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Justin Rhodes is an “edutainer” creating daily homesteading vlogs on Youtube. He runs an online business, abundantpermaculture.com teaching folks how to grown their own food (mainly chicken and veggies) with permaculture.

Justin made a big splash with his DVD “Permaculture Chickens” via Kickstarter over a year ago.  Since they he has worked tirelessly to simplify and hack homesteading and raising animals into the most efficient and low cost methods possible.

He joins us today to discuss the concept of “The Ten Hour Homestead”.  Today we discuss that concept in detail and how the average person can produce much of their own food with minimal investment of time and money with modern homesteading concepts.

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1865

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Amazon

Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Life Ain’t Always Beautiful – Gary Allan

Sponsors of the Day

Bulk Ammo

Self Reliance Magazine

Survivalist Box

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Let me ask you a question, do you really feel future generations will know anything approaching the freedoms we still have today?  Do you think even the freedom that children had in say 1985 will ever be restored?  Have you ever considered the progression of the loss of freedom in this nation?

I am talking going way, way back.  It was said of the Native Americans prior to the founding of our nation that “never have there ever been a people who were so free”.  While a valid point, it isn’t exactly true, as many such people were as free at one time or another in history.

The Mazi of Africa, the Aboriginals of Australia and the Tribes of the Amazon to name a few.   Indeed all tribal peoples in hunter gather societies knew incredible freedom.   And we know the history, civilization moves in and destroys their way of life.

But this episode is not about how “the white man” ruined the lives of native peoples.  It isn’t skin color that is the enemy here, it is the State as an entity.  As we examine things today we will come to one very unsettling conclusion, that is simply that government, all governments are the enemy of liberty.

Join Me Today to Discuss

What is liberty, what is freedom

What is the history of freedom and its relationship with government

How our children have be programmed to accept control

No value to privacy

Respect authority based on titles vs actions

Systematically placed into unserviceable debt

Taught that degrees equal education

They have been made overly comfortable

They have been taught to value “protection” above vigilance

They have been taught that prejudice of one amounts to privileged for another

This is all by design, the lunatics are running the asylum

What you never realized about the movie/book 1984

It won’t be dark and bleak, rather it is shinny and well lit

We carry our own screens and while permitted to turn them off we don’t

The Party, is simply “The Parties”

We are self editing the dictionary

The endless war is as much domestic as it is foreign

What can we do about this

Teach children that freedom is precious and doesn’t come from the state

Teach them skills so that they can adapt where others fail

Help them define what freedom is for them, don’t dictate it to them

Encourage independent learning and systems thinking

Teach them that failure is necessary if one is to succeed

Instill the spirit of insurrection in them

Is there any hope, are we the last “free” generation

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1864

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

AgriTrue.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop on Amazon

GrandaddysGun.Com

Sell Out – The Levelers

Civil War – Guns and Roses

Sponsors of the Day

TSP Gear

Western Botanicals

Sheaffer Select Coins

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.

Also remember we have an expert council that can answer you questions. If you have a question send it to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with TSPC Epert in the subject line. Ask your question in one to two sentences so it is clear then provide any additional details. Make sure to tell me what council member the question is for. You Meet the Expert Council at this Link.

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TweetToday is Friday so it is time for our ask 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 investing, inverters, bees, concealed carry, medical prep while traveling, fermented feed, sharpening knives 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

International funds withing 401Ks – John Pugliano

What you can and can’t fix with a broken inverter – Steven Harris

Using honey supers as a hive body – Michael Jordan

Concealed carry with professional office dress clothing – Bryan Black

Medical prep when traveling – Doc Bones

Blending poultry feed for the right protein percentage – Nick Ferguson

The truth about sharpening with  rock – Patrick Roehrman

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1863

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Amazon

Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Lansky Puck Sharpener

Water Stones at MT Knives

Another Man’s Cause – The Levelers

Sponsors of the Day

Knife Kits

Ready Made Resources

DC Custom Design

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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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on dealing with negative family members, trapping rabbits, storm preparedness, cooking, libertarian ethics, the media, guns 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…

Dealing with toxic and negative family members

Eating trapped wild rabbits

How reality can motivate preparedness

How to make your own mayo and why it is safe even with raw eggs

Self learning machine come to the recycling sector

Thoughts on the morality of using a “government funded program”

Why is the news always full of fear and danger and horrible things

Oh look the government exempted themselves from yet another of their own laws

Comparing airsoft guns to lead pellet guns for practice and training

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1862

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

GenForward.com

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Amazon

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Alton Brown on Making Mayo

Can’t Keep a Good Man Down – Alabama

Sponsors of the Day

Bulk Ammo

JM Bullion

Thoughtful Harvest

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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TweetThe KWA LM4-PTR is a “Professional Training Rifle” Designed for Military and Police Training with Airsoft.

