I recently was asked to participate in a prepper interview for a new pod caster that is a well known Nashville journalist (but who wants to be anonymous in this new venue).
We talked about Prepping, Reality TV, Nuclear Plants, and the current state of Corrections…
They edited about 5 hours of tape to a good 20 minute tape.
One thing we did wad build a huge smoke bomb, but it was hard to show on an audio recording.
We had a good time, and the two guys were great hosts and it was a blast. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed talking to the guys.
Preparedness is about making small sacrifices in normal times so that you do not have to make huge sacrifices in times of scarcity (at least in this host’s mind) – its not just about buying beans, bullets, and bandages – it’s also about learning, training, and building capability.
David has spent a lot of time taking skills and concepts learned in his professional field of emergency management and relating it to his family’s personal preparedness.
One of those things that relates is knowledge about critical incident stress management. Critical Incident Stress, and Critical Incident Management is directly related to long term responder performance – and un-managed stress can have debilitating effects on the individual and the group. In his time in emergency management, Dave has had the opportunity to attend multiple training courses in this area and has seen first hand how this sometimes overlooked skill is very important to dealing with emergencies at all levels.
In today’s episode David talks about what it is, how to deal with it, its relation to acute stress brought on by the Fight or Flight response, and introduces the concept of Critical Incident Stress Debriefings. This show won’t make you an expert in this field, but it is a good introduction to something valuable that is rarely considered in the personal preparedness community.
Now that I went back to corrections, I find I teach classes on this every month. Critical Incident Stress Management is a big deal, and I imagine it would be have an even bigger impact after a disaster.
The show is scheduled for Monday at 10pm central time at this link.
If you cannot listen on Monday, you can always download the podcast for listening at your own leisure.
We have been doing a lot of podcasts dealing with alternative construction, and today we continue this trend by hosting one of the leaders in the strawbale building community. The Shepherd School is proud to get to talk to Andrew Morrison of strawbale.com.
Andrew Morrison has been a strawbale builder for more than a decade and has hands on experience building hundreds of homes using strawbales as the main building material.
Strawbale is cheap, provides awesome insulation, has great sound-deadening properties, and amazing fire and insect resistant properties – I know that sounds counter-intuitive – but listen to the show and here Andrew Morrison explain why.
You can learn more by visiting his blog and store at the links below:
We have also embedded a video below from Andrew Morrison talking about his workshops – it is a very good way to get manpower to build as well as help learning about the process.
I have long been interested in strawbale construction, I am very excited to talk to Andrew.
The show is scheduled for Monday at 10pm central time at this link.
In this episode David talks about Pros and cons of building vs buying an AR-15, as well as some tips when dealing with AR-15’s. Dave has completed several AR-15 build projects and believes that this is a great way to both save money as well as to learn about the AR-15 platform.
If you can build it from a parts kit, then you can replace broken parts. This puts you ahead of the curve in the gun portion of disaster preparedness.
Its also a great way to get an AR-15 at a great price, as you can save hundreds of dollars if you are building a stock mil-spec rifle. Alternatively, you can customize and enhance your rifle to get exactly what you want while still saving money compared to buying a fully tricked out rifle complete.
It is very easy to complete an AR-15 build, and the parts are readily accessible. All you need is common hand tools and a good guide. It only takes about 30 minutes to put together a complete AR-15 lower if you have read the instructions and have everything you need close at hand.
The show is scheduled for Monday at 10pm central time at this link.
If you cannot listen on Monday, you can always download the podcast for listening at your own leisure.
One of the things I hold most dear is my moral compass, my morals may not line up perfectly with “traditional” morals – and I know they don’t line up with modern “morals” – but as Heinlein said “I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
This isn’t a political show – nor a talk show that deals in morality – it’s a prepper show – so how in the world does this apply to disaster preparedness?
My moral code, precepts, are guides for action that make me who I am, and since the underlying foundation of who I am determines how I act. It is the reason I work so hard to be self-reliant, self-determining, to take responsibility for myself. This explains why I choose to do things to protect my family instead of going the easy route.
My 27 precepts guide me in deciding how best to do those things.
My rules are why I spend so much time DIYing. It shows why I choose to bug in rather than bug out, why I have guns, and why I don’t have a LOT of guns.
Frankly, my precepts are what make me, ME. While that has it’s faults, I am sharing my 27 precepts with you because I feel that some of them may help you prepare for disaster.
I am interested to know if your principles are similar to mine, or how they differ – I am not looking to change my core beliefs, but I am interested in how and why people think as they do – as it helps me learn and grow as a prepper and a person. Please feel free to email me and share your thoughts on today’s podcast.
The show is scheduled for Monday at 10pm central time at this link.
If you cannot listen on Monday, you can always download the podcast for listening at your own leisure.
Preparedness is about making small sacrifices in normal times so that you do not have to make huge sacrifices in times of scarcity (at least in this host’s mind) – its not just about buying beans, bullets, and bandages – it’s also about learning, training, and building capability.
