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Mathias Rieske grew up in the mountains of Utah, but despite that, he teases his wife that he is still Texan by birth. Growing up in Utah he gained a love of camping and the outdoors, and grew up in a preparedness minded family.

He also was involved in Boy Scouts, having earned the rank of Eagle Scout, worked at Scout Camps for a combined seven years, and is currently the Scoutmaster for his local troop.

Mathias also was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for two years. He worked in the Fort Lauderdale and Miami areas of South Florida where he learned Spanish. He has worked professionally as a Custodian, Police Officer, and Caretaker.

His wife calls him a ‘Food Network Junkie’ and ‘a huge goofball’, and he is often found in the kitchen making old favorites and experimenting new ideas. He has been married for almost eight years and is the happy father of two children.

Today Mathias joins us to discuss dutch oven cooking including tools, techniques, recipes, cast iron care, keeping costs down and more.

Resources for today’s show…

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The Year 1960

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Walking To Freedom

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The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

The Duck Chronicles

Dutch Oven a Day

Bono is Crap

Are You Lonesome Tonight – Elvis Presley

Sponsors of the Day

Safecastle Royal

Bob Well Nursery

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TweetNote – I am running a rewind today for a few reasons.  One is that the new ducks are coming in either tomorrow or Thursday and I need to get everything ready.

Additionally  I have to go out to Granburry to buy some stock tanks to plumb into our aquaponics system this weekend.  Normally this is a much shorter trip but someone out there bought all the 100 gallon tanks at my Tractor Supply, and you know who you are LOL.

I also need to get all the new stands built for that system this week and need some more lumber to get that done.

Lastly my voice is a wreck from this current cold or flu or whatever it is, I barely got though yesterdays show, so it seems like a good day to rest my vocal cords and get shit done!

Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes.

Today’s episode was originally, Episode-845- Ben Franklin on Modern Survivalism and originally aired on Feb 22, 2012.

The notes below are the original notes from that episode.

Reat Franlin’s 8 Tenets at TheArtOfManliness.com

Recently I get a ton of emails on an article called. 8 Personal Finance Lessons from Benjamin Franklin that was published on the very cool blog, The Art of Manliness.

Several dozen of you told me that this article sounded like 8 things I say often on TSP.

So rather than read the article at all I decided to do the show based just on the 8 tenets of Franklin and see how much in sync we really are or are not.  One thing for sure old Ben’s advice seems quite timeless to me.

Join Me Today as we Discuss these 8 Pieces of Advice from one of Our Founders

Understand the true value of things

Be self-sufficient

Invest in yourself

Surround yourself with friends who share your values

Don’t compromise your integrity for money

Steady diligence is the way to wealth

Time is money (I have changed this to time is value)

The accumulation of money is an means to an end

Resources for Today’s Show

Members Support Brigade

Join Our Forum

Ready Made Resources – (sponsor of the day)

Sawtooth Tactical – (sponsor of the day)

The Art of Manliness

8 Personal Finance Lessons from Benjamin Franklin

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK and you might hear yourself on the air.

TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on hunting, composting, statism, contractors, political correctness, local government, MURS radios, guns, extremism and more.

Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK.

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.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

Weekend AAR – hogs were killed but not by me

Dealing with ants in your compost bin

A lesson about “The State” from Star Trek

My rules for dealing with contractors

An example of political correctness eroding the human mind

Local Secession – The Unincorporation of Towns and Cities

MURS Radio as a property monitoring system

An Update on Guns in Oil Refineries in Texas

Why extremism both left and right could destroy America

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1959

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Amazon

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Forum – A new little site I started

Anti Fuego from Gardenville

Howard Garrett on Fire Ant Control

Howard Garrett Video on Fire Ant Control

How Seneca Nebraska Unincorporated

MURS Radio Gear on Amazon

Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin

Sponsors of the Day

TSP Business Directory

Harvest Eating

Instant Publisher

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TweetToday is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes.

Today’s episode was originally, Episode-1002- The Why, What and How of Modern Homesteading and originally aired on Oct 19, 2012.

The notes below are the original notes from that episode.

There is an old saying, “what’s old is new again”.  While a fashion minded yuppie may be referring to something like a brief return of the awful concept of bell bottom jeans or some such nonsense, there is a real meaningful component to the statement.