Today we delve into the misunderstood world of airsoft.  I think airsoft has an unfair and undeserved stigma among many of the “tactically minded” due to the majority of enthusiasts being gamers.  While I have no interest in the game aspects of airsoft I feel even this community is misunderstood and many unfair assumptions are made about them.

Today though I will focus on what I call “Airsoft for Practical Training”.  By that I mean real world training that benefits the average civilian that either carries a gun for defense or keeps a gun in their home for the same purpose or both.

While I love things like IDPA and IPSC shooting and I have great respect for the many tactical training schools like my good friends Frank Sharpe Jr. and James Yeager run, or even the big time schools like Front Sight provide, I don’t find what they teach particularly valuable to the average guy with a job, two kids, wife and a dog to protect from a group of thugs or an armed intruder in the middle of the night.

Join me today to discuss…

The reason people dislike airsoft

It is just a toy

Gamers that think they are heroes

It isn’t realistic (rate of fire, machine guns, etc.)

Why people should love airsoft if they are gun owners

Cheap practice

Practice every day

Realistic practice (in ways you never thought of)

The basics of airsoft guns

Springers

AEG (automatic electric guns)

Gas (blow back and non blow back)

CO2 and “Green Gas”

Pellets, yes they matter

Just forget .12 they are flatly junk and ruin guns

.20 is the most common and the “industry standard”

Generally, .25-.36 can be more accurate in many guns

The heavier they are the more they cost

Guns I own and what I like about them

WE Tech 1911 (Link to this Gun)

KJWorks Sig 226 (Link to this Gun)

WE Tech G19 (Link to this Gun)

KWA LM4-PTR (Link to this Gun)

Umarex Walther PPQ M2 (Link to this Gun)

Getting started

Springers are cheap and do work for draw and shoot practice

I would avoid AEGs for practical training

I would avoid CO2 due to long term economics

Almost all “green gas” guns are blow back gun

Get an adapter and run propane

Use your carry holster if you carry

Don’t get bogged down in deep tech specs

If your gun doesn’t have a “clone” get something close

Search google for “model name airsoft gas blow back”

Why it is hard to find some specific GBB Clones

Some training ideas

Every morning/evening quick shoot

Practicing after dark with a light

Play “knock out” with your kids

Draw and shoot, make safe, return to holster, repeat

Variations on draw and shoot

Target ideas

Professional airsoft steel

Sheet metal cut outs

Heavy steel – (nice because it works for lead pellets too)

Heavy plastic jugs

Cheap pots and pans (Walmart, Dollar Store, Goodwill)

Spreading gun rights and gun ownership with airsoft

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1860

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

AgriTrue.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop on Amazon

Quick Little Video of my LM4-PTR – Never Really Meant for the Public

GrandaddysGun.Com

Good Old Boys Like Me – Don Williams

Some Good Places to Buy Airsoft Guns

Evike.com – (my personal first choice)

JustAirsoftAmmo.com – (Free shipping)

Airsoft Megastore

Airsoft GI

Airsplat

Airsoft Extreme

Redwolf Airsoft

Pyramid Air

Some Good Low Cost Guns and Accessories on Amazon – Like I said on the air I had lousy luck with the few people offering GBB guns on Amazon, use the stores above for that.  But here are some things you can get on Amazon.

Mad Bull Propane Adapter

Silicone Oil – the dropper is much easier to add to the adapter above than a spray

Best Deal on Premium .2g Biodegradable Pellets

Best Deal on Premium .25g Biodegradable Pellets

Colt 1911A1 Spring Gun – likely the best cheap gun made in Airsoft

UKArms M9 Spring Gun –[...]

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Today on the Survival Podcast I respond to your emails on gardening, planting trees, teaching, homesteading, investing, guns, the student loan bubble 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.

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An update about the Fall Workshop

Fall gardens because you have no choice

The right timing with tree planting

A teacher goes tutor and replaces her full income

Listener Kendall on a 14 day staycation at her new digs

Thoughts on 401k “investing”

If you have an intruder call the fire department?

CMP has some new M1 Garands in

The student loan bubble is beginning to implode

A cool gmail hack for dealing with spam, etc.

How to “introduce dogs” to new people and animals

Muh roads, smugglers fix roads the government won’t in Russia

Apparently the Cajun Navy needs to be licensed, (wow government sucks)

Government is not America, and what do freedom and liberty mean

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1859

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

AgriTrue.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop on Amazon

GrandaddysGun.Com

Kendall’s Youtube Channel

New M1 Garands at CMP

ITT Tech is Gone!

Dogtra 1900 NCP Training Collar

Smugglers in Russia Fix Roads

Jackass Congressman wants to Regulate the “Cajun Navy”

Freedom Never Cries – Five For Fighting

Sponsors of the Day

The Berkey Guy

Knife Kits

Creative Country Designs

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.

