Bryan Jacobs founded Vets2Success as a Non-profit program that creates programs for veterans to rehabilitate to their communities through food an brew programs. This organizations purpose is to inspire, mentor, educate, and change the lives of homeless and displaced veterans and impact the communities in which they live. This program was created after the loss of the Bryan’s younger brother to veteran suicide, as well as the founder’s personal battle with readjusting back into his local community. With food and brew as his guiding passion he shows veterans a path they to can share and have a new purpose in … Continue reading →

I have been though a few greenhouses at this point, enough to now have an opinion of what I would do if I had my choice and sufficient budget for a brand new one.  I do what to be clear, what I am talking about today is a homesteader’s or gardener’s green house.  Not a small farm in high tunnels or a nursery growing 10s of thousands of plants. There are many advantages to a Green House but if you don’t pay careful attention to design, materials and placement you are going to end up regretting it.  I have tried … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on economics, coffee, social media, entrepreneurship, tolls, taxes, land lording and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep em coming. … Continue reading →

Note – You can get a full transcript of the original portion of this show here. Many families read this and the Christmas show as part of their holidays. Today one day before the great American Holiday we stop and pause to think about what we have to be thankful for. Last year I rerecorded the original portion of this show into much better audio quality, I do hope you enjoy it. If you would like to hear the first version of it as it was recorded in my car you can find the original that was published on Nov. … Continue reading →

Today I am going to talk about some cool stuff you can do for Thanksgiving, I am also going to refer you back to last years show on this topic.  It was Episode-2116- Cooking This Thanksgiving and Just Killin’ It.  Tons of great recipes and ways to have a great family gathering in that episode. Today though I bring you new recipes, new ideas and some fun new thoughts.  Nothing serious today, let’s truly enjoy this awesome holiday, a true man’s holiday.  No need to put on a monkey suit, no church services, nope.  Just family, friends, food, drink and … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on tiny houses, third party platforms, prepping for students, dogs, generational shifts, student loans, investing and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program … Continue reading →

Today its Friday so it’s time for expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. Today on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on wild fires, guns, buying a business, cold climate growing, kidney stones, blogging, personal development and more. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your phone calls on meat animals, office security, venison processing, government, voting, natives and more. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details. Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls on the air but I do … Continue reading →

Teri Page is the blogger behind the popular homesteading website, Homestead Honey. Her homesteading adventures have taken her from Oregon.  Where she planted her first vegetables and fell in love with a dirt-covered lifestyle. They then moved on to Missouri, where her family built an off the grid homestead from scratch and lived in a 350 square-foot tiny house without running water.  Eventually they moved to Vermont, where Teri now homesteads with her husband and two children. Teri has chronicled her adventures at Homestead Honey, a blog that covers topics from Tiny House Living, to gardening, to fermented foods, general homesteading … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on vehicle preparedness, war history, content creation, revitalizing communities, kosher foods, online learning, aquaponics, green houses, cash purchases and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit … Continue reading →