Episode 52: Riots

by Aaron Frankel on January 23, 2012

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itrh art 150 Episode 52: RiotsHosts Aaron and Jonathan set your city on fire in a white hot rage with total disregard to point out vulnerabilities. But then roast marshmallows and plan an escape.

Riots in America have long been on the top ten list of concerns for urban survivalists. They’re big and scary, they’re a threat, but what really causes them? More importantly, how do we prepare to survive riots? The answers might surprise you…

 

Topics:

  • What causes riots.
  • How societal context influences the potential of riots.
  • Why are riots more prone to happen in urban environments.
  • The effects of riots on city infrastructure.
  • Where they are most likely to occur and how to avoid them.
  • Buggin In vs Bugging Out

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Episode 51: 1 Year Anniversary

by Aaron Frankel on January 16, 2012

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itrh art 150 Episode 51: 1 Year AnniversaryHost Aaron and Jonathan are joined by Jason and Jeep to discuss lessons learned from the past year and what to expect going forward…

Hard to believe it’s been a year already. And yet, it feels like longer at the same time.

We’ve learned so much in the last year and hope that you have to. Episode 51 is a look back at what we have been up to and what we plan to be up to in the year to come.

WARNING: This episode is marked as EXPLICIT/ADULT

Topics:

  • A listener’s journey over the last year.
  • Prepping as a family.
  • Prepping with teenagers.
  • The urban farm update. What Jason and Aaron have accomplished.
  • Lessons learned the hard way about raising livestock.
  • Lessons learned about the difficulties of self-reliance.
  • Thank you to the listeners.

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Episode 50: Preparing for 2012

January 9, 2012
Episode 50: Survival Knives
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Hosts Aaron and Jonathan ring in the new year with a discussion of preparing for 2012. The time to act is now. The begging of the year is a perfect time to go over the basics of preparing, reviewing our preps, and touching on more advanced considerations of survival. For long time listeners Episode 50 [...]

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Episode 49: 2012

January 2, 2012
Episode 49: 2012
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Hosts Aaron and Jonathan look back at 2011, look forward to 2012, and expectations for the new year. 2012 brings predictions of Doomsday. As we go forward the media hype is likely to surge as people become consumed with what may come. But, like so many “predictions” of the post, 2012 is likely to pass [...]

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Episode 48: John Heatherly Interview

December 19, 2011
John Heatherly Interview
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Hosts Aaron and Jonathan interview John Heatherly–author of The Survival Template. Heatherly is a 17-year student of survival through formal survival training. His survival education started with Tom Brown Jr’s Trackerschool after which he went on to graduate from several military Survival Courses. Using his personal experiences gained from his survival training, Heatherly has gone on [...]

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Friday Gear Report: 12-16-11

December 16, 2011
Pack-Rifle

Takedown rifles by themselves are cool. But what if we took a takedown rifle and combined it with a fishing rod? Finally, someone has combined two of my favorite things. “Your chocolate is in my peanut butter. Your peanut butter is in my chocolate.” Developed and manufactured by Utah-based Mountain View Machine & Welding, Inc., the Pack-rifle ($425) [...]

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Review: Titanium Emberlit Stove

December 14, 2011
Titanium Emberlit Stove

Back in September we introduced the Emberlit Stove. Since then I have been playing with it, testing it, and even carrying it around in my EDC. The conclusion, simply put, this is a great little stove. As you may remember, there is a great story attached to this product. It’s a story of ingenuity and [...]

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Episode 47: Knives and Their Care

December 12, 2011
Episode 47: Knives
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Hosts Aaron and Jonathan recap lessons gained from their knife sharpening class with Master Knife Smith Bob Kramer and have a general discussion about knives, their importance, than uses. After your mind, a knife is the single most important tool you will ever carry. Edged tools have done more to advance society than anything else [...]

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Friday Gear Report: 12/9/11

December 9, 2011
Firesteel

I’ve bought some foolish things; I fully admit to it. Usually their beauty was matched by exceptional function. But sometimes, you just want something because it is pretty even thought a much less costly version exists that will perform just the same (we are still talking about gear here right?) Not to long ago I [...]

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Episode 46: Setting Objectives

December 5, 2011
Episode 46: Setting Objectives
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Hosts Aaron and Jonathan discuss setting objectives and why it’s so important to make plans. Objectives are the gas that makes the goals go. Without metrics, we don’t know when have gotten to where we meant to go. Part III of the Survival CHI Reloaded series. Simply saying my plan is to “survive” is to simple. Within [...]

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