and the daily habits that keep my homestead in balance without DEET.

You’ll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[3:27] Why farmers, hunters, and families are all saying this tick year feels different

[4:58] What Alpha-gal syndrome actually does to the body after a single tick bite

[7:03] Cold War insect research and why the government studied ticks as vectors

[9:19] The Plum Island connection and the 2019 Pentagon bioweapons amendment

[12:12] Why Bill Gates funding cattle tick research while pushing fake meat doesn't add up

[13:48] How disturbed ecosystems and modern toxic load created the perfect tick storm

[18:31] Why chickens, guinea fowl, and land management beat any store-bought solution

[20:50] The homemade essential oil spray that replaces toxic DEET repellents

[27:18] Why two people bitten by the same tick can have completely different outcomes

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Natural Flea and Tick Prevention for Dogs: The Terrain Approach Without Toxic Pesticides

Resources Mentioned:

The Light Bulb Lie: Why They Banned Incandescent Bulbs (And What They Replaced Them With) by Gubba | Article

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The Tick Conspiracy: New Diseases & Government's Research

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The more I tested what AI would and wouldn't answer, the more I realized something was being shaped on the other end of every question.

Artificial intelligence has woven itself into daily life so subtly that almost nobody stops to ask what they're actually paying with.

I started testing the limits of what these systems will answer, and the patterns I noticed shifted how I think about every interaction. Certain narratives get pushed, while others get blocked entirely. Have you noticed that the way people write online is starting to sound eerily similar?

Then there's the data centers… Two thousand acres at a time, humming next to neighborhoods where wells are running dry and people are getting sick. The official story is that AI needs the power. I'm not convinced that's the whole story.

If thoughts and emotions generate energy, and attention directs it, then billions of people engaging with the same system every day isn't just data collection. It's something else.

You’ll Learn:

[00:00] Introduction

[03:06] The real cost of free AI, and why no one's talking about it

[06:15] AI responses are controlled, and the narratives they push reveal something darker

[07:40] The shadow surveillance theory: systems built to read thought before it's typed

[09:20] The biofield theory and what AI might actually be taking from you

[11:58] Billions of people focusing on AI daily isn't just data input, it's an energy transfer

[14:29] Data centers may be bridging human consciousness to something we can't see

[16:08] Is AI just a giant Ouija board channeling something from beyond?

[20:04] AI is flattening individual voices into one collective sound

[25:36] You can't use AI and come out unscathed; the most important thing is to be aware

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Testing the Guardrails: The Invisible Force Shaping Our AI Answers

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Once you start hearing what former GATE students actually remember, the official explanation stops making sense.

The official story about the GATE program is that it identified academically gifted kids and gave them harder work. The accounts I'm hearing from people who actually went through it tell a different story.

Across decades and unrelated school districts, former GATE students keep describing the same details: Pattern recognition cards, headphones in closets, an older woman called "Grandma", and memory gaps where the lessons should be.

I walk through what the program looked like on paper, what people actually remember experiencing, and how those memories line up with documented research into human consciousness, like MKUltra and the Stargate Project. I also share my own account of being pulled out of a first grade classroom near a military base and asked to read the collective mind of the class.

The question I keep coming back to is one worth sitting with. If a system was secretly screening children for unusual cognitive traits, what happened to the ones who passed?

You’ll Learn:

[00:00] Introduction

[00:23] Why thousands of former GATE students are comparing notes now

[02:45] The official explanation versus what people actually remember

[06:06] Pattern recognition tests, headphone sessions, and the hallway closet

[09:58] How MKUltra and Stargate change the way you read this program

[15:52] The personal story of "Grandma" and the mind-reading test

[21:37] Why parents were never told what was actually happening

[23:30] What the missing memories and shared details add up to

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The GATE Program: Gifted Education or a Hidden Experiment?

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Garlic is more powerful than most people think.

I use garlic across my homestead in ways that go against almost everything mainstream pet care, gardening advice, and livestock guidance recommend. I feed it to my dogs in measured amounts during tick season, spray it on my berries, ferment it in raw honey, and recently cleared mastitis in one of my goats in three days without antibiotics.