The Classic View of “Homestead” is not the Only Option

When we are unhappy, when we know something is wrong we try to think back to happier times and make part of what they had part of what we have today.  Why do you think “I Love Lucy”, “Andy Griffith” and even “The Three Stooges” enjoyed a lot of rebirth after 911? Why do you think one network plays “A Christmas Story” for 24 hours strait every Christmas?

This is particularly playing out today in the homesteading and back to the land movements.  Something is different this time though, people seem to be doing it for a new reason, while seeking the lessons of the past, they are actually looking to the future.  Rather then nostalgia driving a quaint idea, we seem to have realized, there is “a better way to do things”.

Join Me Today as We Discuss….

The Why of Modern Homesteading

Saving Money

Improving Health (mental and phyical)

Taking Control

Building Value in our Homes and Communities

The What of Modern Homesteading

Food Production

Animals That Have Jobs

Creation of Income

Development of Skills

Energy Independence (even by percentage)

Resource Identification

The How of Modern Homesteading

Gardening/Permaculture and Irrigation

Food Preservation Methods

Fermentation

Dehydration

Canning

Flash Freezing

Jerky/Biltong

Brewing/Vinting

Foraging

Barter and Buying from the Local Economy

Animal Husbandry

Tool Maintenance

Planning/Scheduling Activities and Upkeep

Record Keeping

Community Development

Resources for Today’s Show…

Members Support Brigade

Join Our Forum

Making Biltong Part One

Making Biltong Part Two

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK and you might hear yourself on the air.

TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on business, automation, aquaponics, keyhole gardens, rats, guns, hunting and more.

Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK.

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.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

Another TSP listener business success story

Why the plutocrats would be fine with taxing robots

A question on “thriving with Aspergers”

Doing small scale aquaponics indoors

Thoughts on keyhole gardens

Thoughts on monetization of fish ponds

Dealing with rats in the chicken coop

Carrying a gun when company you work with is anti gun

A lesson from the movie “Ground Hog Day”

Thoughts on choices for a “second job”

The truth about “trophy hunting” myth buster edition!

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1956

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Amazon

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Forum – A new little site I started

Bill Gates Calls for a “Robot Tax”

Python Aquarium Maintenance System

55 Gallon Double Aquarium Stand I Have

Indoor Aquaponics System Mentioned by a Listener

25 Dollar Permaculture Analysis Survey

Permaculture Abundance Nursery Items for Sale

Amazon Flex

Que Sera Sera – Dorris Day

Sponsors of the Day

Ready Made Resources

Western Botanicals

Great Escape Farms

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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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 the expert council answers questions on pasture establishment, crohn’s disease, rate swaps, generators, military trailers, dehydrating mushrooms, jug fishing 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 formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air.

I do what I can to get as many of your questions as possible on the air but can’t always get to all of them. Our council is made of a wide variety of experts in everything from the tactical to the practical and everything in between.

To get more information on our Expert Council visit our “Meet the Expert Council Page” to learn more about them and their specific areas of expertise.

Join Me Today As Our Experts Discuss

Planting forage for rabbits and chickens – Darby Simpson

Dealing with Crohn’s Disease – Gary Collins

The ins and outs of rate swaps – John Pugliano

Why you should consider a tri fuel generator – Steven Harris

The good and really not good on M101 trailers – Tim Glance

Drying mushrooms – Erica Strauss

Jug fishing for catfish – Jack

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1955

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Walking To Freedom

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PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Amazon

Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Information

Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley and His Comets

Sponsors of the Day

Safecastle Royal

Bob Well Nursery

My DIY Solar House

Websites of the Expert Council Members

ITS Tactical

Harvest Eating

Old Grouch Military Surplus

Steven1234.com

Permaculture Classroom

A Bee Friendly Company

Investable Wealth

NW Edible

Permies.com

Primal Power

GeoffLawton.com

DarbySimpson.com

Whole Systems Design

Doom and Bloom

HaloBySue.com

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on guns, civil war, jerusalem artichokes, gardening, comfrey, content creation, trolls, jerky, teaching 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 my best to get as many of them on as I can.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

The future of song of the day, 96 WILL NOT HAPPEN

The advantages of a hammer less hand gun

Are we currently in a political civil war

Propagation of jerusalem artichokes

Using “forest soil” in a new garden

What exactly is a tow plow, why should we care

Comfrey’s role in garden bed establishment

The Sony Creative Cloud for content creators

How do you deal with trolls

The proper storage of jerky, why I don’t recommend vac sealing

A teacher quits for all the right reasons, and is still a teacher

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1954

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Amazon

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Mister Sandman – The Chordettes

Sponsors of the Day

TSP Business Directory

Harvest Eating

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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TweetLearn more about Chris’ Work at Cryptoversity.com

Chris Coney (aka The Marketing Monk) is the founder of Cryptoversity, the online school for Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and block chains.