Also remember we have an expert council that can answer you questions. If you have a question send it to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with TSPC Epert in the subject line. Ask your question in one to two sentences so it is clear then provide any additional details. Make sure to tell me what council member the question is for. You Meet the Expert Council at this Link.

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Today is Friday so it is time for our ask 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 hydration, power inverters, farm equipment, entrepreneurship, functional fitness, broad acre permaculture 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

Making “spa water” – Erica Strauss

Large inverters run by a vehicle – Steven Harris

Thoughts on large farm equipment – Darby Simpson

Entrepreneurial opportunities in the home school niche – Mike and Sue Laprise

Exercise for those that hate exercise – Garry Collins

Going broad acre with permaculture – Geoff Lawton

The case for starting small – Jack

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1858

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Amazon

Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something

Sponsors of the Day

Bob Wells Nursery

Safecastle Royal

Two Chicks Meat and Poultry

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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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on anarchy, moving, squirrels, automation, raising kids, annoying phone calls, livestock, guns, hacks 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…

A lesson in anarchy from of all things, the wagon trains

Another walking to freedom success story

How to stop squirrels from eating your fruits and nuts

How automation is replacing minds not just muscles

Kids that can’t even go to the bus stop alone, teacup city

How to stop annoying political phone calls

Keeping water from freezing up in a animal watering system

Thoughts on a first AR15

A follow up about a shooting by LEOs from last week

The first edition of Jack’s Hacks – this one is for Amazon

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1857

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

GenForward.com

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Amazon

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Dennis Alan’s YouTube Channel

K&H Ultimate All-In-One Stock Tank De-Icer

ThermoCube – They make them at hot settings as well.

Society – Eddie Vedder

The Movie Into the Wild on Amazon

Sponsors of the Day

TSP Business Directory

Harvest Eating

Texstar Genetics

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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TweetProf. CJ – Of The Dangerous History Podcast

CJ Killmer has been teaching college history since 2006, but he has been a smartass, iconoclast, and cynical questioner and critic of authority since he was a kid.

Naturally, these attitudes have influenced his take on history.

In 2014, he started the Dangerous History Podcast, a show that covers a wide variety of history topics from an individualist-anarchist perspective, combining education and entertainment with the ultimate goal of empowerment.

Today we discuss the historical reality of societal collapses in history, both long ago and very recently.  We also take a look at the causes of societal collapse beyond the surface examples usually given.  Further we look at what our future holds and what lessons we can learn from past collapses.

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1856

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

AgriTrue.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop on Amazon

GrandaddysGun.Com

The End of the World as we Know It – R.E.M.

Sponsors of the Day

Bulk Ammo

JM Bullion

Wealthsteading Podcast

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.

Also remember we have an expert council that can answer you questions. If you have a question send it to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with TSPC Epert in the subject line. Ask your question in one to two sentences so it is clear then provide any additional details. Make sure to tell me what council member the question is for. You Meet the Expert Council at this Link.

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TweetThe Chard Canner is the Best Currently Available Electric Option.

So today we look at using electric canners specifically my preferred electric pressure canner the “Chard 9.5 Quart Smart Pressure Canner“, and the only other one I recommend, the Power Pressure Cooker XL.  For what it is worth the Power Pressure Cooker XL is a DISTANT second, you will hear why in today’s show.

I own both of the above models and a traditional All American Canner, that thing is a beast and will likely outlast my grandchildren, but honestly I don’t use it much since discovering electric pressure canners.

The key with these items is they work and do so without a lot of supervision, when they are finished they just shut themselves down.  They also do far more than just can, they pressure cook, you can water bath can, they steam and more.  Today though we will focus on the canning aspect of things.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

Why I currently ONLY RECOMMEND TWO electric canners

Why these canners are absolutely safe for pressure canning

The basic pressure canning process

Items you will need to can

Canning Jars with Lids and Bands

A Canning Funnel – Like This

Jar Lifter – The One I Recommend

Here is  Full Canning Utensils Kit – Link

The different mindset that comes with automated canning

Doing 4-8 jars makes sense

You don’t just have to can what you grow

Make double batches and can half

Some of our favorite items to can and how to make them

My chicken soup

Bone stocks of all kinds

Squash soup

Cubed venison – Or any cubed up meat

Beef stew

Whole Quail – yep

Final Thoughts

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1855

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

AgriTrue.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop on Amazon

GrandaddysGun.Com

Rosie’s Restaurant – Bobby Bare

Sponsors of the Day

Self Reliance Magazine

Western Botanicals

Honey Locust Home

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.

Also remember we have an expert council that can answer you questions. If you have a question send it to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with TSPC Epert in the subject line. Ask your question in one to two sentences so it is clear then provide any additional details. Make sure to tell me what council member the question is for. You Meet the Expert Council at this Link.

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