This episode covers the dog dosage chart by weight, the garlic spray ratio for gardens, the honey ferment process step by step, a goat recovery story, the Amish homesteading family who surprised me by recommending harsh chemical fertilizer, and how to plant, cure, and replant garlic year after year.

There is a reason this knowledge faded out of common use, and it has less to do with safety than with what can and cannot be patented and sold back to you. One example: the warning that garlic is toxic to dogs traces back to one study most pet owners have never actually opened.

You’ll Learn:

[00:00] Introduction

[02:58] Why garlic knowledge faded from homesteads and kitchens

[06:44] The dog garlic study most people misquote

[09:33] Garlic dosage for dogs by weight and tick season timing

[12:32] How garlic cleared mastitis in my goat in three days

[18:05] Homemade garlic spray recipe for gardens and chicken coops

[22:46] How to make honey-fermented garlic at home

[25:24] Using garlic steam for respiratory support indoors

[29:50] How to plant, harvest, and cure your own garlic

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Some historical events have been hiding dark secrets.

Between 1854 and 1929, more than 200,000 children were loaded onto trains and shipped across the United States. The deeper I went into the records, the less the official story held up. Many of these children were not orphans. Some had living parents; Some were taken because of poverty; Some just vanished into a system with almost no oversight at all.

Once I started looking at what else was happening in that same time period, I couldn't unsee it. Cities were burning down one after another. Insane asylums were being built in places that didn't have the population to fill them. World fairs were putting up massive Roman-style buildings in empty fields and tearing them back down a year later. Baby incubators were a paid public attraction with real infants on display.

I walk you through the orphan trains, the fires, the fairs, the asylums, the Cabbage Patch Kids, and a passage from the Book of Jasher that I genuinely could not stop thinking about. If a reset of history was happening, this is what it would look like.

You’ll Learn:

[00:00] Introduction

[02:03] Over 200,000 children were relocated with no real oversight, and many weren't even orphans

[04:42] The orphan trains weren't just an American phenomenon; it was happening worldwide

[07:02] The great city fires of the 1800s and the dynamite theory nobody talks about

[09:16] The world fair buildings that appeared overnight and were never supposed to exist

[13:12] Why live infants were displayed alongside machinery at world fairs

[19:17] Who were the insane asylums actually built for, and what happened to the people inside 

[22:16] The Cabbage Patch Kids origin story might not be as innocent as it seems

[23:15] The ancient text that was left out of the Bible and what it says about children in fields

[28:05] What a global reset would actually look like, and whether we already lived through one

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Women trust pap smears, mammograms, skincare labels, and feminine hygiene products without question. The full risk and ingredient information rarely makes it into the conversation.

I uncover five areas of women's health where transparency is seriously lacking. Gynecological tools are sterilized with a known carcinogen. Cumulative mammogram radiation is seldom mentioned by doctors. Skincare routines layer over a hundred synthetic compounds onto your skin before breakfast. Chlorine-bleached fibers sit against permeable tissue for days each month during menstruation. And the word "fragrance" legally conceals dozens of undisclosed toxic ingredients on a single label.

This is not about fear. It's about giving women the information to make real decisions. Understanding false positive rates, reading ingredient labels, and reducing chemical burden are practical steps anyone can take today.

Whether you're rethinking your skincare shelf, questioning a screening recommendation, or learning what "fragrance" actually means, this episode fills in what the system leaves out.

You’ll Learn:

[00:00] Introduction

[04:32] Ethylene oxide on pap smear instruments and what consent forms leave out

[07:24] How abnormal pap results can trigger a cascade of follow-up procedures

[12:13] Mammogram compression, cumulative radiation, and the overdiagnosis problem

[19:58] Why screening campaigns emphasize urgency over diagnostic nuance

[23:14] Endocrine-disrupting chemicals hiding in everyday skincare products

[29:20] Chlorine bleaching and the case for cleaner feminine hygiene products

[35:45] What the word "fragrance" legally conceals on ingredient labels

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What if the plant you’ve been taught to destroy is actually one of the most useful things growing in your yard?

I’ve started looking at dandelions in a completely different way since living closer to the land, and that shift has changed how I think about natural medicine and self-sufficiency. When something grows this abundantly without intervention, it raises a real question about whether the issue is the plant or how we’ve been taught to see it.

