The Survival Podcast

Today we will have a discussion on a wide variety of topics.   First we will lead off with a bit of celebration as TSPC just turned 18 years old over the weekend.  We will also check out a song that a listener used AI to make about me and TSPC to celebrate the occasion.  It is pretty damn good given how quickly he made it. We will also talk about the fact that Laws of Life – Book Two – Now Build the System for Your Life will be released on Tuesday, June 30th, next week. With another quick update … Continue reading →

Today on The Survival Podcast expert council, we cover a wild mix of foreign policy, digital privacy, strange food taboos, hard core water pumping, wearable health tech, hunting and the next chapter for me and TSP. Ron Paul and Dan McAdams join us to talk about what it will take for the United States to finally walk away from a failed foreign policy that keeps producing the same bad results. Jesse Markowich explains what a VPN is, who actually needs one, where it helps and what you can really do with it. Ken Daniels digs into why many nations eat … Continue reading →

Today, Joel Ryals returns to TSPC to discuss why self defense is a system, not just a tool. Too many people buy a gun, carry a knife, take a class, get a dog, or bolt some security hardware to the house and think they are “covered.” They are not. Tools matter, training matters, dogs can absolutely matter, but none of them replace awareness, judgment, mindset, and the ability to make decisions when things go sideways fast. Violence is not clean, fair, predictable, or bound by the rules people imagine when they train in safe environments. Real violence comes with stress, … Continue reading →

I am finally back from vacation and we had a great time.  I am sure I will tell you at least a bit about it today but we are going to focus first on my new book dropping and some news and current events.  This will include what no one will say but needs saying about the Karmelo Anthony case.  We will talk about 2nd order consequences in supply chains specifically in the timber/pulp niche involving biochar. Oh and are you ready for a 22% cut in social security just 8 years from now.  I’ll tell you why it could … Continue reading →

In this episode from 2018 I talked about how few things on my property give me more enjoyment than my various garden ponds.  There is something peaceful about moving water and fish.  The bonus is if we want fish tacos tonight and didn’t take any out of the freezer, with 4 bread balls and 5 minutes I can have us 4 nice pan fish for cooking. Aquaculture is function stacking in the best way.  You get a beautiful piece of landscaping, wildlife habitat and free food as a bonus. Join Me Today to Discuss… Why bother with aquaculture in the … Continue reading →

This was a fantastic question that came in by email back in 2021 for my podcast but I thought it would be exceptional for a Miyagi Mornings. Here it is exactly as it came in from a long time listener named Dan. “How would a deflationary economy work? ` If our entire economy was based on a currency with a fixed supply like bitcoin, ` 1. What’s the velocity of money look like? 2. How is money lent particularly for large long-term lending. Houses, New Factories, etc. 3. How is economic growth effected/measured. 4. Wouldn’t % economic growth roughly translate … Continue reading →

In this episode from 2017 we turned our focus on food production in our own back yards.  The plants I will describe here are wonderful for growing in just about any environment.  And even though they are perennials most will do find in containers and wicking beds, etc.  Indeed a few are custom made for such applications though normally not grown that way. Perennials are wonderful because they either come back on their own every year or they require very minimal effort to assure their return each year.  Many are even considered weeds or a nuisance by the unknowing.  Yep … Continue reading →

In this episode from 2015 we talked about guns today, but a bit differently then you might expect from a “survival podcast” to do.  No ARs, no concealed carry and no ninja like accessories. No today I want to tell you about the gun wisdom I learned at the hands of my grandfather and father as a young man.  The stories, lessons and realities that made me love guns as the tools they truly are. You may be shocked to learn I didn’t grow up hearing much about the 2nd amendment or gun rights.  Where I grew up boys hunted … Continue reading →

I did this episode back in 2012 when I stated I wanted to do some more shows on firearms topics I was flooded with emails by new shooters that all basically said some version of this… “Jack can you do a very basics style show that explains what all these calibers and rounds mean.  Sometimes when you are talking about a firearms subject I am fine then you start saying something like the 38 special is 35 caliber and I just don’t get it.  Or that a 40 S&W is equivalent to a 10mm in a carbine.  None of this … Continue reading →

When I did this episode back in 22012 ut was because I got 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 … Continue reading →