Cryptoversity exists to level the playing field when it comes to opportunities for economic prosperity, so that we can rebalance the distribution of wealth and close the enormous gap between rich and poor. Getting back control of the money system is critical to solving almost all human problems.

Chris joins us today to discuss how the rise of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and block chains may seem like the beginning of the revolution, when in fact it’s simply the next logical step in an even bigger transition in the world.

This is the transition from vertically integrated organizations with hierarchical power structures into flat, peer to peer, networked organizations.

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1953

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Amazon

Cryptoversity

Wings.AI

Vaya Con Dios – Les Paul and Mary Ford

Sponsors of the Day

Bulk Ammo

JM Bullion

My DIY Solar House

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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There is a divide among entrepreneurs on whether or now a person should, “follow their passion” in business.  We can table that today though, because whether you do so in business or just in life, I think we can all agree at some point you should fallow you passion.  If not what is the sense of living?

For me this was easy, my passions are and will always be first and foremost my family.  What I do I do to support them first.  But to be a good husband and father, a man must also follow his own path and have joy in his life.  So my other passions are nature, the outdoors, hunting, fishing, growing food, foraging, working with animals, solving problems, cooking and teaching.

And I have always known this, 20 years ago I might have explained it a bit differently but the list would have been the same.  Yet when I talk to many people I realize that often people do not know what their “lifestyle passions” are.  I mean most people are passionate about their family and friends, but when it comes to something of their own they often struggle with nailing it down.

Much like a gifted musician who can’t understand why a student can’t just learn four simple cords in a few minutes, I have always struggled with this concept, how the hell can anyone not know what their passions are.  When you do it, you feel it, you know it, that is why it is a passion!  Given that one of my passions is solving problems, I decided to look into this and today’s show is what I have come up with.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

Why does this even matter, why is this so important

Before we start, a lesson from our friends the dogs

Reasons many do not know their passions

They have yet to experience it

They think it has to be something “big”

They misdefine passion

They are afraid to admit what they really want

Start with what you don’t want, what things do you not want in your life

What makes you angry, and of those things which do you have influence over

Define your lifestyle goals

What things do you do that make you most happy

What things do you do that you just don’t want to stop doing

If I gave you 10 million dollars, what would you do with it

Have you ever had a “personal perfect moment”

Pick 20 items to take to prison with you, yes I am serious

Who do you see as truly successful and why do you feel that way about them

Specific cautions

Just because it feels good doesn’t mean it is good for you

Just because it works for someone you admire doesn’t mean it will work for you

The number one thing separating people from their passions is fear

The road map

Be Peter Gibbons for a day, take a day and do nothing

The next day write an essay, called, “My Perfect Day”

Define the lifestyle you want to have

Build a path that matches your lifestyle goal as soon as possible

Final Thoughts

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1952

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Amazon

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Forum – A new little site I started

You Belong to Me – Jo Stafford

Sponsors of the Day

Self Reliance Magazine

Western Botanicals

Mobility Enabled

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on aquatics, herbal medicine, voluntarism, podcasting, BOB gear, business, freedom and more.

Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK.

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.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

Alex Shrugged discusses his down time

Ben chips in on the Wiki and history segments

This weekend at Nine Mile Farm – a bit of GSD reporting

How I use Dr. Christopher’s Tissue and Bone Ointment

The voluntarist view of “National Parks”

Thoughts on podcast length

Why I prefer tarred line for wilderness kits to parachute cord

How I keep my file sizes small with high quality audio

Another listener getting shit done with his own business

Do I hate all GMOs or only some of them and why

Do enough people want true freedom to “restore the republic”

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1951

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Amazon

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Forum – A new little site I started

My Write Up on Tarred Bank Line

Podcast Answerman

CJ Knives

Golden Rice Falls Short on Promises

Is America Fascist?

Too Young – Nat King Cole

Sponsors of the Day

Ready Made Resources

Knife Kits

JC Custom Slings

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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