Reconnecting with homesteading practices has a way of challenging modern norms around lawns, food, and what we consider useful. Every part of the dandelion serves a purpose, from leaves that support digestion to roots and flowers that have been used traditionally in everyday life.

The deeper you dig, the harder it is to ignore how much we’ve been pulled away from our bodies, our food, and the natural systems around us. Simple practices like grounding, spending time outside, and paying attention to what naturally grows start to bring that connection back and reshape how you think about natural medicine.

Something as simple as a plant in your yard can change the way you see food, health, and the systems around you.

You’ll Learn:

[00:00] Introduction

[01:02] Who benefits from teaching us to hate dandelions

[07:26] Dandelions as essential bee forage, and the link to colony collapse

[10:24] Leaves, root, and flowers: what every part of the dandelion actually does for your body

[22:39] How the dandelion was rebranded as a weed, glyphosate's health concerns, and the delay-and-replace playbook

[29:05] The systemic pattern behind it all, and why questioning the dandelion leads to questioning everything

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Why I Don’t Wear Sunscreen

How & Why I Stopped Depending on Conventional Systems – My Homesteading Journey

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Dandelion Jelly and Dandelion Root Tea

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The Hidden Benefits of Dandelions & Why No One Knows About Them

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Not believing in conventional systems led me to homesteading.

I’ve been thinking about what it means to live a life that isn’t fragile, and why so many of us feel pulled toward self-sufficiency right now. This is me slowing things down and reintroducing myself in a way that actually reflects where I’m at, because this space has grown and I’ve grown with it.

I’ve spent nearly a decade learning homesteading, and what matters most to me now is helping you see that you’re more capable than you’ve been led to believe. You don’t need to grow up this way to step into self-sufficiency.

It can start in your kitchen, with small shifts like cooking your own food and learning how to analyze ingredients. As you begin to question where your food comes from, it naturally expands into food independence, self-reliance, and even deeper curiosity about the systems around you.

That curiosity becomes a foundational part of your life. It’s the motivating factor to start prepping, thinking critically, and building a life that can actually support you when things shift.

Homesteading isn’t about perfection. It’s about starting, staying curious, and realizing you have more control than you’ve been led to believe.

You’ll Learn:

[00:00] Introduction

[02:08] Why Gubba homesteads and who this lifestyle is suitable for

[08:56] How the school system kills independent thinking and where that rabbit hole leads

[16:04] The Dr. Phil appearance that made people question everything about her

[19:39] Why Gubba stopped trusting big pharma, and started making her own skincare products

[24:03] The waking-up story she hadn't fully told yet, starting with raw milk

[32:56] How questioning everything led her to a truth she'll never un-see

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The World Fairs, Aether, and the Great Reset 

Dragons vs Dinosaurs: Memory, Myth, and the Story We Were Taught to Believe 

What if the Holy Land described in the Bible wasn’t in the Middle East at all—but in the American West? 

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How & Why I Stopped Depending on Conventional Systems

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Are you looking for natural flea and tick prevention for dogs without relying on toxic pesticides? In this episode of the Gubba Homestead Podcast, we break down the “terrain” approach to naturally repelling fleas and ticks by strengthening your dog from the inside out.

Instead of focusing only on killing parasites, we dive into how a raw diet for dogs, immune health, skin barrier support, and environmental management can make your pet less attractive to fleas and ticks in the first place. You’ll learn how to use garlic for dogs safely, why the fear around garlic is based on a high-dose extract study, and how small, thoughtful amounts may support natural deterrence.

We also discuss how brewer’s yeast may help repel fleas, how to properly garlic for flea control, and how to apply apple cider vinegar and coconut oil for dogs to support healthy skin and coat resilience.

Finally, we take a clear look at conventional flea and tick medications, what their product inserts actually say, and why many of them are classified as pesticides. If you’re concerned about systemic flea treatments, oral tick medications, or chemical spot-ons, this episode gives you a grounded, informed perspective on natural alternatives.

If you’re searching for:

• Natural flea prevention for dogs

• Natural tick repellent for pets

• Raw feeding for parasite resistance

• Garlic and brewer’s yeast for fleas

• Pesticide-free flea and tick control

This episode walks you through it in detail.

Build the terrain. Strengthen the host. Reduce chemical load. That’s the Gubba Homestead way.

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