E57: Survival Gear vs Survival Skills
Hosts Aaron and Jonathan discuss survival gear vs survival skill and the place for both.
27 02, 2012
13 02, 2012
E55: Survival Planning and Strategies
Hosts Aaron and Jonathan discuss planning a survival strategy and give a critique of Doomsday Preppers.
19 12, 2011
E48: John Heatherly Interview
Hosts Aaron and Jonathan interview John Heatherly--author of The Survival Template.
3 11, 2011
How To Build a Rabbit Hutch
Nearly 8 months ago I embarked on an urban self sufficiency project. While the last few months have been rather quiet, the start was busy. Among the first tasks Jason McConniel and I tackled was building a suspended rabbit hutch complete with automatic watering system. Using a modified version of the plans from [...]
6 10, 2011
Tracking Wildfires
Worried about getting burned by wildfires? As droughts have been on the rise in the South Central and West Coast of the US keeping an eye on wildfires has become a concern for a lot more people this past year. WunderGround.com has produced a wonderfully simple map for seeing weather overlays for some time. They have [...]
3 10, 2011
E37: Gear, POMs, & Survival Voices
Jonathan is out sick and Aaron runs amuck. Taking from listeners' emails and conversations, Aaron discusses three important survival topics.
29 09, 2011
Making a Para-cord Bracelet In 11 Easy Steps
Para-cord bracelets are pretty popular in the survival community. Safe to say, they are one of the top 5 survival fashion accessories. But like most, if not all things in survival they are very useful as well. After fire and a knife, cordage ranks as one of the most important items in your survival kit. [...]
11 08, 2011
BOB on a Budget
It's hard to say whether preppers spend more time and energy fussing over their BOB or their AR-15, but one thing is for sure; people LOVE to spend too much money on both. I for one have certainly been bitten by both bugs. Someone recently asked me if it was possible to do a BOB [...]
28 07, 2011
Potassium permanganate: The Most Useful Survival Chemical
When people think about survival tools, chemicals are usually not one of the first things that come to mind. Potassium permanganate should, though.
21 07, 2011
Survival Tampon
Survival is often about finding creative ways to solve life threatening problems using everyday items. Today's creative survival tip focuses on alternative uses for the Tampon. Tampons and Bullet Holes For some time now it has been suggested that tampons should be carried in medical kits for the treatment of bullet wounds. This can be [...]